The water splashed everywhere, and many devil sailors turned into soup chickens.

There are also aerial bombs that accurately fall on the devil's warship, which immediately produces a violent explosion.

The dazzling firelight instantly dispersed with thick black smoke, and some devil sailors who couldn't dodge were swallowed up in an instant.

A massive shockwave wiped out their devoured bones.

The devil dispatched an aircraft carrier to the fleet this time, and the dozens of planes on board were destroyed on the deck and in the hangar before they even had a chance to take off to meet the battle.

Of course, even if they have a chance to take to the air, then in the face of the advanced Zero fighters who have been almost era-spanning for a whole decade, their fate can only be shot down.

The air raid lasted more than half an hour, and the fleet, consisting of dozens of cruisers, transport ships, and gunboats, lost more than half.

The rest fled in a hurry towards the high seas, and if it weren't for the exhaustion of ammunition, there would have been no survivors of these warships.

After the war, the smoke of gunpowder was quickly dispersed by the icy sea breeze, and some of the wreckage of the ships that had been blown into several sections also sank into the water one by one, and the sea soon returned to calm.

It is completely unclear that there was a fierce air raid and air defense battle here not long ago.

…………………… Dalian, headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

"Your Excellency General, the offensive of the Chinese army is rapid, and the camp is in an emergency!" Toranosuke Hashimoto reported to Muto Nobuyoshi with an anxious face.

"What about reinforcements for the naval fleet? Why hasn't it arrived yet? "Muto Nobuyoshi pinned his hopes on the Navy's powerful naval artillery firepower to absolutely be able to disintegrate the tanks and armored vehicles of the Tohoku New Army to form a surprise offensive.

Before Hashimoto Toranosuke could answer, a signal soldier of the Japanese army hurriedly ran in.

He suddenly gathered his feet together and saluted and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the 3rd Fleet of the Navy was attacked by a sudden air attack by a mixed group of the Chinese Air Force one hundred and thirteen nautical miles away, and lost more than half of it, and has now been forced to withdraw by the same route, unable to provide support for the defenders of our Kwantung Army. ”

"Nani?" Muto Nobuyoshi was taken aback, and immediately roared angrily: "Yaga, these bastards in the navy, greedy for life and afraid of death, can't they save them when they see death?" I'm going to complain to the base camp! ”

"Your Excellency General, the top priority at the moment is that we should quickly shrink our forces and make every effort to block the entrance to the Liaodong Peninsula." Toranosuke Hashimoto is still relatively calm, reminded.

"What do you mean? Give up Jinzhou and Anton? Muto Nobuyoshi looked at him with some astonishment.

"Yes, Jinzhou and Andong are close to the sea, and even if the new army in the northeast of China captures them, they will not be able to pose a direct threat to Dalian, because they do not have a navy.

But Yingkou is different, if Yingkou is broken through by the Chinese army, then the entire Liaodong Peninsula will definitely not be able to hold on, without naval support, Dalian will definitely be lost.

Therefore, we must shrink our forces as soon as possible in the area from Yingkou to Zhuanghe, and rely on the mountains on the peninsula of the Qianshan Mountains to form a strong defensive line and hold on. ”

"However, the Chinese army has already attacked Yingkou, and another army is advancing west to Jinzhou, and the land connection between the imperial army in the direction of Jinzhou and Yingkou has been cut off, how to retreat?" Muto Nobuyoshi said with a sad face.

"This is not difficult, although we do not have the support of the naval fleet, it is still possible to transport the Jinzhou defenders to withdraw and move by sea.

It can be transported at night, and as for the defenders in the direction of Andong, they can retreat south along the Qianshan Mountains, or they can smoothly shrink to the area around the Zhuang River.

In this way, it is definitely not a problem to hold out for another week, and in a week reinforcements should have arrived, with the addition of 40,000 fresh troops, the Liaodong defense line will be impregnable, and we will be able to keep the last advance base in Manchuria for the Empire. "Hashimoto Toranosuke said.

Muto Nobuyoshi nodded and said, "That's it, let's arrange it as soon as possible." ”

"Hay!" Hashimoto Toranosuke bowed his head suddenly, although he already knew that in a few days, he and Muto Nobuyoshi would have to roll up and get out.

But as an emperor, he still has to continue to persevere, in fact, thinking about the current erosive situation on the Liaodong Peninsula, it is not a bad result to retire and go home.

…………………… Yingkou battlefield.

The fierce battle between the 1st Division of the Northeast New Army and the Devil Defenders has been moved from the field positions outside the city to the offensive and defensive battles of the city defense.

Lacking effective anti-tank weapons and means, the army was forced to abandon its field defensive positions and rely on city fortifications to resist.

After the defeat in the Battle of Shenyang and other battles, he has gradually adapted to fighting with the tank and armored forces of the Northeast New Army, and can make good use of the complex terrain and buildings in the city as much as possible to deal with it, at least no longer as panicked as he was at the beginning.

After all, after paying the price of more than 200,000 people, even a fool should know that it hurts.

Therefore, when the battle advanced to the city, the advance speed of the 1st Division was very slow compared to the other Northeast New Army.

