Age of Rebirth

In the North Yellow Sea of ​​China, a Japanese navy fleet protects thousands of troop carriers and sails on the choppy sea. Because they are afraid of being attacked by the independent division fleet or aviation, the entire fleet and troop carrier formation are implemented. The lights were blacked out, and on the pitch-black sea, these warships and merchant ships were like coffins. Not far behind them, there were several submarines trailing quietly.

In the central part of the Korean peninsula, the Incheon Advance Command Post of the Air Force of the Independent Division, three senior generals, and a large group of staff are in the operation room, facing a large chart, studying the combat plan. One of them is Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the Navy Fleet of the Independent Division. The lieutenant general and the other two were Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin, the two commanders of the aviation force.

After receiving the telegram from the division commander, Tang Qiuquan rushed to the front of Incheon Aviation Corps overnight.

Tang Qiuquan looked at Liu Cuigang and said with a smile: "Cuigang, do you have any specific requirements for how to fight this battle?"

Liu Cuigang replied calmly: "In the division's order, it is very clear that the naval fleet is the main force, and our air force cooperates in the operation. The division commander's intention is to take a fancy to the little devil's thousands of merchant ships. This is a big piece of land." Oily fat!"

Le Yiqin took over the topic and said: "That's the problem. If the commander doesn't have this requirement, it's easy to handle. We dispatched bombers and fighter jets to bombard them violently to ensure that before the little devil's fleet enters the Bohai Bay, all of them will be destroyed." A pile of scrap copper and iron on the bottom of the sea!"

Tang Qiuquan laughed loudly and said: "It is not difficult to solve the escort fleet composed of more than 50 old warships of the Japanese Navy. I have ordered all the warships in the Qingdao base of the fleet to prepare for battle. The fleet can also be put into battle at any time. The problem now is to focus on solving the problem of the Japanese escort fleet, which depends on the opinions of the two commanders!"

Liu Cuigang thought about it.Said: "Commander Tang, how do you want to fight? Solve the Japanese navy escort fleet, and leave it to our aviation forces!"

Tang Qiuquan said succinctly: "After entering the waters of Liaodong Bay, the fleet will be divided into two parts, and they will attack from the Shandong Peninsula base and the Mokpo waters of the Korean Peninsula respectively, cutting off the retreat of the Japanese navy escort fleet, and capturing these thousands of Japanese merchant ships. The most important task is to destroy the escort fleet, and it is best to solve it in the airspace of Liaodong Bay. I estimate that the Japanese escort fleet should adopt relay escort tactics, which must be guaranteed. There are escort fleets in the air at all times!"

Liu Cuigang took a look at Le Yiqin and said, "Yiqin and I also considered this way. This is also the only way for the Japanese escort fleet to ensure that it will not be attacked by the air. Therefore, the tactics of the air force are. Take Incheon on the Korean Peninsula as an example. Airports, Weihai and Qingdao airports in Shandong Peninsula, Dalian and Wafangdian airports in Liaodong Peninsula, and field airports around Bohai Bay are mainly divided into four echelons to intercept and kill the Japanese escort fleet!"

"While the fleet is launching an attack, the four echelons are also attacking at the same time, using the Jeju Strait, the northern part of the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Bay, and the Liaodong Bay as the combat airspace, that is to say, from Japan's mainland Kyushu Island to Liaodong Bay, dispatching superior forces. Carry out a full-line interception!"

"Good!" Tang Qiuquan praised, "My command position is in Incheon!"

Le Yiqin said: "I have a division of labor with Cuigang. Cuigang stayed in Incheon to command the air battles in the Jeju Strait and the northern part of the Yellow Sea. I flew to Tianjin overnight to command the operations in the Bohai Bay and Liaodong Bay. Commander Tang, look at this Can become?"

Tang Qiuquan jokingly said: "It's all planned. That won't work. The two generals of the aviation force will go into battle in person. I guess, this time, the Japanese will not only send a fleet and thousands of merchant ships as a gift, but I'm afraid there will be more Take hundreds of planes in!"

Everyone in the war room laughed heartily. At this time, a naval officer walked up to Rear Admiral Xin Xiguo, the chief of staff of the fleet, and handed him a telegram. After reading it, Xin Xiguo whispered to the officer. After a few words, he handed the telegram to Tang Qiuquan.

Tang Qiuquan looked at the telegram and smiled, "Received a report from the submarine monitoring the whereabouts of the Japanese Navy's escort fleet and troop transport fleet. Just over half an hour ago, the Japanese escort fleet and troop transport fleet suddenly accelerated. The target is still In the direction of Liaodong Bay, it seems that the Japanese still want to drill into the pocket prepared by the teacher!"

