Age of Rebirth

December [-], [-], was an extremely ordinary day. There were no major festivals to commemorate, nor was there anything special that attracted people's attention. For more than a million Japanese soldiers, it was a day that the hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers who survived by chance will never forget.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, although the sun had not yet come out, the sky was already bright. The Japanese soldiers, who were skinny and barely able to move, could only lie down and save their energy as much as possible, but saw a scene that was even more brilliant than the sun. The meteors danced in the sky, and the mist of dawn was reflected into rolling reddish circles.

First, fighter jets and bombers covering the sky appeared in the sky above the head, and the roar of the engine was suppressed from the sky, and then, there were small black spots all over the sky, reflecting the cold metallic luster, falling rapidly, It rapidly expanded in the field of vision of Japanese soldiers.

Then, on the calm land, thunder suddenly sounded, and then, the cannonballs that were as dense as stars, with bright tail flames, lit up the entire sky, and then, there was a violent explosion, smoke, and blown away. The soil and buildings covered the entire encirclement. The Japanese soldiers knew that after being surrounded for nearly two months, the attack of the China Independent Division finally came.

When countless cannonballs roared and countless bombs fell from the sky, the violent explosion of bombs and cannonballs shook the air at dawn, and the entire encirclement was tortured by hunger like a furnace of boiling molten iron The dying Japanese soldiers actually felt a sense of relief, it seemed.After a loud noise, the companions around him turned into rain of blood and minced meat.is the best treatment.

Independent division artillery and aviation, when the first round of bombs and shells fell.The ground was trembling, and General Ito Yanzaburo was awakened. Of course, his command post in the downtown area of ​​Mount Molloy is the most hidden and strongest place. No matter how many shells and bombs there are, it cannot threaten The safety of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.

General Ito, who has not eaten for many days, looks haggard, and looks like a mummy.Opening his dim old eyes, without a trace of surprise on his face, he slowly got up from the camp bed, muttering, "It's finally here!"

Major General Akutagawa, the Chief of Staff of the Australian Front Army, walked in with sloppy footsteps, his face was as ugly as death, even though he was the Chief of Staff of the Australian Front Army, he still hadn't filled his stomach for many days.When my body is weak to a certain extent, if I walk a little faster, I will be out of breath and dizzy.Almost fainted.

Chief of Staff Akutagawa couldn't help the tears in his eyes when he looked at the aging commander. He was once an all-powerful general of the Imperial Army.Now he is so weak by hunger and pressure.He murmured, "Commander, the China Independent Division. It has launched a full-line attack on the imperial army's positions!" This was the last thing he wanted to see, but he had to say it.

"I've heard the cannon!" General Ito said with blank eyes, "Akutagawa-kun, tell me the truth, how many days can the Australian front last at most?"

"Hehehe!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa laughed bitterly, and replied, "Commander, you know better than me the current situation of soldiers in the imperial army!"

"I need your answer!" General Ito said persistently.

Chief of Staff Akutagawa drooped his head and said in pain: "Commander, the soldiers haven't eaten for two weeks, and they don't even have the strength to hold their guns. Listen, how fierce the artillery fire of the China Independent Division is, at least [-] artillery pieces are shelling, and there are thousands of fighter jets and bombers in the sky!"

"In the face of such fierce and powerful ground-to-air firepower from the China Independent Division, the soldiers of the Australian Front Army who can't even hold a gun are the targets of massacre by the soldiers of the China Independent Division. Do you think they still have the ability to fight?"

"I understand!" General Ito stared blankly at Chief of Staff Akutagawa for a while, no one knew what he was thinking, and then said: "Mr. Akutagawa, please inform the communication room of the headquarters to communicate with all the radio stations of the front army. I want to lecture all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army!"

Amidst the earth-shattering explosion, General Ito staggered to the telecommunications room, and his lecture was very brief, "The imperial officers and soldiers of the Australian Front Army, the most critical moment has come, please remember, you are The soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire are loyal warriors of His Majesty the Emperor, and I, Genzaburo Ito, as the commander of the Australian Front, order all officers and soldiers to fight the Chinese to the end!"

"I order, all officers and soldiers, fight on your own, take up all the weapons that you can use around you, fight bravely! Fight bloody with the Chinese soldiers, die with the Chinese soldiers, no one is allowed to surrender, because surrender is a big Japanese The greatest disgrace to the emperor, Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

After General Ito delivered the speech of resisting to the end, he said to Chief of Staff Akutagawa: "Mr. Akutagawa, my mission is over. From now on, don't let anyone bother me!" Under the watchful eyes of the headquarters officers who were hungry like ghosts, he walked into his office, and the door was closed tightly.

