Age of Rebirth

Most of the ministers who were summoned overnight by Emperor Hirohito to participate in the imperial military meeting were baffled. They didn't know that our nervous majesty took himself out of the bed in the middle of the night and stuffed himself into the car from the palace without any explanation. Participate in the imperial meeting, so why?

However, several important ministers guessed in their hearts, for example, Admiral Nagano Xiushan, Minister of the Navy, Admiral Koichi Minai, Minister of the Army and Chief of the General Staff of the headquarters, etc., muttered in their hearts, "Probably related to the war situation in Australia, it must be the war situation that happened. Great changes, otherwise, His Majesty would not have summoned himself in the middle of the night!"

At this time, Emperor Hirohito was extremely excited, as if he had been vented freely on the body of a concubine, and he even giggled from time to time, seeing the maids and attendants feel a burst of emotion. A burst of hair.

The ministers gathered quickly, and more than an hour later, an order issued by the base camp reached the hands of General Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, "According to conclusive information, the Australian Allied Forces are retreating." Prepare, command from the base camp, immediately launch a full-line attack, be sure to wipe out all the Australian Allied forces, and make sure that one "top" and "point" novelist escapes, you can determine the specific attack plan and attack time, and then report to the base camp!"

"Hahaha!" General Ito, who was wearing a kimono, swept away the drowsiness all over his body, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed wildly. The laughter was as piercing as an owl, and the guards outside felt goosebumps all over their bodies. Then, I heard General Ito shouting, "Staff on duty. Immediately notify all commanders above the brigade head, and two hours later, go to the headquarters for a meeting! Troops that are far away from the headquarters. Send a plane to pick them up immediately!"

On the same night, in Yangon on the Indochina Peninsula, Colonel Ge Zhenzhuang, the chief of staff who was on duty at the division commander, received a confidential telegram from the Intelligence Department, "It is urgent, report to the division commander, and the 'Jiang Gan Stealing Book' plan was successfully implemented. complete!"

"Jiang Gan stealing the book?" Ge Zhenzhuang looked at the secret message in bewilderment. There were three red "a"s marked on the upper left corner of the secret message.Ge Zhenzhuang knew that this represented the top secret and most urgent information, and he did not attend the meeting that day, only Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiusheng and Zhao Yuhe attended the meeting.For this "Jiang Gan Stealing Books" plan.He didn't know anything, but he knew that such information did not dare to delay.

Ge Zhenzhuang picked up the phone and reported to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, "Chief of Staff, I am Ge Zhenzhuang. I just received a secret telegram from the Intelligence Department. The plan of 'Jiang Gan Stealing Books' has been successfully implemented!"

"Okay. I'll rush to the teacher right away! Relevant personnel who know the content of this information should be kept to a minimum!" said Zhao Yuhe on the other end of the phone.Immediately, all drowsiness disappeared, and he ordered in a serious tone.

Zhao Yuhe's residence is not far from Shizhi, only more than ten minutes away, but he arrived in only five or six minutes. After reading the secret message, he picked up a red telephone and said succinctly : "I'm Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff, pick me up immediately!"

"Dingling!" The phone in the bedroom rang suddenly. Tang Qiuli woke up from his sleep, turned on the bedside lamp, looked at Mei Xue who was awakened beside him, and patted her face affectionately , motioned Mei Xue to continue sleeping, then got up to answer the phone.

"Master, there is news from the intelligence department that the 'Jiang Gan Stealing Books' plan has been completed!" Zhao Yuhe's voice came clearly.

"Okay!" Tang Qiuli said excitedly, "Yuhe, tomorrow morning, you are in charge of notifying Robert to go to the port of Yangon to see the ships we have conscripted. I guess, if the Japanese army wants to make a move, they will have to do so at the soonest." In two days!"

Early in the morning, as soon as Lieutenant General Robert woke up, he received a call from Zhao Yuhe, Chief of Staff of the Independent Division, informing him to go to the pier in the morning to see some of the ships that had been prepared. Moreover, Tang Qiuli personally accompanied him, which showed that the Chinese The importance attached to this matter made Lieutenant General Robert, who had been so anxious for a few days and had trouble sleeping and eating, and was covered with flames inside and out, immediately cheered up and agreed repeatedly.

Robert is not worried that the Chinese will not fulfill the agreement, but is worried about how many ships have been recruited. In his impression, the efficiency of the Chinese is so low that it is unbearable to transport hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers. The number of ships needed is frightening. Even in the United States, it is impossible to recruit so many ships in a short period of time, but the situation in Australia cannot be delayed.

Robert didn't dare to urge Tang Qiuli, for fear that the Chinese dictator would come to him in a fit of anger. If he waited for a week, it would be too late. Now, in about three days, the Chinese let themselves go and see the ships they had collected. , the efficiency was unbelievably high, and he thought of self-reflection: "It seems that I still have prejudices against Tang Qiuli and the Chinese, this is not good, we must change, otherwise, it will affect future cooperation! "

More than half an hour later, several military jeeps stopped at the door of the Americans' residence. After a few Americans headed by Lieutenant General Robert got into the jeeps, they drove towards the pier like lightning.

