Tang Qiuli's tone was already a little cold, although he admired Le Yiqin's fighting spirit, but he was also worried that he would ignore the danger of the original existence in order to have a chance to fight, thus leading to the unbearable maximum casualties of the zhì troops.

Whether or not he can cover the 100,000 British and Australian soldiers and return to Australia is of course important, but Cheng is also happy, and if it does not happen, it will not hinder the overall situation, at most, it is just another adjustment of the strategic direction, but if there are heavy casualties in the troops, this is absolutely not allowed by Tang Qiuli, especially the aviation troops.

Le Yiqin also heard the coldness between the words of the teacher, and couldn't help but shrink his neck, put away some arrogant and even arrogant postures, and said in a formal manner: "Teacher, the problems you are worried about are also among the considerations in my plan, and there are the following solutions!" ”

Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe glanced at each other, and spit out a word in their mouths, "Say!" ”

Le Yiqin tried his best to restrain his momentum and said: "Division commander, chief of staff, my plan is to concentrate all the fighters and bombers of our Southern Flying Group, take the Singapore Field Airport as the assembly and departure point, and take off in four batches, so that the capacity problem of the airport can be solved. ”

"The only task is to smash the interception of the Japanese fighters and strive to shoot down all or most of them, and the next three formation groups are the main force of the operation, and along the passage opened up by the first formation fighter group, they can reach the combat airspace unhindered, and the pilots of the first formation fighter group are definitely masters who can be one-to-two, and it is not difficult to complete this task."

Speaking of this, Le Yiqin suddenly showed an embarrassed expression. Then he said: "But division commander, there is a problem that cannot be avoided, the Southern Flying Group is dispatched, and the air defense of the Indochina Peninsula and even Hainan Island is about to be sung. ”

"Another point is how the ships that transport British and Australian soldiers, and the British warships that escort them, identify and confirm their identities. We don't have the experience of fighting with the British, so don't fight the British's warships as little devils, that's a disservice, division commander. You don't know, at a height of several thousand meters. See warships on the sea. The appearance is almost the same, if you really hit the warship of the British, the little devil jokes, the shame is not to say, come back, division commander, you must not pick my skin! ”

This last sentence. Le Yiqin was a little aggrieved, Tang Qiuli couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Le Yiqin's eyes rolled a few times, and he said very cautiously: "My battle plan." That's basically it, as long as these two problems can be solved, there are no loopholes in the solution, and I have considered other solutions, but not as feasible as this one! ”

Tang Qiuli said: "Okay, I'll solve these two problems for you, I said, the fleet's carrier-based air group, for your operation, contain the Japanese land-based air force on Sumatra Island and Kalimantan Island, and at the same time, take on the air alert line from Indochina Peninsula to Hainan Island, and relieve your worries!" ”

"As for the identification of British warships and ships that you are worried about, I will also solve it for you, Director Chen and Director Ge, come here!" Tang Qiuli beckoned and let Chen Feng and Ge Zhenzhuang, who had always been standing at the door and listening to the music of the piano, come in.

Tang Qiuli said: "Director Chen, immediately start the radio station and inform Fernandes, the commander-in-chief of the British and Australian forces, of my decision to send a large number of fighters to cover the news of the return of the British and Australian troops to Australia!" ”

After a pause, Tang Qiuli's tone seemed to be a little emotional, and said: "Speaking of which, this Fernandez and I still have a relationship, we have dealt with the Allied military conference held in Manila last year, but at that time, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Australia thought that the war was very far away from him, and he was not interested in participating in the war at all, but the radio call sign and password for mutual contact were left, and today is the first time it has been activated, even if it is a surprise to the British!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe said in surprise: "Division commander, don't we report directly to MacArthur, after all, he is the supreme commander of the American and British forces, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this, right?" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head with a smile and said: "There is nothing inappropriate, deliberately snub MacArthur and let him take the initiative to come to the door, don't forget, according to the current situation of the Luzon battlefield, MacArthur is also ready to withdraw to Australia, the British will go first, and the next will be the Americans!" ”

Zhao Yuhe thought for a while and said: "Division commander, I understand, the British and Australian troops can withdraw to Australia smoothly, and the escort of our aircraft group is indispensable, and when we get to MacArthur's, it is the same, if we don't make a move, this Yankee will never dare to retreat across the sea without the escort of a fleet and aircraft, if he really does it hard, it is equivalent to sending himself and the retreating American and Philippine troops to the mouth of the Japanese army, and when the time comes, he has to take the initiative to implore us to take action!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said to Le Yiqin: "According to the speed of the British and Australian troop carrier formations, tomorrow at noon, you will be able to reach the Coral Sea, and the time left for you is less than twenty hours, so implement it immediately according to your own plan!" ”

