Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 545: Windfall from the Sky -

Chapter 545: Windfall from the sky

Compared to the capture of Prince Fushimi, a war criminal, an even bigger surprise is yet to come. After the joint inspection of the senior management of the Beiping Military Division and Wei Peng and others, it was found that the more than 40 large ships accompanied by Prince Fushimi Palace were all loaded with exquisite porcelain, bright bronze and jade and other cultural relics, the number of which was breathtaking, and the last two large ships were all loaded with boxes of gold, and it was difficult for people to estimate the value of the dense wooden boxes.

After receiving the telegram from the Beiping Military Division, Han Yunhua's heart suddenly brightened, no wonder the Japanese army wanted to go crazy, it was impossible for anyone to be indifferent, such a large fortune, a simple windfall from heaven is difficult to describe its huge effect, Han Yunhua instructed Su Yu and others to immediately load all the wooden boxes and transport them to Zhangjiakou, and at the same time escort the old *** of Fushimi Palace to Zhangjiakou together, in addition, special attention should be paid to the Japanese army dog jumping over the wall to assassinate Fushimi Palace, he wants to take Fushimi Palace, the old Wang Ba, to sing a good play.

The Japanese army moved very quickly, and not long after the expatriates withdrew to Tianjin City, the supplies on the ship had just been loaded, and the Japanese warships rushed to the port of Tianjin. There were a total of 3 large cruisers and 2 destroyers in the pursuit of the naval forces of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the rest were 12 torpedo boats, and their purpose was not to snatch hostages or rescue His Royal Highness, but to completely destroy the evidence, and if possible, to snatch back all the more than 40 large ships. This order was received not long ago, and it was a personal imperial order from His Majesty the Emperor forwarded by the North China Front.

The piercing siren suddenly remembered in the port of Tianjin, and all the ships and warships anchored in the port immediately entered the safe harbor to prevent being bombed by Japanese planes and shelled by warships, and the only two cruisers in the Inner Mongolia Military Region were directly driven into the dock, which were the only two treasures in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, whether it was Han Yunhua or Su Yu, they were more important than anything else, and they would never allow any mistakes.

The sirens sounded, all the coastal defense troops were in full array, the heavy artillery positions that had been prepared for a long time were all pulled off their camouflage, the muzzles of the guns were quickly raised, and the artillerymen were constantly correcting the shelling of Zhuyuan, and the big battle was about to break out.

Commanding the Japanese naval fleet was Rear Admiral Matsuda Okamoto, who was of orthodox naval origin and was well aware of the great prestige of His Royal Highness in the Navy, and the capture of His Royal Highness was no less than a great disaster for the whole of Japan. Looking at the harbor not far ahead, Matsuda Okamoto was full of emotion, the year before last when he was still the navy Commander, he had come to this city with the fleet, this city called Tianjin is the Nagoya city of China, Yokohama, its prosperity is staggering, how proud he was at that time, such a huge historical city prostrate at the feet of the Great Japanese Empire.

But now, after only three years, things are different, and now this majestic city is no longer the territory of the Great Japanese Empire, and it has been occupied by that hateful Shina demon. For that demon of China is not only the army taboo Mo Shen, the naval forces are also reluctant to mention him, in the first battle of Wuhan, that demon only used a few hundred infantry familiar with water to annihilate a complete fleet of the imperial navy, in Jidong and Tianjin that the demon's troops also took a number of submarine lurking attacks on the navy in a row, causing huge losses to the empire, forcing the navy not to dare to anchor in the diving harbor, I have to say that the demon trained troops, Every soldier is worth a submarine, this is a saying that circulates privately in the Imperial Navy.

"Yamamoto, how is it, are you all ready?" Matsuda asked, sorting out his chaotic thoughts.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, Tsurumai, Nagoya, Mitsui and other ships are all ready to stop, as long as you give an order, the port of Shina in front will be in ruins." The deputy commander of the fleet, Yamamoto Daisa, replied.

Matsuda smiled noncommittally and said: "Yamamoto, confidence is good, but you must remember that confidence is not equal to strength, having strength and confidence is shrewd and strong, and having confidence without strength is not self-sufficient." Let me tell you, this port of China is the most important logistics port in North China, the empire has invested a lot of manpower and financial resources for this port in the past few years, and its degree of defense is not much worse than Port Arthur, the first fortress in East Asia, not to mention our small detachment, even if all the ships of the entire Third Fleet are concentrated, it may not be able to achieve a decisive victory, as far as I know, this port alone has more than 60 fortress guns, and more than 30 heavy artillery, The total number of other guns has exceeded 400, and there are no blind spots for shooting. At that time, the defense system of this port was designed solely to deal with a possible naval attack by the United States, and its design standard was to deal with an attack by at least one task force for a month, so Yamamoto, do you think we can take this port with just four non-capital ships and a dozen torpedo boats? ”

Matsuda's sudden question startled Yamamoto, he didn't expect the defensive firepower of Tianjin Port to be so fierce, it was still an ordinary seaport, is this clearly a super fortress.

"Then Your Excellency Commander, what should we do now, if we receive a death order this time, if we don't fire a shot and go back like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain." Yamamoto said worriedly.

"Baga, it is a coward's act to retreat, and now that the people of China have sent His Royal Highness the Prince into the city, we must rescue His Highness before they send His Royal Highness away. Yamamoto, you are now preparing to land on the beach with the Nagoya, and I am now covering with other ships, even if we destroy our fleet here, we must complete the mission, you understand? Matsuda said coldly.

"Hay!"

The Japanese army did not hesitate for long before launching an attack on the port of Tianjin, and the huge ship-borne artillery poured ammunition on the coast of Tianjin, and the sound of violent explosions came one after another, and thick smoke of gunpowder rose on the coast of Tianjin. At the same time, under the command of Matsuda, more than a dozen Japanese torpedo boats quickly rushed towards the coast of Tianjin, and the dozen or so huge merchant ships docked on the beach and the two cruisers in the dock were their targets.

Not to be outdone, Su Yu also quickly opened fire on the Japanese warships at the same time as the Japanese opened fire, and hundreds of artillery pieces roared at the same time, launching artillery bombardments at the Japanese warships several miles away. At the same time, dozens of gunboats of the Inner Mongolia Military Region also rushed out of the port to counterattack the torpedo boats, which were also pocket ships.

To be honest, Matsuda didn't think that the team would deploy so many artillery pieces and ships in the port of Tianjin, especially the gunboats that were small in size and flexible in action. Although the gunboat was almost no threat to large and medium-sized cruisers and destroyers, unlike torpedo boats equipped with torpedo launchers, torpedo boats were a mortal threat to all surface ships, including aircraft carriers, but gunboats were only effective against small merchant ships and small ships such as torpedo boats, and the rest were weak.

Under the interference of the gunboats, the dozen or so torpedo boats of the Japanese had to evade the gunboat shelling after only having time to fire a few torpedoes. For Matsuda, who has rich combat experience, the naval battle of this level in the Inner Mongolia Military Region is too small, and Matsuda confirmed his conjecture in the shelling just now, that is, although the squadron controls the entire Tianjin coast, and also controls so many cannons, but the gunner who operates the cannon is not a professional shore defense gunner, and its shooting accuracy is extremely poor, even the worst gunner in the Japanese navy can not compare, which is also the biggest reason why Matsuda dares to attack the port of Tianjin under such a disadvantage.

"Order the destroyers to go up and drive away the gunboats, and at the same time order the Tsurumai and Mitsui to immediately attack three nautical miles ahead." Matsuda decisive drop ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］