"Okay!" Le Yiqin slammed the table and said loudly: "The little devils are in a hurry to die. We can't help them, but we are sorry for the kindness of the little devils! I have an idea. In the days before the formation of warships arrived in Liaodong Bay, the air force dispatched a small fleet of aircraft to fight with the Japanese escort fleet. Is this normal? Or, they have all arrived at our door and have not moved yet, so don’t scare them away Little devil, the cooked duck is flying!"

Tang Qiuquan applauded and praised: "I agree, whoever said that Yiqin's mind is not delicate, more than brave but not resourceful, it is this suggestion that laid the foundation for a complete victory in this battle. What tactics to adopt and how to fight, the two of you decide, I will not intervene, the meeting is over now, everyone returns to their posts, and all naval and air forces participating in the battle are ready for battle!"

Three days later, the Japanese navy escort fleet and troop carrier formation had entered the Bohai Sea. The commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Heimiya, stood on the conning tower of the fleet flagship "Naniwa", looking at the rolling white waves of the Bohai Sea, worried, There is no reduction at all. From this moment on, the fleet has entered the hinterland of the independent division's defense zone.

The escort fleet adopted a "V" escort formation, with eight destroyers of large tonnage and fierce firepower at the forefront, more than 30 kilometers away from the main force of the fleet, and fifteen warships on each side of the left and right wings. Tightly protected in the middle, his own flagship led the remaining warships and sailed with the troop carrier formation. For the sake of safety, the escort warships on the left and right wings were placed [-] kilometers away.

Even so, Rear Admiral Heimiya still has nothing in his heart. The biggest weakness of the escort fleet is that there is no aircraft carrier and no carrier-based aircraft. Look at the escort fighter jets lined up in a neat combat formation overhead. sense of security.

For these guys from the Army Aviation, Major General Heimiya didn't have a good impression at all. In name, he was the supreme commander of the fleet and the escort aviation fleet, but in practice, that was not the case at all. Gang of rebellious guys, they don't obey their own commands at all, they act on their own, they are arrogant, they often make their own decisions, and when they think about it, they get angry.

During the past three days, the fleet sailed uneventfully. From time to time, a small group of fighter jets from the Air Force of the Independent Division came out to harass them. Although they were repelled by the escort fighter group every time, in the view of Major General Heimiya, it was not a good thing. Son, he already smelled conspiracy.

The reason is simple. According to the information held by Major General Heimiya, just in the area around Bohai Bay, the Northern Air Group of the independent division has a scale of no less than 130 combat aircraft. All of them are dispatched, and the two wings have more than [-] aircraft The escort scale of the fighter jets is obviously not enough, but why, the aviation unit of the independent division only dispatches a small formation of more than a dozen fighter jets, at most [-] fighter jets, to carry out continuous harassment?

If there is no conspiracy involved, he would not believe that Major General Heimiya was killed. Master Heimiya reported his own judgment to Major General Nakatani, the commander of the escort fleet formation, and reminded the escort fighter formation to pay attention to the situation at the independent division aviation field airport around Bohai Bay. .

But Major General Nakatani’s answer almost made Major General Heimiya vomit blood with anger, “Mr. In ten attacks, I shot down three enemy planes without any casualties. I also pursued the fleeing fighter jets of the independent division and went deep into the airspace from Bohai Bay to Jiaozhou Bay. I have never seen it. Independent division aviation large fleet!"

"If it weren't for the Army Aviation Department, which has strict orders to escort Heimiya-kun's fleet, I can command the fleet of the headquarters to attack the airfields of the independent division aviation in North China or the Shandong Peninsula!"

The implication is that because your Heimiya fleet has delayed the opportunity of my Nakatani Air Force to make meritorious service, for Major General Nakatani, Major General Heimiya's evaluation is "arrogance and ignorance!" The pilots of these Army Air Forces have always been on the mainland Carrying out air defense missions, I have no experience in air combat at all, and I have never fought against the air force of the independent division. I feel that I am invincible in the world!

"I really don't know where Zhonggu's confidence comes from. If he seriously studies the achievements of the Northern Aviation Group of the Independent Division Aviation Corps over the years, then look at the empire that was planted in the hands of the famous air fighter Liu Cuigang." Army and Navy Air Force, I'm afraid, he won't be so arrogant!" Major General Heimiya thought viciously.

Originally, the army and the navy were donkeys that could not be tied to a trough, which was not good for him to command the army and navy escort. Zhongtani was unconvinced, and he made everything clear. Major General Heimiya thought that he had fulfilled his responsibility, regardless of that guy Zhongtani How much you want to keep the strength of two fighter wings above the fleet and troop carrier formation!

Under the constant harassment of the Air Force of the Independent Division, the Japanese naval escort fleet crossed the Liaodong Peninsula without any risk. In one day, they will arrive at the location where the Kwantung Army evacuated from the Liaoxi area of ​​Manchuria. This fearful voyage is finally coming to an end. up.

What made Major General Heimiya very dissatisfied was that the kwantung army didn't seize a port and let thousands of troop carriers dock.

(To be continued)