On the evening of the 19th, the Lanfang-class battleships No. 1 and No. 2 arrived off the coast of Keelung Port and got in touch with Chief of Staff Du Shihui, who surrounded Keelung Port, and Chief of Staff Du asked the No. 2 ships to anchor in the waters off Keelung first, waiting for a notice of cooperation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The 19th Division has a total of 20,000 people, and the Japanese defenders in Keelung Harbor have 7,000 people left in the 16th Division, and the Japanese Taiwan Brigade has 5,000 people, and 2,000 soldiers in the countryside have been temporarily organized, with a total of troops.

The Japanese relied on favorable terrain and excellent shooting skills, and the Lanfang Kingdom relied on excellent weapons and equipment, but it can be said that the two troops fought equally.

The east side and the west side of Keelung Port are surrounded by the Keelung volcanic group and the Wuzhishan mountain range, the south end is lined with Hutou Mountain and Keelung Mountain, the Lion Ball Ridge is connected to it, it is located in the gap in the middle of the "concave" shape, the mountain is steep and straight, the terrain is dangerous, the military is condescending, it controls the traffic artery of the whole Keelung City and Taipei City, it is known as the Shiling Zayun, it has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and the Qing court built a fort here.

If you want to capture Keelung Harbor from the land, you must pass through Shiqiu Ridge, and now Lan Fang's army is blocked south of Shiqiu Ridge and cannot advance an inch.

Judging from the current strength of the two sides, if you want to occupy Keelung Port, you must attack from the direction of the port in the north.

The governor of Taiwan and the division commander of the 16th Division received the news yesterday afternoon that the reinforcements of the Navy Combined Fleet and six divisions of the army had been annihilated by the Lanfang Kingdom, and they also guessed that if the Lanfang Kingdom wanted to occupy Keelung Harbor, it must attack from the port direction with the cooperation of the Lanfang Navy.

The distance from Lion Ball Ridge to the port is very close, only about 3 kilometers, but it is built in a mountain hollow, and in order to meet the range requirements of the battleship, it must be close to the coast.

Early in the morning of the 20th, two battleships received the coordinates provided by Chief of Staff Du and asked them to shell Lion Ball Ridge and the Japanese barracks at sea.

After receiving the task, the two battleships slowly approached the port of Keelung.

On the west bank of Keelung Harbor, there is also a fort called the White Rice Battery, which is only equipped with 5 210 mm fortress guns, which is really a piece of cake for 2 battleships.

The battleship had to destroy the Baimi Gun in order to reach the position of Dashawan, just in time to shell Lion Ball Ridge, otherwise the range would not be enough.

It's just that the No. 1 battleship, with a salvo at the battery, made 2 of the 5 fortress guns dumb, and the huge shells, as long as they were smashed on the battery, there was nothing that was not destroyed. Two rounds of shelling in a row completely turned the white rice cannon into a pile of ruins.

The huge sound of shelling could be heard by the entire Keelung Harbor, and the vibration caused by the explosion of the shells could be felt even by the Japanese troops on Lion Ball Ridge.

The 2 battleships successfully arrived at Dashawan, at this time the division commander of the 16th Division stationed in the harbor ordered the artillery wing to fire at the battleship, the 75mm caliber rapid-fire mountain artillery shells will not have any impact on the battleship, but since the position of the artillery is exposed, they will not be easily let go, the secondary guns on the 2 battleships shelled the Japanese artillery position, completely making this wing into minced meat.

The battleship's main guns were not interested in these small roles at all, and according to the coordinates of the batteries provided by the 19th Division, they adjusted the parameters and began to fire at Lion Ball Ridge.

The Japanese permanent fortifications on Lion Ball Ridge were excellent against the army's mountain artillery and field artillery, and when faced with the battleship guns, they were not enough, as long as they were hit, they all collapsed, and even the personnel were buried in it. The 2 battleships fired only 5 shells, and all the fortifications were cleared, and the fortress guns were turned directly into scrap metal.

