Age of Conquest Reborn

The Japanese artillery bombardment was extremely fierce and intensive, with unprecedented intensity. Groups of artillery shells kept roaring and fell on the Allied positions. In an instant, the front and depth of the Allied positions were shrouded in smoke and fire. Bach

The air-raid shelters and artillery holes invented by Lieutenant General Lisman were originally powerful weapons to resist the superior artillery fire of the Japanese army. Relying on these air-raid holes, the Allied soldiers on the position withstood the Japanese attacks many times.

Nowadays, these anti-gun holes have still not lost their function, but the Allied guarding troops on the position have changed.

General Ito Genzaburo, the commander-in-chief of Japan's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, chose the right time to attack. It was the Allied troops who were ordered to retreat and left the second line of defense. Within three hours, the Allied troops who were ordered to stay in place were

The Allied troops were busy taking over the positions vacated by the air defense. Therefore, the Allied troops on the second line of defense were all moving, and most of them were exposed in the wild.

Moreover, the preparations before the Japanese attack were carried out extremely covertly, and the Allied Command did not receive any information in advance. Otherwise, Lieutenant General Bahlisman, even if he was incompetent, would not have issued the first batch of troops at this time.

The order to retreat was not considered a big move for the 7 to 800,000 Allied troops on the forward positions, and the mobilization of about 200,000 troops for defense was not a big move. The small Japanese troops that sneaked into the rear of the Allied forces were not a big move.

It was not reported as important information.

By a strange combination of circumstances, it was pure coincidence. Luck finally came to the Japanese. General Ito won the jackpot. The sudden first round of artillery bombardment achieved astonishing results. The intensive artillery shells fell on the allies who were busy defending.

In the pile of soldiers, where the fire started, broken body parts flew into the air mixed with soil.

The density of the shelling was so high. On all Allied positions, the flames of the explosion were connected together, and the explosion points were connected with the explosion points. The ground seemed to be lifted up from below by a huge force, constantly rising and flying away. The shock wave caused by the explosion,

A strange roar spread through the air, and shrapnel flew in every inch of space. Amidst the fire and explosions, the bodies of the Allied soldiers turned into dust in the smoke.

General Ito's offensive deployment was similar to the previous offensive method, a frontal force attack. But the biggest difference was that this time it was an all-out attack without leaving any reserves. On a front line hundreds of kilometers long, the spearhead of the Japanese attack actually reached

Dozens of previously minor directions have become major breakthrough areas for the Japanese army.

When General Ito was formulating the battle plan, he called this tactic "offensive across the board, breaking through in multiple ways, leaving no room for anything, the final blow!" He emphasized this in his orders to each offensive unit. "Therefore, in order to implement it,

This time, we are determined to completely annihilate the Australian Allied forces. After the attack begins, all participating troops must have the sole purpose of breaking through the Allied positions!"

"Once an allied position is broken through in a certain direction, there is no need to seek the effect of encircling and annihilating the enemy on the spot. Instead, we must use the fastest and most violent movements to quickly attack in depth. Even if it is a regiment or a brigade, we must

With fearless bravery, penetrate directly into the southeastern direction of Australia!" In one word, fight desperately into the Allied positions!

After more than forty minutes of bombardment, looking from the position of General Ito's former enemy headquarters, the Allied position was already engulfed in a sea of ​​fire. "Yo Xi!" General Ito nodded with satisfaction. Looking from the direction where he was, the bombardment

The effect seems to be surprisingly good!

A staff officer whispered a few words in the ear of the chief of staff, Major General Yamaguchi. Major General Yamaguchi walked up to General Ito and reminded: "Commander-in-Chief, Major General Noda, commander of the Joint Air Force of the Dispatch Force, sent a telegram that the air force requested to go to war!"

"Well!" General Ito pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "The battlefield is chaotic at night, the imperial infantry is about to launch an assault, and the air force has joined the battlefield, which may easily cause accidental damage. Call Noda back and continue to stand by!"

The Japanese artillery fire rumbled deep into the Allied positions. The Allied soldiers who had just experienced a horrific baptism of steel and whose souls had not yet returned had not had time to get up from the mud caused by the shells.

Before I had time to rejoice that I was still alive, in the receding sound of artillery fire, I heard the roar of tank engines and the wild shouts of Japanese soldiers all over the mountains and fields.

On the second line of defense, the Allied soldiers who had been fighting the Japanese for several months suddenly changed their faces. They knew that these were fierce Japanese infantry and began to charge. Amidst the shouts of commanders at all levels, the Allied soldiers

The soldiers bravely entered the forward positions that had been completely destroyed by the bombing. At this time, many soldiers discovered that many of their comrades around them were missing.

More than an hour later, General Ito finally heard the news that made him ecstatic. Chief of Staff Yamaguchi ran over with a face full of joy, "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, I have received a report from the 75th Division of the 11th Army.

The division has already broken through the Allied positions in the direction of Berry, and is now moving forward to attack in depth!"

