The Arthur Fortress finally became completely chaotic at dawn, and the artillery fire of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army could not compare with the United States in the Korean War after World War II, nor could it compare with the unprecedented artillery group of mankind during World War I. However, for the first time in Asia, the Japanese army experienced what it means to wash the ground with artillery shells. After the artillery fire, not only did the attacking Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army feel that the actual Arthur Fortress was very different from the more accurate copy of the "Simple Arthur Fortress", but the Japanese themselves felt more deeply that the Arthur Fortress had changed beyond recognition.

The entire fortress was literally fired, rockets were fired everywhere, all the Japanese troops in the positions set up outside had lost contact, and the search party reported that no survivors had been found. Even if it is a semi-permanent fortification, the walls are not thick enough, and after being hit directly, there are a lot of large holes that are punched by blasting shells. It's not one place, it's all places.

The place where the commander of the fortress was killed was in the middle of the fortress, and it was not at all spared because it was far from the enemy. The entire fortress was shelled indiscriminately. All defense units urgently reported the situation to the headquarters, but the commanders of the headquarters were no longer there. First, a huge amount of information about the damage to the fortress poured into the officers who took over the Provisional Headquarters, and then a huge amount of information about the discovery of the use of poison gas by the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army poured into the Provisional Headquarters. It's not that the personnel of the Japanese army headquarters are unqualified, but that the personnel of the headquarters did not expect that the war would be fought like this. These Japanese soldiers completely lost control of the situation.

The command could not react immediately, and the Japanese troops in the various units were helpless. Frightened, I looked out of the fortress and saw that there were craters everywhere, and everywhere there were burning flames or flames that were about to be extinguished due to lack of fuel. After determining that the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had used poison gas, the Japanese officers and soldiers felt that the air they breathed on the Chinese soil was filled with deadly hostility. This greatly shook the morale of the Japanese army.

The gun emplacements also suffered a lot of damage from indiscriminate shelling, but most of them managed to hold out. However, the artillerymen were accustomed to the appearance of the ground almost completely different, and many of the things they used as markers for school firing were completely different from yesterday's before sunset. Because of the poison gas thing, every peculiar smell in the air made the Japanese artillerymen feel suspicious and panicked. Each artilleryman covered his mouth and nose with a towel, and his comrades-in-arms, who were familiar with him in the past, suddenly became unfamiliar with their faces, and this change had a considerable impact on their mentality, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese artillery was greatly reduced. When they tried to find the enemy's artillery positions with their guns, their eyes were always inadvertently attracted by the tragic situation inside the fortress.

Then new stimuli followed, and at the dawn of the day, a series of new explosions occurred in the fortress of Arthur, and the artillerymen could not find out where the artillery positions of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army were.

"Look at the sky!" Already the Japanese artillery observers shouted, the binoculars looked into the sky, and then they saw a large number of huge planes passing over the Lushun fortress, a series of small dots fell straight down from the planes, with an indescribable sharp whistling sound, the small dots became bigger and bigger, huge bombs fell directly into the fortress, and the huge explosion made the artillerymen understand that the power of these bombs was by no means smaller than that of 250 caliber shells.

In the telescope, the red five-pointed star was clearly visible on the silver-gray body, which was a common symbol of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.

"What should I do? Fight to the sky? "There are some of the artillerymen who are more clever, but their clever suggestions have not been responded to by anyone else at all. The Lushun Fortress was designed without any consideration of air raids, and the top of the fortress has always been a key part of the fort to strengthen the defense, and the muzzle of the gun cannot be raised to the angle of shooting into the sky. Moreover, the Japanese army had never conducted research and training in anti-aircraft artillery, and now the Japanese air force had no other way to deal with it than to wait for the planes of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to bombard the fortress with shells.

Looking up at the sky monopolized by the Chinese Air Force, the feeling of being beaten unilaterally and passively made the mood of these artillerymen despair. Many Japanese troops suddenly wondered if the gods in the sky had also joined the side of the Chinese and completely abandoned Japan on the ground.

