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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 3128 Intensive Artillery Fire at Cape York

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    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 sentry stretched their necks and tried their best to look into the sky, but they could see nothing but a vast expanse of white and thick fog that could not be dissolved. However, the roar was getting closer and closer.  I had doubts in my heart, but there was no sentry who dared to call the brigade headquarters to report the heavy thunder I heard.

    Except for the fact that the brigade commander, Major General Hirayama, has dealt with several people today, and still remains in the hearts of the sentries, the officers on duty at the brigade headquarters are not easy to talk to!  What if there was nothing going on and it was a false alarm? If we track it down, who might be unlucky?

    Major General Hirayama Shinsuke, commander of the 35th Brigade of the Australian Japanese Army, turned over comfortably on the 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 at the northern sky suspiciously. 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 coming out of the thick fog.  The ferocious figure was revealed, expanding infinitely in the field of vision, "Boom! Boom! - Boom!" Immediately.  Just a few dazzling fires and a loud noise like the earth was shattering. First, the hidden part of the brigade headquarters turned into countless broken reinforced concrete pieces in a burst of fire and loud noise. The boundless flames instantly engulfed him, and he was lost.  A moment of awareness.  Major General Hirayama was full of doubts, "China bomber bombs. Why are they so accurate?"

    The bomber group of the Southern Flying Group of the Division Air Force began the first wave of bombing on Cape York. Before dawn of this day, they greeted more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers in Cape York.  It was not the dawn, but more than two hundred divisions of bombers and fighter planes, raining 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 lights everywhere, and the huge shock wave after the explosion stirred the thick fog and rolled violently.  The bunkers, bunkers, firepower points and artillery positions on the Japanese positions were mixed with the broken body parts of Japanese soldiers in the sound of explosions.  It collapsed in mid-air.

    On this foggy pre-dawn day, the defensive position of the Japanese 35th Brigade was shrouded in fire, 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 bombers returned, leaving the 35th Cape York Brigade in a mess.  The head of the Hirayama brigade and the brigade's covert department were reduced to pieces immediately after the bombing. The Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties and were in disarray. After losing their command structure, no one even thought of sending a message to the front army headquarters.  Emergency telegram.

    On the defensive position of Cape York, the Japanese army's disaster is far from over. After the bomber group returned, more than a dozen warships of 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 flames, he put down his telescope and issued an order: "Every ship, pay attention, follow the scheduled 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.  .

    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 captain 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 but fortunately, there were still more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces left, so they were not without the ability 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 bombardment, while he stayed by the radio station.  He shouted at the brigade headquarters.

    A few minutes later, Colonel Tada threw down the phone in anger and could not contact the brigade commander Hirayama 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 him?  As a god, with his old-fashioned and rigid thinking, he did not 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 toFront Army Headquarters.

    "Boom! Boom! - Boom!" Several artillery shells roared from the Japanese position at Cape York, landed on the sea, and exploded into towering water columns. The water spray filled 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 by the bomber group did not completely destroy the Japanese artillery position?" He thought to himself.

    ¡°Every ship, please 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 bombardment, 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 the Chinese aircraft.

    Therefore, the dozen or so remaining heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese army could only conduct 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.  vision.  .  .  .  .  .

    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 wonder how effective the first round of bombing and fleet bombardment will be? With such a heavy fog, the accuracy may be compromised? Why hasn't the signal to start 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 gave 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 ripped through the air, and landed on the Japanese position. Suddenly, a sea of ????fire burst into flames. One by one, the division fleet was equipped with naval combat-type missiles.  The gunboat brigade of the "Thunder" rocket launcher has more than thirty fast gunboats. Each gunboat is equipped with five thirty-two-barreled rocket launchers. The brigade can fire more than a thousand large-caliber rockets in one salvo. Basically, three rounds  After the salvo, only a piece of scorched earth was left in the shelling area. The firepower was so ferocious and dense that it was 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 landing conditions were not as good as Cape York, but the area was narrow, which was not conducive to the large-scale deployment of 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 killed and wounded. 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 hit the hardest, most intensively, and most severely by the division's Southern Flying Group aircraft fleet, fleet naval guns and rocket launchers in the battle to open the northern battlefield of Australia.  Violent area.

    The rapid 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 and watched the?The thin fog turned into billowing dark red clouds that made people smack their teeth.  .  .  .  .  .

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