At present, the Japanese gunboats are still only firing salvos of main guns, and with their speed of advancement, they will soon enter the effective range of secondary guns, and the salvo of the main and auxiliary guns of the five gunboats will be doubled at that time. ≤3≤ Jiang ≤ Pavilion,

Li Xudong knew very well that the only thing he could rely on was these five cannons, so he ignored the heavy casualties on the other gun positions, but pounced on the cannon positions, and stepped up his command to reload the shells and adjust the shelling of Zhu Yuan.

With the error of the first salvo as a reference, it was relatively easy for the artillerymen to correct the parameters, and the five cannon groups quickly corrected the shelling elements and loaded the shells as quickly as possible.

Li Xudong did not hesitate, and immediately shouted and ordered: "Target, the enemy fleet will come out of the gunboats and open fire!" ”

The five cannons again locked onto the gunboat at the front of the Japanese fleet and fired a second salvo.

Five dazzling red lights exploded in the night, and the powerful kinetic energy slammed the five shells out of the cannon's long chamber, and then burst through the air like arrows from the string.

Among the five shells, three shells directly hit the hull of the Japanese gunboat, easily piercing through the armor of the Japanese gunboat like piercing window paper, causing three large holes of several tens of centimeters, and the river water rushed into the cabin along the hole.

"Report, the Eagle was hit by a cannon, the hull was badly damaged, and it could not be repaired urgently, the Eagle asked for instructions!" Soon a signal soldier reported to Masakaga Kato.

"What! The Vowel Eagle was hit by a cannon? Kato Masaga's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the Fuying.

At this time, the Fuying Eagle obviously no longer needed Kato Masaga's instructions, because the Fuying was rapidly sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. On the gunboats, Japanese naval soldiers constantly jumped into the river like dumplings. The cannon of the M was indeed the nemesis of the weakly armored river gunboats, and the expensive gunboats were so easily sunk by a few cannons.

"Observer, have you found out the specific location of the cannon?" Kato asked loudly through gritted teeth.

Although visibility is low in the dark, it is not easy to spot the location of the cannon. However, the fire from the muzzle of the cannon is still very conspicuous, even if the time is short, but as long as you keep an eye on it, you can still lock the specific direction.

Sure enough, the observer quickly reported loudly: "Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, the specific location of the cannons of the people of China has been locked!" After that, the specific parameters were reported.

"Command the ships!" Kato Masaga's eyes flashed, and he ordered loudly, "Target the cannon of the Chinese people." Immediately fire a salvo and completely destroy the cannon of the China! ”

Kato Masaka's order was quickly conveyed to the rest of the ships, and the four Japanese gunboats turned their guns in unison. Lock on to the gun emplacement where the cannon is located on the Turtle Hill Battery.

Four Japanese gunboats fired a salvo of four 76-mm main guns and eight 60-mm secondary guns, and twelve shells with a sharp whistling sound slammed into the gun emplacement where the cannon of the Guishan Fort was located.

Boom, boom, boom

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and rubble flew on the Turtle Hill Fort. The shock wave from the explosion swept through like a tornado. Destroy everything in its path, leaving only a mess and craters smashed by warheads.

Li Xudong, who got up from the ground, saw the mess around him and the corpses of the Sichuan soldiers everywhere, his eyes immediately turned red, but he didn't care about the casualties of the brothers in the heart-wrenching artillery regiment, and rushed over to check the situation of the cannon as soon as possible.

The situation was even worse than Li Xudong imagined, the gun compartment of the first cannon was completely blown up, and the barrel of the second cannon was hit by a huge stone, and a large piece of it was dented. Again, it can't be used. Checking the back three cannons, only two of them barely worked.

At this time, several soldiers of the Sichuan Army Artillery Regiment who were lucky enough to survive got up from the ground. Li Xudong turned his head to see that the gunboats on the river were getting closer and closer, and there was a faint appearance of launching a salvo again, so anxious that he shouted loudly: "Reload, load immediately, continue to fire!" With that, he personally rushed into the emplacement of a cannon, and quickly adjusted the cannon with both hands.

The rest of the surviving artillery was not slow to react, ignoring the wounds that were still oozing blood on their bodies, and quickly rushed into the cannon position to complete the shelling preparations as quickly as possible!

"Freely lock on to the target and fire!" Li Xudong, who had a hideous face, hissed and ordered.

Li Xudong personally manipulated a cannon to lock onto a gunboat on the river and fire, and his position as the head of the artillery regiment did not mean that the hands that fired the cannon were rusty. On the contrary, he is the one with the most powerful artillery skills among all the people in the artillery regiment of the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army.

The cannonball fired by Li Xudong accurately hit the engine room of a Japanese gunship, and immediately detonated the steam turbine inside the engine room, and then the gunboat sank rapidly with billowing smoke.

Although the other cannon failed to hit the engine room of the Japanese gunboat as accurately as Li Xudong, it also severely damaged one of the Japanese gunboats with one shot.

Seeing that another gunboat in his fleet had been sunk and a gunboat was seriously wounded, Kato Masaga was furious and shouted frantically: "Open the cannon, open the cannon immediately, and tear all the remaining Shina people on the Kameyama Battery!" ”

Including the badly damaged gunboat, the remaining three Japanese gunboats once again fired a salvo at the already devastated Kameyama Battery.

The shells smashed on the Guishan Fort one after another, and the entire fort area was suddenly shrouded in billowing smoke, and there was no movement at all gun positions.

When Wang Mo rode his horse and galloped to the foot of Turtle Mountain, he happened to see this heart-wrenching scene that made him jaw-dropping.

