readx; On the morning of 15 November, the army and the Sichuan detachment landed in Qinzhou Bay, and by 16 November, about two divisions of the army had landed on the coast of Qinzhou Bay. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although the 16th Army tried its best to resist, due to insufficient preparations, the defense line had not yet been deployed, and it responded to the battle in a hurry, and even the battle was north, and on the morning of the 24th, Nanning was lost.

Although Chiang Kai-shek and the high command knew that the responsibility for the loss of Nanning was not on Gao Fei, after all, he was the commander of the Fourth Theater and the nominal boss of the 16th Army, so he unceremoniously called to reprimand him and ordered him to recover Nanning as soon as possible.

However, to the surprise of the commanders of both sides, Gao Fei was waiting for this opportunity: Okamura Ninji's 11th Army suffered heavy losses and was unable to move south, and Ando Toshikishi's 21st Army was deeply trapped in the Guangxi battlefield and had no time to look eastward, so it unceremoniously launched an operation against Taiwan!

First of all, Gao Fei ordered the troops gathered in northern Guangdong to advance to Zengcheng and Huadu again, and took the initiative to challenge the Yue army, forcing it to take a defensive position; The new 2nd Division and the 156th Division in western Guangdong quickly marched towards Yulin through Wuzhou, threatening the flank of the Yue army; The Fifth Column in southern Guangdong and other local troops moved closer to Guangxi at full speed. Immediately afterwards, the Jewish Legion, with the cooperation of the 167th Division and the New 1st Division, advanced to the middle area of Yingtan and Nanchang, and put on a posture of separating the two armies, forcing the 11th Army not to dare to act rashly.

At five o'clock in the afternoon of November 20, 1939, the Taiwan Army Corps set out from Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and Xiamen at the same time, and took hundreds of large and small ships to fight against Taiwan.

At the front of the three fleets were horsetail shipyards with a displacement of only a few hundred tons, followed by several old landing ships and transports, and a large number of merchant ships, freighters, and fishing boats clustered behind.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of the following day, the fleet departing from Fuzhou was the first to arrive in Taiwan, and after landing near Hsinchu, the fleet routed the two squadrons of the Yue Army that had rushed into battle, quickly established a beachhead, and then attacked and advanced towards Hsinchu.

The fleet from Quanzhou landed at Lukang and quickly advanced towards Changhua, preparing to occupy Taichung.

When the fleet departing from Xiamen was about to bypass the Penghu Islands, it encountered a destroyer deployed by the Navy, and a fierce naval battle ensued. Although the destroyer was strong and fast, it was quickly overwhelmed by a dozen speedboats and several dilapidated warships, and fled back to the harbor in disarray.

Because the topography of the Taiwan Strait is wide in the south and narrow in the north, and the Xiamen fleet encountered enemy ships again, it did not land near the lake until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The army here has gone north for reinforcements. The overjoyed commander immediately divided his troops into two directions and advanced towards Tainan and Kaohsiung.

The landing of the Fourth Theater in Taiwan is tantamount to a resounding slap in the face of the General Headquarters and the Emperor!

It has only been two years since the outbreak of the war, and he actually let the Chinese [***] team land on the mainland under his nose! Although the attitude of the political axe towards Taiwan is no different from that of the Western powers towards their colonies, the person who has no one in his eyes has long regarded Taiwan as a part of the political axe, so how can he let China get involved again! Therefore, after the news of the Chinese squadron's crossing of the Taiwan Strait spread in China, public opinion was in an uproar, and newspapers and radio stations denounced the incompetence of the armed forces, and even more verbally and penally criticized the Imperial Navy, which had always regarded itself as the world's number one.

At the same time, the Fujian side specially held an unprecedented Chinese and foreign press conference in Fuzhou, solemnly announcing that the Chinese [***] team would turn to a counteroffensive, first regain the lost territory, and finally march to the mainland!

