Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Morita, who was very depressed, washed his neck after sending a telegram to Prince Zairen, and waited for the punishment of the Homeland Defense Command. He was mentally prepared to go to the military court, but In the midst of despair, there is a glimmer of hope.

Prince Zairen's reply arrived, and after reading the telegram, General Morita burst into tears with gratitude. The content of the telegram was the simplest four words, "Take it as a warning!" There was not even a word of reprimand.

At that moment, Morita Zhongjiang regarded Prince Zairen as his savior. He swore to guard the gate of the northwest of Honshu Island for His Royal Highness. Even if he died in battle, he would not leave. turned into practical action.

Lieutenant General Morita personally rushed to the front line to command. For the small-scale partial attack of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, he changed the previous tactics that he could not hold on to, and adopted a head-to-head style of attack, attacking against attack, and launched a partial counterattack.

The Japanese army changed from its normal fierceness, disregarding the casualties, and let the Niangziguan garrison troops attack on a small scale. When encountering difficulties, the brigade commanders on the front line called the Corps Headquarters and asked the commander Feng Jiwu Approved to attack the Japanese army across the board, take down the third line of defense of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, and push the battlefield to the front line of Hiroshima.

Feng Jiwu didn't take it seriously, and dismissed all the brigade commanders' requests to fight. He said to Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff: "One hundred thousand Italian soldiers surrendered before the battle, helped us dig holes, and ate nearly one hundred thousand little devils. That Morita The old devil is impatient, this is also good, the main force of the Japanese army in the northwest of Honshu Island can be firmly attracted to the theater of war. Order the troops to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army's counterattack. Look at the killing and wounding seven vital forces!"

On the battlefield in the northwest of Honshu Island, the Japanese army and the independent division troops came and went.The fighting was fierce. On the northeast battlefield, the Japanese army faced strong pressure from the right-wing attack group of the Independent Division. The Japanese did not know when the hundreds of thousands of Independent Division troops would cross the Tsugaru Strait?

Prince Zairen must ensure that Honshu Island is not occupied by independent division troops. He concentrates all the troops he can mobilize on the two battlefields in the northwest and northeast. More than ten thousand vanguard troops.The troops were divided into three groups and began to land on the line from Kanazawa to Xinwu on Honshu Island.

On the third day after Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang's left-wing attack group, Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao's right-wing attack group successively made a strong landing in the northwestern part of Honshu Island and the northern part of Hokkaido, the huge troop carrier formation of the central attack group and The escort fleet appeared on the surface of the Sea of ​​Japan.

One day before, Chutian's special warfare detachment had sneaked into Sado Island and the Noto Peninsula area.The Japanese ground radar stations in these two places were successfully eliminated, and the eyes and ears of the Japanese army were knocked out. The fifteen brigades of the East Pointing Force, with more than 23 people, landed in Shangyue.The resistance encountered was minimal, not only in the Joetsu area, but also in the Kanazawa and Xinwu areas. No.20 The landing of the Jingzhan Banner Department of the Ninth Corps, directly under the troops.It also went very smoothly.

The attention of the Japanese army was attracted by the left-wing attack group and the right-wing attack group.The defensive forces on the front line from Kanazawa to Xinwu are pitifully weak. Only some newly formed second-class divisions have less than 10 troops to defend the northern and central areas of Honshu Island. The coastline is hundreds of kilometers long. In front of the division's landing troops, the resistance of the Japanese army was like snowballs falling into boiling water, without even stirring up a splash.

Under the protection of the special guards, Tang Qiuli stepped out of the landing ship, set foot on the land of Japan, and looked at the rolling hills stretching out in front of him. At that moment, his inner emotions could not be described in words. His greatest wish is to flatten the Japanese archipelago. Now that he has finally stepped on the land of Japan, he finds that he is not as excited and excited as he imagined.

This island country and its people have been the feud and sworn enemy of the Chinese nation for hundreds of years. Even in the previous life, the Japanese were still ambitious and wolfish. Now, I finally have the ability to make this island country and the people on this island country , stepping on his feet, to get rid of the serious troubles of the Chinese nation, in Tang Qiuli's heart, there is a sense of heaviness of changing history, and an indescribable ease.

"Master, the deputy commander of the No.20 Ninth Corps Jingzhan Banner and the commander of the East Pointing Force have called respectively. The troops have already landed in Kanazawa and Joetsu, and are deploying according to the requirements of the battle plan!" Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came over, The report also interrupted Tang Qiuli's thoughts.

"Okay!" Tang Qiuli nodded and said, his expression didn't mean to be excited. The Japanese he was facing now had been beaten to the core. After the attack group landed in the middle, the Japanese were doomed to perish. He thought about it After a while, he said: "Order the Jingzhan Banner Division of the No. 20 Ninth Corps to immediately attack Fukui and Qibu westward, threaten Kyoto and Otsu, and threaten the rear flank of the Japanese army in the northwest of Honshu Island."

