April 1 (East Longitude Day) of the 17th year of Zhongxing, L day.

Sunrise: 06:21 (Tokyo time)

Sunset: 6:45 p.m.

High tide: 09 o'clock (tide height 1.8 meters); 21:40 (tide height 1.67 m).

Low tide: 02:46 (tide height 0.43 m); 15:08 (tide height 0.21m)

Southeasterly wind level 4. Cloudy and overcast. Triple three waves.

After Qian Sihai, the "Emperor of Amphibious Warfare," wrote the above lines on the combat log with a ballpoint pen, he paused for a while, wanting to experience this solemn moment with enough feelings, and then wrote the last line:

"The iceberg battle begins."

He closed the battle log, subconsciously flicked its hard-shell cover with his fingers, and began another great landing. He confidently took over the command of the "iceberg" operation from Rear Admiral Li De.

Lee De led a hodgepodge of artillery bombardment fleets, most of which were old battleships and heavy cruisers, and used their various calibers to bombard the west coast of Tanegashima Island, which belongs to Kayashima Prefecture, day and night, for a week. This area is flat, slightly undulating, sparsely wooded, with barley, sugar cane, sweet potatoes and rape, and is also known as White Sand Beach. The Chinese army is preparing to carry out the largest landing in front of the enemy in the history of amphibious warfare here.

This year coincides with Qian's 50th birthday. His birthday is May 27th, and he plans to blow out the candles and cut the birthday cake at Nishinomote City, Tanegashima Prefecture, which is part of Kayajima Prefecture.

The Japanese call him a "short-nosed crocodile", and the Chinese-for-tat call him "the darling of victory." This was originally the nickname that Napoleon gave him as a marshal.

In addition to the humiliation at Cape Longa in Guadalcanal, Qian Sihai was invincible, advancing 3,000 nautical miles, from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor, crossing the 47th meridian.

Qian Sihai didn't mind. He knows his worth. He laughed at the malicious slander, and remained calm in the cheap cheers. He noticed that with each island he had captured, he learned that it would be easier to take the next island, resulting in more dead people and harder battles. It turned out that the Japanese also learned about war from war.

Although Qian Sihai is irritable. Eccentric, stubborn. Harsh, aggressive, and intimidating. Like "thunder". But he was imaginative. Dare to adopt new ideas, new tactics, and new equipment that no one dares to use. He is decisive and meticulous, and he can recall even the smallest details that professionals overlook.

He learned from an old travel magazine that there were many snakes on Tanegashima Island, which belongs to Kayashima Prefecture, so he ordered a large number of anti-snake venoms. He regarded combat as an engineering technique or an arts and crafts. Meticulously carved, the pursuit of perfection. He was not a traditional old-fashioned general, but an engineer-type commander.

His resume in various ships, shipyards, and civilian positions makes him knowledgeable and extensive. He has always been a commander of the Marine Corps, also taught at the Naval Academy, served as Chen Shaokuan's chief of staff, and also engaged in naval strategic planning. He has commanded all ships and taught everyone, and there is no such complex three-dimensional war of land, sea and air as an amphibious landing that is more suitable for Qian Sihai's character and temperament. He was a natural amphibious general.

In the dark night before dawn on L-day, the weather was surprisingly good. The sky is as it pleases. The sea is calm, the moon is like silver, and the tranquil sea surface is shining with layers of light. The southeast wind did not change direction, otherwise Qian Sihai would have decided to make landfall in the Tanegashima Strait on the east coast of Tanegashima. In all likelihood, Tanegashima Strait will turn into a slaughterhouse like Betio Bay.

All went well, the weather was cool, and the thrill and excitement of the warriors who were tired from a long voyage on the tropical oceans were brought to Japan, which was finally approaching. Night navigation is like roaming on a black grassland, and the navigation stars of the Northern Hemisphere, such as Sirius, Altair, and Weaver Girl, shine in the clouds. Two thousand ships approached Tanegashima from the direction of the Kerama Islands.

The capture of Tanegashima was more significant than any island captured by the Chinese army so far. A look at the map, the layman will understand. Tanegashima is only 40 nautical miles to Kyushu, less than 100 nautical miles to the northeastern tip of Okinawa, and 360 nautical miles to mainland China.

Chinese medium bombers taking off from Nishinomote could control the entire East China Sea, most of Japan, Taiwan, and the east coast of China, and almost all of Japan's important military facilities and industrial areas were not immune from air attacks. Tanegashima had the Tanegashima Strait, a good airfield, and a large open area that could be used as a base for an attack on the Japanese mainland. Tanegashima is to Japan what Cuba is to the United States. Like the capture of Iwo Jima, Tanegashima must be taken, no matter what the cost. But Lieutenant General Qian Sihai wanted to shed as little blood as possible.

