164 NC.223.4 heavy bombers opened their bomb bays, and bombs fell like meteors.
"Boom—Boom—Boom—!!!"
One bomb after another rained down on the Japanese fortifications, the violent explosions shaking the entire forest.
One Japanese soldier after another fell and groaned in the ruins.
One after another, Japanese tanks were reduced to burning wreckage.
164 D.520 Dwartina fighter planes descended from the sky and bombarded the Japanese positions, causing the Japanese to cry out in despair.
"Run! I can't go on!" A Japanese soldier lay in the ruins, blood trickling from his mouth, murmuring, "To die for the Empire, it's all worth it..."
"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"
"Boom! B ...
"Da da da da da—!"
"Put-put-put—put-put-put—!"
"boom--!!!"
No matter how much the Japanese soldiers struggled and resisted, they could not change their fate.
……………………
June 25, 8:20 AM.
At the Indochina Command of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom in Hanoi, telegrams of death and destruction were sent throughout the headquarters.
"Reporting to the Commander! Taiyuan has fallen, and the 53rd Brigade has been annihilated!"
"Reporting to the Commander! Yong'an has fallen. The 49th Brigade has suffered heavy losses, and the remaining soldiers have scattered and are now retreating south..."
"Reporting to the Commander! Peace has fallen, and the 72nd Division has been completely annihilated..."
"Reporting to the Commander! The Muzhou defense line is under attack by bombers and fighters from the Nationalist Army and is about to fall..."
"Reporting to the Commander! Thanh Hoa has been occupied by the National League Army..."
"Reporting to the Commander! The People's League Army has appeared between Beining and Liangshan..."
"Report……"
"Report……!!!"
"Report……!!!"
...
As the devastating news kept pouring in, Yamashita Tomoyuki trembled uncontrollably.
Ultimately, he couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed into a chair.
"Thump—!!!"
Yamashita Tomoyuki's vision went black, and he fainted.
"Reporting to the Commander..." A communications officer had just run to the headquarters, but before he could even finish speaking, he was already out.
"The commander has fainted!"
Another communications soldier exclaimed.
"Get him to the hospital immediately!" the communications officer quickly ordered.
Soon, several guards carried Yamashita Tomoyuki away from the headquarters and headed towards the infirmary.
"Commander, wake up, Commander..." As soon as Yamashita Tomoyuki was brought to the infirmary, a military doctor came forward to check on his condition.
"Commander, are you alright?"
"Commander, don't faint!"
"Commander, what will we do if you faint?"
"Commander, you can't be hurt."
"..."
Chaos erupted among the crowd.
Yamashita Tomoyuki slowly woke up, feeling a splitting headache.
He knew that the National League forces had encircled his troops, and if they wanted to escape, there was only one way out...
"Order, order, all troops, to...the coastal defense..."
Soon, the garrison battalion stationed in Hanoi, carrying the unconscious Yamashita Tomoyuki, retreated eastward toward Haiphong.
9:11 AM.
Coastal defense.
Haiphong is one of the most important ports in eastern Vietnam. It was garrisoned by a regiment of Japanese troops and dozens of Japanese warships.
The fleet consisted of one Kongo-class battleship, two Fusō-class battleships, two Tone-class heavy cruisers, four Yugumo-class destroyers, eight Fubuki-class destroyers, and dozens of other ships and transport vessels. This fleet belonged to the Southern Expeditionary Fleet.
It included the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Southern Expeditionary Fleets, commanded by Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, with the Kongo-class battleship as its flagship.
"Boom—Boom—Boom—!!!"
"Enemy attack!!! Enemy attack!!!"
"Enemy attack!!!!!"
"Bang bang bang—!!!!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!!!"
"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!!"
A barrage of cannon fire echoed through Haiphong harbor, shells piercing the sky, tearing through thick clouds, and then exploding violently in the harbor, creating towering waves.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
One Japanese soldier after another was blown to death, turned into mincemeat.
Hundreds of tanks of various types from the 7th Armored Division stormed into the city.
Haiphong was thrown into chaos.
"boom--!!!"
"Bang--!!!"
"boom--!!!!!"
Wherever the tanks went, Japanese soldiers perished, their corpses strewn across the fields.
The Japanese regiment that was holding the port was annihilated by the 7th Armored Division in just 20 minutes, and the port fell.
"Beep beep beep beep beep beep—!"
"Aim at the enemy's armored division—!"
"All battleships, cruisers, and destroyers—anything capable of firing—fire!"
Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Expeditionary Fleet, Jisaburo Ozawa, stood on the deck of the Kongo-class battleship and roared loudly.
"Hey!"
At his command, all the warships of the Southern Expeditionary Fleet roared simultaneously, their guns aimed at the 7th Armored Division.
"fire!"
"Bang bang bang bang-!!!"
In an instant, artillery fire filled the sky, and shells rained down on the tanks of the 7th Armored Division.
"ah!--!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"
Dozens of tanks exploded instantly, killing the drivers on the spot.
"Damn it!!!" Wang Zhiguo's face darkened as he saw a row of tanks destroyed.
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