The artillery attack of the expeditionary force had just begun, and the Japanese staff headquarters located in the city of Tokyo had not stopped ringing all kinds of telephones. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info Of course, these incoming calls, without exception, are all calls for help from various combat units. "It is reported that the defense line in the east of the city was attacked by heavy artillery of the Shina army, the positions were almost completely destroyed, and more than half of the troops were killed and wounded, and Sasaki Daisa requested reinforcements..."

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the 3rd Infantry Wing of the Guards Division was killed in the fire before it could enter the battle under the shelling of the Chinese people. It has been reported that a large number of incendiary bombs were used by the army outside the city, and the fire at the station of the 3rd Infantry Wing was rapidly expanding and extending to the surrounding area at this moment, and the police force in the city requested the headquarters to send troops for reinforcements. ”

"Report, the heavy artillery position was covered by the artillery fire of the Chinese army, and before a single shell was fired, it was completely destroyed..."

"It is reported that the west of the city was attacked by the Chinese army using incendiary bombs, and the houses in the west of the city are all wooden structures, and more than 300 houses have caught fire, and the fire is currently spreading..."

"Nani, there's a fire in the city..."Muto Akira, who has a very good understanding of the structure of the houses in the city, knows how much disaster it will cause to the entire city of Tokyo if the city catches fire. Hearing the report of his subordinates, while shocked, he rushed directly to the commanding heights of the staff headquarters. As far as the eye can see, whether it is the east of the city or the west of the city, it has been shrouded in thick gunsmoke. Muto Zhang immediately raised the telescope, and the two fire fields with a length and width of more than 100 meters appeared very clearly in front of him, and even in the fire field, the figures of the Japanese people struggling in the flames were also very clearly displayed in front of him.

"Yaga, despicable Shina, even used incendiary bombs... Could it be that today is really the end of Tokyo? Quickly, order the reserves to rush to the fire site immediately and extinguish the fire. The fire must not be allowed to continue to spread. Otherwise, the entire city of Tokyo will be burned to ashes, hurry..."Muto Akira, who clenched his fists, glared at a pair of eyes that could almost kill, and roared loudly.

However, the flames that had already formed in the city of Tokyo could not be extinguished by manpower. Besides, the artillery of the expeditionary force that is eyeing the city at the moment is not vegetarian. After the reconnaissance plane saw the scene of a large number of Japanese troops rushing to the fire scene in Tokyo, it immediately transmitted the situation back to Zhuo Fei's command post, and after a short while, a new order came directly from Zhuo Fei's command post.

"Order all howitzers, all switched to incendiary bombs, find bombardment targets on their own, and bombard the whole city of Tokyo. The British bomber regiment was ordered to immediately carry incendiary bombs and attack the city of Tokyo. Today, I'm going to turn the entire city of Tokyo into a sea of fire..."Zhuo Fei, who has never had any good feelings for the Japanese, ordered directly with a murderous face.

Zhuo Fei's order was carried out very thoroughly, and the raging fire burning in Tokyo City directly reached the point that the Japanese army could not extinguish. In less than ten minutes, more than a fifth of the entire city was completely engulfed in flames. The entire city of Tokyo was filled with fire, smoke, and screams of soldiers and civilians everywhere. After half an hour of continuous shelling, the expeditionary force used tens of thousands of shells to inflict indelible casualties on the Japanese troops in the city of Tokyo, but the Japanese troops in the city did not know that this was just the beginning.

After half an hour of continuous shelling, more than half of the city of Tokyo was enveloped in raging flames. As a result, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters in the city had to move the battlefield to an underground anti-aircraft fortification. Looking at the sky over Tokyo, which had been lit up red by the raging fire in Tokyo, Muto Akira knew in his heart that he had lost this battle so far. Let's not talk about the losses caused by this shelling to the defending troops, but let's just say that half of the city of Tokyo was burned to ashes, and more than 100,000 civilians were buried in the fire, and the immeasurable economic and material losses were not something he could bear.

It is conceivable that no matter what the outcome of the decisive battle in Tokyo is, there is only one ending left for himself, and that is to apologize for his sins with death. Of course, Muto Akira can replace Hideki Tojo in today's position, and he is not a person without responsibility. After glancing at the demoralized subordinates around him, a trace of murderous aura and hatred directly appeared on Muto Zhang's face. "Ladies and gentlemen, you should know better than I do about the situation in the city. Since they are all dead before and after, as the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, even if they die on the battlefield, they must also deal a fatal blow to the Shina army outside the city that destroyed our homeland, and make them pay the price of blood..."

