In naval battles, the commander's flag must be hoisted on the flagship, otherwise the entire fleet will lose command. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoHowever, the general flag is also often the enemy's target - in the Jiangyin sea and air battle two months ago, Chen Jiliang's initial flagship was the Pinghai, so in the battle, 100 planes pounced on Pinghai; After Pinghai was damaged, Chen Jiliang moved to the Yat-sen, and Yat-sen was pounced on by the Japanese plane, and after the Yat-sen was blown and sunk, he moved to the Zhongshan again, and the Zhongshan was sunk again. The ships sank one after another, but the lieutenant general's flag with a blue background and gold edges kept flying high. In this Jinshanwei artillery battle, he also had to raise his lieutenant general's flag, tell Japan that he was still alive, and tell the Japanese how he Chen Shiying accepted the gift they threatened to give 17 years ago. [note 43]

Although Zhang Fakui is an admiral, he can't manage the affairs of the navy, and since Chen Jiliang wants to be like this, then so be so. Moreover, the hanging of the flag of Lieutenant General Chen Jiliang also had the advantage of attracting Japanese firepower, and perhaps the Japanese artillery shells and planes attacked Chen Jiliang's headquarters, and the fort and the ancestral hall of the Yao family were preserved.

The navy escorted Chen Jiliang out of Zhangyan to the small dirt hill outside the village and town, which was a semi-underground permanent fortification, with a command tower similar to that of a capital ship, where the four batteries and the sea surface could be clearly seen ahead. With Chen Jiliang's order, his blue background Phnom Penh military flag rose on Xiaotu Mountain and fluttered in the wind again.

"Report to the commander, the position and distance of the Japanese ship have been marked, what should we hit first?" It was Lieutenant Colonel Dai Xijing, a staff officer, who spoke, and the electric light was lit in the command tower, and the map on the table showed the location of the Japanese ship in an elite manner. The closest to the shore were the Japanese Navy's mine warfare teams, which cruised between the coast and the transport fleet, constantly supporting the Japanese fighting on the coast with naval guns; This was followed by a group of transport ships stationed on both sides of Jinshan Island: to the east of Jinshan Island, there were 16 transport ships on the sea four kilometers away from the island, and to the west of Jinshan Island, there were 46 transport ships on the sea four kilometers from Haiyuean, Jinsiniang Bridge, and Quangongting, and the Japanese ships that landed were disembarked from these transport ships. Judging from the current situation, a large part of the Japanese troops did not come down in terms of transportation.

In the past, the transport ships were lined up as Japanese Navy cruisers, and according to their appearances, they could already distinguish the flagship Ashigara, Tenryu, Tatsuda, Kinu, Yura, and Natori. These battleships were all about eight kilometers from the shore, and although they lined up, they did not open fire, perhaps they thought that the fire of the destroyers would be enough to support the army.

With naval instinct, Chen Jiliang naturally thought that the target of the shelling should be the flagship Ashishan, counting the distance from the battery to the coast, 10,000 meters away, I am afraid that the 140mm three-year gun in Pinghai will not do much damage to it, and the destroyers near the coast are too many! There is the 1st Mine Squadron flagship Kawauchi, blowing snow, white snow, first snow, narrow mist, slight, swaying, thunder, and electricity; The flagship of the 4th Mine Squadron, the Kiso, Yutachi, Murayu, Mayrain, Harunyu, Ariake, Sunset, Shirao, Shiyu, Shentong, Shinonome, and Breaking Waves; There was also the 12th Sentai Okishima and six sea sweepers. With so many destroyers, two batteries and fifteen guns can't hit them at all, I'm afraid that as soon as the guns are fired, these destroyers will run off to the open sea.

"Has the tide receded?" Chen Jiliang finally decided to hit the transport ship first. The transport ships had dropped anchor in the minefield, and although some of the ship's soldiers had finished disembarking, the weapons and supplies on board were still being unloaded.

"According to yesterday's measurements, it's almost there. These transports will strike mines as soon as they are anchored. Dai Xi said.

"The torpedo on Jinshan Island has been loaded?" Chen Jiliang asked a second question, once the guns were fired and the destroyers withdrew from the offshore sea in confusion, the dense torpedoes might be able to hit a few unlucky ones.

"The four stations of A, B, C, and D have been loaded, and the Jiankang is also ready to fire." Dai Xijing replied: "Commander, will we fight cruisers, destroyers, or merchant ......ships on Jinshan Island?"

"Only destroyers can be hit!" Chen Jiliang weighed some helplessness and said, but he immediately said: "After we open fire, the Japanese ship is likely to stick it up, and Jinshan Island is free to decide whether to fire torpedoes at the cruiser, but remember: once the torpedo is fired, it must be fired in a salvo, and after the salvo is completed, it must be loaded and fired as quickly as possible, so as to achieve the maximum result." Don't worry about the Jiankang Qi Cuiying, it's useless to rush out now, his side is our only four ships, how can we drag the loot if we lose it? ”

Chen Jiliang has been waiting for a long time at this moment, and what he hopes most is to damage a few Japanese ships, and then the Japanese ships will be towed into Hangzhou Bay and dragged into the Qiantang River, but this is an extravagant hope, and the Japanese planes will definitely not give up.

