When Chentian returned to Berlin from Beihai, the Battle of Luzon was in full swing, and although the Japanese resistance was still stubborn, it was clear that the German-Turkish Combined Expeditionary Force, which occupied the right time and place, would not give the opponent any chance.

The mood has not fully recovered from Heinrich's death, but Chen Tian did not hesitate to return to his office, where a few days of delay have piled up a lot of reports waiting for him to read.

"The William the Great returned to the port of Colombo in western Sri Lanka on July 19 and is expected to take 50 to 60 days to fully repair.

Chentian said to himself that in the German-Turkish joint expeditionary fleet to break into Manila Bay, this behemoth with a displacement of 420,000 tons became the unanimous target of the Japanese fortress firepower and task force, and in this significant battle, the Japanese army also put in suicide attack aircraft for the first time, and almost all of this was silently endured by Chentian's imperial ship "Kaiser Wilhelm", 21 shells, 2 torpedoes and 1 suicide plane forced this super defensive battleship to withdraw from the naval battle in the middle of the battle, This was followed only by a staggering return to the German naval base in Sri Lanka under the escort of several destroyers.

Putting down this report from the Admiralty, Chen Tian saw the words "Air Department" in the header of the next report.

"By mid-July, the total output of the new Messerschmitt Training I fighter has reached 240 units, which are installed in five original fighter squadrons and five new fighter squadrons, and half of the above-mentioned fighter squadrons are now in combat effectiveness and ready to go to the front line at any time!"

Willy Messerschmidt was a genius in fighter design, and since the success of the Messerschmitt I, the doctor continued to develop a better II fighter in 1928, according to the evaluation of the Luftwaffe technical department, with the same pilot, one Messerschmitt I was enough to compete with two Junkers-Henkel I fighters and not fall behind, and was capable of interception, support, night combat, reconnaissance, escort and ground attack missions. It is a multi-purpose, high-tech fighter, and of course, its cost is quite expensive, with the cost of one Messerschmitt I equivalent to 2.5 Junkers-Henkel I or two Messerschmitt training.

After a little thought, Chen Tian wrote down his opinion:

"In view of the current situation in Asia, and considering the moderate strength of the new fighter to test the battlefield, it is recommended to send some new fighter squadrons to the Kuril Islands or the Philippines!"

In the next one, the words "Power Technology Top Secret" are written in a prominent position on the page. At a glance, Chen Tian knew that this was from the RC secret base, the rocket technology center located in the Sudetenland Mountains, and in addition to the technical information of the newly developed A-9 rocket, there was also the German chief rocket expert Hermann. A handwritten letter from Aubert.

"To His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read our report, and with the strong support of Your Majesty and the government, our technical research has been going very well, and the most anticipated A-9 rocket has completed the pre-launch preparations. According to strict calculations, this rocket will reach a range of 310 km and an altitude of 90 km, so to speak. Humanity is one step closer to the space dream! Therefore. It is a great honor to invite His Majesty the Emperor to witness this historic moment! ”

Chen Tian put down the report, took the ruler and turned around to make a few strokes on the large map of Asia, and the current range of the rocket was on the ground. If they wanted to attack the Japanese mainland directly, the rocket launch bases would have to be built within 300 kilometers of Japan, in addition to the Kuye Island, which the Germans currently occupy, the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula and the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands, both of which were still firmly in the hands of the Japanese.

As a latecomer, Chen Tian naturally understood the advantages of rockets over airplanes, so he took out the letter paper and wrote hard, and accepted Dr. Obert's invitation, it is worth mentioning that with the increase in the range of rockets, the Sudeten Mountains are no longer suitable for rocket launch tests. As a result, the test site was also moved to the island of Helgoland in the North Sea.

The next one is a war report from Kuye Island.

