The commander of the shore artillery Yamazaki Nakasa, who sent the army to the Malay Peninsula garrison division in Southeast Asia, really wronged His Royal Highness Prince Zaihito, the chief of the general staff of the base camp, a sesame-sized shore artillery commander, Zaihito is not bored so far, as the royal brother of Emperor Hirohito, the position in the military world has reached its peak, and this little credit, Zaihito has not yet taken it into his eyes.

The total annihilation of the independent division fleet in the Strait of Malacca is the imperial plan of His Majesty the Emperor, involving all aspects, the Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, the First Fleet of the Navy, and the 17th Air Force of the Taiwan Front, each of which is not under the unified command, each has its own mountains and factions, and it also involves the imperial ** realm, the long-standing sea and land disputes, there is no big man with enough weight to sit in charge, coordinate and command in the center, and it is very easy to have a situation where the cooperation is not effective, and even the situation of tearing each other down.

Not only Yamazaki's shore artillery commander, but now, the titles of Supreme Commander of the First Fleet of the Imperial Navy and Commander of the Seventeenth Air Force are all added to the head of Prince Zaihito, which is not just as simple as coordinating in the middle, but taking over the command, which shows how determined Emperor Hirohito and his brothers are to kill the fleet of the Independent Division!

After receiving Yamazaki's telegram, Prince Zairen, who had read countless people and was cunning and cunning, saw Yamazaki's careful thinking at a glance, smiled disdainfully, and said: "Stupid" Then, the call back to Yamazaki couldn't be simpler, just two words: "Resist!" Don't make it pass. ”

The telegram with resentment was sent, and he got a few words, and Yamazaki was dumbfounded all of a sudden, "Resist!" "These two words are slippery and don't leave your hands, but they contain too many meanings, resist, of course there is nothing, but if you can't stand it, let the independent division fleet run away from the front of your own defense area, the consequences are strict, Yamazaki knows, it's not as simple as losing your head.

As for how to resist it, how not to let the Chinese fleet pass guò. That's the matter of the on-site commander Yamazaki Nakasa, there are too many big issues that His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff needs to consider, and it is Yamazaki's duty to specifically command the operation.

A fire in Yamazaki. Nesting in his heart, he couldn't get out, and he called out His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff, Yamazaki himself felt tired and crooked, and braved the fierce artillery fire, Yamazaki went to the nearest forward artillery position, and that situation made Yamazaki unbearable. The powerful naval artillery shells overturned the shore artillery positions here, and the craters all over the place, the twisted shore guns, and the corpses with broken hands and feet were in a mess.

Yamazaki wanted to find a soldier alive and ask about the situation. The staff officer who was sent out did not run a few dozen meters away, and a large-caliber shell whistled and fell. This staff officer turned into a rain of blood and minced flesh at that time, and Yamazaki hurriedly withdrew to the headquarters, and if he stayed any longer, the commander himself might become one of the corpses everywhere.

Qiu Quan was not satisfied with the current intensity of the attack, he felt that the progress was too slow, and bombarded the Japanese artillery position for nearly an hour, and it was only on the surface that the Japanese artillery in the place had not been completely cleared. The Japanese artillery here had already been destroyed, but Qiuquan did not dare to order the fleet to advance, in case the Japanese had a spare artillery position, and the fleet would come within range of its artillery fire, it would be hit violently.

But time waits for no one. Tang Qiuquan's eyebrows were twisted into a big pimple, along the right bank of the Strait of Malacca, not only this Japanese artillery position, but also at least five places that posed a threat to the fleet, and this was the first place.

Rear Admiral Amosyev, the first deputy commander of the fleet, walked up to Qiuquan and whispered a few words, Qiuquan's brows relaxed, and ordered: "The 1st and 2nd speedboat brigades should immediately cover the shelling area just now, within a depth of 15 kilometers, and the 1st carrier-based aircraft flight regiment will take off two groups to serve as air observation aircraft, and at the same time, destroy the scattered Japanese artillery. ”

Amosyev's method is actually a method that has no choice, and it is impossible to judge whether the Japanese army has a reserve artillery position, so it is simply covered by indiscriminate artillery fire, and there are fish and no fish to hit a net, and to do such a job, a speedboat brigade equipped with naval combat-type "Thunder" rocket artillery is the most suitable, several speedboats fire a salvo, and there are no shooting blind spots.

Yamazaki, who returned to the headquarters, knew that the first-line shore artillery position was completely finished, and let the naval guns of the independent division be beaten to pieces, so he grabbed the phone and ordered the second-line artillery position to immediately enter the combat state, and when the warships of the independent division approached, he immediately began shelling.

Then, he held up the binoculars and carefully observed the sea, although it was pitch black and he could not see anything clearly, he could conclude that the warships of the independent division would definitely continue to advance, otherwise, a fleet would not be able to compete with more than 100 shore guns, and he secretly rejoiced that two artillery positions had been set up, otherwise, the first artillery group would have been turned into scrap metal by the shelling just now.

