Age of Conquest Reborn

The independent division troops came from the southern Pacific direction and captured the Ogasawara Islands, the last defensive barrier in the southern part of the mainland. This also reignited the dispute within the Japanese base camp regarding the key directions of mainland defense.

Admirals Nagano Shuzan and Yamazaki Bin of the Navy were the first to question that the defense priorities previously formulated by Prince Zain, deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Home Defense Command, were simply directional errors. Facts have proven that China

The attack of the independent division troops came from the southern direction of the Pacific Ocean.

Prince Zai Ren, on the other hand, insisted on his own point of view. He believed that the attack launched by the China Independent Division from the Pacific direction in the southern part of the mainland was nothing more than a dubious tactic. It was at best a diversion. The purpose was to force the empire to divert most of its troops from key defensive areas.

From the north, it was transferred to the south of Honshu Island to create favorable conditions for its attack across the sea from the north.

Emperor Hirohito still believed in his brother, suppressing the opposition from the Navy and remaining unmoved. However, the two big bosses of the Navy, Navy Minister Admiral Nagano Shuzan, and Chief of Naval Command Department Yamazaki Binichi, also

He refused to give up and wrote to Emperor Hirohito repeatedly, which also caused him a huge headache. The opinions of the two heavyweights of the navy had to be taken seriously.

Regarding the domestic situation in Japan, although the lurking agents of the Intelligence Department do not have access to the highest-level military secrets, they can still obtain them through normal Japanese troop movements.

A piece of top-secret information sent by the intelligence office was placed in front of Tang Qiuli, "Headquarters has learned through many channels that there have been no major changes in Japan's domestic military deployment. The Japanese army is still moving from the mountain pass in the northern part of Honshu Island to Hiroshima.

The two areas from Aomori to Morioka are the key defense directions!"

After reading the intelligence, Tang Qiuli pondered for a while and asked Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, what do you think of the content of this intelligence?"

"The Japanese have become smarter!" Zhao Yuhe said concisely: "Obviously, the Japanese base camp does not believe that the southern Pacific direction is our main attack direction. After all, the geographical location of the Korean Peninsula and Sakhalin Island is obvious!

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"That's good!" Tang Qiuli smiled coldly and said, "Then let's light a fire under Hirohito's butt. Let me see if he can still sit still? Yu He ordered Deputy Commander Tang to approach the vicinity of Tokyo Bay.

Air raids were carried out on Tokyo, Yokohama and other places in the sea area, and bombs fell on Hirohito's head. He was still not worried?"

The South Route Offensive Force Command attached great importance to the division commander's order. Command members Tang Qiusheng, Tang Qiuquan, Han Tie, Xin Xiguo, Wang Dongshan and others gathered in the command cabin of the fleet flagship to conduct research.

Tang Qiusheng was worried that the strength of Japan's land-based air force should not be underestimated. He said: "The Qiuquan fleet's air attack on Tokyo can maximize the task of mobilizing the division and confusing the Japanese army, but it will also be attacked.

Regarding the counterattack of Japan’s land-based aircraft fleet, does the fleet have any corresponding plans for this?”

Tang Qiuquan thought for a while, and then murmured to Xin Xiguo for a while. Then he replied cautiously: "Brother Qiu Sheng, the fleet is planning to fight like this. It will dispatch all aircraft carriers and some main battleships to form a mobile fleet, covertly approach Tokyo Bay, and attack Tokyo by surprise.

Wait for air strikes to be carried out, and then the fleet quickly withdraws outside the combat radius of the Japanese land-based aircraft fleet!"

"And wandered around the waters around Honshu Island, waiting for opportunities to launch air strikes on several Japanese cities. To sum up, it is to fight quickly and retreat quickly to prevent the Japanese land-based aircraft fleet from getting caught. If Chichijima is used as the base, there will be land-based aircraft groups.

With cooperation, the effect will be even better. From the Ogasawara Islands to the Japanese mainland, the distance is more than a thousand kilometers, which is a long-distance air raid. The latest fighters of the fleet's land-based mixed combat brigade are very suitable!"

Tang Qiusheng said with a wry smile: "Don't think about this matter for now. The field airport and dock facilities on Chichi Island will not be put into use until a few months at the earliest. I can make a request to the commander.

, assign the fleet’s land-based mixed combat brigade to the Southern Fleet’s combat sequence, and use Chichijima as its base!”

"As for the plan to attack Tokyo, the fleet has come up with a complete plan, which can only be implemented after a meeting to study it. It must be done quickly and carefully, and all unfavorable factors and possible accidents must be taken into account! Sulu

The Mobile Corps and Marine Corps will use the Ogasawara Islands as a temporary resting point, waiting for the next move!"

Qiuquan attached great importance to the air attack on Tokyo. He held a joint meeting with the commanders of each squadron and the commanders of the carrier-based aircraft units. Everyone worked together and contributed ideas. Finally, a complete air attack on Tokyo was formulated.

plan.

The core of the plan is that the bombing will be carried out at night, taking full advantage of the performance advantages of shipborne radar and airborne radar to comprehensively monitor the movements of the Japanese land-based field airports around Tokyo. The air raid group will dispatch two night-flying bomber groups for six nights.

