Age of Rebirth

The dense fog rolled over, and covered all sights, but it couldn't cover the sound. There was rumbling thunder in the sky, resounding in the darkness before dawn, and the Japanese soldiers on sentry could naturally hear it, but They were just wondering, why is there such a loud noise?

The Japanese soldiers on sentry stretched their necks and tried their best to look into the sky, but they couldn't see anything except the thick white fog that couldn't be melted away, but the roar was getting closer and closer. I had some doubts in my heart, but none of the sentries dared to call the brigade headquarters to report the sound of thunder that I heard.

Except for the fact that Major General Ping Shan, the head of the brigade, still lingered in the hearts of the sentinels after he dealt with several people today, the officers on duty in the brigade and regiment department were not easy to talk to!In case there is nothing, it is a false alarm, after tracing it down, who might be unlucky?

Major General Shinsuke Hirayama, head of the No.30 Fifth Brigade of the Australian Japanese Army, turned over comfortably on the camp bed, and faintly heard abnormal movements. He was an experienced officer who was alert enough. He woke up immediately, and then He got up and left the hiding place, looking suspiciously at the northern sky, in the thick fog, he heard the sound of thunder that was approaching.

Almost instantly, Major General Pingshan's face turned pale. Those who have fought in the war can naturally hear the loud rumbling noise in the sky, which is the sound of the engines of countless planes, "Alarm! !” he shouted loudly.

Then, in the dense fog, several heavy bombs came out, revealing a hideous figure.Expanding infinitely in the field of vision, "Boom! Boom!——Boom!" Immediately, there were several groups of dazzling flames.There was a loud bang like a catastrophe, first the hidden department of the brigade and regiment headquarters, in a burst of fire and loud noise, it turned into countless broken pieces of reinforced concrete, and the boundless flames instantly engulfed him. The moment he lost consciousness, Major General Hirayama full of doubts. "Why are the bombs of China's bombers so accurate?"

The bomber group of the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division Air Force began the first wave of bombing on Cape York.Before dawn on this day, it was not the dawn of dawn that greeted more than 1 Japanese soldiers in Cape York, but more than [-] bombers and fighter jets from independent divisions.Bombs and bullets pouring down.

Bombs fell from the sky.As if they had eyes, they hit the target accurately. In the dense fog, there were sparkling flames everywhere. After the explosion, the huge shock wave stirred up the dense fog and violently rolled. There are fragments of body parts of Japanese soldiers.In the sound of the explosion, Beng Fei flew in mid-air.

Before this foggy dawn.The defensive positions of the No.30 Fifth Brigade of the Japanese Army were shrouded in flames, loud noises, and gunpowder smoke.

An hour later, the bomber fleet of the Independent Division returned, leaving the No.30 Fifth Brigade at Cape York in a mess. After the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and lost their command organization, no one thought of sending an emergency telegram to the front army headquarters.

On the defensive position at Cape York, the disaster of the Japanese army was far from over. After the bomber fleet returned, more than a dozen warships of the independent division fleet had already been blasted into the thick fog, and steel figures flashed.

The escort and firepower fleet commanded by Tang Qiuquan was responsible for covering the troop carrier formation of the North China Field Corps' first cross-sea attack. Looking at Cape York, which was still shining with fire, he put down his binoculars and issued an order: "Attention all ships, according to the predetermined target, Start shelling!"

Large-caliber naval guns, huge shells pierced through the thick fog, whizzing towards them, and the Japanese soldiers who hadn’t recovered from the chaos of the air raids were greeted with the baptism of shells again, and the Japanese positions were shrouded in flames again .

The reinforced heavy artillery unit of the No.30 Fifth Brigade was lucky. Although it was hit by an unknown number of heavy aerial bombs, there were still more than a dozen artillery pieces left after the air strike. The commander of the unit, Tada Osaku, was bleeding from his arms , Get up from the mud, wipe off the mud on your face, look at the messy artillery position, want to cry, but fortunately, there are more than a dozen heavy artillery left, it is not impossible to fight back.

At this moment, even a fool knows that the Chinese Independent Division is about to land at Cape York. Amidst the rumbling cannons, Colonel Tada ordered the remaining soldiers to prepare for shelling, while he stood guard by the radio station. , calling the brigade department at the top of his voice.

A few minutes later, General Tada dropped the communicator angrily, and couldn't get in touch with the head of the brigade Hirayama and the brigade department. How could he know that the head of the brigade Hirayama had already been with the brigade department and went to see the sky earlier than him According to God, with his old-fashioned and rigid thinking, he did not expect that an accident would happen to the brigade commander and the brigade headquarters, nor did he expect to report the information of the independent division's landing at Cape York to the front army headquarters.

