On the way back, the Leyiqin group took the sheep by the hand and smashed the Yulin base on Hainan Island of the Japanese Southeast Asian Dispatch Army Air Force, and took out more than a dozen reconnaissance planes of the last brigade of the Japanese army, and all the anti-aircraft fire positions.

Listening to Le Yiqin's inconsequential words, Tang Qiuli changed the topic and asked, "Le Yiqin, you report truthfully, how about the casualties of the group?" Was the resistance of the Japanese fierce? ”

As soon as Le Yiqin heard it, the momentum came up, it was a violent training, it was completely a posture of inviting merit and rewarding, and he almost danced with his eyebrows, "Report to the division commander, there were no casualties in our aircraft group, destroying the Japanese army's field airfield on Hainan Island, more than ten reconnaissance planes, and all the anti-aircraft fire positions, the resistance of the little devils is not worth mentioning, there is no air defense fire network over Hainan Island at all, forming an effective air defense fire network, I estimate, this will be the old devil in Nomura, who is crying without tears!" ”

Tang Qiuli didn't say much, "Le Yiqin, the matter of your private actions, put it aside first, and when the battle of Yangon is over, let's settle the account, you listen well, after returning home, let the pilots take a break, there will be a combat mission in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and the specific order will be issued as soon as you land." ”

In the earphones, I heard Le Yiqin shouting like a wolf: "Guys, hurry up and go home, there is still work to do tomorrow!" Tang Qiuli was speechless for a while, in fact, he liked Le Yiqin's state of actively seeking war very much, and today he conducted a fire reconnaissance of the air raid on the Japanese airfield on Hainan Island by mistake, and roughly found out the details of the Japanese garrison on Hainan Island.

He had a new idea about the operation of the Marine Corps using the Korean railway to capture Hainan Island, and from this point of view, the Japanese army on Hainan Island was very weak and vulnerable, and the two campaigns of attacking Rangoon and capturing Hainan Island could be carried out at the same time. And it doesn't have to wait until after the Battle of Rangoon. After the fleet captured the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, it was the time when the Rangoon campaign was launched, and it could not be delayed any longer, and the special operations detachment of Chutian had been lurking in Rangoon for more than ten days. It's not a long-term solution.

On Hainan Island, the Yulin base of the Japanese air force, the underground command post of the air force headquarters, and the chief of staff of the air force, Major General Takahashi, after hearing the signal that the alarm had been lifted, accompanied by more than a dozen staff officers, came to the ground. As far as the eye can see, the sky-high fire is mixed with billowing black smoke, "whirring" straight into the air, under the light of the fire, the fire truck sprays water in vain, in front of the raging fire, it looks ridiculous.

Ground buildings at the airport, with minor damage. But on the tarmac, the dozen or so reconnaissance planes that had been burned to wreckage were on the runway. In the open space, the corpses of the soldiers, the blood stains on the air defense positions, and the blood holes on the soldiers' bodies all pierced Takahashi's heart.

This is still in the China group, without the use of bombers, otherwise. What Chief of Staff Takahashi saw should be a ruin, and why this independent division group composed of fighters chose to carry out air strikes in the evening without bombers was an unintentional move. Or a premeditated air strike? Or is it a prelude to a large-scale attack on Hainan Island?

With Takahashi's current mentality and brain, he couldn't judge the truth of the facts, and he had to report it to Commander Nomura to decide, and at this time, Takahashi realized that he hadn't seen Commander Nomura for a long time, "Did you see Commander Nomura?" Takahashi turned back to the group of staff officers who were following him.

A staff officer replied in a low voice: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, two hours ago, when I saw Commander Nomura alone, I entered the office, and Takahashi immediately understood that two hours ago, when I received the news that the bomber group was in the airspace near the Nansha Islands and the entire army was wiped out, Takahashi's heart was somewhat dissatisfied with Nomura's behavior.

"Anyway, you are the supreme commander of the air force, and you have been beaten by the fighter jets of the people of China outside, so if you don't come out, for the sake of safety, you should always come out and take a look at the mess after the fight, right? There are many things that I, the chief of staff, can do, and it is not a way to hide.

Takahashi took a large group of staff officers and walked towards Nomura's office, and when he got closer, the door was closed, and there was no sound inside, and he asked the frightened guards, and learned that Commander Nomura had not come out, Takahashi motioned for the staff officers to wait at the door, and he stepped forward and knocked lightly, "Bang bang", there was no echo at all.

Takahashi knocked on the door again, still no movement, he tried to push the door, found that the door was locked, a sense of foreboding, suddenly crossed Takahashi's heart, slammed it, the door did not move, he signaled the guards, come and smash the door, the samurai of the Japanese Empire smashed the door and raided the house, that is innate, the violent tendency brought by the mother's womb.

