Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Chiba and Lieutenant General Shirakawa Yoshizawa, Commander of the Kyushu Island Defense Zone Headquarters, did not fight each other, and it could even be said that they hated each other very much.

It is the current position of the commander of the defense area headquarters of Honshu Island, which was originally held by Shirakawa Yoshizawa. However, through his own activities in front of His Royal Highness Prince Zain, he took this position himself, although both are the defense area headquarters Commander, but the gold content and importance are definitely different.

Honshu Island and Kyushu Island, one is the capital of the Great Japanese Empire and where His Majesty the Emperor is located, the heart of the empire, and the other is a secondary subordinate position, with experience in defense areas of different importance, and later in the Empire The prospects for promotion in the world are absolutely different.

If it is not a last resort, Lieutenant General Qianye will never give up his face and ask for help from this guy Bai Chuan, but it is definitely impossible not to ask for help now, Lieutenant General Qianye dragged his heavy steps, picked up the phone, and said bitterly He said: "I am Commander Chiba, please call Commander Shirakawa of the Kyushu Island Defense Headquarters immediately, I have something important to discuss!"

In Saga, Kyushu Island, where the headquarters of the Kyushu Island Defense Area of ​​Japan’s home defense is located, Lieutenant General Shirakawa Yoshizawa, commander, and Major General Akiyoshi, chief of staff, are discussing the air battle that took place in the airspace of the Korean Strait in the office.

Chief of Staff Akiyoshi said worriedly: "Commander, judging from the situation observed by our ground radar, the aircraft fleet at the headquarters of the northern defense area of ​​Honshu Island is in a very bad situation! Will our aircraft fleet be dispatched for reinforcements?"

Lieutenant General Bai Chuan had a mocking sneer at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "Qiuji-kun, a fleet of the Chinese people suddenly appeared in the Korean Strait. We have also obtained relevant information, and the ground radar has also obtained the information of the Chinese fleet. The specific location. But why didn't I order the fleet to take off and attack, do you understand the reason?"

Chief of Staff Akiyoshi shook his head and said: "The staff department is not clear about the intention of your Excellency the commander. When you rejected the request of several air force commanders to go to war, the officers below did not talk about it, and the staff department is not easy to explain!"

"Hahaha!" Lieutenant General Bai Chuan laughed triumphantly, and said, "It's not normal. That's all. The Chinese Independent Division is heavily concentrated on the Korean peninsula, which is the best position to attack the mainland of the empire. If the Chinese Independent Division wants to To cross the Korean Strait, you must have a fleet escort. You said, at this critical moment, how could the Chinese fleet leave the Sea of ​​Japan? Return to the mainland of China?"

Chief of Staff Akiyoshi's eyes lit up, and he nodded thoughtfully, while Lieutenant General Bai Chuan talked happily, and said, "When things go wrong, there must be demons. Don't forget Mr. Akiyoshi, the Chinese people are good at using intrigues and tricks." , I'm not that idiot Chiba. I'm simple-minded, so I won't be fooled by the Chinese!"

"Also. The opponent we are facing is Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Aviation Group of China's Independent Division Air Force. That is an opponent who does not play cards according to common sense. As for whether to reinforce Chiba's fleet, we should wait for the order of the Home Defense Command. !"

Lieutenant Admiral Shirakawa has another idea, but he can't tell Major General Akiyoshi that if the idiot Chiba is wading in front of the mine, if the air attack on the China Fleet goes well, he will send out his fleet to take advantage of it. If you don't get the first prize, you will also be appreciated by Prince Zairen. If it is a trap by the Chinese, and Chiba's fleet suffers, then you will stand still and have no loss. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone!

Chief of Staff Akiyoshi is completely impressed by Lieutenant General Shirakawa's wisdom and foresight, but he also despises his behavior of refusing to save him. However, he is the chief of staff and cannot influence the commander's decision, and he also knows Lieutenant General Shirakawa. The personal grievances between Lieutenant General Qianye and Lieutenant General Qianye cannot stick to their own opinions.

For a while, the two people in the office fell silent, each with different thoughts. At this time, a staff officer came in, "Report to the commander, General Chiba, the headquarters of the Northern Defense District of Honshu Island, called you. There is an important military situation. Notification!"

Lieutenant General Bai Chuan's sarcasm grew stronger, he glanced at Chief of Staff Akiyoshi with a little complacency, and said to the staff: "Take it!"

When the call came over, Lieutenant General Bai Chuan had just picked up the phone when he heard Lieutenant General Chiba and his dead father, mother, and old man, "Mr. Bai Chuan, when my fleet was attacking the China Fleet, it encountered the Northern Air Force of China's Independent Division." The fierce counterattack of the powerful fleet of the Flying Group, the number of Chinese fighter jets far exceeds my fleet, and now, the air battle situation is not good for the empire, I implore you to send out the fleet for reinforcements! Please!"

"General Chiba, I deeply sympathize with what happened to your aircraft group, and I am also very anxious!" Lieutenant General Bai Chuan couldn't hide his sarcasm, and said: "However, you and I belong to different defense areas. There is no requirement for the two sides to cooperate in combat, it is very regrettable, without an order, it is difficult for me to help!"

