Age of Conquest Reborn

On the way back, the Le Yiqin fleet took advantage of the situation and beat the Yulin base on Hainan Island of Japan's Southeast Asia Expeditionary Force to a pulp. Along with it, they killed a dozen reconnaissance planes of the last brigade of the Japanese army. All the air defense fire positions let out a sigh of relief.

, returned home triumphantly, division commander Tang Qiuli came to visit.

Listening to Le Yiqin's irrelevant words, Tang Qiuli changed the subject and asked: "Le Yiqin, please report truthfully, what are the casualties of the fleet? Is the Japanese resistance fierce?"

When Le Yiqin heard this, she became excited. They were undergoing violent training, and they were completely asking for credit and rewards. She almost became excited, "Report to the commander, there are no casualties in our fleet, and the Japanese army's Hainan Island field airport was destroyed."

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More than ten, and all the air defense fire positions, the resistance of the Japs is not worth mentioning. They did not form an effective air defense fire network over Hainan Island at all. I estimate that the old Japs Nomura is crying.

There are tears!"

Tang Qiuli didn't say much, "Le Yiqin, let's put the matter of your private actions aside for now. We will settle the accounts after the battle of Yangon is over. Listen carefully. After returning, let the pilots rest quickly."

, there are still combat missions tomorrow morning, and the specific orders will be issued immediately after you land."

In the earphones, he heard Le Yiqin howling like a wolf: "Guys, hurry up and go home, there is still work to do tomorrow!" Tang Qiuli was speechless for a while. In fact, he liked Le Yiqin's aggressive fighting style very much.

Today, we carried out a fire reconnaissance on the Japanese air raid on Hainan Island, and roughly found out the details of the Japanese defense situation on Hainan Island.

He had new ideas about using Korean Railway's marines to capture Hainan Island. From this point of view, the Japanese army on Hainan Island was very weak and vulnerable. The two battles of attacking Yangon and capturing Hainan Island,

Can it be carried out at the same time? There is no need to wait until after the Battle of Yangon. After the fleet captures the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, it is the time when the Battle of Yangon is launched. It cannot be delayed any longer. Chutian's special operations detachment has been lurking in Yangon for more than ten days.

Time is not a long-term solution.

Hainan Island. Japanese Air Force Yulin Base, underground command post of the Air Force Headquarters. Air Force Chief of Staff Major General Takahashi, after hearing the signal that the alarm was lifted, accompanied by more than a dozen staff officers, came to the ground and looked around.

The soaring fire was mixed with billowing black smoke, and it roared straight into the air. Under the firelight, the fire truck sprayed water jets in vain, which looked ridiculous in front of the raging fire.

The damage to the ground buildings at the airport was minor, but on the tarmac, there were more than a dozen reconnaissance planes that had been burned to pieces, on the runway, in the open space. There were corpses of soldiers strewn about, there were stains of blood on the anti-aircraft positions, and there were blood holes on the soldiers' bodies. None.

It did not sting Takahashi's heart. The Japanese Empire's Southeast Asia Expeditionary Force Air Force really didn't even have a single plane, and they were all destroyed by the China Air Force.

This was when the China fleet did not use bombers. Otherwise, what Chief of Staff Takahashi saw should be ruins. And why did this *** division fleet composed of fighters choose to fly without bombers?

Was the air raid carried out in the evening an unintentional move or a planned air raid? Or was it a prelude to a large-scale attack on Hainan Island?

With Takahashi's current state of mind and brain, he was unable to determine the truth of the matter. He could only report it to Commander Nomura for determination. At this time, Takahashi realized that he had not seen Commander Nomura for a long time, "That one of yours"

Have you seen Commander Nomura?" Takahashi turned around and asked a group of staff officers following him.

A staff officer replied in a low voice: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, two hours ago, I saw Commander Nomura in his humble position. He entered the office alone. Takahashi suddenly understood that two hours ago, he received the bomber group's arrival.

When news broke that the entire army had been wiped out in the airspace near the Nansha Islands, Takahashi was somewhat dissatisfied with Nomura's behavior.

"No matter what, you are the supreme commander of the air force. You were beaten up by Chinese fighter jets outside, and you didn't come out. For safety reasons, you should come out and take a look at the mess after the fight, right? There are many things.

It's not up to me, the chief of staff, to make the decision, and hiding is not an option.

Takahashi led a large group of staff officers towards Nomura's office. When they got closer, the door was closed tightly and there was no sound inside. He asked the frightened guards and learned that Commander Nomura had not come out. Takahashi signaled to the staff

They waited at the door, then went up and knocked lightly, "bang bang bang", but there was no reply at all.

Takahashi knocked on the door again, but there was still no movement. He tried to push the door and found that the door was locked. An ominous premonition suddenly passed through Takahashi's mind. He banged it hard, but the door did not move at all. He signaled

Those guards came over and broke down the door. The ability of the Imperial Japanese samurai to break down the door and ransack the house was an innate tendency to violence brought in from the mother's womb.

A guard with a big body and a round waist stepped up and clicked his feet. The door suddenly opened. Takahashi saw Commander Nomura lying on the large desk. A pool of blood had solidified. The room was filled with a pungent smell.

