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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 3101 A Useful Tail

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    With a "pop!", the commander of the Japanese Australian Front, General Ito Genzaburo, slammed the tea cup on the ground, and in front of the chief of staff, Major General Akutagawa, he yelled at General Nagumo Chuichi, "Yaka! Nagumo Chuichi!  The old bastard, he just ignored the air defense in northern Australia without even asking for permission in advance. No, I will report the matter truthfully to the base camp and ask the base camp to punish him! "

    What made Admiral Ito furious was not just that the combined fleet did not even say hello, but went to carry out the latest mission of the Naval Command, leaving the air defense portal in northern Australia open, and there were 50,000 Imperial Army soldiers.  Although the navy fleet was escorting, all of them were destroyed in the waters of the Solomon Islands. When he learned the bad news, General Ito was so distressed that he almost fainted.

    A whole two elite Imperial Army divisions fought hard in the North American battlefield. How useful they would be if they were deployed on the Australian middle battlefield. But Nagumo Chuichi, an old bastard, didn't even have a single explanation. The naval escort was ineffective.  Isn't it his responsibility to cause heavy losses to the Imperial Army?

    Now, they are acting without warning, and they have not even left time for the Australian Front Aviation Command to deploy troops in northern Australia. Also, once they lose the deterrence of the combined fleet, they will be entrenched on Irian Island and opposite Australia.  It is not necessarily known whether the hundreds of thousands of troops of the China Independent Division on the Java Islands will cross the Timor Sea and the Arafura Sea and come to Australia from behind?

    It is really unreasonable. Ever since he joined the imperial world, he has never seen a commander who has such disregard for the overall situation. Admiral Ito even suspected that there was no latest mission of the Navy Command at all.  It's completely up to that old bastard Chuichi Nagumo to do whatever he wants, no matter how he says it.  The Combined Fleet is still nominally under the control of the Australian Front Command.  But he doesn¡¯t even know what the United Fleet is doing?

    Admiral Ito is so cruel that even if he uses his own future as a bargaining chip and fights against the commander of the Imperial Australian Front, Chuichi Nagumo, an old bastard, must be driven out of his position as the commander of the Combined Navy Fleet. Otherwise,  Maybe he will be pissed off by this old bastard?

    Chief of Staff Major General Akutagawa never said a word when his boss roared angrily.  Seeing that His Excellency the General's face was distorted with anger and his face was ashen, he opened the drawer, took out a pen and paper, and wanted to send a telegram to the base camp. Then he said: "Commander, please calm down, the department has something to say!"

    "Huh?" General Ito looked up at him angrily and said, "Akutagawa-kun. If you want to persuade me, don't do it. I have made up my mind. Nagumo Chuichi must be responsible for the incident of 50,000 Imperial Army soldiers being broken into pieces!  "

    "Haha!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa chuckled.  Then he said: "Commander, General Nagumo is a member of the navy. If you want to touch him, it will not be easy. Even if you send a telegram to the base camp, I am afraid there will be no results!"

    "Could it be that 50,000 Imperial Army soldiers were shattered in the waters of the Solomon Islands? Shouldn't this old bastard Nagumo Chuichi be fully responsible?" General Ito shouted in anger, but there was no trace of the angry bullfighting in his tone just now.  Momentum, he knew that Major General Akutagawa was telling the truth.

    Chief of Staff Akutagawa heard the helplessness in his superior's tone and further analyzed: "What the Ministry of Staff means is that the death of 50,000 Imperial Army soldiers is not a trivial matter. It will definitely attract the attention of the General Staff Headquarters and the Army Ministry.  You don¡¯t need to express any opinions, the base camp will not let Nagumo Chuichi go!¡±

    "For you to send such a telegram to the base camp at this time, it is suspected of adding insult to injury, or may cause dissatisfaction among the navy. Therefore, the staff's suggestion is to wait and see what happens. The top priority now is to make up for the loss of the combined fleet as soon as possible.  The evacuation caused a situation of empty air defense in northern Australia!¡±

    General Ito looked at Chief of Staff Akutagawa for a long time, and then sighed and said: "Okay, let's follow Akutagawa-kun's advice and send a telegram to Aviation Commander Okazaki, ordering him to immediately start deploying the air defense of northern Australia.  , if there is another plane from the China Independent Division bombing the northern port of Australia, I will only ask him!"

    The night is dark, the wind is blowing, and huge waves are rising in the southwest Pacific. The Independent Division fleet is sailing in the direction of Luzon and Mindanao in the wind and waves. The speed of the fleet is not fast. In the command cabin of the flagship "Chang Long", the fleet commander  Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, deputy commander Lieutenant General Amosiev, chief of staff Major General Ge Zhenzhuang, deputy chief of staff Colonel Tang Yunfei, and other officers of the headquarters were all present.

    Although it is already late at night, no one is sleepy. The fleet is using it as bait to catch the big fish of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet in order to implement the second phase of the campaign plan. This in itself is a very dangerous thing. If it is  The combined fleet bites. With the current strength of the fleet, it is not enough to squeeze through the teeth. The strength gap is obvious!

