Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuquan's order is very puzzling. Is it necessary to conduct a third round of shelling on the ruined Japanese positions again?Rear Admiral Xin Xiguo, Chief of Staff of the Fleet of the Independent Division, muttered and walked out reluctantly, but was stopped by Tang Qiuquan again, "Xiguo, wait a minute!"

With surprise on his face, Xin Xiguo turned around abruptly and asked, "Commander, have you changed your mind? Order the landing troops to start action immediately?"

Tang Qiuquan laughed happily and said, "What are you thinking? The order remains the same, but the time for the bombardment of the fast gunboat brigade has been postponed for two hours. Ladies, take more time to rest, go!"

With a look of disappointment on his face, Xin Xiguo murmured: "What did you think was the matter? Well, this is a good time, and it takes another two hours, and there is more time to rest. You don't know, you are so anxious It’s Venus! Alas! Waiting for the troops on the southern front to send a good news to the division commander!” He shook his head, walked out, and secretly observed the commander, hoping that his intentionally raised voice would attract the commander’s attention. But he was disappointed, the commander didn't even take a look at himself, he just noticed the map on the table.

The order from the headquarters of the cross-sea campaign was conveyed to the commander of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division, Major General Han Tie, who was in command of the ship and was anxiously scratching his head. Zhu Zi yelled: "No? - This, this? Is Commander Tang confused? Chief of Staff, are you sure you are not mistaken, this is really an order from the headquarters?"

Colonel Wang Dongshan, the chief of staff of the Marine Corps, felt as if he had been wronged, and said with his eyes widened, "Commander, you must have a basis for what you say, such an important order. How dare I make a mistake? Don't worry! Order, the landing troops take advantage of this opportunity and hurry up to eat! If you don't believe me, you can send a telegram to Commander Tang yourself!"

"Forget it!" Han Tie waved his hand, like a deflated ball, and sat on the chair dejectedly, "Commander Tang of our fleet is more difficult to deal with than the division commander. Invite a violent training. Hey! Chief of Staff, do you think it is necessary for Commander Tang to launch a third attack on the position of the little devil who doesn't even have a breath?"

Wang Dongshan replied very sincerely: "I don't think it's necessary. The point is, my opinion doesn't work. Just now, when Chief of Staff Xin of the Fleet sent a telegram, he also mentioned this incident incidentally, and he also disagreed. Commander Tang's actions can't be dissuaded!"

Han Tie shook his head helplessly, and said: "Then stay for another two hours, Chief of Staff. Order the troops to eat, tell the soldiers to give me enough to eat, don't land after a while. Drag the troops back, I reckon that Commander Tang's plan is that after the landing, the troops will push deep into the Liaodong Peninsula in one go!"

No one knew what Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the independent division fleet attacking the Liaodong Peninsula, was doing was a waste of time, cautious, or superfluous, but none of them really understood Tang Qiuquan's true thoughts.

The reason why Tang Qiuquan ordered the fast gunboat brigade to use the naval warfare type "Thunder" rockets to cover the Japanese positions that were already as desolate as a grave for the third time was because of Qiuquan's understanding of Japanese soldiers. He believed that after two rounds of bombing, the Japanese ground and underground fortifications were basically destroyed, and the shore artillery positions were gone, but he was sure that there were still living Japanese soldiers in the underground fortifications.

According to the information obtained in advance, the Japanese defensive troops on the front line of Lushunkou are two first-class divisions, which are the main divisions of the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army. There are more than [-] troops. With so many Japanese troops, not one of them died. Leftovers, I would never believe that as long as a few hundred Japanese soldiers survived, no one could predict how much casualties the Japanese soldiers would cause to the landing troops with their crazy actions!

If there is a clear time limit for the division to attack the Liaodong Peninsula this time, Qiuquan will not adopt this kind of steady style of play. Because there is no time limit, Qiuquan will try his best to clear all obstacles for the landing troops. To avoid casualties in the troops, Qiu Quan will try his best to do it, even if it is a waste of time, even if it is a waste of ammunition, he will order the fast gunboat brigade to blow up the Japanese positions again.

Time is in your own hands, and the rhythm of the battlefield is in your own hands, so why be in a hurry to use the most ferocious firepower to minimize the resistance of the Japanese army. On this point, Qiuquan and Tang Qiuli have the same idea. , never stingy with firepower, even if a few hundred more shells were fired, the soldiers could not let the soldiers charge against the bullets of the Japanese army!

