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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 3074 Looking for Fighter Planes

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    Le Yiqin's desperate posture definitely disrupted Ito Yanzaburo's plan. He really wanted to put all combat aircraft into the attack in order to gain absolute air supremacy and cover the rapid advance of the ground troops.  The days of air supremacy were extremely depressing.

    However, now they have to change their original approach. The Chinese aircraft fleet has taken their own retreat. The nearly one thousand fighter jets that were originally going to be used in the attack had to be transferred back to more than one third to be used in the attack.  Retreat from the group of divisions and aircraft coming from behind.

    The fighter groups of both sides encountered each other in the airspace of the Timor Sea in northern Australia, and a large-scale air battle immediately broke out. At the same time, the Australian battlefield land-based aviation group commanded by Liu Cuigang also began air attacks on the Japanese ground troops.  In this way, all the air forces of the Australian Japanese army were invested in the air battle, and there were two battlefields separated from the north and the south.

    The fighting in the airspace of the Timor Sea was naturally hidden from the eyes of the commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet Chuichi Nagumo. His aircraft carrier-based aircraft commanders saw it with enthusiasm. They believed that a good opportunity had arrived. If the fleet's carrier-based aircraft group attacked at this moment,  , we can definitely take advantage of the critical moment when the land aviation group and the division aircraft group are fighting, take advantage of the fire, avenge the inland sea of ??the Southwest Pacific, and also snatch the fruits of victory from the hands of the land aviation group.

    Several carrier-based aircraft commanders rushed to Nagumo Chuichi's flagship to ask for a fight, gearing up to fight and get an advantage, but the old god Nagumo Chuichi was there and told the officers who were eager to fight without raising their eyes, "  Wait and see what happens, let it all go away. No one can fight again without my order!" His tone was dry and without any moisture.  The attitude is unquestionable.

    These war-minded Japanese carrier-based aircraft commanders were like a bucket of cold water poured on their heads.  Their hearts were so cold that they didn't even look at His Excellency the Commander, so they had no choice but to leave in an extremely depressed and angry manner. They couldn't understand why the Commander didn't seize such a good fighter opportunity?

    The officers secretly slandered Admiral Nagumo Tadashi, if Commander Yamamoto was still commanding the combined fleet.  I'm afraid that before the guys from the Army Air Force can compete, the carrier-based aircraft group has already pounced on them and started fighting. What a good fighter plane!

    Nagumo Chuichi knew that this was a good opportunity, but being cautious by nature, he did not want to throw the combined fleet's carrier-based aircraft group, which had not yet completely recovered, into the air battle. Look at the location of the air battle battlefield, close to Java in the Timor Sea.  island airspace.  That was one of the bases of the China Division's land-based aviation force. Who knew that Le Yiqin, who was known as the "Air Warrior" of the China Division, had any back-ups left. How easy was it to take advantage of this?

    What¡¯s more.  General Nagumo Chudai believed that Ito Yanzaburo was now the darling of the base camp and purchased weapons and equipment from Italy.  But the Australian front troops are coming, that bastard Ito.  Now the troops are strong and well-equipped.  We are fully capable of dealing with the China Division's land-based aviation alone, so why should we add icing on the cake?

    But Nagumo Chuichi did not know the difficulties of General Ito Genzaburo. Several joint air forces of the front army were inextricably matched with the China Division's land-based air force. They were even slightly at a disadvantage. How could there be more combat aircraft to execute the plan?  The air assault mission among them will open a channel for the ground troops. First, solve the big problem of the division's land-based aviation, and then let's gain control of the air!

    General Ito knew very well that if he wanted to break this air combat deadlock and free hundreds of combat aircraft from the Timor Sea airspace and join the air combat battlefield in central Australia, the situation would change instantly, and with this ability,  It¡¯s none other than Nagumo Chuichi¡¯s carrier-based aircraft!

    General Ito didn't care to think about the old grudge between himself and Chuichi Nagumo who was like enemies when they last met. He endured the extreme disgust in his heart and sent a sincere and low-profile telegram to Chuichi Nagumo.  The core content is to ask the carrier-based aircraft group of the Combined Fleet to provide full reinforcements for the Front Army Combined Air Force fighting hard in the airspace of the Timor Sea, and the air battle in the Timor Sea is completely under the command of Nagumo Chuichi!

    The telegram arrived in Nagumo Chuichi's hands. He glanced at it briefly, with a sneer on his lips, "Oh, when we encountered difficulties, we only thought of the United Fleet, saying good things and giving up command. This is not  Is this purely a villain¡¯s behavior?¡±

    With this kind of mentality, how could Chuichi Nagumo help Ito Genzaburo in times of need? The content of his call back was very simple and direct, "Commander Ito, our department has not received any order from the Naval Command to assist the Australian Front.  Therefore, I am unable to provide any form of support to your department!" I didn't even say a few polite words such as apologies and helplessness, and just slammed it back.

