Age of Rebirth

The sun rose, and the fog finally dissipated completely. Cape York, hidden in the thick fog, finally revealed its true colors under the sunlight. Tang Qiuquan and Yuan Jinghao raised their binoculars almost at the same time, and in the lens of the binoculars , They all saw the deathly silence of the Japanese position on Cape York, full of bomb craters, and the original face could not be seen, patches of scorched land, and burning objects that were still smoldering.

"Deputy Commander, do you think the fire strike has achieved the desired effect?" Tang Qiuquan asked Deputy Commander Amosiyev with a smile.

Amosiyev shrugged exaggeratedly, and said: "Commander, what I saw was the most desolate piece of land on earth. Except for God, no creature can survive!"

"Hahaha!" Tang Qiuquan laughed loudly, and said to the combat staff: "Send a telegram to Commander Yuan, the troops' landing obstacles have been cleared, and the landing operations can be carried out!"

A few minutes later, hundreds of landing craft and landing craft shot towards the beach at Cape York like arrows. As Tang Qiuquan judged, there was not a single shot fired on the beach, and under three consecutive rounds of sea and air fire, the Japanese soldiers defending on the beach at Cape York were all mixed with sand and mud.

Yuan Jinghao led the staff of the Corps Command and rushed to the beach with the troops. He stepped on the hot sand and gravel, and looked at the completely changed land. He shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Cut! This battle The fight didn't make much sense, why didn't the little devil fight back?"

Chief of Staff Han Guangqi on the side.Rather speechless, he took over the conversation, "Commander, isn't this the best result? The troops successfully landed at Cape York without any casualties. Why, do you still want to see the troops fighting on the beach?"

"You don't understand!" Yuan Jinghao replied pretending to be unpredictable, then looked at his watch, and said, "Send a telegram to the division commander, and the division commander pointed out. The first batch of more than 45 troops from our North China Field Corps landed in the early morning of this morning." At [-]:[-], they successfully landed at Cape York. There were no casualties in the troops, and now they are heading towards the port of Mount Molloy as planned. The attack is moving forward! The second batch of landing troops has begun to board the ship!"

This night, not only at Cape York in northern Australia, the independent division troops launched a sudden landing battle, but also in the two places of Karenburu and Pendle Bay in northern Australia, the first ferry combat unit of the Songhu Garrison Corps was also in the powerful =Successful landing under the cover of sea and air firepower, however.The time was more than an hour behind Yuan Jinghao's troops.

Jiang Yanming, commander of the Songhu Garrison Corps, also followed the first batch of landing troops.When he set foot on the land of Australia, he looked at his watch, frowned slightly, with a dissatisfied expression, and said to He Jinshan, Chief of Staff of the Corps: "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the division commander. 14 people have all landed in Kalunburu and Pendle Bay, and the Japanese army has resisted, with few casualties!"

"After more than an hour of fighting, the Japanese guards on the beachhead have been completely wiped out, but they landed an hour and 23 minutes later than the original landing time. Now, they are attacking in the direction of Bodham and Brashard as planned. !"

After Chief of Staff He Jinshan sent the telegram, he frowned and said: "Commander, according to the plan, our current landing time is more than an hour later than the original plan! I don't know if the North China Field Corps will land on time. gone?"

Jiang Yanming glared at He Jinshan, and said angrily: "Order the troops to speed up the advance. We don't care about others. In the follow-up battle, if we fall behind again, I will withdraw the brigade commander who is not effective in fighting!"

The telegrams from Yuan Jinghao and Jiang Yanming reached Tang Qiuli one after another. Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe said: "Master, the Songhu Guard Corps landed more than an hour later than the original scheduled landing time. Will it affect the follow-up operations? ? Master said, do you want to send a urging message?"

"No need! It doesn't affect the overall situation!" Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "The two corps with more than 20 troops landed in three places at the same time, but it can't be hidden from the ears of Ito Yansaburo. counterattack!"

"The back road was fired. Ito Yansaburo is an expert. He knew what the consequences would be. He sent telegrams to Yuan Jinghao and Jiang Yanming respectively. After the troops landed, there is no need to rush to advance deep into the Japanese defense. We must overcome impatience and focus on steady and steady advance. Prevent the Japanese counterattack!"

Looking at the sunny sky, Tang Qiuli said: "Yuhe, the troops have successfully landed and deployed a large number of troops. I ordered the various regiments on the frontal battlefield to launch the most violent attack on the Japanese troops in front of them. Don't let them Divide up and counterattack the landing force!"

