Age of Rebirth

"Huh?" Tang Qiuquan's eyes sharpened when he heard the words of Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo. "Be more careful?" he said.

Xin Xiguo said: "According to the reports of the fighter pilots, after the bombing, they found many Japanese signal soldiers rushing to repair the telephone lines leading to various Japanese positions. At first, the pilots thought it was the Japanese medical soldiers who were rescuing the wounded. soldiers, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that they were not, because those Japanese soldiers carried large rolls of telephone wires on their bodies, and the movements of the Japanese signal soldiers started from one point and spread to all directions!"

Tang Qiuquan's eyes sparkled, and he asked: "Can you be sure that it is the communication soldiers and not others who are active in the Japanese positions?"

Xin Xiguo replied very positively: "It is certain that the fighter pilots, risking being hit by the Japanese ground anti-aircraft firepower, approached for reconnaissance at ultra-low altitude, and confirmed the situation. The Japanese signal soldiers began to check the line from this location. Yes!" Saying that, Xin Xiguo pointed out a location on the map.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Tang Qiuquan tapped on this position fiercely with his fingers, "This shows a very realistic problem. First, this location must be where the highest command of the Japanese army at Lushunkou is located, the command center of the Japanese army. Right here, secondly, the Japanese army's communications soldiers are eager to repair the telephone line, which means that the command system of the Japanese army's defense system has not been completely destroyed. That is to say, our first round of bombing did not cause much damage to the Japanese army! "

"If the Japanese troops on the ground are almost dead, there is no need to overhaul the telephone lines. Combined with the information from the Intelligence Department, we can be sure that a large number of Japanese troops have escaped our bombing because they rely on the underground fortifications. !—The first round of bombing only scratched the surface of the Japanese army!"

Xin Xiguo blushed for a while, the last sentence of the commander was a criticism of his optimistic assessment of the bombing effect just now, "Commander, I...!" He didn't know what to say?

Tang Qiuquan waved his hand, "Don't be a mother-in-law, it's not time to review your mistakes. Now, a second round of bombing must be carried out. Combining naval guns to destroy the Japanese coastal defense guns, do it at the same time! Order the air force to bomb the fleet and carry out a second bombing! Especially It is the coordinates provided by the fighter pilots as the key bombing area. Especially the area where the Japanese command center is located, it will be bombed repeatedly!" He said decisively.

Xin Xiguo reminded: "Commander, as far as we have complete control of the air, it is not a problem to carry out several rounds of bombing, but the crux of the problem is whether the bombing will have a greater effect? Fortifications are powerless!"

Tang Qiuquan smiled, very cruelly. "Xiguo, I'm confused. Have you forgotten that the land-based aviation has a big killer. The 'Buddha Light' napalm bomb! Our carrier bombers are also equipped with part of it. Since ordinary bombs can't do anything to the Japanese underground fortifications, then Talk with napalm!"

Xin Xiguo's eyes lit up, "That's right, Commander, why did I forget that big killer? After the napalm bomb explodes, the burning gasoline penetrates everywhere. Even a little devil hiding underground will have nowhere to hide." Alright, I will immediately issue your order to the second echelon of the aviation bomber group, the carrier-based fighter group!"

General Kiyosaki's considerate words played a big role, and soon, the Shore Artillery Regiment's telephone contact with the Army Command was finally restored. After receiving the report, General Kiyosaki immediately called Lieutenant General Hengshan, the commander of the Seventh Army, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and hung up the phone of His Excellency Commander. Now that the bombing is over, he has not called for a long time to report the casualties and losses to the Army Command. Lieutenant General Hengshan blamed him, that was no joke!

"Please pick up Your Excellency, Commander. I am Kiyosaki, Captain of the Shore Artillery Regiment!" Colonel Kiyosaki said respectfully on the phone.

Hearing from the staff officer that Colonel Kiyosaki, the captain of the Coastal Artillery Regiment, called, Lieutenant General Yokoyama's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't show any dissatisfaction. He picked up the phone, "Kiyosaki-kun, you guys How about the losses of the Coastal Artillery Regiment? The casualties of all the units on the forward position have been reported, but you, the Coastal Artillery Regiment, have never heard of it! Is Kiyosaki-kun inconvenient?" The tone was light, listening There is no anger.

But in the ears of Colonel Kiyosaki, it was more uncomfortable than scolding him, and he was even more uneasy. I knew the temper of this Commander Yokoyama very well. Such a rude person, who is used to going straight and shooting a gun, but now, speaking to himself in such a strange tone, how can he not make his hair stand on end and be terrified?