Flying in the sky is the latest bomber of the People's Air Force, the "H-4C". Towards the end of World War I, the Germans developed the four-engine heavy bomber of the Tsiplin 61 Stark RIF. The aircraft had a bomb load of 2000 kg and participated in the bombing of Britain and France at the end of the war. After the war, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that the Germans were not allowed to possess such bombers. Like German submarines, this part of the technology was transferred from Germany to the "former General Staff" behind the scenes, and continued research and development in China.

Of course, the former German soldiers should have taken part of the money paid to them by China into their own pockets, and the rest of the money was distributed among the people of the former General Staff. After the General Staff was ordered to dissolve by the Allies, these unemployed soldiers had no wages to pay.

In 1923, the supreme commander of the People's Air Force was the commander of the Air Force. From the earliest establishment from the brigade, to the later regiment commander, division commander, and army commander, the current Air Force Commander Chu Fengge is the eighteenth supreme commander and the first commander of the Air Force to live for 18 months.

At this time, the commander was in charge of commanding in the Qingdao fortress, and according to Chu Fengge's original intention, he wanted to personally lead the team to carry out the bombing mission. In the bold and fearless tradition of the People's Air Force, commanders must not hide in a safe place to direct a battle. Not to mention China's first real massive bombing campaign by the Air Force. As a result, he was held by the political commissar at a meeting of the party committee and ordered not to participate in the war in person. The military commander naturally did not dare to resist the order of the party committee, but Chu Fengge's restless performance fully showed his mood at this time.

"Is there a new telegram at Liaonan Airport?" Chu Fengge didn't know how many times he asked the correspondent.

"They have already sent a telegram, and the weather is very good, which is very suitable for fighting." The correspondent skillfully answered Chu Fengge's question.

"What about maritime reconnaissance?" Chu Fengge then asked. The bombing was carried out by shuttle bombing, with reconnaissance planes, fighters, and bombers taking off and landing at six airfields in the direction of Qingdao, Yantai, and Weihai, and four airfields in the direction of southern Liaoning. In terms of the strength of the army and air force, the revolutionary army of workers and peasants naturally had full confidence in Japan. In the war up to now, both branches of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army have shown an overwhelming superiority over Japan.

However, the Japanese army still occupies the overwhelming superiority of the navy, which is the most uncomfortable part of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and this is also the place where many senior commanders have a very difficult time accepting Chen Ke's strategy. Logically speaking, playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses is the most effective way. The Military Commission has argued many times that as long as the Japanese are driven out of Korea, the Japanese navy will be completely incapable of threatening China's coast. With a heavy bomber like the H-4C, Chu Fengge was fully confident that he would take off from the future North Korean airfield and then bomb the Japanese mainland fiercely. However, Chen Ke, who has always been known for his strong offensive spirit, showed an unusually conservative attitude in this matter. His explanation was that "the time is not right".

Now the Central Military Commission has finally issued an order that if the Air Force discovers a Japanese warship at sea during this attack on the brigade area, it can attack it in a high-altitude bombing mode. However, it is necessary to bomb from high altitudes, and to ensure the safety of the troops is the first priority.

Of course, Chu Fengge knows what level the current aircraft is, and the "science and technology tree" plan of the industrial department of the People's Party relies on the national laboratory and school system to make the overall scientific and technological design, so the Germans are far thicker than China's technology, but they have added a lot of categories to the "science and technology tree". With the technology provided by the Germans, the performance of the aircraft has skyrocketed. At least the failure rate of the aircraft has decreased, and the service life of the parts has been extended a lot. Chu Fengge's ability to live for 18 months after becoming a commander is proof of this.

