Chapter 17: The curtain opens

The clouds of war once again hung over Burma, and the troops of the expeditionary force who received the order immediately took the train north into China, and the airborne division entrusted by Zhuo Fei had already rushed to the Jiaodong Peninsula by transport plane one step in advance. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info It is said that it is impossible to hide the intelligence personnel planted by the Japanese in China for such a large-scale troop movement, but Zhuo Fei has received the full assistance of Chiang Kai-shek, and before the umbrella mobilizes troops, Chiang Kai-shek issued a series of orders for troop transfer.

Chiang Kai-shek, in accordance with the countermeasures previously discussed with Zhuo Fei, first ordered the troops stationed in the coastal areas to be transferred to the inland troops to change guards, and at the same time, in the name of reorganizing the troops, the two new army units deployed outside the pass were also transferred into the pass. Chiang Kai-shek's move was not only to cover the movement of troops under the umbrella, but also to use the pretext of reorganizing and training troops to dismantle the local military factions one by one while taking power from the central government.

Because of the continuous movement of the Nationalist troops as a cover, the movement of the protective umbrella troops could not be regarded as very smooth, but it was also a danger that did not attract the attention of the Japanese. A week later, a total of 50,000 forward troops of the expeditionary force, which had been marching day and night, entered the Shandong border, and under the cover of the Nationalist troops, they boarded the ship at Lianyungang and landed on Jeju Island at night. The smooth arrival of the forward troops of the expeditionary force gave Zhuo Fei great confidence, and in the next few days, the subsequent expeditionary force troops that entered Shandong were also reduced to pieces and transported by various ships to Jeju Island to stand by for war.

Counting the Dangkou army that rushed to Jeju Island in front of him, Jeju Island has now assembled more than 300,000 troops, and these more than 300,000 troops are the main force that Zhuo Fei used to attack the Japanese mainland. "Order, the servant army units immediately set off to the north, contact the command of the US-Australian coalition, and ask the fleet to set off to cooperate in the operation." Zhuo Fei issued another order, and the servant troops who received the order immediately crossed the border into Chinese territory and followed the route of the expeditionary force all the way north.

McHausen, who commanded the temporary fleet, had been waiting for Zhuo Fei's order for a long time, and after receiving the order to attack, he joined the convoy from Kuala Lumpur and immediately left the Philippine waters and disappeared without a trace. McHausen was not just fighting alone this time, the fleet also carried a coalition infantry unit, which was tasked with capturing the islands around the Japanese mainland. "I knew that MacArthur was unwilling, and he would never sit idly by and watch our umbrella take the lead in attacking the Japanese mainland." Zhuo Fei, who saw through MacArthur's thoughts, chuckled, those islands of the Japanese are not easy to fight.

The opposing fleet, which had been cruising near the coastline, suddenly disappeared without a trace, and Yamashita Fengfumi, who remained in the Philippines to confront the US-Australian coalition forces, was greatly puzzled, but he now had no time to pay attention to the traces of the opposing fleet, because MacArthur did not give him time or a chance to breathe at all. The Japanese military headquarters, which received Yamashita Fubun's telegram, did not pay much attention to the disappearance of the US-Australian coalition fleet, because before that, the US-Australian coalition fleet had disappeared several times for no reason, and each time it was a false alarm.

The foreshadowing that Zhuo Fei had done in advance all showed its effect, and while Sir James once again transported a new batch of "national troops" to the African continent, the Japanese cabinet finally made up its mind to send six divisions and 300,000 technicians into the Pacific Ocean with all the ships suitable for long-distance voyages. With more than 400,000 people transported by land and sea, this was a great challenge for Japan, but fortunately, the route set by the Japanese cabinet was not a direct route to the West Coast of the United States, and the huge fleet would have to make a short stop in Hawaii before leaving for the West Coast of the United States.

Nobuki Yamada is a general mechanic at the Mitsubishi Factory, and his two older brothers are both soldiers in the American Dispatch Army, if it weren't for this, the opportunity to work in the Americas would not have fallen to him, and not only that, but Yamada's parents and two younger sisters were also on the ship. Looking at the endless sea, Nobuyobu Yamada, who was standing on the side of the ship, only felt relaxed and happy, and his mind was even more reminded of the letters sent back by his brothers from the Americas.

The news of the great victory of the American Dispatch Army in the United States has long been talked about by the local people, and families like the Yamada family, who have children and nephews serving as soldiers in the American Dispatch Army, can learn about the current situation and war situation on the American continent through those letters. Yamada Nobufu is particularly envious of his brothers' experience of eating meat in America, and there are a large number of vacant bungalows in the area occupied by the dispatched troops.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, just as Yamada is about to return to the cabin, the corner of his eye sweeps across the sea, but suddenly he sees something like an iron pipe on the surface of the sea. In the next second, Yamada's eyes widened instantly, and he saw a white line suddenly appear on the sea, and the speed of the white line was very fast, and it pointed straight at the big ship under his feet.