"Boom! Boom!——Boom!" A few shells roared from the Japanese position at Cape York, landed on the sea, and blasted a column of water, splashing all over the sky and splashing on the deck of the warship. Tang Qiuquan frowned slightly. "Huh? The Japanese army still has artillery? Could it be that the first round of bombing by the bomber fleet did not completely destroy the Japanese artillery positions?" He thought to himself.

"Attention all ships, determine the position of the remaining artillery positions of the Japanese army, and focus on artillery fire!" Tang Qiuquan issued an order.

Colonel Tada commanded the remaining dozen or so heavy artillery, and fired two rounds of shells, but it was almost a blind shelling. Originally on the beachhead, there was an artillery observation post of the heavy artillery wing to correct the artillery target for the artillery, and, in the best position There were also artillery observation posts in that post, but none of them could be contacted. He knew that several of his artillery observation posts had disappeared in the bombs of the China plane.

Therefore, the dozen or so remaining heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese army could only shell them according to the general direction, but they exposed their position. His face suddenly paled.

They are all experts in playing with artillery, Tada Dazuo knew it just by listening to the sound, it was the sound made by large-caliber artillery shells rubbing against the air, the power of the shells exceeded the heavy artillery he commanded, and immediately, balls of flames filled his body vision. . . . . .

On the surface of the sea, Yuan Jinghao, the commander of the North China Field Corps, held up his binoculars to observe the situation in the direction of Cape York. Unfortunately, the fog had not dissipated. He could only see flashes of fire and dense explosions in the thick fog.

"I don't know how the first round of bombing and the fleet's shelling effect will be. I'm afraid the accuracy will be compromised in such a thick fog? Why hasn't the signal to start the landing been sent yet?" Yuan Jinghao muttered in his heart, couldn't help picking up the phone, "Is it Commander Tang? I'm Yuan Jinghao. The troops are ready. I'll just wait for your words when they start landing!"

In the command cabin of the flagship of the fleet, Tang Qiuquan, who answered Yuan Jinghao's call, couldn't help smiling slightly, and replied, "Why, Commander Yuan, is he in a hurry? It's not the time yet. The Japanese army has remaining artillery, and the fleet is clearing up hidden dangers. This is the second round of firepower." Strike, wait!"

The second round of naval artillery bombardment lasted for more than 40 minutes. There was no more artillery shells fired back by the Japanese artillery. Tang Qiuquan showed a smile on his face and gave the order again: "All the gunboats of the fire support brigade go forward. The target conducts the third firepower coverage!"

In the dense fog, a string of rockets with trailing flames suddenly appeared, with a scream that tore through the air, and fell on the Japanese army's position. Suddenly, seas of flames rose up. The gunboat brigade of the "Thunder" rocket launcher has more than 32 fast gunboats. Each gunboat is equipped with five [-]-barrel rocket launchers. A salvo of the brigade is more than a thousand large-caliber rockets. After the firing, there was only a piece of scorched earth left in the shelling area. The ferocity and density of the firepower was terrifying!

When formulating the landing plan, the commanders of the various troops fully considered the unique geographical location of Cape York. It is the closest to Irian Island, which can shorten the distance to cross the sea. The beach here is flat and has no dangerous terrain. It is easy to defend and easy to attack. The landing craft docked, and in other directions, there were no such good landing conditions as Cape York, but the narrow area was not conducive to the deployment of troops in a large area, and it was impossible to form multi-point attack arrows.

The first batch of landing troops of the North China Field Corps, more than [-] people in five brigades, will land at Cape York, which is a small place. With so many troops crowded together, they are extremely vulnerable to enemy firepower. Once a shell falls, that is The casualties of a dozen or even dozens of soldiers, if the Japanese army adopts counterattack tactics, the casualties of the troops will be even greater.

It was impossible for Yuan Jinghao to fight such a disadvantageous battle. Therefore, at the joint landing operation meeting of the three armies, he proposed a plan to use the most ferocious and intensive firepower to cover the Japanese defense positions at Cape York in all directions and destroy all Japanese defense systems. In a word, when the troops landed, on the beach at Cape York, they should only see the fragmented bodies of Japanese soldiers, and the ruins were everywhere. There is no threat to the landing troops.

When he reported to the division commander Tang Qiuli about the Cape York landing operation plan, he smiled, picked up a pen, and wrote two large characters on the plan, "Agreed!" After thinking for a while, he added a sentence, "Forget the ammunition consumption!"

Therefore, the No.30 Fifth Brigade, the Japanese defense force at Cape York, was very unfortunate. It was the most serious and intensive attack by the fleet of the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division, the fleet naval guns and rocket launchers in the battle to open up the northern battlefield of Australia. most violent area.

The rocket artillery of the fast gunboat brigade was covered, and they fought for four to ten minutes. Yuan Jinghao stood on the front deck of the landing craft, watching the thick fog gradually thinning, turning into dark red clouds, and he smacked his teeth. . . . . .

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