The famous Japanese manga artist An Ben Knight, who later became famous in the Chinese cultural circle, was only 11 years old at this time, and happened to be a native of Shimonoseki, but fortunately his family placed the house on the slope of the northwest of Shimonoseki Castle, and was not affected by the fire. The young Knight Anben was very interested in painting, and his family was well-off, so he asked a Western painter to teach him basic painting skills such as sketching.

With the help of this young man's childish brushstrokes, the bombing of Shimonoseki was recorded relatively completely through sketches, and was approved for exhibition when the knight was seventy years old, as a warning to the world and the purpose of maintaining peace.

Maybe it's the shadow of his childhood, but most of the works after Anben Knight are related to anti-war, and no matter who witnessed that kind of scene and lost his father in the bombing, he will also hate war extremely.

B25 bombers began to drop bombs from the defensive positions outside Shimonoseki, and the civil fortifications and bunkers were soon contaminated with oil and caught fire, and the warehouses and barracks where supplies were stored were not spared. However, this is not a key bomb area, and there are few combustibles on the fortifications, so the damage caused is certainly not good. After passing through the outer fortifications is a small urban area, forty-three B25s can wield ammunition at will, with the sound of mechanical friction, the bomber's belly hatch is opened, one bomb after another reveals its terrifying figure, the grenadier presses the switch of the electric door, the incendiary bomb breaks free from the restraints, and falls leisurely, and then the speed is getting faster and faster, and the sound of rubbing the air is like the devil's scream.

Everywhere the plane passed, it was a hellfire, which could not be extinguished until the combustibles were exhausted. The tiny castle of Shimonoseki was soon filled with fire, and countless people tried to escape this hell, mostly suffocating from lack of oxygen on the way, and few fled to the distant hillside. Some people even tried to jump into the sea to avoid the flames, only to find that there was a layer of blue flames floating on the surface of the sea, and the knight of Anben called this flame "Amaterasu" and used it in his future manga.

More than 5,000 regular soldiers, more than 10,000 armed civilians, and more than 30,000 ordinary people suffered this disaster, and two days later, the Chinese army entered Xiaguan, and nearly 2,000 Japanese soldiers in charge of the outer defense were full of hatred for the Chinese army because of the lack of food, ammunition and other materials, and rushed out of the bunker to charge to the death, and most of them died on the way to the charge. There were almost no living people in the city, and charred corpses were everywhere, making it a post-apocalyptic scene.

However, in the eyes of Lu Hu, Kim Zhongyu and other high-level officials, this is just a means of war, they are all killings, is there a difference in what method is used? They even reported in detail to their superiors the effects of this attack, claiming that it was the most effective way to storm the city, especially in the face of Japanese cities, and suggested that this ammunition be produced, stockpiled and transported to the front in large quantities, preferably with additional bombers.

"To send power to the headquarters, our department has captured Shimonoseki and controlled the Shimonoseki Strait. The troops were ordered to camp outside the city, set up fortifications 15 kilometers in depth, contact the 101st Airborne Division, and let them build fortifications on the spot, and wait for the 18th Army to complete the landing to replace the Airborne Division. The engineering units immediately laid wharves, repaired port facilities, and built field airfields. "After the capture of Shimonoseki, the Chinese army already has a relatively stable bridgehead on Honshu Island, and the next step will definitely be the frantic counterattack of the Japanese army, and the efficiency of the landing of troops and materials will determine whether it can gain a firm foothold here.

Lu Hu's orders were quickly transmitted through a high-power radio station, like a precision machine, and after the Chinese army began to operate, everyone worked according to their own duties, and everyone had clear orders, which was the benefit of high organizational efficiency.

"General, when will our Korean regiment be able to land? I and the soldiers of the Legion can't wait to make a contribution to the President! "Kim Jong Yu stepped forward to ask for battle.

"I want to arrange the landing of the Korean Army in the second batch, and it will be your turn after the 18th Army lands, after all, the port is still being repaired and improved, and ensuring the safety of the Shimonoseki landing area is the first priority. However, once the defense zone is secured, it will be time for your Korean Legion to show its skills, and I hope that you will be able to perform at a satisfactory level by then! "The war against Japan is destined to be arduous and casualties are huge, and it is also a good way to let the Korean army go up first to consume the sharp spirit of the Japanese army.

Different from the imaginary scene of the Japanese army's frenzied counterattack, the area defended by Wang Tao's company was not attacked by any Japanese troops for three hours. The paratroopers paid the price of eleven men to capture the Leguan Bridge defended by a Japanese infantry brigade, and they were initially suppressed by the Japanese artillery due to the lack of heavy firepower, several elite paratroopers were taken away by shells, and the attacking paratroopers were suppressed on the road by Japanese fire.

