Chapter 492: Bombardment of Wuyang Beach
When Yuheng gave the order, Bagen's cavalry division stayed in a depression seven or eight miles away from the shore, and more than 10,000 cavalry had been waiting here for more than two days, just waiting for the Japanese army to come, but Bagen didn't dare to get too close, for fear that the Japanese army would not dare to dock if they saw it, and they had been cruising on the sea, and the situation in southern Liaoning would never be eased, so they could only find a way to finish the battle!
Bagen hid far away on a hill, there was not even a mountain here, only a small dirt hill tens of meters high, and the telescope in his hand was raised from time to time to observe the situation at sea. -
The artillery on both sides of the harbor had been covered with branches and fluffy grass to hide from the Japanese army.
At a distance of less than ten nautical miles, the Japanese warships and troop carriers had already reached the edge of the coast in less than half an hour, but there was no ready-made harbor here at Wuyangtan, just a tidal flat, and the troop carriers and Japanese warships could not dock, and there was still a distance of several hundred meters from the coast, so they had to stop, and the Japanese army began to rely on small boats to transport troops, twenty or thirty small boats, which could not transport the strength of the two divisions of the Japanese army and heavy weapons to the coast in a short time. Many Japanese soldiers had to jump into the icy sea water and swim over, but fortunately, most of the Japanese soldiers were familiar with the 'nature' of water and quickly came over.
However, the cannon was stranded on the beach, although the coastline here is long, which is conducive to landing, but on the tidal flats, the ground is too soft, and the cannon is stuck in the mud and sand, and it cannot be transported to the flat ground in a short time.
The Japanese had no choice but to put on a wagon, transport artillery shells first, and finally transport heavy artillery and infantry artillery.
It was such a small negligence, a huge hidden danger to the Japanese army, the separation of the cannon and the shell, and the cannon became an ornament?
Bagan quietly looked at the Japanese troops in the distance, and was not in a hurry to attack, in this battle, his target was not the combined fleet of the Japanese army, but this group of Japanese troops who had just landed!
Finally, the Japanese troops of the two divisions were all on the tidal flats, and the cold sea water had already made the Japanese troops suffer a lot, half of their bodies were numb, and they had to work hard to transport shells and grain and grass, and the cavalry horses were also put on the flat ground to rest first, and the current cavalry company had no strength to get on the horses.
Seeing that the Japanese army had completely landed, and the combined fleet of the Japanese army had begun to retreat, Bagan sighed: "Order the artillery to prepare for an attack immediately, lock on the Japanese artillery, ammunition, grain and grass, and carry out a key attack!" ”
Here, around, but there are four artillery regiments hidden, with 100 'Krupp' heavy guns and nearly 200 'guns' infantry guns, the four artillery regiments got the order of Bagan, immediately took action, quickly removed the cover on the cannons, adjusted the 'shooting' to hit Zhu Yuan, and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army!
In an instant, the entire tidal flat of Wuyangtan was completely covered by artillery fire!
One after another, the shells roared and flew towards the Japanese position, like a raging storm, falling on the Japanese position, and groups of war fire and gunpowder smoke flew up!
At this moment, the Japanese army was miserable, their shells and artillery had not yet been together, and even the cannons on the beach had not yet been pushed out of the mud and sand on the beach, and they became a live target of the Qing army!
The same is true of the ammunition 'medicine', boxes of ammunition and 'medicine' are piled up on the flat land of Wuyangtan, and there is no time to transport them away, and the two are scattered and there is no time to do it, so they are blown up into the sky by the shells of the four artillery regiments, and the boxes of the ammunition 'medicine' roll and fly in the sky, and when they fall, they also smash the nose and face of the Japanese soldiers below.
The grain and grass below were also ignited by artillery fire, the fire rose into the sky, thick smoke rose everywhere, the Japanese troops on the tidal flat were too unlucky, just soaked in seawater, their bodies were frozen, and the materials on the tidal flat had not been transported, and they were bombarded by the Qing army on the opposite side on a large scale.
The Japanese army was like headless flies on the beach, scurrying everywhere and firing back? How to fight back? Their artillery is still on the beach as a target for the Qing army, and they can't move at all, even if there is a way to move, who dares to run where the current Japanese army is, almost a third of the shells fall there, and the huge explosion makes it impossible for the Japanese army to get close at all, and in the past there is only the life of cannon fodder.
The Japanese army could only use rifles and heavy machine guns to return fire, but where can the 'firing' range of the guns be compared with the artillery, and now the 'indiscriminate' 'shooting' has not even touched the shadow of the artillery regiment!
On the sea, the Japanese Combined Fleet had already sailed out for more than a dozen nautical miles, and just as the Japanese fleet was returning with all its might, a signal soldier on the mast suddenly shouted: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Commander, look, Wuyangtan!" ”
The *** Yuheng on the sampan was shocked, and a bad feeling came from his heart.
Yu Heng hurriedly climbed the watchtower, took the telescope and looked towards Wuyangtan, only to see that the fire and smoke had completely enveloped it.
Yu Heng's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "Send a signal, immediately order the combined fleet to turn at full speed, turn around, and return to Wuyangtan, our army has been attacked by the Qing army!" Hurry up, return home now! ”
Yu Heng's heart is like a mirror, at this time, the Japanese battle formation has not been developed at all, and even the weapons and baggage have not been transported, most of the Japanese troops have only gone ashore after swimming ashore, and the cold sea water has exhausted their physical strength, at this time, when they encounter the attack of the Qing army, they will definitely suffer heavy losses!
Youheng scolded hatefully: "Baga, are all the spies in *** eat, didn't they say that there is no large-scale garrison of the Qing army in southern Liaoning?" How could there be such a serious attack without a garrison! ”
Because the information given by the base camp to the Combined Fleet is that there are only some local armed policemen in the southern Liaoning area, and they are usually in the area of Huludao City, and there is no Qing army garrison in this area because there is no port. Therefore, the *** Yuheng, who got the information, left with confidence at the moment when the Japanese army landed and returned to China directly.
It's only been a long time, less than two hours! The fact that the Japanese army encountered such a serious attack shows that the enemy army has been prepared for a long time! And he laid an ambush before he left, and waited for his own withdrawal! Yuheng regretted the 'handover', and knew that this was the case, so he hid in the coastal sea and waited for a day and a half, waiting for the Japanese army to completely come ashore before leaving. Now I have to spend at least more than two hours back and forth, and in these two hours, close to three hours, the Japanese army does not know how much casualties they will pay. This battle was too wretched! The two divisions will definitely be depleted!
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