"Here we go!" Yamashita Fengwen solemnly put down his binoculars and said in a deep voice: "It's started, they're attacking......"

Although Yamashita had anticipated a possible IDF attack in the area, Yamashita had no way of knowing when or where the IDF would attack.

But he had already anticipated that the Wehrmacht would definitely attack the Japanese, there was no doubt about it. It was not in the interest of the Wehrmacht to allow the Japanese to arrive at the port and pose a threat to the Philippine Defense Forces.

Yamashita would not be naïve enough to think that the slaughter of tigers would be unprepared for the threat posed by the Southern Army to the Philippines, as long as anyone with eyes could see it, Japan would definitely try to clean up those Philippine defense force units.

Without it, the Philippines is now one of Japan's most important resource areas. And because of the superiority of the navy, the Japanese army could transport back the supplies they needed from the Philippines.

At the same time, they can blockade the seas of Southeast Asia. And the Wehrmacht, which is not strong in the navy, has little to do about it.

However, in order to support the Philippines, Japan had to send a part of the Southern Army to the Philippines. Otherwise, relying only on the Japanese Navy's 10,000-strong marines to launch an attack would only be more than lucky.

In the face of the high risk of their own brothels being cut off, the Japanese army and navy cooperated for the first time with the firmest of limitations. Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto, with permission, did his utmost to prepare for the landing operation of the Japanese Army in the Philippines.

The army also sent Yamashita Fumi, who had the most experience in landing operations, to personally lead the troops to carry out the battle for the Philippines.

"Boom Boom Boom ......" shells continued to fall on the heads of the Japanese troops on the march, and the Japanese artillery began to calculate the position of the Wehrmacht's ballistic artillery at the request of Yamashita Fubun.

Unfortunately, the Japanese did not expect the Wehrmacht to use rockets. By the time they had calculated the position of the Wehrmacht's artillery, the Tiger Roar had already been disassembled and moved along with the artillery.

"Their caliber is about right and right, and it hurts us a lot. But something odd is that. Their shrapnel fragments were very large...... "The chief of staff quickly reported to Yamashita Fengfumi.

Listening to the words of the shrapnel, Yamashita Feng Wenmeng's face changed and he quickly said: "Immediately order the artillery to stop firing!" Shift positions! ”

He had known information about the Wehrmacht's possession of a rapid-fire gun that could be shifted at any time. But the base camp was slow to tell the news to the divisional and regimental officers below.

As a result, the troops below were hardly aware that the Wehrmacht had such an artillery force.

"Whoosh...... Rumble! Rumble!! "......It's a pity that no sooner had Yamashita Fumi's order been issued, and the Wehrmacht's rockets had already carried out a devastating shelling of the Japanese artillery positions.

This was arranged beforehand, and because of the extremely fast rate of fire and the fierce firepower of the Wehrmacht, they could completely divide into two groups and attack the Japanese in one wave. On the one hand, it killed and wounded the Japanese marching infantry, and on the other hand, it led to the Japanese artillery to return fire.

The second batch of Tiger Roar was waiting for the Japanese artillery to calculate the position of the Japanese artillery as quickly as possible after the artillery bombardment, and then destroy it.

Obviously. The Wehrmacht achieved its goal. The artillery exposed by the Japanese, after carrying out retaliatory shelling, also exposed their positions themselves, were hit by a storm of Wehrmacht.

The explosion of "boom, boom, boom and ......" resounded in the Japanese artillery position, and countless Japanese artillery screams were blown into pieces of flesh and corpses by rockets before they could be released.

"Boom! "Bombardment...... "Several rockets hit the shell box of the artillery position, which triggered the explosion of the entire shell box. The explosion killed and injured the artillery in the vicinity of the shell box. It also tore the Japanese artillery near those guns into pieces.

Yamashita Fengwen looked at the artillery positions all over the ground, and his lips trembled and he couldn't say a word.

