January 24, 1944 is the traditional Chinese Chinese New Year's Eve, the entire Lotus Mountain base area is also shrouded in jubilation, the new first army columns except the third and fourth columns, other high-level commanders have gathered together, the past year is an extraordinary year, the new first army through the pseudo-Tonghua battle and Changchun offensive and defensive battles to eliminate most of the Kwantung Army, in one fell swoop to break Japan's dominance in the three northeastern provinces, and the new year will be a year full of hope for the new first army, is a year to recover the entire territory of the three northeastern provinces, After more than ten years away from the motherland, the three northeastern provinces are finally going to return to China again.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, there was a joyful atmosphere everywhere, Lin Junbi also took the child to Lotus Mountain, plus Enxi, Lin Ruixuan and Yuluo, a group of children surrounded Cai Yuexiu, making her happy to close her mouth, the past sorrow has finally passed, the children's innocent faces are full of hope, and Cai Yuexiu also sees the future of the Lin family.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve reunion Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Junxiong, as the commander of the new First Army, was naturally asked to give a speech, and many times in the past, Lin Junxiong's long speeches often aroused excitement in everyone's hearts, but this time, Lin Junxiong only said a few words and went down, but it made the people present shout like a tsunami.

"I am proud of the brilliant achievements of the new army in the past year, and continue to fight for the recovery of the entire northeast within a year, and I will not return home if I am not drunk tonight, I thank you all and salute you with three bowls of thin wine!"

"Swear to follow the party to the death, the new army is mighty!" A neat voice came out of the banquet hall, and the entire Lotus Mountain was drowned in shouting, and the sound shook the sky.

Also on Chinese New Year's Eve, Kim Il Sung, with the newly formed Workers' Party of Korea armed forces, lurked outside a small town in the north of Pyongyang, where a Japanese squadron was stationed, but because this is the only way to the northern border Butian Fort, the geographical location is very important, Kim Il Sung is ready to attack here, so that the Korean people can see the determination of the Workers' Party to fight the Japanese invaders.

At 12 o'clock in the night, when the fireworks in the town to celebrate the arrival of the new year were raised, Kim Il Sung and his troops, with the support of the townspeople, quietly entered the town and rushed straight to the Japanese garrison.

Gunfire rang out, and the Japanese soldiers, who had long been accustomed to calm, panicked and contracted in defeat. Kim Il Sung couldn't help but rejoice when he saw that the Japanese army had suffered 20 or 30 casualties and still couldn't organize a counterattack. But soon the leader of the devil squadron who rushed to the danger commanded the soldiers to stabilize their positions and began to organize a counterattack.

In the face of well-trained Japanese soldiers, Kim Il Sung's troops suffered more casualties and the morale of the troops gradually declined.

Kim Il Sung ordered the troops to cover with fire, and the soldier rushed towards the Japanese fortifications under the cover of fire, feeling that the distance was almost close, he threw out two grenades in succession, and the Japanese troops in the fortifications were blown to the ground. The soldier jumped several times in a row, and when he reached the fortifications, two bullets hit his body, and he gritted his teeth, pulled the explosive bag tied to his body, and threw himself at the Japanese fortifications.

"Boom"

A loud explosion caused the defending Japanese army to panic again, Kim Il Sung saw the opportunity to organize the troops to charge, and the two sides soon fought together, and finally Kim Il Sung's team annihilated the Japanese squadron by virtue of its numerical superiority, but also paid nearly 300 casualties, almost three times the number of Japanese casualties.

Kim Il Sung withdrew his troops in the direction of Butianbao overnight, and he was going to rush there to wait for the arrival of the three columns of the New First Army to set off an all-out battle for the liberation of Korea.

Although Kim Il Sung's troops suffered heavy casualties, the significance of this battle was still very significant, as it fired the first shot of the Korean people's resistance against the Japanese invaders, and at the same time represented the beginning of the Korean people's armed resistance against the Japanese invaders.

Deeply influenced by Chinese culture, Chinese New Year's Eve has also become a traditional festival for the Ryukyu people. Also on Chinese New Year's Eve, the people of Ryukyu are celebrating the end of a year of suffering and the coming of a year full of hope. Instead of celebrating at Gyokusen-dong, Shang stood on a hill not far from the port in the southern part of Okinawa and looked anxiously at the sea.

Shang Tianen looked at his watch, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, "Tianying, there shouldn't be any mistakes, why is it two hours later than the estimated time, and the Japanese army's Nomaru troop transport ship is still missing?" ”

"Commander-in-chief, it shouldn't be wrong for our people to send a message when the Nomaru departed, it may be that the wind and waves at sea have slowed down the journey."

After waiting for nearly half an hour, a large ship and several small boats finally appeared on the sea, and Shang Tianen said excitedly: "Finally here, I originally planned to go back for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it seems that the devil wants us to send them to hell, and then go back to celebrate in the new year and inform Operation Shadow." ”

Two fireworks broke the silent night sky, and on this special night, it didn't seem too abrupt, and the defenders of the southern port of Okinawa didn't pay attention, thinking that it was the naughty child's commotion.

Seeing the purple fireworks exploding, Shadow 3 and Shadow 5 immediately bypassed the outer defenses and quietly touched the two shore defense batteries in the port. According to Lin Junxiong's special forces training method, although each team has less than 30 people, its individual combat ability is several times that of the Japanese soldiers, and the defensive soldiers of more than a dozen people in each of the coastal defense batteries did not make much movement until they were all solved, and the defensive soldiers on the periphery of the forts were naturally unaware.

