Chapter 70: The Flames of War in the Southern Hemisphere

Looking up at an altitude of 3,000 meters, the atmosphere looks like a flawless blue crystal. If you look at www.biquge.info the sky from afar, you will find that the color of the sky changes with the height, and the closer to the horizon, the lighter the color, the blue turns to emerald green, and then turns into a dazzling white.

A 100-style command reconnaissance plane with a sunburst pattern painted on its fuselage, from this clearly colored blue sky, unusually flexible and light through the clouds, gradually reducing its altitude towards the wide valley at the ground level - this is a very fast long-range reconnaissance aircraft, its latest improved model, the maximum speed has reached more than 700 kilometers per hour, moreover, this speed refers to a long-term continuous flight speed, not a sprint speed that can only be temporarily reached in a short sprint at a certain altitude, It has almost reached the extreme performance of piston propeller aircraft, and it is almost impossible to be caught up by the enemy in real combat.

Therefore, since the outbreak of the Pacific War, in order to deal with the air threat of the Allied forces, the "Hundred Styles of Detectives" have been widely used as a communication machine.

At this moment, this "Baishi detective" from China slowly landed at the field airport in Canberra, the capital of Australia, with mail and passengers.

- Canberra, the capital of the Australian Commonwealth, is a very young city, even in Australia, which does not have much history. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was Australia's highest peak, a barren area at the foot of Mount Corsciusz, with nothing but a few empty pastures. At this time, the two major cities of Sydney and Melbourne fought with each other for the status of the Australian capital, and they had been fighting for nearly ten years, and finally had to give in to each side to choose a beautiful place between the two cities to establish a new capital - so Canberra, 238 kilometers from Sydney and 507 kilometers from Melbourne, was lucky to win the crown of the Australian capital from 1927.

Unlike cities that have grown from small towns to small villages, Canberra has been built from the ground up with careful planning. On the blueprint, it is already a fashionable modern city. In this city, you won't see abrupt and cluttered urban buildings. What catches your eye is a well-planned, safe, and truly aesthetic masterpiece of urban design. Canberra is not only located in the heart of the beautiful scenery and lush trees, surrounded by some of Australia's most attractive countryside, but also has spacious planned streets, impressive modern architecture, and the law prohibits the construction of fences in both public and private buildings in Canberra, and only hedges are allowed to plant trees to ensure a green rate. Therefore, the whole city is verdant with trees and flowers in all seasons, and every September, Canberra holds a flower festival to welcome the arrival of spring with hundreds of thousands of blooming flowers, and is known as the "Garden City of Oceania".

However, when the world calendar quietly turned to 1946, the pride and effort of the Anglo-Saxon immigrants, the most beautiful garden capital in the entire southern hemisphere, had changed owners, hoisted the sun flag belonging to the Japanese Empire, and was devastated by the continuous war.

- The surrounding suburbs of the city are littered with the marks of war: destroyed tanks and trucks, the wreckage of dismembered planes, scattered human and animal bones, charred Stars and Stripes, and rice flags...... Just about half a year ago, inspired by the US Strategic Air Force's nuclear bombing of Tokyo, the Australian allies based in Melbourne launched an astonishing counteroffensive, and the forward troops even hit the outskirts of Canberra.

However, under the step-by-step fortification and indiscriminate bombardment of the Australian army, the last Jedi counterattack of the Allies still ended in failure, leaving nearly 100,000 corpses behind, and making Canberra even more ugly and hideous. Several of the originally beautiful hills on the outskirts of the city have become almost unrecognizable as craters on the moon after withstanding repeated shelling and bombardment by both sides of the war. The gardens that once dotted the city have also changed beyond recognition, and those delicate flowers and trees that have no one to take care of are now either dead and shriveled or growing wildly, and there is no beauty at all.

In addition, Japanese sappers bulldozed large areas of shrub and lawn in downtown Canberra to make way for a makeshift airfield, where the previous Hyakshiki Scout circled over the city and then landed slowly on a runway that had been leveled from the park. Then, Lieutenant General Masanobu Tsuji, who had just been promoted again for his local guerrilla warfare and the capture of MacArthur, jumped out of the engine room and stood firmly on the ground.

Lieutenant General Masanobu Tsuji was ordered to leave the mainland and return to the front line in Australia to supervise the battle, and he had already made a radio announcement in advance. Therefore, he had just jumped out of the cabin, and the next moment, many familiar army officers surrounded him, obviously looking like he had been waiting at the airport for a long time.

“…… Tsuji-kun! I haven't seen you for many days, but I look good! We have all heard about your legendary experience in China many times! ”

An army captain with a bandage on his head, with a bold smile on his face, slapped Masanobu Tsuji's shoulder without seeing it, obviously looking very friendly, "...... Overcoming difficulties, respecting the emperor, turning the tide in the fall, attacking the barrel narrowly, reproducing the feat of Nobunaga Gong in the past, capturing the enemy chief MacArthur in a war...... This piece and piece of the pile are all feats of heroes of the world! Our colleagues are also honored to hear it......"

