Age of Rebirth

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The meteor shower-like rockets in the sky, dragging bright tail flames, illuminated the sky before dawn. The ships transporting the Japanese army were all unarmed civilian ships. Facing such intensive artillery fire, they had no power to fight back. Moreover, Civilian ships have no armor at all, and the protection is basically blank.

The rocket landed on the civilian ship, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were thrown high up. The civilian ship had such a large space that there was nowhere to hide. The Japanese soldiers held the weapons in their hands, shouting and howling in despair, watching The rockets flying all over the sky fell like raindrops. Many Japanese soldiers jumped into the sea in a daze in order to avoid the rain of death. However, the rockets covering all directions blasted rows of water columns on the sea surface.

The Japanese soldiers who jumped into the sea could not escape the rocket attack. The blue water was dyed slightly red by the blood of the Japanese soldiers. Sasaki Dazuo was not so lucky this time. Under the attack of artillery fire, it was blown into pieces. Your Excellency, together with the civilian ship, turned into a certain piece of debris in the surging waves of the Strait of Malacca. [

Lieutenant General Shinno, commander of the Fifth Army of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expedition Army on Sumatra Island, jumped up in shock after receiving the report from the forward troops. A fierce battle broke out, and from the observation position on the shore, the sea surface has been turned red by the artillery fire, and the direction of the artillery fire is not the shore-based artillery of the Singaporean Chinese troops!"

Lieutenant General Xin Ye asked loudly: "It's not the artillery of the Chinese troops that attacked Singapore, where did the artillery come from?

The commander of the frontier troops of the Japanese army was also confused, and he was considered an old soldier. He could probably tell the difference between any type of artillery, but the artillery with long tail flames, hissing strange noises, and fire meteors all over the sky , It was the first time I saw it, the commander asked himself, if he couldn't answer, the consequences would be very serious!

He had an idea, and replied: "According to my observation and judgment, it should be the naval fleet of the Independent Division intercepting the retreating Hengshan Brigade fleet." After thinking for a while, he added, "Your Excellency, this is the duty The judgment of the Ministry, because we can't contact the Hengshan Brigade and don't know the specific situation of the battlefield, Commander, should we use shore-based artillery to provide artillery cover for the Hengshan Brigade?"

Lieutenant General Xinye, still not confused, asked coldly, "Can you confirm the location of the independent division fleet?"

The commander of the Japanese forward force said that the fog shrouded the Strait of Malacca. He could only see the flickering lights of fire in the mist, and heard the screams of guns piercing the air. , The guessed position of the independent division fleet is fundamentally determined. It is my own suggestion to ask the shore-based artillery to fire. If the answer is confirmed, it will also be reprimanded by the Commander.

He blamed himself for talking too much, so he could only round up his words. After hesitating for a moment, he replied: "Your Excellency, the shore-based artillery can roughly determine the position of the independent division fleet!"

Lieutenant General Xinye said: "Well, order all the shore-based artillery to bombard the China Fleet immediately!" He is not a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. The reason why he ordered the firing was, on the one hand, not to leave excuses for the headquarters of the dispatched army. The artillery of our Fifth Army has already done everything possible to support the Hengshan Brigade.

On the other hand, Lieutenant General Xinye was really worried that the fleet of the independent division took advantage of the opportunity to intercept and kill the fleet of the Hengshan Brigade to attack Sumatra Island. No matter from which point of view, it was not wrong for the shore-based artillery to fire!

Lieutenant General Xinye thought for a while, but still felt uneasy. He ordered the communications staff, "Immediately report the battle situation to the headquarters of the dispatched army. The message is as follows, Commander of the Fifth Army Xinye reports, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief Ito, August [-]th At [-] o'clock in the morning, the fleet of Hengshan Brigade and Regiment, which was withdrawing from Singapore to Sumatra Island, was suddenly intercepted by the fleet of the Independent Division in the waters of the Strait of Malacca. The Ministry of Staff has ordered shore-based artillery to provide fire cover. Send out fighter jets and bombers to provide air cover for the Hengshan Brigade!"

What should be done has been done. Lieutenant General Xinye can only pray for the Yokoyama brigade. May God Amaterasu bless the poor Major General Yokoyama Kingoro, but he is not at ease in his heart. This mysterious independent division fleet is How did you avoid the observation post of the imperial forces along the coast and get into the Strait of Malacca?

Major General Xin Xiguo, Chief of Staff of the Fleet of the Independent Division, counted the time. The gunboat detachment had fired eight rounds of salvo, and more than 3 rockets, enough for a kid to drink a pot. Suddenly, his command boat shook violently a few times, A few thick water jets appeared in front of him, and he immediately judged that this was the shelling of the Japanese shore-based artillery. However, the sea was shrouded in mist, and the Japanese artillery could not determine the exact position of their formation at all. From the landing point of the artillery, It can be seen that the Japanese artillery is shelling blindly!