"Ordered the troops to withdraw immediately towards the harbor, informing the Navy that we had been attacked. Ask them to provide us with tactical assistance......" After a while, Yamashita Fumicai instructed the chief of staff: "At the same time, order the troops not to fall into battle, and immediately withdraw in the direction of the port......"

Yamashita knew very well in his heart that once the Wehrmacht launched an attack, it would inevitably be a thunderous blow. If you want to minimize losses, then it is inevitable to withdraw to the port and be protected by the navy's large-caliber naval guns and warplanes.

"Oh?! They're down?! Hehehe......" Tu Lao Hu sneered. Yamashita had already expected his reaction, and in fact he had expected long before the attack was launched, that the Japanese army that had gone to support the Philippines would definitely not go toe-to-toe with him.

They need to preserve their strength to cope with the war in the Philippines.

"Let Gao Zhihang deploy half of the fighters to attack and monitor the Japanese army all the way. Don't give them a chance to relax. He tried his best to hold off the Japanese and forced the Japanese Navy to send fighter jets to escort them. ”

Tu Laohu paused, his fingernails scratched the map and said, "Let Shen Honglie and them arrive at the predetermined area as soon as possible, and wait for the order to launch an attack at any time!" ”

The Wehrmacht's navy after more than half a year of aircraft carrier training. I have already begun to prepare for the actual combat test of my training results. The Japanese army, on the other hand, became the best target for them to test their training results.

As early as half a month ago. Shen Honglie's Navy's No. 1 Aircraft Carrier Squadron had already formed a formation to the waters of Annam to prepare for a strike on the Japanese army. But without an order, the fleet can only remain in a latent state.

"Damn! It's finally time to command! Admiral Chen Shaokuan, commander of the First Air Fleet of the National Defense Navy, turned red with excitement, and as an old navy, he was always looking forward to his fleet being able to fight a real naval battle.

From the moment he entered the Wehrmacht, he never forgot the inscription of Admiral Sa Zhenbing on the boulder at the entrance of the Naval Academy: Is the national shame slack?!

I don't dare to slack off! Chen Shaokuan said this to himself from time to time, from the moment he was appointed as the commander of the First Air Fleet of the Navy by Shen Honglie, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Navy, Chen Shaokuan secretly swore to himself: In this life, he will avenge the blood feud of Dadonggou!

He finally waited for this opportunity, and after more than half a year of training with the First Air Fleet of the Wehrmacht Navy, he received an order to go to the waters of Annam.

He knew his chance had come. But he also knows how dangerous this opportunity really is. There is no full-fledged Wehrmacht 1st Air Fleet. Facing the Japanese Navy, which has a lot of real combat experience.

Moreover, they have a large number of frigates, aircraft carriers and submarine forces.

And what about the troops in Chen Shaokuan's hands?! He only had an old aircraft carrier captured from the Japanese army, an aircraft carrier built by the Wehrmacht based on the design of the US aircraft carrier that had not experienced any actual combat.

There was also an aircraft carrier escort fleet consisting of three captured battleships and five cruisers.

The Japanese navy that Chen Shaokuan faced had a combined fleet of at least six aircraft carriers and more than 15 battleships.

Neither Chen Shaokuan nor Shen Honglie, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces and Navy, were optimistic about the prospects of this campaign. The gap between the ships of the two sides is too big, and the gap in the quality of the ships is too big.

This kind of encounter cannot be won unless it is against the sky.

Therefore, when formulating the battle plan in the early days, Shen Honglie and Chen Shaokuan invariably put forward a request: to kill and injure the Japanese navy. Forcing them to not be able to pick up the army is enough.

You don't have to fight, you don't have to fight them. Otherwise, the losses of the Navy will be extremely terrible.

What is needed in the current Wehrmacht Navy is a large number of officers and soldiers with actual combat experience. Compared with Japan, the Wehrmacht Navy could not afford to withstand losses.

"Tom tom tom ......" Gao Zhihang faithfully carried out the order of slaughtering the tiger. He deployed Air Force fighters that had been patrolling the positions to the battlefield and strafed the Army.