"Bastard, little Japan of dog days!" Wang Mo scolded angrily, and then rushed to the Guishan Fort to check the situation.

Wang Erhu, who was following closely, dared to let Wang Mo take the risk himself, and hurriedly rushed up to stop Wang Mo and persuaded: "Young Marshal, at this moment, the Guishan Fort is the shelling position locked by the Japanese gunboats, it is really too dangerous!" Let the brothers of the guard team take the first step, come forward to find out the situation and come back to report back to you! ”

"Yes, young marshal. You are the backbone of the brothers, and if something happens, then all of us in the guard will die and will not be able to atone for their sins! Everyone in the guard team also dissuaded Wang Mo.

"That's good. I'm just waiting here, you go up to the Guishan Fort at once, and get all the wounded down as soon as possible!" There is also Li Xudong, he wants to see people in life and corpses in death! Wang Mo ordered, what he hopes most now is that Li Xudong can survive, even if he lacks arms and legs.

"Yes!" The guards responded in unison, and immediately rushed to the Guishan Fort to search for and rescue the surviving wounded.

Subsequently. Nearby garrisons continued to come to help, and the increase in manpower doubled the speed of rescue, and soon the surviving wounded were carried down.

Thankfully. Li Xudong did not die, nor did he lack arms or legs, but he was out of shape, and the left side of his face was cut by shrapnel or stones or something like that. Bloodstained face.

"Quick. Immediately send all the wounded to the best hospital in Hankow for treatment, and anyone who dares to stop or obstruct them will be killed! Wang Mo issued a murderous military order.

He was busy until almost dawn, and Wang Mo could be regarded as having finished dealing with the matter of the Guishan Fort.

After completely sweeping away the Guishan Battery, the Japanese gunboats did not fire again, but only turned their guns to lock the direction of Hanyang, and at the same time urgently repaired the wounded gunboat.

Turning his head, he looked at the three Japanese gunboats on the river. Wang Mo hated and blamed himself. It was he who was too arrogant to think that powerful cannons were deployed in Jiujiang and Guishan. It was enough to block the Japanese gunboats. Unexpectedly, the Japanese carried out a sneak attack like during the First Sino-Japanese War, and caught him off guard.

The news that the Japanese gunboats had broken through the blockade of the Jiangfang fort and had arrived in the waters of the Yangtze River in Wuhan did not need to be reported by major newspapers and periodicals and people rushed to tell each other, and the vast majority of people in the three towns of Wuhan already knew about it. Because the rumbling cannon sound from the direction of the river rang out for most of the night, it was difficult to think about it.

After dawn, the news quickly spread to the whole of China and the whole world through the airwaves.

The Japanese rejoiced, countless young students and ronins took to the streets to celebrate another brilliant victory of the imperial team, and the radicals in the military department were extremely excited, clamoring to take the opportunity to expand the power of the Great Japanese Empire in Hubei and plunder more resources.

The British were not surprised at all, but laughed absently, as if they had seen another good clown show.

The Americans were a little disappointed, they originally hoped that Wang Mo would be able to confront and challenge the British hegemony in the Yangtze River basin, so that the United States could enter the pie here, but they did not expect that their hopes would be dashed so soon.

Beijing's Yuan Shikai was a little gloating, and the resentment and anger accumulated by carrying the black pot for Wang Mo, who had been causing trouble for several days, finally spit out.

The Kuomintang people in the south were very disdainful of Wang Mo's indiscretion, and could a powerful Japan be contended by a local warlord like him?

At this time, there was also a great chaos in the three towns of Wuhan, and everyone was in danger, for fear that the shells of the Japanese gunboats would fall on their heads in the next moment.

If it weren't for Wang Mo's early introduction of the garrisons in the three towns into a state of combat readiness and the rapid launch of martial law in the three towns, I am afraid that a large number of people would have fled outside their homes.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese Consul General in Hankou, Matsumura Sadao, proudly brought the consulate counselor Koji Suzuki to visit Wang Mo again.

"Your Excellency, I think you should be able to calm down and make a wise choice by now." Matsumura Sadao looked down at Wang Mo with the attitude of a victor.

Wang Mo smiled coldly and said, "Yes, why don't you tell me, what kind of choice is wise?" ”

"First, as the main responsible parties for the war, Sichuan and Hubei must compensate our Japanese Empire for all the losses caused by this war in the amount of 10 million taels of silver; Second, the nearby mines of the mines owned by Hanzhiping Company must be unconditionally handed over to China for mining; third, to agree that the Japanese Empire should garrison troops in the Daiji mining area; Fourth, the governments of Sichuan and Hubei must employ political, financial, and military advisors to the Japanese Empire; Fifth ...... "Matsumura Sadao listed a lot of fantastical conditions in one breath, and after finishing speaking, he asked Koji Suzuki, who was accompanying him, to hand over the treaty Wenjie to Wang Mo.

The greedy and arrogant face of the Japanese has not been restrained in the slightest since the First Sino-Japanese War.

Tear it up

Wang Mo didn't even look at the treaty, so he tore it up, and then sprinkled it casually, sneering with extreme disdain: "I'm sorry, Lao Tzu refuses it all!" ”

At this time, Wang Mo was still so tough, which surprised Matsumura Sadao. However, he didn't care, and still said with the attitude of a victor: "Your Excellency, I advise you to think carefully again. I have to warn you, power is within the range of naval guns! ”

"Power is within the range of naval guns?" When Wang Mo heard this, he smiled coldly and said, "I don't think so!" ”

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