"The Dongzhi army attacked southward, occupying Nagano and Toyama! Taking a threatening posture towards Tokyo, the brigades directly under the regiment attacked eastward, captured Fukushima, Sendai, and Yamagata, and formed a front and back attack on the Japanese army in Qinggang area. !"

"Brother Qiusheng's southern attack force is probably feeling uncomfortable now, and ordered that the southern attack force refers to the Korean Railway Department of the Marine Corps, land on Shikoku Island immediately, and be responsible for annihilating the Japanese army on the island, the Sulu Mobile Corps, on Honshu Island Shizuoka in the south, implement the landing and take charge of capturing Nagoya!"

Zhao Yuhe was shocked. He knew that the division commander was about to strike the Japanese for the last time. The South Route offensive troops had been silent for a while, and even the air strikes on the southern part of Honshu Island had basically stopped. Now they are suddenly activated. , is undoubtedly the prelude to the beginning of the decisive battle.

However, Zhao Yuhe was still a little puzzled by the command of the division commander. All the troops mainly fought in the outer areas of Tokyo. Tokyo, leveraging the overall defense system of the Japanese army, or the 23-plus troops of the East Pointing Force, attacking directly from the south from Joetsu, can also threaten the Japanese defense circle in Tokyo.

The Sulu Mobile Corps and the Dongzhi troops are attacking the Japanese capital Tokyo from north to south. Why did the division commander abandon it? Detailed information has shown that the Japanese defense forces in the surrounding areas of Tokyo are only more than 60 people. The total strength of the Sulu Mobile Corps exceeds [-]. Zhao Yuhe expressed his doubts very frankly in the form of suggestions. This is also the duty of the chief of staff.

Tang Qiuli smiled and explained patiently: "Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is the last inevitable place for the Japanese to die, and it is also the place for the final decisive battle, but the conditions for the decisive battle are not yet ripe. Don't forget, in the There are still more than 130 million Japanese troops in the northwest and northeast of Honshu Island, and Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island have not yet been fully occupied, so we must surround Tokyo without any worries!"

"Eating all the Japanese troops except Tokyo, Tokyo is an isolated city. How to fight and how long to fight at that time, the initiative is in our hands. Isn't it more enjoyable to catch a turtle in the urn?"

In Kyoto, where the headquarters of the Japanese home defense area is located, the information that the independent division's central attack group has more than [-] troops landed on the line from Kanazawa to Xinwu on Honshu Island reached here as quickly as possible.

During this period of time, Prince Zairen has been racking his brains to improve the defense of Honshu Island as much as possible. He had just finished dealing with a mess of military affairs, and before he had time to rest, Lieutenant General Yoshioka Shobu, the chief of staff, bumped into him with a blue face and pale lips. Come in, "His Royal Highness, the staff department has received a report that the independent divisions of China have landed in Jinze, Shangyue and Xinwu respectively, with a strength of about [-] people!"

"Our defense forces in the above-mentioned areas are only more than [-], and they are all second-class divisions. They cannot stop the landing of the independent division of China. Now Fukui and Qibu, Nagano and Toyama, Fukushima, Sendai and Yamagata and other places , have been in a hurry, asking for reinforcements!"

"Impossible!" Prince Zairen's eyes became bloodshot instantly as if he had been shocked by an electric shock, and he jumped up and shouted, "Why didn't we have any warning beforehand? Don't we have ground radar stations on Sado Island and the Noto Peninsula?" Why didn’t they call the police in advance? Could it be that the more than [-] soldiers of the Independent Division fell from the sky?”

"Also, why didn't you send a reconnaissance plane to conduct uninterrupted reconnaissance in the Sea of ​​Japan, Chief of Staff Yoshioka, who can answer these questions?" Prince Zairen's eyes were red, like a hungry wolf who wanted to eat people, He stared straight at Lieutenant General Yoshioka.

Chief of Staff Yoshioka was speechless. Not only him, but any senior military officer of the empire could not explain it. The attack involved all the energy and attention of the homeland defense headquarters, or that China devil Tang Qiuli was too cunning to land on the mainland of the empire from an unexpected place.

More seriously, this was a mistake made by the Supreme Command, which concentrated its troops on the battlefields at both ends of Honshu Island, resulting in the extremely weak defense forces in the northern and central areas of Honshu Island, which gave the Chinese people an opportunity to take advantage of it. But these words cannot be said out loud. Prince Zairen is now in charge of all homeland defense operations command, and a series of troop deployment and combat decisions are made by His Royal Highness.

Accusing the supreme commander of improper deployment is tantamount to pointing at Prince Zai Ren's nose and saying that he is full of muddleheaded, commanding mistakes, not to mention the consequences, even if he speaks out, can he change the status quo?

Chief of Staff Yoshioka thought about it painfully, the answer is of course no, he is not afraid to make mistakes, his backstage background is also a force that can definitely wrestle with Prince Zairen, but it is useless and cannot solve any problems, So, just keep silent.

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