Age of Rebirth

Faced with the opposition of Battelle, the commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division attacking Adelaide, Australia, neither Tang Qiusheng nor Tang Qiuquan questioned or asked questions. His own reasoning will wait for the following.

Battelle said: "Brother Qiusheng and Brother Qiuquan, intelligence has confirmed that there are only about 18 Japanese defenders in Australia, and more than half of them are stationed in the southeastern part of Australia. This is a good opportunity for concentrated encirclement and suppression. !"

"Oh!" Tang Qiusheng twitched his eyebrows, and said calmly, "Tell me in detail what you think?" In his tone, not only was there no dissatisfaction, but there was also the meaning of intentional investigation.

As for Brother Qiusheng's intentions, Battelle naturally knew, so he said bluntly: "My opinion is that the two attacking troops do not need to attack the Japanese army in Australia at the same time, but attack from the direction of Adelaide." The attack begins first!"

"Intelligence shows that the Japanese army in the direction of Adelaide has no more than 16 people in two divisions, which is a weakly defended direction. I launched an attack with a huge force of [-] people in ten mechanized infantry brigades and four tank brigades. , the pressure on the Japanese army will be enormous!"

"In this way, the Japanese defenders in the direction of Adelaide will inevitably ask for help in the face of tremendous pressure, and the Japanese army in the direction of Melbourne will inevitably provide reinforcements with all their strength. This is to achieve the purpose of mobilizing the Japanese army!"

"Afterwards, the troops landing in the direction of Melbourne suddenly launched an attack, supplemented by air fire support from the aviation force, which would inevitably severely damage or annihilate the reinforcement Japanese troops on the way to reinforcements. Moreover, the Japanese troops who left the original fortifications were exposed to the wild .Isn't it suitable for armored group assault and aviation firepower superiority!"

"Qiuquan, what do you think?" Tang Qiusheng did not express his opinion on Battelle, but asked Tang Qiuquan with a smile.

Tang Qiuquan replied with a smile: "Brother Qiusheng, you can give up the command of the Australian campaign!"

"Hahaha!" Tang Qiusheng laughed happily. He was as happy with Battelle's growth as Tang Qiuli.This time, the cousin arranged Battelle to attack Australia, so it meant training, lest he be limited to the command ability of armored soldiers.And unable to become an all-rounder who can do everything on his own, now it seems that Xiaoqiu's worries are unnecessary!

"Okay! Let's do it according to your opinion!" Tang Qiusheng made a decision on the spot, and said, "It can be adjusted. The troops attacking the direction of Melbourne. It is more appropriate for you to attack after reaching the designated position!"

"Thank you Brother Qiusheng for your support!" Battelle said sincerely, very moved in his heart, his opinion actually changed Brother Qiusheng's planned style of play.

"I transferred Yu Guanghan to you as the chief of staff!" Tang Qiusheng said without doubt, "Yu Guanghan is an excellent chief of staff. The two of you are together. If you can complement each other, I feel more at ease!"

Then.Tang Qiusheng turned to Tang Qiuquan and said: "Qiuquan, from now until about [-]:[-] am tomorrow, I will leave it to you to ensure the concealment of the troops' offensive intentions. What I am most worried about is that the Australian Japanese army will send out reconnaissance planes!"

Tang Qiuquan nodded very easily. He had a well-thought-out plan. He had at least a dozen ways to prevent the Japanese reconnaissance planes from Australia from seeing the southern waters. In this way, the attention of the Japanese commander in Australia will be drawn to the north.

For a whole day, the independent division attacked the Australian troops. The huge troop carrier formation and escort fleet galloped through the waves in the southern Indian Ocean without any unexpected trouble. As another scene came, the ship formation had already entered In the south of Australia, less than [-] kilometers away from Adelaide.

Here, the troop carrier formation and the escort fleet were divided into two. Under the command of Tang Qiusheng and Tang Qiuquan, the main force continued to sail to the waters near Melbourne. The troops commanded by Battelle and Yu Guanghan, and the fleet chief of staff, Rear Admiral Xin Xiguo, commanded the escort fleet The detachment took cover near an uninhabited reef off the coast of Adelaide, and the troop carrier formation and escort fleet implemented strict blackout and radio control.

The Japanese troops in southern Australia, until now, do not know that there is a large-scale independent division unit, which is on the dark sea, staring at itself, and when it is realized, it will be followed by the independent division. Corps and Southeast Mobile Corps, more than [-] soldiers attacked fiercely like thunder!

The night was dark, and the South Indian Ocean was choppy. Countless ships, like silent beasts, were squatting on the sea surface. Battelle, Yu Guanghan, and Xin Xiguo were sitting together, studying the plan for attacking tomorrow morning. Specific details.

Battelle stared at the map, pointed to a small island and said: "The two chiefs of staff, this Kangaroo Island is located off the coast of Adelaide, and it is an obstacle for us to launch a surprise attack. If the Japanese garrison on the island calls the police in advance, then The Japanese defenders in Adelaide will have at least three hours of preparation time, and our raid will turn into a storm, do you two have any solution?"

