Age of Conquest Reborn

First of all, Chu Tian, ​​the leader of the special operations detachment, did not disappoint Tang Qiuli. He led more than 300 special operations team members and chased the remnants of the 1st Corps of the Royal Associated Army of Sumatra into the rainforest. More than 2,000 people entered the depths of the rainforest.

After going through many hardships, we finally found out where this puppet army was hiding.

Chutian did not alert the puppet troops, but used the radio to call in the "Falcon" Paratrooper Regiment, six reinforced battalions directly under the ninth and tenth brigades of the Corps, carrying a large number of mortars and more than 16,000 troops.

, an airtight encirclement was deployed around the hiding place of the remnants of the puppet army, and then two bomber regiments and one fighter regiment were called in. The style of attack adopted was similar to Feng Jiwu's, which was also superimposed and covering bombing.

Add artillery fire.

Because the bombing and shelling areas were very concentrated, the density of firepower was astonishingly high. It is said that after the battle, even though it was in a tropical rainforest area with abundant rainfall, there was still no grass growing in that area for more than a year.

More than 2,000 remnants of the First Corps of the Imperial Army in Sumatra were wiped out. The captain, the Japanese Colonel Fukuoka, the deputy captain, the Indonesian Budinoyo, and the chief of staff, the Japanese Mishima, were all killed. They luckily escaped the bombing.

and the puppet soldiers who bombarded them, but only a few hundred of them were all taken prisoner.

Chu Tian personally interrogated the prisoners. He also had another task, which was what the division commander had specially asked him to do. The truth about the massacre of a rear field hospital in the Ninth Brigade. After the interrogation, Chu Tian got what he wanted to know.

Chu Tian was a soldier who had experienced big scenes, and battlefields with mountains of corpses and seas of blood were commonplace, but after hearing the confessions of these prisoners, he still couldn't help but feel murderous intent in his heart. He understood that the division commander "keep as few puppet prisoners as possible!"

Meaning, besides, I don’t have the energy to bring these damn Indonesian monkeys with me.

"Execute on the spot!" Chu Tian gave the order coldly, and these prisoners met underground with their previous accomplices.

After receiving the telegram from Chutian, Tang Qiuli finally expressed his inner frustration a little. These puppet soldiers were definitely a hidden danger of instability after occupying the Southwest Pacific region. The division commander pointed out the order to clear out the puppet troops.

, for the puppet army who did not know the heights of the world and cut off the Japanese rear. It was absolutely fatal. The "Southwestern Pacific Imperial Association Army of the Empire of Japan" troops, which numbered hundreds of thousands and were distributed on battlefields in various places, gradually collapsed.

Finally disappeared.

When the puppet troops cut off the rear for the Japanese, in accordance with the order of the general staff of the base camp, the first batch of Japanese troops to retreat, about 100,000 people, took boats from various battlefields. With the joy of escaping, they

, heading towards Australia.

The Banda Sea is the only way for the Japanese troops on Sulawesi to retreat to Australia. The Japanese 27th Division and the 29th Division, which were oppressed by the powerful force of the Songhu Garrison Division,

Most of the troops, as well as the remnants of the 54th Division, about 60,000 people, arrived in Makassar, the southernmost tip of Sulawesi Island. But the problem came, the transport ships could only transport 30,000 people at a time.

There are not so many boats left and right!

Everyone wants to leave this ghost place first. Behind them are nearly 200,000 troops from more than a dozen brigades of the China Division. Makassar is less than five days away, and the troops of three divisions have reached Makassar.

The time is almost the same. Who goes first and who comes last? This is a difficult problem. Everyone knows that if you leave Sulawesi a minute earlier, you will have more ways to survive. Who doesn’t want to leave first? With the current war situation, everyone will be ruined if they stay.

the result.

For this reason, Lieutenant General Okui, the commander of the 27th Division, Lieutenant General Kawaharaki, the commander of the 29th Division, and Lieutenant General Tomatsu, the commander of the 54th Division, were quarreling red-faced and unable to do so.

If you start having sex and slap the table and stare, you will almost have to go to the knife on the spot. It’s so noisy.

After a while, no one could convince anyone. There was no other way. The three lieutenant generals and division commanders of the Imperial Army gave in to each other and jointly sent a telegram to the Chief of General Staff, General Miuchi Miuchi, explaining the situation and asking the Mi Cabinet to come down.

Ruling, which division will be evacuated first?

General Minai Koichi, who was worried about the lack of transport ships and had no solution. After reading the telegram, he was so angry that he immediately called back, "What makes me very heartbroken is that when the Southwest Pacific battlefield is not good for the Imperial Army, you three

A senior officer of the empire is arguing over who should escape first. It’s shameful! It’s a disgrace to the emperor’s honor!”

After scolding, we still have to solve the problem. After all, the one who evacuated first will be wrong. "Disputes cannot solve the problem. I ordered that the troops be evacuated one by one according to the order of combat. The troops who evacuated last will consciously shoulder the task of blocking the attack of the China Division troops!"

