Age of Rebirth

More than five hours later, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning. Yu Guanghan's armored command vehicle drove across the bullet-scarred Lachlan River Bridge and onto the land on the east bank full of bullet craters and fragmented corpses of Japanese soldiers. The traces of a great war can be seen everywhere in the bright sunshine of June morning in South Australia. \top\dot\fiction\

"Have the statistics of the battle results come up?" Yu Guanghan asked the deputy chief of the combat department of the Corps when the armored command vehicle was bumping.

"Preliminary battle results have been released. After more than five hours of fighting, our army annihilated all of the No. 40 division of the Japanese army. Among them, more than [-] people, including Lieutenant General Suzuki, were killed and captured. Killed more than [-] people!" The deputy director of the Operations Department replied accurately.

"Huh?" Yu Guanghan was very puzzled, "The numbers don't match up. The No.40 division of the little devil should have about 2 people. Why do you add up your statistics and it's only [-]?" More than a thousand people, and the remaining five thousand people, have they run away?"

The deputy director of the Operations Department explained with a wry smile: "At first, the Operations Department also thought that more than 5000 Japanese soldiers took the opportunity to escape. Later, after investigation, it was not the case at all. Our ground artillery fire is all large-caliber heavy artillery. What is that? The power, especially the rocket salvo, many Japanese soldiers were burned to ashes, coupled with the bombing of the aviation bomber group, the heavy aerial bombs covered all directions, and the more than [-] Japanese soldiers who did not match their numbers had no bones left , there is no way to count it!"

"Hahaha!" Yu Guanghan laughed out loud at himself, and said, "Send a telegram to the Australian Campaign Command and Commander Battelle, I am heading for Adelaide. After more than five hours of fighting, the Japanese army No. The 40th Division has more than 2 people from the division commander Suzuki down. None of them slipped through the net! Now, the troops are cleaning the battlefield and waiting for the next order!"

When Yu Guanghan sent the telegram, the battle between Boao Dun and Ararat had successfully ended an hour ago. The main force of the No.40 Third Division and the No.40 Fifth Division of the Japanese Army did not escape and was encircled. Annihilating fate.In contrast, the fall is faster.

Tang Qiusheng used eight main field brigades with more than 13 troops to strengthen the three tank brigades.Three artillery brigades, eight rocket artillery battalions, and the fire support of the naval carrier-based aircraft unit dealt with the main force of the two divisions of the Japanese army.Less than 4 troops.The attack was launched with an absolute advantage, and the tactics adopted were also outflanking the left and right wings and making a frontal assault.

Lieutenant General Temple, the head of the No.40 Third Division of the Japanese Army, died in battle. Nearly 40 people from the No.2 Third Division were wiped out. Lieutenant General Tomosaka, the head of the No.40 Fifth Division, was wounded and captured. Soldiers, except most of them died in battle.The rest were all captured.

So far, the South Australia encirclement and annihilation campaign of the Australian Campaign Force of the Independent Division has come to an end.For this campaign, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, commander of the Australian Campaign Command of the Independent Division, dispatched twelve mechanized infantry brigades, five tank brigades, five artillery brigades, as well as the air force and naval carrier-based aircraft units of the Corps. On the three battlefields, a swift and violent attack was launched against the three main divisions of the Japanese army.

The participating troops of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, and its small price, have achieved a record of eliminating more than [-] Japanese troops and capturing more than [-] people. Since the landing of the Independent Division troops, they first conquered Adelaide and Melbourne, and then, With the spirit of continuous combat, the main force of the Japanese army in southern Australia was wiped out in one fell swoop. Since then, there has been no main combat force of the Japanese army in southern Australia, and the rest are nothing more than some second-rate local garrison troops!

At noon of the same day, Tang Qiusheng issued an order, "The troops under the Australian Campaign Command will immediately disperse in regiments to various parts of southern Australia, and use about two weeks to wipe out the Japanese local garrison, destroy the Japanese and puppet local regimes, and stabilize the rear! "

For issuing such an order, Tang Qiusheng was struggling in his heart. According to the original plan of the Australian campaign, the troops should quickly advance to central and northern Australia at this moment, trying to push the front to the northern part of Australia before the Japanese base camp reacted.

But Tang Qiusheng looked at the map of the Australian continent and gave up his original plan. The territory of Australia is too vast. The 40 mechanized infantry brigades under his command, with a force of nearly [-] people, will be distributed to each specific occupation. District, I'm afraid, even a battalion of troops is not enough.

Although the four main divisions and three air teams of the Japanese army in southern Australia have been completely wiped out, there are still local garrison troops of the Japanese army in various places. If they move north now, the rear will be unstable, and all that remains will be hidden dangers. Tang Qiusheng Absolutely not, the troops were fighting in the front, but the rear was messed up by these second-rate Japanese troops. The rear was unstable, so how could they fight in the front with peace of mind. Therefore, he had to spend more than two weeks and all the troops to stabilize the rear.

