Major General Liu's recommendation is indeed reasonable.

After pondering for a while, Jiang immediately agreed to Liu Yun's plan, but he also made it clear to this guy that the army currently deployed in Taihu South only has two garrison brigades, and once all of them are stationed in Huzhou, if anything happens, the Taihu South Corridor will not be an empty city plan.

Liu Yicheng only smiled bitterly, if he couldn't even keep Huzhou, the Taihu South Corridor would be finished.

On the contrary, once our army has gained a foothold in Huzhou, it will be okay for the Japanese army to attack from Hangzhou or Shanghai, because the Japanese army cannot get around Huzhou.

Fortunately, Lao Jiang agreed to his plan, and the rest of the things were easy to do, Chen Ziliang would immediately take over the defense of Huzhou, and at the same time assist the officials in Nanjing to evacuate the local people, because these places were about to become battlefields, and it was difficult for ordinary people not to be affected, so it was also a merit to prepare early.

In order to make up for the emptiness of troops in the Taihu South Theater, Lao Jiang not only handed over the Wuhu Airport to Commander Liu's command, but also mixed Jia Lian's western Sichuan soldiers who had stayed in the Songhu battlefield with the reserve of the central teaching team, and combined them into the Western Sichuan Field Brigade, with brigade commander Wolf Liu, who would be Liu Yicheng's direct subordinate troops.

On November 12, the advance of the southward Japanese army arrived in the waters of Songhu.

Under the escort of the Combined Fleet, the 10th and 11th armies of the Japanese army gathered from Taiwan, the Japanese mainland, Korea, northeast China, and Pingjin in North China to the Zhoushan Islands in the East China Sea, ready to carry out amphibious landing operations at any time.

Historically, "three parts military and seven parts political," the Japanese Konoe cabinet pretended to "make a final effort for peace," so it once again submitted an ultimatum to the Nanjing government in China through the German ambassador, hoping to occupy Songhu and other places without a fight.

On 13 November, Chiang Kai-shek, fearing that the soldiers at the front line would be frustrated by the peace talks, simply took the opportunity of the "ultimatum" to carry out a pre-war mobilization, and on the same day officially telegraphed to the whole country, and issued a "Letter to All Shanghai Compatriots" in the name of the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

It pointed out that "the soldiers in various places, when they heard the righteousness and went to the difficulty, the morning and the end of the day, they built trenches with their flesh and blood on the front line, there was no retreat, the position was reduced to ashes, the military spirit was still as strong as iron and stone, the courage of the battle, and the fierceness of the death were enough to show the spirit of national independence and lay the foundation for the rejuvenation of China."

As soon as the telegram declaration came out, it certainly boosted the morale of the people on the Songhu battlefield, but it also made the Japanese devils go on a collective rampage, and they really didn't understand what Lao Chiang wanted to do.

Everyone in the world knows - "These 200,000 elite Japanese troops, once they are put into the Songhu battlefield, the Chinese army will be completely defeated."

Why did Lao Chiang have to be an enemy of the Japanese Empire?

As long as we bow our heads to the imperial army and sign some "goodwill terms," the long-lasting and costly Sino-Japanese war will end with dignity -- what's wrong with accepting an ultimatum?

Maybe the Japanese devils are too good at forgetting.

How did they deceive the Beiyang government before, how they deceived the Nanjing Nationalist Government, and how they expanded step by step from Lushun in Liaodong to the entire Liaodong, then from the entire Liaodong to the entire Northeast, and then from the Northeast to North China, and then from Shandong and Pingjin, and then to the entire Songhu now.

Now the national government has no way out.

Ultimatum is easy, but people's hearts are hard to deceive.

Lao Chiang's Nanjing Nationalist Government was preparing to evacuate Songhu, that was because Huaxia's national strength was limited, and it was indeed difficult to continue the Battle of Songhu, so it had to retreat completely, and in the future, Huaxia may have to give up Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Huzhou, and even Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist Government, but it does not mean that Huaxia will give up resisting aggression.

Fortunately, Lao Jiang did not listen to Li Zongren's bad idea - "If you can't get it yourself, let the enemy not get it, and burn Shanghai and other places to the ground."

In the early morning of November 14, 200,000 Japanese soldiers were divided into two routes, one landing in Shangyu, Hangzhou, and the other landing in Jinshanwei.

The strategic intent of the Japanese army is obvious, once Hangzhou is occupied, it means that the army and air force that come to the aid of the Japanese mainland will be able to land in Hangzhou and other places in a steady stream, which will not only be conducive to the Japanese army threatening the Songhu battlefield from the side, but will also be conducive to the long-term confrontation of the war, and the Chinese army will lose the advantage of "geographical advantage."

As for the Japanese troops who landed from Jinshanwei, their strategic goal was even clearer, they wanted to defeat the right flank of the Huaxia Songhu army in one fell swoop through the landing operation, and then threaten the flank of the Songhu defenders.