Smell of blood, he waved these staff officers to leave, then closed the door and walked to the desk.

Lieutenant General Nomura, the commander of the Air Force of the Empire of Japan's Southeast Asia Expeditionary Force, committed suicide. In addition to a short knife on his stomach, there was a pistol on the table, and a bloody hole on the commander's right temple. It seemed that the real

What was fatal was not the dagger in the stomach, but the fatal shot in the temple.

Takahashi was not surprised at all about Nomura's suicide. The entire air force was completely beaten and defeated miserably. Even the base was beaten to pieces. Moreover, this was the second time that the old capital was lost. Regardless of the reason,

Whatever the reason, as the supreme commander of the air force, Commander Nomura cannot escape the blame and cannot escape the severe punishment from the base camp.

With sadness in his eyes, Takahashi looked at Nomura, who was already a cold corpse, and thought to himself: "Maybe committing suicide is the best way to preserve the honor of the Emperor of Japan. There is no other way.

Otherwise, will he be sentenced to death by the base camp, or will he spend the rest of his life in a dark cell?"

Takahashi could even imagine the entire process of Commander Nomura's suicide. First, he cut open his abdomen with a suicide knife. Unable to bear the severe pain, he shot himself in the temple, seeking the fastest relief.

, eliminating the pain of cutting off organs with a sharp knife.

Takahashi saw a piece of letter paper pressed under Nomura's left arm. He picked it up and it was Nomura's suicide note, "His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters, Nomura served in the army for more than 20 years. Following the footsteps of his ancestors, he fulfilled his duties as a soldier and served for

The Japanese Empire dominates the world and devotes all its efforts to His Majesty the Emperor's Holy War in Greater East Asia. Even though it sacrifices its life, it has no regrets and is proud to be a member of the Imperial Army."

"However, since entering the war zone of Indochina, we have encountered powerful opponents that we have never seen in our lives, resulting in repeated defeats. The elite division of the Imperial Air Force was completely lost at the hands of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli and his powerful general Le Yiqin.

Now we are making a desperate attempt to use the last strength of the Air Force to inflict heavy damage on the China Fleet. Unfortunately, all the bombers of the Air Force were shattered in the sky over the South China Sea."

"Immediately, the Yulin base was attacked again by air raids, and the empire's several years of foundation in Hainan Island were destroyed. Thinking of this, Nomura lost all hope and had no face to live in the world. He could only die to apologize for his sins. He was a sinner of the empire and could not do anything even if he died.

Atonement, China Devil Tang Qiuli and others

Le Yiqin, commander of the air force under his command, is actually the most dangerous enemy of the empire. Before his death, he made a humble statement and concentrated all the empire's efforts to eliminate the Tang Qiuli Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Otherwise, the Empire of Japan will be in Southeast Asia and even the South Pacific.

There is no place to stand, Nomura’s last work.”

After reading Nomura's last letter, Takahashi couldn't help but burst into tears, his heart was in a knot. Lying in a pool of blood was his benefactor. He was promoted from an ordinary lieutenant general staff officer to an aviation officer within a few years.

The team's second-ranking figure, Major General Chief of Staff, was greatly promoted by Nomura-kun. Now, Nomura-kun is lying here helpless. How can Takahashi feel so embarrassed?

He walked forward, cleaned up the blood on his desk, wiped the blood off Nomura's face, and put away his pistol. He didn't want other officers to see the fact that Nomura shot himself. For the Imperial Samurai,

The best way to die is to commit suicide by caesarean section. Shooting yourself to death will be regarded as a cowardly act, which will attract people's contempt and is not in line with the traditions of the imperial people.

Do your last bit of human service for your mentor! Then, Takahashi called in the guards and looked at Nomura's body, which was covered with white cloth and carried out. Takahashi felt deep hatred in his heart. If possible, he would do it with his own hands.

He tore apart the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli and his accomplice Le Yiqin, and placed their heads in front of Nomura-kun's grave to pay homage to his mentor.

Of course, he was just angry in his heart. When the aviation team won the victory, they were all beaten to ashes by the Southern Flying Group of the Japanese Army. Now, he couldn't even get a few airplane wheels in hand, so what could he do to vent his hatred? Now he was thinking about it.

Yes, it’s a matter of how to deal with the aftermath.

Back in the office, Takahashi ordered the communications officer to report the news of Commander Nomura's suicide to the base camp immediately, and attached his final letter with the telegram. As for the old guy Ito Yanzaburo, Takahashi adopted a different attitude of ignoring it and carried out the battle according to the plan.

sequence and affiliation, Takahashi should first report this news to the Commander-in-Chief of the Dispatch Forces and the direct superior of the Air Force, General Ito Genzaburo.

But Takahashi just didn't want to and was unwilling. Then, he dictated the message himself and sent it to the general staff of the base camp, reporting the current position of the ** division fleet, as well as the purpose and intention based on his own judgment.

This Japanese division fleet is the last straw for Commander Nomura. Takahashi will not let it go. There is nothing he can do now, but he believes that the base camp and the general staff will have a way to plunge the Japanese division fleet into

The point of no return.

(To be continued)