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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2957 Landing in Melbourne (Part 2)

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    "There is really an incoming enemy plane!" The phone in Major General Qingshui's hand fell to the ground, and a shout came from the receiver, "Report to your Excellency, Commander, ground radar has detected that a large number of enemy planes are incoming!"

    Major General Qingshui was stunned. He saw before his eyes that bombs fell from the sky and hit the airport mercilessly. They exploded into brilliant and terrifying fireballs in the night. On the runway, rows of people were too late to take off.  The combat aircraft was like a living target, falling apart and then submerged in a flame!

    Combat aircraft filled with fuel and ammunition continued to explode, exploding into larger fireballs in the light of the fire. From time to time, exploding oil barrels flew into the air and suddenly exploded like unloaded artillery shells.  As it drove forward, the fuel with flames scattered in all directions, causing an even greater disaster.  [

    There were huge roars of explosions everywhere, reflecting the fire in the sky. The control tower where Major General Qingshui was located seemed to collapse amid violent trembling. The air raids under the night sky came quickly, violently and suddenly. The purpose of the enemy air raids was very clear.  , the airport runway, the combat aircraft parked on the runway, and other buildings at the airport miraculously were not affected much.

    Major General Qingshui was on the control tower, watching the main airport of the 21st Air Force turned into ruins under a burst of flying bombs. The few hundred combat aircraft he had left exploded into balls of fire, and the fire burned.  Get up and light everything that can burn.

    Major General Shimizu¡¯s hand nervously grasped the back of the chair. He knew that his lifeblood, the 21st Air Force, was completely finished, and the main fleet was taken away under the bridge.  They must have lost all their money, and now, the airport is under an obvious air attack by enemy planes.  Sadly, until now, I can only judge that this is the bomber group of the China Independent Division, not confirm it!

    It was just over twenty minutes, as sudden and violent as the sudden air raid, and the roar of the engine quickly faded away.  The incoming enemy planes suddenly disappeared, leaving behind ruins and wreckage, sky-high fires and continuous explosions at the Japanese 21st Air Force field airport in Ogpalli.

    By Major General Qingshui¡¯s side.  Surrounded by a group of horrified staff officers, the blazing fire flickered on and off, illuminating the faces as ugly as those of dead people. "Poof!" A mouthful of blood.  Suddenly it splashed out from Major General Qingshui's mouth.  Immediately, his vision went dark and he passed out.

    ¡°If time permits, in accordance with Tang Qiuquan¡¯s fighting style and techniques, there will never be an inch of intact land left for the Ogpalli Field Airport of the Japanese 21st Air Force, but time does not allow for the escort fleet carrier-based aircraft group.  In addition to air raids on Japanese airports, there was also an air raid on the Japanese beachhead in Melbourne.  Time is tight!

    After receiving the report that the carrier-based aircraft group had successfully bombed the Japanese 21st Air Force airport and had begun flying to Melbourne, Tang Qiuquan asked sternly: "Report the effect of the air strike!"

    "Reporting to the Commander, the expected air strike effect has been fully achieved. The Ogpalli Field Airport of the Japanese 21st Air Force has been completely paralyzed! All the Japanese combat aircraft parked on the runway were also destroyed by our aircraft fleet! No aircraft in the fleet were lost.  !" The carrier-based aircraft formation commander reported succinctly.

    "Okay!" Tang Qiuquan said with a rare smile on his stern face, "Carry out the next bombing mission immediately!"

    "Did you succeed?" Tang Qiusheng asked, looking at Qiuquan with a smile on his face.

    "Well, we succeeded!" Qiuquan nodded and said, "No one in the carrier-based aircraft group was lost!"

    "The more than 7,000 Japanese troops on Tasmania are still a problem!" Tang Qiusheng said without seeming to be worried, "Qiuquan, do you have a solution?"

    "Phew!" Qiu Quan was amused and said, "Brother Qiu Sheng is testing me. Well, let's just do the same thing. Today's Tasmania is a dead place, and the more than 7,000 Japanese troops on the island are even more dangerous.  There is a turtle in the urn, and there is no air force. I just send a squadron and a dozen warships to block Bass Strait! After successfully landing in Melbourne, it is not too late to turn around and calmly deal with the little devils on the island!  "

    "Qiuquan, I think you are fully capable of commanding ground troops in battle!" Tang Qiusheng joked with a smile.

    "Combat staff!" Tang Qiusheng shouted, and a staff officer ran over quickly, "Order, the troops immediately begin to implement the Melbourne landing combat plan!"

    The location of the field airport of the Japanese 21st Air Force, Ogpalli, is located more than 100 kilometers northeast of Melbourne. Therefore, the air attack that occurred at Ogpalli was not carried out by the 43rd Division of the Japanese garrison in Melbourne.  Know.

    Several main regiments of the division were ordered to urgently reinforce Adelaide. There was only one regiment and the military police left in the city of Melbourne. The rest were the logistics department and agencies of the division.  A regiment of soldiers?, the defense of the huge urban area of ??Melbourne was severely lacking in troops. Therefore, the Japanese troops on the Melbourne beachhead were only a reinforced brigade of more than 1,500 people.