I have to say that the Japanese army is indeed well-trained, and it is indeed very accurate to grasp the timing of the amphibious landing, because Liu Jianxu's Tenth Army has just retreated to Hangzhou, and Zhang Fakui's Eighth Army is retreating and transferring, so the Japanese army does have a chance to make a successful landing without much effort.

At this time, on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, from Quangongting to Zhapu, on the coastline of dozens of kilometers, only the two infantry companies of the 62nd Division of Tao Guang, the 6th company of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, and a small number of local armed forces were defending.

At about 3 o'clock in the morning, the Kunisaki detachment, led by the Japanese army, took the lead in choosing the west side of the Jinshan Acropolis to start landing.

The Japanese soldiers rowed their boats forward, although the sky was still full of stars, but because of the morning fog and the vast vapour, they could only vaguely see the landing site, and the monitoring posts of the Chinese army could not see the activities of the Japanese troops at sea clearly, and the two sides could only rely on blind shooting to frighten their opponents.

When the Kunisaki detachment signaled that it was about to land, the Japanese warships immediately launched a covering artillery bombardment, targeting the Chinese defenders and their positions on the coast.

Defending the Jinshanwei Southwest Haiyue Nunnery, it was a company of the 62nd Division, which hurriedly entered the trenches to respond to the attack when the enemy was attacking, and the four mountain guns of the 6th Artillery Company returned fire at the first time, but this garrison force was really a drop in the bucket, and the infantry company of the 62nd Division was soon unable to resist.

The 6th Artillery Company, on the contrary, was very brave, and under the command of Company Commander Guo Wenhe, it did its best to slow down the enemy's offensive pace and cover the retreat of the infantry company.

Katsu Taniguchi was a soldier of the Ushijima Manchu detachment of the Japanese army that year.

Years later, he recalled, "As we approached the shore, the dinghy sped up toward the beach, and suddenly there was a boom, and a huge column of water appeared in front of us, followed by three more jets not far away, and at the same time the sound of Mauser rifles sounded overhead, and we were all a little timid."

"But we didn't have a choice, and rushed towards the enemy under the command of Jun Cao, and when we reached the enemy machine-gun bunker, we found that it was empty, with bullet casings and water bottles scattered on the ground, and then not far behind the bunker, in a small village, several enemy bodies were found."

The 15th Division of the Japanese Army, which landed on the south side of the Jinshan Acropolis, was also heroically blocked by the Chinese army, and was unable to deploy its forces and establish a solid beachhead.

A soldier of the 15th Artillery Wing, Soyoshi Ishii, later recalled, "At 5 o'clock in the morning, we followed the rope ladder, stepped on the heads and hands of our comrades, followed the infantry, and moved towards the landing craft.

At the same time, more than 10 people, including Zhu Xiwen, the coastal defense post clerk of the Jinsi Niangqiao Township Office, immediately shot in the fog to resist after discovering that the Japanese army had landed, until all of them died.

Another company of the 62nd Division, hurriedly rushed from Baishawan to Dongsi City to set up a formation, the city was about 7 meters high, the defenders calmly responded to the battle, and when the Japanese army entered the effective firing range, the machine guns and rifles were fired in unison, giving the Japanese army a certain amount of casualties, the unit fought until dawn, and finally because of being outnumbered, most of them died heroically.

The Japanese army may have felt that their hundreds of thousands of troops landed behind the flank of the Songhu army in Huaxia, and they were already winning, and they gradually became a little unscrupulous.

Ignoring the fact that it was still dark, the Japanese army immediately ordered the troops that had already landed, and despite the fact that a temporary position had not yet been set up on the beachhead, they released a large balloon in the salt pond of Jinshanwei with the inscription "One million Japanese troops will land in Hangzhou Bay" in an attempt to demoralize the Chinese army.

Hatohiko Asakanomiya, who overlooked the balloon rising from the warship, and even couldn't see the slogan on the balloon clearly when the sea fog rose at dawn, but he couldn't help but feel poetry.

In Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion, Jinsiniang Bridge and other places near Jinshanwei, the main force of the imperial army that carried out the amphibious landing was the personal guard of this guy, well, to be exact, it was the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, and only a prince like him, who was both civil and military, could come up with such a strange balloon attack plan.

Lieutenant General Hatohiko ignored his lame appearance and chanted a touching haiku, "The sea rises in a pill-".

The chief of staff of the 15th Division, Kasahara Jio Daisa, suddenly grabbed Prince Hatohiko's sleeve, pointed to the faintly red sky in the west, and shouted in a panic, "Your Royal Highness, you see, this is probably the shelling of a super heavy artillery group, we should leave as soon as possible."

What is Super Heavy Artillery? It is a cannon with a caliber of more than 150 mm.

