Chapter Seventy-Six: The Landing on Tea Mountain (2)
Jingle bells!
The phone rang in a hurry, and the corridor of the Japanese army headquarters in Taipei soon rang out with the sound of thumping running.
A telecommunications staff officer broke into Okada's office in disregard of etiquette, and Okada, who was slamming two kimono prostitutes, into a murderous stare at the intruder.
"If you don't give me a satisfactory reason, I'll shoot you."
"Si--Your Excellency Commander, the Tang-Tang Army has captured Pingtung!"
Okada was lifting his pants, and when he heard this, he was dumbfounded, and let his pants slip off again, revealing a delicate birdie. The staff officer suddenly showed a look of contempt, and secretly laughed in his heart that he was smaller than his, and suddenly regained his self-confidence.
Realizing his gaffe, Okada glared at the staff officer, hurriedly dressed, and kicked the two prostitutes out.
After reading the telegram, Okada Zhenxiong suddenly blushed and hurriedly convened an emergency meeting.
Half an hour later, Okada entered the conference room, and everyone knew the news, and their faces were full of shock and disbelief.
"There is no need to doubt the reliability of the news, an hour ago the Tang army suddenly attacked Chashan, and now the direction of Chashan has lost contact, according to the report of Tainan Prefecture, the sound of bombers diving and dropping bombs was heard in the sound of a phone call from Zuihou in Pingtung County, and a large number of approaching gunfire, and the news of the Tang army's landing from Pingtung is reliable."
The Japanese generals were still in disbelief.
"How is that possible? Typhoons are raging there, and people walking outside are bound to be swept away by hurricanes. How could the Don Army have already landed? Besides, how did the Tang army arrive in Tainan, could it be that they couldn't fall from the sky. ”
Okada Zhenxiong said: "Let's not mention how the Tang Army landed in Chashan. I have already ordered the 11th Brigade in Tainan to urgently reinforce Pingtung County, and I will soon know whether the news is true or false. ”
"The Tang army is also too ruthless, taking advantage of the typhoon to launch a surprise attack, although they can achieve a surprise in the battle, they themselves will inevitably suffer heavy losses."
The Japanese generals generally believed that even if an attack was launched under such a powerful typhoon, even if the results were achieved, the enemy would inevitably be injured by 1,000 and 800 by itself.
But. Okada Zhenxiong was worried, if the Tang army really landed in the Chashan area, then it would mean that the coastal defense line he had worked so hard to build would be declared a failure. The huge amount of money invested in the construction of powerful fortifications around the island of Taiwan directly lost its strategic value.
Half an hour later, the commander of the Japanese army in Tainan Province sent news that the 11th Brigade, which had departed earlier, had retreated after marching less than five miles, and they had not encountered the Tang army. On the contrary, because of the hurricane, the damage was heavy. More than 100 Japanese soldiers were swept away by hurricanes, torrential rains, and flash floods, making it impossible for the Japanese army to move an inch, and it was impossible to reinforce Pingtung.
"Bastard!"
Okada slammed the table and roared, if he continued like this, he couldn't know what was going on in the Chashan area of Pingtung, the phone line had been cut off, and it was obvious that the agents of the Tang Army who had been lurking there had cut off all the news.
"I don't understand. How did the Tang army make a surprise attack in such bad weather? ”
Shimo Ino couldn't help but ask. This is also a question that other Japanese generals want to ask, but looking at Okada Zhenxiong's face is ugly, everyone does not dare to mention it.
For a long time, the chief of staff, Yoshio Miyamoto, boldly guessed: "Maybe the Tang Army is acting closely behind the typhoon!" ”
"From Guam all the way to Taiwan Island with the typhoon?"
Everyone couldn't help but gasp, what kind of courage is required, and a slight mistake will inevitably be a heavy loss.
"Inform General Onodera Gonori that Jihua has changed, and the previous battle against the Tang Army relying on the island of Taiwan may not be realized."
Everyone's expressions suddenly dimmed, they had sworn to fight to the death with the Tang Army, which was based on the powerful coastal fortifications of Taiwan Island, with Onodera Itsunori's aircraft carrier fleet, and with the addition of the army aviation fighter group on the island of Taiwan, it was enough to resist the threat of the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group. However, now the Tang army unexpectedly opened a breakthrough, and the Japanese forces on the island had to be completely reduced, and Jihua was forced to change.
