Age of Rebirth

Without the threat of the Japanese navy, these gunboats, which are only a few hundred tons, can sail freely in the Pacific Ocean. Admiral Tang Qiuquan, commander of the independent division fleet, has formed a total of five fast gunboat detachments and five fast torpedo boat detachments. He called the fast gunboat detachments The detachment is "Sea Assassin!" The Northern Fleet took away three fast gunboat detachments, three fast torpedo boat detachments, and the remaining two fast gunboat detachments will be used for the second round of bombardment.

In addition to being equipped with 32mm rapid-fire guns, the most important weapons on the fast gunboats are two 42-tube naval combat type "Thunder Rocket Launchers." A detachment is equipped with [-] such gunboats, and the two detachments together, The number of "Thunder Rocket Launchers" has reached an astonishing number.

When more than 80 fast gunboats of the Independent Division Fleet lined up in a line, lightly plowed through the sea water and drew white waves, and appeared in the southern defensive position of Chichijima, the commander of the Independent Defense Force, Major General Yanai Hengji's telescope When he was thinking about it, he thought it was a landing craft of the infantry of the China Independence Division.

"The Chinese people who don't know whether they are dead or alive!" Major General Yanai thought with a smirk. Each of the more than 80 landing craft carried a squadron of infantry, that is, more than 200 people, and the imperial army holding the beachhead was 5000. There are more than [-] people and strong fortifications. Therefore, the first wave of landing attacks by the Chinese is not enough to watch!

"Order, all troops in the forward position, put the soldiers of the China Independent Division on the beach before fighting, the first and second artillery battalions, prepare for shelling, and cover the beach where the enemy lands in all directions!" Major General Yanai decided to give the Japanese Empire The imperial army still has the arrogant soldiers of the China Independent Division, a bloody lesson.

An otherwise bright dawn sky.Suddenly, it was rendered by a burst of meteor-like flames, and the 84 fast gunboats of the independent division fleet.After approaching the Japanese beachhead, it suddenly began to erupt.Rockets, trailing long tail flames and screaming through the air, crashed down on the Japanese positions like layers upon layers of meteors.

"Boom! Boom!——Boom!" There was a loud noise like the earth shaking, and in an instant, Major General Liu Jing's sight was filled with bursts of flames, and immediately.The violent explosion echoed in the air, and the rising orange-red flame instantly engulfed everything.

Two fast gunboat detachments, 84 gunboats fired the first salvo, and more than 5000 large-caliber rockets smashed hard on the Japanese beachhead, covering the target area. After the rocket exploded.The instant high temperature of several thousand degrees turned all the carbohydrates into ashes under the shelling of naval guns.The surviving tall trees are like burning torches, the beachhead and deep positions of the Japanese army.Shrouded in a sea of ​​flames!

Tang Qiusheng put down the binoculars, smiled and said to the other generals: "It's been a long time. I haven't seen so many rocket salvos. I guess. The Japanese soldiers on the beachhead have almost no chance of surviving!"

Han Tie took over the conversation with a smile, "Deputy commander, are you still using the third round of shelling?"

"What do you think?" Tang Qiusheng asked back.

"It's not necessary!" Han Tie held up the binoculars, carefully observed the Japanese army's position, and then said, "It's okay, the first batch of landing troops, I will take the two brigades of the Marine Corps up, and no one will follow. I fight!"

"No one is arguing with you!" Tang Qiusheng shook his head and said, "However, in order to minimize the casualties of the troops, the third round of shelling will still be carried out according to the original plan!"

Major General Yanai was injured, even though he was hiding in the concealment department, he was still injured. After the rocket shell exploded, a huge flame rushed in along the lookout hole, burning his eyebrows, hair, and a mustache , his face was covered with sparkling blisters, fortunately he closed his eyes in time, responsible, now he is blind.

The staff officer around him screamed and rushed forward, and was kicked away by Major General Yanai. Regardless of the burning pain all over his face, he picked up the phone. He was almost burned like a pig's head in the hidden department. What will happen to soldiers exposed to ground fortifications?

"Moshi Moxi! I am Commander Yanai! Report the situation there!" Major General Yanai shouted loudly into the phone receiver. As a result, there was no movement at all on the phone, even the usual weak current " There was no "squeak" sound, he didn't give up, and shook several phones leading to the forward position, but the result was the same.

Angrily dropped the phone, Major General Yanai's heart was trembling. All he could see were pieces of steaming flames and a sea of ​​flames connected by flames. He knew that his more than 5000 soldiers must be in danger. Less, the telephone lines laid a few meters deep underground will definitely not be blown up. If no one answers the phone in the forward position, then it is certain that the jade is broken, and there is not even a telephone left!

"Damn the Chinese people, what kind of weapon did they use that is so powerful?" Major General Yanai didn't know what kind of weapon it was, anyway, his heart was beating wildly, the concealment was like a lonely castle in a sea of ​​flames, he felt Boundless fear.