In the telescope, there were many small black dots that moved faintly, Yamazaki tried to widen his eyes, but he still couldn't see clearly, at this moment, on the surface of the sea, suddenly flashed bursts of firelight, under the light of the fire, a strangely shaped gunboat, revealing a mysterious figure, and then, a string of meteor-like highlights, dragging a long tail flame, lined up in a neat formation, flying overwhelmed, Yamazaki was surprised to see these fire meteors skimming the sky in front of him, full of incomprehension.

"Boom, boom!" The explosion of the earth shaking the mountains could not be distinguished, and a wave of air struck, which swept Yamazaki into a big heel, and the dust swept in from the lookout hole, and went deep into the headquarters a few meters below the rocks by the sea, like a small boat in a storm, violently bounced, and the gray-faced Yamazaki got up, even a stupid person could judge that this was the enemy's artillery coverage.

But Yamazaki didn't understand, he was also an old artilleryman, what kind of cannon was this, I really hadn't seen it, the gunboat was even more terrifying, he unknowingly touched under his nose, he picked up the phone and shouted: "Prepare the shore artillery position, immediately shell the channel!" He found that he had shouted in vain, and there was no sound on the other end of the phone.

Yamazaki was alert: "Could it be that the second-line artillery positions have also been shelled by this strange artillery?" He ordered: "Immediately contact the reserve artillery positions by radio." ”

There was no response from the radio, and when the battle came to this point, Yamazaki also figured out a little taste, as soon as his own artillery opened fire, the target would be exposed, not only could not hit the warships of the independent division, but was knocked out one by one by the naval guns of the people, and this kind of loss could no longer be done, and if the fight continued like this, let alone withstand, before dawn, the five artillery positions would be destroyed one by one.

There is also the elusive strange gunboat, even the second-line artillery positions that do not open the cannons, they can't escape the artillery coverage, all the reserve artillery positions in Yamazaki are located twelve kilometers away from the rear of the forward artillery positions, and only from the front to the rear, within twelve kilometers, they can't escape the coverage of this kind of strange artillery, how many families do they have enough to toss?

Yamazaki felt that he should deal with it on the spot, leave it alone to his Excellency the Chief of the General Staff who didn't understand bullshit, he immediately used the radio to order several other artillery groups, when the independent division fleet was not within the range of artillery fire, it was absolutely not allowed to open fire to expose the target, I didn't fight, can the naval guns of the warship still find a position?

As soon as the warship continued to move forward and entered the area covered by my artillery fire, I risked my life to fight, anyway, "dragging" with the Chinese fleet is also a way to "withstand", and moreover, it is the way to minimize losses.

Yamazaki's countermeasures put Akizumi in a dilemma, the fleet had advanced to the vicinity of the Singapore waters, and he could be sure that the Japanese shore artillery positions that had just been exposed, including the reserve positions, had been completely destroyed, and nothing could survive the stormy fire of the "Thunder" rocket artillery, unless it was burrowed underground.

But then, the Japanese army stopped firing artillery, the fleet lost its target, and it was impossible to let the speedboat brigade, one kilometer and one kilometer of platoon artillery cover, first of all, ammunition is a big problem, the fleet could not afford to delay time, Qiu Quan gritted his teeth, "ordered the first carrier-based aircraft flight regiment two brigades to withdraw, the second regiment all took off, in the right bank of the Strait of Malacca within 20 kilometers, fire reconnaissance, after the second regiment returned, the first regiment took over. ”

Qiuquan can only do this, carrier-based aircraft carry aerial bombs, wherever it is possible for the Japanese army to set up artillery positions, blow up a pass, and then, strafe it, he does not believe it, two carrier-based aircraft regiments, take turns to fight like this, the Japanese artillery positions, still not surfaced?

In the sky, the lights of the carrier-based planes flying at night were flashing, bombs were dropped, and strings of bullets were strafing, and Yamazaki was really ruthless, allowing you to explode in all directions, the flames flashed, and the dirt flew sideways, but he didn't move, gritted his teeth, and didn't see the warship of China not firing its guns, and after more than an hour, seeing that there was no effect, Akizumi had to order the operation to be terminated.

In desperation, Tang Qiuquan could only order the fleet to stop advancing and anchor on the spot, he did not dare to venture forward, more than 100 kilometers of coastline, who could know, there were still several Japanese artillery positions in front, he could only wait, Qiuquan did not expect that the Japanese garrison here was so difficult, time passed minute by minute, Qiuquan's face became more and more ugly.

At dawn on 20 November, at about 5 o'clock, the first echelon of bombers of the Southern Flying Group flew over the Malay Peninsula and arrived in the airspace of the Strait of Malacca.

Ten minutes later, in the northwest of Yangon, in the small town of Yangdong, Tang Qiuli of the Yangon Front Command of the Independent Division was woken up by Liu Xinlan, washed up, picked up the breakfast carefully prepared by Liu Xinlan, and just took a bite, Chen Feng, the director of the Communications Division of the Independent Division, hurriedly broke in, too late to stand upright, and said in a hurried tone: "Division commander, urgent information!" ”——