The 1st Regiment of the 19th Division took advantage of the situation to rush to Shiqiu Ridge, and many Chinese soldiers knew that the Japanese army was over, so they took advantage of the situation to rebel and chose to kill their squad leader and squadron leader. The Chinese in the Japanese Taiwan Brigade fought fiercely with the Japanese officers and Japanese soldiers in the countryside, and the 1st Regiment of the 19th Division of the Lanfang Army rushed to the top of the hill and quickly participated in the battle to eliminate these Japanese. There were 4,500 Chinese in the Japanese Taiwanese brigade, and only 300 survived.

The follow-up troops came one after another, and the 19th Division of the Lanfang Army completely occupied Shiqiu Ridge and caught turtles against the Japanese army.

Now the Japanese 16th Division is besieged in Keelung Harbor, the Lion Ball Ridge in the south has been lost, and the northern port is blocked by battleships.

After the 19th Division occupied Shiqiu Ridge, it did not rashly attack the Japanese 16th Division, but set up mountain artillery on the top of the mountain and shelled the Japanese troops below the mountain, depleting the Japanese army's vital strength little by little.

There are fewer and fewer Japanese soldiers, the territory occupied is getting smaller and smaller, any resistance is futile, I wanted to fight hard with the Lanfang Kingdom, but the other party did not give them this opportunity at all, but condescendingly, eating away at the strength of the Japanese army little by little.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Chief of Staff Du felt that the Japanese army was almost exhausted, and if he didn't end the battle quickly, he was afraid that he would have a long night and many dreams. The troops were ordered to gradually attack the port area at the battalion level and gradually narrow the encirclement.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army was pinned down in a brick factory on the eastern outskirts of Keelung, leaving only the governor of Taiwan, General Sakuma Zuomatai, and the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Nobuyi Yamanaka, and less than 100 Japanese soldiers.

Seeing that the general trend was gone, Sakuma Zuo Matthew knew what he was doing in Taiwan, if he was captured, death was a very luxurious act, and he chose to commit suicide by disembowelment without hesitation, and Yamanaka Nobuyi also followed him.

Most of the remaining Japanese soldiers committed suicide for the sake of their families, but 16 chose to surrender. At this point, the army of the Lanfang Kingdom completely occupied Keelung Port, and after the whole war, the 19th Division suffered more than 1,200 casualties, but compared to the results of the battle, it was already a complete victory.

After dealing with the Japanese troops in Keelung Harbor, the two battleships continued to move south and contacted Wang Dajun, deputy chief of staff, to prepare to recover the Penghu Islands on the 22nd.

The recovery of the Penghu Islands is relatively simple, first, the forts on the Penghu Islands are relatively old, all of them are old products of the last century, and now they are long outdated; Moreover, their position is too conspicuous compared to the battleship, as long as they are cleared one by one with naval guns; In the end, the garrison on the Penghu Islands was too small, and Wang Dajun only sent a battalion to cooperate with the battleships to occupy the Penghu Islands.

The two battleships acted separately, and the No. 1 ship began to clear the Japanese batteries south from the east of the north exit of Penghu Bay; Battleship No. 2 began to clear the Japanese batteries south from the west of the northern exit of Penghu Bay. After the batteries were cleared, the army began to land under the protection of the destroyers, and when it encountered resistance, it called the destroyers to help with the shelling, and easily annihilated hundreds of Japanese troops on the Penghu Islands.

Wang Dajun stationed a battalion of militia and 2 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats of the Navy on the Penghu Islands.

As for the three counties east of the Central Mountains, there was no need for battleships to assist, and Wang Dajun sent two destroyers to escort the delivery ship and transport one militia regiment with three battalions under its jurisdiction to garrison the three counties in the east.

At this point, the Lanfang Kingdom can be regarded as completely occupying Taiwan Province. (To be continued.) )