Age of Rebirth

The sky was getting brighter, Shanhu, who hadn't slept all night, didn't feel sleepy at all. He walked to the highest hill on Tsushima Island alone, and looked at the Korean Strait in the distance like a sculpture. No one knew what was going on in his heart. what?

At around [-]:[-] in the morning, the observation post reported that on the high ground of Tsushima Island, the troop carrier formation of the vanguard of the left-wing attack group had been seen through high-powered binoculars.

Shanhu smiled, walked into the radar station within a few minutes, picked up the microphone, and said, "Commander Feng, I am Huang Shanhu, what instructions do you have?"

Feng Jiwu laughed and said: "Except for the division commander, who dares to give instructions to you, Captain Huang? I commanded the troops to pass by Tsushima Island. On behalf of all the soldiers of the vanguard of the left-wing attack group, I salute Captain Huang and all the officers and soldiers of the guard brigade! Taking Tsushima is of great significance, even if my cannon hits the little devil's forehead, the little devil may not be aware of it!"

Shanhu smiled and asked: "Commander Feng, let's discuss something. After the guard brigade occupied Tsushima Island, it has completed the scheduled mission. Can it hand over the defense to the follow-up troops and then participate in the offensive operations of the left-wing attack group?" ?”

Feng Jiwu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Captain Huang, I didn't receive the order from the commander, so I dare not take you to fight!"

"Forget it!" Shanhu smiled wryly, hung up the communication, and Huang Zhiqiang, the captain of the second division, said dissatisfiedly: "Captain, other troops are going to fight, so we will stay on this small island?"

Shan Hu glared at him, and said angrily: "What do you want? Hurry up and send another telegram to the headquarters of the defense zone in the northwest of Honshu Island, the little devil. Everything is normal. No abnormalities were found in the independent division of China Action, the enemy is under my surveillance of the Falklands radar station!"

sunny.The sky was clear, and on the sea surface of the Korean Strait, there were countless large troop carriers, mighty warships, and nimble high-speed gunboats, plowing through the blue water, chopping the waves, and it was a spectacular scene of a thousand-sail race.

Shan Hu put down the binoculars, envious eyes.Seeing the troop carrier formation and escort fleet of the first echelon of the left-wing offensive group, flying past his eyes, "Xiao Qiu will not let himself take risks anymore. The battle to attack the Japanese mainland has no chance with the guard brigade!" He sighed think.

At this time, the roar of aircraft engines came from the sky, and Shanhu set up a pergola to look at the sky and smiled.Turning around and returning to the radar station, he said to a captain officer: "After 15 minutes after our fleet has passed, issue an air raid warning to the little devils! How to make up the specific words and how to decide the timing. Don't need me to teach you?"

The captain officer turned his head and smiled, and said confidently: "Captain, it's about lying to the little devil. We are familiar with it!"

Yamaguchi is located at the westernmost tip of Honshu Island.It is one of the most important defensive areas in the northwestern part of Japan's mainland defense Honshu Island, under the careful design of the commander-in-chief Prince Zairen.From the beach to the mountain pass and then to the deep Hiroshima and Songjiang lines, a total of five lines of defense were set up, and the most elite troops of the Japanese army totaled more than [-] people. Fortifications, countless defensive fortresses, garrison caves, air-raid shelters, etc., built the northwestern part of Honshu Island like a copper wall and an iron wall.

According to Prince Zairen's prediction, even if the beachhead is lost and the troops of the China Independent Division land here, if they want to break through the five lines of defense and enter the central area of ​​Honshu Island, threatening the safety of the capital Tokyo, it will not cost tens of thousands of casualties. The price, more than half a year, is impossible to do.

Since the dismissal of the three commanders of the Northwest Defense Zone Headquarters of Honshu Island, Prince Zairen has appointed a general he can trust and has a strong commanding ability. Chief of Staff Takashima, Major General Yujiang, served as chief of staff, and learned from the experience and lessons of laymen commanding aviation operations from army generals. He specially appointed Major General Shinji Suzuki, deputy chief of staff of the Air Force Command of the General Headquarters, to serve as the air defense commander.

The three important commanders of the new Northwest Defense Zone Headquarters of Honshu Island can be described as a strong alliance. In order to equip the Northwest Defense Zone Headquarters of Honshu Island with a command system, Prince Zairen took great pains. The more than [-] soldiers of the Imperial Army accounted for nearly one-third of the total strength of the Imperial Army, and they were all concentrated in the northwest of Honshu Island. There was no room for loss, and he was even more worried if he did not give the command to someone he trusted!

And Lieutenant General Morita Takiro, the commander, lived up to expectations. After taking office, he vigorously rectified the troops, severely punished those who shook the morale of the army and spread pessimistic remarks, and shot several junior officers and dozens of lieutenant officers. He vigorously advocated the idea of ​​being loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Japanese Empire, and in just a few weeks, stabilized the morale of all soldiers in the defense area in the northwest of Honshu Island.

