Age of Rebirth

On the east coast of Australia, in the area controlled by the Japanese army in the encirclement, there are leaflets everywhere in the streets and alleys, or they are printed on colored paper, all in Japanese. The Japanese soldiers who drilled out of the bunkers, anti-aircraft guns, and concealed departments rushed to pick up the leaflets. Even those Japanese officers could not restrain their curiosity.

The content of the leaflet is also very attractive. Apart from unabashedly telling the Japanese soldiers how many troops, how many tanks and artillery, and how many planes there are in the independent divisions surrounding them outside, the Japanese soldiers are not shocked by these contents. The Battle of Australia has been fought for several months, and they have suffered a long time ago.

What made all the Japanese soldiers who saw the leaflet panic was another part of the content. The newly formed combined naval fleet was wiped out in the waters of the Solomon Islands, and the troop carrier full of food and military supplies from the Japanese mainland fell to the ground. The news in the hands of the independent division troops.

In order to show authenticity, a few very clear photos were attached to the leaflet, which were scenes of Japanese warships on fire. At the end of the leaflet, a series of numbers were used to tell the Japanese soldiers, needless to say, the food alone, You can only eat for about three weeks.

What's more, the leaflet also stated, "Any Japanese officer or soldier who picks up this leaflet, regardless of rank or size, as long as he keeps it close to him and signs his name and unit number on the leaflet, it can be used as a certificate of surrender on the battlefield." , enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war, otherwise, they will be regarded as recalcitrant to the end, and they will be shot dead if they refuse to surrender!"

This is Tang Qiuli's heart-wrenching battle of "singing the Chu song overnight, blowing away [-] soldiers". In terms of inspiration, it also comes from history.During the Battle of Huaihai between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Communist Party had a clever plan to persuade the Communists to surrender on the Huaihai battlefield.He can't just borrow it, and.Also a few years ahead of time.

However, Tang Qiuli only provided a general idea, and the specific design was done by Lieutenant Colonel Mei Xue, the head of the news department of an independent teacher in Yangon, Indochina Peninsula. Tang Qiuli sent a telegram, and Mei Xue understood it. The two have a tacit understanding and cooperate with each other tacitly.

Mei Xue showed all her talents and mobilized all the staff in the news department.After collecting information from many sources, this leaflet with rich pictures and texts was released. Mei Xue was also quite relieved to be able to share the burden for her husband in the rear.

General Ito Yansaburo was holding a leaflet in his hand. While reading it, his heart and hands trembled, and he scolded that cunning and sinister Chinese devil Tang Qiuli countless times in his heart.In the end, he lamented and thought: "It's a deadly move. It's more powerful and vicious than an airplane cannon. It breaks the will of the imperial soldiers mentally!"

Chief of Staff Akutagawa put down the flyer in his hand.He said worriedly: "Commander, it must be stopped, otherwise it will shake the morale of the army. The staff believes that the military police should be dispatched immediately to collect all the leaflets. Destroy them centrally!"

"In addition, the front army headquarters should issue an order that anyone who hides the leaflets privately and does not hand them in, and spreads the contents of the leaflets in private, regardless of the rank of the army, will be severely punished, or even shot. At the same time, the headquarters should come forward to refute the rumors!"

"Although we know that what the Chinese leaflets say is absolutely true, we must use thunderbolt methods to eliminate the influence of the leaflets on the soldiers of the empire!"

General Ito's eyes were dull, and he was stunned for a while before he said weakly: "Mr. Akutagawa, just do as you said, and shoot some people with great fanfare, otherwise, the effect will not be achieved. In addition, the action of driving out the local residents should also be done. Speed ​​up!"

"Ah!" Speaking of this, General Ito sighed, "Although the base camp has secretly reported that His Majesty the Emperor has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Army to rush to Germany and Italy for help, not to mention whether the two countries agree to send naval fleets, even Promise, cross the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean, and reach the Australian mainland, it will be impossible to do it in less than a month or two!"

"During this period, we can only stabilize the morale of the army, stand firm and wait for help, and fight for a way out in the desperate situation!"

The Japanese Australian Front Army Command dispatched military police to act urgently, and adopted extremely drastic measures to suppress the leaflet incident. Almost every day, lower-level Japanese officers and soldiers were sent to the execution ground and shot dead for defying the Front Army Command. order to secretly hide leaflets from Chinese people and spread the contents of leaflets maliciously.

The Japanese military police came to kill their own people, and they were merciless. In addition, the headquarters came forward to refute the rumors, saying that the despicable behavior of the Chinese people disturbed the morale of the army. His Majesty the Emperor and the Japanese Empire will not forget the imperial soldiers who are still fighting. Killing and arresting, on the surface, the turmoil caused by the leaflets in the army has calmed down, but it is not the case.

