Age of Rebirth

"Blah!" Lieutenant Colonel Xu Zhihang, the commander of the carrier-based aircraft formation of the fleet, muttered contemptuously. He glanced at the ground of Iwo Jima, and the flashes of fire revealed the location of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery position. It only needed a bomber formation to attack. The little devil's anti-aircraft firepower immediately shut up, but my task is not to compete with the little devil's anti-aircraft guns.

"Report to the headquarters, the Japanese ground anti-aircraft artillery fire started, but no Japanese combat aircraft were found to take off to fight!" Xu Zhihang reported.

"Oh?" Tang Qiuquan, who commanded the battle, was stunned, and said to Tang Qiusheng: "Brother Qiusheng, the No. 80 Fifth Air Force of the little devil is still calm enough, order the second formation to come from the opposite direction of the first formation." , cutting into the sky above Iwo Jima, but the Japanese airport is still not found in a place as big as a palm! The third formation is ready to take off!"

The command tower of the No.80 Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army, a Japanese combat staff officer, reported to the Zhonggu Commander: "Commander, after receiving a report from the ground radar station, more than [-] carrier-based aircraft of the China Independent Division have entered Iwo Jima. In the airspace, there are more than [-] fighter jets, and the rest are bombers!"

"The number of carrier-based aircraft of the China Independent Division is less than my own!" Zhonggu Dazuo was quite moved. He knew very well that with such a large area of ​​Iwo Jima, it is impossible to disappear all the combat aircraft of the air force for a long time. In the eyes of the pilots of the China Independent Division, it is certain that the location of the airport has been found. Combat aircraft can hide in the jungle, but what about the airport runway?

According to my own plan, after the ground anti-aircraft artillery fire of the 109th Division starts shelling, it will attract the attention of the China Independent Division's fleet and play the role of covering its own air force.Now the number of enemy fighters is less than your own.A good chance to strike, though.Zhonggu Dazuo resisted this temptation, but decided to continue to hide.

The distance of 10 kilometers is only a matter of 109, [-], [-] minutes for combat aircraft. Once the follow-up carrier fleet of the China Independent Division Fleet arrives, your own strength is still no match. The only hope now is the China Independent Division. fleet.After bombing the ground anti-aircraft firepower and beachhead of the [-]th Division, return to prepare for the next landing.

However, the ground anti-aircraft firepower of the 109th Division was still shooting crazily, but it was not bombed. The mixed fleet of the independent division was hovering over Iwo Jima.He vaguely felt that the purpose of the China Independent Division's fleet was to find the No. 80 Fifth Air Force, the damn Chinese.It's coming towards me!

The report from the ground radar station quickly confirmed Zhonggu’s concern, “Report to the commander. There is another batch of carrier-based aircraft of the China Independent Division, about a hundred. They are cutting in from the airspace west of Iwo Jima!”

"Order, all fighter jets take off immediately!" Zhonggu Dazuo hurriedly ordered.He realized that if he didn't order to take off, more than 80 planes of the No.100 Fifth Air Force would be locked up at the airport and become living targets!

It’s over, Iwo Jima is only a big place, and it can withstand the search of more than 200 carrier-based aircraft from the independent division fleet. The report of the commander of the formation and the second formation, "Okay! Cover up and fight, we can't let a Japanese plane take off, and the third formation will join the attack immediately!"

The fighter jets of the No.80 Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army had just been pushed onto the runway, and before the propellers could turn, the Japanese ground crews were still busy, and countless heavy bombs fell from the sky. , "Boom! Boom!—Boom!" There was a violent explosion, and the Japanese military airport and the combat aircraft on the airport were shrouded in flames and gunpowder smoke!

The Zhonggu Dazuo held the communicator, looked up at the bomb that fell from the sky, zoomed in infinitely in his field of vision, and then exploded into balls of orange-red flames, and the command tower turned into broken bricks and rotten tiles flying all over the sky amidst the violent explosion. Scattered into the air over Iwo Jima.

Twenty minutes later, the field airport of the No.80 Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army, together with more than 100 combat aircraft, was completely turned into ruins. It is permanently wiped from the ground.

"Report to the headquarters, the mission to bomb the Japanese airfield has been completed, and none of the Japanese combat aircraft slipped through the net! Do you want to return?" The commanders of the three formations began to call the fleet headquarters.

"Before returning to the voyage, hit the Japanese ground air defense positions. It is better not to bring back the remaining bombs!" Tang Qiuquan, who was in a very excited mood, rarely joked, and gave an order.

The head of the Kuribayashi Chumichi Division, lying in the concealment department, listening to the bursts of violent explosions coming from the No. 80 Fifth Air Force airport, has already judged that the target of the China Independent Division's fleet is not himself. It's the airport of the guy from Kagawa in the Middle Ages.

