In the past few days of repairs, Luo Yue, together with the commanders of the First Army, has already drawn up a battle plan for the Dandong area. The People's Army on the southern front will divide its troops into two routes, one to attack the southeast coast of the Liaodong Peninsula and capture Andong County, while the other will enter Baoshan Town and threaten Phoenix.

Although the KPA's attack on the Dandong area at this stage is mainly based on intimidation, it is not to completely capture the Dandong area and cut off the return route of the Japanese army, but to contain the Japanese army's strength, and it is best to force the Japanese army to withdraw from Liaoyang, and then attack the Japanese army in the process of the Japanese withdrawal. But there were also some substantive moves that needed to be made in order to put enough pressure on the Japanese army in Liaoyang.

Andong County is located on the west bank of the Yalu River estuary, also known as Donggou in the old days, the famous Dadonggou naval battle in the First Sino-Japanese War took place in this area, Dadonggou is actually a river that flows into the Yellow Sea in Andong County.

Although Andong County is located at the mouth of the Yalu River, it is also regarded as the northwest gateway of Jiulian City, but because Japan has been controlling the sea control of the Yellow River before, it is not the focus of the Japanese defense. It was only when the People's Army defeated the Combined Fleet and captured Lushun that the location of Andong County became important, but Kawamura Keiaki's forces were limited, so he could only arrange a brigade of troops to garrison Andong County.

If the People's Army seized Andong County, although it did not cut off the retreat route of the Japanese army, it would have already posed a big enough threat to the Japanese army, because the distance from Andong to Jiulian City was only about 50 kilometers, and the inland river fleet of the East China Government could also be stationed in Andong County and enter the Yalu River to fight, and when the Japanese army retreated and crossed the Yalu River, the river fleet could go upriver along the Yalu River and attack the Japanese river-crossing bridge, inflicting a fatal blow to the Japanese army.

Phoenix City is located about 50 kilometers west of Jiulian City, which is the western gateway of Jiulian City, and the People's Army is stationed in Baoshan Town, about 30 kilometers away from Jiulian City, which is enough to make the Japanese army in Jiulian City dare not act rashly and reinforce Andong County. In addition, if the Japanese army in Liaoyang reinforces Jiulian City, Phoenix City is the only way for them, and the People's Army can also calmly choose the time and place to ambush the reinforced Japanese army.

The battle plan formulated by Luo Yue and others had already been approved by the Northeast Theater Command, so after receiving the order from the headquarters, Luo Yue and Liu Tie, the commander of the First Army, also immediately arranged for the attack.

The attack on Andong County will adopt the tactics of advancing by sea and land, and the land attack will only be contained, and the sea attack and landing operation will be the mainstay, so the marines will be the main force of the attack, and Luo Yue will naturally be in charge of commanding. However, since the Navy had already transferred one regiment and two landing ships from the Marine Corps to capture Jeju Island, the original plan of the Navy was to transfer all four landing ships of the Marine Corps, but since there was an operational plan for attacking Andong County on the southern front, only two ships could be transferred. However, the combat capability of the Marines was weakened a lot, so the 6th Division was transferred from the 1st Army to attack Andong County from the land and fight with the Marines. Fortunately, the battleships Yuanyang, the Yuyang, and four Zhenyuan-class warships, which provided maritime fire support to the Marine Corps, were still there. The location of Andong County is not large, and if these warships are anchored in the coastal waters, the range of their main guns is enough to cover the entire territory of Andong County.

Liu Tie led the 1st, 6th, and 16th Divisions of the 1st Army into Baoshan Town to threaten Phoenix. The remaining three reserve regiments of the 1st Army remained in the Arthur area and secured the KPA's logistical supply line.

Of course, on May 25, the KPA had already begun to send troops forward, and on May 27, the 6th and 7th Divisions had already advanced out of the west bank of the Dayang River, so after receiving the order, the 6th Division occupied Baoshan Town at 9 a.m. on May 28, and the 7th Division was also stationed in Changshan Town, less than 10 kilometers from Andong County, and engaged in a skirmish with the Japanese troops defending at Xiaosi Mountain.

Liu Tie led the 1st and 16th Divisions to leave Lushun at 7 a.m. on 28 May and march toward Baoshan Town, while Luo Yue and the Marines boarded the fleet at 12 a.m. and set off with the battleship Yuanyang as the flagship heading northeast at a speed of 10 knots.

The sea distance from Lushun to Andong County is about 280 kilometers, and the fleet arrived in the waters of Andong County at about 4 a.m. on May 29 and immediately released drones to locate the attack targets and calculate relevant data.

Taking advantage of this gap, Luo Yue came to the bridge of the Ocean and looked into the distance, the weather was quite good tonight, the night sky was clear and cloudy, a waning moon hung high in the sky, and the large stars, like a jewel inlaid on a dark blue brocade, were dazzling. Visibility on the surface of the sea is so good that you can see hundreds of meters away, and you can even faintly see the outlines of the undulating mountains on the distant land. The sea breeze with the salty smell of the sea is also quite pleasant.