The attack on Mamao Island was a clever trick of Qian Sihai's whim, and he played the card of Mamao Island, which was opposed by almost everyone. There are 10 large islands on Mamao Island, with dangerous peaks on them, and the sea surface of Mamao Island is like a forest, and it is impossible to build an airport or a wharf. If you don't do it well, you will even smash the "iceberg".

However, Qian Sihai stubbornly insisted and finally made a decision. After all, Mamao Island is only fifteen nautical miles away from Tanegashima, and the Ryukyu Islands, the closest supply base for the Chinese army to Tanegashima in the Pacific Ocean, are also 100 nautical miles away.

The 5th Marine Division, under the cover of the fleet, captured the eight largest islands in the Mamao archipelago in one fell swoop. The army and navy suffered less than 100 casualties, and the value of the seized piece of real estate was simply immeasurable.

Qian Sihai's incredible inspiration is right again.

The fleet had just approached the shores of Tanegashima when the sky turned cloudy. The morning fog covering the white-sand beach gradually dissipated, and the diffuse light of the clouds made the view of the island unusually clear. Qian Sihai stood on the command ship of the Weiqing, looking at the mountains and rivers of Tanegashima with a telescope.

There was an absolute dead silence, and from the perspective of the camera, Qian Sihai could not find a person, a cannon, a cow, or a bird, as if on a religious holiday, all the islanders went to the chapel to celebrate mass.

The Japanese defenders were silent, ignoring the Chinese ships off the coast. Probably, they waited for the Chinese army to entertain the invaders with steel and fire as soon as they landed on the island. After having the experience of Palau and Iwo Jima, the experience told Qian Sihai. The more silent the island, the more terrifying.

Qian Sihai is not afraid.

A sneer crossed his face. As if he was a clever chess player, he saw through the opponent's intentions, and the city government deeply asked the opponent to make a move first, and then respond to a move. He had an extremely sufficient force and firepower, 400,000 expeditionary forces and tens of thousands of artillery, and the fiercer the enemy's resistance on the beachhead, the faster the battle would end.

Even if there is a war of attrition in Palau or Iwo Jima, he can afford to accompany him.

The hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the army and navy under the command of Qian Sihai are veterans who have been in battle for a long time or newcomers who have not long joined the army. All indulged in a tense atmosphere. In the Pacific Islands War. Everywhere there were battlefields of bloody battles on the beachhead. Not once did it go unchecked. The soldiers of the Chinese army hurriedly prayed, devoured the landing breakfast, wrote wills, and memorized the regulations of the field and the landing. Engrossed in watching the various fire support ships firing their guns. I was even stunned. Forgot the words.

They were all very active people, who liked to drink a lot and tell more Chinese jokes. Eat a few more bites of scrambled eggs with sliced meat or eggs with red sausages and ham, and talk about Xiaoli or Xiaohua a few times. However, they also seemed to feel that the closer they got to the Japanese mainland, the stronger the enemy's resistance became.

The firing of the shelling of the ship began to extend. Qian Sihai looked at his watch, 8:30. This hour is the same as the watch hand of Lieutenant General Long Yun, who commands the ground battle. Once landed, the war would be commanded by Long Yun, commander of the 10th Army. Now, the clouds are closing in and sheltering from the sun, the cool breeze is blowing, and the waves are not rising.

Lieutenant General Qian Sihai issued the H-hour signal that "the 'iceberg' operation has begun." He turned to the chief of staff and said:

"Let's start landing now."

The landing craft landed on the white-sand beach. The west coast of Tanegashima did not have the coral reef veins that every island in the Pacific Ocean must have, so the dinghy went directly to shore and went very smoothly. The hinges were pulled out, the front gangplank was lowered into the water, and the fighters rushed through the knee-deep water and ran to the beach. From north to south, there are endless gray ships, with strange shapes and dense masts like boundless forests.

Anyone who is in this forest of man and steel will feel the mighty momentum, the magnificent and majestic power, thus inspiring a kind of pride in war.

From a stretch of coast six kilometers north and south of Tanegashima, Chinese troops will land two armies in parallel. The beachheads from north to south are marked as: Red Beach, Green Beach, Blue Beach, Yellow Beach, Purple Beach, Orange Beach, White Beach and Brown Beach. A total of four divisions of officers and men will set foot on the coast of Tanegashima at the same time.

Major Wang Huiqing, who had recovered from his injuries and illnesses, also came from China to participate in this large-scale group exercise. Wang Huiqing could have stayed in China, stayed with his wife, watched TV, chatted, and passed the rest of the war.

The end of the war was already obvious, but Wang Huiqing had a strange change in his body like the migration of migratory birds, and he became more and more irritable, lost his temper, behaved erratically, and became delirious, causing the people around him to have no intention of working. Wang Huiqing finally decided to return to the Marine Corps, even if only as a company commander. He packed all his luggage, and then he was as calm as ever.

