Age of Conquest Reborn

Thick fog rolled in, covering all vision, but it could not cover the sound. There was a rumble of thunder in the sky, resounding in the darkness before dawn. The Japanese soldiers on guard could naturally hear it, but

They just wondered why there was such a loud noise?

The Japanese soldiers on guard stretched their necks and tried their best to look into the sky, but they could not see anything except a vast expanse of white and a thick fog that could not be dissolved. However, the roar was getting closer and closer.

I had some doubts in my heart, but there was no sentry who dared to call the brigade headquarters and report the heavy thunder I heard.

In addition to the residual power of the brigade commander Major General Hirayama who dealt with several people today, which still remains in the hearts of the sentries, the officers on duty at the brigade headquarters are not easy to talk to! What if nothing happens, it is a mistake

Report it and track it down, who might be unlucky?

Major General Hirayama Shinsuke, commander of the Australian Japanese Army's 35th Brigade, turned over comfortably on his camp bed. He vaguely heard unusual noises. After all, he was an experienced officer and was alert enough. He woke up immediately, and then

He stood up and left the hiding place, looking suspiciously at the northern sky. In the thick fog, he heard the approaching thunder.

Almost instantly, Major General Hirayama's face turned pale. Those who have fought in the war can naturally hear that the loud rumbling noise in the sky is the sound of countless aircraft engines, "Alert! China plane air attack

!" He shouted loudly.

Then, I saw several heavy bombs emerging from the thick fog. Their ferocious figures were revealed, and they expanded infinitely in the field of vision. "Boom! Boom! - Boom!" Then, there were several dazzling fires, and the sky was like the earth was shattering.

Loud noise, first from the hidden part of the brigade headquarters,

In a burst of fire and loud noise, it turned into countless broken reinforced concrete fragments. The boundless flames instantly engulfed him. At the moment of losing consciousness, Major General Hirayama was full of doubts, "Why did the China bomber bomb...

precise?"

The bomber group of the Southern Flying Group of the Division Air Force began the first wave of bombing on Cape York. Before the dawn of that day, more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers greeted Cape York. It was not the dawn of dawn, but a full 200 soldiers.

The bombers and fighter planes of the remaining divisions rained down bombs and bullets.

Bombs fell from the sky one after another, as if they had eyes, hitting the target accurately. In the thick fog, there were shining fires everywhere. The huge shock wave after the explosion stirred up the thick fog and rolled violently. The bunkers and bunkers on the Japanese positions,

The firepower points and artillery positions were mixed with the broken body parts of Japanese soldiers, which exploded and flew into the air.

On this foggy pre-dawn day, the defensive position of the Japanese 35th Brigade was shrouded in flames, loud noises and gunpowder smoke. The scurrying figures of Japanese soldiers flashed from time to time in the fog, and appeared again and again.

Engulfed in a burst of fire.

An hour later, the division's bomber group returned, leaving the 35th Cape York Brigade in a mess. The commander of the Hirayama Brigade and the brigade's covert department were reduced to pieces and suffered casualties in the first moment of the bombing.

After the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and was in disarray, and lost its command structure, no one even thought of sending an emergency telegram to the front army headquarters.

On the Cape York defensive position, the Japanese army's disaster was far from over. After the bomber group returned, more than a dozen warships from the division fleet had already exploded into the heavy fog, and their steel figures flashed out.

The escort and firepower fleet commanded by Tang Qiuquan was responsible for covering the troop carrier formation of the North China Field Corps' first cross-sea attack. Looking at Cape York, which was still shining with fire, he put down his telescope and issued an order: "Every ship, pay attention, follow the intended target,

Start the bombardment!"

Large-caliber naval guns and huge shells roared through the thick fog. The Japanese soldiers who had not yet awakened from the chaos of the air raid were bombarded with shells again. The Japanese positions were once again shrouded in flames.

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The reinforced heavy artillery wing of the 35th Brigade was relatively lucky. Although it was hit by countless heavy aerial bombs, there were still more than a dozen artillery pieces left after the air raid. Captain Tada, the commander of the regiment, had blood on his arm.

, got up from the dirt, wiped the dirt from his face, looked at the messy artillery position, and felt like crying without tears. Fortunately, there were still more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces left, so they were not without the power to fight back.

By this time, even a fool knew that the China Division troops were about to land at Cape York. Amidst the roar of artillery, Colonel Tada ordered the remaining soldiers to prepare for the artillery attack, while he stayed by the radio station.

He shouted at the brigade headquarters.

A few minutes later, Colonel Tada threw the phone down angrily and could not contact Hirayama Brigade Commander and the Brigade Headquarters. How did he know that Hirayama Brigade Commander had already gone to see the sky with the Brigade Headquarters earlier than he did?

It's amazing that with his old-fashioned and rigid thinking, he didn't expect that an accident would happen to the brigade commander and brigade headquarters, nor did he expect to report the information about the division's landing at Cape York to the front army headquarters.

"Boom! Boom! - Boom!" Several artillery shells roared from the Japanese position at Cape York, landed on the sea, and exploded into sky-high water columns. The water splashed all over the sky and splashed on the deck of the warship. Tang Qiuquan frowned slightly.

