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"Nani? Our landing force was wiped out?" Lieutenant General Kato Yusaburo's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe the news brought by the destroyer.At this moment, his heart was cold and cold. The two brigades that landed were completely annihilated, which was tantamount to declaring the complete failure of the attempt to occupy Guanghai City.

Thinking of the strong position of the Wusong Fort, Yusaburo Kato felt a chill. He couldn't figure out how the fort could be so strong.The main guns on his battleship have also been tested in China, and those cement cannons are like paper, but when they arrived in Hualan, everything became so weird.

After several days of fighting, the Japanese navy suffered a lot of losses.The Hualan Coastal Defense Artillery is tantamount to helping the Japanese navy to survive the survival of the fittest. Many old ships in the fleet have sunk in battle.Fortunately, most of the Japanese navy is a cutting-edge warship, which is indeed a good thing for the long-term development of the navy, but the current firepower density has been greatly reduced.

It is meaningless for the navy to stay here now. Even if they can break through the Wusong Fort, they will have no army soldiers to land.But withdrew like this, Kato Yusaburo felt unwilling. After thinking for a while, he punched the chart table.

"Order the fleet to approach the coast, even if you want to retreat, you must teach the Hualan people an unforgettable lesson." Kato Yusaburo roared: "The incompetence of the army is a disgrace to the Japanese nation, but we must let your majesty understand that the navy is still the Japanese nation. backbone."

"Formation advance." The order was quickly sent to other ships through semaphore, and all warships started to move here, slowly approaching Wusongkou.They want to fight for honor, even if they have to choose to retreat, they have to turn the city of Guanghai into a sea of ​​flames.

It's a pity that Yusaburo Kato's idea failed to come true. The light cruiser Shintaka, which was rushing to the front, encountered a mine just as it approached the fort.The huge explosion sound opened a big hole on the starboard side of Xingao, and the turbulent sea water rushed in immediately, and the hull was tilting at a visible speed.

Chapter 565 Sneak Attack on Yokosuka

"There are mines?" Kato Yusaburo's face changed drastically. He was always on guard against the opponent's move, so he would send warships to patrol nearby every night.The patrolling warships did not see the other party dispatching a mine-laying ship at all, but the sea was obviously laid with mines.

"Retreat, the entire fleet will withdraw, and we will return home." Kato Yusaburo had no choice but to issue an order to retreat. It would be useless to stay here, but the loss was unbearable for him.The Japanese fleet didn't even say hello, turned around and retreated towards the north.

In the highest observation post of Wusong Fort, Qi Xieyuan put down the binoculars.He took a long breath and said: "It's finally over, these bastards are really powerful. But our navy will grow stronger soon, I believe it will be you who will be unlucky next time."

Qi Xieyuan's vision is obviously not long-term enough, so the Japanese people's unlucky days at sea have come, and there is no need to wait until the next time.At this time, Cai Tingqian had led the main fleet to the entrance of Sagami Bay, looking at the looming mines on the sea, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "There are only a few mines, do you want to tease me? It can be done in about half an hour."

After Cai Tinggan finished speaking, he turned to the combat staff behind him and said, "Send the minesweeper unit a signal to clear the minefield immediately."

"Yes." The staff officer immediately notified the minesweeper force with a microwave communicator.It can be seen from the way of issuing orders that although the warships are not as huge as the Japanese navy, the warships of the Shu army are much more advanced.The first is the shooting director for bombardment. Even the most advanced Saarland navy is only using the mechanical Raedel shooting command plate. The Teutonic country is only equipped with variable pitch rate plates. Calculate with a pen.

However, the warships of the Shu army are using a new half-mechanical and half-electronic commander. This is the result of the joint efforts of Zhao Shouhong and the Gunnery Research Institute of Guanghaicheng Shipyard.Although the display devices are all mechanical scales driven by gears, the internal computing devices are all replaced by germanium transistor printed circuit boards. It can be said that this is already a rudimentary electronic computer.

In addition, the radio system of the warships of the Shu Army also uses transistors.The advantage of this is that the size of the radio can be greatly reduced and the power can be increased. At the same time, because the transistors are smaller, there is no need to use fragile glass as an insulator, which makes the radio station less likely to be damaged in fierce artillery battles.

There are telephone systems all over the warship. Compared with the copper sound tubes still used by Japanese ships, it not only occupies a smaller area, but also makes the voice clearer and faster, avoiding errors in command transmission due to low clarity.The most satisfying thing for naval officers and soldiers is the microwave communicator. The range of this kind of communicator is only a dozen kilometers away, but it can allow warships to communicate with each other through voice within this range. It is much faster, and it is not afraid of being eavesdropped by the enemy.