War forges professional soldiers, and the mission of soldiers is war.

Wang Huiqing found a position in the 1st Marine Division, but that position was a regiment commander, and based on his merits in Guadalcanal, he was given a vacant position, and he was promoted.

Wang Huiqing's troops switched from tank landing ships to mechanized landing craft and merged into the orderly wave of landing craft. They were all lined up and found their place in the berthing area, as neat as the athletes' phalanx at the entrance to the Olympics. The front of the 1st Marine Division was divided into four sections of beach, each of which was supported by the ships of the Three Arsenals. On the dividing line is a hunting submarine, which raises a particularly large colored flag, the color of the flag is the color of the beach, blue and yellow, at a glance. 、

Behind the arsenal ship and the submarine hunter, there are two command boats that serve as the lead of the amphibious tank and the bipolar transport vehicle, and behind the bipolar vehicle are the tank landing craft and the mechanized landing craft. Between each wave is commanded by a small boat, and between each regiment there are bunting boats. The landing scene is tight and majestic, neat and brilliant. Recalling the chaotic and embarrassing appearance of the Tarawa landing, Wang Huiqing was full of emotion, and now it is not what it used to be, and it is full of vicissitudes.

As always, it is its own method of warfare, and its core lies in giving full play to China's advantages in resources, technology, intelligence, and strength, and fighting a war dominated by itself at a time and place of its own choosing.

While Wang Huiqing praised China, he couldn't help but think of the enemy. Four years ago, the barren island country, which produced only one-fifteenth of China's steel, one-fiftieth of its automobiles, and one-hundredth of its oil production, did not adopt this method of Roman legionary entry ceremony. There are also such new equipment that have only been invented for a year or two, but they have also pushed the front so far that it took almost two years for the Chinese to regain the space occupied by the Japanese in half a year. If the Japanese had the power of today's China at that time, how should history be written?

A wave of tank landing craft crossed the LCI rocket boat, and there was cheering on board.

The Japanese remained silent, only firing a few mortar shells, and the Chinese army was bombarded with rockets, and the mortars were dumb.

Wang Huiqing walked more than a dozen steps on the beach full of craters, and no enemy shot at him. The artillery fire of the Chinese army also stopped. An amphibious tank with a floating barrel strapped to it runs over the soft sand. Drive past him, climb the stone breakwater that had been blown down by naval artillery, and rush inland.

Could this be the "terrible" Tanegashima?

Wang Huiqing shrugged his shoulders and stepped into a command jeep that had just landed. Five hundred yards in depth. Behind the beach is a gentle slope with a slight rise. There are sporadic fortifications built by the Japanese army. But there was not a single person inside. Behind the collapsed breakwater is a large field of wheat with waist-high barley. The breeze blows, and the ears of wheat rise and fall like waves. A tranquil idyllic setting.

Wang Huiqing saw an ancient tomb that had been blown up. He immediately recognized that this was a tortoiseshell tomb unique to Tanegashima Island, which belongs to Kajima Prefecture. They are in the form of letters and Ω, made of strips of stone, with gaps facing west, and on that side is the Chinese mainland. He decided to establish his regimental command post here. The resistance of the enemy is still insignificant. Three hours later, the landing force desperately inserted inland.

The southern edge of the theater of the 1st Marine Division is the Bixie River, and the northern edge is the fishing village of Duguzhi. The goal of Wang Huiqing's regiment was to capture Yomitan Airport. Yomitan Airfield, the only target in the first phase of the 3rd Amphibious Army's offensive, was originally planned to be occupied in three days, but experts agreed that the requirements were too high, and judging from the situation at Iwo Jima, it would be good to take it in a week.

The sky turned cloudy to cloudy, and then it cleared. The apricot sun shone on the chaotic beachhead, which was filled with boxes, barrels, vehicles, and boats, and the transporters were busy like ants, rushing to carry the "hot goods" that had been ordered to be unloaded, that is, supplies urgently needed for war. Most of the fortifications in the depth are fairly intact, with many semi-underground firing points of the Tarawa type, some German-style defensive systems, and some American-style anti-artillery holes.

It's a strange thing.

The soldiers of Wang Huiqing's regiment rushed onto a stony platform, and the Yomigu Airport was in sight. With four runways, Yomitan Airport is a "real airport." Wang Huiqing used his binoculars to see many broken planes parked on the taxiway of the airport, the tower intact, and all ground facilities seemed to be undamaged. ”

He immediately gave the order to capture the airfield at any cost. It was getting late, and according to the principles of the Marine Corps, a defensive position should have been built on the spot, preparing to counterattack the night attack of the Japanese army. But Wang Huiqing improvised and was determined to snatch the "grand prize" of the bounty. ”

His command car drove up to the platform, only four hundred yards from the airport. A regiment of officers and soldiers launched a charge, hitting the edge of the airfield. The main force of the Japanese army is still hiding in the clouds and fog, can such an important strategic goal be easily handed away? Once the Chinese army's land-based aircraft use the runway in Yomiya, there is no doubt that air supremacy in the waters off Tanegashima will belong to the Chinese army. Doesn't the Japanese Commander's Palace even have this bit of common sense?