    General Ito tore up the telegram in just a few handfuls, with countless horses racing past in his mind. He swore that he and Nagumo Chuichi, an old bastard, were at odds with each other. If there was any chance, he would be ruined and he would never be able to turn around in his life.  Come!

      However, now Admiral Ito can only gnash his teeth and feel cruel. He has no way to defeat Chuichi Nagumo for the time being. He is one of the three giants in the navy. It will not be easy to bring him down. Fortunately, although the air battle fell into  In a stalemate, the ground troops advanced smoothly, and the division's bombers did not dare to bomb without restraint.

    Across the central part of the Australian battlefield, a vacuum zone more than 200 kilometers wide, the more than 1.2 million Japanese troops on the middle and east roads were not advancing very fast. In three days, they only covered more than 80 kilometers. According to General Ito  It is expected that the troops may encounter the division troops at any time. Under normal circumstances, this should be the most forward blocking line of the division troops.

    But another day later, the troops continued to advance, and there was still no fighting on the entire front. The Japanese troops were left to rush on their way. It seemed that the division troops planned to abandon the central area of ??Australia. The calm situation along the middle and east roads made General Ito's  In his heart, he became more and more cautious. He knew very well what kind of opponent he was facing!

    Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil who beheaded many famous generals of the empire, was a despicable, insidious, cunning, ruthless and scheming man.  , the disastrous defeat of the Southern China Continent a few years ago has always left a shadow in General Ito's heart.

    After thinking again and again, General Ito issued an order, "After receiving the order, all armies will shorten the average daily advancement distance to no more than twenty kilometers. They must attack steadily and maintain mutual support with the left and right wing troops!"

    According to the offensive plan, the Japanese offensive troops on the middle and east routes were divided into several sub-attack directions in the general offensive direction. The two armies were used as an arrow, and the distance between them should not exceed one day's journey in order to facilitate timely attack.  Reinforcement, lest the division troops be separated from the main offensive direction and fall into a situation of being surrounded.

    At this moment, the five field corps of the division deployed on the front line have been fully deployed. The five first-echelon brigades of the corps closest to the center are less than 100 kilometers away from the Japanese attacking troops in the center. Liu Hongzhang and the others can smell it.  There was murderous intent coming from a distance, but there was no order to launch an attack.

    The commanders and brigade commanders of the various corps and brigade commanders who faced the Japanese troops on the middle and east roads were so anxious that they saw the Japanese approaching step by step. However, there were more than one million of us, but we stood still and pretended to be passively beaten.  I'm waiting for the kid to come knocking on my door. I'm really anxious. What did the teacher think?

    Tang Qiuli was looking for and waiting for fighter planes to appear. With the current strength and equipment of the division, there would be absolutely no problem in fighting a head-on offensive and defensive battle with the Japanese army. However, he did not want to fight like this, even if it meant blocking the Japanese army in Australia.  In the central area, the counterattack across the entire front was finally successful, and the casualties paid by the troops were certainly not small.

    Tang Qiuli, whose mind was filled with those famous marshals and generals and successful battles, was looking for opportunities. The situation on the Australian battlefield at this time was so different from the situation when the troops faced the Eighteen-Nation Allied Forces on the Korean battlefield.  resemblance!

    The famous General Peng who said, "I am the only one who can fight with his sword and mount his horse, I am General Peng!" He destroyed the aggressive United Front with holes in one battle. Since the current situation on the battlefield in Australia is different from the first battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea,  The situation was similar. How could Tang Qiuli fight a positional offensive and defensive battle at the level of World War I?

    Information on the Japanese army¡¯s advancement speed, troop distribution, and other aspects were continuously collected at the Adelaide Division Command. At the same time, telegrams from several corps commanders requesting battle were also continuously sent to the Division Command.

    Tang Qiuli ordered Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe to send a call back to the commanders of each corps. They were all the same, just one sentence, "Waiting for orders!"

    Two more days later, the Japanese troops on the middle and east routes had advanced an average of more than 130 kilometers on the battlefield in central Australia, and their frontline was directed towards the southeastern region of Australia. Late at night, Tang Qiuli had not rested yet.  On the table in front of him, there was a thick stack of telegrams, all about the offensive situation of the Japanese troops.

    Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came in with two telegrams, followed by a cook carrying a food box, and said: "Commander, it's past ten o'clock at night. It's time for you to rest. I'll let the cooking team do it."  Let¡¯s have some midnight snacks, and then go and have a rest, I¡¯m on duty in the war room!¡±

    "The Japanese troops are pressing down on the territory. How can I sleep?" Tang Qiuli raised his head from the telegram pile and said with a smile, without any hint of nervousness in his tone.

    "It's just the right time for midnight snack. I have no food in my stomach and I'm feeling panicky! Thank you, Lao Li!" He said to the cook, who was in his forties.

    The bearded cook smiled honestly, put the midnight snack on the table, and then left, "Yuhe, what telegram are you holding in your hand?" Tang Qiuli saw the telegram in Zhao Yuhe's hand., asked.

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