Age of Rebirth

To Tang Qiuli's answer, Shan Hu was quite speechless, rolled his eyes and said, "Bluffer, insidious, cunning!"

"Ah!" Tang Qiuli sighed, and said with infinite emotion, "Tiger, that's how the political struggle between countries is, and you don't understand if you talk about it!"

The two went to another room of the villa. They were idle and bored, so they talked about some past events when they were teenagers. As they were talking, the phone in the room rang. Shan Hu picked up the phone, "I am Huang Shanhu, oh, Shen Chu Long...that's great, um, I'll tell the teacher right away, good!"

"Did Shen Jun call?" Tang Qiuli asked.

Shanhu said cheerfully: "It was Shen Jun who called. The matter over there has been resolved. We wiped out the ace agents of a dozen little devils, and one of them didn't run away. Shen Jun informed us that we can go back to the frontline headquarters. Already!"

In Los Angeles, the North American continent, in the headquarters of the East Command of the Independent Division, after Liu Tiehan read the telegram sent by the division, he laughed "haha" for a few times, then slammed the table, and said to the chief of staff of the East Command, Yang Ketian: "Ketian , Commander is really a master, look at this telegram, unexpectedly, Commander can even turn captives into gold, a big deal!"

Yang Ketian received the telegram, and after reading it, he couldn't help holding his stomach and laughing, "Deputy Commander, the Commander's move is really amazing. No wonder, when we were fighting the Italian army, the Commander emphasized the need to make an emergency landing and capture as many prisoners as possible. The backhand is here!"

Liu Tiehan laughed happily, stopped laughing suddenly, and said to Yang Ketian: "Ketian, in the name of the headquarters, you immediately issue an order to the field hospitals at all levels. For the wounded and sick among Italian prisoners of war, we must do our best to Rescue. Don't kill a few more people, they are not prisoners of war. They are gold bars that can breathe, and they are worth a lot!"

After finalizing the matter of exchanging Italian prisoners of war for ransom, the rest of the matter was left to Liu Tiehan to deal with. Tang Qiuli's attention returned to the air battle against the Japanese mainland, which was an attack on the Japanese mainland. prerequisites.

On Iwo Jima, the main island of the Iwo Jima Islands in southern Japan, Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was the garrison commander of the Japanese army and the commander of the [-]th Division.He stared straight at the order of the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp, "Order, all of your troops will attack immediately to destroy the China's land-based aviation airport on Chichi Island in the Ogasawara Islands, wipe out all the troops of the China's Independent Division on the island, and securely Control the island so that it cannot become a forward base for air strikes on the mainland of the empire!"

"Also, from now on, the Iwo Jima Defense Command of the Imperial Army will change its designation to the Ogasawara Islands Defense Command. Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the commander of the 2th Division, will serve as the garrison commander!" In one sentence, the first zero There are more than [-] people in the Ninth Division.From now on, I will regard the Ogasawara Islands as my home. If you don't take the Ogasawara Islands, you will be ashamed to live!

The commands are so simple.In the eyes of those bigwigs in the base camp, it was as simple as drinking a glass of sake.But in Lieutenant General Kuribayashi Tadmichi's eyes, it was similar to a reminder.Since the Ono Air Force on Iwo Jima was completely wiped out by the fleet of the China Independent Division, and then the China Independent Division occupied the Ogasawara Islands, what kind of life did the more than 2 soldiers of the [-]th Division live?

Supplies were cut off, and the sea connection with the mainland was cut off. The front was the endless Pacific Ocean, and the back was the Ogasawara Islands occupied by the China Independent Division. Iwo Jima was sandwiched in the middle, hanging alone overseas. Worrying all day long, the food is almost gone, and now, they can only rely on the soldiers to go fishing in the sea to keep their stomachs from starvation.

The head of the Kuribayashi Chumichi division also didn't understand why the Chinese independent division fleet didn't attack Iwo Jima. He would rather fight a battle with the Chinese soldiers. If he died, he would be considered as loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Japanese Empire. It's the duty of a human being, but the Chinese fleet just doesn't come to fight. This life of fear is really not for human beings.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Kuribayashi became angry with the order from the base camp and ordered the 2th Division to attack the Ogasawara Islands. To put it lightly, the Iwo Jima Defense Command did not even have a few troop carriers and more than [-] soldiers. Swimming past, there were also escorting warships, even more empty-handed. If those gunboats were also counted as warships, the order from the headquarters was tantamount to sending the [-]th Division to die!

In fact, when the General Staff of the base camp issued this order, it was not that they were not aware of the current situation of the 2th Division. When the soldiers came back, the Iwo Jima defenders would be wiped out by the Chinese Independent Division sooner or later.

Since it is an abandoned son, it should play a final role for the empire. The base camp did not expect the [-]th Division to retake the Ogasawara Islands, but it still gave the order to attack all. Before, to play the final role, this is the most fundamental purpose of the base camp.

