Age of Rebirth

After receiving a telegram with a threatening request from General Tanaka Shin, the commander of Japan’s Korean Garrison, Major General Sato, the commander of the Japanese Korean Peninsula Joint Air Force, was somewhat embarrassed. General Tanaka’s request was obviously out of date. At this time, if When the fighter group of the United Air Force attacked, it happened to collide head-on with the escort fighter group of the independent division with superior forces. That was asking for trouble.

Major General Sato would never do such a stupid thing, that is, a layman like General Tanaka would make such an absurd request. Fortunately, this General, Your Excellency, has not lost his head, and directly issued an order to himself, remember , The Korean Peninsula Joint Air Force is not in the combat sequence of the Imperial Korean Garrison, and is not under his command.

In General Tanaka's telegram, Major General Sato did not dare to ignore the threatening words in his telegram. After all, his troops had the words "Korean Peninsula" on their names, and after all, General Tanaka was an important minister of the empire. What has weight, at the very least, is much more important than himself, the commander of the Joint Air Force on the Korean Peninsula. Is the weight different? Major General Sato is clearly aware of this.

If you ignore General Tanaka's telegram, His Excellency the General will really complain to the headquarters. Although he can't do anything to himself, it will have a great impact on his future in the Imperial Army after all. In a word, to Tanaka General, don't take it to heart, but you can't offend it. Therefore, the United Air Force of the Korean Peninsula must do something!

Major General Sato would never do such a foolish thing when commanding a group of fighter jets and rushing to the Mokpo airspace, frowning, thinking back and forth in the office, suddenly, Major General Sato's eyes flashed, "Chief of Staff!" shouted.

Zhongzuo Qingchuan, the chief of staff of the United Air Force, hurried in. "Commander, what order do you have?" He asked respectfully.

Major General Sato said: "The chief of staff, the reconnaissance aircraft brigade, what did you find in the reconnaissance towards the port of Incheon?"

Chief of Staff Qingchuan replied: "Commander, according to the situation detected by the reconnaissance plane, the independent division troops have sent a large number of engineers to repair the Incheon Airport. The progress of the project is very fast. It has exceeded our expectations! It should be completed tomorrow afternoon. Left and right, part of the airport can be put into use. Commander, the combat awareness of the Chinese people is very scary. I caught the key point at once. If Incheon Airport becomes the aviation base of the independent division, it will be huge for us. disaster!"

Major General Sato interrupted his worried words impatiently, "Qing Chuan-kun, let's not talk about this, what I need to know is whether the reconnaissance aircraft unit found that there is an independent division aircraft carrier formation active in the waters near Incheon?"

Chief of Staff Qingchuan replied in the precise language that staff members are accustomed to: "Commander, the First Reconnaissance Aircraft Battalion has a total of twelve reconnaissance aircraft. It is about [-] kilometers away from the sea area of ​​Incheon, within the range of reconnaissance, and According to the analysis, the Incheon battle is over, the imperial army has lost Incheon and Seoul, and the independent division aircraft carrier formation should be concentrated in the direction of Mokpo!"

"Yoshi!" Major General Sato smirked, "Qingchuan-kun, order the first and second reconnaissance aircraft squadrons to concentrate on reconnaissance of the situation in Mokpo airspace. If you find the bomber group of the independent division, stop the bombing and start returning. Report immediately!"

Chief of Staff Qing Chuan was shocked, and asked in surprise: "Commander, your target is Incheon Airport? How can we reply to General Tanaka's call?"

"That's right! That's exactly what I meant. Everyone thought that I was focusing on the direction of Mokpo, but I took a slant and took all the bombers out of the way to attack Incheon Airport! Incheon Airport must be turned into a pile of ruins, at least , during the war on the Korean Peninsula! Incheon Airport is more important than Mokpo Battlefield!" Major General Sato said viciously, "As for General Tanaka's call back, you should reply as I ordered before!"

After two rounds of ferocious bombing by the bombers of the Independent Division, the second defense line of the Japanese army in Mokpo was completely changed, with huge bomb craters everywhere. The trenches and fortifications, as well as the stretching and winding traffic trenches, all disappeared. In just three to ten minutes, the bomber group commanded by Le Yiqin used thousands of heavy aerial bombs to completely change the topography of the Mokpo battlefield!

The bomber fleet of the Independent Division began to return, and the roar of the rumbling engines gradually faded away. The second line of defense in Mokpo, the Japanese army, left only the lingering smoke, the choking smell of gunpowder smoke, the turned up soil, and the everywhere. crater.

Lieutenant General Oshima shook his still dizzy head vigorously. Although the division commander did not hurt a single hair in an unprecedentedly violent bombing, the huge explosion and shock wave made him hide in the underground bunker. Lieutenant General Oshima, absolutely uncomfortable, countless bombs exploded on the top of his head, and it would not be easy to put on anyone. Look at all the pale-faced officers in the division headquarters, Lieutenant General Oshima ordered: " Put Lieutenant General Kaga on the phone immediately!"

