Chapter 954: The World in an Uproar (Part II)

Although Cunningham wanted to save the war, the moment German fighters appeared in the sky, in fact, the British Navy and even the air force that came over was equivalent to defeat.

The Luftwaffe was divided into three groups, each with more than 200 fighters. There are no bombers here, all fighters. These BF-109s, having lost the shackles of range, thoroughly demonstrated their fighters in the sky.

The British Air Force, which came to support it, was only less than 200 aircraft. Of these, there are only less than fifty Spitfires, and the rest are all Hurricanes.

The Great European style of the British Navy was left with little left under the previous attacks by the German naval forces. At present, even if all the British Air Force in the entire airspace is combined, it is only just over 200 planes.

The British and Germans differed in formation, and they took off only a part of the fighters in an emergency. Although these fighters still included all the Spitfires that could be dispatched, Churchill agreed to send three batches of 540 fighters under Hugh Daudin's arguments.

Subsequently, it will be decided whether to send all the remaining fighters according to the situation.

In exchange, Hugh Dording had to send all of his Spitfires to support the British Navy, which was fighting hard. Hugh Daudin agreed. He knew that this was Churchill's biggest concession, and if he insisted on it, he would have to argue with the whole parliament. He is just a person, but the cabinet has many members from the navy.

These people even included Prime Minister Winston Churchill. You know, Churchill was the Lord of the Admiralty of the British Empire. All in all, the Navy is a direct supporter of the prime minister.

All the Spitfires were sent, and now only the Hurricanes that had proven to be inferior to the BF-109 in all respects in the European war remained in Britain.

If the Spitfire and the BF-109 had met in the skies over the British Isles, the outcome of the battle would have been completely different. If these BF-109s had met with the Spitfire in a range that was not much different, perhaps the battle would not have turned out to be one-sided.

If these Spitfires are able to be equal in number. Even a little less can achieve a certain result. But war is so cruel without ifs.

But the British cannot be blamed. Because they never imagined that the Spitfire would become the most powerful air combat weapon in their hands now.

Due to the Spitfire's new structure, especially the revolutionary wing structure, it caused numerous problems for the factory during mass production. Thanks to the simple structure, the production of the competitor "Hurricane" is much higher.

It was under these circumstances that the plant did not begin mass production of the Spitfire until mid-1938. It was not until the outbreak of war that it was gradually delivered to the RAF.

Although the Spitfire's performance in air combat brought the British Air Force's attention to the aircraft, its complex structure was unable to quickly ramp up production.

The previous battles with the Luftwaffe also caused Britain to lose some of the Spitfires in service. As a result, the number of Spitfires has always been low.

If it weren't for the fact that Germany had been dormant for the past few months, perhaps the British would have had fewer Spitfires by now. And now. More than 300 Spitfires were dispatched throughout Britain.

And with the arrival of the Luftwaffe, Lütjens finally breathed a deep sigh of relief. As long as there are no accidents, then these Brits, they are doomed!

"They're going to lose!" Same as Ruttejans. It is the current commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht who is thousands of miles away. Master Pao looked contemptuously at the Southeast Asian Imperial Alliance Army scurrying all over the mountains, and said to a few generals around him.

The mood of these two is different. Lu Teyansi breathed a sigh of relief, while Pao Ye looked relaxed. Okamura made a huge mistake, and he should not have easily let most of the Japanese troops leave.

Since these Imperial Allied forces in Southeast Asia would abandon the Europeans and Americans and submit to the victorious Japanese, they would naturally choose to submit to the Wehrmacht as victors again.

Okamura Ninji's telegram to Daying was quickly answered, and a large number of ships, whether warships, civilian cargo ships, or fishing boats, rushed desperately towards the coastline of Zhejiang.

More than 40,000 Japanese troops were picked up in just one morning. A lot of people were piled up on the freighter. Pull back the day like a piglet.

Now as long as you can survive, you can't care so much. Yes, Okamura's request is simple. Put as many people as you can, and bring as many people back to Japan as you can.

"Tell Chen Haihua. It's time to go out. Pao Ye smiled and said to an adjutant beside him: "How to fight, he knows better than me." How much he can fight depends on him. ”

At the first time when the attack was planned. Chen Haihua rushed to Zhejiang. The number of more than 200,000 captives has now increased to as much as 400,000. Chen Haihua unceremoniously detained tens of thousands of people and built a large number of temporary airports for himself in the designated area.

And at the same time. A large number of tiger moths, tiger shark type B, tiger shark type A...... And so on the fighter planes continue to make transitions. Even the fighters that have been transferred over include the B-24 "Liberator" bomber that has just been built according to the design drawings and prototypes provided by the United States.

