Chapter 263: Sunset (6)

"How is that possible?" Zhang Cheng frowned, and the document in his hand was still on the table, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes, "I don't believe it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Your Excellency." Wang Yan, who was standing at the desk, smiled bitterly and said, "I also feel incredible, but this matter is indeed true. After a pause, Wang Yan then spoke, "I have arranged for someone to be next to General Cui Yunjie, this is the information he passed back, and it is absolutely reliable." ”

"Are you sure?" Zhang Cheng pursed his lips and wondered, "How could he want to betray me?" This is not logical. Are your people double agents? ”

Zhang Cheng really couldn't imagine that Cui Yunjie would have the idea of betraying himself. You must know that Cui Yunjie is the person who Zhang Cheng pulled up, and without Zhang Cheng, there would be no Cui Yunjie today. Moreover, Zhang Cheng looked at Cui Yunjie's face and showed mercy to the Cui family's subordinates who participated in the affairs of the imperial capital. It is impossible for Cui Yunjie to do such a thing.

"Tripartite intelligence confirmed." Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "Those people secretly sent a messenger to negotiate with Cui Yunjie under the leadership of the Cui family. Instead of reporting their arrest, General Choi held secret talks with them for about an hour, and then sent them away himself. I don't believe that General Choi doesn't know what these people do. ”

After the turmoil in the imperial capital, Zhang Cheng did not kill some latent opposition forces, but chose to cast a long line to catch a big fish. A lot of big fish have been hung before, but this time Cui Yunjie's incident made Zhang Cheng feel unacceptable. After all, he is an outstanding talent that Zhang Cheng values.

"What the hell was he thinking?" Zhang Cheng lowered his eyelids and sighed. Emotionally, he was unacceptable.

Like Cui Yunjie, there are many officers of the young Zhuang faction in the army who were personally picked up by Zhang Cheng and sheltered them from the wind and rain. There were also people who approached these heavily armed officers before to buy or convince them, but in the end they were all arrested. Zhang Cheng thought that Cui Yunjie was the same, but he didn't expect Cui Yunjie to give him an unhappy surprise.

"I found someone to study General Cui Yunjie's previous experience." Wang Yan knew that Zhang Cheng was in a bad mood at the moment, so he directly stated the inference of the experts in his bureau: "Combined with General Cui Yunjie's life experience and some words and deeds, the experts deduced that he is a young officer who supports change. He was a somewhat radical young man, a great powerist. However, from the analysis of some of his remarks and published articles when he was a student, he was a person who supported consortium politics, believing that only the elites of the consortium were capable of governing the powerful Ming Dynasty. ”

Wang Yan's tone paused, glanced at Zhang Cheng, who was silent, raised his hand to cover his mouth, coughed, and then spoke: "He thinks that civilians are not capable of managing the country. Moreover, his family's influence on him was very strong. Although he is not a descendant, General Cui Yunjie is very favored in the Cui family and is a leader among the younger generation of the Cui family. After the turmoil in the imperial capital, the power of the Cui family plummeted, and many people in the Cui family complained about Your Excellency, which also directly affected General Cui Yunjie's thoughts. ”

Zhang Cheng pursed the corners of his mouth and closed his eyes in contemplation, but did not speak. There was silence in the office.

β€œ...... Is. Zhang Cheng raised his head and opened his eyes. A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know what to say.

"Do you want to let the gendarmerie ......" Wang Yan's words were not finished, but the meaning was already very obvious.

"No, you don't." Zhang Cheng snorted coldly, a sharp color flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't do anything." I'd like to see what he's going to do! The Saga Foundation? Consortium politics? Meritocracy? What's going on in your head! ”

Cui Yunjie, who made Zhang Cheng angry, was already on the battlefield behind Nagasaki Port at the moment. As a general, he chose to jump from the plane himself with his men rather than stay on the safe island of Jeju and wait for news.

"How's it going?" After returning to his headquarters from the front, Cui Yunjie asked about the current progress of the battle.

"About 4,000 paratroopers have been gathered, but many are soldiers from other divisions." Major General Zhou Qi nodded in response, "The command ordered us to immediately move towards Seto Beach to meet the landing force. ”

"The battle is not going well?" Cui Yunjie frowned and asked.

"Hmm." Zhou Qi nodded: "The telegram said that the landing losses were very large, and the resistance of the Japanese army was very fierce. ”

"Oh." Cui Yunjie narrowed his eyes, "Then let's go." ”

......

"Left!" Song Tieniu roared, and the submachine gun in his hand fiercely fired at the left front of the Tiger tank in front of him. Over there, a Japanese daredevil, holding an explosive bag, was rushing towards here under the cover of the crater.

The Ming soldiers beside Song Tieniu were slightly stunned, and then opened fire one after another. The rain of bullets soon enveloped the Japanese soldier, turning him into a blood gourd.