    Don¡¯t look at it. It took less than a day to reach the sea in the Solomon Islands.The Japanese Fourth Fleet was completely wiped out, but Tang Qiuquan and others knew that without the land-based aviation mixed combat brigade commanded by Le Yiqin, almost all the Japanese carrier-based aircraft were killed in the first round of attack, and the subsequent  In the next battle, even if the above results are achieved, the fleet's losses will not be small. With the strength of the Japanese Fourth Fleet, it is not difficult to defeat both sides!

    Therefore, to grasp the distance from the main force of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, one needs to be very precise in order not to let Nagumo Chuichi lose his trace or to bite him. Tang Yunfei has arranged a large number of reconnaissance aircraft. So far,  , no trace of the Japanese combined fleet has been found, and even Tang Yunfei personally flew a fighter jet to conduct reconnaissance, but he did not find it.

    Now, the fleet commanders sitting dullly in the command cabin are all wondering in their hearts whether the Japanese Navy's combined fleet has dispatched, and whether the plan of using people as bait has worked?

    A staff officer pushed the door open and came in. He glanced at the silent commanders and whispered something in the ear of Chief of Staff Ge Zhenzhuang. Then, Ge Zhenzhuang frowned. After the staff officer went out, Ge Zhenzhuang said: "Commander  "Deputy Commander, we just received a report from the minesweeper detachment that a Japanese Lu-class submarine was found about fifteen nautical miles behind our fleet and was following the fleet. They asked for instructions whether to sink it?"

    "Huh?" Tang Qiuquan and Amosiev looked at each other, and then asked: "When was it discovered? Is this the only one?"

    Ge Zhenzhuang replied: "Two hours ago, the submarine hunting detachment discovered the target. So far, they have discovered this one. According to the report of the submarine hunting detachment, it should be the Japanese Fourth Fleet that slipped through the net!"

    "Why didn't you report it until now?" Tang Qiuquan was dissatisfied.

    Ge Zhenzhuang explained: "The submarine hunting detachment needs time to confirm the model and location of the Japanese submarine so that it can sink it quickly after receiving the order!"

    "Deputy Commander, what do you think?" Tang Qiuquan asked Amosyev, with a cunning light in his eyes.

    "Don't you have an idea?" Amosiyev also started riddles.

    "Hahaha!" Tang Qiuquan laughed and said: "Zhenzhuang, order the submarine hunting detachment not to disturb the tail, let alone let it notice that we have discovered it, just let the tail continue to follow, it will be of great use!"

    "In addition, please ask the division commander's intelligence office to assist in finding out whether all the warships of the Japanese naval combined fleet in various ports in northern Australia have left the port and where they are going? And please ask the intelligence office to pay close attention to their movements. If you have any information, please contact the fleet directly.  Contact the Intelligence Department!¡±

    When he received the telegram from the fleet headquarters about the great victory in the waters of the Solomon Islands, Tang Qiuli commanded the regiment directly under his command and had already arrived in the Mabubar area of ??Western Australia. After several days of hard march, the troops had walked out of the edge of the desert.  , saw the green plains as far as the eye could see. The soldiers who had been tortured by the desert edge landscape for several days in a row were in high spirits, and the marching speed of the troops was obviously faster!

    The first to fourth brigades of the vanguard were less than a day away from the scheduled attack targets of Sangu and Mandola. According to the intelligence detected by the Chutian Special Forces Detachment, the troops were attacked in Sangu and Mandola.  , each is defended by a Japanese brigade, with a strength of about 20,000 people. The terrain is open and there is no solid defense system. It is a difficult-to-defend and easy-to-attack target.

    The more than 400,000 Japanese troops on the Western Front are in an offensive posture. There is no need to build a solid defense system at two unimportant targets. In addition, that area is already the Japanese rear area. It is not expected that there will be an independent force.  The division's most elite field troops came across from the center.

    Tang Qiuli used four mechanized brigades and more than 60,000 people to launch an attack. It was a sledgehammer. He used the fastest movements and the most ferocious attacks to capture Sanggu and Mandola in the shortest time. Then, the troops moved along the  As this line unfolds, before the Japanese troops on the west route can react, block their retreat, and attack front and back with Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps to annihilate the Japanese troops on this route.

    Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe sent the telegram from the fleet to Tang Qiuli. He read it carefully several times by the light of the car and said: "Great news, the Japanese Fourth Fleet has been completely wiped out in one battle.  , my losses were minor, this battle can be included in the classic battles of our army!¡±

    "With Chuichi Nagumo's character, even if he doesn't get angry, the goal of dragging the Japanese naval combined fleet in the southwest Pacific should be achieved! Tamawa, in the name of the division commander, issued an order to commend the fleet!"

    "Commander, the fleet used you as bait to attract the Japanese Navy's combined fleet. This is a dangerous move!" Zhao Yuhe said worriedly: "The comparison between the two sides is too great. Commander, do you want to send a telegram to remind the fleet headquarters?  one time?"

    "No need!" Tang Qiuli said without hesitation: "As for the fleet's battle plan, the division commanderWithout interfering, what I am most concerned about now is when the 1st to 4th brigades will launch an attack on the target. They have already left the edge of the desert, and the whereabouts of the troops may be exposed!  "

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