Age of Rebirth

"The meeting will start right away!" Nan Yunzhong nodded and said, "I am in a hurry to come to Honiara, just to get acquainted with the current situation of the United Fleet as soon as possible!"

More than 100 senior officers of the United Fleet had already rushed back to the conference room ahead of time, waiting for the arrival of the new boss. When they saw General Nan Yunzhong walking in, they stood up in unison and shouted: "Congratulations, Your Excellency, Commander! "

Nagumo Tadaichi squeezed out a stiff smile on his wooden face, waved his hands, motioned the officers to sit down, and said: "The former commander of the United Fleet, Admiral Yamamoto, is the most outstanding commander of the Imperial Navy. It is a great honor to participate in a series of combat operations against the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet under the command of General Yamamoto, and now General Yamamoto thinks he is unwell, so he stays at home to recuperate!"

"Therefore, the base camp entrusted me with the task of commander of the United Fleet. Commander Yamamoto has left the best traditions for the United Fleet, and we should continue to carry it forward. But what I want to remind you is that from now on , the commander of the Combined Fleet is Chuichi Nagumo!"

"Okay, the regular meeting is over here, the commanders of the fleet and the heads of departments at all levels of the headquarters stay here, and the rest of the officers can adjourn the meeting and return to their respective jobs!"

This is the end. The more than 100 senior military officers who were about to listen to the new commander's long speech were all dumbfounded. It seemed that Commander Nagumo Tadaichi didn't say anything. He just emphasized the achievements of Commander Yamamoto and couldn't figure it out?

Nagumo Chuichi has been unemployed at home for many years, and has long since become an unknown character, most of the officers of the United Fleet.I haven't even heard of this person's name before, and I'm going to say it in today's commander's speech.Officers who have found some ways to prepare for how to perform eye-catching in the future.Can't help but be disappointed.

However, some of the officers who are full of melon seeds have smelled something different from the sentence "I want to remind you, from now on, the commander of the combined fleet is Chuichi Nagumo!" "One emperor and one courtier, the United Fleet is about to change, and the cards will be reshuffled internally. At least, until Admiral Yamamoto recovers from his illness, the United Fleet will be ruled by Chuichi Nagumo!"

General Nagumo Tadashi said "Commander Yamamoto," and Chief of Staff Matsuda, who knew the inside story, was heartbroken. He even heard a different meaning from those crucial words, and he couldn't help thinking dejectedly. Said: "In the future, whether the United Fleet can continue to be brilliant. It may not be known yet!"

In the next higher-level military meeting, Admiral Nagumo Tadashi, upholding his usual cautious style, only listened carefully to the commanders of the various fleets.The specific situation of the current escort mission did not make any new instructions at the meeting.Just a few instructions, "Continue to implement the original order of the base camp. The current main task of the combined fleet is still to focus on the army escort!"

In this way.Instead, these fleet commanders couldn't figure out what the route of the commander was, and inadvertently put a layer of mystery on Nan Yunzhong's area. After the meeting was over, only General Nan Yunzhong was left in the conference room And Chief of Staff Matsuda Lieutenant General two people.

Nagumo Tadaichi had something on his mind, and Chief of Staff Matsuda felt that he had nothing to say. The two giants of the United Fleet were relatively speechless for a while, and fell silent. After a while, Admiral Nagumo sighed and said: " Chief of Staff Matsuda, tell me, what happened to General Yamamoto?"

Compared with Nagumo Tadaichi's flamboyant demeanor of using two fighter jet brigades to escort him when he took up his new post, General Ito Yanzaburo, the new commander of the Japanese and Australian Front Army, is much more low-key. The troopship fleet of the Seventh Army arrived at the port of Darwin in northern Australia together.

In addition to a few staff officers and a dozen guards, the accompanying personnel also included his old subordinate, Major General Akutagawa who had just served as the deputy chief of staff of the North American Combat Command. It has been proposed to the base camp that Major General Akutagawa will serve as the chief of staff of the Imperial Australian Front Command, and it has been approved.

The tens of thousands of soldiers of the Seventh Army who came all the way from the North American battlefield did not even know that on the same boat, there were also the No. [-] and No. [-] figures of the Imperial Australian Front Army. After the headquarters was stationed, the first thing he did was to send a long telegram to the headquarters according to General Nanye's suggestion, requesting to replenish a large amount of heavy equipment and to enrich the Army Air Force.

Then, in the name of the newly formed Imperial Australian Front Army Command, an order was issued to the troops arriving one after another, "After arriving at the Australian battlefield, all troops should mainly rest and adapt to the local conditions in Australia. In a short period of time, there will be no combat missions! "

The second thing is that after resting for more than two hours at the headquarters, General Ito left the Darwin headquarters with Chief of Staff Akutagawa, staff officers and guards, and rushed to the headquarters where they were fighting fiercely with the independent division. He wants to go to the front line in person to obtain first-hand information.