When they arrived at the pier, Tang Qiuli brought Shanhu and was already waiting for Robert and his party. Seeing that Robert had arrived, Tang Qiuli didn't waste any time, handed him the binoculars in his hand, and then pointed to the distant sea.

Through the telescopic lens, Robert saw the port. Rows of ships are quietly anchored on the sea. According to a rough estimate, there are at least 3000 ships. "Dear Vice Chairman Tang, I sincerely respect you and your subordinates. , With such a high work efficiency, I feel sincere admiration from the region, is this the first batch of ships collected? How many ships are there in total?" He asked Tang Qiuli without forgetting the business.

Zhao Yuhe took over the conversation and said, "Lieutenant General Robert, I will be in charge of this matter, and I will answer your question. The first batch of transport ships collected is 630 and 20 ships, which can transport [-] ships at a time. There are about [-] Allied soldiers, but it is impossible to equip them. Afterwards, we will continue to collect ships and strive to withdraw all Allied soldiers on the Australian battlefield to the West Indies in three batches!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuhe continued with a bitter face, "Lieutenant General Robert, you probably don't know that in order to complete the task of withdrawing the Australian Allied Forces, we have worked hard and used all means to take almost all the suitable troops in the Indochina Peninsula. The ships have all been recruited, and the people are very dissatisfied! The first batch of troop convoys will leave for Australia in an hour!"

Seeing Zhao Yuhe's bitterness, Tang Qiuli smiled secretly, "This Yuhe, none of these ships are civilians. I have to thank the Japanese for the gift in Liaodong Bay!"

Lieutenant General Robert was so moved that he almost burst into tears. What is the friendship between China and the United States, a good comrade in arms of the Allies? And, by the highest standards, the U.S. government is short of troops but not short of money!

An hour later, under the escort of the independent division fleet, the troop transport fleet left the port of Yangon in a mighty manner and sailed to the depths of the sea. Lieutenant General Robert watched with his own eyes. The fleet disappeared at the end of the water and sky, and then , ran back to his residence anxiously, and immediately sent a telegram to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "The first batch of ships collected by the Chinese, more than 650 ships, have left for Australia this morning! Please inform the Australian Allied Forces Command from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Execute the evacuation plan."

What Lieutenant General Robert didn't know was that after the troop transport fleet sailed out of Yangon port and entered the open sea, it slowed down its speed, calculating the time and hurrying on its way. Anyway, the master pointed out that there was an order, so don't worry!

At this time in the Australian battlefield, the Allied retreat plan has entered the implementation stage. Two days later, in the middle of the night on April [-], according to the order of the Allied Command, the first batch of Allied troops to retreat, more than [-] U.S. troops , More than [-] British troops and more than [-] Australian troops, under the cover of night, only carried light weapons, quietly left the second line of defense, and assembled in the southeastern direction of Melbourne, Canberra and other ports.

After the British, American and Australian troops withdrew, the defense vacancies left behind were immediately replaced by soldiers from the Commonwealth of Nations and Filipino soldiers. These soldiers who fell down to fight the attack did not know that they had been abandoned, but they were just covering these noble races Cannon fodder for soldiers running away.

The commander of the troops who stayed behind as cannon fodder received an order, "According to changes in the battlefield situation, some troops must be transferred to build a third line of defense behind the second line of defense. Your task is to stick to the existing positions. For the deployment of the third line of defense, buy enough time, without the order of the headquarters, you are not allowed to retreat half a step!"

As a result, the thickness of the Allied troops on the second line of defense was immediately reduced by about one-third. What they didn't know was that on the opposite side of the position, there were more than one million Japanese soldiers with red eyes. It has entered the starting point of the attack and is ready to attack across the board.

On the artillery positions of the Japanese army, countless cannons of various calibers erected their ferocious muzzles in the night, pointing directly to the southeast, and the Japanese land-based aviation, which has always been seldom dispatched at night, also made an exception. After preparing for the night bombing, the Japanese troops on the Australian battlefield were like hungry wolves baring their fangs, ready to pounce on them at any time!

General Ito, the commander-in-chief of Japan's Southwest Pacific Dispatched Forces Command, had an excited expression on his face, and he didn't pretend to be confident, but turned around in a hurry. The chief of staff, Major General Yamaguchi, looked at his watch and said in a low voice: " Commander-in-Chief, it's time to attack!"

"Start!" General Ito's eyes suddenly shot fiercely, and he spit out two words full of murderous intent.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Suddenly, the earth-shattering sound of artillery broke the tranquility of the night. Countless shells, trailing dark red tail flames, almost lit up the night sky. In the darkness of night, it slammed heavily on the Allied positions.

The Japanese army on the Australian battlefield began a full-scale offensive against the Allied forces. This war that has been fought for several years has finally come to an end, but the beginning is the end.

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