A company commander reported to him:

"The airfield has already been occupied, the damage is slight, and the enemy forces have almost no resistance. Oh, and you can't find any enemies. The devil knows where they're hiding. The company commander stretched out his hands, his steel helmet pressed against his forehead, and his chin was stretched by the tie, and he did not show the slightest relaxation of his will to fight, but he had a confused expression.

"Go on the defensive." Wang Huiqing only said one sentence. He couldn't figure out what the enemy was doing. Bloodless landing, like a regular exercise; Is it a bad omen or an auspicious omen to easily capture the main target?

A group of panicked and trembling Tanegashima civilians were escorted over by the Chinese army, all old men and old women. He asked the language officer to ask for a long time in Japanese and Tanegashima's tribal language, but he didn't understand anything, but became more and more confused. Some of the old and weak women and children shook their heads, some said that the Japanese army was in the south of the island, and some said that it was in the north of the island.

Gunfire was scattered, with occasional cannon shots, all fired by the Chinese army, and some villages and buildings were suspected of enemy troops, resulting in a vain waste of shells. When the ships providing fire support outside the beach asked if they wanted help, Wang Huiqing shouted: "There is no target, and I will hurt my own people as soon as I open fire."

The huge Yomitan airfield and several dangerous positions around it fell into the hands of the 1st Marine Division. The pace of progress is incredible. Tanegashima is a haunting dream. How could it be like this?

The team entered the night fortifications.

Wang Huiqing opened the can of beer, and the orderly handed him bacon, sausages, and bread. A few staff officers gathered around and laughed and had dinner together. Everyone wondered why the Japanese did not resist, and everyone was prepared to shed blood.

"I suppose the Japanese are ready to surrender, right? I heard that Globemaster burned them badly. Said a strong lieutenant who looked like a boxing champion. They may be tired of dying. ”

"Quite the opposite." A major picked it up. He was courteous, like a lawyer. "I think they must have changed their tricks, and the Japanese have no concept of death. The only way is to kill them all. ”

Wang Huiqing did not join the conversation, and he tried his best to recall whether such a situation had ever happened to military officials. He lit a cigarette, looked gloomy, and munched on his food alone. Thinking about the battle story of King David in the Bible. He thought of the exposition of The Art of War. All wars cannot be set in one mode. War is as unpredictable as the flow of water.

The greatness of Temujin's victories was that he always made his enemies feel mysterious and unpredictable.

The soldiers were ready to shed blood, but did not shed blood, trying to fight. But there was no one to fight them. Although it took advantage. Mentally, he let his guard down. The tension is melting like ice and snow, and once it melts, it is difficult to freeze hard. It's like a person preparing to die. And he had no fear; But he escaped death, and if he let him die, he planned to escape again.

The Japanese will definitely bleed enough blood for the Chinese. He concluded. Guarding Tanegashima is Japan's most elite 1st Division, known as this Guards Division, which is no less than a group army in terms of equipment and the number of personnel. They will not be idle people, and the closer they get to Japan, the more fierce the resistance becomes, this is a truth.

There is moonlight at night. The 1st Marine Division was preoccupied with the watch. Wang Huiqing, however, believed that the Japanese army would never launch a night attack tonight. He got on an amphibious tank and wanted to return to the beachhead. He exchanged views with the division commander on the radio.

The division commander believed that it was necessary to seize the main force of the whole division and reserve it for use at a critical moment, and he was ready to organize a large-scale detachment reconnaissance and wait until the enemy's main force was clear before entering a decisive battle. This tactic is certainly not in line with amphibious warfare tactics, but Tanegashima is a large island, and the army's tactics can also be used as a reference.

The beachhead is as lively as a carnival. The floodlights are wide open, bright as day. The loudspeaker repeatedly announced: "Tomorrow there is a big swell, hurry up and unload, and the ships will withdraw to the coast before dawn." "The searchlight swept across the black sea, and the warships on the sea were as dense as the wooden rafts of the Great Lakes of China. White Sand Beach is a straight, open stretch of shore facing the ocean, and if there is a swell, ships will not only fail to unload, but will crash into each other and be scrapped.

This problem seriously troubled Qian Sihai during the landing of more than a year, and the tank landing craft and mechanized landing craft damaged by wind and waves were almost equal to ten times the combat losses.