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With one word from General Miuchi Yoneuchi, the dispute was over. The 29th Division became the first batch of troops to evacuate to Australia because it had the advantage in the combat sequence. Because there were still surplus transport ships, the first part of the 29th Division,

I was also lucky enough to follow Zhan Guang'er and become one of the first batch of more than 30,000 people to evacuate.

There is no other way. Most of the remaining 29th Division and the remnants of the 54th Division can only follow the orders of General Minaiguang and go out to the Watamboni line north of Makassar to build blocking positions and prepare to block the attack.

The attack of Jiang Yanming's regiment.

There is another difference here. The remnants of the 54th Division, with about 10,000 troops, are deployed at the front line of Watamboni, while the 29th Corps with more than 10,000 troops is deployed

In an area less than fifteen kilometers away from Makassar.

Lieutenant General Tomatsu, the commander of the 54th Division, was dissatisfied. He went to Lieutenant General Kawaraki, the commander of the 29th Division, and asked him, "Why are you deploying like this? Mr. Kawaragi, you know. From Sulawesi

The China Division attacking from the northern part of the island has nearly 200,000 troops, and its firepower is several times greater than ours. With just over 10,000 troops of our division, there is absolutely no way we can successfully block it!"

"The best deployment is for you and me to deploy on the Watamboni line. Increase the thickness of the blocking line and the depth of defense to support it for a longer time. Otherwise, the first blocking line will collapse. Mr. Kawaragi,

Your troops are not immune, right?"

Lieutenant General Kawaragi's answer made Lieutenant General Tomatsu almost vomit blood, "Tomatsu-kun, don't forget the order from the Mi Cabinet. According to the order of operations, our division is the second batch of evacuated troops. Your division's mission is to complete

Just cover our division’s boarding mission!”

Lieutenant General Kawaragi's words made Lieutenant General Tomatsu speechless, "Oh, with my troops, Tomatsu will cut off the rear of your 29th Division!" With a belly full of anger, Totomatsu

Lieutenant General Matsu returned to Watamboni angrily. Sitting on the bumpy car, he felt disturbed. He was not only dissatisfied with the order of General Minai Koichi, but also envious of the 27th Division who was able to be the first to retreat.

As an inland sea surrounded by huge islands, unless there is particularly bad weather, the Banda Sea will always be calm and calm. The same is true today. The afternoon sun shines on the sea, which is quite spectacular.

With beauty, the troop transport ship carrying more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers gradually moved away from Sulawesi, a place that made the Japanese people tremble.

There was no wind and no waves. The huge formation of troop carriers sailed smoothly and quickly on the huge emerald-like Banda Sea. The sterns of the ships dragged out long waves and left the battlefield. The relaxed Japanese soldiers also had a leisurely life, in twos and threes.

People crowded onto the deck to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Banda Sea in the afternoon. There were Japanese noises and wild laughter everywhere. The most discussed topics among the Japanese soldiers were flower girls and the like.

About a hundred kilometers away from Sulawesi Island, five warships are moored quietly on the sea. From the flags on the tall masts, it can be recognized that this is a squadron of the First Fleet of the Division Navy.

, behind the warship, there are more than forty high-speed gunboats equipped with naval combat-type "Thunder" rocket launchers, and further away, there are two submarines, which are slowly diving into the seabed.

According to the order of division commander Tang Qiuli, this is one of several squadrons of the Navy's First Fleet that has entered various coastal waters of the Southwest Pacific Theater to perform interception and killing missions. It is designated as the Third Squadron. It has entered two days ago.

In the Banda Sea, waiting for the Japanese troop transport formation coming from the direction of Sulawesi Island.

Colonel Tu Guoxi, the commander of the Third Squadron, originally served as the deputy director of the Operations Division at the Fleet Headquarters. He only took up this position after the First Fleet was detached. He has been with the Fleet Commander Tang Qiuquan for many years and learned the skills of commanding naval battles.

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However, Tu Guoxi is obviously not very interested in the Japanese troop transport fleet that is about to arrive at his door. According to intelligence, the Japanese troop transport fleet does not even have an escort ship that can be called a warship.

There are only fifteen small gunboats serving as escort fleet.

In Tu Guoxi's opinion, perhaps the so-called gunboats of these little devils are also temporarily modified. Installing an artillery gun on the deck of a civilian ship turns it into a gunboat?

Tu Guoxi's judgment was well-founded. After the division's Southwest Pacific Campaign was launched, the fleet of the Southern Flying Group immediately boarded all Japanese warships in the theater, including offshore patrol boats and small ships, and other naval forces.

Fried cleanly.

"Facing such an opponent, I can't keep my spirits up. Tu Guoxi shook his head and thought,

"Report to Commander, the shipboard radar has not found the target so far!" the combat staff put down the phone and turned back to report to him.

Tu Guoxi was very calm and said: "Don't worry, order the radar to continue searching for the target. What is supposed to come will come sooner or later. Since the division commander asked our fleet to divide our forces into multiple routes and go to fight in various sea areas, there must be a big move to be made!"

More than an hour later, I received a report from the shipboard radar, "Report to the headquarters, radar search found that the Japanese troop carrier formation has appeared in the target sea area, and is still 70 kilometers away from our fleet!"

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