87_87379 The bombardment of one day and one night opened the curtain of war, and the beachhead at the mouth of Dagu Haikou made of sleepers, railroad tracks, and sandbags has become a mudflat, and hundreds of landing craft on the sea are densely packed.

More than a dozen gunboats and shallow-water ships that had been temporarily equipped with mountain guns launched artillery shelling on the beachhead of the Zhenwei army again, and this time, unlike the last time, the Zhenwei army was also fiercely returning fire.

Landing craft were sunk one after another, gunboats were sunk and damaged, and the fierce artillery battles that had never been seen in the Qing Dynasty were carried out under the direction of Li Dacheng.

After the loss of a few gunboats, the foreign devils showed their real skills, nearly 10 cruisers with a shallow draft sailed into the coastal waters, and after more than a dozen minutes of shelling, the beachhead artillery array of the Zhenwei army was dumb, more than 60 small-caliber guns, and only three of them were withdrawn from the whole tail, and there were more than 10,000 casualties, and the coalition forces landed along the way.

Although the artillery position was destroyed, the battle had to continue, and the first wave of landings were unsurprisingly a few thousand old Maozi, and after they occupied the beachhead, little Japan landed slowly.

After the artillery bombardment and beach-grabbing battle, the 30,000 Zhenwei troops stationed on the beachhead did not come down more than 10,000 alive, and most of the wounded were killed.

Without artillery as a cover, it is difficult for the army to make a difference, in the era of no aircraft, artillery is the protagonist of the war, artillery victory is the army, artillery defeat is the army defeat!

The beachhead was lost, and the five major forts as the second line became the front line, and now the five major forts are more like high ground than forts in Li Dacheng's hands, and for Li Dacheng, it doesn't matter if there are dead or wounded, and it doesn't matter if they retreat. The scale of the landing of foreign devils is the key.

There are only more than 10,000 people, which is not enough, and it takes 50,000 or 60,000 people to really fight a war.

After the loss of the beachhead, both the Zhenwei army and the coalition forces enjoyed a moment of calm. The cruiser could also go deep into Haikou without firing guns, and looking at the enemy battleships close at hand on the fort, Luo Rongguang's heart was anxious!

Ten enemy warships were placed in front of them, and twenty guns, with only three salvos, were bound to be able to make a difference. Is this still waiting?

"Second Master ......"

"Needless to say, look at the other warships at sea, is it appropriate to fire now?"

With ten cruisers as bait, Li Dacheng also had to admire the naval commander on the opposite side, once the five major batteries opened fire. What's next? It can well be imagined.

Lying behind the high-powered telescope supported by the stand, Luo Rongguang took a closer look at the sea, the battleship behind the cruiser was ready to go, and once the cannon was fired, both sides would be defeated.

"Second master, if there are three rounds of salvos, you can sink four ships under the mark! If there are no four, the mark is willing to be engaged in military justice! ”

The temptation of the sea warship to Luo Rongguang. Confuse. Just like smoke and soil for Gui Shun, this is unbearable, for the sake of the results. He can make a military order.

"Four fart? Luo Rongguang, let me ask you, if those warships want to bombard our defense line behind the fort, how much advance do they need to advance? ”

"At least two nautical miles!"

"Can you fire a cannon in two-nautical-mile waters?"

"Yes! But the battleship must run aground! ”

"That's the end of it! Lao Tzu told them to advance two nautical miles, and you will destroy all the stranded battleships, after destroying the battleships. Don't skimp on the artillery, pour all the shells on the heads of the army of foreign devils!

20,000 shells. It has departed from Dagu Station, and it will be able to reach the five major forts tonight. Twenty-one artillery pieces, 20,000 shells, what are the results of the battle tomorrow and tomorrow, Lao Tzu looks at you! ”

After deterrence and temptation, it should be a large-scale landing, and the Zhenwei army on land is more patient, the foreign devils on the sea are obviously not successful, just in the telescope, Li Dacheng saw the little devils who are ready to go, and the large-scale landing at Dagukou is almost a foregone conclusion, and it is time to see three days after tomorrow and tomorrow.

After leaving the fort, Li Dacheng gave Li Dahan a military order, sending 30,000 elite troops to raid the beachhead of Dagukou, and the Zhenwei army wanted to attack once to provoke the devils of the sea.

Under the cover of ten seven-life and five Krupp mountain guns, Li Dahan's surprise attack was not satisfactory, and he was only one step away from driving the Japanese and Russian troops on the beachhead into the sea, and if it were not for the support of gunboats, the more than 10,000 Japanese and Russian troops on the beachhead would have been completely annihilated.