Skilled transporters used various cranes to lift supplies from the arms ships, liberty ships, victory ships, and army transport ships onto small boats, which drove onto the beach and unloaded supplies and equipment indiscriminately, and the beachhead immediately fell into chaos. Shell boxes, wine crates, folding tents, fresh beef, bananas, and cream from New Zealand on refrigerated ships, cigarettes and sugar from Hawaii, chocolate candy, blankets, fruits, and radio components from China.

Every once in a while, the road is clogged up and bulldozers rumble out of the way. Time is everything, and losses count. Sometimes there is an air raid siren, all the lights are turned off, and the beach is dark.

The soldiers fumbled to get on with their work: they brought floating oil pipes from the tankers and unloaded the seawater talkers and scrapers on the beach...... The alarm was cleared, the lights were on again, and it turned out that many things had gone wrong, so it was difficult to start again.

Colonel Wang Huiqing found Major General Liu Qing, commander of the 1st Marine Division. The headquarters of the major general was located in a fortification abandoned by the Japanese. The fact that the Japanese did not leave a single piece of paper in the fortifications shows that they have already prepared and that they are not throwing documents everywhere as they did at the beginning of the war.

Therefore, the division commander also did not know where the units of the Japanese army were. However, General Liu Qing was not impressed by the disappearance of the Japanese army, he agreed with Wang Huiqing's plan, and repeatedly admonished: "Be quick, put aside all the plans that have been made, quickly insert into the Shenglian Peninsula, and cut Tanegashima into two, so that the enemy cannot echo the north and south." ”

Tanegashima Island, which belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture, is shaped like an "I" in the north, with a larger north and south and a smaller middle.

"Since this is a godsend, we must take advantage of it. But. Colonel, watch your flanks. Beware of mines. I will call planes for reconnaissance and cover. The chief of staff of the division finally added. He was a sturdy man with a red face, no usual glasses, a hunting suit, and boots of the kind that were made to order in shoe stores.

"There is anything in the battle, there is no market for cowards. Huiqing, you and I came out of that hell in Karnal, I am optimistic about you, do a good job. General Liu Qing added.

Wang Huiqing came out of the division headquarters, the wind was blowing, and the weather became very fast. The hills of Tanegashima are covered with artemisia grass and shrubs, as well as black pine forests. Rustling in the night wind. The Japanese soldiers did not sneak attack.

Today is Easter in the West. Is there really "luck"?

Today is April Fool's Day again. What does it mean?

It is very rare for these two festivals to pass in one day, and Colonel Wang Huiqing shrugged, and he couldn't solve this dumb riddle -

Victory, victory. Clothed in a golden morning glow.

Open the door. Open the door and the sun rises over the cliff.

Even the glorious palaces are like the moon and the stars,

Great monarchs live forever.

Colonel Wang Huiqing hummed this Omoro tune, which is popular among the folk of the Ryukyu Islands. I hope to reduce the psychological pressure. The kamikaze roared above him, and from time to time a ship or two was sunk and wrecked by them. It's better not to look, because the moment you see the kamikaze hitting the ship, many people suffer from schizophrenia.

All the senior commanders in the Pacific Theater expected that the Battle of Tanegashima would be difficult, but the situation of the battle developed unexpectedly, and the two armies landed before they were released and met no resistance. The 1st Marine Division swept through Tanegashima and hit the top of the Katsuren Peninsula to the top of the Katsuren Peninsula, only to meet the resistance of a small group of Japanese troops, which was not enough to fill the gaps.

The 6th Marine Division, which was engaged in battle for the first time, rotated to the left and advanced all the way north. The 6th Marine Division advanced in strides along the east and west coasts of Tanegashima, through woods, streams, and mountain streams, bypassing small Japanese resistance forces. The logistics could not keep up, the front was full of holes, and the personnel fatigue could not stop the high morale of the Marine Corps soldiers.

The East Coast Assault Force struck the northern part of Tanegashima in Kazushima Prefecture along mountain villages such as Ariamei, Heira, and Yasuda and along rugged coastal roads.

The West Coast troops rushed along the steep mountain terrain. It is estimated that in ten days, the Tongdong Road troops will meet at Bianhujiao. The tasks of the 3rd Amphibious Army have already been completed by four-fifths. Now, all the horizontal lines of the T have been occupied by the Chinese army, and only the vertical line remains, which is called the Motobu Peninsula.

It is said that in the middle of the Motobu Peninsula there is a surprisingly dangerous mountainous area, Mt. Nanagi, where the northern defense of the Japanese army was located.

Even if there would be a hard battle in Qiqi Mountain, the Sixth Division, which had not been damaged at all, was very competent, and all kinds of intelligence showed that the defenders of Qiqi Mountain would not exceed the strength of one regiment.