Immediately afterwards, the national political axe also received a report sent by Gao Fei in his capacity as the commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, so he did not hesitate to organize hundreds of thousands of Chongqing citizens to march on the streets to celebrate the first shot of the counteroffensive fired by the troops! Therefore, the major newspapers of the world reported on the military action of the Chinese army to recover Taiwan at an unprecedented speed, and did their best to satirize and sarcastically ridicule the Japanese army, giving the world the impression that the army was vulnerable and that Taiwan had been completely occupied by the Chinese army. The landing operation has just been completed, and fierce battles are unfolding.

On the morning of the second day after Emperor Moto's landing in Taiwan in the Fourth War Zone, he convened an emergency imperial meeting at the Imperial Palace to discuss how to resolve the Taiwan issue and save face for the empire and the imperial army. Enraged, Emperor Hirohito could no longer maintain the grace of the imperial family, and unceremoniously reprimanded the military and political magnates who attended the meeting, such as the prime minister, the prime minister, the prime minister, the sea minister, the foreign minister, and the director of education, and asked them to immediately come up with a solution to recover the "national territory" in the shortest possible time.

The embarrassed leaders of the political axe worked together in the face of tremendous pressure, and it took only two hours to formulate a complete set of action plans, and then the war machine of the militarist government began to operate at an unprecedented speed!

Boss Hua stood firmly on the board, his eyes looking straight ahead of the fishing boat, turning the rudder from time to time according to the waves and wind direction to maintain the correct course. Fishing boats with a displacement of no more than 100 tons swayed with the undulating waters and quickly headed for the other side of the strait under the impetus of the wind, with boxes of rifle bullets and mortar shells piled up in the cabin, and on the aft deck were improvised bunkers made of a dozen sandbags, on which were placed an anti-aircraft machine gun and a light machine gun, and six soldiers were leaning on the sandbags and chatting boredly.

This fishing boat and the more than 30 fishing boats behind it are the second echelon dedicated to transporting ammunition, and they set off on the morning of the second day after the landing force, that is, when the vanguard force landed, and after a day and a night of sailing, they approached the waters of Taiwan, and a faint black line had already appeared in the distance, and the ship bosses with rich sailing experience immediately let out a cheer: "It's here!" ”

"Boss Hua, why are you so excited, haven't you ever been to Taiwan?" The squad leader, who had been standing silently in the cab, asked, a faint smile appeared on his swarthy face.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, I've been fishing in the sea for more than ten years, and I've never been to such a far place!" Boss Hua greedily looked at the land in the distance that was gradually becoming clearer, and replied in a calm tone.

The squad leader asked puzzledly: "You people who are messing around at sea should be full of guts, how can you be frightened by a little wind and waves?" ”

Boss Hua said unconvinced: "Who told you that I am afraid of wind and waves?" In the past, this was the boundary of the mainland, and there were often warships patrolling, and as long as it was discovered that the fishing boats on the mainland were either directly sunk or even caught by people and boats to Taiwan, who would dare to come over! Speaking of this, he took a hard sip: "Now that our army has gone to the island and Taiwan is back, in the future, Lao Tzu will go wherever he wants to fish, and he will no longer have to worry about it. It is said that this is a treasure island, and I will see if I can really pick up the treasure. ”

"Boss Hua, I didn't expect you to be so wealthy! If you really want to get rich, you can just make a few more trips, the military department will give you a lot of freight! The squad leader teased.

"Phew!" Boss Hua had a look of disdain on his face: "You think I'm here for that money, joke!" This is a life-threatening thing, and no amount of money can buy your life, right? Although we don't know a few words, we also know that this Taiwan was originally Chinese, and it was only later occupied by Xiao Yueben, if we don't take it back today, maybe one day we want to take our Fujian! ”

The squad leader smiled and asked, "Do you think I have the ability to take Fujian away?" ”

Boss Hua hurriedly replied: "Where does the little devil have this ability, our fourth war zone" He suddenly stopped and listened with his ears sideways.