"General Chiba, please report the situation to the Homeland Defense Command immediately. After I get the order, I will immediately dispatch all fighter jets to reinforce you. By the way, please rest assured, General Chiba, my fleet is ready for reinforcements. , Waiting for the order from the headquarters!"

After finishing speaking, Lieutenant General Shirakawa hung up the phone without waiting for Lieutenant General Chiba to say anything, and then said to Chief of Staff Akiyoshi: "Akiyoshi-kun, immediately order the fleet to prepare for attack!"

After Chief of Staff Akiyoshi left, Lieutenant General Shirakawa put on a gloomy and smug smile. It was so cool, forcing that idiot Chiba to report the situation of the air battle truthfully to Prince Zairen, it must be embarrassing. Oh, and also, if your own aircraft fleet dispatches reinforcements, even if there is a loss, it is because you have received an order from above to provide reinforcements, and the headquarters of the home defense area will not be able to say anything!

Killing two birds with one stone, it feels pretty good, but Lieutenant General Bai Chuan instinctively felt that the opponent Liu Cuigang must have a lot of confidence in his attack this time. Where is the strength of the opponent? Thinking of the strength of the fleet, his complacency dissipated immediately, and he frowned and meditated.

"Baga! Bai Chuan, that bastard, is so desperate to save him!" Lieutenant General Qianye threw down the phone angrily, and roared with a livid face.

"Commander, what did General Shirakawa say? Is there a fleet to reinforce us?" Seeing that Lieutenant General Chiba's ferocious face turned livid, Major General Yokota felt something was wrong, but he still asked unwillingly.

Lieutenant General Chiba said weakly: "That bastard Bai Chuan said that he must get an order from the Homeland Defense Command before sending out reinforcements!"

"Commander, you can stop hesitating. Immediately call Prince Zai Ren and report the battle situation truthfully, and ask him to give an order! Otherwise, it will be too late!" Major General Yokota said eagerly and pleadingly.

This is the only way to go, Lieutenant General Chiba picked up the phone heavily like a deflated ball, and a few minutes later, Lieutenant General Bai Chuan received a call from Prince Zairen, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Homeland Defense Command , Prince Zairen was on the phone, and he simply gave an order: "All your fleets are dispatched immediately to reinforce Chiba's fleet!"

Prince Zairen's tone was very cold, as if there was a hint of anger and murderous intent, which made Lieutenant General Bai Chuan's heart tremble, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes! Immediately execute the order of the deputy commander-in-chief, and my fleet will be dispatched immediately. Can take off!"

After putting down the phone, Lieutenant General Bai Chuan immediately gave the order for the fleet to attack, and then walked to the window, watching the fighter jets rushing into the sky one after another, feeling heavy in his heart, he couldn't figure out Prince Zain's anger and killing intent , Is it aimed at that idiot Chiba, or is it aimed at himself?

It took nearly half an hour to exchange phone calls. For air combat, this period of time is enough to determine the outcome of a battle. The Japanese air formation taking off from the direction of Yamaguchi has very few bombers left. The formation command After the death of Colonel Matsuoka, the Japanese fighter jets suffered heavy losses. There were more than [-] fighter jets, and now there are less than [-] fighters left, which are being surrounded by Liu Cuigang's first echelon fleet.

In another air combat battlefield, the situation of Japan's recruiting flight corps was also quite bad. Similarly, none of the more than [-] bombers that lost the protection of fighter jets remained, and all of them became a pile of scrap copper on the bottom of the Korean Strait Rotten iron, about half of the remaining fighter jets.

Colonel Violano’s mouth was as bitter as eating coptis. The bombers were gone, and the fighters couldn’t get rid of the entanglement of the Chinese fighters. He hated the Japanese to death seeing the fighters disappearing into the sky. The fighter pilots who were shot down didn't even have the chance to parachute. Only now did he realize that the combat experience and air combat skills of Chinese fighter pilots are no worse than those of the old European fritters he commanded.

Even more ferocious, those Chinese fighter pilots, like desperate desperadoes, pounced upwards with red eyes, and fired at distances less than [-] meters away. , It's completely pressing to recruit the flight team.

Relying on their superb flying skills, they recruited more than 100 fighters remaining in the flight corps. Under the leadership of the captain, Colonel Violano, they fought and retreated in embarrassment. Chasing after them, two or three planes formed a group, biting a Japanese fighter jet and fighting hard, and the air combat battlefield gradually rolled towards the airspace of Masuda, Honshu Island, Japan.

"My God! Are all the Chinese crazy?" Colonel Violano's eyes were straightened, and he muttered to himself, his plane was already scarred, and it was unknown whether he could fly back to Yitian Airport!

The Japanese fleet that took off from Kyushu Island Airport was intercepted by Liu Cuigang's third-echelon fighter group just as it saw the blue waters of the Korean Strait. Immediately, the two sides launched a fierce air battle.

In the morning of this day, over the Korean Strait, there was gunpowder smoke that could not be blown away by the sea breeze. Obviously, Liu Cuigang, who had endured it for a long time, fully grasped the initiative on the battlefield in this unprecedented large-scale air battle.

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