Age of Rebirth

Himmler, the head of the German Gestapo, was interrupted by Hitler before he finished speaking. He shouted angrily: "Himmler, stop talking, I will not send a telegram to Tang Qiuli, No! It's not necessary either!"

"Mussolini, a stubborn and short-sighted idiot, didn't listen to my advice and went his own way. For the illusory benefits promised by the Japanese, he fell for the Japanese. He successfully angered Tang Qiuli, and the Italians fell into trouble in Asia. The deeper you go, the worse you will lose, and you will definitely! Well, let the Italians taste the bitter fruit, and Mussolini's mind will be clearer!"

"My head of state, Germany must have an attitude!" Foreign Minister Ribbentrop said weakly.

"What attitude?" Hitler became more and more angry, and roared: "Keeping silence on this matter is Germany's attitude. Now, that damn cripple Roosevelt in the United States must be celebrating with champagne!"

In Rome, the capital of Italy, the Prime Minister’s official residence, and Prime Minister Mussolini, also roared angrily at a group of party, government and military officials, “The ignorant and backward Chinese Tang Qiuli dared to declare war on the Kingdom of Italy. Great insult, absolutely unbearable! Never!"

"Declaration of war, the Kingdom of Italy also declares war on the Chinese! Ciano, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs will handle this matter immediately! Also, I will order the army in the name of the prime minister, and then organize a second batch of troops, no less than 20 people. Go to Asia at the fastest speed, I want to let those Chinese who fight with rifles know what a military and industrial power is!"

The Italian party, government and military leaders, looking at the Prime Minister who was as angry as a lion, knew it all in their hearts.In this case, the Prime Minister will not listen to anyone.Moreover, Tang Qiuli's declaration of war.It greatly stimulated the self-esteem of these officials. They felt that this was an insult to the Kingdom of Italy. When did China, in the Middle Ages, bully Italy?

The poor and backward Chinese dared to declare war on the Kingdom of Italy. It is absolutely necessary to teach the Chinese a lesson, and.In Asia and the Pacific, there are still so many benefits to be gained. Therefore, Mussolini's decision to send more troops to Japan was passed unanimously without any objection. Immediately, the whole of Italy was like a fried dog. , Raising teeth and claws to deal with the provocations of the Chinese.The domestic war machine was at full capacity, and another group of army soldiers began to assemble.

At this time, Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin had already arrived in Vladivostok, the Far East of the former Soviet Union.It is to plan to build several field airfields to form an arc-shaped air offensive line around northern Japan, after receiving a call from the Divisional Staff Office.I don't know what important things happened, and the teacher's staff didn't say it clearly.

But the teacher was anxious to call himself back.There must be an important task to explain, and the two of them put down the work at hand.After handing over the job of surveying the location of the field airport to Dong Ningxuan, chief of staff of the Northern Aviation Group, he drove a two-seater reconnaissance plane and flew back to Busan at high speed. The plane landed at the Busan field airport. There was already a car from the staff office Waiting for them, the two of them didn't stop, they went straight to Shizhi.

Tang Qiuli was buried in a large pile of documents, and was busy reviewing and reviewing non-stop. Several main corps of the Independent Division were transferred to the north one after another, and more than 100 million people were relocated, involving transportation tools and routes, troop assembly places, and logistical support. , There are a lot of things that need to be done, and Xiao is the chief of staff Zhao Yuhe who has shared most of the work, so he can't be idle.

Seeing Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin coming together, Tang Qiuli was very happy. After he greeted him and sat down, he stopped talking nonsense and said straight to the point: "I got the information that the Japanese are recruiting pilots in Europe, and now they have recruited a lot of pilots." More than a thousand people, this group of pilots with rich experience in air combat, will join the Japanese army to help the Japanese in their home air defense operations, and will become a strong enemy for the two of you!"

Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin glanced at each other, both of them were startled, and their eyes were full of shock. The two of them were not people who watched the sky from sitting in a well. Knowing that the teacher is eager to recall his purpose.

"Master, what order do you have, please give it!" The two stood up and said in unison.

"Okay! I'll make a long story short!" Tang Qiuli waved his hand, let the two sit down, and then said: "The division pointed out that in the overall campaign plan for attacking the Japanese mainland, some partial adjustments have been made to the air combat part. Before that, it was necessary to weaken the Japanese air defense forces as much as possible!"

"According to this, I have decided that the air battle will start before the sea-crossing and landing battle. I have approved the request of Deputy Division Commander Tang to transfer the fleet's land-based mixed combat brigade to the Ogasawara Islands, and use this as a base to use this brigade as the main force to attack Japan. The main purpose of air strikes in the south is to weaken the Japanese air force!"