At this moment, on the battlefield in central Australia, Lieutenant General Morishita, the former commander of the Japanese Army in Australia, who was commanding his troops and Tang Qiusheng's troops in a fierce battle, was extremely disappointed and resentful. An order from the headquarters completely changed everything, not only the plan Among them, the throne of the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Australian Battlefield was not destined for him. Moreover, the designation of the original Australian Army was revoked, and the designation of the No. 14 Army of the Army was restored, and it was placed under the command of the newly established Imperial Australian Front Command.

That is to say, from the moment I received the order from the base camp, I became a subordinate of Ito Genzaburo, one of the several military commanders, and from the previous position of uncompromising in Australia, I was reduced to an insignificant role. What a huge psychological gap there is, almost to the extreme degree of disappointment!

As a result, Lieutenant General Morishita, who was clamoring to counterattack across the board, became disheartened and began to treat the frontline wars negatively. , which in turn affected all Japanese troops on the battlefield in central Australia.

Tang Qiusheng's experience is so experienced, he is keenly aware of the changes in the Japanese troops on the front line. Although more and more Japanese troops are gathering in northern Australia, the troops used on the battlefield in central Australia are still the same. Seize the opportunity and go four ways The independent division troops going north started a new round of fierce offensive.

Tang Qiusheng's order to the commanders of the various attacking forces was, "Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese army's fighting spirit is not strong, launch a powerful offensive against the enemy in front of you. You don't want to occupy too many areas, and focus on killing and wounding the Japanese army's vital forces. Before counterattacking across the board, wipe out most of the Japanese troops on the battlefield in central Australia!"

When General Ito Yanzaburo led a capable command team and rushed to the front line, it was the time when the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and retreated steadily on the battlefield in central Australia.

Having already left the Phnom Penh Naval and Air Force Base in the Gulf of Thailand, he returned to Tang Qiuli, where the Yangon Division pointed out. He received information that Ito Yanzaburo was appointed as the commander of the Japanese and Australian Front Army. In front of Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, he said with a smile : "Ito Yansaburo, old acquaintance, I fought against each other on the Burmese battlefield before. At that time, Ito Yansaburo commanded the Japanese Southern China Expeditionary Army, but it didn't please me!"

"Forward this information, the original text, to Deputy Commander Tang. He is more familiar with Ito Yanzaburo. At the beginning, Deputy Commander Tang commanded the Southeast Mobile Corps, No. 20 Ninth Corps, and drove Ito Yanzaburo and 10,000+ Japanese troops into Yunnan. Savage Mountain at the border of Burma, who was driven out of the Indochina Peninsula, he is more familiar with Ito Gensaburo's methods than me!"

The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy is still mainly escorting. The number of Japanese troops arriving on the Australian battlefield has exceeded 100 million, but they have not been deployed on the central Australian battlefield. Generally speaking, the Australian battlefield is roughly the same as before, but recently For a few days, the offensive of the independent division troops intensified, and the Japanese army suffered a loss, with little overall change.

The Australian battlefield has not changed much, but the North American battlefield, which has been silent for several months, has once again ignited a raging war. According to the order of the head of state Hitler, more than 100 million Japanese troops were forced away. Marshal Er, unable to bear the murderous aura all over his body anymore, began to fight the Americans.

At the end of July, Rommel commanded more than 400 million elite German troops to launch a full-line attack from Denver and Cheyenne in the central part, Austin and Abilene in the south to the northern and eastern United States.

Under the command of Rommel, the German South American Army Group, which has been recharging its energy for a long time, is obviously aiming to decide the victory with one blow. , Ninth Army, No.11 Army, No.12 Army, No.13 Army, No.15 Army, No.16 Army and other troops fought fiercely with the US military on the front lines of Oklahoma, Little Rock, and Jackson.

The rest of the troops in the center fought fiercely with the U.S. Army and the Canadian Army on the front lines of Lincoln, Topeka, and Kensington. In addition to these two main attack directions, Rommel also used five armies to attack the northern United States. Bismarck, Peel and Williston and other places in the United States launched offensives, targeting the US-Canada border in the northern United States, and then threatening the wartime capital of the United States, Duluth.

Rommel's big fight immediately put great pressure on the U.S. and Canadian troops. The situation in the eastern battlefield can still be supported. After all, there is a wide and deep area that can offset the German offensive, but the northern battlefield is not optimistic. Especially It was Duluth, the wartime capital, about to be exposed to the German attack.

Restricted by the U.S.-Canada border, it is impossible for the U.S. and Canadian troops to maneuver on a large scale and defend desperately point by point and place by place. The Canadians obviously do not want to lead the war to their own land. On several battlefields, the northern The battle was the most intense, and the casualties of the American troops were the heaviest.

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