A guard with a big waist and a round waist went up to "bang" two feet, the door suddenly opened, Takahashi saw at a glance, Commander Nomura was lying on the wide desk, a pool of blood had solidified, the room, emitting a pungent smell of blood, he waved his hand to let these staff officers withdraw, and later, closed the door and walked to the desk.

Lieutenant General Nomura, the commander of the Southeast Asian Dispatch Air Force of the Imperial Japanese Empire, committed suicide, in addition to a short knife on his stomach, there was also a pistol on the table, and on the commander's right temple, there was a blood hole, it seems that what really killed was not the short knife in the stomach, but the fatal shot on the temple.

Takahashi was not surprised at all by Nomura's suicide, the entire air force was beaten to pieces, and the defeat was terrible, even the old nest was beaten to pieces, and this was the second time that the old book was lost, no matter what the reason, as the supreme commander of the air team, Commander Nomura could not escape the severe punishment of the base camp.

With sadness in his eyes, Takahashi looked at Nomura, who was already a cold corpse, and secretly thought: "Maybe choosing to commit suicide is the best way to preserve the honor of the Great Japanese Emperor, but there is no other way, is it to be sentenced to death by the base camp, or to spend the rest of his life in a dark cell?" ”

Takahashi could even imagine that the whole process of Commander Nomura's suicide was to cut open his abdomen with a self-cutting knife, and he couldn't bear the severe pain, so he shot himself in the temple, seeking the fastest relief and avoiding the pain of cutting his organs with a sharp blade.

Takahashi saw that under Nomura's left arm, there was a piece of stationery, and he picked it up, it was Nomura's suicide note, "His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp, Nomura has been in the army for more than 20 years, following in the footsteps of his ancestors, fulfilling his military duties, dominating the world for the Japanese Empire, and devoting himself to the Holy War in Greater East Asia. ”

"However, since it was stationed in the Indochina Peninsula Theater, it has encountered a strong opponent that has never been seen in his life, resulting in repeated defeats, so that the elite division of the Imperial Air Force has been completely lost in the hands of Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, and his fierce general Le Yiqin.

"Immediately, the Yulin base was attacked again, the empire's foundation in Hainan Island for several years, ruined, thinking of this, Nomura was all in discouragement, faceless to live in the world, only a death to apologize, humble for the empire sinners, even if he died, he could not atone for his sins, the devil Tang Qiuli and his air force commander Le Yiqin, are really the most dangerous enemies of the empire, and they are dying in a word, concentrate the full strength of the empire, and eliminate the independent division Tang Qiuli, otherwise, the Japanese Empire will have no place in Southeast Asia and even the South Pacific, and Nomura will not write."

After reading Nomura's last letter, Takahashi couldn't help but burst into tears, his heart was like a knife, lying in a pool of blood, it was his benefactor, he went from an ordinary Nakasa staff officer, within a few years, to the second person in the air force, the chief of staff of the major general, all of them were vigorously promoted by Nomura-kun, and now, Nomura-kun is lying here helplessly, so how can Takahashi be embarrassed?

He stepped forward, cleaned up the blood stains on the desk, wiped the blood stains on Nomura's face, and put away the pistol, he didn't want other officers to see the fact that Nomura shot himself, for the imperial samurai, the best way to die is to commit suicide by disembowelment, shooting himself, it will be regarded as a coward's behavior, which is contemptible, and it is not in line with the tradition of the emperor.

For your teacher, do your last bit of work! Then, Takahashi called in the guards, looking at the corpse of Nomura covered with a white cloth and carried out, Takahashi's heart was filled with bitter hatred, if it was possible, he would tear apart the devil Tang Qiuli with his own hands, and the accomplice Le Yiqin, put their heads in front of Nomura-kun's grave, and pay tribute to his teacher.

Of course, it's just that I'm just ruthless in my heart, when the air team won all, it was all beaten to ashes by the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division, and now, I can't even get together a few plane wheels in my hand, so what can I do to vent my hatred? What he is thinking about now is how to deal with the aftermath.

Back in the office, Takahashi ordered the communications officer to send the news of Commander Nomura's self-determination to the base camp as soon as possible, and attached his last letter to the telegram, as for the old guy Ito Yanzaburo, Takahashi took another attitude of ignoring it, according to the order of operations and subordination, Takahashi should first report the news to the commander-in-chief of the dispatch army, the direct boss of the air force, General Ito Yanzaburo.

But Takahashi just didn't want to, and he didn't want to, and then he personally dictated the telegram and sent it to the General Staff of the base camp, reporting the current position of the independent division's fleet, as well as the purpose and intention that he had drawn after his own judgment.

This independent division fleet was the last straw that crushed Commander Nomura, Takahashi would not let go, he was powerless now, but he believed that the base camp and the General Staff would have a way to make the fleet of the independent division fall into a point of no return.

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