Age of Rebirth

Faced with such words, especially those who spread the word, he was still a guy who relied on nepotism, held the rank of lieutenant assistant, and only flattered and sycophant. Lieutenant General Xixuan and General Qingshui felt extremely insulted. , but can only bear it.

They didn't dare to challenge this high-spirited new commander. Now, the old man of the former United Fleet, bearing the infamy of being defeated in the war, couldn't hold his head up in the Imperial Navy. If it wasn't for the Admiralty to find The right candidate and whether his position can be kept are unknown!

Lieutenant General Xixuan and Admiral Qingshui were full of shadows. Based on their experience in dealing with independent division fleets in the past, they absolutely did not believe that Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil, would let such a large army full of military supplies The formation of troop carriers for supplies arrived on the east coast of Australia smoothly, supplied the Australian Front Army, and then loaded the soldiers of the Imperial Army and withdrew to the mainland.

At noon that day, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, escorting the huge fleet of troop carriers, arrived in the waters of the Solomon Islands. Commander Okubo sat in the command cabin of the flagship and watched the No.40 Nine Air Force Commander Tada on Honiara Island. Colonel, the telegram sent, frowned.

"Your Excellency, Commander, since this morning, Honiara has been attacked by a large fleet of Chinese land-based air forces coming from the direction of Irian Island. The battle is fierce, but the field airfield has not been destroyed yet!" This is Tada The entire content of the telegram sent by the Colonel.

From this telegram, Commander Okubo did not see any danger. He was dissatisfied that the No. 40 Ninth Air Force was entangled by the land-based fighter group in China.Once a naval battle occurs, it is very likely that you will not be able to count on it.Of course, he didn't think so.In less than two days, the fleet will reach the east coast of Australia. What unexpected situation will happen?

However, Commander Okubo was too confident. He didn't know that just over 200 kilometers away from him, the independent division fleet was rushing towards him at full speed, and a decisive naval battle was about to break out.

Five hours later.The distance between the fleets of the two sides approached further and reached the attack range of the carrier-based aircraft. The smile on Tang Qiuquan's face became more and more intense, and he said to Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo: "Order, the fleet will immediately reply to the radio contact and turn on the carrier-based radar. Search for the specific location of the Japanese fleet. The carrier-based planes are ready to attack and send a telegram to Le Yiqin to attack the Japanese land-based airports in Honiara and Yalen!"

Just now in the control tower, commanding fighter jets.Colonel Tada, who repelled the attack of the independent division's fleet, suddenly heard countless strange call signs appearing on the monitoring radio.Intensive and frequent, and concentrated in one direction.He's a man of the trade and knows what that means.A large fleet suddenly appeared in the waters of the Solomon Islands, and it must be the fleet of the China Independent Division.

Colonel Tada's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he suddenly realized why Honiara had been harassed endlessly by the land-based aviation fleet of the China Independent Division for more than a week.

"Communication officer!" Colonel Tada shouted in a different tone: "Immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant Admiral Okubo, the commander of the joint fleet, urgently, about [-] kilometers west of Honiara, and found the China Independent Division Fleet, direction It is the current position of the Imperial Navy United Fleet!"

"Commander, there is a land-based aircraft fleet of the China Aviation Force, and a large-scale attack is coming!" As soon as Colonel Tada finished his order, he heard the urgent report of the chief of staff, and then he saw that the China Independent Division was several times larger than his own. Fighters and bombers appeared in black over Honiara.

On the waters of the Solomon Islands, Commander Okubo was in a daze when he saw the urgent telegram from Colonel Tada. He was a little panicked when the incident happened suddenly. But the despicable Chinese ambushed a huge fleet in the waters of the Solomon Islands. He didn't know how to deal with it?

It was the chief of staff who reminded him, "Commander, regardless of whether the telegram from Tada is true or not, the fleet should enter a combat state and report the situation to Lieutenant General Xixuan and Admiral Shimizu, and then send a reconnaissance plane to go out to reconnaissance and verify the situation. !"

"Yes! Yes!" Commander Okubo completely followed the advice of the chief of staff. When Lieutenant General Xixuan and Admiral Shimizu received the telegram forwarded by the United Fleet Command, their faces turned pale immediately. . . . . .

As soon as the reconnaissance planes of the Japanese Combined Fleet took off, the first carrier-based fleet of the Independent Division Fleet had already flown above. . . . . . .

Tang Qiuquan commanded the fleet, and the direction of the attack was well planned. Using the sharp attacks of some fighter groups of the mixed combat brigade of carrier-based aircraft and land-based aviation forces, the Japanese combined fleet was constantly forced to evade in the direction of Irian Island. After three hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese army The loss of the United Fleet is not fatal enough, but its route has been seriously deviated, and it is getting closer and closer to the waters near Irian Island.

