Age of Rebirth

Iwo Jima, put down brother Qiusheng's telegram, Tang Qiuli was quite embarrassed, Iwo Jima was acquired like this, it can almost be called bloodless, and it is at your fingertips. comfort.

Tang Qiuli didn't understand why the Japanese made such a foolish move to let more than 2 people from the 6000th Division of Kuribayashi Chumichi attack the Ogasawara Islands. The Ninth Division, but an absolutely fierce division, caused the U.S. military to lose more than 2 lives and nearly [-] people were injured. Even the U.S. landing commander was torn apart by shells. It was during the Japan-U.S. Pacific War, The only battle in which the US landing force suffered more casualties than the Japanese defenders.

This is also one of the main reasons why Tang Qiuli ordered the South Road attacking troops not to take Iwo Jima, but the Ogasawara Islands. He admitted that he had a psychological shadow on Iwo Jima, fearing that the independent division troops would repeat the mistakes of the US military. Now, the shadow Going all the way, Iwo Jima was in his hands, and he was more relaxed than ever.

Tang Qiuli agreed with Tang Qiusheng's proposal to vigorously expand the Iwo Jima Airport and build docks and other military facilities to make it an important Pacific maritime supply and troop swallowing base for the southern offensive force, and signed the order without hesitation, ordering the logistics The Department began work on construction on Iwo Jima.

After the occupation of Iwo Jima, the main task of the South Route offensive force was to implement the contents of the last military meeting held in Yangon, mainly to weaken and attack the air defense forces of the Japanese mainland.

According to the deployment of the last military meeting, the two major aviation groups of the Independent Division Air Force, the North and the South, have different tasks.The division of labor is different, the main task of Liu Cuigang's Northern Flying Group.It was Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group that contained and attracted the Japanese air fleet.With the Navy Fleet Land-Based Mixed Flight Combat Brigade as the main force, with the cooperation of the fleet, it tried its best to severely damage the Japanese air defense fleet, especially the fleet recruited by Japan.

On the second day after the occupation of Iwo Jima, Le Yiqin sent a telegram to Shizhi. The content of the telegram was simple and direct, full of Le's style, "Shizhi, follow our army to occupy Iwo Jima. The Southern Flying Group has In view of this, I request the division to strengthen the aviation force of the southern offensive force, and send ten new fighter regiments and five bomber regiments to form an advantage over the Japanese army!"

"This Le Yiqin, how dare you open your mouth like a lion!" Putting down Le Yiqin's telegram, Tang Qiuli shook his head and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "He thought the new combat aircraft was a Chinese cabbage. Several regiments want it!"

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe smiled, and rescued Le Yiqin: "It was probably the air battle in Shizuoka a few days ago. Commander Le suffered a little loss, and also realized that the air force of the South Route attacking force was comparable to that of the Japanese army. Compared with the defense force, you are at a disadvantage!"

"The completion of the Iwo Jima Field Airfield is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It will take time, and we can't wait for our feet to land on the ground." Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "Send a telegram to the South Road Attack Force Headquarters, and your department should launch several air battles as soon as possible. Crack down on the arrogance of Japan's recruitment of flying teams, and put great pressure on Japan's homeland defense in the south."

"Call Le Yiqin back and ask for rejection. You must fight based on your existing forces and equipment, and don't keep thinking about combat aircraft. When there are no new combat aircraft, you will stop fighting with Le Yiqin? Use your brain to fight! "

On the second day after receiving the division command's order, General Tang Qiusheng, the commander of the South Route Offensive Force, held a meeting of members of the command headquarters on Chichijima to implement the division command's order. Admiral Tang Qiuquan, commander of the fleet, Major General Xin Xiguo, chief of staff, Lieutenant General Le Yiqin, commander of the Southern Air Force Group, and Major General He Zhijun, chief of staff, Lieutenant General Han Tie, commander of the Marine Corps, and Major General Wang Dongshan, chief of staff.

"Yiqin, you sent a telegram to the division commander requesting the addition of new combat aircraft. How did the division commander respond?" Tang Qiusheng knew about this, and he also wanted to increase the aviation strength of the southern attacking force, but there was no formal meeting. Before starting, ask Le Yiqin.

"Don't mention it!" Le Yiqin hung his head dejectedly, spread his hands and said: "The teacher rejected my request, and the teacher taught me to fight based on the existing troops and equipment. Without the new type of combat aircraft, there will be no wars, look at this mess!"

Everyone was happy, Tang Qiusheng also smiled, and said: "Now it seems that it is impossible for our southern offensive force to strengthen the aviation force in a short period of time. A large-scale air battle, this task, let Qiuquan and Yiqin you two complete it! Han Tie and I are currently focusing on the construction of the Iwo Jima field airport and port facilities, as well as the rest of the two corps Come up!"

