For three days in a row, the Datang naval aviation bombed the Japanese fortifications in the Luda area, paralyzing the Japanese fortifications and inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese garrison.

In the early morning of three days later, taking advantage of the favorable cover of the Luda fortress being in flames and thick smoke covering the sky and the sea, the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions of the Tang Army began to carry out beach-grabbing and landing operations in Dalian Bay.

"Knock knock!"

More than 30 light cruisers and destroyers of the Tang Army lined up along Dalian Bay, and their main guns opened heavy fire on the coastal beachhead.

The artillery roared, and shells whistled and exploded on the coast, destroying the anti-landing obstacles arranged by the Japanese army, suppressing the defensive firepower of the Japanese beachhead, and covering the approach of the landing force of the Tang Army.

When the Tang landing ships approached the coast, the officers and men of the Tang Marine Corps climbed down the rope ladder and quickly charged the beach in assault boats.

Although most of the fortified artillery of the Arthur fortress was destroyed, the Japanese troops from the direction of Jinzhou brought two more heavy artillery regiments to strengthen the coastal defense of Dalian Bay.

At this time, when the Japanese learned that the Tang Army had begun to land, they immediately stopped hiding, and pulled out one cannon after another and opened fire in the direction of the coast.

The Japanese artillery shells exploded on the sea, stirring up huge columns of water, and the sea water that was sprinkled from the sky fell into the assault boats, slapping on the steel helmets of the Tang Army and making a crackling sound.

As far as the officers and men of the Tang Army Marine Corps are concerned, they are already well-trained, and they have been fighting the Japanese army for many years, and they have experienced more than one military operation of beach-grabbing and landing, and they have long been accustomed to it.

However, he occasionally saw the moment when the assault boat of his nearby companion was destroyed by Japanese shells. They were still a little scared.

No one is not afraid of death, not even the most elite troops. However, the speed of the Tang army's assault boats was extremely fast, and few Japanese shells could hit accurately. Most of the time, it just exploded around, and the waves knocked the assault boat over.

Soon, the first batch of assault boats had already landed, and the soldiers of the Tang Army jumped down one after another, attacking the depth while on alert. Be clear about the surrounding Japanese defense forces.

A small hill suddenly erupted with tongues of fire, blocking the path of the advance of the Don army.

It was a machine-gun bunker with six machine guns. It will be activated at a critical moment, and it took the Don Army by surprise and suppressed a whole company of Tang soldiers behind a pile of boulders on the beach.

In the face of such a machine gun bunker. It was difficult for the Tang army to take it in a short time, and they had to wait for heavy equipment to come up.

Compared with assault boats, the amphibious tanks of the Don Marine Corps advanced like a snail. Under the fire of the Japanese army, the number of tanks was submerged in the huge waves, causing the engine to fail and break down.

The sky was filled with gunsmoke. Visibility in the air is low. It was not until an hour later that the Tang Army locked onto the Japanese artillery position, and immediately a dozen Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers flew over to destroy it.

Then the sea surface in the landing zone calmed down a little, and amphibious tanks of the Tang Army came ashore one after another.

The chariots roared, opening the way for the landing force of the Don Army. The Japanese Army's Type 97 machine gun bullets hit the armor of the chariot to no avail, and they watched as the steel beasts continued to approach them.

The 88-mm tank guns opened fire, destroying the machine-gun bunker fortifications in the small hill with a single shot. Then another chariot with a six-pack flamethrower drove over and sprayed flames at the Japanese machine-gun bunker that had just been shelled. Burn to death the Japanese soldiers who might have survived inside, in case they shoot coldly at the Don soldiers.

It's all experience. The Tang Army has summed up over the years that it has often been attacked by the Japanese army in the past, causing unnecessary casualties to the Tang Army.

The Japanese army's beachhead defense positions were not many, and they were quickly destroyed under the bombardment of the Tang army's naval guns, aircraft, and tanks, and the Tang army deployed three landing fields in Dalian Bay, all of which completed the beach-grabbing landing operation within half a day, and controlled the entire Dalian Bay.

Subsequently, temporary water pontoon bridges were erected, and the landing ships of the Tang Army berthed directly to carry heavy equipment ashore in preparation for the imminent attack on the Arthur fortress.

The Tang Army captured Dalian Bay and was about to launch an attack on the Lushun Fortress, which naturally could not hide from the eyes of the Japanese army, and terrified the entire Japanese Kwantung Army and the Japanese base camp.