"Don't wait, let's get started!" I looked at the time again: at 7:46, Chen Jiliang gave the order to open fire. "Order Ye Keyu, let him get ready, and choose the most favorable time to launch the torpedo!"

"Fire!" "Permission to fire!" The order inside the command tower was transmitted directly to the battery and Dajinshan Island.

"Remove the cannon jacket and start shooting!" In the command post of the No. 1 battery on the east side of the Jinshan Acropolis, Colonel Ouyang Ji, the former captain of the Hairong, put down the phone and ordered with a stern face. "Target: Japanese transport."

"Remove the cannon jacket and start shooting!" Although Captain Han Tingfeng, the gunner, was a little disappointed that the bombardment of the transport ship instead of the Japanese ship was a little disappointed, he still faithfully passed on the order, and at the same time, the observer said in a loud voice: "Target distance: six thousand one hundred." ”

"Target: Japanese transport; Distance: six thousand one hundred; Speed: Zero; One high-explosive shell of the No. 1 gun was test-fired......" Han Tingfeng ordered into the microphone, and his order was transmitted to the nine artillery groups through the microphone, and the gun commanders repeated his order: "Target: Japanese transport ship; Distance: six thousand one hundred; Speed: Zero; The No. 1 gun high-explosive shell was test-fired, ready to fire! ”

With the hum of the hoist, the low-hanging barrel was raised high, and a high-explosive shell was pushed into the chamber of the Hairong No. 1 main gun.

"Ready!" After the gunner reloading check, he reported loudly.

"Prepare, fire!" Lieutenant Wei Yanfan, who served as the artillery commander, waved his hand fiercely and ordered the cannon to be fired.

"Boom!" The entire gun body shook suddenly, and then slowly recovered in the hydraulic brake and retreat. At the same time, the sand between the steel beams and the wood above the head fell, and the deafening sound echoed in the gun room, and at 07:50, the main gun of the Hairong of Fort 1 was the first to fire.

At a distance of 6,100 meters, the shell took only fourteen seconds to fly. The No. 1 Fort Observatory, the Jinshan Acropolis Observatory, and the Dajinshan Island Observatory all heard the sound of artillery on the phone.

"Prepare, prepare, hit!" The three observation posts shouted 'Bombing' almost at the same time, but what was unexpected was that the shell was outrageously off, and it exploded half a kilometer away from the fleet.

"Distance: six thousand four hundred; Speed: Zero; The No. 1 gun high-explosive shell was test-fired, ready to fire! "Han Tingfeng didn't expect the first shot to be so bad, this is quiet to quiet.

The No. 1 battery was test-firing, and the No. 2 battery was also test-firing, but the difference was that the main gun in front of Pinghai hit a transport ship with the first shot. This made Chen Jiliang, who saw the whole process, shake his head again and again - Pinghai is the capital ship after all, and the gunner's gunnership training is naturally better than that of the old ships such as Hairong. In the final analysis, artillery is still fed by shells.

Chen Ji had a good conscience, but these two shells that suddenly shot out shocked the Japanese. Vice Admiral Toyoda, commander of the 4th Fleet, was drinking a cup of Ceylon black tea on the bridge, for whom the landing battle was the most boring, and the Ashigara did not fire at all, and now two shells suddenly shot out from the coast, and the teacup he was holding was suddenly overturned; And on the Natori number closer to the shore, Yanagawa Heisuke and others dropped their jaws in shock, where did this cannon come from! How can the Chinese army have large-caliber shore artillery!

"Your Excellency, where is it!" The captain of the Akitori, Yoshimasa Nakahara, pointed to a certain place on the coast and said, it was actually the No. 1 battery.

"Ah......" Under the guidance of Nakahara Yoshimasa, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke finally found the location of the cannon, and only a flash of fire flashed in the telescope, and it was firing a second shot.

"Your Excellency, this should be the artillery of the Chinese Army, with a caliber of about six inches." Nakahara Yoshimasa carefully analyzed, and his next sentence frightened Yanagawa Heisuke into several hearts, "The Shina Army has arranged a shore battery, and this is likely to be a test firing of an artillery group. ”

Fort! Test launch!! Artillery Cluster !! Yanagawa Heisuke suppressed his horror and said, "Can the navy suppress the Shina battery?" ”

"Your Excellency, it's a stupid act to bombard the shore artillery......" Before Nakahara Righteous said anything, he was strangled by Yanagawa Heisuke's neck, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It's a stupid act not to save the imperial soldiers!" ”

"Cough cough cough cough ......", Masayoshi Nakahara was pinched by Yanagawa Heisuke and couldn't speak, and waited for others to dissuade Yanagawa Heisuke before letting go of his neck. He took a hard breath before saying, "Your Excellency, the landed troops had better retreat, this is a trap for the Chinese army!" ”

The Kunisaki detachment had already gone up, and the 6th and 18th divisions had already gone up for more than half. There is a way to attack it halfway, and now the situation of the 10th Army is like this - the timing chosen by the people of China is really good!