At this time, a staff officer came over and reported: "Commander, I received a telegram from Lieutenant General Chunchuan, the commander of the [-]th Division, asking what happened on our position, why is it covered by thick smoke and fire? Yes, the attack of the China Independent Division has begun? Why didn't we hear the sound of our counterattack?"

Major General Yanai's face twitched violently, causing the blisters to move, causing him to gasp in pain, gritted his teeth and shouted at the staff officer: "Report to Commander Chunchuan immediately, the enemy's infantry has not yet started to land, but my father The defensive position in the southern part of the island was attacked by powerful unknown weapons from the independent division of China, causing heavy casualties, please send more reinforcements!"

After receiving the telegram, the commander of the Chunchuan Division took a deep breath, and even suspected that the troops suffered heavy casualties before the fight started. It shouldn't be. The fortification system in the southern part of Chichijima is enough to withstand multiple bombardments from large-caliber heavy artillery. , Yanai, what did you do?

However, although he suspected that Major General Yanai was exaggerating, from his own position, the southern defense line of Chichijima was like a volcanic eruption, which was not a good sign. Lieutenant General Chunchuan decided to send two main forces to Yanai from the central defense line. The Wing, more than 5000 reinforcements, where the position is too important, once the China Independent Division troops are allowed to land, there is no danger to defend other areas, and the entire defense system of Chichijima will collapse!

"Qiuquan, send a reconnaissance plane over Chichijima to reconnaissance, and by the way, evaluate the effect of the two rounds of shelling!" Tang Qiusheng said to Tang Qiuquan.

Eight carrier-based reconnaissance planes took off from the aircraft carrier, four of them hovered over the bombardment area, and the other four flew deep into Chichijima. The two regiment reinforcements sent by Lieutenant General Chunchuan also went Flying to the south, in an area of ​​less than 5000 square kilometers, more than [-] Japanese soldiers were the most obvious target, and they immediately fell into the eyes of the pilots of the reconnaissance plane.

"Report to the headquarters, the second reconnaissance unit reported that a large number of Japanese soldiers were marching from the central part of Chichijima to the south!" The reconnaissance plane pilot reported.

In the command cabin of the flagship of the fleet, the report of the pilot of the reconnaissance plane was very clear. Han Tie smiled "hehe" and said, "Deputy Commander, did you see it? The live target that was sent to the door, let the reconnaissance plane provide an accurate position, use the naval gun Fuck you little devil! I will immediately organize troops to start landing!"

Tang Qiusheng ignored Han Tie's words, and said to Qiuquan: "Send some carrier-based aircraft, cooperate with naval guns, and leave all the Japanese soldiers who have been reinforced!"

Swarms of large-caliber naval artillery shells roared and landed on the panting Japanese soldiers. The ground-to-air firepower of the planes cooperated with each other, exposing more than 5000 Japanese soldiers exposed to the ground in the rain of bullets of death!

More than half an hour later, more than 5000 Japanese soldiers who reinforced the defense line in the southern part of Chichijima escaped shells, bombs and bullets, and ran back with a limp. On the defensive position, the flames erupted from the rocket shells gradually extinguished, and the Japanese position showed its true colors, but it can only be described as horrible.

Major General Yanai's premonition was very accurate. More than 5000 Japanese soldiers survived the sea of ​​fire, but more than 4000 survived only by relying on strong anti-gun holes and concealed parts, but most of them survived. With varying degrees of burns, they were able to continue fighting, but more than 2000 people, including more than 1 Japanese soldiers, disappeared in the two rounds of shelling by the independent division fleet. This time was only two hours!

But this is far from over. The third round of bombardment by the Independent Division began again. This time the bombardment was longer and more violent than the previous one. The Japanese army's reinforced concrete fortifications, which were already burned like shortbread by the high temperature of the rockets, could no longer withstand such fierce shelling.

Cement blocks mixed with sand and mud flew into the air, and the shelter and the anti-blasting holes collapsed. Thousands of Japanese soldiers survived such three rounds of shelling, and there were hardly a few left. Even the captain of the Chichijima Independent Garrison Major General Yanai was also buried in the ruins!

Seeing the soldiers running back, seeing the southern defense line of Chichijima, the gunpowder smoke covering the sky, and the sound of cannons shaking the sea, Lieutenant General Chun Chuan, the commander of the Japanese garrison of Chichijima, knew that the southern defense line was lost, and he could no longer send out troops. Reinforcement, that is a dead end.

Near ten o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant General Han Tie, the commander of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division, commanded two brigades, successfully landed on the southern beach of Chichijima and expanded his foothold. During the landing process, Japanese soldiers resisted And troop casualties are negligible.

Han Tie bent down and grabbed a handful of the still hot sand, grinned happily, and said, "It feels so good to bully the little devil!"

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