The total strength of the Japanese army on the front line in the northwest of Honshu Island was not much different from the total strength of Feng Jiwu Corps and Ma Chaoyang Corps. Undoubtedly, the left-wing offensive group of the Independent Division had to face a hard nut to crack. . . . . .

At 2000 o'clock in the morning on May [-]th, the heavy fog that shrouded the sea had long since dissipated, the sun was shining brightly, and the visibility was excellent. In the direction of the sea off the mountain pass, the sea-facing observation post No. [-] in the defense area in the northwest of Honshu Island, Japan, was The five-story watchtower built on a hill less than [-] meters away from the beach has an excellent location, overlooking the sea in the distance of the Korean Strait. If it is not a war, you can also see a little white sail.

The commander of the No. 30 Sea Observation Post is Lieutenant Ono. There are more than 80 soldiers under him. The team is organized and belongs to the No. 30 Ninth Division No. [-] Seventh Regiment of the Northwest Defense Zone Headquarters of Honshu Island. The mission is day and night. Monitor any unusual movements in the sea off Yamaguchi.

Lieutenant Ono is a conscientious young officer. According to the usual practice, he ordered the soldiers under his command to search the situation at sea carefully. After seeing nothing abnormal, he summarized the observed situation and sent a routine report to the wing headquarters. Then he returned to his dormitory on the top floor of the observation post.

Climbing from the ground floor to the fifth floor under the scorching sun, Lieutenant Ono was parched. He picked up the military kettle and just unscrewed the lid. There was a burst of roar of the engine, like the earth-shattering sound of a summer storm.

"Nani?" Lieutenant Ono's face changed drastically, he threw away the kettle in a hurry, and rushed to the top of the watchtower in a few steps. He raised his binoculars and looked to the north. In an instant, Lieutenant Ono's eyes straightened. Qing's plane, like a piece of dark cloud, pressed straight over. There was no doubt that it was a combat plane of the Chinese!

"Enemy air strike!" Lieutenant Ono rushed back to his dormitory like a rabbit, grabbed the phone, and said hurriedly, "Is it the regiment headquarters? I am Lieutenant Ono, the commander of the Seventh Observation Post. Emergency reports, a large number of China The aviation fleet is coming, remind all frontline troops to conduct air defense immediately!"

Then, Lieutenant Ono rushed out of the observation post like his butt was on fire. He didn't forget to scold the soldiers, and followed him into the air-raid shelter. He knew too well that the fifth-floor outpost isolated on the hill was the most conspicuous target. , The Chinese bomber only needs one bomb to blow up the outpost.

When Lieutenant Ono reported, the Japanese military observation posts located in different directions on Yamaguchi Beach found aircraft groups of the Air Force of the Independent Division. For a while, the telephones of the No. It was in the defense area of ​​the No. 80 Ninth Division, and in the defense areas of other divisions, it was reported that the aircraft group of the China Independent Division had started an air strike.

A few minutes later, the mixed fleet of the Northern Flying Group began to violently bomb the Japanese positions on the first-line beach of Yamaguchi. Heavy aerial bombs roared down from the sky, blowing up the Japanese positions with smoke and flames everywhere. .

Yamaguchi Castle, where the headquarters of the defense zone in the northwestern part of Honshu Island is located, Commander Lieutenant General Takiro Morita, Chief of Staff Major General Takashima Yue, and Air Defense Commander Major General Suzuki Shinji have gathered in the combat room. The phones outside are ringing one after another. The division reported the news that the first-line position was violently bombed by the aviation fleet of the China Independent Division.

"Takashima-kun and Suzuki-kun, according to the judgment of the two of you, is this the beginning of the China Independent Division's massive attack on the mainland?" Lieutenant General Morita asked with a gloomy face.

Major General Takashima and Major General Suzuki exchanged glances, and the chief of staff, Major General Takashima, said: "Under normal circumstances, this should not be the case. Our ground radar station on Tsushima Island did not issue an early warning, nor did we find a large number of Chinese independent divisions. The intelligence of the troop carrier formation, it should be said, is the air strike before the Chinese Independent Division troops started to attack the mainland, the purpose is to destroy the imperial army's first-line position on the beach!"

Lieutenant General Morita did not look better because of the judgment of Chief of Staff Takashima. In his meditation, he always felt that the large-scale air strike by the China Independent Division Air Force was not that simple. The ground radar station on Tsushima Island did not send a message The air raid alarm is the biggest doubt?

At this moment, "Report to the commander!" A communications staff officer hurriedly walked into the war room, "I just received a telegram from the ground radar station on Tsushima Island. It will bomb the Imperial Army positions!"

"Why is it that the aircraft fleet of the China Independent Division has already bombed the Imperial Army's position, and the ground radar station on Tsushima Island has sent an alarm, which is more than ten minutes late?" Lieutenant General Morita asked in a gloomy tone, "Communication Didn't the department inquire about the reason?" Obviously, he was already dissatisfied or even suspicious of the ground radar station on Tsushima Island.

"When I received the telegram, I already checked!" The communication staff replied: "It is the radio station that the other party communicated with the headquarters. It was temporarily out of order, and it was only ten minutes late!"

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