Regarding Tanegashima Island, which belongs to Lujima County, Wang Huiqing's knowledge is very shallow. The Maluku Islands in the south of the Ryukyus are so famous that the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch fought for them for centuries. Tanegashima seems to belong to the Chinese cultural sphere, but there are few written records. Before coming here, Wang Huiqing responded to his request and sent him a few books about the Kagol Islands.

Tanegashima is different from the desert islands of Micronesia in that it has a long history of civilization like other Asian countries. Although there are no cultural sites excavated here from 30,000 years ago like the Ryukyu Islands, relics of the shell civilization and the stone civilization have been found. However, this place is too close to the Japanese mainland, and it has always been the mainland of Japan by default, and the original race on the island did not know that it was exterminated by the so-called Yamato people centuries ago.

Just like the Ryukyu Islands in later generations, there are a few real Ryukyuan people on it. Ryukyuan people, who originally had a population of hundreds of thousands, will survive to the 21st century, but fewer than a few thousand.

In the 7th century, envoys from the Sui Dynasty of China visited the Ryukyu Islands, and the Mongol fleet invaded the Ryukyu Islands.

Visitors to this area will be rewarded with stone lions with teeth and claws, lacquer screens, lacquerware, ancient musical instruments, porcelain and silk, indicating that the culture of the Ryukyu Islands is deeply influenced by Chinese culture. In fact, for thousands of years, China has been the eye of the typhoon of East Asian spiritual civilization. Wang Huiqing saw that the photographs in the book were full of Chinese paintings of flowers and birds: weeping willows, small bridges, umbrellas, lotus ponds, towers, and expressionless riders, a civilization and ethics that were very different from Western civilization. However, Japan, which was also influenced by Chinese culture, resolutely embarked on the road of militarism.

In 1326, there were three interesting vassal kings in the Ryukyu Islands: the King of Kitayama, the King of Nakayama, and the King of Nanzan. A series of small wars between kings were fought in the form of a cup of victory. After the Mongols were driven away, all three kings sent envoys to pay tribute to China. Trying to fight for their own legitimacy. The Chinese Dynasty mission paid a return visit to the 485-square-mile island.

When I went to Zhongshan to check the household registration in the strongest country, I found that there were only 36 households. King Nakayama Shohashi swept away the feudal domains and completed the "great cause" of unifying the Ryukyu Islands. He began to trade multilaterally between China, Korea, Japan, Malaya, and the Spice Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands began to prosper.

Tall shrines, pagodas, and stone-built tortoiseshell tombs have been erected. In 1511, the Portuguese landed on the Ryukyu Islands after conquering the Spice Islands. Soon, the local Omoro folk song was circulating. The Ryukyu Islanders also began to learn to build sieges to defend their small territories. The Ryukyuan people are humble, round-hearted, witty, and courteous. It is also difficult to get along with China and Japan on the one hand, and the Netherlands and Portugal on the other.

In 1872 Japan annexed the Ryukyu Islands, and fifty-six years later, China defeated Japan. The status of the Ryukyu Islands was redetermined.

However, Tanegashima includes the Goto archipelago. It's completely different from the Ryukyu Islands. These two islands can be said to be the mainland of Japan, and they are the last barrier to the southwest and west of the islands. Once these two were completely occupied by China. Then China can take advantage of its advantages in all aspects at any time to land in Japan. And whether it is in terms of support or material supply, it will be very convenient. in a war situation. It has a huge catalytic effect.

Wang Huiqing wrote an aria in her notebook. It was written by a poetess in the seventeenth century from the village of Onna, Ryukyu Islands. Echoing in the bowels, with sweet sorrow, with lonely melancholy. With an idyllic and wave-like mood, it's beautiful.

Waves, you have calmed;

Wind, you're sleeping.

The king of the feudal lord from Shuri,

We've got you covered.

"Report, Colonel Wang Huiqing." A herald pushed open his hatch and handed him an order. Wang Huiqing immediately saw the joint signature of Lieutenant General Buknar and Major General Geiger.

Order of the command of the 10th Army

1. The Battle of Tanegashima is progressing smoothly, and the "Iceberg" operation can be completed as expected.

2. In view of the rampant activity of the enemy's suicide aircraft, the 1st Marine Division was ordered to make the following movements:

A. The 6th and 8th Regiments withdrew to the Ryukyu Islands.

B。 Wang Huiqing's regiment continued to stay in the waters south of Tanegashima and retreated 50 nautical miles, strengthened air defense, and stood by in the ocean.

Sure enough, the 1st Marine Division was finally useless.

Wang Huiqing seemed to have been slapped in the face, and her face was red with humiliation. The herald retreated, and he seemed to be in a dream. The Battle of Tanegashima is undoubtedly the most important battle in the history of the Chinese Marine Corps and one of the major battles of World War II. The greatest bloodshed in human history is coming to an end. The crucial battle did not have the share of the 1st Marine Division.