Sulawesi Island, the headquarters of the Southern Flying Group, Le Yiqin looked at the telegram sent by the fleet, his eyes lit up, and said to Chief of Staff He Zhijun: "Zhijun, what joint fleet of the little devil is approaching Yili by us?" An Island, a big deal is coming, order, the sixth to No.11 fighter regiments of Irian Island, and the third to tenth bomber regiments, all attack, and cooperate with the fleet to resolve the battle!"

If there is no Irian Island, more than 300 fighter jets and more than 400 bombers of the Southern Flying Group will join the battlefield, and it will not be easy for the independent division fleet to solve the newly formed joint fleet of the Japanese Navy. When Qin's more than 800 fighters join the battlefield, it is the end of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet!

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the sea surface of the Solomon Islands. The Japanese warships were still burning. Thick smoke floated into the sky and was set off by the setting sun to make blood red. Buried the last bit of family property of the Japanese Navy - the newly formed combined fleet.

And those troop carriers full of military supplies became captives of the fleet. Under the surveillance of the warships, they were escorted to the direction of Irian Island. Of course, some unarmed troop carriers had to show the Japanese Bushido spirit. Unwilling to be caught without a fight, he ran into them frantically at full speed, trying to die together.

In this regard, Tang Qiuquan's order was very simple, "Sink!"

On this day, in addition to the Japanese Navy's last joint fleet, the two Japanese naval land-based air forces on Honiara Island and Aaron Island were also killed on the bottom of the Solomon Islands.

Tang Qiuquan walked out of the flagship command cabin, came to the deck, watched the sunset gradually sinking into the depths of the sea, and said to the chief of staff Xin Xiguo beside him: "Xiguo, send a telegram to the division commander. With the cooperation of the Southern Aircraft Group, our fleet will In the waters of the Solomon Islands, wipe out the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy and capture all the troop carriers, and now, send them all to Irian Island, and ask for instructions on the next step!"

That night, the eight main battleships and two gunboat squadrons of the independent division fleet, escorted by two reinforced battalions of the Marine Corps, landed on Aaron Island and Honiara Island respectively. Annihilated the surviving Japanese troops who had suffered heavy bombing, and occupied the above two islands.

A day later, the transport fleet loaded with construction materials and various machinery and equipment sailed to Aaron Island and Honiara Island for large-scale restoration and expansion. .

Tang Qiuquan attaches great importance to these two islands that are located in the depths of the South Pacific Ocean. He plans to transfer part of the fighter and bomber units of the land-based aviation mixed combat brigade of the fleet to station them separately and become the two fists that the fleet stretches out.

The news of victory in the Solomon Islands naval battle once again made Tang Qiuli happy. The last fortune of the Japanese navy was finally wiped out. From then on, the vast Pacific Ocean was the territory where his fleet galloped and attacked the Japanese mainland. The last obstacle has completely disappeared, how can it not make him excited!

Speaking of which, the sea area of ​​the Solomon Islands is really his own blessed land. First, he started the first battle against the combined fleet of the Japanese navy, and finally buried it completely. Activities along the coast to cooperate with the army's attack on the Japanese army on land!"

After returning the telegram to Tang Qiuquan, Tang Qiuli smiled and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, the complete annihilation of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy is a crucial victory. In a while, you can order the cooking team to add a few extra for dinner." Get a dish, get a bottle of wine, call Shangshanhu and you, just the three of us have a few drinks!"

Zhao Yuhe was also infected by the teacher's excitement, and he called the cooking team with a smile. After putting down the phone, he said, "Master, now the Japanese army in Australia has no way to retreat, and the trend of catching a turtle in a urn has been achieved. Is it time to launch a general offensive?" gone?"

Tang Qiuli shook his head, and said slowly: "It's not yet time. There is a saying in the art of war that 'siege the city is the bottom line, and attack the heart is the top priority.' The more than 100 million Japanese troops in the encirclement circle still have food and drink for the time being, so don't worry about besieging him again." After a few weeks, it will be a matter of course, and the troops will be able to fight a battle with minimal casualties!"

"Attack the heart first?" Zhao Yuhe said puzzledly: "Master, do you want to persuade Ito Gensaburo to surrender? I find it very difficult. This old devil will not cry when he sees the coffin, and he still has to fight. Only by destroying his fantasy! However, I am not optimistic about persuading the Japanese to surrender!"

"Persuading the Japanese to surrender!" Tang Qiuli snorted and said, "I'm not interested, and I'm impatient to persuade the Japanese to capitulate. It's time to sing 'One Night of Chu Songs'. Leave it to Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang to do it!"

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