Attacking Taiwan with only 60,000 troops, if this had been done in the past, Chongqing would never have agreed to it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info But it's different now, the New Fifth Army defeated the Japanese army in the northeast, and also defeated the Japanese-Mongolian coalition army head-on in Mongolia. Dai Anlan's First Armored Division is even more impressive, and the 143rd Division in Lin Biao's hands is also the elite of the Eighth Route Army's refitting troops, such 60,000 troops are absolutely equivalent to the same number or even several times the strength of the Japanese army.

The Chongqing side was full of confidence in the 60,000 troops commanded by Zhuo Fei, and the officers and men of the attacking troops who had already boarded the ship and left Taizhou were also full of confidence in their excitement. Unlike the lively transport ships of the New Fifth Army next to them, the transport ships occupied by the 143rd Division of the Eighth Route Army were silent, and after the fleet issued lighting control, everyone of the 143rd Division gathered in the cabin, and the only sound in the cabin was the sound of everyone finally checking and maintaining their weapons.

Unlike his comrades-in-arms who have been issued semi-automatic rifles, Xie Dashan, who is also wearing camouflage uniforms, still uses bolt-action rifles, but Xie Dashan's expression does not show envy for his comrades. "What do you know? This is a sniper rifle, which is farther and more accurate than your new rifle, and the bullets of my gun are the same caliber as the ammunition of the little devils, and it is easier to replenish than yours. ”

Xie Dashan not only carefully wiped his Japanese-style sniper rifle with the cotton cloth in his hand, but also ostentatiously wiped the more than 100 rounds of ammunition issued to him one by one in front of his comrades-in-arms. "As long as I am given a chance to shoot, my bullets will definitely be able to reimburse at least one squad of devil soldiers, although your gun is good, but it is still a little worse than mine." Xie Dashan's provocative words failed to attract rebuttals from the robes, because they all knew that Xie Dashan's marksmanship was very good, otherwise the regiment commander would not have picked him as a sniper.

Thanks to the targeted training and screening of the umbrella, a large number of sharpshooters like Xie Dashan in the Eighth Route Army were separated separately for training, and the 143rd Division, with 8,000 soldiers, already had 200 snipers who had been specially trained by the umbrella. As time passed, as the attack fleet slowed down and the convoy followed, the feeling of depression before the battle began to fill everyone's hearts, and some impatient soldiers even began to look out of the cabin frequently, expecting the herald to appear.

Under the cover of night, the converging fleet slowly turned around and slowly headed towards the already selected landing site------ Xiangshan, Taiwan. In order to deal with a possible attack by the Chinese army on Taiwan, the Taiwanese Japanese army deployed a number of beachheads along the coast, including Xiangshan. Through the intelligence personnel lurking in Taiwan under the military command, Zhuo Fei had already received relevant information, and the selection of Xiangshan as the landing site was also decided after repeated consideration and sand table deduction by Zhuo Fei and his subordinate combat staff.

The beachhead established by the Taiwanese Japanese army in Xiangshan was a flat beach half a month ago, but now it has been covered by a forest of steel wire fences and various facilities. At the end of the flat beachhead, the hill, which was previously covered with lush trees, was also covered with various reinforced concrete bunkers. On the beach as far as the eye can see, the bunkers are like hedgehogs covered with thorns, and it makes people shudder in the night.

The only high ground tip on the entire beach protrudes from the ground, and is undoubtedly the central point of the entire tidal flat defensive position. Because it connects and directs dozens of large and small cement pillboxes around it, it is located in the center of the commanding heights. In terms of size alone, it is more than three times the size of other ordinary bunkers. As for the strength of the fort's defenses, it is even more impossible to say. Unless it was a direct hit from a large-caliber artillery, there was no way to help his heavy cement barriers.

This entire bunker, in addition to the strong defense, is left with a terrifying attack power. Nuoda's bunker. Not only were there ten Japanese heavy machine guns and countless ammunition. More importantly, the Japanese also deployed two rapid-fire guns in the fort. Suffice it to say that with the firepower possessed by this central fortress alone, the Japanese army was enough to suppress the beach with a width of two kilometers in front of them.

The Japanese built a fortified position here, but for some reason, the Japanese did not have many troops here. Perhaps thinking that the Chinese army would not choose Xiangshan Beach as the landing site, the Taiwanese Japanese army only deployed a brigade of troops here, but the Japanese soldiers of this brigade were at a loss for the battle they were about to face, and at the same time, they had little confidence.