In Darwin, northern Australia, Lieutenant General Morishita, commander of the Japanese garrison in Australia and commander of the No. 11 Army, received the news that the three divisions in the south were all wiped out by the independent divisions, and spattered out a mouthful of blood.

The main force of nearly 10 people was wiped out in less than two days, and the entire army stationed in Australia was only 10,000+ people, and it lost nearly half of it at once. Next, What can be used to resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the China Independent Division that will inevitably march north?

To stabilize his emotions, Lieutenant General Morishita's face was sallow. He rallied and sent a telegram to the base camp to report the unfortunate news. Take full responsibility and be willing to accept any punishment from the base camp!

After losing the battle and losing nearly 10 troops, of course he has to take responsibility, but in Lieutenant General Morishita's heart, he doesn't think so at all. He always believes that the jade pieces of the four divisions of the Southern Australian Empire, the base camp Should bear the main responsibility.

At the beginning when Adelaide was attacked by the independent division troops, I sent a telegram to the base camp. After Melbourne was attacked, I sent a second telegram, all of which were urgent telegrams, requesting instructions from the base camp. Call back within the specified time and give clear instructions on whether Adelaide and Melbourne must be recaptured or retreat temporarily.

Otherwise, I would definitely not order the No.40 Division, No.40 Third Division, and No.40 Fifth Division to stand by for a day and a half, so that they were surrounded by the Chinese Independent Division with heavy troops and ended up in a panic. A happy ending for everyone.

At least, I was able to give an order to gather the imperial troops of the three divisions together, or withdraw to the central part of Australia first, so as to avoid the offensive edge of the independent divisions. As a senior commander, if he cannot grasp the accurate situation of the battlefield and cannot see the huge danger the troops are facing, he is either dereliction of duty or lack of ability.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Morishita wrote at the end of the telegram, "To sum up, the loss of the Imperial Army in southern Australia is not entirely my fault, but I am willing to take full responsibility, but the following suggestions are made, Australia is for The fundamental importance of the North American War of the Empire cannot be lost. If it falls into the hands of the Chinese, the victory of the Empire’s North American War will be hopeless. Therefore, it is recommended that the headquarters should use all its strength to mobilize heavy troops to wipe out the Chinese Independent Division and the Australian mainland!"

Lieutenant General Morishita's telegram, which seemed righteous but actually complained about others, arrived at the Japanese headquarters in Tokyo. It was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no reply at all. What's even more strange is that there was not even a telegram to investigate the defeat in the southern Australian battlefield. Lieutenant General Morishita Cake, the commander of the Australian army, is still doing well. He doesn't know why, so he can only guess dullly what happened in the mainland?

What happened locally?The current situation of the Japanese base camp can be described in a few idioms. It is chaotic, overwhelmed, and helpless. Lieutenant General Morishita's telegram has never attracted the attention of these big shots. They are a million times more important than this. However, the news that the nearly 6 soldiers of the three main divisions were broken and the three air teams were wiped out still made these big brothers tremble with distress.

After hearing the news that the Independent Division had suddenly launched an attack in Adelaide in southern Australia, not only Emperor Hirohito was petrified, but the military leaders in the base camp were all shocked by the thunder. The outside was scorched and the inside was tender, and the eyes were full of gold stars. Without the call of His Majesty the Emperor, the bosses ran into the palace on their own initiative.

Both the Japanese headquarters and Emperor Hirohito knew very well that Tang Qiuli, the devil of China in the Indochina Peninsula with millions of Chen soldiers, would not be idle. For the offensive that can be launched, Japan is extremely vigilant from top to bottom, and has made the most careful defensive deployment as possible.

With Sumatra Island and Kalimantan Island as the main barriers, more than 20 heavy troops were deployed on the two small islands respectively, in order to prevent the independent division from attacking, but who would have imagined, That damned Chinese devil started to do it in an unexpected place—Southern Australia.

Moreover, the attack was very fierce. With the support of powerful sea and air firepower, hundreds of thousands of heavy troops captured Adelaide and Melbourne in less than a day, and opened two cities in the southern part of Australia. big gap.

The heavyweights of the Japanese base camp, after arriving at Emperor Hirohito's palace, Hirohito was already in the meeting room, waiting for them.

His face was ashen, and he had long since disappeared the kind of high-spirited, imposing, and high-spirited Emperor Hirohito when the troops under the Imperial North American Operations Command dominated the central United States and made the Germans helpless.

After Hirohito looked at the ministers with a blank expression, he said in a hoarse voice: "I have received another very bad report. There are nearly [-] imperial soldiers in the four divisions of the Imperial Australian Army deployed in southern Australia. The jade is broken!"

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