Thousands of rockets were exchanged for hundreds of Japanese soldiers. Qiu Quan thought it was worth it. Although he didn't know how many Japanese soldiers survived two consecutive fierce air raids, even one The fact that the Japanese soldiers are alive means that a few or a dozen soldiers of the Independent Division were killed or injured, and those frenzied Japanese soldiers will definitely do what is expected.

Especially the Kwantung Army, the Japanese army known as the flower of the Japanese army, is a typical example of madness before death. The soldiers are all lunatics like desperadoes. It is unavoidable that they blew the grenade and died with the soldiers. If it happens, what you do yourself is to eradicate this hidden danger.

In about two hours, the surviving Japanese soldiers should have taken action. The underground fortifications were severely damaged and could not be used. They could only come to the ground. Let these little devils who took the life of a dog completely disappear from the land of Liaodong Peninsula!

After the two bombings, the underground fortifications of the Japanese army were full of the smell of burnt human bodies and the choking smell of smoke. The Japanese soldiers were burned to the point that only human-shaped corpses were left, scattered all over the ruins. In the fortifications, the ammunition that exploded under the high temperature of napalm bombs even blew up the underground fortifications of reinforced concrete structure into a mess, with broken bricks and tiles everywhere, and ruins everywhere.

In the well-preserved fortifications, where the flames of the napalm bombs had not burned, piles of Japanese soldiers lay in disorder on the concrete floor, pressed together layer upon layer. These Japanese soldiers, their bodies intact, There wasn't even a single scar, but they all turned into lifeless corpses. The khaki military uniforms on their bodies were torn to pieces, and their expressions were extremely painful.

These Japanese soldiers may not have suffered as much as those comrades who were burned to death by napalm bombs, but they did not feel uncomfortable before they died. The reason for their loss of life was that they suffocated to death after lack of oxygen. Burning in the underground fortifications consumed all the oxygen, coupled with the thick smoke and choking, these Japanese soldiers who thought they had escaped the raging flames finally lost their lives in a foreign country, from the moment they set foot on Chinese land From now on, today's fate is doomed.

"Wow!" Under a pile of ruins, suddenly stretched out a hand, followed by the other hand, and from the ruins, a man crawled out, from the style of the military uniform and the rank on the collar patch Look, it's a Japanese Major. This Japanese Major's face is so smudged that he can't see his original appearance, just like a little devil who just got out of a pot pond. Only his eyeballs and teeth are white. Eerie.

The Japanese army major shook his dizzy head vigorously, and it took him a long time to wake up. His eyes flicked around, and his whole body shivered violently. He saw countless corpses of soldiers, layer upon layer. They are stacked together, with scratched bloodstains and scars all over their head and face, staring at their bulging eyes, looking at themselves like a dead fish, surrounded by corpses, only one alive, hell-like horror , the Japanese army major gave a strange cry, got up and ran out.

When he climbed out from the exit of the collapsed fortifications and saw the bright sun above his head, his seven souls and six souls returned to their original positions. He sat down on the broken bricks and tiles, crying like a wolf. His name was Tokugawa. Kang Hong is an acting captain of the Eighth Regiment of the No.30 Second Division of the Seventh Army. He is a lucky survivor who survived the rain of bombs from the bombers of the Independent Division and the napalm bomb that created a sea of ​​flames. Son!

The fortifications defended by the Tokugawa Brigade are located in the front, so they were the first to be hit by bombs and napalm bombs. The fortifications were tough, and the entire brigade of more than 1000 soldiers were all doomed. They were either burned to death by burning gasoline or smoked to death by billowing smoke. The whole brigade issued an order to disperse and break through.

Major Tokugawa's order was buried under the collapsed soil as soon as it was issued. Major Tokugawa was really lucky. There happened to be a vent in the place where he was buried, and the piled up ruins did not affect the ventilation. Furthermore, the soil covering his body also insulated the burning gasoline, which miraculously saved his life!

Major Tokugawa cried bitterly for a while, and finally remembered that he was a major officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, so he wiped the snot and tears from his face with his dirty military uniform sleeve, and looked around, seeing bombardment everywhere. In the ruins afterward, in the lingering smoke after burning, can't you see a person, even if it is a corpse, the ground under his buttocks was so hot that his butt hurt, he jumped up hastily, and suddenly felt boundless fear and loneliness!

On the ground full of ruins, I was the only one. Major Tokugawa remembered that before he was buried, there were flames and thick smoke everywhere in the underground fortification. He looked at his watch. Fortunately, the watch was still running normally. It was already twelve noon. It's past one o'clock, and several hours have passed. Could it be that the Chinese troops haven't launched an attack yet?

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