Military orders cannot be disobeyed. After receiving the order, Lieutenant General Kuribayashi pinched his nose and began the preliminary preparations for attacking the Ogasawara Islands. No, under the order of Lieutenant General Kuribayashi, the Japanese army on Iwo Jima collected all available boats, and even unconditionally requisitioned the fishing boats of the few Japanese fishermen on the island.

We put together together, at least enough ships that can transport more than 2 people at one time, and then refitted those gunboats, installed a few more small artillery for the army, and regarded them as escort warships. After more than a week Prepare, the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army has more than [-] soldiers. Except for a brigade that stayed on Iwo Jima, the rest of the troops were under the command of Lieutenant General Tadmichi Kuribayashi. , very tragically killed the Ogasawara Islands.

The Japanese army's wonderful troop transport fleet and escort gunboats were discovered by two warships of the Southern Fleet monitoring the Japanese army on Iwo Jima less than two hours after they left Iwo Jima. Troop Command.

Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands has now become an important base. In a newly built simple house, Admiral Tang Qiusheng, the deputy commander of the independent division and the commander-in-chief of the South Route Offensive Force, passed the telegram to the commander of the Southern Fleet who had rushed back. Admiral Tang Qiuquan, the officer, and Lieutenant General Le Yiqin, the commander of the Southern Flying Group, after they finished watching, asked with a smile, "What do you two think?"

Le Yiqin said disdainfully: "Since the little devils are here to die, then let these bastards be fulfilled. I will leave this matter to me. I will send out two regiments of bombers to send all the little devils to the Pacific Ocean to feed the sharks." !"

Tang Qiuquan smiled and said, "Brother Qiusheng, are you planning to take this opportunity to get Iwo Jima?"

"That's exactly what I mean!" Tang Qiusheng nodded and said, "The [-]th Division of the Japanese Army on Iwo Jima came out in full force to attack the Ogasawara Islands. No matter why the Japanese suddenly went crazy, they made such a move to send us to death. It’s an excellent opportunity, at the beginning, the division commander asked us to attack the troops on the south route, give up the capture of Iwo Jima, and instead capture the Ogasawara Islands, I don’t know why?”

"Now, the opportunity has come. According to the report of the warships monitoring the Japanese army on Iwo Jima, the [-]th Division has come out in full force. Iwo Jima must be empty. I decided to send a brigade to occupy Iwo Jima. As for those who died The Japanese army, leave it to your fleet to solve it!"

At around three o'clock in the afternoon that day, the 2th Division commanded by Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, with more than [-] people, was still crawling like a turtle on the sea. When approaching the Ogasawara Islands, suddenly appeared on the sea ahead. There are dozens of warships in the Southern Fleet, and there are two aircraft carriers in person.

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he put down his binoculars. He indifferently said to Major General Ishikawa Koji, chief of staff of the division: "Ishikawa-kun, convey my order to launch an active attack on the China Independent Division Fleet immediately. Warship China, the time has come for us to show our loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan!"

With despair in his eyes, Chief of Staff Ishikawa took the initiative to attack dozens of warships and two aircraft carriers in the China Independent Division Fleet with a few gunboats and patchwork of troop carriers. This was a suicidal attack. The next moment, he saw, The trajectory of countless shells appeared in front of my eyes.

Colonel Tu Guoxi, commander of the Third Squadron of the Southern Fleet of the Independent Division Fleet, commanded the fleet to be covered by artillery fire, covering all the ships of the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, including the gunboats, in a rain of bullets. After more than half an hour of the massacre without suspense, the gunfire subsided, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers and broken ship boards floated on the sea. With one blow, the whole army is wiped out.

The warships of the Third Squadron sailed past the floating corpses of Japanese soldiers and headed for Iwo Jima. The carrier-based planes took off at the same time, and a brigade of Japanese troops staying on Iwo Jima quickly disappeared in a burst of fireworks. Ten Japanese soldiers fled into the depths of Iwo Jima.

Later that day, Major General Geng Zhijie, commander of the No.12 Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, commanded the troops to land on Iwo Jima, and soon took control of the entire island. Responsible for searching and destroying the remaining Japanese soldiers.

Geng Zhijie is an experienced battlefield veteran. He knows too well that it is impossible to kill all the Japanese troops on Iwo Jima by bombing alone. If there are fish that slip through the net on the island, that is a hidden danger. He does not want to be punished by a few bereaved dogs. After being harassed all day long, his order to each team was, "Even a single rat from the Japanese on Iwo Jima must not be spared!"

After receiving Geng Zhijie's report, Tang Qiusheng's expression was calm. Immediately, he reported the news of the occupation of Iwo Jima to the division commander, and put forward his own opinion, so that the logistics department immediately began to expand Iwo Jima as an attack by the South Route Army. An important base in Japan.

Of course, Le Yiqin was the happiest. Iwo Jima has a ready-made field airport, and he can expand his fleet again.

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