"In mid-July, the landed Japanese troops launched two large-scale attacks, our defense line was forced to retreat 20 kilometers to the north, and only the Korsakov fortress in the south of the entire Kuye Island was still in the hands of our army, according to the reconnaissance photos of the Air Force, the landing Japanese army has exceeded 150,000 people, but our army still firmly holds the air supremacy of the battlefield, and the Japanese army can only transport troops, materials and heavy equipment ashore at night! As far as we speculate. The next move of the Japanese army will be to capture Korsakov with all its strength and destroy our naval fleet! ”

Korsakov, which is the largest seaport on the island of Kuye, would have become an important military port not inferior to Qingdao and Lushun if it were not for the two-to-three-month freeze period every year. Although Chen Tian has not personally visited the port of Korsakov, from the description of the relevant reports and black and white photos, you can already imagine that tragic battlefield - the German army has occupied Kuye Island for nearly 1 year, as one of the priorities of the defensive strategy, Korsakov was built into a strong coastal defense fortress, although its history is far from being comparable with Lushun, Qingdao or Wassiopol, Tunisia, But the well-developed fortifications on land and sea and the presence of a large number of German troops were bound to pay a terrible price for any peeping person.

The black-and-white photographs of the Korsakov fortress do not have towering spires and strong walls, but when you actually get closer, you will be surprised to find that the fortress is only the core of the entire defense system, and a large number of fortifications that can be described as dense spread out from this core to the periphery. The whole Korsakov port faces west, two long breakwaters extend from east to west, countless mines are deployed in the outer waters of the breakwater, the east and west two anti-submarine nets are the best insurance for the wide channel of the harbor, in the south and north of the port, more than a dozen large or small batteries are tightly guarded by the port area, the various fortress guns on the batteries not only have the protection of steel turrets, most of them can also rotate 360 degrees, and there are a large number of infantry fortresses under the batteries, which will specifically resist attacks from land.

Replenished from the Kuril Islands and the Aleutian Islands, the Luftwaffe stationed on Kuye had returned to its pre-war size, with squadrons of fighters frequently appearing over Korsakov, and even seabirds being driven away by these fierce German eagles, not to mention the exhausted Japanese air forces that were trying to protect their landing ships.

However, that changed abruptly on July 23. Morning. The Japanese fighters flying from across the strait swept through the port of Korsakov like dark clouds, and the German fighters that took off to meet them were entangled by the opponent's fighters, and hundreds of Japanese bombers dropped countless bombs on the harbor and fortress, and before the bombing was over, the deafening sound of artillery rang out rapidly, and a large number of shells fell on the ground in a radius of less than 10 kilometers around Korsakov like raindrops, and the wind set off by the explosion raged on the coast, and the heat wave almost roasted the fish swimming on the seashore. Barbed wire, stakes, tree branches, and dirt rose into the air and fell.

On the surface of the sea, the familiar black smoke cloud came from the south, and after a while, the roar of the large-caliber naval guns began to echo on the surface of the sea, the shells weighing half a ton set off large clouds of sludge in the shallow sea, the breakwater experienced the first unnatural impact since its construction, and some mines that could not withstand the loneliness also erupted with amazing power under the violent oscillation.

The German officers and men who were on the defensive knew that this was the prelude to the frenzied attack of the Japanese army.

In a short period of time, the air force of the entire Kuye Island was mobilized, and groups of fighters were thrown into the battlefield without hesitation. The ground-based air defense forces stationed in Korsakov were even busier.

All sorts of anti-aircraft guns were fired, and over time, the summer sun and the residual heat from the gunpowder caused the temperature on the ground to rise rapidly. In the harbor, the ships that were still able to move were trying to avoid the bombardment of the Japanese planes as much as possible, and the battleships that were stranded due to injuries were also struggling, and the sound of cannons, machine guns and shouts made the whole harbor lively.

As time passed, more and more Japanese planes dragged black smoke and fell near the port, but the desperate Japanese attack also caused the German losses to rise, the blood on the battery positions, and the field hospitals on the front line became a busier place than the front-line positions. The gains of the air force were still greater than the losses, but the situation of the naval ships in the harbor was not good; because most of the Japanese bombers aimed their spearheads at them, several destroyers were severely damaged or sunk within a quarter of an hour after the battle began, and immediately afterward, even the "Scharnhorst," a meritorious warship known as the "Ranger of the Sea" and "the first cruiser in the Far East," sank in the shallow sea because of serious injuries.