The contents of the millions of leaflets spilled by the Independent Division have been branded in the hearts of the Japanese soldiers, and have more or less affected their will to resist. There is no sign of it, but when it accumulates to a certain extent, it will lead to a large-scale collapse of the army's morale and morale.

However, the Japanese’s practice of expelling all the local residents in the encirclement circle did not cause any trouble to the independent division. According to the order of the division commander, all the regiments accepted more than 100 million local residents and sent them to southern Australia for proper resettlement. Of course, it's not for nothing, you have to work!

These people, regardless of whether they were wealthy businessmen, high-ranking officials, or wealthy children in the past, are now like the poor, impoverished, and all their property has been left in the encirclement. In this case, the Chinese can take them in. I am so grateful, the self-esteem and face of the white people have long been trampled to nothing by the Japanese. In order not to be hungry, how dare they pick and choose?

Tang Qiuli has his own plans. These Australian locals are generally well-educated. Australia is sparsely populated in the past. They are the labor force for the future construction of Australia. Now they have lost everything and are sheltered under their own guns. I dare not have it, just to give myself the opportunity to divide the land from local tyrants and rebuild Australia's social and economic structure. The Japanese smashed Australia's original social and economic structure for themselves, so why not do it?

It has been more than [-] days since the more than one million Japanese troops besieged the east coast of Australia. The independent division troops surrounded them without fighting. The Japanese soldiers in the encirclement were suffering day and night in panic. A big crisis hangs over the heads of the Japanese soldiers, and they are about to run out of food!

The Japanese soldiers used to have three meals a day so scarce that they could be seen, but now they simply changed to two meals a day, which was even rarer than before. The Japanese soldiers who were hungry and uncomfortable began to look for things that could fill their stomachs. Desperation spread among the soldiers like a plague, and officers and soldiers committed suicide every day.

In this regard, General Ito was at a loss. He ordered all officers of the headquarters and officers at all levels to lead by example, just like soldiers, to drink two meals of porridge a day, while gritted his teeth and pinned all his hopes on the Germans or Italians. People were able to reach out and come up.

At the same time, General Ito used more cruel means to suppress the floating military spirit, and went down to various units from time to time, chatting with ordinary soldiers cordially, and cheering up the soldiers!Although he knew that the effect of doing so was not good, and the spiritual encouragement to the plopping soldiers was far from being as real as starving, but it was the only thing he could do so far.

Not only Ito Gensaburo held this only hope, but even Emperor Hirohito and the bigwigs in the base camp were anxiously waiting for the delegations to Germany and Italy to send back good news.

Regarding the arrival of the Japanese delegation, Hitler, the head of state of Germany, was absolutely not interested in receiving it at all. He only sent a low-level official from the Foreign Ministry and a major officer from the General Staff to meet with the high-level Japanese delegation. , is purely an attitude of coping with things.

In the magnificent office of the Reichstag Building, Hitler faced the German Chief of Staff Strangs, Nazi Party Propaganda Minister Goebbels, Gestapo Chief Himmler, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and several other officials. Said like this: "The Japanese are really dizzy, and even thought of such a ridiculous idea. It seems that my old Chinese friend has beaten the Japanese into a panic!"

In Hitler's words, he made no secret of his contempt for the Japanese. However, several of his subordinates did not think so. Chief of General Staff Strongs said: "My Fuhrer, don't you think that this Is it a golden opportunity for the German Navy to enter the Pacific?"

Strong is a pure soldier, and his thinking angle is completely based on military purposes and interests. The current German Navy is swimming along the east coast of the United States, because the US Navy has been beaten to ashes by the Japanese Navy, and the German Navy fleet is useless. Things can be done, instead of this, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese begging to come to extend Germany's tentacles to the Pacific region.

"No, no, no!" Hitler shook his head, very dissatisfied with his subordinates' short-sightedness, "Dear Strong, hurry up and get rid of your dangerous thoughts. What urgently needs to be solved in Germany is the Americans and Canadians. I don't want to provoke another powerful enemy before the North American continent is completely assigned to the empire's territory!"

"You should all understand that my old Chinese friend has already regarded the Pacific as his sphere of influence. From his strategic layout, it can be seen that the Japanese navy no longer exists, and a new one should emerge in the Pacific region." overlord!"

"At this critical moment, when the German navy enters the Pacific Ocean, it will directly confront Tang Qiuli's navy. This will undoubtedly provoke his strongest reaction. I know that my old Chinese friend even went to war with the German navy for this. This will affect Germany's ongoing North American war, and any idea and practice of extending German influence into the Pacific Ocean is extremely dangerous!"

The officials were silent. They did not agree [-]% with the statement that the heart was too tired, but they were surprised that His Excellency the Head of State seemed to be trying his best to avoid conflicts of interests with the Chinese. Could it be that the Head of State was afraid of something?

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