“…… Where, where, it's just a fluke. At that time, the situation was really nine deaths, and now I think about it! Lieutenant General Masanobu Tsuji waved his hand modestly," ...... I heard that Zhujun also fought well in Australia, and successfully thwarted the dying struggle of the group of American and British ghost animals in Melbourne! ”

“…… Hey, it's just an ordinary level of performance, and Tsuji-kun's outstanding record in turning the tide in China can't be compared at all! The newspapers have praised you as a new generation of military gods! It's a pity that those traitors in the Kwantung Army let MacArthur go again......"

“…… Although our army repelled the counterattack of the United States and Britain, the main force of the enemy is still entrenched in Melbourne, and it is still impossible to overcome it for a long time! ”

“…… Hey, don't say these unlucky words, Tsuji-kun has come back two levels in a row this time, everyone has to have a good drink......"

The others were also complimenting each other one by one, smiling all over their faces. It was only after a few words of greeting in circles like this that an impatient officer couldn't help but expose their true purpose, "...... Tsuji-kun, we have arranged a banquet for you. But before that, can you tell us some exact domestic news? Like this one! He handed over a booklet.

“…… Tsuji-kun, are these photos above real? At this moment, there was a hint of sadness and panic in his eyes.

Masanobu Tsuji took it with a solemn look and found that it was a very beautifully printed album, not only the texture of the paper was very good, but the color and black and white photos on it were rare and clear...... Of course, none of these are the most important, what really matters is the content above.

-- The title of the album is "Records of the Principal Anti-Sweeping Campaign", and the content is the scene of the massacre and destruction of various fronts or settlements behind enemy lines in the Japanese archipelago:

Burned towns and villages, the bodies of people, intact or mutilated, telephone poles full of dead people, trees full of human heads like apples, disemboweled girls hanging upside down on shelves, mountains of human and animal corpses at intersections and stations...... The scene was so bloody and horrific that even officers who had already experienced a lot of battles found it unbearable to watch it - although they had done the same kind of thing in Australia.

After all, most ordinary people, when dealing with others, have one standard for others and another standard for themselves.

- Even the degree of fanaticism and bestiality of Japanese militarists is generally inversely proportional to their status. Although these generals can treat enemy soldiers and civilians with great cruelty, it does not mean that they have the courage to accept that their relatives are also treated so cruelly.

However, this world has always been the law of the jungle, everyone is a tooth for a tooth, you do the first year of junior high school, I can do the fifteenth. Under the devastation of brutal war, all the moral codes of modern civilized society have long been gone, and human nature has been overwhelmed by animal nature. If the diabolical Japanese army was so ferocious and inhumane in the South Seas, how could it be expected that the Allies, determined to take revenge, would be disciplined and innocent in the Japanese archipelago?

In short, this clear, detailed, and bloody "Honshu Anti-Sweeping War Record" left a great shadow on the hearts of Japanese officers on the Australian front - many people saw their unrecognizable hometown in the album, and were deeply shocked and appalled.

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As a witness to many scenes in the battlefield album, in the face of this pair of familiar eyes full of confusion and fear, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu couldn't help but feel a huge pressure, and after hastily flipping through this volume of "Honshu Anti-Sweeping War Record", he closed it, closed his eyes, and was silent.

“…… These...... Is it all true? After a long time, the leader finally opened his mouth to ask, his voice as hoarse as a rusty machine.

“…… Unfortunately, it's all true. I've seen a lot of it with my own eyes. After another moment, Masanobu Tsuji reluctantly opened his mouth, and his tone was wooden, as if he was reading a eulogy, "...... Since the nuclear bombing in Tokyo, the death of the first emperor, and the landing of the US military, the 70 million soldiers and civilians in China have simply gone to the hell of Abi. First of all, Tokyo was razed to the ground by the atomic bombs of the U.S. military, and it is said that millions of people died at that time. Then, Kyoto and Hiroshima were repeatedly bombed by U.S. planes with incendiary bombs, and there was hardly a single intact house left. The five-story wooden pagoda of Todai-ji Temple, the cliff stage of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the relic-hall of Kinkaku-ji Temple, the Senbon torii gate of Fushimi Inari Shrine, and the Naval Academy of Etajima were all reduced to ashes in the raging flames.

In addition, Kobe and Nagoya were smashed to rubble, and Osaka was slaughtered three times. This is followed by Gifu, Nara, Wakayama, Sendai, Utsunomiya, Hamamatsu, Okazaki, Chiba, Kofu, ...... At least half of the major cities on the mainland have been destroyed by the hands of the US military, and the citizens have been slaughtered, and the number of civilian deaths has been no less than 20 million -- the people in the areas controlled by our army can still get relief from the base camp and material assistance from the Soviet side, so they can still survive. But the people of the fallen counties, all that awaits them is the butcher's knife and torture of the American and British ghost animals! The Kanto Plain is said to have been slaughtered into an uninhabited wilderness, and hundreds of mass graves have been discovered in the newly recovered Tokaido and regions!

