Great time travel

Chapter 70. War in the Southern Hemisphere

Looking up at an altitude of 3000 meters, the atmosphere looks like a flawless blue crystal.If you look far into the sky, you will find that the color of the sky changes continuously with the altitude. The closer to the horizon, the lighter the color, and the blue turns into emerald green, and then turns into a dazzling white.

A Type [-] Headquarters reconnaissance plane with a sunburst pattern painted on its fuselage came out of the blue sky with extraordinary flexibility and lightness, and gradually lowered its height towards the wide valley at the ground level—this is a kind of A very fast long-range reconnaissance aircraft, the latest improved model, has a maximum speed of more than [-] kilometers per hour. Moreover, this speed refers to a long-term continuous flight speed, rather than a short-term sprint at a certain altitude. The temporarily achieved sprint speed has almost reached the extreme performance of a piston propeller aircraft, and it is almost impossible to be caught up by the enemy in actual combat.

Therefore, since the outbreak of the Pacific War, in order to deal with the air threats of the Allied Forces, the "Hundred Types of Reconnaissance" has been widely used as a communication machine.

At this moment, the "Hundred-style Detective" from China slowly landed at the field airport in Canberra, the capital of Australia, with mail and passengers.

——Canberra, the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, is a very young city. Even in Australia, where there is not much history, it can be called fresh and tender.Until the early twentieth century, this was Australia's highest mountain, a barren land at the foot of Mount Kosciusko, with nothing but a few open pastures.At this time, the two major cities of Sydney and Melbourne have been arguing with each other for the status of the capital of Australia. They have been arguing for nearly ten years. In the end, both sides had to make concessions and choose a place with a beautiful environment between the two cities to establish the new capital. ——Therefore, Canberra, which is 238 kilometers away from Sydney and 507 kilometers away from Melbourne, has been lucky to win the crown of Australia's capital since 1927.

Unlike those cities that developed step by step from small villages and small towns, Canberra was carefully planned and built from the beginning.On the blueprint, it is already a fashionable modern city.In this city, you will not see abrupt and disorderly urban buildings.What catches the eye is a masterpiece of urban design that is well-planned, safe, and truly aesthetic.Canberra is not only located in the heart of pleasant scenery and verdant trees, surrounded by the most attractive countryside in Australia, but also has spacious planned streets, impressive modern buildings, and the law stipulates that the construction of fences in Canberra urban areas, whether public or private, is prohibited , Only hedges are allowed to be planted to ensure the greening rate.Therefore, the whole city has lush trees and flowers in all seasons. Every September, Canberra holds a flower festival to welcome the spring with hundreds of thousands of blooming flowers. It is known as the "Garden City of Oceania".

However, when the world's calendar quietly turned to 1946, the pride and hard work of this Anglo-Saxon immigrant, the most beautiful garden capital in the entire southern hemisphere, has changed its owner, raised the sun flag belonging to the Japanese Empire, and Devastated by the continuous flames of war.

——The entire suburbs around the city are full of traces of war flames: destroyed tanks and trucks, torn apart aircraft wreckage, scattered human and animal bones, burnt Stars and Stripes and Union Jacks... Just about half a year ago, Inspired by the nuclear bombing of Tokyo by the U.S. Strategic Air Force, the Australian allied forces based in Melbourne once launched an astonishing counterattack, and the forward troops even hit the outskirts of Canberra.

However, under the step-by-step fortification and indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese army in Australia, the last Jedi counterattack of the Allied forces still ended in failure, leaving behind nearly [-] corpses and making Canberra even uglier and more ugly. ferocious.Several originally beautiful hills in the outskirts of the city, after withstood many times of shelling and bombing by both sides of the war, have become as cratered as the craters on the moon and are almost unrecognizable.The gardens that once spread across the urban area have also changed beyond recognition. Those delicate flowers and trees that have not been cared for are now either withered and shriveled or growing wildly, with no sense of beauty anymore.

In addition, Japanese engineers also leveled large areas of shrubs and lawns in downtown Canberra for the construction of a temporary airport. Landing slowly on the paved runway.Then, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu, who had just been promoted again because of the local guerrilla warfare and the military exploits of capturing MacArthur, jumped out of the cabin and stood firmly on the ground.

Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu was ordered to leave the mainland this time and return to the Australian frontline to supervise the battle. He had already notified by radio in advance.So, he just jumped out of the cabin, and the next moment, many familiar army officers surrounded him, obviously looking forward to waiting at the airport for a long time.

"...Tsuji-kun! Long time no see, you look good! We have heard many times about your legendary experience in China!"

An army chief with a bandage on his head, with a bold smile on his face, beat Tsuji Masanobu's shoulder without any hesitation, obviously showing a good friendship, "...to help the crisis and overcome the difficulties, to respect the emperor and fight against the barbarians, to turn the tide After that, he made a surprise attack on the narrow space of the barrel, reproduced the feat of Lord Nobunaga, and captured the enemy Chief MacArthur alive in World War I... All these are the feats of heroes of the world! Our colleagues are very honored to hear it ..."

"...Where is it? It was just a fluke. The situation at that time was really close to death. Now that I think about it, I am afraid!" Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu waved his hand modestly, "... I heard that you can also fight well in Australia Yes, successfully defeated the dying struggle of the group of American and British ghosts in Melbourne!"

"...Hey, it's just a normal level of performance, and it can't be compared with Tsuji-kun's illustrious record in turning the tide in China! The newspapers have already praised you as a new generation of military god! It's a pity that those in the Kwantung Army Traitor, let MacArthur go again..."

"...Although our army has repelled the counterattack of the American and British ghosts and animals, the main force of the enemy is still entrenched in Melbourne, and they are still unable to attack for a long time!"

"...Hey, let's not talk about these disappointing things. Tsuji-kun has been promoted to two levels this time, and everyone must have a good drink..."

The others were also full of compliments one by one, with smiles all over their faces.It’s just that after exchanging greetings in circles like this, a short-tempered officer couldn’t help but expose their true purpose, “… Tsuji-kun, we’ve already set up a banquet to wash you off. But before that , can you tell us some accurate domestic news first? For example, this!" He handed over a brochure.

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

Masanobu Tsuji took it over with a dignified look, and found that it was a very beautifully printed album. Not only was the quality of the paper good, but the color and black-and-white photos on it were rare and clear...Of course, these are not the most important Yes, what really matters is what's above.

——The title of the album is "Records of Honshu's Anti-Sweeping War", and the content is the scenes of massacres and destruction of various frontline or enemy rear settlements in the Japanese archipelago:
Burnt towns and villages, or intact or mutilated civilian corpses, telephone poles full of dead people, trees full of human heads hanging like apples, girls who were hung upside down on shelves, disembowelled girls, intersections and stations There are piles of human and animal corpses piled up in it... The scene is so bloody and horrific that even officers who have experienced hundreds of battles find it unbearable after seeing it-although they have done the same type of thing in Australia.

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

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

However, in this world, the law of the jungle has always been the law of the jungle, and everyone fights an eye for an eye. If you do the first grade of junior high school, I can do the fifteenth grade.Under the ravages of cruel war, all the moral principles of modern civilized society have long since disappeared, and human nature has been overwhelmed by animal nature.Since the demonic Japanese army was killing in Nanyang, so cruel and inhumane, how can we expect the allied forces determined to revenge to have strict discipline on the Japanese islands and commit no crimes?

In short, this "Honshu Anti-Sweeping War Record" with clear details, detailed descriptions, and bloody content has left a huge shadow area in the hearts of Japanese officers on the front lines in Australia-many of them saw their unrecognizable hometowns in the album And deeply shocked and horrified.

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As a witness to many scenes in the battlefield picture album, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu couldn't help but feel a lot of pressure in the face of this pair of familiar eyes full of confusion and fear. , I closed it, closed my eyes, and fell silent.

"... Are these... all true?" After a long while, the leading officer finally asked, his voice hoarse like a rusty machine.

"...Unfortunately, it's all true. I have seen many of them with my own eyes." After a while, Tsuji Masanobu reluctantly opened his mouth, his tone was dull, as if he was reciting a eulogy, "...Since the Tokyo nuclear bombing , Since the death of the first emperor and the landing of the U.S. Army, the 7000 million soldiers and civilians in the country have simply gone through hell. First, Tokyo was razed to the ground by the U.S. atomic bomb. It is said that millions of people died at that time. Then, Kyoto and Hiroshima was repeatedly bombed by U.S. aircraft with incendiary bombs, and there was hardly a single intact house left. The five-story wooden pagoda of Todaiji Temple, the cliff stage of Kiyomizu Temple, the relic hall of Kinkakuji Temple, and the thousand torii gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine, There was also the Naval Academy in Jiangtian Island, all of which were reduced to ashes in the raging flames.

In addition, Kobe and Nagoya were reduced to rubble, and Osaka was massacred three times.Then there are Gifu, Nara, Wakayama, Sendai, Utsunomiya, Hamamatsu, Okazaki, Chiba, Kofu... At least half of the main cities in the mainland have been destroyed by the US military, and all the citizens have been slaughtered. Current statistics The number of national deaths obtained is no less than 2000 million—the people in the areas controlled by our army can still receive relief from the base camp and material assistance from the Soviet Union, so they can survive at least.But for the people in the occupied counties, what awaits them is the butcher's knives and slaughter of the ghosts and animals of the United States and Britain!It is said that the Kanto Plain has been killed and turned into an uninhabited wilderness, and in the newly recovered Tokaido and Kinki areas, hundreds of mass graves have also been discovered one after another!
Alas, for the things that the imperial army of the Japanese Empire did in China and Nanyang in the past, the American and British ghosts and animals retaliated even more fiercely in their homeland! "

Speaking of this, Masanobu Tsuji bowed his head deeply, "...Although I have been trying my best in the country, I have not been able to stop the rebellious actions of those traitors and the atrocities of the American and British ghosts and animals, nor have I been able to protect the princes. My hometown and family...I am really, really sorry!"