The flexibility of the fighters caused great problems for the Japanese, and their anti-aircraft weapons were simply not available, except for a part of the machine guns. In the face of the bombardment of Wehrmacht fighters, they could only be beaten passively.

"Please send fighter planes to carry out tactical assistance...... Yamashita Fengfu said helplessly to his chief of staff: "We need a large number of fighters to assist us now, otherwise we will lose our combat effectiveness even if we withdraw to the port......

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and did not speak, such a request is extremely humiliating for an army. The Japanese army and navy have always been at odds with each other, and the two sides have fought openly and secretly many times.

Now let the Japanese go to the Navy and ask for tactical assistance. This is undoubtedly a great shame for the Army.

"Don't think so much, we're all fighting for the Empire now!" Yamashita Fengwen saw the hesitation of his chief of staff, and said fiercely: "Send a report immediately!" ”

"Hay!" Seeing that Yamashita Fengwen was so resolute, the chief of staff could only respond helplessly.

In fact, Yamashita Fengwen is also helpless. In recent air battles, the losses of the Japanese army and aviation were enormous. Although it was announced that hundreds of Wehrmacht fighters had been shot down by the Japanese army, Yamashita Fumi, who was a high-ranking officer, knew that in fact the Japanese army had suffered even greater losses.

The Wehrmacht shot down less than a hundred warplanes, while the losses of the Japanese Army Aviation were more than two hundred. Marshal Sugiyama concealed this battle damage for the sake of the army's morale.

But even if it is concealed. Lu Hang also knew what was going on in his heart. They were now able to barely maintain a temporary assault on their positions, and were unable to support Yamashita Bongbun.

Yamamoto Fifty-six soon received a distress call from Yamashita Fengfumi. Without too much hesitation, he dispatched the only more than 300 fighters he had in his hands in one go.

"Your Excellency Commander, we have sent these fighters, so what should we do ourselves......" The chief of staff said to Yamamoto worriedly: "We are now facing a threat by ourselves......

"Send all the reconnaissance planes to carry out reconnaissance and monitoring of the nearby waters. As soon as the situation is found to be abnormal, then immediately order all fighters to return home......"

Yamamoto Fifty-six said in a deep voice: "The only thing we can do now is to pray that the Wehrmacht's navy is not formed. Otherwise, we can only retreat and choose to deal with these fleets first......"

Saying that, Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed and said, "Although our marines are strong in combat, I don't think they can attack the Philippines ......"

"If the Wehrmacht forces were so easy to deal with, we would not have been forced to withdraw from the Chinese battlefield. If our marines deal with the troops of the Nanking State Government, they will be okay. But to deal with the Wehrmacht troops, then the assistance of the Army is necessary......"

Yamamoto Fifty-six is telling the truth, but this truth is very unacceptable. It is true that the army units have more landing combat capabilities than the navy.

In particular, Yamashita Fumi, who is regarded as the "Malay Tiger", led more than 20,000 Japanese troops to directly defeat and capture more than 100,000 American troops, which has become a legend in Japan.

Someone who is able to create such a legend. Yamamoto believed that he would definitely be able to show his own color in the counterattack on the Philippines.

But the premise of all this is that Yamashita Fumimi can not be crippled by the Wehrmacht's blocking forces. Otherwise, all this is nothing more than a flower in the moon mirror in the water.

"To help them is to help us if we lose the resources of Southeast Asia. The empire can't fight even for a day......" Yamamoto Fifty-six said to his staff officer, "We need to know that now is the life and death of the empire." At this time, how can we still cooperate sincerely, then the only thing waiting for us is defeat......"

Under the strong order of Yamamoto Isoroku, hundreds of fighters on the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier slowly took off from the deck with a buzzing sound and flew towards Yamashita Fumi's front army.

And the fighter units of the Wehrmacht. More than 130 fighter jets were dispatched. They were divided into three batches, and the non-stop attacks on the Japanese delayed their march.

At the same time, after destroying the artillery positions of the Japanese army, Tiger Roar continued to harass the Japanese army. Under all these unfavorable conditions, Yamashita still led the troops to march more than ten kilometers.

