There are two shore gun groups at the mouth of Kaohsiung Harbor, and the battery in the north is a one-way battery, facing southwest, and there are two 203mm Armstrong shore guns, but both are old models from decades ago. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The southern battery, on the other hand, was a two-way battery, with a total of seven 203-mm Armstrong guns, also of the old model from decades ago. All of these artillery pieces were purchased by the Qing court that year, and after the Japanese occupied Taiwan, these batteries naturally came into the hands of the Japanese.

Perhaps the Japanese felt that these batteries were not of much use to them, or that the Japanese really thirsted for resources to the extent that they were earth-shattering, and the nine 203mm guns outside Kaohsiung Port are now only two in the south and one in the north, and the remaining seven are all dismantled and transported to the Japanese mainland, four of which are placed in the Tokyo Bay Artillery Group, and three are placed in the Sasebo Military Port Artillery Group to strengthen the firepower of the local coastal defense.

Of course, it is not unreasonable for the Japanese to do this, for Japan, which lacks everything, it is simply a waste and a crime to deploy such a powerful shore artillery group here at the mouth of Kaohsiung Port.

The narrowest part of the estuary is only more than 130 meters, and the length is about 230 meters. In addition, after the occupation of Taiwan, most of the ships entering and leaving the port of Kaohsiung were Japanese ships, and no one in East Asia seemed to dare to trouble the Japanese.

Therefore, the original five defensive artillery pieces facing the Taiwan Strait naturally have no need to exist.

In addition, the Japanese troops stationed in the fort had only a squadron of troops, and the garrisons on both sides of the strait relied on small boats to communicate, and the fortifications of the shore artillery group had slightly improved compared with a few decades ago, but the overall change was not great.

With the exception of the two positions where the artillery was still housed, the other positions were converted into barracks for the squadron, and the arrogant Japanese even converted a stadium there. The defenses around were even more lax, except for a few Japanese soldiers standing guard, the others were groggy or lying, sitting, or standing there.

The sound of gunfire in Kaohsiung Harbor not far away had already reached here, and the Japanese troops stationed on the shore artillery group hurriedly sent people to the port to investigate the situation, but before they could enter the port, they found a large number of enemy troops outside. The Japanese soldiers who went to reconnoiter had to return the same way and reported the situation to the squadron leader.

And at this moment, the Japanese army has so little doubt in their hearts, where did the enemy come from? It was not a rebel army at all, but it looked like a regular army, because the means of communication were relatively backward, and the Japanese troops stationed at the mouth of the sea were not able to learn the news that the Chinese army had landed in Taiwan in time, and most of the Japanese troops were still unaware of it at this moment.

Originally, there was a cable telegraph from Kaohsiung to Taipei, and the end point of Kaohsiung was the wharf, and then after the landing began, the communication from Kaohsiung to the north was cut off, and it was not too troublesome, a shell, or bullet could be done in the past, provided that it was accurate.

When the naval artillery attacked the shore artillery, it accidentally cut off the telegraph line, so the Japanese army in Kaohsiung completely lost contact with the other Japanese troops.

"Yaga, damn it Chinese......" Captain Heijiro Imakama looked at the miserable scene at the mouth of the sea, clenching his fists angrily, his nails piercing deep into the palms of his hands, and dripping blood continued to flow out.

Ten minutes earlier, the Shimamaru had sailed to the mouth of the sea and moved the ship laterally, with a conventional displacement of 3,400 tons, a full load displacement of 4,300 tons, a length of 73 meters, a width of 17 meters, a height of 34 meters, and an overall height of 49 meters.

And the data of the Shimamaru is compared with the data of the Kaohsiung Port estuary, so if the Shimamaru chooses to sink itself here, then the entire Kaohsiung Port has basically been scrapped in a short period of time. That would be disastrous news for anyone who wants to enter the port of Kaohsiung.

A Shimamaru can completely block the mouth of Kaohsiung Port, and it is the type that you can't clean up quickly.

A few days ago, Heijiro Imamata watched the Shimamaru enter the port of Takohsiung, but a few days later, he could only watch him sink here with his own eyes. The depth of the water at the mouth of the sea does not allow the entire Shimamaru to sink, and even if it falls sideways, it is theoretically necessary to expose at least one meter or so of the hull beyond the water.

