Chapter 646: Fighting on the Japanese Mainland (6)
Although the number of troops and firepower at hand has increased greatly, the death order to achieve a decisive victory within the time limit still makes Ishii Shiroku feel great pressure. During the Russo-Japanese War, although Nogi Noshinori could not attack Lushun for a long time, and also lost his troops, it is said that he should have been removed from his post a long time ago, but Nogi Noshinori was old in the Japanese Army and deeply trusted by the emperor, so the Manchurian Army Command did not dare to move him easily, but sent Kodama Gentaro as the chief of staff to replace Nogi Noshinori to command the battle, and finally conquered Lushun and saved Nogi Noshinori's face.
It's a pity that Ishii Shinroku is not Nogi Noshinori, and no one will take care of his face, so this time for Ishii Shinroku, this is a battle against the water, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent.
However, the last offensive also allowed Ishii Shiroku to accumulate a lot of experience, although now his own troops and firepower have increased greatly, but compared with the Japanese army in the Far East to participate in the war, it is still not as good, so a full-scale attack is obviously not feasible, too scattered forces, firepower, or should concentrate troops and firepower to attack a little, in order to break through a little, break through the overall situation. However, a concentrated attack must also have a part of the troops on the flanks to contain the KPA's defensive forces, but fortunately, Ishii Shinroku now has plenty of firepower, and he can calmly arrange it.
Therefore, after consultation between Shiroku Ishii and his staff officers, it was decided to attack the KPA defense line in three ways, and attack the coast on the left and right flanks, naturally as a feint, with the aim of containing the KPA's strength, but also assigned 2 divisions and regiments and more than 180 artillery pieces to ensure that there were enough troops on both flanks to contain the KPA as much as possible; while the attack in the center concentrated 3 divisions and more than 300 artillery pieces, consisting of 20 152-mm guns, All eight 280 mm mortars were deployed in the center, striving to suppress the resistance of the KPA with heavy firepower and pave the way for the Japanese attack. Strive to break through the defense line of the People's Army in one fell swoop and achieve a decisive victory.
After arranging the tactics of the attack, the Japanese army launched another attack on the people's defense line the next day, and the momentum of the Japanese attack this time was much greater than the last time, the artillery alone doubled, and it was eight 280 mm caliber mortars, although the diameter was not large, but after all, it was 280 mm caliber, and the power was indeed huge, and once it started, it was naturally earth-shattering and amazing. 8 mortars of 280 mm caliber were divided into two groups and fired in turns,
What's more, Japan still has 20 152 mm guns, although the power is not as good as the 280 mm mortars, but in the army, this is already a large-caliber heavy artillery, so every time the Japanese fire fires, the ground vibration can almost be transmitted to the command headquarters 3,000 meters away.
Shiroku Ishii, who was in the headquarters, was very satisfied with the Japanese firepower this time, because he had not participated in the Russo-Japanese War, so this was the largest artillery bombardment he had ever seen in his life. On the KPA position, every time the Japanese army opened fire, a large number of explosive sparks and smoke were bound to rise, and the strike effect was far from being comparable to the last time.
At this moment, Ishii Shinroku's heart couldn't help but relax, under such a powerful firepower attack, the People's Army's defense line could not withstand such a firepower attack from the Japanese army even if it was impregnable.
The shelling lasted for about 10 minutes, and Shiroku Ishii was also a rare relief in the headquarters, so that he could even sit down and make tea with the staff officers.
However, just when Shiroku Ishii poured the brewed tea into the teacup, he only heard several loud noises of "boom, boom, boom", the ground trembled, two teacups fell to the ground, shattered, and the tea in the other teas also splashed all over the table.
And Ishii Shiroku couldn't help but be surprised, because the loud noises just now were not the sound of cannons, but the sound of shells exploding, although after the First Sino-Japanese War, Ishii Shiroku had not experienced the front-line battlefield, and he could still hear the difference between firing artillery and exploding. Judging from the direction of the sound, it is within 4 to 5,000 meters of the command headquarters, so it is difficult for the KPA artillery to hit the Japanese position? However, judging from the situation in the last war, the range of the KPA's artillery was only about 5,000 meters, and the headquarters of Ishii Shinroku was 12,000 meters away from the KPA position, so it was impossible for the KPA's artillery to hit the Japanese position.
When Shiroku Ishii was still thinking about it, he saw a signal soldier running into the headquarters in a hurry and said, "Report to the commander, our artillery position has been shot." ”
Shiroku Ishii hurriedly asked, "It's that artillery position." ”
Before the words fell, I only heard the sound of "boom boom" explosions, several teacups on the table fell down, a high data rack was shaken down, and the canopy of the headquarters was scattered with sand and ash downward. And Ishii Shinroku's face changed greatly, and without waiting for the signal corps to answer, he quickly rushed out of the headquarters and came to the lookout, and he could see very clearly without binoculars, and sure enough, he saw that the positions of two 280-mm mortars had been bombarded, and at this time, shells continued to fall to the ground and explode.
