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Chapter 865 Showdown between shore artillery and warships

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    At the beginning of the war in Kanto Prefecture, Captain Toshiki Naomi, the captain of the light cruiser "Yura" as the commander of the squadron, believed that the People's Army Air Force in the Bohai Bay had a great advantage and rashly concentrated the warships in the bay.  The risk of being gathered together and annihilated.

    As a destroyer detachment, its main responsibility is to ensure the safety of the Kwantung Army and domestic sea lanes, and to wait for opportunities to harass the marching line of the Chinese army.  Therefore, he decided that the fleet should go out of Bohai and into the Yellow Sea, and control the Changshan Islands Channel on the Chinese side of the Yellow Sea. It could advance and retreat, and threaten the left side of the People's Army moving south along the coast.

    Whether from a strategic or tactical perspective, his approach is undoubtedly correct.

    Because as soon as the war broke out, in order to control the Japanese navy's free entry and exit into the Bohai Sea and threaten Beijing and Tianjin, the main force of the People's Army Navy's Bohai Fleet gathered in the Bohai Strait in accordance with the orders of the Navy Command; the People's Army Air Force also dispatched a large number of air forces from Yantai and other places to cross the sea.  Supporting the Kanto Prefecture Campaign essentially blocked the entire Bohai Strait.

    The Bohai Strait is located at the junction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea between the west corner of Laotieshan, Liaodong Peninsula and Penglai, Shandong Peninsula. It is 57 nautical miles long from north to south and has more than 10 waterways. It is the chokepoint for entering and exiting the Bohai Sea and the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin. History  Foreign navies entering Beijing and Tianjin all enter and exit through the Bohai Strait.

    According to Zhang Hanqing and Guo Songling's plan for the future anti-aggression war, the air force will be the main force, and the navy and submarines will be supplemented. The Bohai Strait will be firmly controlled to ensure that there will be no maritime dangers in North China, thus forcing China and Japan to shift the main focus of the war.  The battlefield is limited to land.

    In this way, the greatest support for the Kwantung Army is to control the Changshan Islands, advance, attack, retreat and defend, so as not to cause the People's Army to catch a turtle in a jar. If the situation is unfavorable, it can calmly withdraw from the sea.

    The Changshan Islands are located in the southeast of the Liaodong Peninsula and the north of the Yellow Sea. There are a total of 114 large and small islands.  It controls the northern part of the Yellow Sea and protects the Liaodong Peninsula. It has very important military value in defending Northeast my country and has always been a battleground for military strategists.

    For example, in 1894, the Battle of the Yellow Sea during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War was fought in the northeastern waters of the Changshan Islands. At that time, the Japanese army first controlled the Changshan Islands and then landed at the Huayuankou of Zhuanghe;

    In 1904, during the Japan-Russia War, the Japanese combined fleet anchored near the Changshan Islands, fought with the Russian fleet, and then landed on the coast of Liaoning.  The fleet is placed here and can simultaneously cover the Jinzhou Isthmus, the narrowest part of the Liaodong Peninsula.

    However, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Murakaze Chotaro, was very trusting and asked the navy to make every effort to ensure that the flanks of Kanto Prefecture were not threatened by the landing of the People's Army Marine Brigade.  The places where there are opportunities to land from the center are Yingkou, Qinhuangdao and Huludao, all within the bay.  Therefore, the fleet finally gave up controlling the outer sea and all entered Liaodong Bay.

    However, when the main ships arrived at Yingkou Port, the other side was very quiet, which was a bit abnormal.  The experienced Captain Zhi Shang decisively ordered: "Each ship fires freely. If there is no change, the fire will be extended inland for 2 minutes."

    The concept of 2 minutes is dozens of heavy artillery rounds.

    After the smoke of gunfire passed, there was no fight back.  Judging from the telescope, apart from the smoke and billowing dust, the other side did not appear panicked. This behavior is very strange: the war in the east has begun. As Yingkou, a key port in the Northeast, it is impossible for the People's Army stationed here to not receive news.  , nor should there be no garrison.