Among the Far Eastern countries in the time and space of the Republic of China in 1937, only the Japanese Army was officially equipped with two super heavy guns, 203 mm and 240 mm.

Because the dead weight of super cannons has always been large, it is usually difficult to transfer or maneuver on the road, so the Japanese army deployed them on the main railway line many times, and the Japanese army really did not expect that the Chinese army would deploy this kind of weapon in Jinshanwei.

Lieutenant General Hatohiko rolled his eyes, and wanted to educate Kasahara Dasa, the Chinese army is so poor, there are not even a few 150mm heavy guns, and it is far away from the railway line, where does the super heavy artillery come from, Yagaya Road, such a timid work, is really not worthy of being an imperial soldier.

Before Prince Hatohiko could scold, he was suddenly stunned, because he faintly heard an unusual sound, as if multiple trains were rumbling, and it was coming from the air in the west, and he couldn't help but let out a high-decibel scream.

"It's a super heavy artillery, my Anameasu."

"What should I do?"

Or Kasawara Jio Daisa, who reacted quickly, immediately ordered the destroyer they were riding on to run away quickly, it was too close to the landing site, in case it was covered by super heavy artillery, and the small destroyer of more than 1,000 tons would really become a "bold one-shot sink".

However, they were still a little slower to react.

About 10 seconds later, the Japanese warships escorting the landing soldiers were covered by a super heavy artillery group, and the entire sea area and beachhead were turned into a sea of fire, and more than 40 warships, large and small, were suddenly in a mess, panicking one by one, rushing to flee for their lives.

As for the field Japanese troops who have not yet completely landed, no one cares about the braised meat, and it is up to them whether they are dead or alive.

Lieutenant General Hatohiko was still more courageous, and when he fled in a hurry, he actually had the leisure to assess the power of the artillery fire, and said nonsense in his mouth, "Tsk, the power is still a little smaller, and the caliber should be less than 203 mm, because the rate of fire is too fast."

"It's a pity, it's a pity, if I had known that there was such a heavy artillery in Huaxia, I wouldn't have chosen this place as the landing site, oops, Yanagawa Jun (Commander of the Tenth Army of the Japanese Army, Yanagawa Heisuke) is really a good fate."

Kasahara Daisa, who was beside him, turned pale, and he wanted to stop the stinky mouth of this romantic prince, and in his opinion, it was better to encounter 203 or 240 mm heavy artillery.

Those things have a super slow rate of fire, destroyers and other ships, at least they can escape from the landing field with their own high speed, and when they meet this rapid-fire super heavy gun, they are about to have a big incident, and the power is slightly weaker than 203 mm, and the rate of fire is not less than 150 mm, which is really terrible.

Kasawara Jio's prediction was right, in the face of nearly 100 182-mm heavy guns, no matter how more than 40 warships dodged, but after all, in the northern part of Hangzhou Bay, it is a typical offshore area, not to mention the shallow sea depth, and the terrain under the sea surface is also extremely complicated, and it is very painful for large and small warships to turn around.

Moreover, the night is half dark, and if you want to escape from the landing site safely, you really need Amarasu to do your best to protect you.

Ten minutes after the bombardment, Prince Hatohiko's destroyer, the "Asahara," was hit by a near-missable bullet, and a large amount of seawater poured into the middle of the hull, causing the warship to slow down instantly.

Under the shelling like a natural disaster, the lucky ones are always very few.

After the sea water boiled for more than 20 minutes, the Japanese warships that were really able to escape from the landing area had already escaped one by one, and the entire landing area had already been beaten into a bloody storm by more than 5,000 182-mm large-caliber shells, and the surviving crowd and the burning wreckage of the ships were half-floating and half-sinking in the seawater.

On the vast sea, the sound of ammunition detonating can be heard from time to time.

The soldiers in the shallow waters were the luckiest, and they were able to rush to the landing beach in real time, and despite the monstrous waves and tragic explosions hovering around them at any time, they still had a chance of surviving.

But luck is also relative.

Because the Japanese ships that could move had already escaped the range of the shelling, and Huaxia may also have an artillery observation point at the landing site, I saw that the muzzles of the super heavy artillery turned one after another, and the target of the shelling was quickly adjusted -- from the group of warships escorting the landing force to the landing site and shallow water area of the Japanese army.

The ghost soldiers who were still watching the excitement on the shore before are miserable now.

A 182-millimeter shell fell and shook the mountains as if there had been a magnitude 9 earthquake, and the pebbles near the beach became accomplices, propelled by the explosion waves, like cannonballs, destroying the bodies and souls of Japanese soldiers.

Even if the devil soldiers are 100 meters away from the explosion point, they will be shocked and instantly deaf, and as for the 50 or 60 meters of the bomb drop point, basically no one will survive, and even if they are not hit by shrapnel, they will be shattered by the infrasound waves formed when the bombshell explodes.