Age of Rebirth

"What? Your Excellency, Commander!" The communications officer of the United Fleet with the rank of Major Commander in the Navy froze for a moment, and exclaimed in shock, hesitatingly reminding: "Is your order wrong?"

General Yamamoto's last words were enough to make the communication officer's jaw drop. The firepower preparations have just begun, and the landing troops are still at sea. Who can predict what will happen next? Maybe the landing battle will last for a few days. , Your Excellency the Commander is now ordering to report the victory to His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp, is this a joke?

General Yamamoto, who was in a good mood, did not blame the communications officer for his suspicious tone, but repeated gently but unquestionably: "Send a telegram to His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp, the hurricane landed!"

In the three directions of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Eureka, General Yamamoto is not sure. Perhaps, the landing battle will be very intense, and the time for the troops to land may be delayed, but in the direction of Portland, General Yamamoto has With [-]% certainty, when His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters were still shocked by this telegram, the Marine Corps of the three divisions had already landed on the beach in Portland.

General Yamamoto's strong self-confidence is based on his choice of the main assault landing site and powerful sea and air firepower. Portland is definitely the weakest point in the US military's west coast defense system, and, compared to Los Angeles and San Francisco Among other places, Portland is even more northerly. It is farther away from the Hawaiian Islands, where the imperial army is mainly assembled, and there is no large port. From a military perspective, it is very unsuitable for large-scale landing operations.

In this way, many factors are intertwined.Taking Portland as the main landing and breakthrough direction is definitely a ruthless move to win by surprise, and firepower is ready.Three Marine Corps divisions with all German-style equipment, a squadron with four aircraft carriers, two fighter wings of the land-based air force, and three bomber wings, can completely overwhelm the US military defense system at the Portland landing site. , razed to the ground in an instant.

The Japanese army's army and aviation mixed fleet, and the navy's carrier-based fleet.With countless heavy aerial bombs, the Portland US military defense system was shrouded in a sea of ​​gunpowder and flames.Under the gloomy sky, the flames from the bomb explosion, like lightning penetrating from the dark clouds, struck the ground violently and densely.Portland was drowned in the sky of gunpowder.

There is no fully formed US ground defense system.Under the combined firepower of the Japanese navy and air force, it was torn to pieces like pieces of paper in an instant. The Japanese warships approached, and the shells fired by the large-caliber naval guns destroyed the hidden fortifications underground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" In the sky, the mixed Japanese fleet roared and dropped bombs.On the sea, large-caliber naval guns.The powerful shells were pouring wantonly, and Portland, a small town on the west coast of the United States, seemed to be submerged in hot magma.

Brigadier General Salawi, commander of the 134th Infantry Division of the U.S. Ninth Army defending Portland, had just grabbed the phone when the semi-underground division headquarters was hit by more than a dozen heavy aerial bombs. , mud and flames, mixed with black smoke, rose into the air, and several huge craters on the ground were still emitting lingering smoke. The headquarters of the 134th Division, together with the division commander, Brigadier General Sarawi, disappeared in the United States Among the overcast December skies on the West Coast.

Perhaps, Brigadier General Sarawi would not believe it until his death, how could the Japanese bombers find the location of the division headquarters so accurately?

In order to defeat the United States, its rival in the Pacific Ocean, and to fight with all its power, the Japanese prepared for a long time. The Japanese secret service organization lurking in the United States, with amazing perseverance and sacrifice, served the Japanese North American Combat Command, Provided a large amount of detailed information on the US military's defense deployment along the west coast of the United States. The location of the 134th Division headquarters is one of the information.

Within 10 minutes, the Japanese land-based air force mixed fleet, naval carrier-based aircraft fleet, and fleet naval guns used tens of thousands of tons of steel to blow up the small town of Portland and its surrounding areas as desolate as the moon. The U.S. 134th The infantry division, with a defensive force of more than 10 people, suffered more than half of the casualties within [-] minutes. Most of them accompanied the fortifications and disappeared in the bombing and shelling like a volcanic eruption. It became a huge crater.

Just arrived in 10 minutes, countless assault boats and landing craft, fully loaded with Japanese marines, shot straight at the beach like an arrow from the string, and 10 minutes later, the first batch of Japanese soldiers had already set foot on Portland Beach The land, three signal flares, rises in the smoke of gunpowder, and under the gloomy sky, it shines a strange green.

In the flagship command cabin, Admiral Yamamoto put down the binoculars. With a reserved smile on his lips, he picked up a glass of sake and drank it in one gulp. Then, he raised his head and closed his eyes, a few tears slid down his thin cheeks.