The aircraft fighter group escorted it.

When the mixed fleet approached the edge of the Japanese shore-based radar warning, it adopted ultra-low-altitude flight and entered Tokyo airspace. Since the bombing target was not limited, the next task was much simpler. Using the center of Tokyo as the reference point, bombs could be dropped freely.

Throw the bombs in the shortest possible time, and then quickly evacuate before the Japanese land-based aircraft fleet can react, with night-flying fighter jets taking the rear. This is the main content of the plan to bomb Tokyo.

This operational plan to bomb Tokyo was quickly approved by the South Attack Force Headquarters. At dawn two days later, Tang Qiuquan commanded a task force including four aircraft carriers to leave the waters of the Ogasawara Islands and gallop towards Tokyo.

Go, follow the task force, and there are more than 200 Marines from a reinforced reconnaissance company of the 1st Marine Brigade.

A few days later at night, the Independent Division's Southern Fleet Task Force quietly arrived in the waters south of the Izu Islands. This place is still more than 400 kilometers away from Tokyo. For carrier-based aircraft, the one-way time is only four.

About ten minutes is also the maximum distance of the shore-based radar detection range in southern Honshu Island, Japan.

However, there is still an obstacle that needs to be cleared, that is, there is a Japanese air radar station on Miyake Island in the Izu Islands, blocking the route of the air raid group. This Japanese air radar station can alarm the Japanese army in advance.

The land-based fleet has gained at least twenty minutes of early warning time. For the carrier-based fleet, this twenty-minute advance warning time is fatal.

Tang Qiuquan looked at the pitch-black sea and said to Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo: "Xiguo, order the First Brigade of the Marine Corps to strengthen the reconnaissance company and set off immediately. The Japanese air radar station on Bazhai Island must be controlled before zero o'clock!"

Several small speedboats, carrying more than 200 Marines, quickly sailed into the depths of the dark sea. The slight sound of motors soon disappeared and could not be heard. The task force implemented strict radio and light controls.

Warships and aircraft carriers, like silent behemoths, squat on the undulating sea.

Tang Qiuquan sat silently on the chair, smoking cigarettes one after another. The flickering light reflected his serious face. He was nervous. Not only Qiuquan was nervous, but the entire task force was nervous.

of waiting.

At about 11:30 midnight, the contact radio station that had been silent suddenly made a "tick-tick" call. The translator quickly translated the message. The director of the Fleet Communications Department who had been waiting next to the radio picked it up and flew

He also seemed to run towards the command module, but he knew that the entire task force was waiting for this telegram.

The director of the Communications Division opened the hatch and reported: "Commander, I have received a telegram from the reconnaissance company of the 1st Marine Corps Brigade and have completely taken control of the Japanese air radar station on Miyake Island. Everything is going well!"

"Okay!" Tang Qiuquan couldn't help but clenched his fists and looked down at the luminous watch. At 11:45 midnight, with a straight face and a smile, he said to Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo: "Han Tie's soldiers are really good.

, to live up to expectations, Xi Guo, ordered the mixed night flight fleet to take off on time at zero o'clock!"

Just after midnight, the lights on the take-off decks of the four aircraft carriers lit up together. Carrier-based fighter jets and bombers, in a two-plane formation, rushed into the dark night sky one after another, and then formed a formation in the sky.

It soon disappeared into the northern sky.

Tang Qiuquan always silently watched the night flight group take off. He secretly prayed for the pilots of the bomber group. Tension and uneasiness always shrouded his heart. After all, this was the first time that an independent division aircraft group bombed the Japanese mainland. It was also the first time that China had bombed the Japanese mainland in the past century.

For the first time, a fighter plane flew over the Japanese mainland and dropped a bomb. Its significance was by no means ordinary.

For the Japanese, this was the first time in the past century that the mainland, especially the capital, had been bombed. Qiuquan knew better that with the character of the Japanese, such a thing would never be allowed to happen. The bomber group would face the Japanese army.

The frantic pursuit of the land-based fleet, "I really don't know how many of the pilots who set off will come back in the end?" he thought silently.

After midnight, Tokyo, Japan, has fallen into silence. Only the street lights are dimly lit, giving this city located on Tokyo Bay a hint of vitality. Originally, as the most prosperous district in Japan, politically and economically,

As a place where military and culture are concentrated, it is definitely prosperous, and Tokyo's nightlife is also famous.

However, with the series of defeats of the Japanese army overseas, recently, the independent division army has deployed troops in the north of Japan, watching with eager eyes. The situation in Japan as a whole has an atmosphere of tension, and the Japanese people have also felt it in the air.

, the atmosphere of war filled the air, and there was less thought for entertainment. It seemed that Tokyo suddenly declined.

However, for a high-end place for fun and entertainment like Ginza, the atmosphere of war does not seem to have a big impact. Ginza will always have dignitaries coming to have fun, so even at midnight, it is not too far from the Emperor's Palace.

Ginza is still full of neon lights and feasting.

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