Age of Conquest Reborn

After receiving a telegram with threatening demands from the commander of Japan's Korean Garrison Army, General Tanaka Shinichi, Major General Sato, the commander of Japan's Korean Peninsula Joint Air Force, was somewhat embarrassed. General Tanaka's request was obviously inappropriate. At this time, if

When the fighter group of the United Air Force launched an attack, it happened to collide head-on with the escort fighter group of the Independent Division with superior strength. That was asking for trouble.

Major General Sato would never do such a stupid thing, that is, it would be a layman like General Tanaka who would make such a ridiculous request. Fortunately, this general did not lose his head and gave himself an order directly. Remember

, the Korean Peninsula United Air Force is not in the order of operations of the Imperial Korean Garrison and is not under his command.

Major General Sato did not dare to ignore the threatening words in General Tanaka's telegram. After all, his troops had the word "Korean Peninsula" on their name, and General Tanaka was an important minister of the empire after all, and he was still very popular in the base camp.

What has weight, at least, is much more important than himself, the commander of the United Air Force on the Korean Peninsula. Is the weight different? Major General Sato clearly realized this.

If you ignore General Tanaka's telegram, and this General really complains to the base camp, although you can't do anything to yourself, it will have a great impact on your future in the Imperial Army. In a word, it will have a great impact on Tanaka.

The general doesn't take it to heart, but he can't offend him. Therefore, the Korean Peninsula United Air Force must do something!

Commanding a group of fighter jets to rush into the Mokpo airspace, Major General Sato would never do such a stupid thing. He frowned and thought hard in the office. Suddenly, Major General Sato's eyes flashed, "Chief of Staff!" he shouted.

shouted.

Lieutenant Colonel Harukawa, chief of staff of the United Air Force, came in hurriedly. "Commander, what orders do you have?" he asked respectfully.

Major General Sato said: "Chief of Staff, the reconnaissance aircraft group conducted reconnaissance in the direction of Incheon Port. What did you find?"

Chief of Staff Qingchuan replied: "Commander, based on the situation detected by the reconnaissance plane, the independent division troops dispatched a large number of engineers to repair the Incheon Airport intensively. The progress of the project is very fast. It has exceeded our expectations! It should be completed tomorrow afternoon

Right and left, part of the airport can be put into use. Commander, the combat awareness of the Chinese people is very scary. They immediately grasped the key point. If Incheon Airport becomes the aviation base of the independent division, it will be huge for us.

disaster!"

Major General Sato impatiently interrupted his worried words, "Qingchuan-kun, let's not talk about this for now. What I need to know is whether the reconnaissance aircraft force discovered that there is an independent division aircraft carrier formation operating in the waters near Incheon?"

Chief of Staff Qingchuan replied in the precise language used by staff officers: "Commander, the first reconnaissance aircraft group has a total of twelve reconnaissance aircraft. It is about a hundred kilometers ahead of the Incheon sea area, and within the reconnaissance range, and

No existence of the Independent Division's aircraft carrier formation has been found. According to analysis, the Inchon War has ended, the Imperial Army has lost Incheon and Seoul, and the Independent Division's aircraft carrier formation should be concentrated in the direction of Mokpo!"

"Yo Xi!" Major General Sato laughed ferociously, "Qingkawa-kun, order the first and second reconnaissance groups to concentrate on reconnaissance of the Mokpo airspace. If you find the Independent Division bomber group, end the bombing and start returning, report it immediately!"

Chief of Staff Qingchuan was shocked and asked in surprise: "Commander, your target is Incheon Airport? How can we reply to General Tanaka's call?"

"That's right! This is exactly what I meant. Everyone thought that I was focusing on the direction of Mokpo, but I took a deviant approach and took it by surprise. I dispatched all the bombers to attack the Incheon Airport! The Incheon Airport must be turned into a pile of ruins, at least

, During the war on the Korean Peninsula! Incheon Airport is more important than the Mokpo battlefield!" Major General Sato said viciously, "As for General Tanaka's call back, just respond as I told you before!"

After two rounds of ferocious bombing by the independent division bombers, the Japanese second line of defense in Mokpo was completely changed, with huge craters everywhere. Previously, the ground fortifications built by the Japanese army, whether they were open bunkers or various

The firepower points, trenches and fortifications, as well as the long and winding communication trenches, were all gone. In just thirty minutes, the bomber group commanded by Le Yiqin used thousands of heavy aerial bombs to completely change the topography of the Mokpo battlefield.

build!

The bombers of the Independent Division began to return, and the roar of their engines gradually faded away. On the second line of defense of the Japanese army at Mokpo, only the lingering smoke, the choking smell of gunpowder smoke, the turned-up soil, and the ground were left.

crater.

Lieutenant General Oshima shook his head, which was still dizzy. Although the division commander was not injured by an unprecedentedly violent bombing, the huge explosion and shock wave made him hide in the underground bunker.

Lieutenant General Oshima definitely felt uncomfortable. Countless bombs exploded just above his head. It would not be easy for anyone to put them on. Look at all the pale-faced officers in the division headquarters. Lieutenant General Oshima ordered: "

Get Lieutenant General Kaga on the phone immediately!"