Of course, this fighter is not called B-24 now. Its name has been changed to "Kunpeng Type 1 Bomber".

With the design drawings and prototypes provided by the United States, the R&D personnel of the National Defense Force Aviation Research Institute quickly figured out the manufacturing and production process of this bomber.

And now that the war situation is urgent, there is no room for too much time to do the test. After only a week of test flights and no bad performance, the Kunpeng bomber was pushed into the battlefield to test its capabilities.

"Ziheng, calm down." Chen Haihua is like a chattering father who is constantly nagging Gao Zhihang, and he has been preparing to gradually put the Air Force into Gao Zhihang's hands after a while.

As he grew older, Chen Haihua found that he no longer had the energy to deal with everything as before. He needed someone to take over his work gradually, and Gao Zhihang was the best candidate in his mind.

"Fight well this time! Play the prestige of our air force, don't let those little devils run away easily. Chen Haihua handed over all the operations to Gao Zhihang to command.

However, this is the first time that the Air Force has fought on the surface of the sea with aircraft carrier groups, especially for large-scale naval operations. Yes. Chen Haihua, who was not at ease, still chose to go directly to the airport.

But at the same time, he also decided not to interfere in the command, and delegated all the command power to Gao Zhihang. However, the old man couldn't help but nag Gao Zhihang.

"Got it, Commander! You're good to go! Gao Zhi sailed a military salute, turned around and went down to order the airfields to enter a combat state. All the fighters of the three major military regions of South China, North China, and East China are now under the command of Gao Zhihang.

Except for a small part of these fighters used for combat during this time, most of them were in a dormant state. In order to keep them in good spirits, and then go specifically to deal with the Japanese navy and those ships that evacuated with the Japanese army.

A buzzing roar resounded at the airport, and tiger shark armor first soared into the sky and then circled in the air. The planes below also flew up one after another, and only after forming a formation did they kill towards the predetermined sea area.

"Quick! Hop on board now! The supplies are all sent and separated! Don't crowd ...... "Busy in the harbor." A large number of Japanese soldiers and supplies were sent to the ship in batches.

And Okamura Ninji, who was in the port office, pinched the telegram and turned pale. The telegram was to tell him that the positions on the front had been breached. Those Southeast Asian Imperial Allied troops chose to defect at a critical moment, and they even raised a white flag to the head of the National Defense Force.

At the same time, they used the guns issued to them by the Japanese army to counterattack the Japanese soldiers who were on the battlefield as the overseers. Okamura Ninji and they have always looked down on the combat ability of these Southeast Asian Imperial Cooperative Army, and there are not many overseers left when they evacuate.

As a result, the dying members of the Imperial Concord in Southeast Asia smelled an opportunity to rebel, and they did not hesitate to choose to rebel. Although the Japanese troops on the position were unable to annihilate these traitors and regain their positions. But it is still possible to break through.

Most of the Overseers broke out under the siege of the Imperial Concord Army of Southeast Asia. However, in order to buy time for the main force to evacuate, they chose to re-establish positions on the road to block the Wehrmacht that was following them.

"They are all warriors of the Empire! And those damned Southeast Asian monkeys, these should all be dumped in the trash can to betray them! Matsui looked at the telegram and said fiercely.

"It's useless to say anything now, let's step up our evacuation!" Okamura Ninji's words had a sad taste. He had no reserves on his hands, except for the Japanese army.

When it is decided to carry out the evacuation. All of the Imperial Allied forces in Southeast Asia were sent to the front to take over the positions of the Japanese army. At present, there are more than 700,000 Southeast Asian coerced troops fighting in the original positions of the Japanese army.

How many of them surrendered and how many were still fighting, it is impossible to know. And all Okamura Ninji can do now is to let the Japanese troops trapped here evacuate as soon as possible.

"Boom! Rumble!! The heavy artillery of the "bombardment...... kicked up clouds of dust on the position, and the Japanese troops in those temporary fortifications were like straws in the wind under the bombardment of the heavy artillery, and they could be hit by the shock wave at any time. Turned into a lump of minced meat and fell down.

After about half an hour of heavy artillery roaring, groups of Wehrmacht fighters attacked the Japanese positions under the cover of tanks.

Now the step-tan coordination, the step-tan coordination is as simple as playing for these Wehrmacht fighters. Both tanks and infantry have mastered the essentials of covering and cooperating with each other.

In countless life-and-death battles with the Japanese army. This tacit understanding of this kind of cooperation is no longer astringent.