In the entire Xiangshan defensive position, except for the sporadic Japanese sentinels, they also endured the drowsiness that kept coming. Shuttle back and forth between bunkers for patrols. Almost all of the remaining Japanese officers and men fell asleep, and no sound could be heard in the entire beach defense position except for the sound of the waves crashing on the beach. At this moment, after several hours of covert sailing, the fleet carrying the entire Taiwan attack force had already chopped through the waves and appeared on the sea less than 5 kilometers away from Xiangshan Beach. However, due to the fact that all warships, including transports, were illuminated and covered by night, the patrols on the Japanese positions did not detect the fleet moored several kilometers away.

"According to the report, one regiment of the first batch of the New Fifth Army to land on board small landing craft and can set off at any time to carry out a beach-rushing landing." An operational staff officer under Zhuo Fei quickly walked into the flagship command room and said to Zhuo Fei in front of him. Zhuo Fei looked down at his watch when he heard this, and after whispering a few words to McHausen beside him, he turned around and replied to the combat staff officer.

"Got it, order the first landing troops, according to the original plan, wait for the order to leave. At the same time, tell them that I am here, waiting for them to take the beachhead and send back the good news. Zhuo Fei ordered with a confident expression. Looking at the fast-departing combat staff officer, Zhuo Fei's attention quickly fell on the combat map in front of him, and he spoke to the fleet commander beside him, that is, McHausen.

"Lao Mai, whether the New Fifth Army can successfully land and seize the landing site on Xiangshan Beach depends on the artillery support of your navy. This time, I don't plan to use super bombs or other means of air strikes, I want to see whether the New Fifth Army can do a good job of coordinating operations with land and sea in the absence of air power. Therefore, whether or not the Japanese army can destroy the bunker group built on the beach in a short period of time is the key to this landing battle. If the naval guns of your navy do not return their strength, the vanguard of the entire regiment of the New Fifth Army, if not a single one of them is good, will be buried under the guns of the Japanese army."

"Boss, don't worry, although we don't know everything about the situation of the Japanese positions on the beachhead, I promise you that within the first time, the fleet's naval artillery fire will bombard all these damned Japanese forts into the sky." In the face of Zhuo Fei's scrutinizing gaze, McCaulhausen did not hesitate to make a guarantee, in his opinion, the Okinawa coastal position, which can be called a hard bone, has been bombarded by his own fleet, can this small Xiangshan position be stronger than the Okinawa coastal position?

After getting McHausen's assurance, Zhuo Fei was still a little uneasy, and after the last sand table deduction with his combat staff, Zhuo Fei in the flagship command cabin finally gave the order for the landing operation, and at this time, there was only one hour left before dawn appeared. Dozens of small landing ships burst out of the middle of the flotilla, and the sound of landing ship motors was immediately heard on the sea, and at a distance of 5 kilometers from the coast, these small landing ships could rush to the beach in a few minutes once they were moving at full speed.

In the bunker of the Japanese army position in Xiangshan, a tired-looking sentry stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, which he could barely open, and looked out at the still calm sea outside the beach through a square lookout. Because the entire observation bunker is located at the commanding heights of the coast, Cao Naga's Hasegawa can almost condescendingly see the sea surface up to two kilometers long in front of him with the naked eye. Suddenly, on the surface of the sea, which was still calm just now, in an instant, faint black spots appeared.

Without the slightest hesitation, he rubbed his eyes again, convinced that he had not seen dazzling eyes. Hasegawa directly woke up the squad leader from his sleep. "Captain, there seems to be a situation on the sea...."For his subordinates to disturb his sweet dreams, the team leader Maeda Yong felt uncomfortable. However, knowing that he had a great responsibility, the anger in his heart was immediately suppressed after hearing the words 'there is a situation'. Grab the binoculars that you have placed beside you, quickly rush to the lookout of the bunker, and start observing the calm sea.

As the saying goes, I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm startled when I see it. On the sea, which is still two kilometers away from the beach, dozens of landing craft lined up are rushing towards the beachhead at the fastest speed. For a while, a fact that he couldn't believe appeared in Maeda's mind, "Yaga, what are you still doing in a daze....immediately sound the alarm, the enemy is attacking, pull the alarm, everyone enters the battle position......" Maeda Yuchong, who was stunned, roared loudly at Hasegawa, who was standing beside him.

Seeing Hasegawa, who was already stunned behind him and still hadn't reacted, Yuichi Maeda, as the squad leader, gritted his teeth, directly took out the pistol on his waist, and snapped... In one fell swoop, he shot all the bullets in the magazine into the air. "Bang Bang Bang....", a series of crisp gunshots, in a peaceful beach position, is arguably the best siren sound. After a short while, the bunker group, which was still pitch black just now, immediately flashed with sporadic lights. Under the command of commanders at all levels, the sleepy-eyed Japanese soldiers rushed to their respective combat positions with weapons on their shoulders, disheveled, and embarrassed.