He asked, "Huh? The Japanese army still has artillery? Could it be that the first round of bombing raids by the bomber group did not completely destroy the Japanese artillery positions?" he thought to himself.

"Every ship pay attention, determine the location of the remaining artillery positions of the Japanese army, and concentrate fire on them!" Tang Qiuquan issued the order.

Colonel Tada commanded the remaining dozen heavy artillery pieces and fired two rounds of artillery shells, but it was almost a blind bombardment. Originally, there was an artillery observation post of the heavy artillery regiment on the beachhead position to correct the artillery target for artillery strikes, and at the best position

There were also artillery observation posts in that post, but they could not be contacted. He knew that several of his artillery observation posts had disappeared among the bombs of China planes.

Therefore, the remaining dozen or so heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese army could only carry out shelling based on the general direction, but their position was exposed. When Colonel Tada was scolding the soldiers, the scream of artillery shells tearing through the air came to his ears.

His face suddenly turned pale.

They were all experts at playing with artillery. Just by listening to the sound, Osa Tada knew that it was the sound made by large-caliber artillery shells rubbing the air. The power of the artillery shells was greater than that of the heavy artillery under his command. Immediately, balls of fire filled his body.

View...

On the sea, Yuan Jinghao, commander of the North China Field Corps, held up a telescope to observe the situation in the direction of Cape York. Unfortunately, the fog had not dissipated yet. He could only see flashes of fire and dense explosions in the thick fog.

"I don't know how effective the first round of bombing and fleet bombardment will be? With such a heavy fog, I'm afraid the accuracy will be compromised? Why hasn't the signal to start the landing been sent yet?" Yuan Jinghao muttered in his heart and couldn't help but pick up the phone.

"Is this Commander Tang? I'm Yuan Jinghao. The troops are ready. When will the landing begin? I'm just waiting for your word!"

In the command cabin of the fleet's flagship, Tang Qiuquan, who answered Yuan Jinghao's call, couldn't help but smile and replied: "Why, Commander Yuan is anxious? It's not time yet. The Japanese army has remaining artillery, and the fleet is clearing hidden dangers. This is the second round of firepower.

Strike, wait!"

The second round of naval artillery bombardment lasted for more than 40 minutes. No more shells were fired back by the Japanese artillery. Tang Qiuquan showed a smile on his face and issued the order again: "All gunboats of the fire support brigade come forward.

Cover the target with fire for the third time!”

In the thick fog, a series of rockets trailing flames suddenly appeared, with a scream that rent the air, and landed on the Japanese position. Suddenly, a sea of ​​​​fire rose up, and the division fleet was equipped with naval combat-type missiles.

There are more than 30 "Thunder" rocket launcher gunboat brigade.

Each of the fast gunboats is equipped with five thirty-two-barreled rocket launchers. A single salvo of the brigade is more than a thousand large-caliber rockets. Basically, after three rounds of salvos, there is only a piece of scorched earth left in the shelling area.

The firepower is so ferocious and dense, it’s terrifying!

When formulating the landing plan, the commanders of each unit fully took into account Cape York's unique geographical location. It is closest to Irian Island and can shorten the distance across the sea. The beach here is flat and there is no dangerous terrain. It is easy to defend and easy to attack.

The landing craft docked. In other directions, the conditions for landing were not as good as Cape York, but the area was narrow, which was not conducive to the large-scale deployment of the troops and the formation of multi-point attack arrows.

The first batch of five brigades of the North China Field Corps' landing force of more than 80,000 people were to land at the tiny Cape York. With so many troops crowded together, they were extremely vulnerable to enemy firepower. If a shell fell, that would be

There were more than a dozen or even dozens of soldiers casualties. If the Japanese army adopted counterattack tactics, the casualties of the troops would be even greater. If things went wrong, there was a possibility of being counterattacked and thrown into the sea.

It was impossible for Yuan Jinghao to fight such a losing battle. Therefore, at the joint landing operation meeting of the three armed forces, he proposed a plan to use the most ferocious and intensive firepower to cover the Japanese defense positions in Cape York in all directions and destroy all the Japanese defense systems.

, in a word, when the troops landed, all they saw on Cape York Beach were the fragmented bodies of Japanese soldiers and ruins all over the place that posed no threat to the landing troops.

When the Cape York landing operation plan was reported to division commander Tang Qiuli, he smiled, picked up a pen, and approved two big words on the plan, "Agree!" After thinking about it, he added another sentence, "Forget the ammunition.

consumption!"

Therefore, the 35th Brigade of the Cape York Japanese Defense Force was very unfortunate to be the one who suffered the most serious, intensive and heavy attacks from the division's Southern Flying Group aircraft fleet, fleet naval guns and rocket launchers during the battle to open up the northern battlefield of Australia.

Violent area.

The fast gunboat brigade was covered by rocket launchers and fought for a full forty minutes. Yuan Jinghao stood on the front deck of the landing craft, watching the fog gradually thinning and turning into rolling dark red clouds, and he smacked his teeth...

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(To be continued)(To be continued)

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