The strategic location of the brigade is extremely important, and once it is lost, the consequences are unimaginable, and more than one million Japanese troops will be completely trapped and killed in the three northeastern provinces. The Japanese War Department thought that the Arthur Fortress would be able to hold on for at least one or two years, after all, it took nearly 400 days for them to seize the fortress from the Tsarist Russia, and the Japanese Army, which thought it was stronger than the Russian army, thought that it could hold on for a longer time, but when the damage report of the Arthur Fortress was sent to the Tokyo base camp, 95% of the fortress artillery was damaged in the bombardment of the Tang Army, which shocked the Japanese Army, let alone hold on for a year or two, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold it for a few days.

The Japanese army underestimated the power of the Tang Army bombers, and thought that the Tang Army bombers carried 500 kg of aerial bombs, but they did not know that it was all many years ago, and the Tang Army knew that the Japanese army had been prepared for a long time and built a number of fortress fortifications that could resist the attack of 500 kg of aerial bombs, so the Tang Army used a more powerful 1,000 kg aerial bomb this time to directly destroy the so-called indestructible fortifications of the Japanese army.

"Let the navy rush to reinforce it!" Kato suddenly sighed, for the sake of today's plan, he can only let the navy rush to reinforcements, hoping to contain the Tang Navy and buy time for the reinforcement brigade of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

Although the Onodera Gonori fleet is important, the brigade is even more important, and it is related to the life and death of more than a million Japanese troops, and Kato can only lose his car to protect the commander.

"At the same time, let the Kwantung Army prepare to withdraw to North Korea!" Kato added that he was worried that the fortress would not be guaranteed in the end, so he asked the Kwantung Army to prepare in advance.

After Kato's telegram was sent, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Mukden, Okamura Ninji roared, mobilizing the strength of the entire four divisions of the Vulcan reinforcement brigade, all of them were the elite of the Kwantung Army, and he was going to fight hard with the Tang Army.

At the same time, the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier battle group that was on standby in the Tsushima Strait also received an order from the Admiralty, Onodera Itsunori sighed, ordered the whole fleet to go to the Yellow Sea, and was also ready to fight to the death in the Tang Army, because he knew very well that it would be difficult to retreat once he encountered the Tang Navy, but he had no choice, knowing that the Tang Army's attack on Lushun was a shocking trap, and it was ultimately aimed at his fleet.

"General, allow me to carry out a kamikaze special attack!" At this time, Major General Takijiro Onishi suddenly came to find Onodera Itsunori.

Kamikaze special attack operations are to use one person, one plane, and one thunder to suicidally ram enemy warships to achieve the corresponding tactical campaign objectives. This is also a Zuihou tactic that the Japanese Navy was forced to come up with in desperation, and Onishi Takijiro came up with a tactic, hoping to turn the tide.

"We haven't fought a decisive battle with the Datang Navy yet, so let's not consider this tactic first!" Onodera Itsunori knew that this was a brutal tactic, and he didn't want to use it until he had to.

"Your Excellency, don't you see the current situation?" Onishi Takijiro said: "Why has our fleet been hiding and not daring to engage the Tang army head-on? It's not because the performance of our Type 96 fighters can't compete with the Tang Army's Raptor and Hellfire, this time we went to reinforce the brigade, and there was simply a situation where there was no return, the base camp knew, we knew, and the soldiers also knew. There are many pilots in our empire, and they have an advantage over Datang. It's a pity that our planes are inferior to others, and we will lose in a fight. ”

Onodera Itsunori sighed and said, "If there are three more years, our most advanced Zero fighter will be ready for service, and then we will no longer have to be afraid of the Tang Army's Birds of Prey and Hellfire." ”

"But we don't have three years after all!" Onishi Takijiro continued: "In a day's time, we will inevitably run into the Tang Navy, and even if we are all wiped out, we will inflict heavy damage on them!" Please allow you to use kamikaze attacks! ”

Onodera Gonori's expression was complicated, and finally nodded helplessly: "Then please!" ”

"It's our pleasure!" Onishi Takijiro replied with a firm expression, he was already a fanatical guy, and now he can finally realize his most fanatical dream.

Onishi Takijiro immediately deployed to brainwash the Japanese pilots, asking them to be loyal to the Japanese emperor and sink the aircraft carriers of the Tang Army like the devil.

At this time, the Onodera Itsunori fleet had four Osumi-class aircraft carriers, twelve escort aircraft carriers, 440 Type 96 carrier-based aircraft, eight Akizuki-class cruisers, twenty-four Fengkaze-class destroyers, and six I-72 submarines, and the supply fleet was ordered by the Admiralty to withdraw to the Sasebo base, which shows that the Japanese Navy has regarded the Onodera Itsunori fleet as a fleet of dead countries. (To be continued......)