The 5th Division of the Japanese Army can be said to be the unit with the widest combat range in the war of aggression against China, and it is also the only motorized infantry division fighting in the Guannai. The division attacked Nankou, invaded northern Shanxi, made a detour to Nanjing, attacked Taierzhuang, captured Guangzhou, and landed in Qinzhou Bay to invade Guangxi, and fought with 70 Chinese divisions. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the 5th Division was transferred to Yamashita Bongwen's Southern Advance Corps to capture Singapore, and then invaded Indonesia and served as the vanguard of the Southern Advance Corps

Since the formation of the Fifth Division, there have been many division commanders, and the current commander of the Fifth Division is 54-year-old Army Lieutenant General Kutaro Matsui, who was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. Compared with the previous division commanders of the Fifth Division, Kutaro Matsui with black-rimmed glasses looks like a scholar more than a soldier, but this scholar Kutaro Matsui is actually a complete militarist.

After graduating from Totsuki Junior High School, Kutaro Matsui entered the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School as the 22nd cadet, and in 1918 he participated in the Siberian army as a member of the 12th Division. In 1931, he served as a staff officer of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese invasion of China, a staff officer of the Army Technical Headquarters, a commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Wing, a district commander of the Osaka Wing, and the commander of the 12th Independent Infantry Wing.

In 1936, he served as Fu of the Headquarters of the Tun Army in China (head of the special mission organ in Beiping), Fu of the North China Front Army Headquarters, and Fu of the Kwantung Army Command (head of the special mission organ of Zhangjiakou), and also participated in the formulation of the armistice agreement on the Lugou Bridge Incident. Later, he served as the commander of the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade of the Headquarters of the Mongolian Corps, and in November 1937, he was promoted to major general. In 1939, he served as the top military adviser to the puppet Manchukuo, and later became a lieutenant general. After serving as the commander of the 5th Division, he was transferred to the Southern Advance Corps under the command of Yamashita Fumi, and went south to participate in the Southeast Asian operation.

At this moment, Kutaro Matsui, who is looking at the port of Singapore, is also recalling these past events, and he has finally become a general of the empire after working hard from a peasant family, and if the war goes well, his rank of lieutenant general may be promoted again. As soon as he thought of this, a hint of triumph appeared on Matsui's slightly rigid face, as long as he could successfully relieve the siege of the Singapore defenders this time, and then force the enemy forces attacking Malaysia to retreat, and take the opportunity to counterattack the five South Asian countries that had been lost, then his dream would no longer be an extravagant hope.

The pride in his heart made Matsui Taijiulang's mood instantly better, the original troubles due to the lack of troops have disappeared, and Matsui Taijiulang has never doubted the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division. It's just a pity that Matsui's pride didn't last until all the soldiers of the Fifth Division landed, and the troop carriers of the Fifth Division and the drivers of the escort fleet were already under the attention of high-altitude reconnaissance planes.

The sound of rockets piercing the sky pierced the sky, and 80 rocket artillery vehicles from eight rocket artillery battalions of the Independence Army rained down bullets on the harbor area full of Japanese ships almost simultaneously, and in just a few seconds, a full 960 long-range rockets flew into the sky in unison, almost covering the entire sky. With the sound of rockets breaking through the air, rockets with flames and smoke trails on their tails smashed from the launch position more than ten miles away to the crowded port.

"Nani? What is that? "The sound of breaking the air attracted the attention of many Japanese officers and men, and this was the first time that the officers and men of the Fifth Division had seen rocket weapons, and when they saw the dense black dots in the sky that were about to fall, some people finally screamed." Hide, quickly hide, that's a cannonball. Some of the Japanese soldiers who had already landed were shouting loudly and waving their arms to evacuate their subordinates.

It's a pity that their reaction was still a step slower after all, and the rockets that fell from mid-air had already increased the speed of their fall to the maximum by relying on their own weight. Half of it relied on inertia and its own weight, and half of it relied on the propulsion generated by the combustion propellant in the tail chamber, and the long-range rocket with a head charge of more than 50 kilograms smashed into the chaotic crowd in the port area. The "boom" and "boom" rockets burst to the ground, and the flames bloomed one after another along with the pillars of smoke, and the salvo of nearly 1,000 rockets could be described as huge, and the movement after the landing explosion was even more earth-shattering.

In the thick of fire and smoke, you can even see the blasted steel splashing on the water, and the entire port area was instantly engulfed in flames and smoke. Kutaro Matsui, who was standing on the side of the escort cruiser, was already dumbfounded, "Nani? What kind of weapon is this? Why is it so powerful? The frenzied Kutaro Matsui was protected by his own guards and retreated into the cabin, and the next moment, the escort fleet sounded the air raid siren, and the figure of the fighter plane loomed in the sky.