    Of course, in the mind of Major General Zhi Shang, the People's Army will definitely not be able to fight against the Japanese Navy, which has the best maritime strength in Asia. In this way, it is very likely that important materials and personnel will be evacuated along the route, so that losses can be avoided outside the range of the Japanese Navy.  Well, that must be it.

    In this case, the warship must approach and extend its shooting.  The advantage of this is that the 30mm caliber rapid-fire cannon equipped on the ship can be used for shore shooting, thereby reducing the use of 120mm cannons.  You know, the service life of these cannons is not long, and they are more expensive.  For the Chinese army on the other side, there is no need to waste the few heavy artillery shells of the Japanese Empire!

    Captain Li Debiao, who was hiding on the shore to observe the enemy's situation, looked at the slowly approaching Japanese warships and was so surprised that he could not open his mouth.

    It¡¯s not that I¡¯m afraid, it¡¯s that I feel unreasonable.

    This Li Debiao was the guard who wanted to shoot General Zhang Zuolin. After training in the Southern and Northern Wars, he had made great achievements in battle and had been promoted from a little-known soldier to the colonel commander of the heavy artillery regiment currently stationed in Yingkou, Northeast China.  .

    With iron-blooded discipline, the 54 cannons of the independent heavy artillery regiment under his command were well camouflaged and lurked under the sea embankment less than 500 meters away from the coast for more than ten days.  Since Yingkou carried out the strong defense and cleared the country very well, the presence of the heavy artillery regiment was not detected by the Japanese army.

    Did the troops leak it?  Li Debiao almost ordered a counterattack, but suddenly felt something strange: not all Japanese naval guns were directed atWhat came from the place where I was ambushing and landed on my position were only a few sporadic cannonballs, and then the shells advanced in depth.

    It¡¯s a test!

    He firmly stopped the battalions¡¯ requests to fight back, and instead calmly ordered: ¡°Report battle losses!¡±

    After withstanding the Japanese shelling, a cannon was blown up on the spot, sacrificing more than a dozen artillerymen and baggage soldiers.  But there was no order to fight back, so everyone lurked silently.

    The unobstructed Japanese warship finally entered the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the heavy artillery regiment. The officers and soldiers of the People's Republic of China were also constantly calculating the trajectory and adjusting the muzzle as the warship approached.  22 kilometers, this is the range limit; 15 kilometers, this is a good distance; 9 kilometers, this is the fatal distance

    Li Debiao forced a smile and eased his cheeks that were tense and tired.  He methodically issued the final combat order: "Aim all cannons at each ship and shoot out all the shells!"

    The lookout post of the light cruiser "Yura" in front of the assault was being ordered to observe into the distance. Suddenly, inadvertently, it was discovered that a row of chimneys was quickly sprouting in front of its telescope.  Take a closer look, huh?  It's not the chimney, it's the barrel!

    It¡¯s shore artillery!

    When the shrill siren sounded, it was accompanied by rows of flames on the other side, and then the loud noise of the cannon was heard.

    When the cannons roared from the other side, Toshishu regretted not being able to stick to his point of view.  As the Northeast where Fengjun started, Zhang Hanqing's defense against the Japanese was consistent: there was one of the five heavy artillery regiments with key equipment of Fengjun in Yingkou, which was responsible for controlling the southern gate of Northeast China and preventing Japanese troops from landing from the sea.

    Even when the war between Zhili and Fengcheng was very serious, there were no plans to move the heavy artillery regiment deployed at Yingkou away from the station.  So when the People's Army used 155mm heavy artillery, the Japanese Navy was taken by surprise.

    As Colonel Naokami Toshiki who experienced the test of World War I, he is very familiar with the German Krupp 150mm cannon, and Japan has also introduced many of them.  Amidst the loud noises, he understood that the People's Army had at least one heavy artillery regiment here.

    He felt sincerely horrified: Cannons are a weapon for attacking fortresses, especially on the battlefield in Guandong Prefecture, where the Japanese army built many fortresses.  A very effective weapon for this is the direct-aimed cannon, of course the heavy ones are more powerful.  When the fierce battle on the side bank was in full swing, there was such a fierce force ambushing there. Their ambition was not small.