The heavy machine guns on the Japanese positions rang out, and bullets poured out like rain ...... the day. The bullets struck the tank and sparked a flurry of sparks. The clanging rang non-stop.

"Tom...... Rumble!! "These tanks are never polite, as long as any Japanese fire point is exposed, they will encounter direct artillery bombardment from the tanks.

These Tiger models are now equipped with all caliber artillery, and the entire machine gun position is completely empty of people under the first shot. Even if the fight is a little off, only dead bodies will be left on the battlefield.

"Gollum...... Rumble! Rumble!! Bombardment ......" was dropped one by one with the Type 99 anti-tank bombs, which was the only means that the Japanese army could use to deal with the Tiger type.

But the explosion did not completely damage the tanks, and more of it was the flying shrapnel that injured the infantry fighting with the tanks. These Japanese troops were hiding in the trenches, and it was clear that there was nothing they could do with the direct fire of the tanks.

But that doesn't mean the infantry can't do anything about them. The grenadier canister had already been developed by the Wehrmacht and equipped with the troops of the squad. Attacked by the Japanese hiding in the trenches, these grenadiers immediately played their due power.

"Tom tom tom...... Boom, ......boom, boom, "Grenades were thrown into the tunnels of the Japanese army. The sound of explosions and screams suddenly rang out, and a large number of Japanese soldiers were injured and killed by grenades.

The rest of them knew that they had no power to return to the sky, so they could only retreat backwards along the tunnel.

"Chishang-kun, if we continue to fight like this, we won't be able to support it for long." Wing Commander Oda Eiosa held his head in pain, unable to bear to look at the Japanese troops who had withdrawn.

"As soldiers, it is understandable that we died on the battlefield. But we're not fighting, we're just sending us to death! My wing, which is still capable of fighting, has not been able to assemble a brigade. I'm sure you're in a similar situation......"

Ikegami sighed. Their brigade commander was killed by a stray bullet when the Southeast Asian Imperial Allied forces counterattacked. Chief of Staff at the time of the first blocking battle. Killed by a heavy artillery shell.

The entire brigade base is over. With the determination of the final sacrifice, the two co-captains, Ikegami Shin and Oda Ei, chose to continue to block. However, it was only two blockades, and the remaining strength of the two wings was not enough to make up the two brigades.

This still counts combatants, which means that they are even lightly wounded and soldiers who can use weapons with one hand. But just like that, they can't get together two brigades.

"Your Excellency Commander Okamura's call has already been said. We have to hold on until all the troops are withdrawn. Ikegami was silent for a long time before he said to Oda Ei amid the rumbling cannon.

"Now is the most important moment for the withdrawal of the Empire. We can only hold on......" After a pause, Ikegami muttered, "I don't want my family to be as humiliated as His Excellency Shunroku Hatata......"

After listening to Ikegami's words, Oda Ei stopped complaining. Now Shunroku Hata has become a street rat in Japan. His family members were all imprisoned, and it was even reported that Shunroku Hatata's family had been executed for treason.

The charge of being a traitor will forever hang on Shunroku Hatata's body. Neither Ikegami nor Oda Ei want their families to follow in the footsteps of Shunroku Hatata.

"Ikegami-kun...... If you withdraw again. We can't get out either. Even if you break through, it will lose its meaning......" Oda Ying leaned over lightly and said, "Then, here it is." We and the warriors of the Empire. Let's be loyal to the Empire together! ”

"It is an honor for Ikegami to become a Buddha with Oda-kun. Along the way, thank you Oda Jun for your care. Please take care of me in the future......" Ikegami really bowed deeply to Oda Ei.

If they are wearing a clean kimono. It's not surprising to do this in a Japanese-style room. But now they are wearing tattered Japanese military uniforms, and their bodies are full of gunsmoke. And in the low bomb holes. It's a little ridiculous.

After doing these ridiculous moves, Oda Ei and Ikegami took off their clothes. He strapped the bundles of grenades in the anti-artillery hole to himself.

Then he walked out, only to see Oda Ying roaring at the adjutants outside: "Gentlemen! We are all glorious people of the Great Sun Empire, and although we are under siege today, we must not lose the soul of our Yamato warriors! Then please follow me and fight hard! For the honor of Yamato boys! For the Empire! For His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Onboard! Onboard!! "Those Japanese soldiers also knew that this was the final charge. In fact, there is more helplessness and despair in the "onboard" sound of this voice.

"Assault!!" After shouting a few times, Oda Ei and Ikegami really led the people to rush out of the rear position and rush towards the front.

