Age of Rebirth

Rear Admiral Sato, the acting commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, stood in the command cabin of the flagship "Asahi", looking at the fleet of independent divisions surrounded by two wings with an expression on his face. , it can be seen that Major General Sato's body was trembling uncontrollably, and the panic and despair in his eyes revealed the real world in his heart.

Sato can only do this to stabilize the morale of the army. Apart from this, he has no other way to get rid of the current situation. Up to now, there is no news from the Chief of the General Staff. It turns out that his own judgment is not so serious at all. The thing is, the fleet of the independent division has not suffered any losses, then the joint strangling of the Imperial Sea, Air and Air Forces failed.

He rushed towards the Strait of Malacca with all his heart, but brought the fleet into the tiger's mouth. Sato suddenly hated the chief of staff, Prince Zain, "Why didn't he inform himself of the failure of the Imperial Air Force? Just a reminder, if it wasn't for this temptation, the Third Fleet could have retreated south to the Indian Ocean, avoiding the encirclement of the independent division fleet."

"Whether you can get out of danger in the end, that is God's will, it is much better than throwing yourself into a trap" Now, everything is too late, can't fight, can't escape, foreign aid?Sato smiled miserably. If there was one, it would have appeared a long time ago. As for the third batch of reinforcements from Okinawa, Sato did not have any hope, and he was too disappointed.

A staff officer said cautiously: "Your Excellency, Acting Commander, the China Fleet has sent a signal to ask us to surrender, otherwise..." The staff officer glanced at Sato's face, and Sato asked in a lifeless voice: "Otherwise what? "Otherwise, all our warships will be sunk, and prisoners of war will not be treated." The staff officer replied. [

The muscles on Sato's face twitched involuntarily, "Sink them all? No way. Otherwise, the Third Fleet would not exist until now, and it was wiped out yesterday. Why did the Chinese devil bother and waste. His purpose is to How can the warships of the Third Fleet, the proud Imperial Japanese Navy, be captured by the inferior Chinese and treated as prisoners of war? There will be no prisoners of war.”

In Sato's eyes, iron-gray shadows were shining, and he said to the staff: "Answer the Chinese, the Imperial Japanese Navy has no precedent for surrender. Send my order, each ship will fight on its own, and it is the time to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Japanese Empire." When the time comes, I would rather break the jade than surrender!"

Then, he bowed deeply to the officers behind him, "Gentlemen, today. We are all witnesses to the spirit of the Imperial Navy who would rather die than surrender. Sato, please, fight to the end." After finishing speaking, Sato, under the gaze of the Japanese officers, Next, they walked into their own cabins, leaving the officers at a loss, "Fighting on their own, what are you fighting for?"

Colonel Xin Xiguo, the chief of staff of the fleet, came in and said to Tang Qiuquan in a low voice: "Commander, the Japanese refused to accept the surrender, and put on a desperate posture." The Navy can come up with something new, it’s not some shit Bushido, Chief of Staff, order the fleet. Start attacking immediately.”

"At the same time, remind all the captains to prevent the Japanese mad dogs from biting people. A large group of carrier-based aircraft left behind will cooperate with the Marine Corps to board the ship. The speedboat group will fight close to each other and solve the Third Fleet as quickly as possible."

Tang Qiuquan had expected this situation long ago. The Japanese were unwilling to surrender. He was anxious and persuaded the Japanese ships to surrender, not to save time and organize air defense. It's hard to have a perfect result for things that come down. Although he believes in his pilot, where is the difference in strength? He has to prepare for the worst.

On the surface of the sea, the Japanese sailors gathered on the deck, holding all kinds of weapons, some without guns, and a fire ax in their hands, and put on a desperate posture, while the Japanese warships were full of power, like mad cows. , and rammed towards the encircling independent division warships, seeing this situation, the ironic smile on the corner of Qiuquan's mouth became more intense.

The two speedboat brigades of the fleet went up immediately. The rapid-fire guns on the boats sent dense cannons to the deck of the Japanese warship, and the Japanese sailors were blown up. It took a lot of effort to clean up the posture. On several Japanese warships, there were remnants of naval guns.

I don't know that it was the stupid Japanese captain who gave such an order to seek death. As a result, all the Japanese ships scrambled to follow suit, fearing that they were not enough samurai or loyal to His Majesty, so they drove the sailors to the deck and used rifles, The light machine guns and the warships of the independent division were desperate, but it gave the speedboat brigade a chance to sweep the fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

The rapid-fire guns with a caliber of more than 40 millimeters cannot damage the deck of the Japanese warship, but it is suspected to be a disaster for the Japanese sailors on the deck. As the Japanese warship turned around lightly, more than 20 carrier-based aircraft also joined the battle in the sky. Every moving object on the deck of the Japanese warship would attract a shuttle.