The squad leader saw that Boss Hua's face gradually became solemn, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Boss Hua replied hesitantly: "There seems to be a buzzing sound in the sky, as if it is the same as the sound of the motor of the plane that bombed Fuzhou last year!" ”

The squad leader was shocked, hurriedly jumped to the deck, looked into the sky, and soon saw a dozen black spots under the clouds in the southwest direction, so he immediately ran to the stern of the ship and shouted: "Brothers, prepare to shoot in the air!" Then he took out a few flags from his waist and waved them at the fishing boat where the company commander was. By this time, most of the fishing boats had already seen the planes, and they quickly dispersed under the command of the flagship, and then moved closer to the coast at full speed, while anti-aircraft machine guns on the deck began to closely monitor the movement of the sky.

Five bombers lined up, like huge locusts, flying hundreds of meters above the fleet, and the hatch under the belly of the plane suddenly opened, and the black bombs fell one after another, connecting in a straight line in the air.

"Hit!" The squad leader roared angrily, and the anti-aircraft machine gun spewed out a blazing flame, like a viper that burst out, and pounced on the bomber that had not yet pulled up the fuselage, and at the same time, the anti-aircraft machine gun on the fishing boat opened fire one after another, shooting sharp arrows into the sky.

The bomber in the middle was aimed at more than a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns at the same time, and the dense bullets splashed equally dense sparks on the steel plate under the belly, and then, dozens of bullet holes appeared in the left wing, billowing smoke suddenly came out, and the plane fled into the distance with a piercing scream.

Before the machine gunners could cheer, dozens of bombs fell, and a fishing boat was unfortunately hit directly into the cabin, and a loud bang led to a series of explosions, and the whole ship exploded to pieces in the middle of the fire, and disappeared into the sea in an instant, as if it had never existed. The bow of another fishing boat was blown off by the bomb, and the fishing boat first sank sharply, then raised its head straight and sank towards the deep bottom of the sea, and the captain and several soldiers hurriedly jumped into the water.

Although the other ships were not hit, they were swept away by the huge waves set off by the explosion of the bombs, and they fell into a situation of fighting on their own. At this time, seven bombers of the second echelon on standby in the air rushed down, and one of the enemy planes numbered Zero Seven flew straight towards Hua Laoda's ship, and as the distance decreased, the military pilot sitting in the cockpit was already clearly visible, and the hatch under the belly of the plane slowly opened.

Boss Hua jerked the rudder to the left and turned the boat like a nimble fish against the water. Two bombs exploded on the water more than 10 meters away from the fishing boat, and then set off a column of water more than 10 meters high and a monstrous wave, knocking all the soldiers at the stern of the boat on the deck. The column of water fell and slammed into the deck of the fishing boat, and tons of sea water submerged the burly body of the flower boss at once, and the fishing boat spun on the water. Boss Hua slammed up from the water, quickly reorienting the fishing boat towards the shore, and the water began to retreat through the open hatch.

Several more fishing boats were sunk in the bombardment by enemy aircraft, and at the same time, not a single bomber was damaged because the distance between the ships was too great to form a strong anti-aircraft fire network.

The bombers, having tasted the sweetness, swooped down again and prepared to sink the fishing boats one by one, while the '07' enemy plane, which had just lost its hand, took Hua Laoda's ship as its own target and rushed straight over.

Boss Hua calmly looked at the approaching enemy plane, the rudder in his hand turned sharply, and the fishing boat turned one hundred and eighty degrees on the water, changing the stern to the front.

The anti-aircraft machine gun and the light machine gun roared at the same time, and the dense bullets flew around the plane, screaming, and as the distance between the two sides decreased, the bullets got closer and closer to the cabin, and suddenly, several huge holes appeared in the glass in front of the cockpit, and the pilot's body jumped violently a few times, and then fell crooked on the seat, and the blood that shot out painted the glass a bright red color. The uncontrolled bomber swept over the fishing boat at a height of tens of meters, loaded it into the water, rushed out of the sea for more than ten meters before stopping, and then slowly sank, and a huge foam appeared on the empty sea.

