From the time of the landing, the bombardment of the fleet stopped, and Takeda was finally able to enter the city of Tsumisaki with his company, and the duty of the soldiers led Takeda not to search for his family first, but to restrain the soldiers to approach the port area in the ruins. Refugees fleeing from the vicinity of the port told Takeda that there were countless large ships on the sea, and that there were already enemies in the harbor!

Asking civilians to flee outside the pillow saki, Takeda led the company to continue advancing and arrived at the port in time. At the same time, the three battalions led by Cai Songpo also arrived at the port, and the dress of Takeda and the other soldiers and the weapons in their hands made Cai Songpo immediately order to open fire, and ground battles broke out.

Takeda and the others only had a pitiful rear-loading single-shot rifle in their hands, which was a weapon given to the reserve for training by the regular army after it had been reequipped, and there was no rapid-fire firepower such as machine guns, no artillery, and even a few rounds of ammunition in their hands -- the ammunition was all used for training from above, and there was not much in the first place. And only a dozen people in this company are retired veterans!

However, the bravery and ferocity of the Satsuma people made them not take a step back in the face of death, and the firepower of rapid-fire rifles, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, etc., was proud, and their first actual battle broke out unexpectedly and ended in a short time.

More than 100 Japanese soldiers, including Takeda, all died, and Cai Songpo ordered the 3rd Battalion to clear the port and send electricity to the landing fleet to welcome the landing of the 1st Marine Division.

One person was killed and two were injured in the three battalions, and there were still casualties despite advanced weapons and equipment and more than three times the number of troops, which made Cai Songpo feel the ferocity of the Japanese. Surrounded on three sides and covered in fire, they still screamed and attacked, which taught the Marine Corps recruits a profound lesson.

Ten minutes later, the news of the completion of the mission came from both the 1st and 2nd battalions, and the city was in ruins, no resistance was found, and more than 700 civilians who survived the shelling were taken under centralized custody. In advance, the higher authorities repeatedly stressed that they should not be soft on Japanese civilians after landing. Those who were found to be resisting or armed with weapons were all killed, and judging from the situation of the 1st Battalion in clearing the city of Tsuzaki, the warning of the General Staff was not unreasonable, and the 1st Battalion encountered a total of 13 civilian attacks, but all of them were killed by the soldiers who were on standby.

At 4:50 p.m. on the 26th, the 1st Marine Division completed its landing through the port of Tsukiki. and sent a telegram to the General Staff on the successful landing. After that, the commander of the 1st Division, Lu Bao, ordered the 1st Regiment to directly attack Kagoshima, and the 2nd Regiment with the assistance of the artillery regiment to attack the Japanese batteries along the coastline to clear the way for the large-scale landing of the landing fleet.

There are four batteries south of Kagoshima, four 120-mm shore guns and fifteen 75-mm shore guns, all of which are open-air batteries, which can be destroyed by the escort fleet if they force a surprise attack, but the battleships will inevitably suffer losses, and the loss of any warship at this stage will affect the course of the war. Therefore, the General Staff decided that the 1st Marine Division should capture the batteries along the way. And to capture Kagoshima, and then the landing fleet landed there.

The fort was guarded by soldiers from a squadron of Japanese troops, and there was also a squadron of regular soldiers and seven squads of reservists near Kagoshima, and the Russo-Japanese War allowed the Japanese Army to complete the mobilization of reserves, which was also the best news for Japan.

Since most of the generals were fighting in the northeast, the Japanese prime minister asked General Okuhogong, who had returned to China to report on his duties, to serve as the commander of the national garrison. Full responsibility for the war on the ground. Admiral Okuho ordered the active forces of Kyushu Island to assemble and march in the direction of Kagoshima, striving to confine the Chinese Army to the vicinity of Kagoshima. And eventually drove it out to sea.

O's forces were overstretched, most of the active soldiers were in the northeast, and there were only three standing divisions on the mainland, two of which (the first division and the sixteenth division) were to be placed in the core area of Honshu Island and could not be mobilized. Another standing division, the 14th Division, was stationed on Kyushu Island, and the 14th Division was formed in the Fukuoka area only this year. to strengthen the forces of the Japanese and Russian fronts. The 19th and 20th Divisions of the DPRK and the garrison of Taiwan could not be mobilized due to the collapse of the navy. In addition, Kyushu was originally the front line of the local support for Tohoku, with more than 70,000 reserve soldiers, but there was an extreme shortage of weapons and artillery.

Okubogong organized the reserve soldiers into eight temporary independent brigades, and together with the 14th Division, they were organized into the Kyushu Garrison. The build-up of reservists took time, but the 14th Division was well prepared. After receiving an order at 3:40 p.m. on the 26th, he marched from the station of Saga to Kagoshima.