Xin Xiguo sneered, "The little devils on Sumatra Island are unwilling to be lonely. They don't show their heads, and they want to beat them. Now, they jump out on their own initiative. They are asking for discomfort!" He ordered: "The gunboat detachment, You dispatched two brigades of gunboats, under the cover of fog, approached the Japanese army's shore-based artillery position, and taught the little devil a lesson!"

"It is especially emphasized that each gunboat is only allowed to fire one round of rockets, and then quickly get out of the range of the Japanese shore-based artillery. Do not love to fight. The other brigades of the gunboat detachment should withdraw from the battlefield immediately. The torpedo boat detachment quickly sinks the remaining Japanese transports. Boat!"

On the sea, more than 100 gunboats of the gunboat detachment were immediately divided into two groups, one to withdraw from the battlefield, and the other to lightly adjust its direction and gallop towards Sumatra Island. The high-speed gunboats prepared by the independent division fleet were just like the commander of the fleet. As Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan said, it is a typical "Assassin", with small tonnage, low noise, fast speed, fierce firepower, and very flexible. The bow of the boat plows through the blue water, leaving white waves, almost sticking to the sea surface Flying up, like an off-string arrow, it shot at the Japanese shore-based artillery position.

Le Yiqin led a mixed fleet of fighter jets and bombers. When he reached the sky over the battlefield, he could only see, on the sea surface of the Strait of Malacca shrouded in mist, groups of fires appeared and disappeared in the mist. Judging from his own experience, a sentence Say, "It's late!" The fleet has almost done its job!

Le Yiqin kept sucking his teeth, but he still couldn't catch up, he ordered: "Bomber formation, go down at low altitude, see if you can pick up some leftovers, fighter formation, climb up immediately, and guard the [-] kilometers around the battlefield. In the airspace, if the little devil dispatches fighter jets, you can still win the battle!"

Then, when I opened the communication channel for the fleet formation, Le Yiqin was quite dissatisfied with the first sentence, "I said Chief of Staff Xin, your fleet is too fast to start, I brought hundreds of brothers, from Myitkyina came here, no matter what, I have to let them have a good time, your brother is good, Bao Yuaner! Don't fight for justice! I have to talk to Commander Tang about this matter. The two teams are fighting together, and the fleet can't eat alone, right? ?”

Le Yiqin's voice is absolutely loud, Xin Xiguo smiled wryly, and thought to himself: "This Le lunatic, his eyes light up when he hears about the war. , it was not to attack the Japanese transport fleet, but to guard against the Japanese aircraft fleets on Kalimantan and Sumatra, this guy is good, if he sees that he can’t do it, let’s complain first!" [

Xin Xiguo replied with a smile: "Commander Le, just eat this small fish and shrimps in two portions, no one is enough to eat, you aviation soldiers wait to eat fat, I guess, we have such a big trouble. Movement, the little devil's plane, it is impossible to watch the excitement, the battlefield is too close to the Japanese airport, the little devil's plane will arrive as soon as it is said!"

Le Yiqin grinned, Xin Xiguo's words spoke to his own heart, he was really afraid that the little devil's plane would not come, so he just complained, just these dozens of civilian ships carrying the little devil, It’s really not enough for the fleet to fight, he said: "Then let my brothers have a good time with my brother's good words. I said, Chief of Staff Xin, the little devil artillery on the other side is making a lot of noise. Do you need me?" bombers, to warn them?"

Xin Xiguo was taken aback. The fog was thick, the visibility was poor, and there were errors in the aerial projection. He might not be able to blow up the two gunboat brigades approaching Sumatra Island. He hurriedly said, "Commander Le, thank you for your kindness." , I have dispatched two brigades of gunboats to the shore-based artillery positions of the Japanese army for bombardment!"

Le Yiqin understood as soon as he heard it. He didn't need it. He muttered and turned off the communicator. At this time, the two brigades of the gunboat detachment with more than 80 gunboats had already reached the best firing position of the rocket launchers. The detachment under command Looking through the binoculars for a long time, I was amused at the time. The excellent location, the fire that flashed from time to time on the Japanese shore-based artillery position, was the best target.

The gunboats whizzed past the head, and the gunboat detachment was in the blind spot of the Japanese shore-based artillery. The little devil only had to be beaten. He secretly admired the decision of the chief of staff, and ordered: "Attention all boats, listen to my orders, Target the Japanese army's shore-based artillery position, launch in unison, prepare, launch!"

On the mist-shrouded sea, a series of howling rockets suddenly flew out, like meteors emerging from the fog, and smashed their heads and brains on the Japanese artillery positions on the shore. Underneath, guns came out, and they were looking for the direction of the screaming sound strangely. The rockets had already landed, and the flames were shining and flying horizontally. The Japanese shore-based artillery positions were instantly shrouded in flames!

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