Le Yiqin's eyes lit up, and after saluting, he walked away majestically and murderously, Zhao Yuhe looked at Le Yiqin's disappearing back, and said worriedly: "Division commander, this battle is smooth, there is no suspense, but what I am worried about is that the Southern Flying Group will fight against the Japanese air force that exceeds its own number, even if it wins, there will be greater casualties!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "Yuhe, you are too worried, according to the current situation in the Southwest Pacific Theater, the Japanese army tries to avoid conflict with us, so Ito Yanzaburo does not dare to put all the air forces into the operation of our aircraft group, and there is no way to talk about the numerical superiority, but the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese naval fleet will definitely spare no effort in a battle, and it will be a strong enemy." ”

Zhao Yuhe didn't understand, Tang Qiuli explained: "The British and Australian troops were able to evacuate Luzon Island smoothly, obviously because Ito intended to release the water, and then look at the position of the Second and Fourth Fleets of the Japanese Navy, it is not difficult to see that the task of annihilating the British and Australian forces at sea should fall on the Japanese Navy, or rather, it is a gift from Ito to the Japanese Navy. ”

Zhao Yuhe suddenly opened up, Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group, attacking the Coral Sea, seemingly surrounded by strong enemies, in fact, after various factors canceled each other, it was the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy, so what else did he worry about, the division commander had already taken this into account!

General Ito Yanzaburo's mood at this time was not as Tang Qiuli judged, mixed feelings, 280,000 troops attacked Australia, with only very few casualties, in less than six hours, they crushed the resistance of the British and Australian troops at various landing sites, won the victory of annihilating more than 20,000 people, and landed on the Australian continent smoothly, and the progress of the war was smooth, beyond General Ito's expectations.

On the one hand, they pursued the remnants of the retreating British and Australian troops, and on the other hand, they were busy occupying various towns, and flew to Ito's headquarters like snowflakes.

When every inch of the Australian continent is planted with the sun flag, the glorious myth of the conquest of a continent by the Japanese Empire will be born in his own hands, and he will become a well-deserved famous general of the Great Japanese Empire.

On the contrary, the commander-in-chief of the British and Australian forces, Admiral Fernandez, was anxious and panicked all day long, and the Australian continent, embedded in the vast Pacific Ocean, had never experienced a large-scale war, and was as comfortable as a baby sleeping in the waves.

But this qiē comfort and calm, in the early morning of August 25, was ruthlessly broken, nearly 300,000 Japanese soldiers, like a tide, fierce attack, in the sky, it was the Japanese bombers, pouring this bomb to their heart's content, on the sea, the Japanese warships on the large-caliber naval guns, the huge metal projectiles, poured into the positions of the British and Australian troops, God knows, the garrison of the British and Australian troops in various ports, less than a division, as for the hastily built fortifications, almost paper.

Under the roar of thousands of cannons and raining shells of the Japanese warships, the British, the descendants of the British Empire, the future masters of the Australian continent, have led the remnants of more than 40,000 troops, and Admiral Fernandez, who has withdrawn to the depths of the mainland, is glad that the only right thing he did was to order the British and Australian soldiers in various ports to abandon their current positions and move inland.

In the nightmare of six hours, more than 20,000 corpses of British and Australian soldiers were left at various landing sites of the Japanese army, and Fernandez was absolutely convinced that if his order to retreat was given an hour late, less than half of the 60,000 troops would remain, and he and the remaining soldiers would be temporarily out of danger.

But Admiral Fernandez knew very well in his heart that with the little strength in his hand, if he wanted to fight against nearly 300,000 Japanese troops, it would be to hit a stone with an egg, and I am afraid that it would not be enough for the Japanese to eat half a bite, and he reported the bad news of Australia's attack by the Japanese army to Prime Minister Churchill, who was also anxious, and ordered the reinforcement of 100,000 troops on Luzon Island, and immediately returned to help, with 100,000 troops, at least it could support for a period of time.

However, the bigger question is, how can the 100,000 troops return to the Australian mainland safely, but there is a vast sea in between!

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )