Hideo Ohno also understood in his heart at this time that he and Eiji Kondo were already grasshoppers on a rope, and if they win, they will get a piece of the pie and defeat, and they will go to court-martials together! Since this is already the case, let's break the jar and break it. So, he said to Eiji Kondo: "Your Excellency, it is not important to suffer a little loss, the important thing is that if we can take the port town, if we can take the port town, then these losses will not matter. ”

Hideo Ohno's encouragement made Kondo's heart even more arrogant, and he issued an order to all the ships under his command: "All ships obey the order, head to the dock town, and move forward-"

As a result, under the leadership of the "Toba", the flagship of the Yang Zijiang fleet, dozens of ships pounced on the dock town.

At the front, a few small minesweepers were responsible for clearing the mines on the shore, while the other small boats pulled up barrage nets to intercept drifting mines floating downstream, creating a safe area to protect the main fleet.

All the officers and men on the positions in Wharf Town saw the air raid just now, and this greatly boosted their morale, and they were all in high morale and enthusiastic about fighting the Japanese army.

Some simply stood out of the trenches, stood and watched, and watched more enjoyable, and cheered loudly for the air force of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

Wang Yifei in the headquarters of Wharf Town also saw it, and he said excitedly: "This is our air force, it's amazing!" What kind of shells did they use, they actually wiped out the big warship of small Japan in one shot. Amazing! Amazing! ”

Hou Dashan is the commander of the artillery company, and he looks at the problem from a professional point of view: "May I ask Chief of Staff Han, what happened to the aerial bomb dropped on the plane, and how did a bomb hit it!" No, no, if you don't have a special navigation device, or a special system, it will never hit all at once. What kind of navigation equipment is it used, can Chief of Staff Han explain. ”

Dealing with this small artillery company commander, Han Xing would not tell the truth lightly, but said lightly: "I know the affairs of the Air Force!" As for what kind of navigation equipment they use, or what kind of system is not systematic, I am a rolling pin blowing fire - I don't know anything! ”

Liu Zhiyuan, the head of the group, smiled, and said in his heart, this Han Xing is cunning enough, it really shouldn't be said, don't think about taking something out of his mouth. He also followed Han Xing and pretended to be stupid and said: "We are all infantrymen, really, the Air Force is so complicated, how do we know!" ”

At this time, Zhang Weihan didn't have the heart to listen to their conversation at all, he was thinking about the current battle situation, if the Japanese fleet broke through to the vicinity of the dock town, the remaining fleets of the Japanese army still had strong firepower, which would pose a great threat to the dock town.

He said to Han Xing: "Chief of Staff, how to deal with these minesweepers, have you thought of a way?" ”

Han Xing smiled and said, "The brine points tofu, one thing drops one thing, can our mortars be used." Even if it can't destroy its small ships, it's good to disrupt its minesweeping plan! ”

Zhang Weihan nodded and said, "You and I think the same, the mortar battalion has been idle for a while, and it's time for them to show their swords." Head Liu, what do you say? ”

Liu Zhiyuan had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and shouted loudly: "When we have been beaten by others in the Southern Expeditionary Army, we are fighting the enemy." Don't just be hit by aerial bombs, it's time for our mortars' nests to taste it. Swim forward, swim forward. ”

You Qianqian was not far from the headquarters, and he had been waiting for a long time with his sleeves and palms, and when he heard the call of the regiment commander, he stepped in a few steps and shouted: "The commander of a mortar battalion of a regiment of mortars is waiting for orders." ”

Liu Zhiyuan nodded at him and said, "You listen to the orders of Commander Hou Zhang and Chief of Staff Han!" ”

Zhang Weihan pointed to the little devil's minesweeper from the lookout hole and said to swim forward: "The devil is sweeping mines, can you let them sweep mines so plainly!" Your mortar battalion is going to make trouble for them. ”

Han Xing continued: "You can use any means, as long as you smash and disrupt the minesweepers of the little devils, as long as they can't sweep the mines, the Japanese fleet will not be able to rely on it, and it will not be able to occupy the dock town." ”

What kind of person is You Qianqian, he has already had his own way, he saluted Zhang Weihan and Han Xing and said, "Promise to complete the task." He hurriedly said goodbye and left.

You Qianqian led the mortar battalion, through the cover of Xiazhou Village, Xia Dong Village, and Lianggong Village, and secretly approached the minesweepers of the Yang Zijiang fleet.

The minesweepers No. 01 and No. 02 of the Yang Zijiang fleet, under the leadership of Captain No. 01 Xiao Mu, are seriously sweeping mines.

The mines near the town of Wharf are mainly anchor mines, that is, fixed mines.

The so-called anchor mine refers to the mine that uses the mine rope and the mine anchor to leave the mine system at a certain depth, this kind of mine has a certain degree of concealment, cannot be seen on the water surface, and explodes at the touch of a button.

The minesweeper's tool for dealing with anchor mines is a minesweeper towed behind the ship, which is equipped with a cutter at intervals, and as long as it touches the anchor mine, it can be cut off, so that the minebody can surface, and then it is destroyed with artillery.