The Nomaru slowly approached the harbor with four small frigates, and the Japanese soldiers on board had been sailing at sea for several days, and they were already hungry for land, and some of them couldn't help but cheer when they saw the port.

Shang Tianen said to Tianying with some excitement and sadness: "Purple and red fireworks are ready to be sent together, it's just a pity that the two 'Blood Shadow' brothers are gone." ”

"Commander-in-Chief, the brothers of the 'Blood Shadow' are all dead soldiers who volunteered to appear for the Ryukyus, and they knew their mission as early as the beginning of their joining, and when the Ryukyus become independent, the Ryukyu people will not forget them."

"On the day of Ryukyu's independence, I will build a monument to the Ryukyu People's Heroes in Shuri, so that future generations of the Ryukyus will always remember the heroes who sacrificed their lives for Ryukyu's independence and freedom." Shang Tianen took a deep breath of the sea breeze and made a resolute gesture to Tianying.

Two purple, two red and four fireworks exploded in the air, and the brilliant and beautiful fireworks made the Japanese soldiers on the Nomaru even more excited, but that excitement quickly turned into wailing, and the shells flying from the Nangang shore defense battery accurately concentrated the Nomaru and the four small frigates that were about to dock.

The captain of the Nomaru immediately contacted the Okinawa garrison headquarters, but the ship's communication system had been destroyed, and he immediately realized that the southern port was likely to be occupied by the Ryukyu army, and after some consideration, he immediately ordered the Nomaru and four small frigates to open fire on the southern port.

For a time, the southern harbor was under constant artillery fire, and the harbor guards thought that they had encountered a sneak attack by other fleets posing as the Japanese navy, and the Japanese ships led by the Nomaru also mistakenly thought that the southern harbor had been occupied by the Ryukyu army, and the Japanese soldiers on both sides attacked each other fiercely as enemies, and soon two of the four small frigates were sunk, and the Japanese troops defending the southern harbor also suffered heavy damage.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and when Nakagawa Kiyohide learned that Nangang had been attacked by surprise, he personally rushed to reinforcements with a large force. He was very annoyed that he had concentrated his large forces on the island to sweep up the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army and arrest anti-Japanese elements, but he had not paid attention to the defense of the port. At the same time, he also wondered that although the imperial army in the Pacific Theater was overwhelmed, it was impossible for the fleets of other countries to run to the vicinity of Okinawa Island without being discovered.

After the last shells were fired, the Shadow 3 and Shadow 5 teams immediately took advantage of the chaos to retreat, and without the fire suppression of the shore defense guns, the Nomaru and two small frigates began to bombard the South Harbor fiercely, and the Japanese damage of a wing of the harbor defense increased, and soon more than two-thirds of the casualties were lost.

"Commander-in-chief, the Shadow Three Team and the Shadow Five Team have been safely evacuated, and Nakagawa Kiyohide is rushing over with a large army, less than five kilometers away from Nangang." Tianying ran over and said anxiously.

"Send a signal to the 'Blood Shadow' Fifteen and Fifteen, tell them to act, and inform the wolves to retreat!" Shang Tianen covered the sadness in his heart with a blank face, there were twenty-four people in the beginning of the establishment of "Blood Shadow", eight people had died for the mission in the past few years, and today two more are going to be sacrificed, although they can exchange for a division of Japanese soldiers, but Shang Tianen is still a little sad.

Two red fireworks exploded in the air, like two blood-red flowers, more like two smiling faces, Shang Tianen closed his eyes and listened to the explosion in the distance that was both exciting and sad.

"Boom"

The ammunition compartment exploded violently, and the Nomaru was quickly torn apart, and a small frigate that was closer was also affected, staggering for a while, and capsizing into the sea.

Shang Tianen opened his eyes, gave a military salute to the explosion in the sea, and then quickly left with more than a dozen people under the cover of night.

The explosion of the Nomaru lasted for several minutes before stopping, and the battered Nomaru could no longer bear it, and staggered and sank into the sea, and some Japanese soldiers who had previously jumped into the sea to escape were swept away by the sunken Nomaru, and many were swept into the sea.

When Nakagawa Kiyohide arrived at the South Port, except for the occasional explosion, the calm had been restored here, and he sent his troops to reconnoiter and search around, and after a soldier reported the abnormal situation at the two coastal defense guns, he rushed over and found that the fatal wounds of the soldiers at the shore defense battery were almost identical, and he understood the whole story at once, and gritted his teeth and slapped the wing commander of the South Port Defense Force more than a dozen times.

"Search Okinawa and nearby islands with all your might, and find out all those hateful Ryukyu rats, and all of them will die!"

After the First Battle of Nangang, Shang Tianen hid all the troops on Okinawa Island into Gyokusen-dong, and the angry Nakagawa Kiyohide could not find him, killing nearly 1,000 innocent Ryukyu people, so as to explain to the army staff the jade fragments of a division sent to Okinawa.

The news of the annihilation of a division of the Japanese army in the battle of Nangang soon spread throughout the Ryukyu islands, and the white terror of the Japanese army did not frighten the Ryukyu people, but aroused their firmer will to resist Japan, and the Ryukyu resistance against Japan escalated in an all-round way.