Age of Rebirth

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The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, like a behemoth, rampages and catches people in various waters of the Southwest Pacific battlefield. On various islands and lands, the commanders of the independent divisions and regiments with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in their hands are gnashing their teeth with anger, but But nothing.

Major General Le Yiqin, the commander of the Southern Flying Group, is extremely unhappy. His own fighter force has been rampant in the Indochina Peninsula and the Southwest Pacific for many years. In any air battle, it was not a large piece of meat. Count it carefully, and it was destroyed in his own hands. There are more than a dozen of the little devil's army, sea and air force, right?

Is the United Fleet of the old devil Yamamoto invulnerable?Therefore, Le Yiqin and a group of staff stayed up all night and made a battle plan, roughly, to ask for the approval of the division commander. The Southern Flying Group will concentrate all its combat power in the Banda Sea airspace, and the combined fleet with Yamamoto, In a decisive battle, not only will the little devil's carrier-based aircraft be killed, but hundreds of warships and dozens of aircraft carriers will also be turned into piles of scrap iron on the bottom of the Banda Sea.

As a result, Tang Qiuli returned the telegram, gave him a violent training, and asked him if he had fought smoothly in the past few years and felt that he could walk sideways. I am number one in the world?

Then, he warned Le Yiqin that unless the Japanese naval aircraft fleet actively attacked the troops on the various islands, otherwise, the Southern Flying Group would not take the initiative to engage in air combat with the Japanese aircraft fleet. Finally, he was ordered that the only task at present is to quickly build the various islands. Island field airport, improve the deployment of ground radar stations, don't yell about fighting all day long!

After being subjected to a harsh training, Le Yiqin suddenly became wilted, but he was not convinced. All the combat aircraft of the Southern Flying Group were gathered together, and the number was greater than that of the little devil's carrier aircraft. Why couldn't they fight? Of course, he also I could only complain to Chief of Staff He Zhijun and refute what the division commander said, even if he had the guts to say it.

Without the sea interception by the warships of the Independent Division, batches of Japanese soldiers were withdrawn to Australia one after another. By mid-July, except for the Japanese troops on Luzon and Mindanao, all the Japanese troops on other islands had withdrawn. Going to the Australian mainland, however, after counting, the chief of staff of the headquarters in Tokyo, General Mitsuko Minei, is also bleeding from his heart.

From the start of the Southwest Pacific Campaign to the present, in just over 35 days, the more than [-] Imperial Army troops originally stationed on various islands were finally safely withdrawn to the Australian mainland, but a little over [-] people.

More than 40 soldiers of the imperial army disappeared in the hands of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli's troops in more than [-] days, with an average loss of more than [-] soldiers per day. Manpower, the hundreds of thousands of carefully cultivated Imperial Army troops also disappeared in this war, and the plan to withdraw to Australia can be called a costly retreat.

For this reason, the chief of the general staff of the base camp who was in charge of commanding this strategic retreat, General Mitsuko Minai, was criticized by the various factions in the base camp, and their accusations were endless. It is said that His Majesty the Emperor was also quite dissatisfied, which made him burnt out. The virtual fire rose, and the high fever was more than 30 degrees. He fell ill immediately and was admitted to the Tokyo Army General Hospital.

On the bed in the hospital, Minai had a hanging needle on his arm, and supported his sick body. He was drafted as Admiral Yamamoto, Commander of the United Fleet of the Navy. Shan, why did the navy agree to join the Southwest Pacific battlefield without conditions.

Daringly, Yamamoto 56 has now become the savior of hundreds of thousands of army soldiers, but I, the person who has worked hard and exhaustedly planned and directed the great retreat, has become criticized by everyone. Yamamoto 56 just drove the warship to the Southwest Pacific On the battlefield, he reaped great benefits without any effort.

Look at my own size again, I am exhausted, but everyone is shouting and beating, and even against my will, I will give Yamamoto credit to His Majesty the Emperor. Thinking of this, the condition of General Mitsuko Minai became more serious, and he had a high fever all day long. Nonsense, of course, the one who scolded in the nonsense was Admiral Nagano Shuzan, Minister of the Navy.

Admiral Yamamoto, who is commanding the combined fleet and searching for traces of the independent division fleet all over the world, does not know Koichi Minai's inner thoughts and his current illness. Otherwise, the wayward Admiral Yamamoto will definitely be on his flagship "Nagato" , Hold a grand reception to celebrate the old bastard Minai Koichi, go see Amaterasu as soon as possible!

The several air battles with the land-based aviation of the Independent Division did not arouse General Yamamoto's vigilance. In his opinion, mainly because he wanted to, he could conduct air battles with the land-based fleet of China's aviation in various airspaces of the Southwest Pacific battlefield, and he could also occupy upper hand.

Similarly, as long as I don’t want to, the land-based fleet of China’s independent aviation division can only stare blankly at the United Fleet cutting through the waves at sea, and it can do anything. The problem of short legs is the biggest flaw of the land-based fleet. That group of idiots, the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli who fears him like a tiger, can't change all of this.