The pressure is huge, the worry is day and night, and there is no rest for several days and nights. General Ito Yanzaburo, the commander of the Japanese and Australian Front Army, looks at the sky, it is almost dawn, and he wants to be confused for a while. It's like a fight.

But he found sadly that he couldn't sleep at all. Although his body was exhausted to the extreme, his mind was still excited and confused. He has not yet come up with a way to break the situation. The current Australian front army is like hanging overseas alone. Ammunition and military supplies are being consumed day by day, but there is no source of supply.

What made him even more worried was the top-secret telegram he received yesterday from the General Staff of the Base Camp, and a detailed withdrawal plan. After reading it, General Ito's face was livid and his hands were shaking. Sad, and at the same time, somewhat ironic about the almost whimsical orders of the base camp.

This is the mysterious strategy to deal with the Australian war situation in the telegram two days ago. I have no objection to withdrawing troops from the Australian battlefield. In fact, the empire has no choice but to withdraw troops from Australia. Otherwise, in the face of the powerful offensive of the independent division troops, without the combined naval fleet, the Australian Front Army will have to fight to the end and all the jade will be broken in the end.

The dire situation in the Australian battlefield makes the empire not give up on Australia, but is this troop withdrawal plan too whimsical and wishful thinking? Let’s not consider it for the time being. More than 100 million imperial soldiers have withdrawn from the Australian battlefield to the mainland. The safety of the sea voyage is just how Leaving the battlefield also made him helpless.

From the south and west of Australia, the troops of the China Independent Division that came up from the siege became more and more fierce.If it's not good, it will be the point where the independent division of China will not let go and chase and beat it!

General Ito seriously doubts whether those bigwigs in the base camp just scratched their heads and came up with some kind of withdrawal plan for Australia. They also stipulated that Mount Molloy, Cooktown, and Townsville on the east coast of Australia The three places are where the troops board the ship, and they also ask themselves to complete the Australian troop withdrawal plan without losing troops.

I bother!Thinking of this, General Ito became furious. He didn't have a strong air force to cover the boarding port and wharf, and he didn't have enough troops to stop the chasing independent division troops at the three landing sites. The withdrawal of troops was a joke.

The current Australian Front Army troops are capable of dealing with ground resistance, but they are at an absolute disadvantage to the air fleet of the China Independent Division Air Force. After each air battle, the Air Force Command of the Front Army has less than two Hundreds of aircraft, even if more than 100 million soldiers, were able to successfully gather at the three ports, I am afraid that they would send piles of live targets to the Chinese aircraft.

No matter how you look at it, General Ito feels that the Australian withdrawal plan formulated by the base camp is similar to the Dunkirk retreat of the British and French allied forces on the European battlefield, and was finally wiped out by the German army on the south bank of the English Channel. More than [-] soldiers were all killed. The army is almost wiped out.

Therefore, General Ito sent back a very strong telegram to the base camp. The core meaning was one, "If the base camp does not have enough aviation force, provide powerful air fire cover for the imperial soldiers who evacuate the Australian battlefield, and master boarding. In the case of absolute air supremacy in the region, I do not agree with a hasty withdrawal of troops, and I even refuse to implement the plan!"

Without absolute air supremacy in the boarding area, General Ito didn't want to do what he wanted to do. He gathered the imperial soldiers together, and then was thrown bombs and bullets above his head by the Chinese bombers and fighter jets, killing them all over the place. Blood flowed like a river. Instead of doing that, it would be better to fight to the death with the soldiers of the Chinese Independent Division on the Australian battlefield.

After the telegram was sent, General Ito felt an indescribable sense of relief in his heart. He waited for the call back from the headquarters with a resigned mentality. Just as he was thinking wildly, Major General Akutagawa, the chief of staff of the front army, had a pale face and his cheeks twitched. barge in.

"Commander, very bad news!" Major General Akutagawa said with trembling lips, waving a telegram in his hand.

General Ito's head "boomed". Although I hadn't heard any good news recently, it was the first time I saw Major General Akutagawa, who had always been calm and calm, so lost his composure and fear.

"Akutagawa-kun, what happened to Arrival?" General Ito jumped up suddenly, because of too much force, his head was dizzy for a while, the Venus in front of his eyes was flying around, and his body was shaking for a while.

If it was normal, the careful Chief of Staff Akutagawa would have jumped forward with concern and anxiously called for the military doctor, but at this moment, as if he had never seen him before, he said in a hoarse voice, "The staff just received the doctor. According to the telegram, the troops of the China Independent Division have landed at Cape York, Kalumburu and Pendle Bay, and it is estimated that there are as many as 30 troops!"

"Ah?" General Ito exclaimed in shock, his eyes turned black, and he passed out at that time.

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