"Report Your Excellency, Commander, I have received a report from the Seventh Division of the Marine Corps. Its leading unit has successfully landed on Portland Beach and encountered little resistance. The main force of the division is attacking the US military in depth! "Rear Admiral Binshan, the head of the Operations Department of the United Fleet Command, slammed into the command cabin with no poise, and yelled loudly with a trembling voice, looking crazy, "Commander, we succeeded! We succeeded!" "

"I see, Mr. Binshan!" General Yamamoto said calmly, "Mr. Binshan, order the follow-up landing troops of the Seventh Division to quickly clear the remnants of the U.S. troops in the Portland area according to the predetermined combat plan, and hurry up to repair them. Fortifications, all the 11th and No.[-] divisions, quickly go south to attack, capture Eureka, and support the two divisions of the army to land!"

"Yes! Your Excellency, Commander, convey your order immediately!" Major General Bin Shan roared in a loud voice, with a sickly ruddy face. He was already a little crazy with excitement. In the United States, how many officers can there be among the officers of the North American Combat Command of the entire empire?

"Communication officer!" General Yamamoto looked at Major General Binshan, almost galloping out, with a kind smile on his face, shaking his head and shouting.

Admiration, full of admiration, the communications officer of the United Fleet, ran over quickly, looking at Admiral Yamamoto's eyes at this moment, as if worshiping, he was ashamed of questioning the victory telegram of His Excellency the Commander just now, "Commander Yamamoto's Confidence is innate, beyond my reach, I am such a fool and a pighead, to doubt the words of your Excellency Commander!"

Now, His Excellency the Commander is calling himself again, and the communications officer felt a little uneasy in his heart, "Send a telegram to Chief of Staff Nanye immediately, the second batch of landing troops, board the ship on time!" General Yamamoto glanced at his frightened subordinates, With a gentle smile, he ordered, "Also, send a telegram ordering the commander of the landing force, Lieutenant General Hirano, to immediately report the battle situation in the other three landing directions! At the same time, tell him that the imperial army has successfully landed in the direction of Portland!"

Lieutenant General Hirano Ryogi's headquarters is located on a large landing ship, not far from the beach of Los Angeles. Shells fired by the U.S. coastal anti-aircraft guns fall on the sea from time to time, stirring up jets of water around the landing ship. , the icy cold water of the eastern Pacific Ocean in December splashed on the deck, splashing the uniforms of the officers.

The chief of staff, Major General Shindo, has persuaded Lieutenant General Hirano several times to retreat the landing force headquarters to a safe distance, but was rejected by Lieutenant General Hirano. His only reason was that he could observe closely Regarding the situation of the landing force, now, Lieutenant General Hirano is standing on the deck of the landing ship, holding up the binoculars, looking in the direction of Los Angeles, surrounded by shells whizzing down and water columns scattered in the air.

Lieutenant General Hirano saw that despite the large-scale bombing by the Imperial land-based bombers, the defense system of the US military in the direction of Los Angeles was not completely destroyed, especially the beachhead at the landing site, which was hidden in the underground US military bunker. The dense rain of bullets, from the landing craft and assault boats, the soldiers of the Seventh Army who jumped into the waist-deep sea water regardless of their own safety, fell in pieces in the sea water, and even, you can see the spread of bright red blood.

"Damn it!" Lieutenant General Hirano murmured. The Seventh Army was his own army, so he didn't care how many casualties there were, but he would lose face if he fell behind other troops during the beach landing battle.

"Xinto-kun!" Lieutenant General Hirano called his chief of staff, "Contact the air force immediately and focus the bombing on the beachhead at the landing site. At the same time, order the 23rd and 25th divisions to seize the beachhead at all costs. !Give them three hours, and if I don't see the signal flare indicating a successful landing, the two division heads will cut themselves open!"

Chief of Staff Shindo was startled, and felt that Commander Hirano's order was not quite correct. Looking at the intensity and firepower of the US soldiers' counterattacks on the beachhead in Los Angeles, it was destined that the landing troops of the Seventh Army would fight a hard and bloody battle.

The corpses of soldiers of the Seventh Army floating on the sea in Los Angeles illustrate this point. There is no doubt that they can land successfully in the end, but it can't be completed in just three hours. The commander is impatient !

Just as Chief of Staff Shindo was about to persuade the commander, a communication staff officer hurried over, "Report to Your Excellency, Commander Yamamoto, who received a telegram from Commander Yamamoto that the Imperial Marine Corps has successfully landed in the direction of Portland. The process only takes 10 minutes!"

"Now, the Imperial Marine Corps has cleared the remnants of the US military in the direction of Portland with the strength of one division and consolidated the landing field. The other two divisions have already attacked and advanced in the direction of Eureka. Commander Yamamoto ordered that immediately Report the landing battle situation in our three directions!"

"What?" Lieutenant General Hirano cried out in disbelief. The troops commanded by Commander Yamamoto landed in Portland in only 10 minutes. How is this possible?

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