But the price paid along the way was dearly, and at least 2,000 people lay on the march.

In the opinion of the grief-stricken Yamashita Fengfumi. These Wehrmacht forces did not emphasize the spirit of bushido at all. Their bombardment was followed by airplane bombing. His own troops could only retreat in a basic formation.

Even the soldiers who were killed and wounded did not have time to take care of it, and the soldiers of the Wehrmacht came up to check whether they were dead or not. Their method of testing was simple, effective, but also brutal - a bayonet in the throat of the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground, whether they were alive or dead.

Even if it's a big living person jumping around, if you don't die like this, you have to die!

But Yamashita was helpless, and he had to think about how to preserve his strength to the maximum extent instead of taking into account the pursuing forces of the Wehrmacht.

"Old Wang Ba Calf, you are really fucking fast......" Long Rope Ancestor muttered and scolded. But he himself knew that there was no point in scolding like that.

Apparently, the leading generals of the Japanese army guessed their motives for dragging them off. So he chose to retreat in the direction of the port desperately without hesitation.

As soon as they reached the port, they would be covered by a large number of naval guns. At the same time, the combat radius of the Japanese fighters will be greatly shortened. At the same time, the combat radius of the corresponding Wehrmacht will be extended.

With this in mind, it was impossible for the Wehrmacht troops to pursue at great risk. Therefore, as long as they arrived at the port, the Japanese troops were considered temporarily safe.

The "buzzing ......" is here. Japanese fighters had already arrived over the battlefield. Obviously, the Japanese could not afford too many losses and decided to send naval fighters to support them.

At least. This will prevent their own army units from being attacked by Wehrmacht fighters. Due to the lack of air defense, the Japanese army units were beaten to a pulp by Wehrmacht fighters.

At this time, if there is no air balance, the army units can only be lost all the way to the port. This was obviously unacceptable to the Japanese army. As a result, the Navy sent a large number of warplanes to assist in the march and avoid Wehrmacht warplanes attacking the Army units.

"Damn! These guys are really bloody......" Seeing hundreds of fighters flying in the sky, Long Rope Ancestor was dumbfounded. He did not expect the Japanese to be so resolute, and did not hesitate to send all their fighters.

Unbeknownst to the Dragon, Yamamoto Isoroku, the general who had commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor, was not an ordinary person. Since he has made the decision to support, he will not hesitate to send all combat forces to assist the army in retreating.

"Tom ......" machine guns and airborne machine guns in the sky rang out. Countless Wehrmacht and Japanese fighters were quickly slaughtered.

The air combat of hundreds of warplanes, which is undoubtedly extremely rare. Both the Japanese army and the Wehrmacht were enthusiastic and constantly cheered for their own air force.

"Commander-in-chief, what should I do now......" The chief of staff looked at Gao Zhihang with an ugly face, and the war eagles who had just gone to attack the Japanese army reported that the Japanese Navy had sent a large number of fighters to assist in the operation.

This is an extremely unfavorable situation for the Wehrmacht Air Force. The limited number of fighters has experienced a lot of losses in several major wars. Battle-damaged, repair-ready piles of airfields.

There are only more than 400 fighters that can continue to fight. Now more than 100 planes were divided into three groups to assist in the pursuit of the Japanese army, which was almost the limit of the air force.

Especially now, a large number of Japanese army aviation units have also appeared in front of the Wehrmacht's Weijiang position. The chief of staff did not think that these Japanese army air forces were here for sightseeing.

"Leave 80 fighters to continue to patrol the Weijiang position, and the rest of the fighters will support the pursuing troops after they return home!" Gao Zhihang said to his chief of staff without any hesitation: "If you defeat the Japanese naval aviation, the Japanese Army in South Asia will be half dead!" No matter how great our losses are, we must fight this battle! ”

The chief of staff was silent, if this order was carried out, then the difficulties faced by the Wehrmacht Air Force warhawks on the front line of Weijiang can be imagined......