    For warships, head-on attacks with coastal defense artillery are not their strengths, nor are they cost-effective.  His entire fleet (because it is traveling head-on, some side guns and tail guns cannot enter and attack) only has 19 cannons. With such a pitiful force, if he overestimates his capabilities against the heavy artillery regiment, no matter who he is, will say he is crazy.  .

    Because the People's Army artillery was well prepared and waited for the destroyer fleet to enter the firing range before firing, they were caught off guard. The "Urakaze" was seriously injured, the "Isokaze" was hit by a bullet, and the "Hamakaze" was hit by a bullet and caught fire.  and lost the ability to fight.  Only the "Tanikaze" at the rear was shielded by the first four warships and narrowly escaped the first round of attacks, with no damage to its body.

    Of course, as the flagship and the first to enter the range, the "Yura" received the most hits.  Fortunately, due to its thick skin, the first round of shelling only destroyed the main gun on its bow, resulting in the loss of more than ten officers and soldiers.

    The sudden attack showed that the Japanese troops were well-trained and showed their tenacious fighting spirit.  After a brief panic, each ship opened fire to fight, and quickly retreated under the leadership of Major General Zhi Shang to avoid the range of the People's Army's artillery fire.  But even so, the "Urakaze" still suffered heavy losses: due to its inflexible maneuverability after being seriously injured, the tail rudder suffered several gunshots during the retreat, almost losing its navigation ability.

    As a last resort, the still intact "Tanikaze" was ordered to lead it slowly back out of the bay and accompany it all the way.

    Now General Zhi Shang¡¯s wish has been to hope that the Bohai Strait will not be blocked.  At a time when the fighting between you and me on land is extremely fierce, China's Bohai Fleet, which is relatively strong, has not yet met. There is not a single warship in the huge sea!  All kinds of anomalies convinced him that it was almost impossible for this fleet to leave safely without a fierce battle.

    According to the opinion of Major Ozawa, the captain of the "Isokaze", the 17th Squadron should attack Tianjin, because there is still a Japanese garrison in North China with more than thousands of people there. This time, the general directly rejected such a plan very decisively.  speech.

    Is it ridiculous that the Chinese people deliberately planned to fight the well-equipped Kwantung Army in the Northeast, with heavy artillery even at the entrance of the camp, but they were not unprepared in Tianjin, its heartland?

    The Japanese garrison in North China, with more than a thousand people, was originally built according to the level of B-class troops. Not to mention their equipment, their combat capabilities were also very low. Even a fully equipped regiment of the Japanese and Korean troops, who were more capable than them, fell overnight.  Being wrapped in dumplings, will they still exist at this moment?

    Time waits for no one. It seems that the Chinese are prepared to fight. The top priority now is to occupy the Changdao Islands and leave a base for the subsequent reinforcements.  The continuous appearance of Chinese sea reconnaissance planes along the way showed that the Chinese had their eyes on this fleet.  What's more, at this time, four of his five warships have been damaged, so it is naturally not suitable to stay in dangerous places for a long time.

    as expected.  The destroyer "Isokaze" on guard duty encountered a Chinese naval formation consisting of at least five destroyers lying across the mouth of the Bohai Bay just after passing Xiaolongshan Island. This result had been returned by the water reconnaissance aircraft on the "Yura"  The news was confirmed.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)People are prepared to fight, and the top priority now is to occupy the Changdao Islands and leave a base for the subsequent reinforcements.  The continuous appearance of Chinese sea reconnaissance planes along the way showed that the Chinese had their eyes on this fleet.  What's more, at this time, four of his five warships have been damaged, so it is naturally not suitable to stay in dangerous places for a long time.

    as expected.  The destroyer "Isokaze" on guard duty encountered a Chinese naval formation consisting of at least five destroyers lying across the mouth of the Bohai Bay just after passing Xiaolongshan Island. This result had been returned by the water reconnaissance aircraft on the "Yura"  The news was confirmed.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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