With these electronic weapons, the Shu army's maritime command is more convenient and faster, and the cooperation between them can be closer. It is not necessary to cooperate on the battlefield like other navies, which basically rely on experience and tacit understanding.

At this time, the mine-sweeping fleet that received the order quickly stepped forward and started mine-sweeping operations at the entrance of Sagami Bay.The minesweeper of the Guanghaicheng Fleet is based on the minesweeper Saerguo Narcissus. Although this minesweeper has a wooden hull, it has a displacement of 1000 to [-] tons.With such a size, it is sufficient for ocean operations, so they followed suit.

The Hualan Navy has never attacked the Japanese mainland, so the Japanese army is very careless from top to bottom.Even the defensive territorial sea mines are just false stories.At the entrance of the entire Sagami Bay, there were only 10 to [-] floating mines, and it took only [-] to [-] minutes for the four minesweepers to open up a safe route.

"Commander, it's time to pass." The combat staff put down the microwave communicator and reported to Cai Tinggan.

Cai Tinggan nodded: "After passing through the minefield, the whole army will sail directly to Yokosuka." Leading by the battlecruiser Guanghaicheng, eight Jiujiang-class cruisers and several minelaying ships and minesweepers followed closely behind. The whole army is mighty Dangling towards the Yokosuka Naval Port.

The sun had sunk below the horizon, and the Japanese people who had worked hard all day soon fell asleep.Although Wa country has undergone decades of modernization since the Meiji Restoration, the entertainment industry is still underdeveloped today.In the eyes of the Japanese, it is a sacred mission to work hard for the prosperity of the country, and enjoying life like the Western Continent is a decadent phenomenon that is contrary to the sacred mission, and it is an undesirable waste.

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking of the people of the Japanese country that the people of the Japanese country turn off the lights to sleep at night, and at most they just go to the izakaya to drink some wine.The clock just pointed to ten o'clock, and there were no lights on the streets of Wa country. Under the cover of night, the Shu army fleet quietly approached the military port of Yokosuka.

Cai Tingqian has been to East Morning City several times, and he is familiar with the buildings here. Coupled with the aerial photos (satellite photos) given to him by Zhao Shouhong, he can clearly know where the buildings here are.Cai Tingqian personally commanded, with the help of coordinate recorders and rich experience in naval warfare, he sent the main guns to all warships through microwave communicators.

Following Cai Tinggan's order to fire all the guns, the six cruisers used their main guns to clean up the dilapidated forts of the opponent first. At the same time, the other warships fired at the coast with maximum firepower, focusing on taking care of the docks.This time, the artillery of the warships of the Shu army was not filled with armor-piercing projectiles, but incendiary projectiles using picric acid charges.Once these shells hit the target, they will burst into flames and be accompanied by highly toxic smoke.

After two rounds of bombardment, the shipyards closest to the shore in Yokosuka and the ships docked on the pier have been turned into a sea of ​​flames.The flames illuminated almost half of East Dawn City, and also illuminated the firing range of all gunners.

"Commander, what is that?" A combat staff officer pointed at the huge black shadow in the firelight and asked.

Cai Tingqian turned his head and looked through the binoculars.With the help of the soaring flames in the port, Cai Tingqian saw the huge outline: "It's a large warship, and it seems that it hasn't been completed yet."

Cai Tingqian put down the binoculars and said to the combat staff behind him: "Let the minesweeping fleet check it out and report to me as soon as possible."

The bombardment of the four minesweepers with only 76mm guns had little effect, so they were pulled out to check the situation.The four minesweepers approached the shadow carefully, and the sailors on the ship hooked the railing of the warship with their grapples and climbed up.Holding the Type [-] submachine guns equipped for the navy, the sailors carefully searched the deck.

Chapter 566 The Navy's Windfall

"Look, what a big turret." A sailor pointed to the newly installed turret.

Another sailor looked at the back and said, "Look at the deep hole in the back, there should be a turret that hasn't been installed."

The commander of the minesweeping fleet quickly received the reports from the various ships. Looking at the various reports, he exclaimed: "These are all fucking battleships, three ships." The commander didn't say anything. Wrong, these three are the last three Fuso-class battleships that have not yet completed their outfitting. At this time, these three battleships are lying quietly on the dock, waiting for their fate to come.

Cai Tingqian almost bit his tongue when he received the information, he stammered: "Three battleships that are being outfitted? This can only be the Fuso class. Got rich."