Colonel Kiyosaki was covered in cold sweat, and said more respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency, the Coastal Artillery Regiment, during the bombing of the independent division, the losses were slight. Three coastal defense batteries were blown up, and two other shore artillery The anti-aircraft guns were slightly damaged, but have been repaired and can be put into battle. The Coastal Artillery Regiment is waiting for the instruction of His Excellency Commander, and guarantees that the Chinese troops who invade in the future will be buried on the beach of Lushunkou!"

Colonel Kiyosaki is very smart. He knows that no matter how he explains it, Commander Yokoyama will not be satisfied or believe it if he pretended to be deaf and dumb before or lost contact for a long time afterwards, so he simply reported it directly. The situation of the battle damage, maybe, the Commander is happy to hear it, and forget the past?

Sure enough, Colonel Kiyosaki's bet was right. When Lieutenant General Hengshan heard it, he was so happy that he shouted "Yoshi! Yoshi!" The coastal artillery regiment suffered such a loss under the intensive bombing of the Independent Division's bombers. Slightly, greatly beyond expectations.

Lieutenant General Hengshan knew in his heart that the first position exposed by the shore artillery was equivalent to sending himself under the noses of the bombers of the Independent Division. It must be the key bombing target. However, the loss will certainly not be small. Now that the loss is so slight, Lieutenant General Hengshan naturally forgot the previous unhappiness. The division's landing troops are always wandering in the open sea, their intentions are unknown, but you must be ready for shelling at any time! These damn Chinese people are very cunning!" He said viciously.

After hearing this, Colonel Kiyosaki breathed a sigh of relief, and General Yokota returned to his original temper, which means that he is no longer blaming himself, this is the real Commander. Chilled, "Your Excellency, please rest assured! Since the bombers of the Chinese people can't do anything to my shore artillery positions, then Lushunkou is the place where Chinese soldiers are flying flesh and blood!"

Putting down the phone, Lieutenant General Hengshan raised his binoculars to observe the movement of the troop transport fleet of the Independent Division on the sea surface. In the distance, hundreds of ships and warships were regularly arranged, like silent reefs, moored motionless On the surface of the sea, apart from the dozens of independent division fighter jets circling boringly in the sky, the huge landing force of the independent division entered into silence!

Putting down the binoculars, Lieutenant General Hengshan blinked a pair of bull's-eyes, unable to understand it. According to the law of crossing the sea and landing battle, the attacking side uses powerful sea and air firepower to suppress the firepower of the defenders. A light landing ship transports the infantry and starts to land on the beach. The most intense battles all break out during the time of the beach. His own defensive deployment is precisely set up for this situation.

As for the landing troops of the Independent Division, after dispatching bombers and indiscriminate bombing, the infantry who needed to go ashore the most did not move at all. Idea? Could it be that the next bombing on a larger scale is being planned? But how effective is it?” Lieutenant General Hengshan’s mind flashed across this idea, and the battlefield was so abnormally calm that it was worrying!

Even though he thought so, Lieutenant General Hengshan did not issue any orders. Anyway, Your Excellency Lieutenant General, he made up his mind that the imperial army would never open fire until the infantry of the independent division landed. Ever changing!" Wanting to lure my soldiers and expose them to the enemy's superior air firepower, I, Hengshan, are not that stupid!

More than half an hour passed, and the smoke from the Japanese camp that had been bombed just now had cleared away, but there was not a single Japanese soldier active on the camp. Looking from the sea, the Japanese camp at Lushunkou was covered with a It was desolate, but under the desolation, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, holding the weapons in their hands, were hiding in the underground fortifications, waiting for battle, nervously staring at the sea level in the distance with fierce eyes.

After the horrific air raid just now, although the Japanese soldiers still had lingering fears and were shocked by the unprecedented bombing intensity, their confidence in the fortifications increased greatly. Relying on the solid reinforced concrete fortifications, the soldiers of the Independent Division can't help themselves!

In the distant sky, the roar of aircraft engines came again, but in the ears of the Japanese soldiers, there was no fear before, and even some lower-level Japanese officers joked with each other easily, "Mr. Nakamura, You said that the Chinese bombing was a waste of effort, I guess, the commander of the Chinese army is also mad?"

"Mr. Takahashi, this is a trick played by the commander of the Chinese army. These stupid Chinese people want to use the air superiority to shake the confidence of the soldiers of the empire, but the Chinese people will know that we are hiding in the solid underground fortifications. It’s very good, and I’m just waiting to use the gun in my hand to beat the Chinese soldiers to death! Nakamura-kun, after a while, we two teams will compete to see which team kills more Chinese soldiers!” The senior Mr. Qiao is full of confidence.

(to be continued) (to be continued..)