The last 1,300 people, this is already a force that Oda Ei and Ikegami can fight. The rest were all seriously wounded unconscious in the anti-artillery holes, or Japanese soldiers in positions that had been reduced to stump and pulp.

"Grandma's! These little boys still dare to play with the master and charge?! I'm really looking for death! Xin Yangrong, the commander of the 97th Regiment of the 33rd Division of the 11th Army of the Fourth Army Corps, held the binoculars and smiled.

"The cavalry is fast, let the cavalry go around their backs and block it, don't run anymore. The first and second companies were outflanked on the left and right wings. The third company stabilized its position, don't go out to fight to the death. ”

"Break them all out, sweep them away, and let the warriors go up to mend their swords. Got it?! Xin Yangrong immediately gave an extremely shameless order, and the adjutant beside Xin Yangrong seemed to have become accustomed to his superior's attitude.

He smiled and passed the order on.

The Ninety-seventh Regiment carried out this order perfectly. The first company, the second company, and the third two flanks surrounded the Japanese from the left and right flanks. And the cavalry rushed to the rear of the Japanese army smoothly and blocked the Japanese army.

And Ikegami really them, Ji came up with the intention of rushing to death. Gen ignored the Wehrmacht forces that surrounded them.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Boom, boom, boom, boom ......" the roar of heavy machine guns and the explosion of tank fire resounded through the position. Countless Japanese soldiers were swept into broken corpses on the spot, and Ikegami was killed on the spot by a cannonball......

On the dock, Okamura Ninji slowly boarded a battleship with a telegram. This was the last farewell message from Ikegami. Okamura knew that this meant that the last blocking position had been lost.

Now the Wehrmacht is rushing towards the port. But Okamura was glad that most of the soldiers of the Chinese Dispatch Force had already boarded the ship, and even now the Wehrmacht arrived only to see his own back.

There is still a wing left on the port. They are the units used to last stop the Wehrmacht. With a long whistle, the transport ship slowly sailed out of the harbor and rowed towards the sea.

They will join the Japanese fleet in the open sea and withdraw towards Japan and Turkey. There they will be reorganized and then joined in new units. Or travel to Southeast Asia. Or stay in the sun.

After all, the Japanese did not dare to let the fleet act alone, and they were also worried that the ships acting alone would be attacked by the Wehrmacht Navy or bombed by the Air Force, so they mobilized the entire Combined Fleet to escort them.

"What a humiliating failure! These army manure can only discredit the empire. Vice Admiral Takasu Shiro, commander of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Navy, looked at the vanishing port and cursed.

The adjutant beside him shrugged his shoulders and did not answer. But then, Takasu Shiro and his lieutenant were filled with terror. Because they saw the planes flying in the distance!

"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! The terrible shouts and sirens suddenly resounded through all the warships, and the planes on the escort aircraft carrier constantly took off urgently to meet the enemy!

At this time, inside the office of the President of the White House. Roosevelt held the two reports with a cloudy face. One of the two reports has been printed and distributed in a newspaper. And the other, although Roosevelt pressed it, this matter could not be concealed for long.

"The Awakening of the Sleeping Lion - The Chinese Defense Forces Have Completely Expelled the Japanese Army" is a news item that will be published in the Washington Post. And the other was suppressed by Roosevelt. It is "The Twilight of the British Empire - The British Fleet in the English Channel is Crushed by Germany".

The first one is true. The second part, however, has some propaganda implications. The British Navy's battle in the English Channel has largely been reported.

The Germans set a fatal trap for the arrogant British in Dunkirk, where they placed all their units capable of naval warfare.

Including submarines, surface warships, air force ...... Wait a minute. And for this battle, the Germans should have been preparing for a long time. They may even have built a large number of airfields near Dunkirk. Otherwise their fighters would not have come so fast.

What's even more cruel is that the British Navy never thought that it would be attacked by submarines. And at this time there was no sonar. The only way to deal with submarines is to rely on experience.

The British paid the price for their arrogance. Of their eight aircraft carriers, five were sunk. The remaining three were heavily damaged, and even one sank while the planes were escorting them back.

As for the Air Force, the British lost seventy percent of their fighters. This includes one of the few but extremely effective Spitfires. The worst loss was the Spitfire, and all the Spitfire that participated in the battle were lost. In the end, less than twenty were able to be withdrawn.

Roosevelt ultimately did not suppress these two reports. They were faithfully published in the Washington Post.

For a time, the whole world was in an uproar! For a while, the wind was loud!!

ps: 6,000 words~ We won't divide the chapters, just send them together.