Anchor mines are the most primitive kind of mines, which belong to trigger mines, and are generally arranged in shallow waters.

On the banks of the Yangtze River, there is a more dangerous type of sinking mine and floating mine. These two types of mines are laid to sink to the bottom or float at a certain depth, using electromagnetic and acoustic fuzes. Because the magnetic field and sound field brought by the ship passing by, these magnetic fields and sound fields are received by the fuse of the mine, and the fuse will react and automatically float and destroy the enemy's ship.

Minesweepers mainly use electromagnetic and acoustic minesweeping methods to deal with these mines. Electromagnetic minesweeping refers to the minesweeper towing behind the ship with two cables hundreds of meters long to drive over the surface of the water that needs to be minesweeped. The two cables are energized, creating a strong electromagnetic field in the water. At the same time, the hull of the ship carries some kind of towed articulator that makes a loud noise in the water. After receiving these magnetic and acoustic field information, the fuses of sinking mines and floating mines will automatically float and detonate.

Under the leadership of Xiao Mu, the efficiency of the two small minesweepers was quite high, and there was already a large area where the mines were cleared.

Swimming forward with the mortar battalion soon reached a place about 1,000 meters from the minesweeper, where there was a ditch that was just right to cover the movement of the mortar battalion, and this distance was just right to avoid the ship's machine gun fire. At a distance of 1,000 meters, heavy machine guns are not very easy to use.

On the way, he thought of a way to deal with the minesweepers, two small minesweepers, one company was enough, and the other two companies were hidden, so as to prepare to hit them hard again at a more opportune time.

Therefore, the three companies of the mortar are all divided and concealed, with a long distance in between.

Swim forward with a company and carry out the task of striking these two small minesweepers first.

You Qian glanced at it with his thumb and shouted, "Concentrate on hitting one ship first." The direction was 11:35, the altitude was 37 degrees, and one round per gun was test-fired. Shoot-"

More than thirty black projectiles, like a flock of small crows, flew towards the minesweeper No. 02.

The captain of the 01st, Kogi, was carrying out the task of clearing mines in a strict and serious manner, and he muttered to the boatswain Komura: "Yo Xi, the speed is very fast, if it goes on like this, it will not take an afternoon for the mines on the side of the dock town to be swept away." ”

The boatswain Komura also praised him and said: "Yo Xi, your real minesweeper, no matter what kind of mine it is, it will be very simple in your hands." ”

The two were talking, Xiao Mu inadvertently looked up, no, what is this, he from a military family quickly understood, this was a cannonball flying from the ground, and he roared: "Enemy attack - enemy attack - dodge shells - "

Just when he subconsciously bent down to dodge the flying shells, more than 30 shells exploded more than 10 meters in front of the No. 02 minesweeper, and the three or four sailors on the boat could not dodge, and were pushed down into the water by the strong shock wave, and the water column several meters high rose into the air, and then fell from the head again, splashing the No. 02 boat everywhere.

"It's okay, it didn't hit," Xiao Mu felt a little lucky, "The shells of the Chinese army, after all, are still some points away." Machine guns, machine guns, attack where the shells are fired. ”

Just as Xiao Mu had just finished saying this, the machine guns and 20-mm machine guns on the ship had not had time to fire and fire, when a second batch of shells came from the same direction, with a distance apart, and there was a third and a fourth shells.

Since the mortar can fire one shell every two seconds, the grenade flies in the air, the first one is still flying, and the second one comes next, forming a field of shells in the sky, flying towards the same place.

This time, the minesweeper No. 02 was not so lucky, dozens of shells exploded in front of it, behind it, on the left and on the right, and a few grenades exploded directly on the boat.

The machine guns and machine guns on the deck, mixed with some parts of the sailors' bodies, and the rest of the equipment, were thrown into the air at once, and each of them waved in the sky as if it were about to put on a show. These parts flew as high as they could in the air, struggled for a while, and finally lost their strength, and stood still for a short time, and then slowly fell, falling faster and faster, falling faster and faster, and with a "bang", they smashed into the water, causing a lot of splashes.

Minesweeper No. 02 was ignited by a powerful blast, and the shattered hull also began to flood in large quantities, then tilted, and the more it tilted, the more it tilted, and then slowly sank to the bottom.

The scene was so chaotic, there was smoke and fire, and sailors shouting for help in the water.

Where does Captain 01's Captain Kogi still have the heart to organize a counterattack, and where does he still have a good line of sight for their weapons to find a target to attack.

Just as Xiaomu panicked, these mortar shells flew towards it again.

Xiao Mu only saw that he was surrounded by fire, cannon rumbling, and columns of water several meters high appeared in front of and behind his boat, in rows, if it was a movie, it would be really good-looking, but now it was about to fly to his body, it would be a little terrifying.

There was a buzzing in my ears, and I couldn't hear anything clearly, except for the roar of a sea of shells.