The rocket artillery that had already been fired was being loaded with ammunition, but the flight team, which had already been on standby, had already received the order to take off, and in just a few dozen minutes, dozens of warplanes assembled at the temporary airfield only 50 kilometers away from the port area were all lifted into the air one after another. The main task of the flight team, including the 20 fighters on escort duty, was equipped with improved air-to-ground rockets, and the main task of the flight team was to knock out the naval guns of the escort fleet and make it impossible for the escort fleet to provide naval artillery support to Singapore.

The rocket attack was Zhuo Fei's great gift for the Japanese escort fleet and the Fifth Division, and the three consecutive waves of strong attacks, including air-to-ground rockets, were Zhuo Fei's three-plate axe attack tactics that he had already planned. The whistling sound of the fighters diving down was undoubtedly a reminder to the Japanese sailors, because they knew that it would be difficult for them to destroy all these dozens of enemy fighters with their weak anti-aircraft firepower. The hull of the escort cruiser where Matsui Kutaro was located exploded, and a heavy rocket falling from the sky hit its port foredeck, and the exploding shrapnel swept away the sailors on the foredeck.

Kutaro Matsui, who had already taken refuge in the cabin, suddenly felt the deck under his feet tilt suddenly, as if the entire battleship was about to fall towards the sea, and he hurriedly stumbled to the observation port, only to realize that the cruiser he was on was turning right at a rapid speed. Because the steering was too sharp, the whole battleship tilted at a large angle, and the stirred up waves rushed from the bow like a tsunami onto the deck and even hit the turret.

Matsui's cruiser wanted to turn, but it didn't want to, and its huge body was exposed to the sight of those fighter pilots without hindrance. "Boom" "Boom" rockets hit the cruiser's hull one after another, and terrifying flames suddenly erupted from the position of the main gun in the bow, with a deafening loud noise, and the main gun in the bow was drowned in the firelight. General Pierce, who was watching the battle through a telescope, was fascinated by the way and intensity of the Independence Army's attacks, and he never imagined that the presence of this mercenary force in Asia would bring him such unexpected excitement and pleasure.

"That's great, that's how it should be done against the damn Japanese monkeys." The sight through the telescope made General Pierce ecstatic, and looking at the diffuse fires and explosions in the distance, Pierce was already impatient to send a telegram from the United States. He wanted to tell Congress and the president that hiring this mercenary force to fight for the United States in Southeast Asia was the wisest decision the U.S. government had ever made.

"General Pierce, don't worry, the show has just begun, and there are more exciting things waiting for you to watch patiently." Knowing that Pierce was in a hurry to send a telegram to the mainland of the United States, Zhuo Fei smiled and reminded the other party that his three-plate axe attack tactic had just used the first plate axe, and the next two plate axes had not been used. As in the attack on the Japanese mixed fleet at Yangon Harbor, the flying fighters first destroyed the anti-aircraft fire and most of the naval guns of the Japanese escort fleet, followed by bombers attacking the Japanese escort fleet.

Instead of torpedoes or aerial bombs with fixed tails, bombers dropped the latest air-explosive bombs developed by the weapons laboratory, which weighed 80 kilograms and was actually an iron drum filled with time-delay fuses and high explosives. The air-explosive bomb developed by the weapons laboratory is only detonated when the drum filled with explosives is lowered from a high altitude to 20 meters above the ground or sea level.

The number of projectiles set outside the barrel is not the main means of destruction, and the real lethal weapon of this air-explosive bomb is the high explosive charge weighing 60 kilograms. After field tests in the weapons laboratory, this air-explosive bomb exploded at a height of 20 meters above the ground, and all life within a radius of 100 meters would be lost. Because even if they are not killed by the flying metal projectiles, they will be killed alive by the shock wave generated by the explosion of 60 kg of high explosives.

"Boom" "Boom" Huge explosions rang out one after another, and the ground shook and the mountains shook, and I saw uncontrollable riots in the Japanese escort fleet outside the port area. The flying metal projectiles crackled the hull of the Japanese escort ship, and the huge shock wave generated by the explosion was the main intention to cause the riot, even if the Japanese were hiding in the cabin, they could not escape the shock wave.

More than 100 barrel-shaped air-explosive bombs were enough to blockade the entire escort fleet, and the bombers flew away from the belly, but the nightmare of the Japanese escort fleet did not end, because the first batch of fighters to carry out rocket attacks had already returned to the airspace over the port area from the temporary airfield. White phosphorus bombs and incendiary bombs completely engulfed the Japanese escort fleet, and the fireworks in the sky made the entire port area smoky, and Zhuo Fei's three-plate axe attack tactics came to an end.