The United Fleet dispatches a large number of reconnaissance planes every day to search in various locations, but they all find nothing. The fleet of the China Independent Division seems to have disappeared in the sea without a trace. General Yamamoto has a premonition that the fleet of the China Independent Division must now be He was hiding and fleeing, which made him very regretful.

For several days in a row, the reconnaissance planes of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy took off frequently and searched almost all the waters of the Southwest Pacific Theater, but still did not find any trace of the independent division fleet. At this time, all the retreating Japanese troops had arrived Australia.

In fact, the escort mission of the United Fleet has ended, but Admiral Yamamoto refused to give the order to transfer the United Fleet to northern Australia, so the huge United Fleet wandered in several sea areas.

The staff of the United Fleet couldn't figure out what was going on in Commander Yamamoto's mind. The chief of staff of the fleet, Vice Admiral Matsuda, also asked cryptically, but most of them got a mysterious smile or ignored him. .

His staff officers didn't understand, and General Yamamoto didn't bother to explain. He had his own considerations. The combined fleet's activities in the Banda Sea and the Java Sea were to ensure the safety of northern Australia. The China Independent Division has the conditions to go south to attack Australia. The presence of the combined fleet is suspected to be a huge deterrent to the China Independent Division, making them dare not act rashly.

Furthermore, General Yamamoto hoped from the bottom of his heart that the China Independent Division would start its military operations against Australia with Java Island and Irian Island as the starting point for the attack. If so, he would be very satisfied. , The sea voyage to Australia will become a side grave where Chinese soldiers are buried, and the scene of imperial army soldiers blood-staining the Banda Sea and other waters will be repeated on Chinese soldiers.

Of course, based on General Yamamoto’s understanding of the Chinese people, they are not so stupid, but it is not impossible. Another point is the idea hidden in the heart of General Yamamoto. , Completely cut off the troops and logistics supply lines of the China Independent Division on the Australian battlefield, and created convenient conditions for him to take over as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army in Australia in the future.

It's just that this idea is a plan that can only be put into action after a few months. The current Admiral Yamamoto is wholeheartedly focused on capturing the China Fleet and completely eliminating this weak opponent.

But what Admiral Yamamoto didn't know was that when the combined fleet was wandering around the war zone, the corps directly under the independent division that ended the Sumatra battle, with twelve brigades of nearly 26 troops, had already begun to head to Australia. battlefield.

The huge fleet was consumed in a sea area where there was no fighting, which made Lieutenant General Matsuda, the chief of staff of the United Fleet, very worried. He made a suggestion to General Yamamoto, "Your Excellency, Commander, now except for Luzon and Mindanao, the Royal Army Army They are still retreating to Australia one after another, and there is no fighting in other areas, can the fleet be transferred to the northern part of Australia for resupply!"

"In addition, in the Sulu Sea area, there are only some of the main battleships of the First Fleet of Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro, and the Sulu Sea area is close to the Hainan Island base of the Chinese Navy, and it is also responsible for the escort mission of the fifth transferred army. Weaker, should we order the other warships of the First Fleet to return to the First Fleet's formation, and it would be safer to maintain the First Fleet's complete formation in the Sulu Sea!"

"No need, the current force is sufficient!" Admiral Yamamoto smiled but rejected Chief of Staff Matsuda's suggestion without hesitation, "Matsuda-kun, I hope that the China Fleet will put their minds on Takasu Shiro, do you understand?"

Of course, Chief of Staff Matsuda understood, and immediately started a cold war, "Bait, the commander is using half of Takasu Shiro's First Fleet as bait!" That is half a fleet with two aircraft carriers and more than [-] warships of various types Ah, the gamble is too big, but he can only keep silent and nod his head, expressing his understanding of the commander.

In Trusan, Sumatra Island, where the independent division is located, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe hurried into Tang Qiuli's room and said, "Master, after receiving a report from the reconnaissance aircraft brigade of the Aurora Field Airport in Mindanao Island of the Southern Aviation Group, In the waters of the Sulu Sea, a small fleet of the Japanese army was found, with two aircraft carriers as the core and more than [-] warships escorting the retreating Japanese army!"

"Sulu Sea?" Tang Qiuli repeated in amazement, "Isn't Yamamoto 56's combined fleet in the Java Sea and Banda Sea? Why is there another small fleet in the Sulu Sea?"

"According to the judgment of the staff department, it is very likely that the Japanese navy sent out a small-scale fleet after the division of the combined fleet. The purpose is to escort the Japanese troops in Luzon Island and Mindanao Island!" Zhao Yuhe replied immediately.

"Oh! Then don't worry about him, let Le Yiqin closely monitor it!" Tang Qiuli said indifferently.

Zhao Yuhe agreed, turned around and left, "Wait for Yuhe!" Suddenly, Tang Qiuli called him back.

(To be continued r1152

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