By this time, the flotilla had regained its composure from the initial blow, and under the command of the flagship, it discharged small anti-aircraft formations one after another, and launched a confrontation with the Japanese army without showing weakness: dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns and light machine guns opened fire at the same time, and a wide protective net was spread over the flotilla with dense bullets; Ten bombers took turns diving and assaulting, using bombs and machine guns to ignite skyrocketing fires on the sea. Broken wood, black oil, and white corpses rose and fell on the surface of the sea; The sound of bursting beans, machine guns, explosions, and waves mingled together.

The flotilla withstood the bombardment of the enemy planes with fierce and tenacious attacks, and although it paid the price of 10 fishing boats, it finally avoided the fate of total annihilation, and after 10 minutes of fighting, the enemy planes had to turn around and return to the sea because they were about to run out of fuel, leaving two of the bombers at the bottom of the sea forever.

The flotilla had just rescued the comrades who had fallen into the water, and before they could adjust their formation, a huge mast emerged from below the sea level in the south, and a few minutes later, a warship with a displacement of about 2,000 tons showed its majestic face on the sea surface and pressed towards the flotilla like a mountain! At this time, the flotilla was still more than ten nautical miles away from the coast, and it could not get the support of the shore guns, nor could it enter the range of the shore guns before the warships arrived, so in desperation, the supreme commander of the flotilla ordered the remaining 25 fishing boats to spread out in a fan shape, and then turned the bow of the ship and rushed towards the enemy's warships without hesitation.

What is puzzling is that the warships did not come forward to meet them, but sailed to the side away from the coast.

Boss Hua watched the warships rush towards the rear of the fleet, and said contemptuously: "I didn't expect the little devil's navy to be all rabbit gall, and it was actually scared away by our fishing boats!" No wonder people often say, 'Heroes can't stand the crowd, and the tigers are afraid of wolves', we still have more than 20 boats, if it really dares to come, it may not be able to bargain! ”

Squad Leader Meng looked at the figure of the warship gradually moving away, and said suspiciously: "I always feel that something is not quite right. said that he rarely pretends to be a mischief on the battlefield, will there be any conspiracy? ”

Boss Hua said triumphantly: "Even the plane was killed by us, are they more powerful than the plane?" ”

At this time, the signal man on the flagship signaled the ships to move closer to the shore with a flag, and the fleet immediately turned around again, and the huge sails puffed up in the sea breeze, pushing the fishing boats forward quickly.

Squad Leader Meng looked back at the deep sea again, but was surprised to find that the warship was approaching at high speed, the sailors on board were walking around in a hurry, and dozens of naval guns were moving rapidly, aiming the muzzles of the black hole at the fleet!

Only then did Squad Leader Meng realize that the purpose of the army going around such a circle was to occupy a favorable position of the upper hand, so that the smoke from the shelling would be blown to this side of the fleet, and the line of sight of the machine gunners and helmsmen of the fleet would be blocked while avoiding the gunners' sight! He hurriedly shouted: "Send a signal quickly, the enemy must seize the upper hand!" However, before he could finish his words, a line of fire flashed on the side of the warship, and thick smoke gushed out from the muzzle of the gun, followed by a violent explosion around him

Dozens of naval guns smashed shells of various calibers at a rate of three rounds per second, setting off huge waves and countless water columns more than ten meters high in the middle of the fleet, although the distance between the fishing boats was already very wide, but there were still many shells concentrated on the hull, the two fishing boats were destroyed in the first round of enemy shelling, and after the shells in the cabin were detonated, the air wave set off pushed several soldiers on a boat dozens of meters away into the sea, and the shrapnel immediately turned the hull and sail into full holes and burned.

The flotilla, under the command of the flagship, fully furled its sails and approached the coast at full speed, while the anti-aircraft machine guns and light machine guns in the stern of the ships were fully discouraged.

Due to the huge difference in speed between the two, the distance is gradually narrowing, and the hit rate of the enemy's artillery bombardment is gradually increasing.

(To be continued)