Age of Rebirth

Seeing the three high-ranking and powerful men who stamped their feet and trembled in the army and navy, walking towards him with smiles all over their faces, General Nanye's pupils shrank slightly. He was not confused, knowing that these three usually had high eyes Why did the people at the top come to find him?

The two words "Ask for advice!" must be a matter of withdrawing troops from the Australian mainland. They have no rules in mind. In the mind of General Nanye, all the bigwigs in the imperial headquarters are proficient in trickery, intrigue and strategy. Vision and military talent are extremely mediocre, not suitable to be an emperor, but a qualified politician is well deserved. ↖,

In all fairness, General Nanye only admires one and a half of all the senior generals in the Imperial Army, and half of them were once the chief of staff of the headquarters, the commander of the Imperial Far East Expedition, and the current Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Homeland Defense Command Prince Zairen, who is an official, only admires his military command ability.

The other one is General Yamamoto, the fallen commander of the combined fleet of the Imperial Navy. On the spiritual level, they have reached a high degree of commonality. They appreciate and understand each other, are mutual confidants, and are mutual bosom friends.

In the imperial world, General Yamamoto is the only one who can let himself be willing to be a subordinate and serve as the chief of staff. Others, including Prince Zairen, walked towards him with a smile on his face and a fawning look on his face. The three people who came over couldn't do it.

It was the army that was going to withdraw from the Australian battlefield, so General Mitsuko Minai spoke first.He said very politely: "Mr. Nanye, we have always known. Mr. Nanye is the number one think tank in the imperial world. Now, how to withdraw more than one million German soldiers from the Australian battlefield where the war is raging is the task of His Majesty the Emperor. Personal order, Nagano-kun, Yamazaki-kun and I want to hear Minano-kun's opinion!"

Koichi Yonei's posture was absolutely low enough, with the meaning of asking for advice, Nagano and Yamazaki also nodded hastily.The three top bosses of the two departments of the army and navy of the empire all ask themselves for advice. In the eyes of others, this is definitely the highest honor, what a matter of face!

But General Nanye didn't think so. On the contrary, he still despised him very much in his heart, "You mediocre!" After a moment of silence, he said lightly: "Please forgive me for being powerless. You all know that I am good at strategic planning, but short at As for the specific military operations, how to withdraw troops from the Australian battlefield. I am incompetent, and it is really inconvenient to give instructions, and I am afraid that I will disappoint the three of you!"

"Although His Majesty said, 'My opinion is his decision,' Nanye is self-aware. That's His Majesty's wrong love, and he thinks highly of Nanye. I'm sorry, but I still have to hand over the military affairs of the North American Combat Command, so I won't waste three of you It's time, goodbye!"

General Minano walked away, leaving behind Koichi Yone, Shuyama Nagano and Akira Yamazaki staring at each other, feeling quite uncomfortable, and disgusted Minano, who was already very popular, for a long time, with a bad temper General Yamazaki said viciously: "A face of a villain! What is it?"

But losing your temper can't stand the important things. In the face of huge pressure and crisis, the three people who had never been at odds abandoned the old gaps in the past, cooperated sincerely, and discussed and studied repeatedly for several days.

In the end, it was decided that for the navy, with the only surviving Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet as the core, all the reserve warships of the Imperial Navy’s Sasebo, Yokosuka, and Maizuru tutelary prefectures, as well as naval offshore patrol ships and patrol boats, etc. The ships will form an escort fleet, and Lieutenant General Okubo Jiro, Assistant Chief of the Naval Command, will command the escort fleet as a unified command.

As for the Army, the Army Aviation Department, the base camp, the Army Air Corps stationed in the Fiji Islands, the Northern Cook Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Naval Air Corps stationed in the Sulfur Islands and Ogasawara Islands of the Naval Land-based Air Force. Form an escort fleet, adopt relay escort, and conduct air escort one station after another to ensure that there are fighter planes from the Imperial Army and Navy in the air around the clock.

All escort warships and fighter planes are unified under the command of Lieutenant General Okubo Jiro, the commander of the escort fleet, to ensure the unity of military orders and avoid the possibility of the army and navy air forces crowding out and dismantling each other. According to General Akira Yamazaki's order, the army is responsible for requisitioning troop transport ships, and will not notify the Australian army of the withdrawal of troops from Australia for the time being, so as not to cause a shock to the army.

Regarding this point, General Mitsuko Minei did not express any objection. He is very clear that now is not the time to fight for power with the navy, and he does not have the capital to bargain. The lives of more than 100 million imperial soldiers still need to be protected by the navy. What are you fighting for? It is serious to withdraw the soldiers safely from the Australian battlefield.