Of course, the 1st Marine Division could stay and wait for the landing in Kyushu. The battle at that time would not have been easier than Tanegashima, and even greater in meaning. But servicemen do not seek future honors. All he was after was Julius. Caesar's famous quote: Veni, Vidi, Vici. (I came, I saw, I triumphed.) )

The 1st Marine Division had arrived from Saipan, 1,100 nautical miles away, and had suffered the horrors of suicide planes, endured the ravages of wind and waves, and ignored all the pain in order to put a shot on Tanegashima, which was now denied even the slightest right, and not even the series of small islands around Tanegashima could not take its part. Victory was missed with the flag of the 1st Marine Division. What could be more pathetic than that!

He was forty-four years old, and he was not the kind of young man who was easily emotional. He was born and died, he was full of war, he didn't even care about death, did he still care about a battle?

Only he deeply understood what Tanegashima Island, which belonged to Kayashima Prefecture, meant to his lifelong military career. His vast knowledge, his incisive analysis, his rigorous reasoning, the intelligence he received from all sides, and his proud intuition, which he never went wrong, all told him:

The Battle of Tanegashima was probably the last battle of the 1st Marine Division against Japan.

Probably no one but him believed in this conclusion.

In the north, the army of Marshal Kong Van Hung was ready to cross the Bering Strait, the forward units of the Ninth Army in the Middle East had arrived at the Turkish border, and the Thirteenth Army had already entered the Arabian Peninsula. General Chen Gengpeng was calling for a complete surrender of the Soviet army and advised the Soviet people to sow wheat as soon as possible to alleviate the great famine that would come with the end of the war.

The million-strong division of the Indian Expeditionary Force. The most elite units will be transferred to the Pacific, where the Air Force will not be transferred for more than two months. They will bomb Japan on a scale unprecedented in human history.

The area of Tanegashima Island, which belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture, is seven times the size of Saipan, and the distance to Japan is only equivalent to the distance of the Globemaster to the limit, and there will be 5,000 Globemaster and Djinn strategic bombers and 10,000 tactical bombers to carpet bomb the Japanese archipelago. The Japanese nation will become a primitive people who live in caves.

After the Indian Ocean Fleet is relieved of its burdens from India, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf, it will be like a carp crossing a river pouring into the Pacific Ocean, and all of Japan's shipping lines will be cut off, and all ships of all sizes will be swept away. Nor will a piece of ore, a piece of cotton yarn, a grain of grain, or a drop of crude oil be shipped into Japan. In addition, all cities and ports along the coast of Japan will be bombed.

The tacit agreement reached between Mexico and China in South America was when more than 2 million troops in China's Northeast Theater crossed the Bering Strait. It will also wave its army into the continental United States. Completely cut off the Panama Canal. And in today's Japan, the remaining rotten shelves will be vulnerable.

Australia, despite the dispersion of China's forces, has not yet been able to fully contribute to the vast area of land. But victory is only a matter of time.

More than three million Allied forces in India were held to death in the Indian diaper. And also lost the first line of land from Nepal to the Middle East. Combined with the Southeast Asian theater of operations, the Chinese army has crossed the treacherous Himalayas and entered the northern plains of India. Although the Chinese army has stopped the offensive against India. However, in addition to the troops controlling the defensive line, a large number of elite troops will gather around Japan.

Once India's troops enter the war, the Pacific becomes a carnival ball, more lively than the Chinese New Year in rehearsals, Christmas in Europe, and Independence Day in the United States combined, with the most famous generals, the best troops, the most astute pilots, and the most fearless sailors putting their skills to work on what little territory the enemy has left. If you add the capable engineers and scientists in Japan, it is said that they will drop a "super bomb" on Japan that they dare not even think of......

Considering all these possibilities, how much share can the 1st Marine Division and his Colonel Wang Huiqing have in that dazzling Olympiad-style future stage?

Wang Huiqing let out a long sigh.

He took a serious shower, shaved his face, and put on a neat military uniform. Be ready to receive an order from the 3rd Amphibious Army to return to the Ryukyu Islands with a boat.

He sat down in his chair and beat his toes to the tune, and the herald knocked on the door again.

"Please come in." He said softly, and even he himself was surprised by the warmth of his voice, not at all like the head of the troupe, but like a gentleman on the dance floor who invited a lady to dance.

The herald handed him a telegram. He glanced at it and put it down.

Everything was expected. The eastward and eastern forces of the 6th Marine Division had joined forces at Cape Bianto, the northernmost part of Tanegashima Island, which belonged to Kayushima Prefecture, and had not encountered any resistance. The next step is to tell him to get out.

He nodded, and politely sent the child-faced herald away. He lit a Manila cigar, which had been given by the Tenth Army as a thank you to the Marines for their help.

