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Chapter 909 A tough nut to crack

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    Limited to the communication capabilities of this era, the reconnaissance aircraft taking off from the "Chicheng" discovered the People's Army's shore artillery, but it was a lot of trouble to quickly notify our own troop carriers.

    Since radio was officially placed on aircraft ten years ago, human communication capabilities have officially entered the three dimensions of sea, land and air.  However, the communication at this time is still one-way, that is, the personnel on the aircraft can send information back to its mother ship "Chicheng" in the form of radio waves. If you want to directly notify the friendly ships, you need to communicate with the "Chicheng"  The communication took a lot of time.

    Of course, Li Debiao's shore artillery battalion was not equipped with anti-aircraft firepower, so he could only watch the reconnaissance planes hovering above his head and boldly detect them, but there was nothing he could do.  Fortunately, there was a difference in the communication time of the Japanese army. During this time difference, the Chinese artillery fired.

    After a row of gunpowder smoke, more than ten shells landed around the Japanese transport ship.  Unlike naval guns, which are very easy to lose their accuracy due to the bumps of warships, shore guns sitting on flat ground are relatively more accurate, but they are still not ideal for undulating targets.  Not to mention that every shot was a hundred hits, even if I shot ten shots, well, I didn¡¯t hit even one.

    But this still surprised the Japanese troops on the "Nihon Maru".  Relatively speaking, land artillery will inevitably face a large-scale salvo after the calibration. If the artillery shells fall all over the sky, there will always be a few unfortunate ones that will hit.

    They called for help urgently and tried to turn around and leave.  Judging from the noise just now, there is at least one artillery battery of the Chinese Army. As long as there is such an artillery battery, the landing will be a one-sided massacre. They need Japanese ships to provide fire support first.

    Although the range is slightly lower and the caliber of the cannon is smaller, the shore artillery has another advantage, which is its high rate of fire.  At such a close range, the advantages of heavy artillery are fully demonstrated.  So before the Japanese ship could react, the second salvo started again.

    This time the "Nihon Maru" was not so lucky.

    The People's Army artillery is an arm that Zhang Hanqing focuses on developing. After overwhelmingly surpassing the Japanese Army in terms of numbers, the artillery command mechanism and training have also been improved to a considerable extent.  After adjusting various parameters, the first shot that hit the target quickly reported the parameters to the other gun positions, causing subsequent hits like raindrops.

    The 155mm caliber cannon is enough to penetrate the thickest armored battleship in the world at close range, let alone a transport ship with far inferior armor?  After taking dozens of shots, the "Nihon Maru" was riddled with holes, a cloud of smoke and fire.

    The "Kongo" and "Hiei" in the distance watched in stunned silence as the "Nihon Maru" tilted precariously after being shot, and the figures of the officers and soldiers jumping in the firelight were deeply imprinted on the hearts of many soldiers who were on the battlefield for the first time.  heart.

    Due to the draft, the two large ships are far away from it, and the naval gun support cannot be enough.  The accompanying destroyers were too late to dodge these deadly shells. They were all escaping from the barrage at high speed. How could there be time to rescue friendly ships?

    The scene where the "Hanzhong" destroyer was beaten by the "Hiei" just after being sunk was immediately reported: Even if the Japanese destroyer wanted to save it, it did not dare to get into the hail of bullets and serve as a target for the shore artillery.  Of course, as a gesture, the two Japanese destroyers responded with naval guns after taking a breather, but their firepower was too weak after all.

    Ten minutes after the "Nihon Maru" and its five hundred samurai were swallowed by the waves, the Japanese navy carried out crazy retaliation. They used naval guns of various sizes and calibers to shoot at the ocean island in all directions.

    Since Ocean Island is surrounded by mountains, the naval guns are aimed directly, similar to cannons, so most of this round of attacks landed on the cliffs.  Because the shore artillery relies on fortifications, unless the Japanese military personnel explode, it will be more difficult to hit them than to reach the sky.

    ??This time and space is not like that of later generations where there are ground-penetrating bombs and precision-guided bombs. It is still not a big threat to the Chinese artillery building fortifications from the mountainside.  On the contrary, the Chinese shore artillery took the opportunity to show off its power, preventing the Japanese destroyers from getting out of the way.

    Permanent fortifications are inherently difficult to deal with, and this was especially true during World War I.  Even after World War II, the German Army, which had stronger firepower and air superiority, still had to bypass the Maginot Line. First, it was the need for blitzkrieg, but was it also a strategy to avoid a solid defense line?

    Also during World War II, without the later Battle of Liuhuang Island, the U.S. military, despite occupying all the time and fully controlling the air and sea, still defeated the geographically advantaged Japanese army at a heavy cost. This was also because the Japanese army completely lost supply of logistics and  It was completed after running out of ammunition and food.

    The situation inside the oceanic islands is currently unknown, and Dalian is only a corner away. It is not easy to completely cut off the Chinese military's logistical supplies in such a complex group of islands and reefs.

    In the face of a solid artillery position, using naval guns to attack frontally is the next best option.  Think back to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1898, when the remnants of China's Beiyang Navy relied on forts to fight back, and the Japanese naval attack threatened them.It still took a lot of effort for the fort, and finally it was defeated by the Marines who took a roundabout way and landed from behind the land.

    Therefore, there are two ways before the Japanese navy. One is to wait for an opportunity to invade the island and seize China's shore artillery positions with close combat; the other is to give up the attack and choose to head towards the Bohai Bay from the Miaodao Islands.