"Yo Xi! Bring me the wine!" General Ito shouted, making a rare loss of composure. He should be excited. He had been fighting against this Allied defense line for several months without being able to break through. Now, finally,

After tearing a hole, if you have a good start, you will not have to worry about a good result. It is worth drinking three glasses of wine!

"Commander-in-Chief, what I find strange is that although the firepower of the Imperial Army's attack this time was stronger than ever before, the 75th Division broke through the Allied positions in more than an hour, and

, it is in the direction of Berry where the Allied forces are most heavily defended. The staff thought it was very strange!" Chief of Staff Yamaguchi looked at General Ito, raised his neck and drank a large sip of sake, and said cautiously.

"Huh?" General Ito stopped, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Yamaguchi-kun, what do you think?"

Chief of Staff Yamaguchi thought thoughtfully and replied: "I sent a telegram to ask Lieutenant General Okamoto, the commander of the 75th Division, and he called back and said that the resistance of the Allied forces in the direction of Berry is much weaker than before, not because of the weapons and equipment.

It’s about troop strength. Therefore, the staff has a bold guess: Have some Allied troops begun to retreat?”

"Huh?" General Ito's eyes flashed, "Send a telegram to Okamoto and ask him to interrogate the captured prisoners and find out the situation!"

"Commander-in-Chief, in the 75th Division, all prisoners of war were executed on the spot!" Chief of Staff Yamaguchi said with a wry smile.

"I knew that this guy Okamoto would definitely do this!" General Ito's tone did not mean to blame at all. He knew Lieutenant General Okamoto too well. This guy is completely crazy at the sight of blood and kills people for his own sake.

It's fun, let's just say that killing a few prisoners of war is massacre of the city. That's perfectly normal.

"Order other troops to interrogate a few more prisoners of war, find out the situation, and report it to the headquarters immediately!" General Ito did not believe Chief of Staff Yamaguchi's guess.

The situation did not come to pass, but the headquarters received telegrams from various units one after another, "The 107th Division has broken through the Allied positions and is advancing towards a deep attack!" "The 95th Division has gone through more than expected.

Among them, the battle with much lower intensity has broken through the Allied positions and is expanding the results! The first..."

Within three hours of the start of the offensive, the dispatched force headquarters received telegrams from more than a dozen attacking troops, all reporting the same news, "break through the Allied positions and attack in depth!" General Ito had to believe that his staff

Long guess, because it seems too easy to break through the Allied positions.

Subsequently, reports from several troops interrogating prisoners of war confirmed Chief of Staff Yamaguchi's suspicions. However, this was no longer important. By the early morning of April 31, the attacking Japanese soldiers, with more than one million soldiers, had broken through Australia across the board.

The second line of Allied defense in the northeast, and the Allied troops holding the second line of defense, were cut into numerous disconnected breakpoints by the Japanese. The Allied defense line was riddled with holes and collapsed in an instant.

For these divided Allied troops, after the defense line collapses, it is a disaster to be divided and surrounded by the Japanese army. However, the countless Japanese soldiers who have been killed do not seem to be interested in the fish in these nets.

, leaving only a small number of troops to encircle and annihilate, while most of them roared past the breach, stepping on the corpses of countless Allied soldiers, and rushed toward the southeast like a tide!

The commander of the first batch of evacuated Allied troops, Lieutenant General Bachlisman, and the deputy commander, General Fernandez, were already in chaos. The Japanese attack was too sudden. When receiving reports from the front line, Bach

Lieutenant General Lisman's vision went dark as if he had been struck by lightning, and he almost fainted.

After waking up, Lieutenant General Bahlisman sent telegrams to the commanders of the units who stayed on the second line of defense. Now the only thing he could do was to order the troops to hold on. However, after sending out the telegrams,

Like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no reply at all. What he didn't know was that the Allied troops on the second line of defense were now surrounded by Japanese troops, with no way to escape!

At this time, the Australian Allied Forces were facing the biggest problem. Whether the Allied troops on the second line of defense could withstand the Japanese attack across the entire line, and whether the Allied troops who were already halfway there could continue to the scheduled assembly point in the southeast.

retreat?

Should we continue walking, or should we order the retreating Allied forces to turn around and go back? Neither of them could make up their mind. It was difficult to make up their minds. When they were hesitant, several hours passed and the bad news finally came. The second

All the defense lines were broken through by the Japanese army, and the defense line collapsed. The Japanese army was swooping towards the southeast. The two people and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Wagnerzer, discussed it and decided to immediately report the fatal danger encountered by the Australian Allied Forces to the Allied Forces Headquarters.

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Then, the three giants of the Australian Allied Forces sat blankly in their tents, listening to the approaching sound of artillery, while impatiently waiting for the Allied Headquarters. In fact, it was an order from the US Army Joint Chiefs of Staff, and they

The lives of myself and hundreds of thousands of Australian Allied soldiers were entrusted to people thousands of miles away. This was almost like waiting to die!

(To be continued)(To be continued)