The 14th Division was not marching fast, mainly due to the lack of rail connections and the absence of a full-fledged road transportation system, so the commander of the 14th Division, Lieutenant General Utsunomiya, ordered the 18th Cavalry Regiment to be the first to rush to Kagoshima for reconnaissance and raids. The rest of the troops could only cover a distance of nearly 200 kilometers on foot, and it was expected to arrive in Kagoshima in three days.

Compared to the 1st Marine Regiment, the march was much faster, and the 40-kilometer journey took only three hours, thanks to the trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and other means of transportation that came with the transport ships. The Marine Corps is the first unit to realize motorized infantry in Zhen****, due to the attention of the above, the Marine Corps has become a motorized infantry in the envious eyes of the army, if it is not for the nearby traffic conditions can not be compared with the country, the speed of march can be faster.

The marines were galloping, and the Japanese could not have imagined that they would see the enemy in less than half an hour after receiving the order, they had just organized their troops and had not yet entered the combat state! In the astonishment, without waiting for the artillery regiment to set up artillery, the 2nd Marine Regiment launched a surprise attack, the first Japanese battery was guarded by more than 70 people, and after entering the position, they saw a row of shells flying over - it was the mortars of the 2nd Regiment, and then Jiang Fangzhen ordered the 1st Company of the 2nd Regiment to launch a frontal attack, and the 2nd Company attacked on the left flank. With more fights and less firepower, there is no need to pay attention to the main attack feint, the tactic is Mount Tai to the top!

Since the formation of the Zhenguo Army, their tactics have not changed much, artillery and machine gun suppression, infantry charge, submachine gun and pistol, grenade melee sweep, and the same is true for the marines. Jiang Fangzhen saw two companies of marines in the rear quickly rushing into the Japanese position, and ten minutes later sent a signal to annihilate the enemy, the second regiment occupied the first battery with lightning speed, and more than a dozen Japanese artillerymen were still struggling to move their artillery, hoping to provide fire support to the infantry brothers, and then they were all wiped out by the second regiment.

"Fang Zhen, if you continue to fight like this, my artillery regiment will not play a role at all, you see, the brothers have just unloaded the artillery from the truck and are arranging the artillery position, you just said that the battle is over, you knew that you would have informed it!" Zhang Runnong ran over to complain, he was also very excited when he encountered the first battle, but he didn't expect to be busy in vain.

"Runnong, didn't I say you, with so much strength in the fort, you can use your artillery regiment? I see you just follow behind our buttocks, and see how our second regiment occupies all the batteries! After Jiang Fangzhen finished speaking arrogantly, without waiting for Zhang Yunnong to answer, he ordered the second regiment to simply clean up the battlefield and continue to march to the next target! Zhang Runnong could only reluctantly order the artillery regiment to clean up and follow the second regiment. It seems that today is where there is no artillery regiment to play!

At 8 p.m., the 1st Marine Regiment arrived in Kagoshima, and the Japanese troops formed a 900-strong temporary infantry brigade of regular and reservist soldiers, built fortifications around Kagoshima and inside the castle, and planted explosives in the harbor. In addition, an armed squadron of 500 men was recruited from among the civilian population to assist the Japanese in the war.

Most of the civilians in the city are hiding in their houses, and the middle-aged man, Akasaka Hato, takes out his treasured katana and prepares to fight the Shina people. His ancestors were samurai warriors who fought with the daimyo and made a name for themselves as the people of Satsuma, and now he wants to inherit the will of his ancestors and serve the emperor! The streets were lined with scurry armed squadron soldiers, responsible for maintaining order and preparing for street fighting, shouting loudly for a decisive battle with the Chinese people.

"Tomomi, you take the child to hide in the bedroom, don't come out if you hear any sound!" Akasaka said to his trembling wife and two children.

In the darkness of the night, Kagoshima was silent, and suddenly, a flare slowly rose, and the signal for the attack was launched, and the 1st Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion launched the attack as the main attack. A regiment of infantry guns and mortars opened heavy fire on the Japanese positions, and in the flash of fire, the attacking soldiers saw the Japanese positions clearly.

The traces of bullets across the night sky frightened the soldiers, and the Japanese launched a counterattack under the rain of bullets, unable to aim accurately in the dark night, and the marines took advantage of it, and the overwhelming firepower allowed them to get close to the Japanese positions at a very small cost.

"Captain Aoki, the firepower of the Shina offensive is too fierce, and all the outer positions have been lost, and we have suffered heavy losses!" In the temporary headquarters, the herald reported to Captain Aoki.

"No artillery, it's too much of a loss!" Aoki said in his heart, the strength and firepower are not superior, the outer positions are shrouded in the artillery fire of the Shina army, and there are less than 100 people who have withdrawn, and there are only 500 soldiers and 500 armed civilians left in his own hands, and he can't fight hard with the Shina people in the field!

"Order to withdraw to Kagoshima City and use buildings as cover to snipe at enemy troops!" Aoki decisively ordered, it is now night, the enemy's firepower cannot be used in the city, he still has a chance, as long as he waits until the 14th Division arrives, it will be a victory! (To be continued.) )