After Cai Tingqian received the news, he immediately ordered the ships not to fire in the direction of the three battleships, and at the same time ordered the minesweepers to patrol nearby to prevent the Japanese from destroying the warships.The Shu Army fleet shelled for three hours. Their artillery fire extended from the port to the industrial area on the outskirts of the city, turning half of East Morning City into a sea of ​​flames.Cai Tinggan didn't stop until all the warships had exhausted all the incendiary bombs.

"Let six Jiujiang-class cruisers drag those three battleships out of Sagami Bay, we want this warship." Cai Tingqian said proudly.

Although the three large ships with tens of thousands of tons have not yet been completed, they are still quite impressive.Hearing this news, the morale of the naval officers and soldiers was high, and their work efficiency was much higher. Two cruisers tied up a battleship, and they quickly dragged the three battleships out of the port.

Two cruisers tow a battleship, so that the forward force can be turned into a diagonal side, and the pulling ship is safer.The power of the Jiujiang-class cruiser is also sufficient. Despite the huge body of the Fuso-class battleship, the speed can still be maintained at about [-] knots.

The Guanghai City Fleet, which had completed the sneak attack mission, headed for the open sea in a mighty manner. They wanted to make a big circle to avoid the Japanese fleet that might appear and return to Guanghai City.Looking at the coastline of the Japanese country that was drifting away, Cai Tingqian suddenly remembered that there were still more than 1000 torpedoes on the four minelaying ships that had not been used. The fleet lays mines outside Sagami Bay, give them a little parting gift."

At this time, the morale of the officers and soldiers was high. When they heard that they were going to lay mines in the territorial waters of the Japanese kingdom, the four minelaying ships immediately dispersed.The minelaying ships of the Shu Army were imitated of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Charmanleon minelaying ship. Each minelaying ship had a displacement of nearly 1000 300 tons and was loaded with [-] mines.

This time the sailors were about to return to the voyage, and the sailors were not polite. They placed all the mines on the general ship at the mouth of Sagami Bay, which turned this place into an absolute domain.The sea mines are densely packed, and even the miners feel scalp numb looking at them.As if that wasn't enough, several minesweepers released the captured Japanese mines, and this time Yokosuka was completely sealed off as a dead port.

The base camp of the Japanese Army has just received the news that the Northern Territory Army has retreated to Fengtian City after the Mingbei victory.Before they got excited, East Morning City was bombarded.Fortunately, Cai Tingqian is aiming at weakening the industrial capacity of the Japanese country, so he doesn't have much interest in the urban area.Therefore, the loss in the urban area of ​​Dongchen City was not large, but the major shipyards in Yokosuka were completely lost, and the industrial areas in the suburbs were also burned to the ground.

Then the Guanghai City landing army was wiped out, and the news that the fleet was forced to withdraw also came.Hearing that East Morning City was bombarded by the Shu fleet and three unfinished Fuso-class battleships were towed away, Yusaburo Kato breathed a sigh of relief.Since the country has been beaten so badly, he has a reason to return to help immediately. This is not considered a cold run, and he has no responsibility.

It's a pity that Yusaburo Kato didn't know that when he arrived at Sagami Bay, the dense sea mines blocked him out to sea for a month.In the end, a large number of crazy Japanese fishermen formed a death squad, driving fishing boats back and forth to thunder.After losing a large number of personnel and fishing boats, the mines laid by the Shu army were cleared.

This time the Wa Kingdom suffered a crushing defeat at sea, and the ten Seawolf 2 submarines were not idle. They squatted on the waterway from the Wa Kingdom to the Western Continent and sank a large number of freighters.The Shu Army submarine is not far from the base, and can easily return to Yangshan Port to replenish fuel and torpedoes.However, there are too many Japanese merchant ships, and the Japanese warships have no means of searching for submarines.Coupled with Zhao Shouhong's precise satellite monitoring, the loss of Japanese merchant ships increased steadily. In just two months, more than [-] merchant ships were sunk, accounting for almost one-third of the total tonnage of Japanese merchant ships.

However, the Japanese army did not know that the situation on land was about to reverse.In Shangqing, where Uehara bravely gathered three divisions to attack violently, the battle became more and more fierce.The First Division of the Jiaozhi Army and the No.19 Division of the Shu Army withstood the frontal positions. With only more than 2 people, they faced the successive attacks of more than [-] Japanese troops.All the highlands outside Changqing City became the focus of desperate struggle between the two sides. Many highlands would only change hands after all the defenders were killed. With the fire support of the Artillery Division, the Hualan army was often able to take it back at night.