Nobuya Yamada was not a soldier and did not know anything about the navy, he was just a mechanic at a Mitsubishi aircraft factory, so when he found the white line, he was only curious but not alert. With a bang, Yamada Noboshi, who was standing on the side of the ship, stretched his neck to look at the white line that appeared on the sea, and suddenly heard an explosion not far away, turned his face to look, and saw the flames of the explosion rising in the middle of a large ship not too far away, and the huge flames were like a volcanic eruption.

"Nani?" Yamada suddenly felt his heart beat wildly, and then turned his head to look at the white line on the sea, which was already very close to the boat under his feet. Yamada Nobuki had forgotten everything, and stared at the white line that was getting closer and closer without blinking, and when the naked eye could see it completely, Yamada Nobufu realized that the front end of the white line was something that looked like a cigar.

Yamada was convinced to watch the strangely shaped thing crash into the boat, and even felt the slight shaking of the big boat under his feet, but in the next second, a deafening explosion suddenly appeared, and a dazzling fire rose from the ground. "Boom!" The explosion again alarmed everyone in the fleet, including the Japanese warships escorting the ship.

"What's going on?" The captain of the Japanese destroyer, Shinji Mizukawa, who was cruising around the perimeter of the fleet, asked outside the command cabin.

"Report, two transport ships exploded!" A Shao Zuo, who was holding a telescope in his hand, ran in and said very nervously.

"Yaga, why is this happening?" Before Shinji Mizukawa finished speaking, he suddenly looked at a few white lines that appeared on the sea in the distance, and his mouth couldn't help but open wide. Of the several white lines moving at high speed, one was directed at himself, and the others were directed at the other escort ships. "Circumvent, circumvent! It's torpedoes, torpedoes. Shinji Mizukawa suddenly came to his senses, and immediately ordered with a shout in his mouth.

But how can the evasion speed of a warship outrun the speed of a high-speed torpedo, "bump!" When the torpedo hit the warship, everyone in the command cabin felt the warship shake slightly. Although he was hit by a torpedo, his warship did not explode, and Mizukawa had just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly felt that the air seemed to be expanding and spreading sharply outward. "Boom, boom, boom!" The force of the torpedo explosion detonated the destroyer's ammunition compartment, and in just a few minutes, the Japanese destroyer under the command of Shinji Mizukawa sank to the bottom of the sea.

The other three Japanese frigates, including the destroyer commanded by Shinji Mizukawa, were unable to avoid the high-speed torpedo attack, and by the time the Japanese ships escorting the alarm were raised, as many as eight ships in the fleet, including the escort warships, had already been hit by the sudden appearance of the US submarine force. The high-speed torpedo developed by the umbrella is extremely fast and powerful than ordinary torpedoes, and according to the speed of the Japanese escort ships, it is impossible to avoid the close-range sneak attack of high-speed torpedoes.

The explosions were one after another, and the fires and smoke that accompanied the explosions gradually covered the sky, and there were countless more Japanese officers and soldiers and civilians who jumped into the sea to survive. Although the US submarine force that had been ambushed here in advance according to the order had only 12 submarines, and that they had to face a super-large convoy composed of more than 20 escort ships and nearly 200 civilian vessels, in the half-hour interception battle, this US submarine force had the record of sinking 13 Japanese escort warships and damaging 5 of them at the cost of seriously injuring half of the submarines, and also sank 39 ships carrying Japanese troops and skilled workers.

Four of the six U.S. submarines that were seriously damaged by the Japanese escort warships sank, and the remaining two seriously injured submarines withdrew from the battle under the escort of their companions. This sudden volley caused heavy losses on the Japanese side, not only losing more than a dozen frigates, but also more than 20,000 soldiers and civilian technicians to the sea, while the US troops only paid the price of four submarines and dozens of high-speed torpedoes.

When the news came, Zhuo Fei, who had already rushed to Jeju Island to prepare for the war, swept away his previous anxiety, and immediately ordered the fleet assembled in Jiaozhou Bay to rush to Jeju Island immediately, and at the same time contacted the temporary fleet heading north to immediately launch a blockade and attack on the islands off Kyushu Island. "It's a matter of success or failure." The war is about to begin, but Zhuo Fei suddenly became a little nervous, several years of preparation and waiting made Zhuo Fei become a little troubled, the answer is in front of him, but Zhuo Fei suddenly didn't dare to open it.