[Anti-Japanese Predator King] Chapter 1104: Landing Battle (Subscription Requested!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The Japanese attack came very quickly, and the huge ship-borne artillery poured ammunition on the coast of Tianjin, and the sound of violent explosions came one after another, and thick gunpowder smoke rose on the coast of Tianjin. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, under the command of Matsuda, more than a dozen Japanese torpedo boats quickly rushed towards the coast of Tianjin, and the dozen or so huge merchant ships docked on the seashore and the two cruisers in the dockyard were their targets.

Ma Zheng was not to be outdone, and at the same time as the Japanese opened fire, the artillery positions that had long been ready to fire also quickly opened fire on the Japanese warships, and hundreds of artillery pieces roared at the same time, launching artillery bombardments at the Japanese warships several miles away.

At the same time, dozens of gunboats of the Northern Serbian Corps also rushed out of the harbor to counterattack the torpedo boats, which were also pocket ships.

To be honest, Matsuda had no idea that Tubalu would deploy so many artillery and ships in the port of Tianjin, especially the gunboats that were small in size and flexible in action.

Although the gunboat was almost no threat to large and medium-sized cruisers and destroyers, unlike torpedo boats equipped with torpedo launchers, torpedo boats were a mortal threat to all surface ships, including aircraft carriers, but gunboats were only effective against small merchant ships and small ships such as torpedo boats, and the rest were weak.

Under the interference of the gunboats, the dozen or so torpedo boats of the Japanese had to evade the gunboat shelling after only having time to fire a few torpedoes.

For Matsuda, who has rich combat experience, this level of naval warfare of the Saibei Corps is too small, and in the shelling just now, Matsuda confirmed his conjecture, that is, although Tubalu controlled the entire Tianjin coast, and also controlled so many cannons, but the gunners who operated the cannons were not professional coastal defense gunners, and their shooting accuracy was extremely poor, and even the worst gunners in the Japanese navy could not compare.

This is also the biggest reason why Matsuda dared to attack the port of Tianjin at such a disadvantage, otherwise how could he dare to attack Tianjin with his few warships with average performance.

"Order the destroyers to go up and drive away the gunboats, and at the same time order the Tsurumai and Mitsui to immediately attack three nautical miles ahead." Matsuda decisively dripped the order.

"Hay!"

Tianjin City, garrison headquarters.

Due to the importance of today's battle, Ma Zheng and Xu Yinghui are all there.

"Chief of Staff, have the convoys been transferred?" Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"It's all transferred, led by Minister Mo personally! However, they didn't follow the predetermined route to Guisui, so I asked them to go to Peking first, because such an important batch of things must be delivered to the safest place as soon as possible. This truth is not only something we can think of, but also a little devil, so I'm afraid that the little devil will send planes to bomb the convoy on the road. ”

Then Xu Yinghui continued: "I am not afraid of gold, but once those cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings are bombed, they will be completely destroyed, so I temporarily changed my mind to let the convoy go to Beiping first, and then transfer it to Sui by train or plane." ”

"Very well, how are our troops prepared?" Ma Zheng continued to ask.

"Our troops are all ready, but I don't think the little devils can land at this time. After all, they are just so many, it is unknown whether they can occupy a beachhead, and they still want to fight Tianjin City? Do you really think we're muddy? Xu Yinghui sneered.

"I can't say, the little devil is jumping off the wall in a hurry this time, maybe he will send the army to land and rob it, and no matter how bad it is, he will assassinate the Japanese prince to prevent future troubles." Ma Zheng said.

Xu Yinghui thought for a while and said, "It's still the commander who is thoughtful, but what if those dog days land." Just those few broken warships, the maximum displacement is not enough 4,000 tons, and even an infantry division can't be transported, besides, how can a little devil mobilize a division of infantry in such a short time. Not enough infantry of a division dares to move Tianjin, it is really a bear's heart and leopard's gall, see how they attack my Tianjin City's idea. ”

"Chief of Staff, don't be careless, the combat effectiveness of the little devil's Marine Corps is still very strong, and the combat effectiveness of a wing's Marine Corps is not much worse than that of a division's field infantry. Moreover, the armament of the Marine Corps is also different from that of other field units, that is, they are all submachine guns and light machine guns, and the firepower is not comparable to that of ordinary field troops. Ma Zheng reminded.

Xu Yinghui smiled disappreciatively: "It's okay, commander, I have prepared a lot of gifts for the little devil!" Hehe, as long as their warship can't go ashore, then there will be a good show. ”

"Hehehe, I don't have to worry about your work, I want to see how you clean up the Japanese marines." Ma Zheng said with a smile.