It's just that this also has a limit, just like the H-4C, the aircraft was changed from a double wing to a single wing, a large number of aluminum alloy materials were used, and the outside of the fuel tank was wrapped with a rubber layer that prevented oil leakage after breakdown. If the Germans had designed it for themselves, they would naturally consider the deformation and burning of aluminum materials after being shot. When the design was given to China, the German engineers only raised this issue, and the Chinese insisted on reducing the weight of the aircraft, and the German engineers no longer insisted on it.

If such a plane is hit by a shot, it will be destroyed immediately. In the vast ocean, the survival rate of pilots after parachuting will also be very low, so low that they are basically hopeless. Of course, the People's Air Force will not regard the lives of its comrades as a mustard, and the Air Force is fully able to understand Chen Ke's orders. However, observance can only be observed during the bombing of the Japanese Navy, and if the Japanese fleet is not visible at all, there is no point in observance.

In the middle of anxiety, the telegraph operator in the next room suddenly rushed in with a telegram, "Commander, the Air Force has just discovered the enemy's warship at sea, dropped bombs on it at high altitude and left. According to the report, it appears that the enemy warship was not hit. ”

"Good!" Chu Fengge shouted excitedly. In terms of the hit rate of high-altitude bombs, it is not more reliable than rocket artillery. But being able to drop bombs on the enemy means in itself that the Air Force has set a precedent for an attack on the enemy's navy!

However, this tolerance did not last for 30 seconds, and Chu Fengge couldn't help but ask after a moment of good words: "Is there really no concentration of enemies?" ”

"The Air Force cable said there were no signs of a hit." The telegraph operator replied.

In fact, this answer is not quite right, after the air force group found the Japanese Navy at sea, they dropped more than 60 bombs, and one bomb was extremely lucky to hit the Japanese warship, or concentrated the flagship of the Japanese Navy, the Kongo. However, due to the fuse problem, the bomb did not explode, but just smashed a crater in the armor of the Kongo, and it was catapulted into the sea.

The Japanese Navy's fleet was anchored in Port Arthur, and the shelling after midnight made the Japanese Navy feel extremely shocked, not because of the power of rocket artillery, but because the power of the main guns of more than 280 caliber firing on land was far above the power of rocket artillery, the problem was that the rate of fire and the life of the naval guns could not allow the warships to turn the entire Arthur fortress into a sea of fire in a few minutes.

The Russo-Japanese War taught Japan the experience of joint attack by sea and land and joint defense by sea, and the Japanese naval fleet, which was also in a state of first-class combat readiness, immediately took anchor and began to cruise around the waters of Arthur, ready to shell the attacking forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army at any time. At that time, Japan blockaded the coast of Arthur, so that the Japanese army could attack without scruples, and the Japanese navy did not pay attention to China's weak navy at all. Even though the Chinese Army demonstrated a strong firepower delivery capability, the Japanese Navy did not believe that the Chinese gunners would be able to hit the fleet at sea, which was constantly changing positions.

Reality gave the Japanese army a blow in the face, the Chinese artillery did not attack the Japanese navy, and as soon as dawn, the Chinese air force launched an attack on the Japanese navy. Bombs fell from the sky, and the Japanese Navy simply had no means of defense. In particular, the bomb that hit the Kongo, although it did not cause any damage, still scared the Japanese Navy into a cold sweat.

Naval observers found that the large Chinese fleet had flown away, but more than three Chinese reconnaissance planes circled over the Japanese fleet like pesky flies. This was clearly tracking the Japanese fleet in preparation for the next wave of attacks.

What to do? The Japanese fleet wanted to solve this problem immediately.

The ultimate firing range of the warship's main guns was only 30 kilometers, and at this distance, the Japanese fleet was not at all accurate. The most critical thing is that this distance can only be reached by a small number of main guns. If close to the coast, God knows when the next bombing by the Chinese Air Force will arrive. The Japanese also had no experience in air defense, and depending on the situation in which the bomb was hit, the weight of the bomb was probably between 80 kg and 100 kg, and God knows what power the bomb would have after it exploded.

