Age of Rebirth

The ferocious shelling and large-scale aerial bombardment of the Japanese army shrouded the positions of the Allied forces relying on the river for defense in flames and gunpowder smoke. The ground was trembling and trembling. May capsize. +music+reading+novel+[-]x+

The frontline headquarters of the Australian Allied Forces is located in a cave more than ten kilometers behind the first-line positions. Although no shells fell here, the earth-shattering explosions still made the gravel and soil in the cave club "rustle" from time to time. Falling.

The deputy commander, Admiral Fernades, and the commander, General Bachlissmann, were together to face the huge pressure of the Japanese army. In addition, other US military generals are still easy to deal with.

In the shaky cave, the two commanders were not very worried about the Japanese army's fierce shelling and indiscriminate bombing of their troops' positions. The artillery and air-raid shelters that were enough to hide all the soldiers could take advantage of the Japanese army's firepower. reduced to a minimum.

"Commander, now it seems that your order to order the second-line troops to dig a large number of air-raid shelters and artillery holes is absolutely correct and predictable. In this reading, I admire it very much!" Admiral Fernandez did not He said without hypocrisy, "With these defense systems, we can enjoy the Japanese attack on the second line of defense!"

General Bachlisman shook his head and said, "Deputy Commander, this is a helpless move. Without air supremacy and insufficient heavy equipment, we can only adopt a passive approach to reduce casualties of soldiers. When going to the first line of defense, My convoy was on the way, and was attacked by Japanese fighter jets. At that time, I realized this, it is a cure for the past!"

The artillery fire of the Japanese army began to bombard in depth, and the bombers and fighter jets of the Japanese army also began to return after completing a round of bombing.At this time, the phone in the headquarters rang one after another.

The staff quickly summarized the situation on the front line.After a while, the chief of staff, General Wagner, came over and reported, "Commander, deputy commander. The commander of the forward force is reporting. The Japanese army has begun to cross the river, using pontoon bridges and assault boats to cross the river!"

"It's started!" General Bachlisman said to himself, "Chief of Staff, convey the command of the headquarters. All artillery, aim at the Japanese troops who are crossing the river. After firing five shells, immediately shift positions. The forward troops , when the Japanese army has not landed. Use the most intensive firepower to repel them!"

After giving the order, Bachlisman will say to Admiral Fernandez: "Deputy Commander, there is an important task that needs you to complete!"

Admiral Fernandez said without hesitation: "Please give the order, Commander!"

Bachlisman said with a heavy face: "You rush back to Melbourne immediately to form the rear command, and you will be the commander. The rear command has three responsibilities. The first is to recruit all the right-age personnel in southeastern Australia. Regardless of male or female, all will be conscripted into the army, and after a month of training in the rear, they will serve as supplementary soldiers and be ready to replenish the exhausted troops at any time!"

"The second is to plan to evacuate the population of the city and the important enterprises involved from now on. This reading is very important. The Japanese army is blocked in the second line of defense, and it is bound to carry out large-scale bombing of our rear. In order to combat our long-term combat capabilities, the supplies from the West Indies alone may not be able to keep up with the consumption of ammunition and supplies!"

"Third, ensure the ammunition and supplies on the front line, the supply line is unobstructed, and the transfer and treatment of the wounded. General Fernandez, the next battle will be very cruel. We have no retreat. I am on the front line and you are in the rear. Let us work together Work hard to keep Australia's last piece of foothold and read!"

In the middle of General Bachlisman's speech, Admiral Fernandez had already understood his intention, and immediately said, "Commander, I promise to complete the task, and I will leave immediately!" He said to General Bachlisman, It is very admirable to have such a clear mind and steady deployment.

After the figure of Admiral Fernandez disappeared in the cave, Bachlisman will ask Chief of Staff General Wagnazer, "Chief of Staff, what are the casualties of the frontline troops after the Japanese shelling and bombing?"

"Commander, according to preliminary statistics, the casualties of our troops in each direction of the Japanese army's attack were very slight, with a total of more than [-] casualties, of which more than [-] were killed, most of which were caused by the bomb shelters and air-raid shelters. The thickness and depth of the excavation were not enough, and the casualties directly caused by Japanese artillery fire and bombing appeared after being bombed and collapsed!" Wagnazer will answer succinctly.

General Bachlisman breathed a long sigh of relief. Under such intensive and ferocious shelling and bombing by the Japanese army, the defensive force of more than 1 people suffered more than [-] casualties, which is still within the tolerance range.