The artillery unit and aviation unit of the independent division, one hour of saturated shelling and bombing, 10,000+ rounds of shells and bombs fell on the heads of the Japanese army, without any blank spots for shelling and bombing, using a steel storm to encircle the Japanese positions in the circle, covering them In the horror of hell.

This is the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli. Although he really wants to capture more prisoners and send them to Siberia as laborers, he knows the inferiority of the Japanese nation. Only a storm-like blow can destroy the hearts of Japanese soldiers. A trace of courage to resist, shivering in front of shells and bombs.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli would rather waste more shells and bombs and capture fewer prisoners than let the soldiers of the Independent Division pay the price of blood with their lives when the Australian campaign is about to end. Ten Japanese soldiers died. , It is not worth the life of an independent division soldier.

After the bombardment ended, the aircraft fleet of the aviation unit also began to return, and the battlefield suddenly fell silent. However, this silence did not last long. The roar of tank engines echoed over the battlefield, and Battelle's armored assault group began to cover the infantry charge. up.

Battelle commanded one of the roads, hundreds of tanks roared, their tracks rolled up dust, formed several wedge-shaped offensive formations, and rushed forward. . . . . .

At first, Battelle was still very cautious. He was not worried about the Japanese anti-tank weapons, but the Bushido spirit of the Japanese soldiers, so he resorted to body bombs. However, he soon found that his caution was unnecessary. Looking through the lookout hole of the tank, you can see the soil rolled up by shells and bombs in front of you. The tank has penetrated hundreds of meters into the Japanese position without encountering any resistance.

At the same time, in all directions of the encirclement, several corps of the Independent Division, under the cover of tanks, also began to attack. More than 100 million troops, with an indomitable momentum, swept towards the Japanese positions.

Including Tang Qiuli, no one thought that the battle of encircling and annihilating the Japanese and Australian front forces in the encirclement, with more than one million people, would end so quickly and smoothly. Although the mentally poisoned and stubborn Japanese soldiers have been starved for more than two weeks, they still cannot be underestimated.

The last battle of annihilation in the Australian War ended in more than ten hours, and by five o'clock in the afternoon, the three main ports including Cooktown, Mount Molloy and Townsville, As well as other key points, all were breached, but the price paid by the independent division troops was extremely slight. The advancing speed of the troops could not be described as offensive, it was simply marching, marching on a battlefield full of bomb craters.

Especially for the troops that invaded the city, according to the estimation of the division commanders and the headquarters at all levels, the urban street fighting would be the most difficult battle in this annihilation battle, but what I did not expect was that the expected fierce street fighting would not Did not happen.

After the troops entered the city, they were surprised to find that the Japanese soldiers did not even put up sporadic resistance. Apart from the corpses that could be seen everywhere, there were Japanese soldiers who were dying of hunger and didn’t even bother to move their fingers, lying in every corner of the city. With empty eyes, he looked at the soldiers of the Independent Division and walked past him. Many Japanese soldiers still held leaflets from more than a month ago in their hands.

Tang Qiuli, who was sitting in the commanding division, received calls from the commanders of various corps one after another when the battle was nearing the end. What's more, there are too many prisoners, they are all over the place, and they are all prisoners who are so hungry that they are lying on the ground and can't get up.

Putting down the phone, Tang Qiuli patted his forehead and smiled. The attack went so smoothly, and the casualties were so slight that he didn't even think about it. There were more than 100 million Japanese soldiers, and all of them were resolved in a dozen hours. Such a battle can be fought. . . . . .

"There is a saying in the art of war, 'Soldiers and horses move first before moving food and grass.' It really makes sense. The ancients did not deceive me!" Tang Qiuli sighed. In more than ten hours, more than one million Japanese and Australian troops were wiped out. It is not so much the result of the overall superiority of the troops and firepower of the independent division, it is better to say that it is a tactic of starvation, which has received miraculous results!

Next, the main task of the troops is probably to be transferred to the Japanese prisoners of war who don't know how many there are for the time being. The problem of food and drink will come up, "Yuhe!" Tang Qiuli shouted loudly.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe hurried over, with an excited smile on his face, gestured with his hands and said, "Master, what a miracle! In ten hours, more than 100 million Japanese troops have been eliminated, and the troops have hardly died. This is unprecedented!"

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