At this time, the fishing boats on the river had already fled after discovering that a large number of warships had gathered here. Gao Yang picked up the binoculars and looked at Jiangnan, the river surface was shrouded in a layer of morning fog in the early morning, and the Jiangyin fortress in the distance loomed in the morning mist. Jiangyin is located at the "head of the sea at the end of the river", and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. The Yangtze River rushed to this point and suddenly tightened, forming a huge bell mouth, which was dangerous. On the top of the Yellow Mountain on the riverside, there is the Yellow Mountain Fort, which guards the Yangtze River, and is known as the lock of the Yangtze River.

The fog was very thick this morning, and the lookouts in the fortress could only vaguely spot boats on the river, but they didn't know what they were. The main reason why the fortress did not issue an alarm was that the military operation in Gaoyang had not yet begun, and it could not be alarmed!

It is only a little more than 100 kilometers to go to the magic capital through Jiangyin, which is only a day's journey for an army with an all-truck operation. When Lu Dashuai was still there, he regarded Jiangyin as the top priority. At first, it was to prevent Qi Xieyuan, and then it was to prevent Gao Yang.

The Sixth Mixed Brigade of the Army, one of the main forces of the Zhejiang Army, was stationed here for a long time, and after Lu Xiaojia was determined to attack Gaoyang, the main force of the Zhejiang Army was successively transferred to the Jiangyin line. By the time Gaoyang launched the attack, nearly 30,000 troops had gathered around the Jiangyin Fortress, including the 10th Division of the Army, the 1st Division of Zhejiang, the 6th Mixed Brigade of the Army, and the 1st Mixed Brigade of Zhejiang, and many other troops were gathering on the front line of Jiangyin. The plan formulated by Kenji Dohihara for Lu Xiaojia was to gather the main force to attack Nanjing along the highway and railway along the Yangtze River, and break through the command center of Gaoyang in one fell swoop.

The intelligence in the early stage showed that the various units of the Zhejiang army did not form a united front, but deployed along the Yangtze River with the Jiangyin fortress as the center. The 6th Mixed Brigade was in the Jiangyin Fortress, and the 10th Army Division was in front of the fortress near the junction with Gaoyangshi. And the 1st Zhejiang Division and the 1st Zhejiang Mixed Brigade were in the rear of the fortress. No one knows what the Zhejiang army is doing like this, but this has given Gaoyang's department a chance, especially in this morning's weather.

Weix's plan was to first attack the junction between the Jiangyin fortress and the 10th Division of the Army, and divide the 10th Division to surround and eat the absolute main force of the Zhejiang army. At the same time, the fire of the Jiangyin fortress was suppressed with naval heavy artillery, and as for the Zhejiang army behind the fortress, by the time they went to the position of the 10th Division to rescue after the fire blockade of the fortress by shelling the fortress, the first stage of the battle had already ended.

In the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Army in Xiagang Town, Jiangyin, Deputy Division Commander Zhu Shengguang had breakfast and was standing in the courtyard watching quietly, looking at the morning fog in the sky. The commander of the 10th Division has always been Lu Dashuai, who was succeeded by Lu Xiaojia after Lu Dashuai's assassination. However, Lu Gongzi was not interested in his military career at all, and he hung the title of division commander and handed over all military affairs to Zhu Guangsheng, the deputy division commander.

Zhu Guangsheng has been in the army for more than 20 years, and has followed Lu Dashuai for many years and is his hardcore confidant. Zhu Guangsheng did not approve of this attack on Gaoyang, as a veteran soldier, he could judge from a small amount of intelligence that Gaoyang's department was a very strong combat unit. Regarding fighting with such a force, Zhu Guangsheng was not sure in his heart. And Lu Dashuai's death was obviously done by the Japanese, but Lu Xiaojia insisted on settling the account on Gao Yang's head and cooperating with the Japanese! Zhu Guangsheng was very dissatisfied with this, but as a soldier, he still obeyed the orders issued from above.

After breakfast, Zhu Guangsheng felt restless, and his years of military career gave him an intuition on the battlefield. Although the front-line troops reported that everything was normal, Zhu Guangsheng still ordered the troops to send reconnaissance forces to the buffer zone between the two armies.

Nearly half an hour has passed, and there is still no news from the reconnaissance unit. Zhu Guangsheng looked at the fog in the air and scolded in a low voice: "This damn weather! The feeling of uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, and Zhu Guangsheng thought about it for a while and decided to go to the front-line position to inspect.

Just when he had just arrived at the command post of the front-line regiment in the front-line position, he was about to dismount, and suddenly there was a scream in the sky with shells piercing the air! AS A VETERAN, ZHU GUANGSHENG IMMEDIATELY JUDGED THAT IT WAS THE SOUND THAT COULD ONLY BE PRODUCED BY SHELLS WITH A CALIBER OF MORE THAN 105MM! He didn't warn the soldiers around him, but directly flew sideways and pounced on the ground.

There was a loud "boom", and the waves of sound and air rushed like a tsunami. Where the shells fell, the flames rose, and the dirt that had been thrown into the sky scattered and flew down. Scattered shrapnel and huge waves of air took the lives of many Zhejiang officers and soldiers in an instant, and many people did not understand what was going on until they died. Throwing himself on the ground, Zhu Guangsheng didn't care about his broken lips and nose, and ran quickly towards the command post with the support of the guards.

Stumbled into the command post, and the people inside were already in chaos. Zhu Guangsheng stretched out his hand to wipe away the blood from his mouth and nose, took out the matching gun, and fired three shots in a row, and the command post fell silent.