After this troop withdrawal plan was reported to Emperor Hirohito, he didn't bother to read it and couldn't understand it, so he ordered General Nanye to be in charge of reviewing it. General Nanye spent a few hours studying this troop withdrawal plan carefully and thought It is feasible, although it is not very thorough, but it is already the best level that can be done at the moment.

For General Nanno, Emperor Hirohito has unreserved trust. Since he said that it is feasible, then there is no problem, and he immediately granted the imperial approval. In Japan, he began to busy and prepare for the withdrawal of troops from the Australian battlefield.

On the Australian battlefield, General Ito Yanzaburo, the commander of the Japanese Australian Front Army, had no idea that His Majesty the Emperor was preparing to withdraw his troops from the Australian battlefield. He is now facing two huge pressures, one is from the independent division troops on the Australian battlefield The three-sided attack, the attack in every direction, is very fierce and fierce.

Especially the West Road attack directed by Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, has now reached the Wyndham area on the west bank of the Victoria River. The front of the troops is pointing directly at Darwin, where the headquarters of the Australian Front Army is located. This is the rhythm of bargain hunting!

The three-sided attack from the Independent Division overwhelmed the Japanese army on the Australian battlefield. They could only stay on the defensive. Although they had shrunk their forces and formed a long arc-shaped defense line, they were still in danger when facing the three-sided attack. .

Another huge pressure is the sad news that the main force of the Navy's joint fleet was wiped out in the Banda Sea, which made Admiral Ito anxious day and night. He was not worried that he would be implicated by it. Did he have a clear conscience? Damn Nan Yunzhong's going his own way will lead to such evil results. Does he have anything to do with him?

What General Ito is worried about is that from now on, the supply of weapons, ammunition and military supplies for the Australian Front Army is the most deadly. The troops of more than 100 million people are fighting fiercely with the Chinese Independent Division every day. The ammunition and supplies that need to be consumed The supplies are simply massive. Without a strong fleet escort, the fragile maritime logistics supply line will be cut off by the China Independent Division Fleet every minute!

The Australian Front Army’s logistical supply is interrupted, and the Imperial Army’s troops will face collapse at any time. What about shrinking the defense line and fighting for consumption with the China Independent Division? If the logistical supply is cut off, I will be finished first. Every time I think of this, General Ito trembles. In cold sweat, he scolded Nagumo Zhongichi, who had no bones left, until he could not rest in peace, but he was unable to resolve these two huge pressures right now.

For Tang Qiuli, after killing the main force of the Japanese Navy's joint fleet and removing the biggest stone in front of him, there is basically no suspense about the final outcome of the Battle of Australia. It is just a matter of time, but He is not in a hurry to launch a total attack across the board.

Now on the Australian battlefield, the Japanese army still has 40 to [-] troops, and now they are shrinking their defenses. The thickness of the Japanese troops on the defense line has reached an unprecedented density. At this moment, it is unwise to attack head-on. .

According to Tang Qiuli's plan, within three to five months, the troops will continue to launch waves of attacks. During the attack, they will use superior firepower to consume a large amount of the Japanese army's vital forces, and wait for Brother Qiuquan's fleet to cut off the Japanese army's attack. After the supply line at sea, starving the Japanese army for half a month, I am afraid that by then, the Japanese soldiers will not even have the strength to hold their guns. In this way, the troops will win the final victory in the Battle of Australia at the lowest cost!

Thinking about Tang Qiuli's stealth, it was a very interesting thing to starve more than 100 million of the most elite Japanese soldiers into skinny bones and dying of hunger, and then lie on the ground waiting to be captured. The commanders of several corps rejected all requests to launch a general attack on the Japanese army, and ordered each corps not to adopt a violent attack against the Japanese army in front of them.

Even when the troops on the western front reached the west bank of the Victoria River, he ordered the troops to change their previous fierce offensive and adopt a tactic of steady and steady fighting. On the Japanese position on the other side of the river, tens of thousands of shells were poured down to take the lives of thousands of Japanese soldiers.

Tang Qiuli enjoyed this process very much. Anyway, he was not in a hurry and had enough time. In his opinion, the more than 100 million Japanese soldiers on the Australian battlefield were already in his pocket and the best labor force. The vast Siberia region , need too many Japanese.

Although it was in the Australian battlefield where the artillery was raging, Tang Qiuli lived a leisurely life because the Australian Japanese army had no ability to fight back. However, with the arrival of a top-secret information, he changed his mind.

On this day, Tang Qiuli was reviewing the progress of the battle reported by each regiment in his division in Windham City. What he focused on was not how many kilometers the regiment or brigade had advanced in the Japanese defense, but the troops. of casualties.

The teacher pointed out that Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, Chief of Staff Ge Zhenzhuang, and Chief of Communications Chen Feng came to his room together. Zhao Yuhe said, "Master, I have received top-secret information from the Intelligence Department!"

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