It's definitely not okay to be bombed, so you have to dodge it. The problem is that when evading, warships cannot effectively complete the task of shelling land. What to do? It became the biggest feeling of the Japanese fleet.

The commander of the Combined Fleet, Isamu Takeshita, held a meeting on the flagship Kongo with a gloomy face, and the senior officers and staff officers of the headquarters also had gloomy faces. They already knew that the commander of the fortified defense had unfortunately been killed, and now they were under attack from the sky. The Japanese Navy and Army all considered Fort Arthur to be an impregnable fortress. At least if the war was limited to the Luda area, the army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army would not be able to capture the fortress of Arthur, no matter how much it cost. However, the reality has gone beyond the imagination before the war.

"We can divide the fleet into two parts and block the narrow section, and we can stop the Chinese from attacking the Arthur fortress." The Chief of Staff gave advice.

This suggestion sounded very inexplicable, and some unresponsive naval officers did not understand it for a while, but Takeshita understood it. This suggestion was quite negative, and the chief of staff implied that the combined fleet could not resist an attack from the air for the time being, and in order to be able to ensure combat capability, the fleet would be divided into two, and even if one part of the fleet was attacked, the other part of the fleet would still be able to maintain combat capability.

The deputy commander had already figured out the joints, and he said angrily: "We can split it into two, can't the air force of the people of China be split in two?" Their reconnaissance planes have been following us, and they can see very clearly what we are doing. ”

The chief of staff was also polite, "Then what should we do, are we just waiting here to be bombed?" ”

"The Chinese Air Force doesn't necessarily have so many planes that can bomb us all the time. The people of China will scout, and we can also pre-detect when their plane will fly over. The deputy commander said angrily.

"What are we going to do when our plane goes into the sky? Knocked down? "The chief of staff is also not polite. The fact that the Japanese Air Force has always been in a situation of unilateral slaughter in the face of the Chinese Air Force has been proven many times.

While the Combined Fleet was arguing, four nautical miles away from the Combined Fleet, four Chinese submarines had put away their periscopes and snorkels, and quietly approached the Japanese Combined Fleet by submarine.

The submarine had a radio transmitter inside, and the submarine only sent a few short and continuous signals indicating that the target had been found. The command quickly called back, "Attack!" ”

In the engine room, which was quieted by electric power, the commanders of the four submarines gave only a brief order, "Comrades, let's put an end to the days of the Japanese Navy flaunting its teeth and claws off the coast of China!" ”

"Yes!" The comrades replied one after another. Everyone has been training for so long, just for this day. At the mobilization meeting before the war, the troops already knew the battle arrangement. Since Japan had the joint defense of land and sea, what the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had to do was to make it impossible for the Japanese Navy to participate in the Battle of Arthur. The task of the Air Force and the Submarine Force was to strike at the Japanese Combined Fleet. There is no need to annihilate the combined fleet, as long as the combined fleet cannot be smoothly entered into the war and leave room for the army to fight, the navy has completed its mission.

"Long live the Motherland!" The captains concluded in a brief mobilization meeting. In the face of a formidable enemy, every comrade of the submarine forces knows how great the threat of death is to himself. There is only one reason that can allow everyone to continue to move forward bravely, for the motherland and the people!

"Long live the Motherland!" The commanders and fighters said at the same time.

The comrades at each post quickly took their places, and the silent submarine killers moved towards their respective goals.

At 6:37 a.m. on September 27, the Japanese Combined Fleet came under torpedo attack. A cruiser and a battleship were shot, and although both warships were thick-skinned and well-managed, the Combined Fleet was in the same panic as the Japanese troops in the fortress of Arthur.

They finally understood that war had changed, and it was no longer a battle on the ground and at sea. The land and sea defenders of the Japanese fortress Arthur faced an all-round attack from land, from the air, and from underwater. There is no place in the entire three-dimensional area of war that is still safe.