Zhu Guangsheng shouted loudly with a cold face: "The telecommunications office immediately sent a report to the young marshal, saying that we have been suddenly attacked by Gao Yang!" Also, immediately send a telegram to the First Division of Zhejiang and the First Mixed Brigade of Zhejiang, so that they can move closer to us immediately, immediately! He took a breath and then shouted, "Except for the staff officers, everyone else will go to the front line to supervise the battle, all of them!" Fast! ”

At this time, on the front-line position of the 10th Division, countless artillery shells smashed on the ground like dense hailstones, kicking up large areas of dirt and taking the lives of countless Zhejiang soldiers. Originally, the 10th Division, which planned to launch an attack on Gaoyang, did not make any defensive plans at all, nor did it dig any field trenches. On the plains, where there was no protection around them, there were heavy casualties. The Zhejiang army had just finished breakfast before, and was completely blinded by this sudden and fierce shelling.

The Zhejiang army's position was filled with smoke and fire, and the sky was dyed black by gunsmoke. One shell after another flew towards the position of the Zhejiang army with a scream that pierced the sky. The flames exploded at the same time, and there was a loud, rumbling explosion, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and burnt human flesh.

The corpses of the soldiers were scattered around the pit from the shells, and their clothes were shattered by the shock wave from the shells, and their entire bodies were exposed, except for their eyes, which made one feel the cruelty of the shelling.

A small number of fortifications have been blown up, many Zhejiang officers and soldiers have been buried alive inside, and the surface positions have been covered by countless shells. Puffs of green smoke still rose from the trees on the positions that had been cut off by artillery fire. Many of the wounded were covered in blood and moaned in pain.

A regiment stationed in the front-line positions was on the verge of collapse within minutes of shelling. Those who were still alive were lying on the ground, holding their heads in their hands, waiting for the judgment of fate. At this time, their only hope was to survive this round of shelling, and then they could move towards the fortified Jiangyin fortress. The veterans all know that the melee between the warlords in the country will not fight for a long time because the shells are too expensive!

IT'S A PITY THAT THEY MET GAOYANG, WHO ADVOCATES THE SUPREMACY OF FIREPOWER THIS TIME, AND BOUGHT MORE THAN 200 HEAVY GUNS WITH A CALIBER OF MORE THAN 105MM FROM GERMANY. At this moment, most of these artillery pieces have been transported to the front line overnight by train, and the artillerymen with sufficient shells are pouring round after round of artillery fire towards the set target.

When the clock hand pointed to 8 o'clock, a piercing shelling bell rang. THE THREE 150MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS ON THE HAIRONG OPENED FIRE AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE HUGE RECOIL CAUSED THE ENTIRE HULL TO SHAKE SLIGHTLY. In the smoke of gunpowder, long tongues of fire erupted from the muzzles of the cannons, and the loud sound made the ear drums numb. FOLLOWED BY THE FOUR 105MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS ON THE PORT SIDE ALSO FIRED IN TURN, AND GAO YANG IN THE BRIDGE PUT DOWN HIS HANDS COVERING HIS EARS AND HELD BINOCULARS TO STARE AT THE JIANGYIN FORTRESS TIGHTLY.

Soon several huge pillars of smoke rose from the inside of the fortress, and fire flashed in the pillars of smoke. Even from such a distance, Gao Yang could feel the tremendous power of the cannonball's explosion!

"Are there enough shells?" Putting down the binoculars, Gao Yang looked at Ouyang Tao and asked lightly. "Report to the Overseer, the ships are out of port after completing the standard combat readiness, and the shells are very abundant." Ouyang Tao replied immediately. Gao Yang nodded and said softly, "It's all gone." At this time, the rest of the ships had already opened fire one after another!

The Jiangyin fortress in the distance was immediately surrounded by a dense rain of bullets. In the Jiangyin fortress, the flesh and various fragments of the shells fell into the air together with the mud and stones, and before they fell, they were thrown up by more violent explosions, and the places where the shells fell were like a typhoon above the 12th pole swept by, and it was a mess.

After the shelling lasted for a few minutes, the counterattack of the Jiangyin fortress was belated, and scattered shells fell near the warship and stirred up a huge column of water. AT THIS TIME, THE JIANGYIN FORTRESS HAD NOT YET BEEN STRENGTHENED, AND THE LARGEST CALIBER ARTILLERY WAS ONLY 105MM, AND THE NUMBER OF ARTILLERY PIECES WAS NOT MUCH. The heavy artillery supported by the Japanese did not arrive here, and the only thing the defenders in the fortress could rely on was strong fortifications. However, most of the fortifications built in the Ming and Qing dynasties could not resist the bombardment of the heavy artillery of the warships, and as the gun emplacements were destroyed one by one, the counterattack of the Jiangyin fortress gradually weakened.

Gao Yang looked at the Jiangyin Fortress, which was bursting into the sky with fireworks and explosions, nodded lightly and said, "Win." ”

ON THE FRONTLINE POSITIONS OF THE ZHEJIANG ARMY, THE BRUTAL SHELLING CONTINUED, AND THE HEAVY SHELLS FROM 105MM TO 150MM CALIBER FELL NON-STOP LIKE RAIN IN THE RAINY SEASON! How could a regiment of warlord troops withstand the continuous bombardment of more than a hundred heavy artillery!

The Zhejiang army, which has been continuously bombarded for ten minutes, is about to collapse, even if they can already be regarded as elite! ZHU GUANGSHENG AND THE MAIN COMMANDERS OF THE REGIMENT WERE HIT BY A 52.5-KILOGRAM 150MM CANNON SHELL IN THE REGIMENTAL COMMAND POST, AND AFTER THE EXPLOSION, THE REGIMENTAL COMMAND POST DISAPPEARED, LEAVING ONLY A HUGE CRATER.

The Zhejiang army, which had lost its command, finally collapsed, and the officers and soldiers who were still alive ran towards Xiagang Town behind them crying. No one wants to stay in this steely hell for another second!

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