    ¡°And Melbourne does not have the unique terrain conditions of Adelaide. It is a port city with no danger to defend, and there is no place to build fortifications. However, Melbourne is obviously not an area where the Japanese military command is particularly worried about defense.

    Melbourne and Tasmania face each other across the sea, separated by Bass Strait. They are at the horns of each other. On Tasmania, there is an independent Japanese brigade stationed with more than 7,000 troops.  , any enemy force that dares to attack Melbourne must consider the possibility of being attacked from both front and rear.

    Lieutenant General Terao, the commander of the 43rd Division, personally led the team to reinforce Adelaide. The defense power of Melbourne fell to the chief of staff of the division, Major General Matsushima, who temporarily acted as the Melbourne Garrison Commander.  .

    With a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, Major General Matsushima did not have the satisfaction of having great power. He was a very cautious person. The war in Adelaide gave him a vague smell of something strange. Therefore, the main force of the division rushed to help Adelaide urgently.  After Dredd, he increased the defensive strength on the Melbourne beachhead to two and a half brigades, more than 4,000 people, and strictly ordered officers and soldiers at all levels to be on alert.

    When the 21st Air Force's Ogpalli Field Airport was attacked by an independent division carrier-based aircraft group, Chief of Staff Matsuda had just communicated with the Imperial Australian Garrison's 3rd Independent Brigade stationed on the island of Tasmania.  Brigade commander Major General Takeuchi finished the phone call.

    On the phone, Chief of Staff Matsuda asked Major General Takeuchi, "Commander Takeuchi Brigade, your troops are responsible for the defense of Bass Strait. Have you noticed any unusual trends? Although the Australian war took place in Adelaide in the west, we are here  , may not be the pure land!¡±

    Because the Independent Third Brigade has no direct affiliation with the 43rd Division, Chief of Staff Matsuda's tone was very polite, even a little humble.

    The result was a burst of laughter from Commander Takeuchi Brigade, "Chief of Staff Matsuda, you are worrying too much. My patrol boat brigade just sent back a telegram. Everything is normal in Bass Strait. Don't worry, those Chinese people."  No matter how long your hands are, they can¡¯t reach Melbourne right now!¡±

    The commander of the Takeuchi Brigade is very correct. The patrol boat brigade of the Third Independent Brigade has indeed conducted patrols in the waters of Bass Strait. However, how far can the range of small-tonnage patrol boats be extended? Therefore, the Japanese patrols  The boat did not notice at all that just on the sea west of Melbourne, the huge independent division troop carrier formation and escort fleet were approaching Melbourne. What's more, the activities of the Japanese patrol boats could not escape the surveillance of the independent division fleet's ship-borne radar.

    Chief of Staff Matsuda was relieved. He didn't know that the Ogpalli Airport of the 21st Air Force had now turned into a sea of ??fire, with ruins and wreckage all over the ground. He didn't even know that the bombs from the independent division fleet's carrier-based aircraft group,  It was about to hit the beachhead in Melbourne. It was already late at night, and when he became sleepy, he fell asleep peacefully.

    "Boom! Boom! - Boom!" A violent explosion woke up Chief Matsuda from his dream. He jumped from the bed with bare feet to the ground. Without even having time to put on his clothes, he ran out of the bedroom and ran to the phone.  Next to the machine, "I am Chief of Staff Matsuda, where did the explosion come from?" He called the duty room at the division headquarters.

    "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I have received a report from the commander of the defense forces at the Melbourne beachhead. The position was under violent air attack! We still don't know where the enemy planes came from?" the officer on duty said in a hurried tone.

    The phone in Chief Matsuda's hand fell to the ground. He knew that the enemy planes attacking the beachhead must be the aircraft group of the China Independent Division. Behind the aircraft group, there must be an unknown number of independent division troops approaching and bombing.  The beachhead is nothing more than an opening for landing, and Melbourne has become another Adelaide!

    However, Chief of Staff Matsuda still remained calm enough. He first called the commander of the Takeuchi Brigade on Tasmania, reported the situation that Melbourne was being attacked by an independent division aircraft group, and requested the commander of the Takeuchi Brigade to send troops immediately.  Reinforcements for Melbourne.

    Then, he called Colonel Murakami, the chief of staff of the 45th Division stationed in Benyugu, north of Melbourne, and asked the 45th Division to dispatch all its troops to immediately reinforce Melbourne. Finally, he called the division  Lieutenant General Nagaterao sent a telegram to report that Melbourne was suddenly attacked by independent division troops.

    Chief of Staff Matsushima did a series of things in an orderly manner, but when he sat in the car and rushed to the division headquarters, he knew very well that his efforts were in vain, and Melbourne would definitely not be able to hold on!

    At this time, the Melbourne beachhead had turned into a sea of ??fire. After the fleet's carrier-based aircraft group raided the Japanese field airport, they poured the remaining bombs on the Japanese army.on the ground, blasting the Japanese positions like a furnace of boiling molten iron.

    The escorting warships that arrived later also began to join the bombardment. Large-caliber naval gun shells were no less powerful than aerial bombs. Chief of Staff Matsuda¡¯s cautious move was a disaster for the Japanese garrison in Melbourne!

    (To be continued) (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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