Fortunately, the paratroopers were not alone, the B25 bombers with a range of 2,000 kilometers flew to the Leguan Bridge, helped the paratroopers suppress the Japanese artillery, took this opportunity to launch an attack, successfully approached the position on the side of the bridge, and suppressed the Japanese machine guns through machine guns and individual rocket launchers, and finally succeeded in capturing the bridge.

The river on the small side of the Leguan Bridge marked on the map is called the Toyota River, which is not wide, and the deepest part of the dry season is only a little more than one meter, which cannot prevent the Japanese army from wading through the water. Therefore, the 101st Airborne Division set up defensive positions on the left bank of the Toyota River, in order to rely on it to prevent the Japanese counterattack, and the strange thing is that the Japanese did not launch a counteroffensive at the first time, which gave the paratroopers time to build fortifications and collect supplies. In addition, the temporary field airfield built by the engineers of the 101st Airborne Division also allowed the thick-skinned JU52 transport plane to land successfully, bringing more soldiers and supplies, and even fifteen 75 mm short-barreled infantry guns, which can be regarded as long-range firepower.

The 17th Division of Shimonoseki, which was first attacked by the Chinese army, discovered that the Chinese planes sent a telegram to the military headquarters saying that a large number of suspicious planes had appeared in the sky and suspected that the Chinese air force would bomb the cities in the rear. The military headquarters, which received the information, assigned tasks in accordance with the air defense combat plan and issued warnings to major cities. However, there was no further information on the following, the soldiers sent by the 17th Division to the rear to check did not return, the division commander did not respond in time in confusion, and the military headquarters and the Pukou base camp certainly did not know what was happening.

The most important thing is that the radio communication equipment is equipped at the brigade level of the regular troops, and at the brigade level of the reserve troops, no matter which unit it is, the encounter with the battle is too sudden, and the information sent is inconsistent, so that the military headquarters and the base camp cannot make accurate judgments. The lack of radio equipment and the high failure rate led to an untimely response and ultimately delayed time. Fundamentally speaking, the Japanese had more than 2 million regular troops and several times as many reserves, but they did not have a corresponding command system and liaison system, and could not give full play to their due numerical superiority.

In contrast, the battle on the Kagoshima defense line on the island of Kyushu was much more tense and more tragic. Under the dim sky, there were craters, smoke, fire, mud and shrapnel, barbed wire and barricades, etc., and the Japanese soldiers struggled to get close to the Chinese positions, and it was hard to believe that there could be human existence in such a place, even rats and cockroaches had to flee this terrible place.

"The second battalion goes up, let the third battalion come down to rest, replenish ammunition, and eat something, this battle can't be fought in a day or two." Zhao Xin put down the binoculars, left the forward observation trench, and returned to the headquarters.

His infantry regiment had been on the front line for the third time in rotation, and after five days of fighting, his troops had been reduced to 122 men, and the overall combat effectiveness remained good, although the morale of the soldiers had decreased, and many soldiers could not adapt to the slaughter-like fighting. However, according to Zhao Xin's observation, such a battle should be almost over, and the madness of the Japanese on the opposite side is limited, and it is impossible for them to maintain a high-intensity attack for five consecutive days, regardless of the attack day and night!

"Regiment commander, division headquarters phone." Zhao Xin took the microphone from the staff officer.

"Hey, Head Zhao, how is the situation of the little devil on the other side? Do you want to replace your group? The tone of the division commander is simply the tone of asking the boss, this situation is very common in Zhao Xin, his qualifications are older than the division commander, he previously served as the commander of the first regiment of the ace first army, and later because he failed the cultural assessment and was not suitable for the operation of the armored troops, so he took the initiative to ask to be transferred to the infantry unit and continue to serve as the regiment commander. Otherwise, Zhao Xin is at least a deputy army commander now.

"There's no need, I think the little devil can't hold it anymore, shouldn't we be ready to fight back?"

"Hey, you can't hide anything from Lao Zhao, it's almost the case, the order of the group army should come down soon, I want to see how capable this Jiang Fangzhen is!"

It really can't hold on, and the analysis in the hands of Hideki Tojo clearly shows this. As one of the commanders of the offensive and defensive lines on the Kagoshima front, in addition to the regular brigades and regiments that had not moved, he also had five reserve divisions under his control. However, by the evening of the fifth day of fighting, all five reserve divisions were disabled, with more than half of the casualties, and dozens of artillery pieces that had leaked out were also destroyed by the Chinese Air Force. The weapons and ammunition were not lost much, but the limit of patience of the reservists was close to the bottom line, after all, they were not regular troops, and under the encouragement of militarist ideas, they could rely on impulse, and the casualties were too great and the anger was almost discharged after too long.

What is infuriating is that the Chinese army on the opposite side does not seem to have been affected much, and the firepower and rhythm of the defense have not fluctuated much, which is not at all in line with the original intention of consuming the sharp energy and ammunition of the Chinese army at the beginning, which is not scientific! (To be continued.) )