After the meeting, Tang Qiuquan, Xin Xiguo, Le Yiqin, and He Zhijun got together to study the next step of the battle plan. Le Yiqin was not in a high mood, he was under pressure, and his military strength was far weaker than that of the Japanese army. Moreover, Those old fritters from Europe are very cunning, and they don't chase far away from the land at all, so the performance advantages of their new combat aircraft cannot be brought into play.

"Commander Tang, I'll follow your instructions on how to fight!" Le Yiqin said to Tang Qiuquan.

Tang Qiuquan gave Xin Xiguo a wink, and Xin Xiguo said, "Commander Le, the Fleet Command has drawn up a battle plan, and it was supposed to communicate with you, but it happened that the deputy division commander held a military meeting and handed over the task to the two of us." Now, let me explain the content of the battle plan to you!"

Le Yiqin's spiritual leader came immediately, urging: "Chief of Staff Xin, tell me quickly!" Xin Xiguo began to explain, and Le Yiqin's eyes became brighter and brighter.

In the early morning of the next day, the main force of the Southern Fleet left the waters near Chichijima and headed for Honshu Island, Japan. . . . . .

Five days later, in the early morning of Chichijima Field Airport, the roar of engines echoed in the pre-dawn air. Colonel He Luming, commander of the Fleet Mixed Flight Combat Brigade, commanded the first echelon fighter group, more than [-] fighters, Facing the dawn light, he rushed into the sky and flew towards Tokyo. Le Yiqin stood at the end of the airport runway and watched the fighter jets disappear into the northern sky. . . . . .

On Miyake Island off the coast south of Tokyo, Japan, the newly-built Japanese Home Defense Command and the ground radar station of the Honshu Island Southern Defense Area are located on the island. Stretching, rubbing his astringent eyeballs, he yawned big, and glanced at the few radar soldiers who were on night shift together, and couldn't help feeling angry from his gut.

As the leader of the team, I didn't dare to blink all night, but they were all good, all of them staggered, drowsy, and what's more, one of them, Chief Cao, even snored happily, with a haha ​​hanging from the corner of his mouth .

Second Lieutenant Matsuo was furious, pushed away the chair, and ran up to the snoring Chief Cao in a few steps. , sleepy eyes do not know what happened?

Several drowsy radar soldiers were also startled awake, "Baga!" Second Lieutenant Matsuo was really angry, and shouted loudly: "Look at you, you are still a big Japanese emperor!" People? Sleeping on duty, my conscience is broken!"

Second Lieutenant Matsuo scolded for a while, and the radar soldiers were bewildered by the scolding. He was scolding vigorously, a radar soldier probably wanted to divert his attention, glanced at the radar screen inadvertently, and suddenly exclaimed, "Second Lieutenant , found the enemy plane!"

"Baga!" Second Lieutenant Matsuo became even angrier, "You're sleepy, where did the enemy plane come from!"

"Second Lieutenant, the radar has indeed found enemy planes, there are about two hundred of them, and they are heading towards Tokyo!" The radar soldier pointed at the radar screen and shouted recklessly.

Second Lieutenant Matsuo hurriedly climbed to the radar screen, and he was shocked when he saw it. What the radar soldier said was true. On the radar screen, a group of small black dots appeared, moving at high speed in the direction of Tokyo. , to be sure, it is the fleet of the Chinese people.

Second Lieutenant Matsuo's reaction was quite quick, and he immediately picked up the phone, "Defense Zone Headquarters, air raid alert! I am the officer on duty at the ground radar station on Miyake Island, Matsuo Shuzo. The radar has spotted the Chinese aircraft fleet, which is approaching Tokyo. The number is about [-] shelf!"

The officer on duty at the headquarters of the Southern Defense Zone of Honshu did not dare to be negligent. After putting down the phone, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and called the home of Major General Masao Takamura, the air defense commander of the defense zone.

Major General Masao Takamura slept very late yesterday, drank a lot of wine, exercised with his wife, and slept soundly and comfortably. When he was woken up by a phone call early in the morning, he felt quite upset and confused. He answered the phone patiently, but after listening, the hangover suddenly turned into a cold sweat, pulled his wife's thick legs aside, got up hurriedly, put on the military uniform, and hurried out.

After walking a few steps and thinking about it, Major General Takamura turned back and picked up the phone, "Is the duty room at the headquarters? And inform him of the enemy's situation."

Major General Takamura's home is not too far from the southern defense headquarters of Honshu Island, and it takes only ten minutes by car. Normally, he would rush to work at the headquarters very leisurely, without urging the driver to speed up, but today No, he was so impatient, he wished he could reach the headquarters in one step.

Seeing that the driver was still driving the car at the usual speed, Major General Gao Cun immediately became angry, opened his mouth and cursed: "Baga! The military situation is urgent, don't drive faster, if you miss something, I will shoot you!"

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