The price is still very high, 30,000 people went out, only 17,000 came back, and after two days of fighting, the sea water in Dagu Haikou also turned pale red, which is far from enough.

The number of landing troops was insufficient, and the elite of the Qing defenders were exhausted, and after a defeat, the foreign devils on the sea also made a decision to land in Dagu!

The appearance of thousands of landing craft floating on the sea is shocking, watching groups of enemies land on the fort, Li Dacheng is still in a bad mood, Japan and Russia are all elite, and the next battle is not easy to fight.

The foreign devils who landed were in camp step by step, and it was not easy to fight now, so they could only watch them occupy the beachhead step by step and advance their troops near the Dagu Fort.

"Second master, is it worth it?"

Asking this, Luo Rongguang's heart was also trembling, a hundred cannons! The hundred artillery pieces transferred from the south were all installed on the fort by Li Dacheng, and once the foreign devil's warship attacked the fort, the 100 guns were gone in a blink of an eye.

"Value! It's worth it! After tomorrow's shelling, hurry up and dig up our giant cannon! ”

However, in two days, more than 30,000 troops were reduced, nearly 40,000 guns were lost, 60 artillery pieces were lost, and 100 guns were about to be lost.

Today's battle has been fought so far, the Zhenwei army's men and horses are very expensive, there is no necessary reason, and Li Dacheng will not blindly attack the landing force of foreign devils.

In the middle of the day, the foreign devils sent at least 30,000 horses to the beachhead, as well as a large number of materials, after nightfall, the sea transportation is still busy, Li Dacheng estimates that after one night, the beachhead will have at least 50,000 people and horses, this is worth a battle.

In the evening, the foreign devil's men and horses tried to break through near the fort, at this time of course Li Dacheng would not let them succeed, after leaving hundreds of corpses, the foreign devil because of the unstable foothold, except for this temptation, did not advance to the vicinity of the fort again.

There are two small Japanese divisions, and the situation is unknown how many people Lao Maozi came. But from small Japan, it can be speculated that the number of people who come from Lao Maozi should not be less than 50,000.

More than 100,000 people, naturally, will not be transported at one time, and 50,000 or 60,000 people have landed, which should be all. Today on the fort, Li Dacheng also saw the troop carriers going south and north, and many materials that could not be transported ashore were also transferred to the battleships, which was also good news for Li Dacheng.

In addition to transporting troops tonight, foreign devils will also have to transport a large number of strategic materials to the beachhead. It is impossible for the battleship to be occupied by these materials for a long time, the water in the Dagu Sea is shallow, and with these materials, the battleship's artillery will not be able to reach the land.

The loss of 40,000 guns and 160 artillery pieces was also a bit heavier for the Zhenwei army. It is also necessary to snatch back the captured firearms and piggyback on a batch of strategic materials for foreign devils.

"Decisive battle!"

The pencil of the deduction was broken by Li Dacheng, and if he wanted to regain the disadvantage in armament, he could only use the method of direct decisive battle, pushing the foreign devils into the sea again and robbing them of their supplies. It's reckless, but it's not impossible.

Summoning Li Dahan, Luo Rongguang and other Zhenwei army generals, Li Dacheng said his strategy, except for one Luo Rongguang present. The rest are their own people, how can there be anything to discuss, after Li Dahan nodded, the generals of the Zhenwei Army also nodded, Luo Rongguang was mainly in charge of the fort, and he had no part to speak.

Let Li Dahan lead 80,000 Zhenwei troops. 70,000 strong men, a total of 150,000 men, will launch a general attack on the foreign devils on the beachhead tomorrow. Luo Rongguang supported the fort with the 100 new guns, and Li Dacheng took less than 10,000 Zhenwei troops and thousands of wounded to hold the Dagu station and dock. The crazy plan has taken shape like this, all that is lacking is the situation of tomorrow, as long as the number of foreign devils is enough, this battle can be fought.

Li Dahan's side reorganized the army overnight, and Li Dacheng deduced it all night, this method is still feasible, but the Zhenwei army will face quite a terrifying artillery bombardment, and the number of casualties will be very huge.

Facing the rising sun and looking at the sea dyed red with blood, Li Dacheng silently counted the number of tents in his eyes on the fort, the sea transportation of foreign devils continued, and the smoke in the camp also rose, Li Dacheng's silent number, plus the return of the horse, the number of foreign devils can be determined, about 60,000 people.

Although the main stream of the Haihe River has been blocked in many places, but after the removal of more than 10 pontoon bridges after the fort, 20,000 catties of boats can still sail to the vicinity of the beachhead, and the land and water routes are parallel, as long as the fort can attract most of the firepower on the sea, some risky plans should have half the chance of winning.