At this moment, Lieutenant General Oshima had to give in to that guy Kaga, he wanted to call himself to express his thanks and ask for advice on what to do next, but the communication staff's answer made him extremely annoyed, "Reporter Commander, all wired communication with the No.30 Seventh Division has been cut off, and it was preliminarily determined that it was cut off by bombers from the Independent Division!"

"Baga!" Lieutenant General Oshima stared at the triangular eyes and cursed angrily. He was absolutely dissatisfied with this idiot-like answer. Isn't it nonsense? I don't know how many heavy bombs fell. Can a telephone line that reaches a depth of one meter not be blown up, and use your pig head as a reminder?

"Immediately send a communications unit to check and repair the telephone line, and use the radio to contact General Kaga!" Lieutenant General Oshima roared, he was eager to know what that guy Kaga would do next, order the troops to enter the ground position immediately , to meet the attack of the independent division troops, or to stand still and continue to hide?

But at this time, someone added to the confusion, "Reporting to the commander of the division, the No. 30 Eighth Regiment is calling, please ask the division headquarters, whether the troops will enter the ground position immediately?" The radio station here is busy sending reports, and the subordinates Lieutenant General Oshima was about to go mad with anger, "Baga!" He continued with another Japanese curse, anyway, he didn't know whether he was scolding himself for not knowing what to do, or scolding his subordinates Add to the chaos?

"Chirp! Chirp!" A piercing scream suddenly sounded in the sky, and then, the huge explosion that had just disappeared for less than 10 minutes roared again. This time, it was not a bomber from the Independent Division, but a bomber from the Independent Division. The artillery fire from the division's fleet and the ground, Lieutenant General Oshima gritted his teeth in pain, "It's here again, the bombing just ended, and then came the fierce shelling. Could it be that the ammunition for the independent division came for free?" At this moment, There is no need to ask Lieutenant General Kaga for advice.

It was another 10-minute artillery attack. On the sea of ​​Mokpo, more than a dozen warships and naval guns continuously poured huge shells onto the Japanese positions, and one of the two heavy artillery brigades fired [-] mm caliber The grenades rained down on the Japanese positions, and the mixed bombardment of naval guns and howitzers brought more destructive power to the Japanese positions than the previous bomber bombings.

It's not that the naval guns and howitzers are more powerful than heavy aerial bombs, but that on the basis of previous bombings, the degree of destruction of the Japanese army's underground fortifications was further exacerbated. Some underground shelters that were not strong enough could not withstand such a violent attack. The shelling, amidst a huge explosion, came crashing down, burying the Japanese soldiers alive in the ground.

Lieutenant General Kaga looked at the situation on the ground through the artillery mirror with a livid face. Such continuous and violent bombing and shelling shocked him more than ever. How could the Imperial Japanese Army be reduced to the target of allowing the Chinese troops to wreak havoc, being crushed in underground fortifications, and avoiding the fierce artillery fire of the other side in fear?

Even, Lieutenant General Kaga didn't even have the idea of ​​launching artillery counterattacks at all. He was also a senior imperial general. Judging from the intensity of firepower of the ground artillery of the Independent Division, at least the artillery of a heavy artillery brigade was bombarding The position of the imperial army, the biggest trump card in his hand, the Nakajimano Artillery Regiment, is not enough to see under the joint sea and land artillery fire of the Chinese army. I am afraid that just one shell will provoke devastating retaliation?

Although Lieutenant General Kaga knew that the third division was also assigned to a field artillery regiment, but the two field artillery regiments combined were no match for the artillery of the independent division. Now, Lieutenant General Kaga understood that the third brigade Why did all the soldiers die in less than four hours? Under such fierce artillery fire, no matter how many soldiers are on the ground, they are piles of live targets!

Lieutenant General Kaga felt a sense of uneasiness in this blocking battle where he was at a considerable disadvantage in terms of firepower. I am afraid that the second line of defense on the Mokpo battlefield will become the cemetery of the No. 30 Seventh Division!

In the air, Le Yiqin looked at the returning bomber fleet, and then looked at the Japanese positions on the ground, which were blown up by naval guns and ground artillery, and couldn't help frowning. After the 10-minute bombing ended, the Japanese fighter group still did not appear. Calculated according to the flight distance, from the Kyushu Island Field Airport in Japan to the Mokpo airspace, at the speed of the Japanese "Zero" fighter jets, within 10 minutes, Get there as soon as you can!

Why didn't the little devil's fighter jet come?A huge question mark appeared in Le Yiqin's mind, "Le Yiqin, the commander of the air formation on the Korean peninsula, called the Qingdao ground air finger, please confirm again, whether the Japanese land-based air force in the direction of Kyushu Island has taken off!" He did not give up. , called the Qingdao ground air finger.

With such a big formation, more than 600 fighter jets are dispatched, if the little devil's fighter jets don't come, Le Yiqin will have infinite regrets!

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