The German officers and soldiers were heartily sad and helpless.

After the loss of nearly 300 planes, the huge group of Japanese attack planes finally retreated, but the bright sun had just shone on the earth, and the carrier-based planes that took off from the Japanese aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers flew in overwhelmingly, although the number of these two hundred planes was not as large as the previous wave of land-based aircraft, it was a fatal blow to the tired German officers and men, and the Messerschmitt training failed to stop the breakthrough of the Japanese bombers, and Korsakov once again fell into the noise of bombing and counter-bombing. Whenever a German oil depot or ammunition depot was hit, a huge explosion was always earth-shattering.

For a whole morning, the Japanese army's crazy behavior can be described as "burning money", with expensive fighters, bombers, hard-trained pilots, and tens of thousands of heavy shells and aerial bombs, and the funds contributed by countless Japanese people shrinking their clothes and dieting were rapidly consumed in the flames, and behind this dense barrage, thousands of Japanese army soldiers clenched their rifles in their hands.

The Japanese government has understood a simple truth from top to bottom, as soon as Kuya Island is in the hands of the Germans, Japan has no hope of victory at all, but the battle of Kuya Island has been fought for more than three months today, and Japan's national strength has rapidly weakened in this tug-of-war between you and me, and the Germans, who are far away from the battlefield, are using the war to recover the losses of the economic crisis, and Germany and its colonies are full of prosperity, although this prosperity has a deformed background.

The call of Emperor Showa to quickly take Kuya Island and then concentrate on fighting the German Navy in the waters of the Ryukyus is the call of Emperor Showa and the only belief of every Japanese citizen at this moment.

Just after noon, before the German officers and soldiers had time to rest for a while, the Japanese ground offensive began!

Hordes of Japanese fighters attacked again, thousands of field guns roared, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles painted with plaster flags took the lead, and the Japanese infantry of three divisions continued to approach the Korsakov fortress with firm steps, their bayonets shining in the sun......

Port of Miyazaki, Kyushu Island, Japan.

A small group of silver planes approached the harbor rapidly from east to west, but the pedestrians on the pier and the sailors on the ships did not shout in panic, and most of the people only looked at them with respect, because not only were the German bombers rarely visited, but the majority of Japanese civilians had developed the habitual thinking that the German bombers were massive, noisy, and always flying at high altitudes.

In contrast, the Japanese fighters were petite, but these silver-white air warriors were always able to shoot down one or two of them when German bombers were frequently incurring.

From a distance, the silvery-white and silver-gray colors are indeed very similar.

Without any hindrance, five Heinkel II carrier-based fighters easily dropped five small incendiary bombs near the dock where many freighters were moored at the port of Miyazaki, and then the crowd of people who watched the pier salute was a few shuttles, and then turned around and flew east.

By the time the air raid sirens sounded at Miyazaki Port, all that remained of the German fighters was a small black dot that was about to disappear at the end of the sea and sky.

About a quarter of an hour later, the German escort aircraft carrier "Anderhar", east of Kyushu Island, gathered up five fighters harassing the port of Miyazaki and turned to the northeast, accompanied by a cruiser formation consisting of the battle cruiser "Wissenburg", the light cruisers "Reeser" and "Melburn", and a submarine formation of submarines U-603, U-691, U-827, U-833, U-835, U-871, U-889, and U-899.

The news of Miyazaki's attack by unknown warplanes soon reached the Japanese naval headquarters in Yokosuka, and then Emperor Showa, who temporarily moved to Urawa for fear of being attacked by German poison gas in Tokyo, also got the news, although the emperor was not proficient in naval affairs, but he still learned from the imperial advisers that only aircraft carriers could carry non-seaplanes in the German Navy, and when he thought that the Germans' terrible aircraft carriers appeared in the waters east of Kyushu, Showa hurriedly summoned the Minister of the Army and Navy, They were instructed to prevent the German navy from continuing to harass the coast of Japan, in order to prevent panic among the people who did not know the truth. (Full Text)