The 1st Division of Reading Force should belong to the first-class main division in the Northeast New Army, with the strongest combat effectiveness and the most veterans.

On the contrary, it advanced at the slowest pace, thus reflecting the gradual increase in the resistance of the Japanese army.

On an ordinary street in the northern part of the city, two No. 4 tanks are leading dozens of soldiers of the Northeast New Army forward to attack.

But unexpectedly, there was not even a devil in a barricade in front of him, and no one fired a shot at the buildings on both sides of the street.

Everything was unusually quiet, and the rumble of your tanks was very dull.

The officer who led the team was a deputy company commander named Liang Tingguang, who had served as a clerk in the 701st Regiment.

However, since the expansion and reorganization of the Northeast New Army, he was quickly promoted to squad leader, platoon commander, and now lieutenant and deputy company commander.

The strange environment made Liang Tingguang feel a strong sense of foreboding.

The submachine gun in his hand was clenched tightly, and in the cold weather, his palms were slightly sweaty.

While following the tank, he watched his surroundings vigilantly.

The two No. 4 tanks in front of them rumbled forward, and when they drove past two three-story buildings, more than a dozen devil soldiers suddenly appeared on the rooftop, setting up a few light and heavy machine guns and firing fiercely at Liang Tingguang, who was following behind the tank.

"Dada...... Sudden ......" piercing gunshots rang out, and dense and hot bullets rained down.

Liang Tingguang was already very vigilant, and the moment he noticed that there was an abnormality on the roof of the building, he instinctively threw himself under the eaves of a house, and crashed directly into the house through the window, and the wooden window was smashed by him.

Wood chips were scattered everywhere, and before Liang Tingguang could get up, he heard the terrifying dense gunfire.

Quickly got up, only to see his subordinates fall to the ground one after another under intensive machine-gun fire.

The two No. 4 tanks in front of them were alarmed by the sound of gunfire and stopped advancing, and in addition to the parallel machine guns at the turret, two general-purpose machine guns with external armor on top immediately turned to search for targets.

"Hide, get into the house!" Liang Tingguang roared.

By the time his men reacted, nearly half of them had fallen in a pool of blood, and the others rushed to the houses on both sides in the rain of bullets, breaking through the windows and narrowly escaping.

The devil's machine gun was still roaring, and a dense stream of bullets hit the bare road, bringing up clouds of smoke and dust.

Soon, several melon grenades were thrown down by the devil soldiers.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......" several violent explosions sounded one after another, and the entire street was suddenly covered in smoke.

Liang Tingguang and his subordinates, who were hiding in the house, had to lie under the wall to avoid the explosion.

At this time, the general-purpose machine guns on the two tanks finally found the position of the machine gunner of the devil, and the tank driver turned the head of the car slightly, and then picked up the machine gun and opened fire fiercely.

Suddenly returned fire, and the two devil machine gunners were immediately shot and tilted their heads to the side, but soon there were devils who took their place and continued to shoot with their guns.

And the other devils began to throw grenades downward.

After a few flashes of fire, two outboard machine gunners died heroically.

Liang Tingguang showed half of his head at the window, and clearly saw that the two machine gunners were hit by shrapnel from the explosion and died on the spot.

In addition to grief and indignation, he shouted loudly: "Open the cannon, fire the cannon at the building, and destroy his dog!" ”

The two tanks may have heard Liang Tingguang's reminder and began to adjust the turret, the elevation angle is limited, it is impossible for them to aim their guns at the roof of the third floor, but they can aim at the junction of the first and second floors.

The devil soldiers soon discovered the intention of the tanks of the Northeast New Army, and for a while, light and heavy machine guns and one-handed throwing frantically fired at the two tanks.

Attempt to stop them from doing what seems crazy.

Dense bullets struck the top armor of Tank IV with a loud bang and sparks, even though the top armor of the tank was the weakest of all its armor.

But this is not something that the devil's 6.5mm caliber bullet can penetrate.

It was the grenades thrown by the devils frantically, which caused a lot of shock and trouble to the tank crews.

At this time, Liang Tingguang roared angrily: "Fight me, fire cover!" ”

With both hands in his hand, he fired at the roof of the third floor opposite.

Other soldiers followed suit, using semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, and even machine guns to organize fierce and dense fire to suppress the devils.

Due to the limitation of the angle of fire, their strafing was diagonally opposed, and the bullets crossed in the air, which was very dazzling.

A dense rain of bullets suddenly struck, causing a lot of casualties to the devils, and the devils' firepower was stagnant.

At this time, the two tanks finally opened fire on the two buildings next to them.

"Boom!" There were two loud bangs, and two armor-piercing bullets slammed into the walls of the two buildings with dazzling tracer light.

At this time, the building was not the steel building made of reinforced concrete in later generations.

Where can the wall made of blue bricks and wood withstand the bombardment of armor-piercing shells at such a close range?

After two loud bangs, there were suddenly more holes in the wall near the street, and the house trembled violently, and the devil soldiers on the roof shook their feet, some of them were unstable on their feet, but they were not enough to collapse the whole house.

(To be continued)