Whether or not the Tang army can be stopped from driving straight in, the Japanese generals present have no bottom in their hearts. During the last Tang-Japanese War, the Japanese army saw the powerful attack power of the Tang Marine Corps, and an armored regiment of the Tang Army simply defeated a whole division of the Japanese army.
"Is it too early to shrink our forces? If the Tang Army only has a small force to land in Chashan, it is very likely that our army will quickly recapture it and rebuild the entire coastal defense system. If we rashly shrink our troops, I am afraid it is inappropriate, after all, it is now the transit period of the typhoon, and before we can fight the Tang Army, we will first toss and collapse. ”
Ino Shitao's words made Okada hesitate again, and he actually didn't know the bottom in his heart.
Whether to wait and see, or make a decision on the spot, Okada Zhenxiong had no choice but to look at Yoshio Miyamoto, the chief of staff, for help.
"The situation is still unclear at the moment, so let's wait for now, but we must prepare all units for battle."
Zhenxiong Okada nodded, sighed, and said, "For the time being, it can only be like this, I hope the result is not too bad." ”
In the Chashan area, the Tang Army Marines took advantage of the short period of no wind and rain in the eye of the wind to advance rapidly and quickly, capturing one small village and town after another, and basically controlling the area of more than 100 kilometers between the Chashan port and the three counties of Pingtung.
However, after all, the tanks of the Tang Army could not outrun the speed of the typhoon's transit, and soon the typhoon behind it crushed again, and the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group was jolting and shaking in the strong wind and waves, and some of the carrier-based aircraft on the deck were tied with iron cables to prevent them from slipping into the sea.
The landed armored units of the Tang Army were better and could hide in their tanks for shelter from the wind and rain, while the infantry was more miserable, on the one hand cleaning up the remnants of the recalcitrant anti-Japanese army, on the other hand, they had to dodge the hurricane rain, and there were many non-combat casualties.
However, this price is negligible for the Tang army, because after taking Chashan, the Tang army will have a foothold on the island of Taiwan, and as long as the typhoon passes, the Tang army's large army can go ashore. The Japanese army was also affected by the typhoon, and all the Japanese troops who came to reinforce were withdrawn, and they could only wait until the typhoon was over to launch a counterattack.
When the Tang army's surprise attack was successful and the good news of the capture of the Chashan landing area was transmitted back to the Daming Palace in Chang'an, Zhang Meng and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they were all happy and celebrated for Li Haichen's perfect typhoon raid.
At the same time, in the waters near the Northern Islands on the other side, the Second Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Tang Army is conducting combat deployments. They had just received information that the Japanese Navy's Onodera Itsunori fleet had departed from Japan and headed for Taiwan. The 2nd Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Tang Army was ordered to intercept and delay the Japanese reinforcements of Taiwan.
The Japanese Navy is very careful, although Onodera Itsunori is bent on defeating the Datang Navy to avenge his brother Ono Sannori, but he is still very calm, the current Japanese and Datang navies are still quite different in the number of aircraft carriers, the Japanese Navy currently has only four large main aircraft carriers, while the Datang Navy has eight, so the route that Onodera Itsunori is looking for is to take a detour as much as possible to avoid encountering the Datang Navy.
However, there were too many submarines in the Tang Army, and no matter how Onodera Itsunori dodged, the location of his fleet would soon be known to the Tang Army. Similarly, the Japanese Navy has also built a number of submarines on a large scale in recent years, and it is also monitoring the Tang fleet in the Pacific Ocean.
When Onodera Itsunori saw Okada Zhenxiong's telegram, he was taken aback, originally he Jihua went to Tainan to join the Japanese Penghu fleet, and then relied on the coastal fortifications and anti-aircraft firepower of the island of Taiwan to confront the Tang Army, but now after seeing Okada Zhenxiong's telegram, he learned that the Tang Army may have landed in Chashan, and Onodera Itsunori had to abandon the original Jihua.
"Take the second set of combat plans!"
Onodera Itsunori has several sets of battle plans, so they can be changed at any time. (To be continued......)