"As you all know, the Southern Fleet is now splitting up to recover the Hawaiian Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, and to intercept the Italian army's troop convoy. It has insufficient troops, let alone an aircraft carrier. Therefore, it can only rely on the fleet's land-based mixed combat brigade to complete the task. I want to tune a piano and go to the Ogasawara Islands to serve as the air combat commander!"

"How to fight, Yiqin, you decide on your own. The teacher will not interfere. Cuigang, your task is to focus on the Northern Flying Group. Taking advantage of the opportunity before the pilots recruited by the Japanese from Europe before they arrive, to Japan The mainland launched a large-scale air strike to force the current Japanese air force to fight, destroying part of it first, and similarly, the division commander will not interfere with Cuigang's command and operations!"

"I heard that the two of you are busy planning to attack the air route of Japan's mainland from the north. Most of them were transferred to the north and placed under the command of Cuigang, with comparatively superior air forces to deal with the European pilots recruited by the Japanese!"

"Yiqin, you don't want to go back to Vladivostok. You should go to the Ogasawara Islands immediately and organize an air attack as soon as possible. Do you have any ideas or requests? Just say, if it can be solved, I will solve it immediately!"

Liu Cuigang got up and stood at attention, and said loudly: "There is no problem, sir! I promise to complete the task!"

But Le Yiqin hesitated, and said with some coercion after a while: "Master, I don't have any conditions! You see, the air strike on the Japanese mainland from the direction of the southern Pacific Ocean has an excellent geographical location, but it is only a land-based mixed Combat brigade, is the strength a little thin, can you give me some more troops, not many, just two regiments of the latest fighter jets, I promise to make the little devil sleep well!"

"As long as you, Le Yiqin, can negotiate the conditions!" Tang Qiuli said angrily: "The field airports of the Ogasawara Islands and Chichijima have been completed, and the construction of Ogasawara Island and Mojima is coming to an end. There is no other project except Chichijima. Two field airfields are supported, even if I give you a fighter jet, there is no place to land."

"Now, I can promise you that the three new fighter regiments that were originally planned to be equipped with the Northern Flying Group will all be transferred to you, Le Yiqin. I am satisfied this time! However, you have to discuss it with Cuigang, and he will not agree. I can't help it, after all, it was snatched from others!"

"Thank you, sir!" Le Yiqin was so happy that he jumped up and said loudly, "Don't worry, sir, with these new fighter jets, I can not only make the little devil sleepless, but maybe I can also kill that bastard Yuren." The eggs were killed!"

Then, Le Yiqin turned her face and said to Liu Cuigang very seriously: "Cuigang, you won't be so stingy, right? I gave you most of my family fortune, is it an exchange?"

Liu Cuigang rolled his eyelids, and said helplessly, "Do you think I look like a stingy person? Even the teacher promised, I dare not give it!"

Leaving the teacher's office and going to the corridor, Le Yiqin put his arms around Liu Cuigang's shoulders, stretched out his thumb and said, "As expected of an old brother, it's really interesting!" Then, with a slightly sad tone, "I wanted to join hands with you, Have a good fight with the little devil, and now we have to separate!"

Liu Cuigang didn't speak, but hugged Le Yiqin tightly with one arm, and then, the two broke up at the gate of the teacher's finger, and went to their respective combat posts.

Two days later in the morning, the waters north of Midway Island in the Eastern Pacific Ocean were covered with clouds and the waves were turbulent. A formation of medium-sized troop carriers, under the escort of twelve warships, galloped in the direction of mainland Japan with the wind and waves. All the troop carriers On the masts of the warships and escort warships, the Italian flag was flying high, indicating the identity of this mixed fleet-Italy's army troop transport fleet and escort fleet to reinforce Japan.

This is the vanguard of Italy's reinforcement of 10 troops to Japan. There are two divisions of troops and equipment. Mussolini sent the second batch of 10 troops to Japan. The reason why the soldiers and ships are tense and the escort warships are even more tense is that the first batch can only carry two mechanized infantry divisions, with a force of more than [-] people, and set off for Japan in advance. It was bumpy for several days, but fortunately, there were no accidents along the way!

Originally, the number of troop transport ships passing through the Atlantic route was enough to transport 10 troops to Japan in two batches. Unfortunately, there was no Panama Canal at that time, and there was a narrow Central American continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. If you want to go directly to Japan, you have to detour the Drake Passage at the southernmost tip of South America, which is tens of thousands of kilometers away. Therefore, it is the only option for the Italian army to go ashore in Central America and then take a boat to Japan.

Vice Admiral Bapezi, the commander of the escort fleet, stood in the command cabin of the flagship, holding up the binoculars, observing the undulating sea. After a few minutes, he put down the binoculars rather bored, counting the days in his mind, and there are four more days. Left and right, the troop carrier formation can go ashore on the Japanese mainland, and my mission has come to an end.

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