After detonating the explosives, the crew of the ship chose to flee to the shore in a towed boat, and the sinking of the ship did not make them commit suicide, as long as the channel was blocked, and according to the current situation, no matter who came, it was impossible to prevent this from happening.

"Remove the firing pin and throw it into the sea, everyone board, and we enter the harbor to resist the enemy attack with the seventy-first wing." After a long time, Captain Heijiro Imamata slowly let go of his hands that had been clenched into fists and ordered the troops.

The channel is gone, and there is no point for them to stay here, and in fact, this shore artillery position has no meaning at all. Because no enemy will be stupid enough to rush into the channel to shoot at you, because this will not do them any good, if they can win, then it is better to say, in case the ship that rushes in is sunk, then it can only beep the dog, the whole channel will be blocked, the inside cannot get out, the outside cannot enter, so it will lose its role, lose the meaning of fighting.

It was precisely with this in mind that the Japanese side left only two artillery pieces here, and symbolically sent a squadron of troops to garrison it, in fact, more for a deterrent effect.

If the firing pin of the shore gun is removed, then this becomes a waste cannon, and you can stuff as many shells into it as you want, and you don't want to shoot a single shell.

In less than ten minutes, the Japanese soldiers in the batteries on both sides of the strait boarded the boat with four firing pins, and then, towed by a steam-powered boat, a small group of boats rushed in the direction of the dock. They didn't bother to throw the firing pins into the sea, maybe one day they would come back again, and the shore guns there would still be used, and the firing pins would not be in the way anyway, just a soldier with one on his back.

The squadron of Jin Youping, which was stationed at the shore artillery group, was a bare man, but the second battalion of the 2nd Regiment, which was about to attack the shore artillery position, was dumbfounded.

Along the way, they carefully advanced, and they never dared to let go too fast, and the second battalion also received the situation of one regiment and one battalion, so at this time, they had to fight up the spirit of twelve points, and completely advance little by little according to the attitude they had on the Russian battlefield before.

However, along the way, there were all kinds of confusing situations, and what was even more depressing was that after half an hour, a battalion and a thief finally touched the shore artillery position, and then tragically found that it was empty, and the Japanese troops originally stationed here had long disappeared.

The shells were still there, the firing pin of the artillery had been removed, and what made them even more desperate was that on the channel, the Shimamaru was sinking rapidly, but it soon did not move, and about one side of the hull was less than two meters above the sea surface, and no one rushed to the excitement at this time, because it meant that the Shimamaru had hit the bottom.

They did take the shore artillery positions, but what was the use of that? The channel had been blocked, and the shore artillery positions had been abandoned, and they had wasted a lot of time doing something that was completely meaningless.

And the port of Kaohsiung was basically declared over with the sinking of the Shimamaru, and there was no way to return to normal use, at least in the short term.

Looking at this scene in front of him, the second battalion commander could only cry without tears, and in desperation, he could only order the signal corps to report the situation to the brigade headquarters. The 2nd Battalion had immediately broken away from the main force and rushed over after receiving the order, and it had been less than an hour since they had received the order, and the delay of almost half an hour in the middle of the need for a safe attack, it was good to be able to arrive here so quickly.

Obviously, the Japanese deliberately wanted to sink the ship here, and they seemed to have guessed the plan of the Chinese Army, hoping to delay the Chinese Army in this way, so as to buy some time for the Japanese army.

After receiving the report from the 2nd Battalion, Jiang Baili only had one feeling, that is, the Japanese seemed to be a little smarter than a few years ago, and they were able to come up with a solution so quickly. The waterway is blocked, for the Chinese army, this is an absolute big trouble, the ship can not enter, then the follow-up troops and materials can only rely on the 14 landing craft to move to the shore little by little, the efficiency is scary, what can be done in half a day can now take two days, or even three days to complete.

The Japanese did a good job, but Jiang Baili was not unprepared, although the plan had been disrupted, but Jiang Baili was also confident that Kaohsiung Port would return to normal within a week, but before that, it was still necessary to find a way to take the Kaohsiung Pier first, and the defense there was really clueless.

Is it really just to wait for the infantry to come? Maybe they can do another landing operation, they are marines, the elite of amphibious operations, it is no problem to swim a few kilometers in the sea, and then quietly go ashore, and then the inside and outside should be combined, and quickly take the dock.

It seems that we are going to experiment with a way of fighting in real combat again. Jiang Baili thought secretly in his heart. (To be continued.) )