Compared with General Bachlissmann's relieved mood, General Ito Yanzaburo at this moment was so angry that he was about to go berserk. According to his estimation, after the combined ground-air firepower strike, the Allied soldiers exposed in the field fortifications were almost It became a fragmented corpse, and there should be no suspense in the next cross-river attack. He even gave the chief of staff, Major General Kawaguchi, an order to the headquarters to prepare to cross the river.

But the facts surprised him. First, the assault boat halfway across the river and the pontoon bridges extending to the south bank were suddenly bombarded by Allied artillery. The dead soldiers and broken parts mixed with the torrential river went away, and most of the pontoon bridge was built, and they flew into the sky together with the wood!

Undoubtedly, the first tentative attack ended in failure. Admiral Ito strictly ordered the artillery to suppress and ferociously the Allied artillery. Then, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers took assault boats and started the second attack. This time , the effect is not bad, the assault boat has already approached the river beach on the south bank, but countless Allied soldiers, as if emerging from the ground, the light and heavy machine gun bullets, as dense as the rain, hit the Japanese soldiers with holes all over their bodies, bright red The blood on the bank stained the grass mottled.

After repeating this several times, the Japanese attack ended in failure. As night fell, the guns roared all day long on the battlefield, and finally fell silent. The smoke cleared, but the smell of blood was still strong. The lingering smoke of tree stumps all show that there has been a large-scale fierce battle here. Relying on several rivers and a large number of air-raid shelters and bomb-proof shelters, the Allied Forces, with a force of more than [-] people, killed more than one million Japanese soldiers. , blocked on the north shore.

On this day, the Japanese army paid the price of more than 3 casualties and stopped at the second line of defense. The Allied forces paid the price of more than [-] casualties and held their positions.

General Ito, who was going crazy with anger, didn't even eat dinner. He didn't understand how the allied soldiers could survive under such fierce artillery fire and bombing from the imperial army?

He expected to break through the second line of defense of the Allied forces in two days, including the annihilation of all Allied soldiers on the second line of defense. Now it seems that it is obviously impossible to achieve, but he is angry because he has lost face in front of his subordinates, and he is quite confident in breaking through the second line of defense of the Allied forces!

But in the next few days, the ruthless facts once again shattered the confidence of General Ito. The attacking Japanese troops paid a price of nearly 5 casualties, but they never broke through the Allied defense line. Even one day, General Ito The artillery was ordered to bombard the Allied positions on the south bank for an hour and a half. Two rounds of bombing almost turned the Allied positions on the south bank upside down!

However, they still did not achieve any results. After several attacks, they were still repelled. After many days of war practice, the Allied soldiers became enthusiastically fond of the bomb shelters and air-raid shelters that they had been slandering before. Once the soldiers took the initiative When the nature is brought into play, the creativity will be astonishing, and all kinds of defense facilities will continue to emerge.

Without the supervision of officers at all levels, after each battle, the Allied soldiers desperately expanded and consolidated the defense facilities, which could save their own lives and repel the Japanese attack. On the battlefield, the greatest reliance on survival.

By the end of January, the battle lines were still deadlocked in several rivers in northern Australia. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army had paid more than 17 casualties, and the Allied forces had paid more than [-] casualties. Thousands of soldiers fell on the land in northern Australia, and the rivers in the center of the battlefield were slightly reddish.

Although the casualties of the Japanese army were more than double that of the Allied forces, the commander, General Bachlisman, who had been commanding the front line, felt the pressure was increasing. If the fight continues like this, the second line of defense will eventually fall due to lack of soldiers. Although the Japanese army is blocked, the battle situation is still not conducive to the Allies.

Fortunately, at the beginning of February, the second batch of 13 infantry divisions of the Allied Forces to reinforce the Australian battlefield arrived in Australia. Reaching the battlefield without suffering losses on the way is still a difficult problem.

The United Air Force of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Dispatch Force, in accordance with the order of General Ito, blew up all the reasons leading to the rear of the Allied forces on the battlefield into a mud pit, and also carried out uninterrupted air raids on Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and other places. Large-scale air strikes blew up the southeastern part of Australia in flames and smoke filled the sky.

What General Bachlisman was worried about was that the air strikes by Japanese aircraft on the rear of the Allied forces and the bombing of the logistics supply line still occurred, causing great difficulties for the ammunition and supplies of the Allied forces on the front line.

When the Australian battlefield was raging, American President Roosevelt, who was far away in Washington, finally looked forward to Tang Qiuli's call back.

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