At this time, all the staff officers also ran out of the headquarters one after another, and when they looked at it, they couldn't help but be shocked, because no one thought that their artillery positions, especially the positions of the two 280-mm mortars, had been shelled by the People's Army.
Fortunately, the shells were still falling at this time, so it also provided conditions for the staff officers to observe the source of the shells, of course, they could only observe a general direction, but the staff officers could see clearly at a glance that these shells were coming from the direction of the ocean. At this time, Shini Shiroku's legs weakened, and he fell to the ground, regretting in his heart that he had forgotten the navy of the People's Army.
It turned out that when the Japanese army was gathering troops, Luo Yue estimated that the Japanese army's attack was not good, so this time the navy's fleet was going to participate in the war, so he also ordered the fleet to prepare, first divide the fleet into two, anchor them in the left and right waters of the Noto Peninsula, and measure the relevant parameters.
After the Japanese army launched an attack, Luo Yue immediately ordered to take off the drone to observe the position of the Japanese army's artillery position, because the firepower of the Japanese army's 280 mm mortar gun is really strong, even if the people's army's trenches and defense line have been fully designed to prevent shelling, but for large-caliber artillery such as 280 mm, it is still a little weak, so the Japanese army's 280 mm artillery did cause considerable losses to the position of the people's army.
Luo Yue immediately ordered the drone to first observe the position of the 280 mm artillery position, and then immediately transmit the data to the warship anchored at sea. At this time, the warship had already made preparations, and after receiving the data and orders from Luo Yue, it immediately opened fire.
The KPA fleet of two battleships, four ironclads, a total of 28 280 mm guns, and two armored cruisers, each with four 240 mm guns, four 203 mm guns, and more than 30 152 mm guns, all opened fire at this time, and launched a fierce bombardment of the Japanese 280 mm artillery positions.
Despite the precise positioning, the fleet's artillery bombardment distance exceeded 20,000 meters, and it was affected by waves at sea, so the hit was not high; however, the artillery position was a huge target, so there was no need for precise strikes, so after the KPA fleet launched a strike, the shells also continued to fall into the Japanese artillery positions, and the Japanese positions were suddenly blown up beyond recognition.
After 5 minutes of shelling, the two 280 mm artillery positions of the Japanese army were also completely destroyed, so the KPA fleet also changed its objectives and attacked the other artillery positions of the Japanese army, so the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed one by one. The other artillery positions that had not yet been attacked by the KPA fleet hurriedly put away their artillery, withdrew from their positions, and hid in the dense forest.
Although Ishii Shinroku also hurriedly ordered and the Japanese troops attacking on both flanks changed the direction of the artillery bombardment and attacked the KPA fleet in order to contain the KPA's sea attack, at this time the KPA fleet was moored 10,000 meters away from the shore, and the Japanese troops on both flanks lacked large-caliber artillery, so they basically could not pose any threat to the KPA fleet, and there were also protective cruisers in the KPA fleet, which could bombard the shore, not only in all aspects, but also destroyed many Japanese artillery in a row.
As a result, in just over 20 minutes, nearly half of the Japanese artillery was destroyed, and the 280 mm artillery and 152 mm artillery were all destroyed by the KPA fleet.
Ishii Shiroku never expected that this offensive competition would be like this, the reason was that this time the People's Army dispatched the fire support of the fleet, and now it seems that the people did not use the fleet last time, and it was a trap set up for the Japanese army, and he actually got into it in a daze, and the result was a complete defeat.
And this consequence is by no means something that he can bear, thinking of this, Shini Shinroku's heart trembled, is it so difficult that he really wants to commit suicide by caesarean section? In fact, before the attack, Ishii Shiroku also had this mental preparation, and he was very calm at the time, if the attack failed, then he would commit suicide to thank Japan, but now the Japanese army has not launched a formal attack, so he committed suicide, Ishii Shiroku was also very unwilling, and after struggling several times in his heart, Ishii Shiroku finally made a decision and ordered all armies to launch an attack on the position of the People's Army.
After all, the results of the last attack have also proved that in order to break through the defense line of the People's Army, it is useless to rely on people to pile up, so they have also advised Ishii Shinroku one after another that it is best to collect troops if he cannot launch an attack.
Nachi Ishii Shinroku was furious, pulled out his saber, slashed the command platform, and said sharply: "I am determined, and if anyone dares to oppose it, it will be done by military law." When the staff officers heard this, they immediately shuddered and did not dare to persuade again, everyone knew that the commander had completely lost his mind.
In fact, Ishii Shinroku knows very well that it is indeed impossible to break through the defense line of the People's Army when launching an attack at this time, but for Ishii Shinroku, no matter how bad the result is, it will not be bad there, as for the losses of the Japanese army, Ishii Shinroku has not considered it, because whether the army loses or not, his outcome will not change, and if he attacks, maybe there will be a miracle. To be honest, Shiroku Ishii is now in a broken jar mentality.