However, thinking of 10 years ago in this time and space, the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet launched the first battle between the steam ironclad warships of modern society in this area, although this naval battle was not the Guanjian Battle that determined the victory or defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, but it was also an important battle of the First Sino-Japanese War, compared to the basic incompetent rout of the Qing Army's army, and the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Division, it was more tragic atmosphere and regret, so it also gained a lot of sympathy in later generations.

Luo Yue's heart was also full of emotion, maybe in the bottom of the sea under his feet, there was the shipwreck of the Beiyang Naval Division, or the remains of the soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division. In the old time and space, there are countless books, movies and television that introduce the process of this naval battle and analyze the successes and failures of this naval battle, Luo Yue has certainly seen a lot of them, and he also has a very detailed understanding of this naval battle. There is both regret and anger towards the Beiyang Naval Division, but in this time and space, the Beiyang Naval Division has also become a piece of history, and Luo Yue and others crossed over after the First Sino-Japanese War, so they can't change this history, but they can prevent similar things from happening again.

Just when Luo Yue was thinking wildly, he saw a staff officer walk up to the bridge and said, "Commander Luo, the drone has determined the location of the enemy's defense line, and it is ready to attack." ”

Luo Yue nodded and came to the command headquarters, at this time, the six warships had already received the firing parameters of their respective targets, and adjusted the firing units of their main guns.

The Japanese army only arranged 4 batteries along the coast of Andong County, and only 2 guns were arranged on each battery, and all of them were open-air batteries, and some of them were built with sandbags.

In fact, the Japanese army guarding Andong County also did not have much confidence in the coastal defense of Andong County, after all, even a military fortress like Lushun was lost, not to mention the temporary arrangement of Andong County, but it could not be defended, so it could also be hastily arranged some artillery, which could only be regarded as better than nothing, and the defense of Andong County was mainly to the defensive position on the periphery of the county, of course, now the Japanese army is still pinning its hopes on the arrival of reinforcements from Liaoyang as soon as possible, so that there are enough guarding troops.

Luo Yue said: "Okay, you can fire and shoot five rounds." Command the landing ship, start beaching. ”

After receiving Luo Yue's order, the six warships immediately opened fire together and launched an artillery bombardment on the coast, with a huge roaring sound, dazzling orange flames flashed in the dark night, and a puff of explosive light burst out on the coast, officially opening the curtain of the East China government's war again.

The 5 rounds of shelling soon ended, and all 4 Japanese batteries were destroyed, and the defenders on the batteries also suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, all warships also stopped firing from their main guns, switched to secondary guns, and continued to fire, mainly to provide cover for the landing force. Although the Japanese army's defense on the coast was weak, it was necessary to use a knife to kill chickens, after all, landing operations were one of the most difficult modes of operation.

Twenty minutes later, the two landing ships finally arrived at the beach, the springboard was lowered, and the fighters of the two battalions rushed out of the landing ship and immediately set up a cordon on the beach to form a temporary position. However, at this time, the Japanese army did not launch an attack on the KPA, and the KPA completed the landing very easily. Two landing ships were withdrawn to the sea for a second transport, and six warships also stopped shelling.

It was not until the two landing ships arrived at the beach for the second time, on the west side of the temporary position of the KPA, that sparse gunfire rang out, and it turned out that the Japanese army did not expect at all that the KPA would launch a landing operation at night, and although it was difficult for the Japanese army to launch attacks at night, it was quite difficult for such a complex combat mode as a landing operation to be carried out at night, so the Japanese army reacted very slowly, and it took almost an hour from hearing the sound of the KPA shelling to sending a large group of troops to test it, and at this time the second wave of the KPA landing was almost completed。

The KPA immediately launched a counterattack against the attacking Japanese troops, and in the dark night the gunfire immediately rang out, although the weather was good tonight, the visibility at night was not more than 200 meters, and 50 meters away, it was basically a blurred wheel corridor, so both sides could not shoot accurately, and could only shoot in one direction by feeling.

However, at this time, the drone that was still in the air quickly caught the position of the Japanese army, although the distance between the two armies was only 5 or 600 meters at this time, and at this distance, the warships did not dare to carry out artillery shelling easily, but the people's troops who landed on the shore carried mortars, and only because it was dark that they could not be aimed, the mortars had no way to shoot.

After the warship told the landing troops the position parameters of the Japanese troops through the walkie-talkie, the mortar unit immediately launched an operation, in fact, this kind of shooting method that only has the position parameters of the enemy troops and does not need the self-aiming of the pursuit gun, and it is also often trained in peacetime, and the artillerymen are very skilled in setting up the gun body, adjusting the firing unit, and firing.