Age of Rebirth

The second line of defense of the Japanese defense circle in Tokyo started from Haneda in Tokyo Bay in the west, extended to Seling in the north of Tokyo, and reached Funaku in the east of Tokyo Bay. A large semicircular defense line was located in the suburbs of Tokyo. It is the urban area of ​​Tokyo. Once it falls, the independent division troops will attack the urban area of ​​Tokyo.

This is the most important link among the five lines of defense in the Tokyo defense circle designed by Prince Jaihito, the deputy commander-in-chief of Japan's Home Defense Command. Therefore, it has the largest number of troops, nearly 50 Japanese troops, and nearly 20. The above are all in the second line of defense.

Over the past few days, the independent division troops have continued to attack, but they have never broken through the second line of defense of the Japanese army. This has given the Japanese great confidence. It seems that Tokyo is not so easy to fall, but Prince Zairen felt the pain in his heart. I understand that in order to keep the second line of defense, more than 35 troops have been invested successively, of which about 15 are regular troops, and the rest are temporarily recruited civilians.

A steady stream of Japanese took up arms and threw themselves into the fight on the second line of defense. Facing the artillery fire and aerial bombing of the independent division troops, they would pay the price of tens of thousands of casualties every day. Zai Ren didn't care either, he cared about the regular soldiers.

After 10,000 days of fighting for the second line of defense, Prince Zairen was shocked to find that more than [-] troops had been invested in it, and only [-]+ troops were left in the next three lines of defense. To a certain extent, the Japanese were unable and impossible to stop. Therefore, the second line of defense in the suburbs of Tokyo was roaring with guns and screams all day long.Countless Japanese were reduced to pieces under shells and bombs.

The tactics formulated by Tang Qiuli.Remarkable results have been achieved, and the blood of the Japanese is being wrung out step by step.However, the various brigade commanders fighting on the front line fought extremely aggrievedly. Why should the little devils who can be swallowed in one gulp eat slowly? They are really anxious to death!

The opinions of the brigade commanders, through the commanders of the various corps, were continuously reflected to the division commanders, and the division commander Zhao Yuhe followed Tang Qiuli's instructions.They all replied like this: "Be safe and don't be impatient. The key to this battle is to consume the limited strength of the Japanese army and achieve the goal of killing the Japanese army. At present, the division has no plans to launch a breakthrough attack across the board!"

"Master, the offensive and defensive battle on the second line of defense has been fought for more than 20 days, and we have repeatedly seen and seen. The reactions of the commanders at all levels of the troops below have a lot of complaints against the division!" It was another morning.Zhao Yuhe reminded Tang Qiuli to arrive.

"Casualties are slight every day, but they can consume a large number of Japanese troops. Where can we find such cheap battles?" Tang Qiuli said indifferently: "I don't care about any complaints. As long as the troops do not violate orders, how to fight is up to the commanders at all levels." thing!"

Zhao Yuhe swallowed helplessly, and Tang Qiuli stood up.Go to the window and look at the clear blue sky in Yokohama in late August.It seemed to be listening to the gunfire from the direction of Tokyo, and it took more than ten minutes.He turned his head and said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, you immediately order Le Yiqin, Liu Cuigang, and Chu Tian, ​​the head of the Special Operations Detachment, to come to the division in two hours and hold a small military meeting. There is an important task! By the way, you too!"

"Huh?" Zhao Yuhe's eyes flashed, and he didn't understand the intention of the division commander. It would be easy to find Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang. The commanders of the two aviation groups of the Air Force, the North and the South, control the air supremacy in the Tokyo battlefield, but they are looking for the Special Operations Detachment. Chang Chutian, let yourself be confused?

Two hours later, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang met in front of the Shizhi building, and they wanted to follow into the building, while walking, Le Yiqin complained, "Cuigang, I don't know what the teacher is thinking, The nearly [-] combat aircraft of our two armies, if all of them were brought out, could blow up Tokyo. Hanging around in the suburbs of Tokyo!"

Liu Cuigang responded honestly: "To be honest, I don't really understand. As far as the second line of defense the Japanese army is holding on to now, it takes less than two hours for ground artillery fire and aerial bombing to guarantee a breakthrough across the board. Commander of the Bomber Regiment, running around me all day long, I'm getting bored to death!"

"That's right, my subordinates did the same. They ran to me when they had nothing to do, and brought a stack of invitations to fight!" Le Yiqin felt the same way, and said, "It's the opinion of the pilots, insisting on going to the battle, no Give me a clear answer, and you won’t be able to leave, well, you’re stuck with me, and you have to take care of a meal at noon, what’s the matter?”

When he was about to reach the teacher's room, Chu Tian walked towards him energetically, and the three of them met. Le Yiqin, Liu Cuigang and Chu Tian were old acquaintances, and they were informal, "Isn't this the captain of the Chu branch? To the teacher?" Le Yiqin asked curiously.

Chu Tian smiled innocently, and replied: "Received an urgent order from the division commander to attend a small-scale military meeting, two commanders, what are you...?"

Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang looked at each other. The orders they received were the same as Chutian's. They were to participate in a small-scale military meeting. The military meeting may not be easy.

Liu Cuigang said with a smile: "Isn't it just like you, receiving the order from the teacher! Didn't he come here in a hurry!"

The three of them were talking, and they came to the door of the teacher's room and called out a report. As soon as the door opened, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came out, looked at the three of them with a smile, and said, "They're all here, go in, teacher." It's waiting for you!"

After Zhao Yuhe, Liu Cuigang, Le Yiqin, and Chutian came in, Tang Qiuli asked them to sit down, and said straight to the point: "I'm looking for you for an important task, which requires the cooperation of the Air Force and the Special Operations Detachment. Finish!"

Liu Cuigang, Le Yiqin, and Chu Tian looked at each other, their backs straightened immediately, their eyes shone brightly, and they stared at the division commander intently. Now that the independent division has millions of troops, the siege of Tokyo is impenetrable, and the battle is even more intense. The battle is fierce, and the troops are fighting every day. This important task is obviously much more important than the current battle.

"Chutian, I'll give you three days to assemble the entire special operations detachment, and then sneak into Tokyo!" Tang Qiuli continued, "Your only mission is to capture the Japanese Emperor Hirohito and his family alive! Bring it to Yokohama, remember, it is captured alive, I don't want a dead Hirohito!"

"What?" Chu Tian was stunned. On the way to the teacher, he imagined countless possibilities, what kind of mission the teacher would entrust to the special operations detachment, but he never thought that it would sneak into Tokyo to capture Hirohito alive, and the whole world It's not easy to bring out the whole tail, it's like going deep into the tiger's den and capturing the biggest tiger alive. There are hundreds of thousands of little devils in the urban area of ​​Tokyo!

Seeing that Chutian was in a daze, Tang Qiuli smiled and said, "Why, don't you have the confidence to complete this task?"

Chu Tian got up immediately, stood at attention and said, "Please rest assured, Commander, the Special Operations Detachment can complete any tasks assigned by the Commander!"

"Don't rush to express your opinion!" Tang Qiuli waved his hand to let Chu Tian sit down, and said, "It goes without saying that this task is difficult. Once it fails, the special warfare detachment will be the result of the entire army being wiped out. You, Chu Tian I understand, otherwise I won’t be in a daze, so I will give you three days to make a careful plan and deploy troops!”

Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin didn't speak. They didn't understand. The Special Operations Detachment sneaked into Tokyo to capture Yuren alive. What does it have to do with the aviation force? Could it be that thousands of people from the Special Operations Detachment were going to parachute into the downtown area of ​​Tokyo, but that wasn't sneaking in up?

"Cuigang, Yiqin!" Tang Qiuli turned his gaze to them and said, "The mission of your air force is to provide strong air cover and fire support for the special warfare detachment when Chutian succeeds and evacuates Tokyo. In a word, use fighter jets and bombers to open the way for the special operations detachment!"

"About the infiltration of the special operations team into Tokyo, Chutian, the intelligence department will give you detailed information. All the agents of the intelligence department lurking in Tokyo will cooperate with you. You can discuss the specific details with Yu Deshui later!"

"Cuigang and Yiqin's air force will cooperate with Chutian's actions and follow Chutian's command. The three of you will study the specific details. What the special operations detachment needs, the division will satisfy you unconditionally. Chief of Staff Zhao will coordinate in the middle. Three days later At nine o'clock at night, I will create an opportunity for the Special Operations Detachment to sneak in!"

"There is one last order, Le Yiqin, the treasure in your hand, don't hide the 'Falcon' paratrooper brigade, and immediately transfer all the personnel and equipment to Yokohama. I will be of great use in the future!"

"If you three have any opinions, you can express them freely without any scruples!" After speaking, Tang Qiuli took a sip of tea and looked at the three confidantes calmly.

"No objection! Resolutely complete the task assigned by the teacher!" The three stood up and replied loudly.

"That's good!" Tang Qiuli said lightly: "Go back and prepare. I want to see the detailed plan of this operation before eleven noon in three days' time!"

After seeing off Liu Cuigang, Le Yiqin and Chu Tian, ​​on the way back to the teacher's office, Zhao Yuhe was still thinking about the very sudden mission the teacher had just given. , Moreover, I still don't understand, what is the commander's intention to let the special operations detachment perform such a dangerous mission?

In Zhao Yuhe's view, it doesn't make much sense to capture Hirohito alive. Tokyo is under siege. As long as the commander gives an order, the city will be destroyed in an instant. As far as the battle is concerned, it has no impact. For this reason, is it worthwhile to let thousands of people in the special operations detachment take risks?

If the division commander had revealed the news in advance, he would definitely raise objections. After returning to the division commander's office after thinking about it, Zhao Yuhe said bluntly: "Mr. Is it worth it to put thousands of people in the special operations detachment at risk?"

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