"Your ......Excellency" Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe, Staff Officer Tsukada Takeshi of the Staff Headquarters, and Masao Terada, who had always believed that the Shina people had a conspiracy, were all looking at Yanagawa Heisuke: Whether to retreat or attack, this is related to the fate of the 10th Army!

"Keep attacking!" Yanagawa Heisuke did not hesitate to give the order to continue the attack. He then turned to the captain of the Akitori, Nakahara Masayoshi, and said, "Please tell Your Excellency Toyota that the army will continue to attack, and ask the navy to give its full support." ”

"Nani?! The army is still going on the offensive! "The six 140mm guns of the Pinghai have begun to fire in a salvo, because there are forty-six transport ships moored in the sea on the west side of Jinshanwei, and none of these shells miss, and the merchant ships that have been hit by the bullets continue to jump ship, while the transports on the periphery have begun to lift anchor and prepare to leave the range of the shore guns.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Your Excellency Yanagawa has decided to go on the offensive!" Major General Hitoshi Kobayashi nodded, "We must suppress ......"

Before Kobayashi finished speaking, the belated salvo of the No. 1 battery finally began, half of the nine shells hit the east side of the ship regiment only four kilometers away from the sea, one of the shells seemed to penetrate the hold, causing the loaded ammunition to detonate, and with a loud 'boom', the entire merchant ship was torn apart by the explosion like a toy, and sank into the sea in an instant.

At this time, the sea was in chaos. The transports all anchored and tried to leave the whole dangerous place, and the destroyers on the shore spontaneously fired at the enemy's shore batteries, but the caliber of their main guns was too small to have no effect; The Japanese soldiers on the Daihatsu boats who were on the land were all stunned, and several Daihatsu boats collided together.

"Suppression?! How to suppress? "As soon as Vice Admiral Toyoda saw that the two batteries were firing a salvo in turn, he understood that Jinshanwei was a trap carefully arranged by the Shina people. Because there were so few warships in China, he could even guess that the No. 1 battery was nine Hairong-class 150mm guns, and the No. 2 battery was six 140mm Pinghai-class guns. This should have been unloaded after the sinking of the Chinese fleet, but I didn't think that these sunken battleships could still cause damage to the Imperial soldiers, and in such a situation.

"Your Excellency!" Kobayashi Ren was also stunned by the salvo of the Shina battery at this time, and he also knew that with the ten eight-inch main guns of the Ashishan, he might not be able to suppress the battery, but the imperial soldiers in front of him were being bombarded by artillery, and as a Japanese, this was absolutely unbearable.

"Order the fleet to suppress the enemy shore artillery batteries!" Vice Takeshi Toyoda finally gave the order, "The 8th Sentai and the 1st Mine Sentai are responsible for the east side of the battery; The 14th and 4th Mine Squadrons were in charge of the western battery. The 12th Sentai withdrew from the landing area to save the overboard soldiers of the ship regiment. The ship's No. 1-3 main guns suppressed the west battery, and No. 4-5 main guns suppressed the east battery. ”

The largest caliber guns of the entire landing fleet were the eight-inch main guns of the flagship Ashishan, and the Tenryu-class, Nagara-class, and the Kawauchi and Kiso ships were all 140mm three-year guns. Of course, whether the eight-inch main gun with a full handle can suppress the Shina battery, then only Asumasu Okami knows.

"Immediately send a telegram to the air force and ask them to hit the forces against the China battery!" Vice Admiral Toyoda did not miss the naval air force in the end, adding: "Let them swap for the biggest bomb!" ”

"Hey!" Kobayashi Ren let out a low sigh and turned out of the bridge, the situation was critical, and the Shina battery could fire six or seven salvos a minute, and each salvo had a transport ship sunk.

The fire was churning on the sea, not to mention Chen Jiliang, even Zhang Fakui couldn't help but let people move a ladder and go up to the roof of the Yao clan ancestral hall to see the 'navy vs. navy battle', Vice Admiral Huang Qixiang originally wanted to stop it for safety reasons, but not only did he not stop it, but he also went up.

"Well played! Good! "Seeing one transport ship after another being hit, caught fire, and sunk, a few people were more comfortable than watching a big show.

"Report to the commander, the chairman of the committee!" When a few generals were enjoying it, who knew that the chairman of the committee called again.

"I am the chairman......" on the other end of the phone is still Chang Kaishen's usual expression.

"Report to the chairman, the lowly position is Zhang Fakui." Zhang Fakui said.

"Did it start?!" On the phone, Chang Kaishen asked an idiot question.

"Report to the chairman: The shelling began at 7:50 a.m., and the shelling is still being carried out, and the Japanese have lost ......"

Zhang Fakui was interrupted by Chang Kaishen again before he finished speaking, and he shouted on the phone: "Bring the phone to the front line, I want to hear the sound of artillery!" (To be continued.) )