——For a moment, everyone bowed their heads in silence, only a feeling of despair, sadness and resentment filled their minds.

"... Your Excellency Tsuji, don't be too modest, we all know that this is not your fault! But... I saw my wife, son and daughter in the photo! My daughter is only eight years old, and she was also defiled by those foreigners And killed, my youngest son, who was less than three years old, was even roasted on the fire!"

A lieutenant choked up and said, tears slowly overflowed from his eyes, but he seemed not aware of it, and continued to whisper in a voice that was already hoarse and speechless, "... Your Excellency Tsuji, you My family is in Ishikawa County in Hokuriku, maybe there is nothing wrong with my hometown. But my family is in Chiba, according to the situation described in this picture book. Right now, I'm afraid...I'm afraid I have to go to the king of Yama to find relatives and fellow villagers right?"

"... Sato-kun! Please cheer up!" Tsuji Masanobu sighed, put his hand on his shoulder, and shouted loudly, "...you are crying, what do you look like? Even a man has no reason to cry I don’t know, are you still a dignified Japanese samurai? If your wife dies, you can remarry! If your child dies, you can regenerate! If your hometown is destroyed, you can rebuild it! As long as we are alive, we can use our sabers to open up a better new homeland!

Sato-kun!Chiba County, your hometown, was indeed burnt to death by American and British ghosts and traitors, but so what?We are at war!If you want to get something, you have to be willing to give!If the Russians did not have generations of Cossacks who risked their lives to explore the east, and if the Americans did not have those cowboys who spared their lives to conquer the Indians, how could their descendants have such a vast territory?
Now, the test of fate has come to us!Under our feet is the fertile 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 on this land, all previous sacrifices will not be in vain!Only by eradicating the last batch of American and British ghost animals on this land can the Yamato nation have a bright future!

Today, the mainland policy of the past has completely gone bankrupt, and the lifeline of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula, as well as Taiwan and the Philippines, are doomed to fail.The land is also broken and devastated, and the people are in dire straits.Millions of refugees have nowhere to settle, so they can only come to Nanyang and Australia by boat!They are all waiting for the army to win a big battle and give them a new home! Tsuji Masanobu bowed his head deeply, "... Gentlemen, please!" "

Listening to Tsuji Masanobu's encouragement, the officers who were a little sad suddenly seemed to have received a shot in the arm, and fanaticism ignited again in their eyes.However, there were also people who showed a little hesitation on their faces, "...Tsuji-kun, since the Tokyo nuclear explosion, Australia's logistics supplies have basically been cut off. Except for food and non-staple food, which can be collected locally, there is more than enough for the time being, and everything else is very good. Scarcity! Although the arsenal built in Australia can produce some firearms and ammunition, the output is still far behind the consumption. If the enemy has also been drawn away a lot of troops, the Australian front line may have already collapsed.

Even so, our army can only hold a stalemate with the enemy at the moment. If we attack, there are not enough planes, tanks, artillery, fuel, and ammunition-before, when the enemy army counterattacked from Melbourne north, our army once lost air supremacy , was bombed miserably by ghost bombers.If the Navy hadn't urgently mobilized two air teams to help the battle and withstood the enemy's offensive, the forward positions of our army might have retreated to Sydney..."

"... Please 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 Union. There are as many ordnance materials as you want. When I come back from the mainland this time, in addition to the appointment letter from the base camp And combat instructions, but also brought a whole transport fleet! Loaded a full 25 tons of ammunition, [-] tons of fuel, [-] aircraft! [-] heavy artillery and mountain artillery, and [-] Type III Chariots! The United Fleet will also dispatch a formation of battleships, plus twelve aircraft carriers, to cooperate with the Army to launch a new wave of general attack on Melbourne!"

Lieutenant General Masanobu Tsuji said happily, "...This will be the last battle for our army to conquer Australia! Turn Australia into an Australia of the yellow race!"

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

"...The base camp is onboard! This time we must conquer Melbourne and conquer the whole of Australia!"

"...United fleet on board! Conquer Australia! Conquer New Zealand! Recreate a new Japan in the southern hemisphere!"

"...onboard! A tooth for a tooth! An eye for an eye! Revenge! Seven lives for the country!"