In the face of the sudden attack by the Donghua Royal Navy, the defense line carefully constructed by the 229th Wing of the 38th Division of the 23rd Army of the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army stationed in Hong Kong was already in chaos within half an hour, and the joint units of the multiple units were easily torn apart by the ground attack of the armed attack helicopter group of the Donghua Royal Marine Corps.

The 120 fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance planes deployed by the 10th Independent Flying Regiment of the Japanese 3rd Air Force at Kai Tak Airport, except for the four Type 99 fighters (F4U Corsair Japanese version) that carried out combat readiness cruises, were all destroyed on the runway and hangar of the airport by the F-4M carrier-based fighters and A-6E attack aircraft groups that took off from the "Huo Quai" aircraft carrier.

The four Type 99 fighters that were desperately intercepted could not even get close to the escort fighters of the Donghua Royal Navy, and they were hit by four AIM-7 air-to-air missiles fired by two F-4M Phantom fighters at a distance of five kilometers and turned into four fireballs.

The Donghua Royal Naval Air Force, which had absolute air supremacy, soon let the Japanese army personally experience how ferocious and terrible the Donghua Royal Marine Corps Air Cavalry Division, which was rumored to be a "winged armored unit".

The air assault force, composed of 12 Mi-28 attack gunships and 24 Mi-24 transport helicopters, flew up and down, rampaged, and strafed the surface with missiles, rockets, and chain cannons, repeatedly clearing the Japanese army's defensive positions in various sections as if plowing.

The Royal Marines of Donghua never seemed to have to think about saving ammunition, and the endless air-to-ground attacks and endless 155mm heavy artillery bombardment made the German military observer and SS Lieutenant Colonel Ledermann, who was observing from a distance in the defensive line, feel suffocated.

Just a few minutes ago, a 155MM high-explosive grenade directly hit the front headquarters of the 229th Wing, and most of the entire wing headquarters was wiped out at once, and Lederman witnessed with his own eyes how the commander of the 229th Wing of the Japanese Army, Yukio Kawabe, turned into flesh and blood in the blink of an eye.

"Without enough anti-aircraft firepower, you can't stop this kind of air assault force of the Donghua Empire at all."

Lederman put down the binoculars in his hand and said to the Japanese soldier Nakasa Masase, who was wrapped in fresh white gauze on his head: "Itada Nakasa, don't let your soldiers die here in vain, withdraw to the city, use high-rise buildings to fight street battles, maybe you can delay the offensive rhythm of the Donghua army!" ”

No sooner had Lederman's words finished than the muffled roar of a jet fighter rang out in the sky again.

"Bagaya Road! The Donghua army does not have the spirit of bushido at all! Itada Hengichi clenched his right hand and smashed his fist a sandbag with broken horns, gritted his teeth with fire-filled eyes and said: "They will only use the air force to deal with the army, it's really unfair!" ”

"In modern warfare, the role of the Air Force is indeed getting bigger and bigger." Lederman said with a wry smile: "As long as the Donghua Air Force has enough ammunition and enough fuel, they don't need to organize an attack by ground armored forces at all, this is a completely asymmetrical war." ”

"Tell me to go down and turn into the streets of the city!" Itada finally understood that it was an impossible task to prevent the Donghua army from landing in Victoria Bay, and it was obviously irrational to fight a field battle with the Donghua army in the field.

The Imperial Navy originally had eight ships anchored in Victoria Bay, but all of them were sunk by a large rocket in the first strike of the Donghua Army.

All the shore defense batteries at the east and west entrances of Victoria Bay were also destroyed by this large rocket in the first round of strikes by the East China army.

Victoria Harbour, which has lost its naval and shore defense artillery positions, is like a naked woman stripped naked and allowed to be ravaged by the Donghua army.

The beachhead defense line, which was originally thought to last for at least three days, was wiped out by the air strikes of the Donghua army in less than an hour.

The Donghua army didn't tell you any tactics at all, and openly chose to land at Victoria Port with a simple and crude saturated air strike.

As a result of this tactic, more than half of the 229th Wing of the Japanese Army in Hong Kong was killed in the beachhead defensive position, all artillery positions were destroyed, and the 24 Type 99 medium tanks (Japanese version of the Type 63 amphibious tank) of the tank brigade as an assault force were turned into burning scrap metal.

The Royal Navy, on the other hand, did not lose a single aircraft, but only spent an endless supply of missiles, napalm/gas/oil bombs, cluster bombs, cloudburst bombs, rockets, and chain cannon shells.

Almost an hour into the outbreak of the battle, the landing force of the Royal Navy of Donghua had firmly occupied Victoria Harbor and carved out a landing ground.

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"Your Excellency the Governor, I am the acting captain of the 229th Wing, Tsunechi Itada, and without fighters and not enough anti-aircraft artillery, this battle cannot be fought at all! The three lines of defense in Victoria Bay have been lost, our troops have lost 1,649 men, the captain of the riverside wing has been shattered, and I have ordered the troops to withdraw to the city and use the street terrain to fight the Donghua army! ”

Listening to the tired words of Itada Tsuneichi Nakasa in the phone microphone, Takashi Sakai's face was full of disbelief and shock. As the roar of explosions came from the direction of Victoria Harbour, his heart twitched.

Less than an hour! It's been less than an hour! The impregnable Victoria Harbour Defence Line was lost!

The attack of the Donghua army was so swift and sharp! The Imperial Japanese Army was so vulnerable!

The 229th Wing had already suffered heavy casualties after using their flesh and blood to stop the steel and flame-paved death footsteps of the Royal Naval Aviation of Donghua at all costs. The only hope was to rely on street fighting to wait for reinforcements from the Second Fleet.

No wonder Shi Zhaoji was so arrogant and arrogant when he left. Takashi Sakai can still vividly remember the look of pity on the face of the consul of the Donghua Empire in Hong Kong.

At a time when everyone thought that the Royal Naval Fleet of Donghua was just here to intimidate the Japanese army in Hong Kong, the Royal Navy of Donghua used a ferocious iron fist to tell all those who are concerned about the situation in Hong Kong that everyone in the Donghua Empire will hand over what the Tunghua Empire wants!

Remembering the words shouted on the radio by the commander of the 3rd Independent Flying Regiment of the 10th Air Army, Toyodai Hirota, on his deathbed, Takashi Sakai no longer hesitated at this time and shouted: "Someone! Generate electricity for the Second Fleet now! ”

Looking at the adjutant who was holding a pen and paper and preparing for shorthand, Takashi Sakai pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice with an expressionless face: "Your Excellency Commander Commander Ozawa, the rockets carried by the fighters of the Donghua Air Force are not ordinary rockets, but a kind of rockets that can automatically track and attack targets. Our fighters were shot down without even seeing the Donghua fighters.

The giant rockets fired by the warships of the Donghua Navy have extremely high hit accuracy! With a range of more than 100 kilometers, two rockets can sink an Akizuki-class destroyer. I have every reason to believe that the Donghua Empire has made a breakthrough in the development of precision rocket artillery.

If the Imperial Navy is unable to take effective countermeasures against this kind of precision rocket artillery and rockets, in order to preserve the vitality of the Imperial Navy, I suggest that the Second Fleet return to the sea immediately and not make unnecessary sacrifices! All the officers and soldiers of the Reich in Hong Kong will fight until the last moment! ”

(To be continued.) )