The sky is slowly brightening, and looking at the movements of the foreign devils, it does not look like they are going to attack today, and it should be their plan today to continue to consolidate the beachhead.

If a decisive battle is launched, the men and horses of the foreign devils on the beachhead will inevitably come up to reinforce them, and this hundred artillery pieces are enough to kill a considerable number of foreign devils, and the damage is worth it.

A little bit to confirm his own deduction, a little bit to strengthen his determination, the order for the noon decisive battle was issued, I don't know what the result is? I don't know what the reaction of the foreign devil will be after that? Fighting such a battle is too scary, too many things are unknown, and every move is a big gamble.

After giving the military order and arranging what he could do, Li Dacheng completely became a spectator, except for holding on to the station and dock, all he could do was watch the play.

It is a decisive battle to come up, which is somewhat unexpected, or this is extremely ridiculous for the Qing side, and only by sticking to it can we kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent, and take the initiative to attack, which is the same as looking for death.

When Li Dahan led the surging crowd to pounce on the position of the foreign devils, it took a while for the foreign devils to react with reinforcements on all fronts, and at this time, with the support of a hundred artillery pieces, Li Dahan was infinitely close to the first line of defense of the foreign devils, and it was only a matter of time before this line of defense was lost.

The sudden change not only disrupted the plan of the beachhead army, but also disrupted the rhythm of the sea; the navies of various countries fought their own battles, some shelled the battlefield, some attacked the batteries, and even some warships even launched an artillery bombardment on the cao boats sent by Li Dacheng.

When the warships on the sea had a unified order, Li Dahan's men and horses had already rushed to the place where the foreign devils stored the supplies, tens of thousands of foreign devil troops, by more than 100,000 Zhenwei troops and Zhuangding, the coastal river banks pressed to the north and south, and the Zhenwei army's transportation of foreign devils' strategic materials had also begun, and Luo Rongguang's side poked the opportunity and removed half of the artillery.

Hit the fort first, and then fight the battlefield, this is the inevitable choice of foreign devils, the killing of artillery for soldiers, far greater than the killing of rifles on the battlefield, and so on after the bombardment of the fort, the battlefield has also been infinitely expanded, and now turn back to shell the battlefield, the lethality of the giant artillery can not only be reflected on the beachhead, but also for the Zhenwei army scattered within a range of several miles, it can not reflect the power it should have.

The big defeat is just around the corner, and now it's time for the foreign devils to make a choice, either withdraw or advance, there are not many choices, there are two but you can only choose one, withdraw, how many can 60,000 horses withdraw? Advance, can only use the firepower of the battleship to support the battlefield, this advance, the battleship will have to run aground, the battleship into the inland sea does not fire with all its strength, it is difficult to contain the offensive of the Zhenwei army.

In the end, the foreign devils chose to advance, sixteen gunboats broke through to the sea, and fierce artillery fire began to sound on the battlefield.

The battlefield attracted the artillery fire of the battleships, the supplies on the beachhead were unattended, and the coastal defense cannons that were being launched on the five major forts were also ignored.

The battleships that could move first, and then the stranded battleships, the shooting of the Dagu mouth, were all loaded in Luo Rongguang's heart, and the flags on the fort rose and fell again and again, in exchange for the billowing smoke of Haikou, nine of the sixteen battleships remained in Haikou, and the smoke covered the fort and the sea, attacking, counterattacking, looting, and retreating.

The sound of artillery on the fort rang out until late at night, with the last artillery on the fort firing dumb, this decisive battle also came to an end, many things were not satisfactory, sixteen battleships, for the fort is still too much, Luo Rongguang had no chance to pour shells on the battlefield, but the sixteen battleships on the sea held him back, and it was already commendable to be able to continue the artillery battle until late at night.

Of the 20,000 shells prepared by Li Dacheng, less than 3,000 were fired, 8,000 shells were destroyed in the shelling of foreign devils, and the remaining 9,000 shells were transported back to the Dagu wharf, and the rest were all left on the fort.

"Second master, big victory! What a victory!

In this battle, it is certain that five enemy ships will be destroyed and seven will be damaged! ”

When Luo Rongguang, who had a charcoal black face, ran to Li Dacheng's side to report the victory, Li Dacheng's side was frustrated, and the purpose was only half achieved, and the Zhenwei army suffered heavy losses!

"When I went, there were 150,000 Zhenwei troops, but only 70,000 came back, 50,000 Zhenwei troops were lost on the beachhead, and 30,000 strong men were also lost on the beachhead!" (To be continued).