When he wanted to take a look, he raised his wrist and raised his watch, only to find that the watch had stopped. Since graduating from Fangchenggang Naval Academy, he has never forgotten the above table. He wandered into the world, his thoughts soared in the space, and the hands of the clock pulled him back into reality.

Colonel Wang Huiqing turned on the radio and found the band of the radio station in the Ryukyu Islands. The powerful radio transmission tower relays important broadcasts from the China Central Broadcasting Corporation, the National Broadcasting Corporation and other domestic radio stations to a wide area in the southwest Pacific.

The radio lit up for a moment and started to make sounds. Wang Huiqing carefully tuned the radio station, anyway, there was a lot of time. NBC is broadcasting the children's long-form serial "Sensational", which is not interesting. Guangdong broadcasts "The Vast Avenue", which is too far from the topic. The program of the Central Broadcasting Corporation was "Captain", Wang Huiqing's hand stopped, took another puff of cigarette, and waited to hear the news. It didn't ring for a long time, the colonel waited impatiently, and suddenly the program was interrupted. There was a burst of soft music, and an unfamiliar announcer said in a heavy tone:

"Sorry, we interrupted the show to cover a special telecommunications ......"

According to the Washington bureau of the United States International News Agency, White House spokesman Steve Murphy. Earley announced: At 5:49 p.m. on April 12, 17th year of Zhongxing, at Georgia Hot Springs, the President died of a cerebral hemorrhage. U.S. Vice President Harry S. Truman has been notified to be told by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. The Secretary of State has been informed and has convened a meeting of the Cabinet. ……”

Wang Huiqing shrugged his shoulders indifferently, in fact, many people knew that at this time, most of Roosevelt's body had already entered the kingdom of heaven, but his will still dragged him to the world.

Roosevelt was afflicted by Alvalez's disease, cerebral arteriosclerosis, heart failure, and complications of coronary heart disease, plus his own world affairs, from the United States and Greece to the Agricultural Credit Corporation Act. He is not a god, he is also a human being, governed by all the laws of nature on earth. Like all emperors and great men, he will eventually withdraw from this world for which he is infinitely loved.

Eight hours ago, Franklin. President Roosevelt sat in a soft leather armchair and looked out the window at the oak trees in the garden. The hot spring town of Georgia has a pleasant climate, and the wind is bright in the valley, but Roosevelt's mood is extremely bad at the moment.

The world war and political situation are progressing like an abyss, and he is already planning the future of the United States.

Georgia was surprisingly warm in early April, with mountain vermilion and wild violets blooming in the fields. Everything in front of me looks very beautiful, full of spring. However, in Roosevelt's eyes, it was so hateful everywhere.

The CIA has sent a lot of information, and many countries in South America have colluded with China. From Washington, since the first Independence Day, Roosevelt was the first president to be extremely worried about the homeland of the United States. He is also very aware of this.

China has always had good relations with South American countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and Cuba, while the United States, on the other hand, has been suppressing other American countries in order to establish its dominance in North and South America. What's more, the United States has today's land, and a lot of it was snatched from the country next door. A New Mexico state is the best proof of that.

In the past, the United States could have completely ignored these countries, but now?

The cold of the Bering Strait could not stop the Chinese army, not to mention that with the arrival of summer in the northern hemisphere, the original valley of cold winter no longer exists. It is undeniable that the winter in the Bering Strait can wipe out any large army. But in the Bering Strait in the summer, its climate is completely unable to stop the enemy.

On the other hand, in the United States, in Alaska, both the number of troops and the defense facilities made Roosevelt feel the slightest despair. Of the two million Chinese elite soldiers, the United States will use at least four million to block them. Four million, Roosevelt can take it, because there is also a Canada.

However, in the south, Mexico and other countries have also amassed a large number of troops and attacked from both sides. Counting the Chinese army above Hawaii, the future of the United States is worrying.

As for Europe, a few months ago, Roosevelt had already said sorry to Churchill and Stalin, and it was all up to God.

Now, does the end of America also depend on God's arrangement?

Perhaps, surrendering and ending the war was a good choice, and Roosevelt did not want to be the first president to be invaded on the American mainland. But will Japan be able to hold out until the time when the United States surrenders?

Troubles are everywhere, no matter how good the beautiful scenery in front of you is, it is not much different from the loess everywhere.

Roosevelt shoved a cigarette into the holder and lit it. He slid out of his leather chair all at once. He raised his left hand and touched his temple, but it didn't reach it, it hung down, and his fingers twitched. His eyes closed and he said in a barely audible voice, "My head hurts very much. Farrah, the dog, seemed to sense something, rushed out the door frantically, barked, and then crouched down on a nearby hill, motionless, as if on guard

The last thread that dragged Ross cotton tenaciously in the world was finally broken.

When the great man was alive, he became the center of discussion. The departure of a great man will bring a lot of comments. Praise, swearing, ridicule of political opponents. (To be continued......)