Judging from the number of carrier-based aircraft dispatched by the independent division fleet, the No.80 Fifth Air Force of Zhonggu Kagawa is not an opponent at all. Once the No.80 Fifth Air Force is completely wiped out, he has to worry. After losing the air supremacy, the next The 109th Division will fight very hard in the anti-landing battle.

The sound of the explosion has stopped, which means that the air force of Kagawa in the Middle Ages is probably wiped out, while the ground anti-aircraft artillery fire of the 109th Division is still carrying out unnecessary shelling. The head of the Kuribayashi division is angry and moves towards the staff Chang shouted loudly: "Order the idiots of the air defense force, stop shooting immediately, and take cover immediately!"

It was still too late. On the way back, the carrier-based fleet of the Independent Division dropped all the remaining bombs on the air defense positions of the 109th Division. All the bombs were concentrated on the Japanese air defense positions, and the result can be imagined.

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, after receiving the call, was so angry that his hands and feet were cold. The entire anti-aircraft fire brigade was completely shattered. Not even a single intact anti-aircraft gun or a complete soldier's body could be found on the ground. Bomb, turned that place over completely.

There is no time to grieve for Division Chief Kuribayashi Chumichi. Next, what the 109th Division will face is a fierce attack from an independent division with powerful sea and air firepower that is more than ten times greater than its own.

The 109th Division of the Japanese Army on Iwo Jima, with more than 2 soldiers, was so nervous that they waited for the independent division to land and attack, but the independent division fleet and troop transport fleet left the waters of Iwo Jima. Go due north.

The head of the Kuribayashi division who received the report did not believe it at all. He concluded that the actions of the independent division troops were playing tricks and tricks. Officers and soldiers must never relax and rest on God Dadan.

More than 109 soldiers from the 2th Division of the Japanese Army on Iwo Jima waited tensely for more than three days in the position, and they were exhausted. Soldiers and officers, board and lodging are all in the position.

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was nervously waiting to be beaten, and at the same time reported the news that Iwo Jima was attacked by the carrier-based aircraft of the China Independent Division Fleet and that all members of the No. 80 Fifth Air Force were broken to the General Staff of the base camp. And it was notified to Lieutenant General Chun Chuan Kazutomo, Commander of the Ogasawara Islands Defense Force, Commander of the [-]th Division.

Lieutenant General Chun Chuan and Zhi, who received the warning from the head of the Ritsubashi division, did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered more than 4 Chichijima garrison troops to enter the position. Not too worried.

Regarding the defense system of Iwo Jima, I am still very clear. With Kuribayashi Tadmichi's commanding ability, the complex topographical conditions on the island, and the strength of the defense system, it is enough for the independent division troops to gnaw at it for a few months. Time to perfect the defense system on Chichijima.

But at dawn two days later, Lieutenant General Chunchuan realized that he was wrong, and he was wrong badly. At dawn, when the eastern sky was just showing a pale belly, the attack of the independent division suddenly landed on Chichijima superior.

The dawn of this day was lit up by the trajectory of the shells and the flames after the explosion. The Southern Fleet of the Independent Division, with nearly [-] main battleships, lined up on the southern sea of ​​Chichijima. The shells of the large-caliber naval guns, Flying over with a whistling sound, the rocks and sea sand were blown up into plumes of smoke that soared into the sky.

Tang Qiusheng chose two landing sites, both on the southern beach of Chichijima, which is convenient for landing. This is also the key defensive area of ​​the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army. The brigade is placed here. The Japanese soldiers rely on the solid reinforced concrete fortifications to form two lines of defense. According to Lieutenant General Chun Chuan's estimation, the Chinese Independent Division troops who landed and attacked will not leave tens of thousands of casualties. Don't even think about breaking through. Own defense system in the southern part of Chichijima.

Lieutenant General Chun Chuan's calculations are in line with the reality, but what he did not calculate is that the fundamental purpose of Tang Qiusheng's southern attack on the Japanese mainland troops was not to seize a few islands and disturb the sight of the Japanese high-level troops. Therefore, large-scale beach landings It is not necessary to fight, it is better to take Chichijima, but there is no rush.

More than 5000 Japanese soldiers hid in the reinforced concrete fortifications and endured the shelling of large-caliber shells. After more than an hour, the shelling of the independent division fleet stopped. The Japanese commander thought that the infantry of the independent division was about to start landing. He hurriedly commanded the soldiers, went up to the surface position, and prepared to counterattack.

Tang Qiusheng put down the binoculars and said to Tang Qiuquan: "Qiuquan, according to the battlefield practice, after the first round of shelling stops, it means that the infantry is about to start attacking. The Japanese army will also consider this. Now, the second round of shelling can be launched!"

Tang Qiuquan nodded and picked up the phone, "Order, the fast gunboat detachment, all attack, the artillery fire covers the Japanese beachhead and deep positions!"

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