    However, judging from the defensive situation of the Changdao Islands where Haiyang Island is located, there is no reason why the Chinese military should not be deployed similarly in the more important Miaodao Islands, because it is bordered by the Shandong Peninsula to the west, the Liaodong Peninsula to the east, and the Beijing-Tianjin metropolitan area to the north.  's top priority.

    Things have come around again, and the Japanese Fleet Command has set its sights on Haiyang Island again.  According to previous records, the only waterway that can enter the island is located in the west. In such a narrow waterway, let alone the huge Japanese fleet, even China's already pitifully small destroyers also look bloated. It is estimated that only after high tide,  Can the "Hankou" class gunboat enter with guidance?

    The bay has deep blue water and is a good haven for ships and fishing boats. Small transport ships of the Chinese Navy can come and go easily.  If you want to get in here, a light and compact torpedo boat is a good idea, but you are faced with an unfavorable situation: if you want to enter the port, you must capture a key point to close the mouth.

    The so-called closed mouth is actually a stone pillar more than 5 meters high on the south side of the port.  It stands upright in the waves, like a giant brown rabbit squatting at the mouth of the waterway, guarding the passage of every ship and resisting the impact of every wave. Once the iron gate is closed, no one can open it, and it is blocked by the local people.  Fishermen call it a closed mouth.  To the north outside Guanmenzui is Beitao, and to the south are Matigou and Nanyang, both of which are good anchorages for shelter from the wind.

    No matter how good these places are, they are all within the shooting range of the People's Army shore artillery.  As long as a cannon is mounted on the top of the mountain, almost no one dares to risk the risk of shipwreck and death.  Because even if you break through the artillery net, there is still a Marine Corps brigade waiting for you. That is the most capable elite unit of the Chinese Navy!

    The Japanese army tried to organize an attack.  Because I didn't expect that there would be a battle to land on the island, and I didn't expect that small warships would be used.  They took off sampans from various destroyers, carried some soldiers, and headed for Shunzui under the cover of fierce naval gunfire.  To this end, the Japanese fleet did not hesitate to dump dozens of tons of ammunition in an attempt to suppress the opponent's firepower in one fell swoop.

    However, the new round of attacks only played the role of a stone crusher. Many stones on the top and mountainside of Ocean Island were blown into pieces, which virtually reduced a lot of trouble for the construction of the island later. The damage to the coastal defense artillery was extremely limited, only a few  Two officers and soldiers were hit by the bounced stones and debris.  Exposing was meaningless, so Li Debiao ordered the firepower to be concealed to paralyze the enemy.

    The Japanese small "fleet" responsible for seizing the island thought that the island had been hit hard, so they sailed towards the ocean island with confidence.

    " Attacking halfway across the river has always been a tried and true trick, and this is also true in naval battles.  After all the Japanese landing fleet entered the shooting range of the shore artillery, Li Debiao said happily: "There is no need to rush to fight, let them get closer, so that we can not only aim accurately, but also inflict heavy damage on them!"

    After years of training, he has become an excellent gunnery expert and behaves more steadily.  With an entire marine brigade on the island, he was confident.  Even if the shore artillery was let go, it is certain that the Japanese army would not be able to reach the island.

    No matter how fast a small boat is, it can never be faster than a cannon.  Wait until the Japanese small boat group penetrates deep into the surrounding area of ??the ocean island before starting the fight. The artillery can fire for longer, and maybe they can all be annihilated!  Damn it, he planned to annihilate them all!

    But he really has this strength: not to mention the heavy artillery battalion, the artillery battalion equipped by the Marine Brigade alone is very useful in dealing with small boats.  In this era, there were no heavy weapons such as amphibious tanks, and oceanic islands were not suitable for large landing ships. If light infantry faced off against heavily armed Marines, it would be a suicide.

    So it was natural that soon, the Japanese soldiers in the small boats were tortured to the point of finding teeth all over the place.  In the gap between the shells, countless small boats were struggling, or flying sideways in the shrapnel, or being overturned by the waves caused by the explosion.  That feeling of powerlessness cannot be experienced by those on the outside.

    ??The Chinese artillery may conduct a platoon blockade in a group, or fire a single gun in bursts, or fire in bursts to increase the density of fire. Small sampans have become the best targets for Chinese artillery training.  A few ships saw that the situation was not good and wanted to turn back, but it was easy to come and difficult to go. The ten nautical miles journey took dozens of minutes for them, but for the Chinese artillery, it was just an action of raising the muzzle.

    General Taniguchi Naozhen was extremely angry. The powerful Imperial Navy suffered such a loss of troops. Even a small island belonging to the Chinese was helpless. The news spread. I am afraid that those mud-legged armies finally found an excuse for their recent defeat, right?  ¡ª¡ªOur army has lost the battle. Your navy has spent so much money, but isn't it also unable to do anything about the weaker China Navy?

    In this regard, Yamamoto Isoroku sent a telegram: "Your Excellency, Commander, Ocean Island is not a suitable place for our giant ships to fight. China's artillery positions are all built among the mountains and rocks, and they are covered by mountains and rocks. It will be very difficult to defeat them. I am willing to  Use carrier-based aviation to carry out air strikes against them, so that their frontal defenses will be useless against my air assault." (Remember this site's URL: www.hlnovel.com)The sixth telegram requested: "Your Excellency, Commander, Ocean Island is not a suitable place for our giant ships to engage in battle. The Chinese artillery positions are all built among the mountains and rocks, and they are hidden by mountains and rocks. It will not be easy to defeat them. I am willing to use the carrier-based aviation force to  I will use all my strength to launch an air strike against them, so that their frontal defense line will be useless against my air assault." (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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