Yu Guanghan and Xin Xiguo fell silent for a moment, exchanged glances with each other, and Yu Guanghan said, "Commander, I have an idea. A few months ago, the special warfare detachment of Captain Chutian was divided into several groups. , respectively infiltrated the islands of the Japanese army in the Southwest Pacific and the Australian mainland, and in the revision of the previous Southwest Pacific combat plan, Adelaide is also one of the determined attack directions!"

"Can we activate the secret contact radio, contact the leader of the Chutian detachment, and let the special warfare detachment infiltrate the Australian combat detachment to deal with the Japanese garrison on Kangaroo Island?"

Both Bateer and Xin Xiguo's eyes brightened, but Xin Xiguo still worriedly reminded: "It is a practical way to activate the secret radio station and contact the special warfare detachment, but whether our target will be exposed because of this, the Japanese army Wouldn't there be no radio monitoring?"

After Xin Xiguo finished speaking, both of them looked at Battelle. He is the commander of the attacking force in the direction of Adelaide. This rather risky decision must be made by him. Xin Xiguo's reminder is not unreasonable.

Battelle was silent for a long time, and said with a firm gaze: "This risk is worth taking. In the worst case, we will use a forceful attack. Chief of Staff, you should immediately order the confidential communication department to contact the leader of the Chutian Detachment, explain our intentions, and request the Special Warfare Detachment assistance!"

An invisible electric wave penetrated the dark night, flew across the vast southern Indian Ocean, and flew to Chutian, who was lurking in Sumatra Island. On the sea in southern Australia, Battelle, Yu Guanghan, and Xin Xiguo were tense waiting.

Ten minutes later, a telegram with a concise content flew to the headquarters of the landing force in the direction of Adelaide. I have already prepared a plan, and now, I will give you the contact information of the special operations detachment sneaking into the Australian army, and you can directly order the department to cooperate with this operation!"

"Great!" Battelle couldn't hide his excitement and shouted loudly, "Chief Yu, order this unit to capture Kangaroo Island before [-]:[-] tomorrow morning, and not to disturb the Japanese army in the direction of Adelaide." force!"

In a tall building in the urban area of ​​Adelaide, the Japanese garrison stationed in Adelaide, the No.30 Ninth Division Intelligence Headquarters Telecommunications Control Room, is located in this building, and the intelligence officer, Second Lieutenant Masao Sasaki , looking boredly at the few high-power monitoring stations in front of me, whoever is on duty for more than ten hours in a telecommunications control room that has nothing to do, facing a series of cold, grass-green military stations, is mentally exhausted , very depressed!

Originally, Second Lieutenant Sasaki was not on duty today. However, I did not have any backer in the intelligence headquarters. After graduating from the Imperial Kashima Intelligence School with excellent grades, I was assigned to the intelligence headquarters of the No. 30 Ninth Division stationed in Australia. He was thrown into the telecommunications control room, which is known as a cold-bench department even within the intelligence headquarters. He worked for several years without being promoted, and was often caught on business.

It's the same today. The colleagues in the same room all went out to have fun, and left the task of duty to themselves. In the huge monitoring room, I was left to face a row of cold machines, "Damn it! Wait for me to climb into the room!" Let’s see how to deal with you bullies!” Second Lieutenant Sasaki cursed indignantly, looking at the wall clock on the wall.

In another five or six hours, it was time for me to get off work. At this time, a monitoring radio station suddenly turned on a red light, but the time was very short. Second Lieutenant Sasaki didn't pay much attention to it. Unknown telegrams often popped up and disappeared. Adelaide is on the verge of the southern Indian Ocean, and ships pass by from time to time, and the radio signals sent by the ship's radio station are often intercepted by the monitoring station. At first, the telecommunications monitoring room paid great attention to such radio waves.

However, many times later, it was proved that this was the radio signal sent by an imperial ship sailing in order to communicate. Also, now that the whole of Australia is under the occupation of the Great Japanese Empire, only the imperial ship dared to follow Adelaide. Ryder sailed offshore.

More than ten minutes later, the red light of the monitoring station flashed again. This time, Second Lieutenant Sasaki noticed. He was just about to determine the general direction of the radio wave, but the radio wave suddenly disappeared. He turned around frustrated and bored. Go, but what he didn't notice was that, just over a minute later, the red light flickered rapidly, and then turned off again.

Looking at the wall clock on the wall, Second Lieutenant Sasaki wrote in the duty record: "Night, at 25:42, surveillance station No. [-] detected an unknown radio wave, but it was extremely short and unable to capture the specific position. At [-]:[-], the unknown radio wave Appeared again, but the time was still very short, and the exact direction of the radio wave could not be determined!"

Then, Second Lieutenant Sasaki closed the on-duty record and handed it over to the head of the office after get off work, and he considered that he had completed a few days of on-duty tasks.

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