The artillery division of the World War I showed great power. The 24 1902-style 150mm long-barreled cannons ordered from the Teutonic Kingdom had a super-long range of 12.5 kilometers.These cannons became the pinnacle of the Hualan army. Where the Japanese army's artillery fire was the most rampant, they would point there, and where the Japanese army's charge was the most violent, the heavy artillery shells would hit there.During the half-month offensive and defensive battle, the records created by these 24 artillery pieces fully proved the famous saying that 'the truth is only within the range of the cannon'.

The Japanese army hated the cannons of the Hualan army, and Zeng Ji sent several small teams to destroy these cannons in the dark.However, Zhao Shouhong defended these artillery very tightly, and even dispatched a brigade under Xiao Jun to protect them. As a result, the Japanese army's night attack troops had to be slaughtered against the special forces.

The 23rd Brigade, which reinforced Huangdao, was not much better. They encountered heavy interceptions by special forces along the way, and the cold guns and cold guns almost caused the loss of one-fifth of the lower-level officers of the Japanese army.When the 23rd Brigade advanced to Gaomi, what they encountered was a head-on blow from the 15th Regiment of the No.57 Infantry Division.

The 57th Infantry Regiment of the Shu Army had already captured Gaomi. With the help of the artillery regiment of the division, they bombarded the 23rd Brigade.The Japanese soldiers who had given up all their heavy equipment could only charge forward with their flesh and blood with their rifles in hand, and were severely beaten.

As the 23rd Brigade was blocked from returning, and the three divisions that besieged Shangqing also suffered more than half of their casualties, Yusaku Uehara knew that there was nothing he could do.After losing supplies, the ammunition of the Japanese army is rapidly decreasing.Now that the supply line at sea has been cut off, and the Japanese army going to capture Huangdao has been blocked by Gaomi, the Japanese army is about to fall into a desperate situation.

Chapter 567 I'm Not Here

Yusaku Uehara knew that he had no time to wait, so he immediately ordered the Japanese army to stop attacking, and the whole army gave up all heavy weapons and marched towards Huangdao lightly.The only chance for the Japanese army now is to recapture Huangdao. Whether they stick to it or board the ship with the help of the navy, it is their only way out.

The Hualan army also suffered heavy losses. The No. 15 Division of the Shu Army suffered more than one-third of its casualties, and the No. [-] Division of the Jiaozhi Army suffered even more. [-]% of the soldiers were either killed or hospitalized.When the battle was most intense, both Zhao Shouhong and Cai Songpo kept their heads clear.They knew that with the change of hands of Huangdao, Hualan's army would gain more and more advantage.So no matter how fierce the battle was, the Second Division of the Cochin Army was always placed behind as a reserve team to rest, and what they had to wait for was this moment.

When the scouts discovered that the Japanese army had given up all their heavy weapons and began to flee, Zhao Shouhong immediately issued an order that the second division of the Cochin Army would follow and pursue, while the second regiment of the first artillery division would accompany them.Although the second regiment used 105 mm howitzers, these guns were still very heavy.Fortunately, when the artillery division set off from Guanghai City, it was equipped with a large number of trucks. Now that the howitzers were hung behind the trucks, their speed of action would not hold back the Cochin Army at all.

The Hualan army pursued fiercely all the way, but the Japanese army, which had lost their heavy weapons, had no choice but to retreat.They collected the defensive troops along the way one after another, and ran towards Huangdao.After receiving Zhao Shouhong's telegram, Song Zheyuan did not dare to neglect. He immediately handed over the defense of Huangdao to Zhang Shaozeng and his paratrooper regiment, and led the main force of the No.19 Division to reinforce Gaomi.

Their order was very simple, to block the Japanese army in Gaomi and prevent them from approaching Jiaozhou Bay.Because only in this way can all the Japanese troops be left behind.Yusaku Uehara also knows this very well. Now that the navy has suffered heavy losses and the supply line at sea will be cut off at any time, he cannot let tens of thousands of soldiers of the army take risks here.

In order to bring the army back to the country as soon as possible, Yusaku Uehara had to give up heavy weapons to speed up his escape.Every time the Japanese army found a dangerous terrain, they would leave a brigade to stand firm to slow down the speed of the pursuers.The Hualan army was also very helpless about this. They had to wait until the second artillery regiment destroyed the opponent's position with artillery before they could cross a dangerous point, which was a huge waste of time.