Alas, what the Imperial Japanese Army did in China and Nanyang in the past, the United States and Britain have intensified their revenge on their own soil! ”

Speaking of this, Masanobu Tsuji bowed his head deeply, "...... Although I have been trying my best to fight at home, I have not been able to stop the traitors and traitors and the atrocities of the United States and Britain, nor have I been able to protect your hometown and family...... I'm really, really sorry! ”

Suddenly, everyone bowed their heads in silence, and only a feeling of despair, sadness, and resentment continued to permeate their minds.

“…… Your Excellency Tsuji doesn't have to be humble, we all know it's not your fault! But...... I saw my wife, son and daughter in the photos! My daughter, who was only eight years old, was also defiled and killed by the group of foreigners, and my youngest son, who was less than three years old, was even roasted on the fire! ”

One of them choked up, tears slowly spilling out of his eyes, but he continued to whisper in a voice that was too hoarse to speak, as if he didn't notice, "...... Your Excellency Tsuji, your home is in Ishikawa Prefecture in Hokuriku, and there may be nothing going on in your hometown. But my home is in Chiba, according to the situation depicted in this album. I'm afraid it's ...... right now I'm afraid that I have to go to Hades to find relatives and fellow villagers, right? ”

“…… Sato-kun! Please cheer up! Masanobu Tsuji sighed, reached out and pressed his shoulder, and shouted loudly, "...... What does it look like to cry and cry? I don't even know the truth that men don't flick when they have tears, are they still dignified Japanese samurai? If your wife dies, you can marry again! When a child dies, it can be reborn! If your hometown is ruined, you can rebuild it! As long as we are alive, we can use our sabers to open up a better new home!

Sato-kun! Your hometown, Chiba Prefecture, was indeed burned to the ground by the United States and Britain and traitors, but so what? We're at war! If you want to get something, you have to be willing to give! If the Russians had not had generations of Cossacks who had sacrificed their lives to expedition to the east, and if the Americans had not had those cowboys who had spared their lives to conquer the Indians, how could their descendants have such a vast territory?

Now, the test of fate has come upon us! Under our feet is the rich Australia, a vast continent dozens of times larger than Japan! With countless mines and fishing grounds, it is the new home of the Yamato nation in the future! As long as we have a firm foothold in this land, all the sacrifices we have made before have not been in vain! Only by eliminating the last batch of American and British ghost animals in this land will the Yamato nation have a bright future!

Today, the mainland policy of the past has been completely bankrupt, and the lifeline of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula, as well as Taiwan and the Philippines, are doomed to be unpreserved. The local area is also broken and devastated, and the people are struggling to make a living. Millions of refugees have nowhere to settle but to take a boat to Nanyang and Australia! They are all waiting for the army to win a big battle and give them a new home! Masanobu Tsuji bowed his head deeply, "...... Gentlemen, please! ”

Listening to Masanobu Tsuji's encouragement, the officers who were originally a little sad suddenly felt like a shot in the arm, and their eyes rekindled with fanaticism. But there are also people who have a slight hesitation on their faces, "...... Tsuji-kun, since the Tokyo nuclear bombing, the logistics supply on the Australian side has been basically cut off. Except for grain and non-staple food, which can be requisitioned and distributed on the spot, it is more than enough for the time being, and everything else is very scarce! Although the arsenals built in Australia can also produce some firearms and ammunition, the production is still far from keeping up with consumption. If it weren't for the fact that the enemy had also taken a lot of troops, the Australian front would have collapsed long ago.

Even so, our army can only barely hold on to the enemy at the moment, and if it attacks, there are not enough planes, tanks, artillery, fuel, and ammunition - before, when the enemy counterattacked north from Melbourne, our army once lost air supremacy and was bombed by ghost animal bombing planes. If it weren't for the navy's urgent mobilization of two air groups to help in the battle and withstand the enemy's offensive, our army's forward positions would probably have to retreat to Sydney......"

“…… Don't worry about this, Uesugi-kun! Since the establishment of the new government, the local base camp has received strong support from the Soviet side, and all kinds of ordnance and materials are as large as they want. I came back from the mainland this time, and in addition to the letter of appointment and combat instructions from the base camp, I also brought a whole convoy of transports! Loaded with 100,000 tons of ammunition, 250,000 tons of fuel, 1,500 planes! 3,000 heavy artillery and mountain artillery, and 2,000 Type 3 medium tanks! The Combined Fleet will also dispatch a battleship formation, plus twelve aircraft carriers, to cooperate with the army to launch a new wave of general assault on Melbourne! ”

Lieutenant General Masanobu Tsuji said with a fluttering eyebrow, "...... This will be the last battle of our army to conquer Australia! Turning Australia into a yellow Australia! ”

After hearing such exciting news, the officers present first looked at each other in disbelief, and then cheered excitedly.

“…… Base camp onboard! This time, we must defeat Melbourne and conquer the whole of Australia! ”

“…… Combined Fleet onboard! Conquer Australia! Conquer New Zealand! Recreating a new Japan in the southern hemisphere! ”

“…… Onboard! An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! An eye for an eye! Settle an old score! Seven lives to serve the country! ”