Age of Rebirth

Le Yiqin's desperate posture definitely disrupted Ito Yansaburo's plan. He really wanted to put all the combat aircraft into the attack in order to gain absolute air supremacy and cover the rapid advance of the ground troops. The days of air supremacy were extremely depressing. ,

However, now I have to change my original approach. The Chinese fleet has come from behind. The nearly [-] fighters that were supposed to be used in the attack had to be transferred back to more than one-third for the attack. Retreat from the independent division fleet behind.

The fighter groups of the two sides met in the airspace of the Timor Sea in the north of Australia, and a large-scale air battle was imminent. At the same time, the Australian battlefield land-based aviation fleet commanded by Liu Cuigang also started air strikes against the Japanese ground forces. In this way, all the air forces of the Australian Japanese army were put into the air battle, and there were two battlefields separated from the north and the south.

The fighting in the Timor Sea and airspace naturally cannot be concealed from the eyes of the commander of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet Chuichi Nagumo, and the commanders of the carrier-based aircraft under him are eager to see. , I will definitely be able to take advantage of the critical moment when the Army Aviation fleet is fighting with the Independent Division fleet, take advantage of the fire, and avenge the inland sea of ​​the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Moreover, I can also snatch the fruits of victory from Army Aviation.

Several carrier-based aircraft commanders rushed to Nagumo Zhongichi's flagship to ask for a fight, gearing up, ready to fight and take advantage of it, but Nagumo Zhongichi's old god was there, and he told the officers who were eager to fight without raising their eyes, " Wait and see what happens, they are all scattered. Without my order, no one is allowed to fight again!" The tone was dry and without any moisture.The attitude is unquestionable.

These warlike Japanese carrier-based aircraft commanders seemed to have poured a basin of cold water on their heads.Feeling cold, seeing His Excellency the Commander's wink, he didn't even look over it, so he was extremely depressed and dared to resign without saying a word. They didn't understand, why didn't Your Excellency the Commander seize such a good opportunity?

The officers secretly slandered Admiral Nagumo Tadashi, if Commander Yamamoto was still in command of the combined fleet.I'm afraid that before the guys from the Army Air Corps could match up, the carrier-based air fleet would have already pounced on it and started fighting. What a good fighter!

Zhongichi Nanyun knew that this was a good opportunity, but he was cautious by nature, and he didn't want to put the United Fleet's carrier-based aircraft group, which had not fully recovered, into the air battle. Let's take a look at the location of the air battle battlefield. It is near Java in the Timor Sea. island airspace.That is one of the lairs of the land-based aviation of the China Independent Division. Who knows that Le Yiqin, who is known as the "air fighter" of the China Independent Division, has any backup left. This bargain is so easy to pick up?

What's more.General Nagumo Tadashi believes that Ito Gensaburo is now the darling of the base camp, purchasing weapons and equipment from Italy.But let the Australian army come, that bastard Ito.Now the soldiers are strong and horses are strong and well-equipped.I have the capital to deal with the land-based aviation of the independent division alone, so why should I add to the icing on the cake?

However, Nagumo Chuichi didn't know the difficulties of General Ito Gensaburo. Several joint air teams of the Front Army fought inextricably with the land-based aviation of the China Independent Division, and were even slightly at a disadvantage. How could there be more combat aircraft to carry out the mission? The planned air assault mission will open a channel for the ground troops, first solve the big problem of the independent division's land-based aviation, and then master the air supremacy!

General Ito knew very well that if he wanted to break the stalemate in air combat and free hundreds of combat aircraft in the Timor Sea airspace to join the air combat battlefield in central Australia, the situation would change instantly, and with this capability, It must be Nagumo Chuichi's carrier-based aircraft!

General Ito also didn't care about the old enmity between himself and Nagumo Tadaichi when they met last time. Enduring the extreme disgust in his heart, he sent Nagumo Tadaichi a sincere and low-profile telegram, The core content is to ask the carrier-based aircraft fleet of the United Fleet to provide full reinforcements for the United Air Force of the Front Army fighting hard in the airspace of the Timor Sea. Moreover, the air battle in the Timor Sea is completely entrusted to Nagumo Chuichi's command!

The telegram was in Nagumo Chuichi's hands. He glanced at it briefly, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "Oh, I just thought of the United Fleet when I encountered difficulties. It's a good word, and it's giving up the command. Isn't that right?" Is it a pure villain's behavior!"

Nagumo Tadaichi with this kind of mentality, how can he send charcoal to Ito Yanzaburo in a timely manner. His reply is very simple and direct, "Commander Ito, our department has not received any order from the Navy Command to assist the Australian Front Army in combat. Therefore, I cannot provide any form of support for your department!" Not even a few polite words such as sorry, helpless, etc., and threw it back hard.

General Ito tore up the telegram in a few hands, and there were countless grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart. He swore that he was incompatible with the old bastard Nagumo Tadaichi. As long as there was any chance, he would definitely be ruined. Come!

However, the current Admiral Ito can only grit his teeth and be ruthless in his heart. For the time being, he has nothing to do with Nagumo Tadaichi. He is one of the three giants in the Navy. It is not easy to bring him down. Fortunately, although the air battle is stuck The situation, the advancement of the ground troops, is fairly smooth, and the bombers of the independent division did not dare to bomb indiscriminately.

Traversing the central part of the Australian battlefield, a vacuum zone with a width of more than 120 kilometers, more than 80 million Japanese troops on the middle and east roads, the advancing speed is not fast. In three days, they have traveled more than [-] kilometers. According to General Ito's prediction, the troops It is possible to encounter the Independent Division at any time. Under normal circumstances, this should be the most forward blocking line of the Independent Division.

But after another day, the troops continued to advance, and there was still no fighting on the whole line. The Japanese troops were left on their way. It seems that the independent division troops planned to abandon the central part of Australia. The calm situation on the middle and east roads made General Ito In his heart, he became more and more cautious, but he knew too well what kind of opponent he was facing!

Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil who beheaded many famous generals of the empire, is despicable, insidious, cunning, ruthless, and scheming. , A few years ago, the disastrous defeat in the Southern China mainland left General Ito with a shadow in his heart.

After thinking again and again, General Ito issued an order, "All armies, after receiving the order, shorten the average daily advance distance to no more than [-] kilometers. Be sure to fight steadily and maintain a state of mutual support with the left and right wings!"

According to the offensive plan, the Japanese attacking troops on the central and eastern routes were divided into several secondary attacking directions in the general attacking direction, and the two armies were used as an arrow. Reinforcement, so as not to be separated from the main attack direction by the independent division troops, and fall into the situation of being surrounded.

At this moment, the five field corps of the independent division deployed on the front line have already deployed across the board. The five brigades of the first echelon of the directly subordinate corps closest to the center are less than [-] kilometers away from the Japanese attacking troops on the center. Liu Hongzhang and the others can hear There was a murderous look coming from a distance, but there was no order to attack.

The commanders and brigade commanders of the various regiments and brigade commanders who faced the Japanese army on the central and eastern roads were so anxious that they watched the Japanese army approaching step by step, but our more than 100 million people stood still and pretended to be passively beaten. Posture, waiting for the little devil to hit the door, really anxious, what is the teacher thinking?

Tang Qiuli was looking for and waiting for a fighter to appear. With the existing strength and equipment of the independent division, it would be absolutely no problem to fight a head-to-head offensive and defensive battle with the Japanese army. In the central part of Australia, the counterattack was successful across the board in the end, and the casualties paid by the troops must not be small.

His head is full of the famous marshals and generals of the Communist Party of China. Tang Qiuli, who has successfully fought, is looking for opportunities. The situation is so similar!

**The famous President Peng, who said "Hang the knife immediately, I am the only general Peng!", in the first battle, the aggressive front of the United States was riddled with holes. The situation in the first battle was similar. How could Tang Qiuli fight a positional offensive and defensive battle at the level of World War I?

Information on the advance speed of the Japanese army, the distribution of troops, and other aspects were continuously collected to the location of the Adelaide Division Command.

Tang Qiuli ordered the Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe to reply to the commanders of the various corps, and they were all the same, just one sentence, "waiting for orders!"

Two days later, the Japanese troops on the middle and east roads had advanced an average of more than 130 kilometers on the battlefield in central Australia. On the bed, there was a thick stack of telegrams, all about the attack of the Japanese army.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came in with two telegrams, followed by a cook carrying a food box, and said, "Master, it's past ten o'clock at night, and you should rest too. After a bit of supper, you can rest up, and then go to rest, I am on duty in the war room!"

"The Japanese soldiers are pressing down on the border, how can I sleep!" Tang Qiuli raised his head from the pile of telegrams, and said with a smile, his tone was not at all nervous.

"It's just the right time for supper. I don't have food in my stomach and I feel flustered! Thank you, Lao Li!" he said to the cook in his 40s.

The unshaven cook smiled honestly, put the supper on the table, and left, "Yuhe, what telegram are you holding?" Tang Qiuli asked when he saw the telegram in Zhao Yuhe's hand.

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