"Hurry, hurry, rush over!" The Ming soldiers who had already entered the core position of the Japanese army stood next to the trench dug by the Japanese army with submachine guns and fired desperately, knocking the Japanese soldiers in the trench to the ground in pieces, and staining the long communication trench red with blood.

"Flamethrower!" A second lieutenant of the Ming army shouted loudly to the flamethrowers with gasoline cans on their backs: "Burn them!" ”

"Huh~~~" A long fire dragon erupted from the front of the flamethrower, setting fire to a Japanese hidden bunker. Soon, several Japanese soldiers who were screaming miserably and were on fire escaped from the bunker and ran wildly.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! The second lieutenant, whose head was wrapped in bandages, waved his hand to stop the soldiers who were already holding their guns next to them: "Burn them!" ”

The fire men didn't last long, and soon fell to the ground silently, eventually being burned to charcoal.

The tanks brought by the second landing force played a key role. These armored fortresses managed to break through the Japanese positions and beat the resistance of the 11th Brigade to powder. Major General Tokutaro Sakai, commander of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army, committed suicide in despair, and the two infantry wings under his command and the troops directly under his command were almost completely wiped out. The artillery positions hidden behind the coastal road also collapsed under the fierce blows of the Ming air power. The Ming attack force successfully occupied Seto Beach.

After taking control of the beachhead, a large number of barges began to rush directly to the beach. Temporary docks and berths were soon erected. A large number of soldiers and equipment were continuously put into the battlefield, and the strength of the landed Ming army increased rapidly.

By the time it got dark, the landing force had extended nearly five kilometers in depth, expelling all the surrounding Japanese troops and making contact with the paratroopers. The troops that landed on the first day numbered as high as 30,000 and had a large amount of heavy equipment. The situation for the defenders of Nagasaki turned very bad.

"Where are Sasebo's reinforcements?!" Gu Shoufu, who had an open military uniform, red eyes, and beads of sweat on his bare head, trembled his lips and shouted sharply.

"The Sasebo town guard sent a telegram saying that the reinforcements they sent encountered stubborn resistance from the Ming army on the way." The chief of staff on the side hurriedly responded, "And they have also suffered heavy air raids and artillery bombardment from the Ming army, all railways and roads have been cut off, and they can't get over now." ”

"Huh~~~" Gu Shoufu sat on the chair and raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead. His lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

The Ming army's offensive was far more powerful than he could have imagined. Countless naval battleship artillery, countless warplanes, and countless infantry. For a whole day, all he received was messages asking for help and jade fragments everywhere. And the reinforcements didn't even have a shadow.

The 11th Brigade, which had strong combat effectiveness, was not able to hold out even for a day, and almost all of the thousands of elite soldiers were shattered. Gu Shoufu's mood can be imagined.

"Tokyo." After half a ring, Tani Shofu raised his head and looked at his chief of staff, "What's the news in Tokyo?" ”

"The telegram from the military department said." The chief of staff smiled miserably: "They said that the decisive battle of the Imperial State was here, and they ordered us to hold out until the last moment." The Navy is ready to launch a decisive assault. The kamikaze assault team has also been prepared, and tomorrow it will launch an attack on the Ming army that has landed. His Majesty the Emperor also sent a message of condolence, hoping that we would be able to hold on to every inch of the Imperial Kingdom. ”

"Huh." Gu Shoufu's eyes dimmed, this is to let them wait for death.

Seto Beach was lost, and the period between Omura and Isahaya was also occupied by the airborne troops of the Ming Army, cutting off the connection with Sasebo. By this time, Tani and his defenders had been completely surrounded near the port of Nagasaki. All land communications were cut off. The only way to get in touch with Kyushu is to swim across Nagasaki Bay.

"Order all troops to get ready, tomorrow the Ming army will inevitably launch a fierce attack on Nagasaki." After a moment of silence, Gu Shoufu ordered in a deep voice, "All troops must hold on to the last moment, and no one is allowed to abandon their positions!" ”

"Are you going to launch a night raid tonight?" The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and asked aloud.

β€œ...... Good. ”

The Japanese knew before the war that their strength would not be able to fight against the Ming army. So they often conduct some special combat training, and night combat is one of them.

The idea of the Japanese is very simple, if they are not able to defeat the enemy head-on, then they will win by surprise.

This time, the Japanese were fighting on their own soil, and many of the defenders of Nagasaki were locally recruited garrisons, who were familiar with the terrain and quickly approached the landing site of the Ming army under the cover of night.

At this moment, the entire Seto beach has become a crazy temporary mooring, and a large number of boats are constantly transporting and unloading. Send a steady stream of soldiers and equipment to the beach, including a large number of armored vehicles.

The Ming army was clearly prepared for a possible night attack by the Japanese. The guard posts on the perimeter stretched out several kilometers away. The Japanese night raid troops were soon discovered. (To be continued.) )