Soldiers from the [-]th Brigade of the Marine Corps, driving an assault boat, approached, hooked cables to the side of the Japanese warship, and began to forcibly board the ship. Tang Qiuquan, who saw all this through the binoculars, showed a tired smile. We know that the battle to capture the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy is already within sight.

In a trance, there was a surge of heat in Qiu Quan's chest. After two days and one night of thrilling, he finally lived up to his mission. More than fifty warships of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, including three aircraft carriers, sank and fell completely to the ground. In the hands of the independent division, the hardships and dangers involved can only be explained in a few words.

Qiu Quan just sat on the chair like this frozen, motionless. More than an hour later, Xin Xiguo, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, came in, looked at the commander who seemed to have tears in his eyes, and said in silence for a moment: "Commander, the Marine Corps No. Major General Gao Yanfeng, the commander of the fifth brigade, reported that all the units of the brigade had taken control of all Japanese warships."

Qiu Quan suddenly got up, his face was as cold as usual, and said: "Receive the Japanese warship immediately, and at the same time, order the fleet to enter the first-level air defense state, and report to the division. At [-] o'clock in the afternoon on the [-]th, our fleet captured all the ships of the Japanese Third Fleet. , once damaged, please instruct the fleet to take the next step."

Soon, the division commander Tang Qiuli received an order: "The fleet and the captured Japanese warships should immediately move towards Mawlamyine in southern Myanmar. The air defense brigade of the Ma Chaoyang Corps will provide ground fire support."

Tang Qiuli's order is also the meaning of the question. After winning the Third Fleet, it is a question of how to run. With the strength of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft, it is difficult to prevent the Japanese bombers and fighters from breaking through. On the Mawlamyine line, there happened to be the air defense brigade of the Ma Chaoyang Corps stationed there. The fleet's air defense firepower and ground air defense firepower cooperated with each other, adding an extra layer of insurance.

Surrounded by a large group of staff officers and guards, Qiu Quan boarded the flagship "Asahi" of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet and walked to the command cabin, stepping on the bloodstained and corpses of Japanese sailors. The commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Marine Corps Major General Gao Yanfeng rushed to meet him.

Standing at attention and reporting, "Reporting to the commander, Gao Yanfeng, the commander of the fifth brigade, reported that our brigade successfully ended the battle." Qiuquan asked: "Brigade Commander Gao, how are the casualties?" Three hundred and four people." Qiu Quan frowned, the casualties were so heavy, after thinking about it, he was relieved.

Occupying a Japanese ship, with an average casualty of less than ten people, is no better than fighting on land. There is room for maneuver. Where the warship is only that big, Gao Yanfeng can do this very well. He nodded, seeing Gao Yanfeng As if he had something to say, he asked, "Gao Yanfeng, is there anything else you want?" [

Gao Yanfeng hesitated, and said: "Commander, more than 780 Japanese sailors were captured, please ask the commander, how should we deal with it?" Qiuquan glanced at him, and said coldly: "Shoot on the spot, throw them into the sea to feed the sharks, and then kill them. The moment they refused to surrender, they lost their qualifications to be prisoners of war. Gao Yanfeng, you are also an old man of the independent division. Following your two commanders, Su Jingfeng and Han Tie, you fought from North China to Jiangnan. Team, have you forgotten the old rules of the independent division?"

After being reprimanded by the commander, Gao Yanfeng not only did not get annoyed, but smiled with relief, and said somewhat embarrassedly: "Commander, I am afraid that you will get angry. The gang of boys under my hands are really angry. See The brothers suffered casualties, their eyes were red, and the little devils fought desperately, refused to surrender, and even destroyed the equipment on the warship, they didn't stop their anger for a while, and they were all pissed off."

Tang Qiuquan said for a while, dare you, you Gao Yanfeng killed all the Japanese before you came to ask for instructions. If you disagree, this Gao Yanfeng will also find a way to dispose of these Japanese garbage "Gao Yanfeng, your hands are It's fast enough, but well done." Gao Yanfeng was a little proud.

A large group of staff officers who followed, most of them graduated from the Qingdao Navy Command Academy, experienced a large-scale battle for the first time, and already felt thrilling. Seeing a fleet commander, a marine brigade commander, and a few words , decided the lives of nearly [-] prisoners of war. In addition to the extreme shock in my heart, I looked at Gao Yanfeng with somewhat strange eyes, just like seeing a devil.

Gao Yanfeng turned a blind eye to these gazes, and was very calm in his heart, "Hmph, a group of young children, if they knew that this is the rule set by the teacher, they wouldn't faint in surprise? It's rare and strange."

He led the way, and said as he walked: "Commander, the third fleet commander Sato's cabin is ahead, that guy has already gone to see Lord Yama, can you go and have a look?"! ~!