"Think of the people who burned to death in the city, think of the emperors who died in the shelling of the Shina army in the city, think of the people of the empire who lost their houses and became homeless after the battle... Tell me, what should you do as a Teijin? ”

"Revenge... Revenge..."I have to say that Muto Akira has some experience in boosting morale. In just a few words, the low morale of his subordinates was aroused, and dozens of young officers directly waved their fists and shouted loudly.

"Yo Xi, it's very good, it's revenge..."Muto Akira nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered with a majestic face. Now I order, all personnel are in place... The War Department immediately counted the specific number of combatable soldiers in the city, reconnoitred the extent of damage to the various defensive lines around Tokyo City, and prepared to meet the attack of the Shina army..."I don't know if I don't check, I was shocked when I checked..., after only half an hour of shelling, under the blow of tens of thousands of shells poured in front and back of the expeditionary force, most of the defensive positions deployed by Muto Akira in the city were already dilapidated.

In addition to the infantry wing that was directly killed in the flames, there were more than 6,000 soldiers in Tokyo, who were swept into the raging flames and finally reduced to ashes. Looking at the heavy report in his hand, Muto Akira's heart was dripping blood, and the hearts of everyone in the staff headquarters were dripping blood, and at the same time, they also began to worry about the next real decisive battle. There were more than 30,000 guards in the Guards Division, except for the three infantry wings in the city that were defending around the palace from the baptism of artillery fire and survived. The remaining troops scattered throughout the city all disappeared into the artillery fire without exception.

The other hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous troops also suffered considerable losses in the enemy's shelling, and the casualty figures counted by the General Staff Headquarters alone have exceeded 30,000. The casualties of the troops in the city were so heavy that Muto Zhang's heart was bleeding, and at the same time, he never expected that the opponent did not directly attack the city, but chose to carry out a long artillery bombardment first. "Yaga, despicable Shina, I must make you pay the price of blood......" Muto Akira, who was full of anger in his hand, roared in the sky.

And at this moment, a combat staff officer under Muto Sho rushed over breathlessly, "Your Excellency Commander, the Chinese army outside the city has begun to extend its artillery fire..." Because, in his eyes, after removing the equipment component, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is definitely the first in the world.

However, he seemed to have forgotten that the Chinese expeditionary force in front of him were all veterans who had fought against the Japanese army. More importantly, after a series of re-equipping, the advanced level of equipment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has been several grades higher than that of the Japanese army. However, Muto Zhang, who urgently needed a victory to boost the morale of his troops, couldn't think about it so much at all, so he immediately ordered directly. "Order, all combat units immediately enter the positions, and if there are no positions, use the shell craters ... In a word, at all costs, crush the first offensive of the Chinese army ...

The Japanese troops began to enter the position to prepare for battle according to Muto Akira's orders, but it turned out that Muto Akira once again made a wrong decision, because after the artillery fire of the expeditionary force carried out an extended bombardment, the Japanese troops who entered the position did not wait for the attack of the opposing infantry, they waited for threats and strikes from the air. According to the battle plan formulated by Zhuo Fei in advance, at half past seven, that is, at the same time as the troops of the expeditionary force outside the city were extending their artillery fire, the two flying regiments of the British army6 continued to rise into the air.

According to the original battle plan, the British fighters that took off at this time should have added incendiary bombs to continue to carry out destructive bombing in the city, but according to the information returned by the aerial reconnaissance planes, Zhuo Fei made timely adjustments, and the British fighters that took off at this moment had already replaced the more aggressive white phosphorus bombs and low-altitude high-explosive bombs. Naturally, the British fighters who had switched to attack weapons also changed the targets of their air raids, and the Japanese positions outside the city were the main targets of their destruction in this aerial operation.

"Guys, it's time for us to get on the pitch, good luck." The roar of the planes' dives enveloped over the Japanese positions, and the white phosphorus bombs and low-altitude high-explosive bombs carried by the fighters also fell one after another. With the rumbling explosion, the dizzying fire ball rose one after another, and even if most of the Japanese troops on the ground had taken refuge in the anti-artillery fortifications, they could not escape the shock wave attack of low-altitude high-explosive shells or the terrifying killing of white phosphorus bombs.

The two flying regiments of the British army launched an air attack on the Japanese position, one east and one west, the main purpose was to open up a passage for the armored troops who would attack later, but what Zhuo Fei did not expect was that because of the air attack of the British flying regiment, the positions of the Japanese army on the east and west sides tended to be on the verge of collapse. After receiving the news from the reconnaissance plane, Zhuo Fei ordered the armored troops to attack immediately without thinking.

After receiving the order to attack, the 1st Panzer Division and the Independent Panzer Division of the Dangkou Army immediately attacked the Japanese troops from the east and west.