At this point, Lieutenant General Oshima had no choice but to give in to that Kaga guy. He wanted to call in person to express his gratitude and ask for advice on what to do next, but the communications staff's answer made him extremely annoyed, "Reporter

Commander, all wired communications with the 37th Division have been interrupted. It is initially determined that they were blown up by bombers from the Independent Division!"

"Baga!" Lieutenant General Oshima glared with triangular eyes and cursed angrily. He was absolutely dissatisfied with this idiotic answer. Isn't it nonsense? I don't know how many bombs have fallen. Those are just buried on the surface.

Can a telephone line reach a depth of one meter without being blown down, and still use your pig-headed reminder?

"Send communications troops immediately, check and repair the phone lines, and use the radio to contact General Kaga!" Lieutenant General Oshima roared. He was eager to know what Kaga would do next, which was to order the troops to enter the ground position immediately.

, to meet the attack of the independent division, or to stand still and continue to hide?

It happened that at this time, someone was still adding to the chaos, "Report to the division commander, the 38th Regiment called to ask for instructions from the division headquarters, will the troops enter the ground position immediately?" The radio station here is busy sending reports, and over there, subordinates

The troops were asking for orders again. Lieutenant General Oshima was almost going crazy, "Baga!" He followed up with another Japanese curse. Anyway, he didn't know whether he was scolding himself for not knowing what to do, or scolding his subordinates.

Adding to the chaos?

"Chirp! Chirp!" A harsh scream suddenly sounded in the sky, and then, the huge explosion that had disappeared for less than ten minutes roared again. This time, it was not a bomber from the Independent Division, but a bomber from the Independent Division.

Lieutenant General Oshima gritted his teeth in pain at the artillery fire from the division fleet and the ground, "Here we go again, the bombing just ended, and then came the ferocious shelling. Could it be that the ammunition of the independent division troops came for free?" At this moment,

There is no need to ask Lieutenant General Kaga for advice.

Another twenty minutes of rapid artillery fire attack. On the sea surface of Mokpo, more than a dozen warships and naval guns continued to pour huge shells onto the Japanese position, and one of the two heavy artillery brigades fired a 155 mm caliber The grenades rained down on the Japanese positions, and the mixed bombardment of naval guns and howitzers brought more destructive power to the Japanese positions than the previous bomber bombings.

This is not to say that the power of naval guns and howitzers exceeds that of heavy aerial bombs, but based on the previous bombings, the degree of damage to the Japanese underground fortifications was further aggravated. Some underground shelters that were not strong enough could not withstand such a violent attack. The shell collapsed with a huge explosion, burying Japanese soldiers alive in the ground.

With a livid face, Lieutenant General Kaga observed the situation on the ground through the artillery mirror. Such continuous and violent bombing and artillery strikes shocked him more than ever before. He did not understand that How could the Imperial Japanese Army be reduced to an object that allowed the Chinese troops to wreak havoc, being pinned down in underground fortifications and fearfully avoiding the opponent's fierce artillery fire?

In fact, Lieutenant General Kaga didn't even have the slightest idea of ​​launching an artillery counterattack. He was also a senior imperial general. Judging only from the intensity of firepower of the independent division's ground artillery, it was at least the artillery of a heavy artillery brigade. The position of the Imperial Army, the biggest trump card in his hand, the Nakajima Field Artillery Regiment, is not enough to be seen under the joint artillery fire of the Chinese army. I am afraid that just one shell fired will lead to devastating retaliation?

Although Lieutenant General Kaga knew that the 53rd Division was also assigned a field artillery regiment, the two field artillery regiments combined were no match for the artillery of the independent division. Now, Lieutenant General Kaga understood that the Why were all the members of the third brigade destroyed in less than four hours? Under such fierce artillery fire, no matter how many soldiers were on the ground, they were all piles of living targets!

For this blocking battle, which was at a considerable disadvantage in terms of firepower, Lieutenant General Kaga felt an uneasy feeling in his heart. I was afraid that the second line of defense on the Mokpo battlefield would become the graveyard of the 37th Division!

In the air, Le Yiqin looked at the returning bombers, and then at the Japanese positions on the ground that were blown up by naval guns and ground artillery. She couldn't help but frown. The battle didn't seem to go as she expected. After the thirty-minute bombing, the Japanese fighter group still did not appear. In terms of flight range, from the field airport on Kyushu Island, Japan, to the Mokpo airspace, at the speed of the Japanese "Zero" fighter jets, within twenty minutes, Arrive as soon as possible!

Why didn't the Japs' fighter jets come? A huge question mark appeared in Le Yiqin's mind, "Le Yiqin, commander of the Korean Peninsula air formation, called the Qingdao ground air commander, please confirm again, the Japanese land-based aviation forces in the direction of Kyushu Island , Do you want to take off?" He did not give up and called the Qingdao ground air controller.

Such a large formation was set up, and more than 600 fighter jets were dispatched. If the little Japanese fighter jets did not come, Le Yiqin would be extremely regretful!

(To be continued) (To be continued..)