"Then we'll see!"

On the Japanese naval flagship, Matsuda is looking at the battle ahead with a high-powered telescope.

So far only two torpedo boats have been sunk by shore defense artillery fire, and the remaining two torpedo boats have been sunk by gunboat siege, and other than that, the strength of the fleet has basically not been greatly damaged.

"Order Yamamoto to land immediately, and the fleet advance another five nautical miles!"

"Your Excellency Commander, if you advance five nautical miles further, you will enter the most suitable shelling range for the shore defense artillery of China, Your Excellency Commander, should you think about it again!" A staff officer on the side reminded him.

"Don't think about it, the quality of the gunners in China is extremely inferior, judging by the national strength of China. They have never been equipped with such advanced shore defense artillery, not to mention that it is the Eighth Route Army stationed in Tianjin, and even their government army does not have many qualified gunners! ”

Then Matsuda said with a disdainful face: "Hmph, the shore defense gun is not a Type 38 rifle, but it is not so easy to operate. Let the fleet advance with confidence, the chance of a cannonball hitting a warship and the chance of being a pie falling from the sky are not much greater, immediately carry out the order! ”

It is no wonder that Matsuda is so confident, the poor performance of the Chinese coastal defense force just now has made him completely impatient.

"Hay!"

The Tianjin coastal defense unit was transferred from the artillery brigade directly under the Saibei Corps, and these people really had not been in contact with such a big guy as the shore defense artillery before, and even Ma Zheng had never operated that kind of thing, so all the training depended on their own exploration. In order to ensure the safety of the coastal port of Tianjin, Ma Zheng deliberately transferred Li Mingda, the originator of the artillery unit of the former Saibei Corps, and other old people to Tianjin.

Li Mingda is an old man who came out of Ruijin with Ma Zheng, and has always been a first-class soldier, and after the expansion of the army, he served as the chief instructor of artillery in the military region and the commander of the artillery brigade of the corps.

After receiving the order, Li Mingda was not hypocritical, and immediately took up his post as commander-in-chief of the Tianjin coastal defense force.

Since he himself had never been in contact with shore defense artillery, Li Mingda also trained troops while studying. Li Mingda is not a big problem with coastal defense guns with a caliber of less than 250mm, and anyway, the largest caliber field artillery of the Saibei Corps now has 150mm, so this is not a problem.

However, the largest caliber of coastal defense artillery in Tianjin Port is 800mm, and the shells have to be hoisted by crane, and one shell is nearly a ton, and other 4 and 400mm calibers are even more common.

The operation of large-caliber artillery is not very difficult, but the most difficult thing is that the shells of this large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery cannot be produced by the Northern Corps itself, and all the ones used now are left over from the Japanese army, and the number is limited, so Ma Zheng strictly forbids the troops to use valuable artillery shells as teaching, which greatly limits Li Mingda's play.

This battle with the Japanese navy was the first time that Li Mingda's coastal defense artillery unit really operated the shore defense artillery, so the accuracy of the shells fired at the beginning was extremely low, but the soldiers' usual training and accumulation of the background was gradually reflected, as the Japanese naval fleet continued to approach, some of the relatively small caliber coastal defense guns began to hit the Japanese warships, but because of the small caliber, they did not cause much damage to the Japanese warships.

"Brigade commander, the big warships of the little devil have moved forward 5 nautical miles, and they have already arrived at the sea area where we usually train, are you using super cannons, that guy hasn't fired a single shot since it was installed, this time it's just to take this group of bitches to practice hands." Political commissar Yang Wanyun said to Li Mingda.

"Hehe, since the little devils have been sent to the door by themselves, we are still polite to others! Let's use these big warships to practice our hands, it just so happens that Lao Tzu is still worried about how to let the commander give Lao Tzu a whole cannonball, if this battle sinks a big warship, the commander will have to give Lao Tzu a whole cannonball, hehehe! Li Mingda laughed loudly.

Matsuda never thought that Ma Zheng would send a hardcore figure to the port of Tianjin, just as he was giving orders on the Daimyo, on a hill not far away, a huge giant cannon was dragged out, and as the crane struggled to stuff the shells into the barrel, Li Mingda and several artillery commanders were busy correcting Zhu Yuan......

"Report to the brigade commander, the giant fortress cannon is ready and ready to fire, please instruct?" Zhang Yunjie, commander of the 1st Artillery Regiment, reported.

"Launch!" Li Mingda decisively ordered.

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