On several heights of Vladivostok Fortress, Russian machine gunners in the trenches were using the only dozen or so M1910 Maxim heavy machine guns to strafe the attacking expeditionary force.

Halleym? The 7.62×54 mm R ammunition fired by this derivative of the Maxim machine gun swept away the expeditionary force rushing towards the high ground. However, behind these sacrificial expeditionary officers and soldiers, more expeditionary officers and soldiers are constantly rushing up.

Among the officers and soldiers of the expedition who launched the attack, there were also soldiers who set up mortars, 37 infantry guns and other weapons to counterattack the Russian troops on the high ground.

"These old hairy people are really tenacious!"

Looking at the Russian soldiers who were still holding their positions under the attack of the expeditionary force without fear of death, Yin Changheng slowly put down the binoculars.

And the commander of an infantry division beside Yin Changheng also nodded.

"Yes, our shelling has been going on for a whole day, and it's amazing how these Russians can still be so tenacious..."

Behind the infantry division commander, some of the other officers also nodded in agreement.

In the early days, when the expeditionary force landed on the shoal, it was still very smooth, and the defenders in Vladivostok did not come out to attack the expeditionary force that was landing—————— but it is no wonder, after all, there are only a few thousand defenders in the entire Vladivostok, and not far from the landing site is the expeditionary fleet, even if Gunokov really sent people out to attack, I am afraid that after the attack, he may not be able to return alive, not to mention whether the so-called attack will be a meat bun beating a dog.

The expeditionary force, which had successfully landed, brought up all the heavy artillery needed for the artillery unit after transporting all the infantry ashore by landing craft.

Later, after a day's rest, the expeditionary force began to build fortifications on the periphery of Vladivostok, and at the same time, the artillery units that had been prepared began to bombard several highland fortifications outside Vladivostok for a whole night.

Although the expeditionary fleet floating on the sea did not participate in this process because of the need to guard against himself, the artillery unit equipped with heavy artillery such as 210mm cannons and 280mm heavy howitzers still caused heavy losses to the Vladivostok defenders.

Of course, it was not only the defenders of Vladivostok who suffered the heavy losses, but also the Russian people living in it, but at this time, neither Yin Changheng nor Gunokov could take care of them.

Because the time limit given by Yan Guang this time was to take Vladivostok within half a month, and the time limit set by Yin Changheng for himself was to take it within a week, so the second expeditionary force under the shelling had already launched a fierce attack on the fortress under his orders..."Quick, fast, fast!! ”

Seeing that Makqin on the high ground was dumbfounded for a while because of the mortar, Lin Cong beckoned behind him.

And more than a dozen of Lin Cong's subordinates also followed one by one after seeing Lin Cong's gestures.

In a few moments, an entire squad was hiding in a crater that belonged to the Heavy's dead end.

"Squad leader, what should I do now?"

Hiding in the crater means that they will no longer be attacked by the machine gunners above, so after hiding in the crater, the officers and men of more than a dozen expeditionary forces breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after breathing a sigh of relief, the deputy squad leader still asked Lin Cong like this, after all, their task was to take the high ground, not hide in the crater.

And Lin Cong said hatefully after looking at the Makqin on the high ground who had reopened fire.

"Xiao Wang, is there a way?"

The little Wang in Lin Cong's mouth is the sniper in the class.

And that Xiao Wang heard Lin Cong's voice, stroked the back of the gun and said lightly.

"I'll try."

It's no wonder that Xiao Wang would say this, although the machine gunner on the high ground is also within the range of the sniper rifle, but the M1910 Maxim equipped by the Russians is the same as the Maxim machine gun equipped by China, which is equipped with a shield.

The sniper rifle in Xiao Wang's hand, which was modified from the Mauser 98, although it uses a very lethal 8mm rifle cartridge, it is not easy to penetrate the shield of Makqin.

Sure enough, after leaning out and looking, Xiao Wang decisively retreated.

"No, it's shielded..."

"Damn it!" Lin Cong had no choice. "If you really can't do it, just wait and see if there's any chance like that just now..."

After listening to Lin Cong's words, the others also nodded.

Fortunately, there seemed to be a lot of such opportunities, at least after hundreds of mortars had been erected, the chances became quite numerous, so it didn't take long for the Maxim on the high ground to be muted again.

Although it was not clear how long the machine gun would be silent this time, Lin Cong still took this opportunity and rushed towards it with the people in the class. And the other expeditionary officers and soldiers behind Lin Cong also rushed up.

Not long after, when two Russian soldiers replaced the two machine gunners who had just been killed, Lin Cong's squad had already rushed to the high ground and jumped into the fortifications.

"Lao Li, Lao Liu!!"

After using the 11.43mm Browning pistol in his hand to knock away a Russian soldier who came out, Lin Cong shouted loudly without turning his head.

As soon as the shouting fell, a soldier who followed closely behind Lin Cong had already used the 18.5mm shotgun in his hand to knock the Russian soldier in the fortification upside down and fly back.

The ferocity of the shotgun frightened Lao Maozi, but Lao Li just shot twice, and an even more fierce one came later.

"Quick, get out of the way!!"

After shouting twice, the old willow in Lin Cong's mouth had already rushed to the fortification with a weapon that looked strange to the Russians, and then this strange-looking weapon knocked down more than a dozen Russian soldiers who were ready to drive the expeditionary force down like a raging storm.

Type 18 submachine gun, this is the official name of this strange weapon, the code name [梼杌] is taken from the four murderers of ancient times, from the ancient book [Divine Sutra]: "There are beasts in the Western Wilderness." Its shape is like a tiger and dog hair, two feet long, human face and tiger feet, pig teeth, and the tail is one foot and eight feet long. Disturb the wilderness, the name of the 梼杌. One is arrogant, the other is difficult to train. ”

will take the name [梼杌], one is because this weapon is ruthless enough, and the other reason is that it is difficult to train, because although the firepower of this weapon is fierce, if you use a rookie, then it is difficult to grasp when firing with all your strength.

Of course, the literary name of [梼杌] was given by a relatively learned [chief], and among the low-level officers and soldiers, there is actually another name, that is, [gas lamp], because the [梼杌] when firing is like a gas lamp that has just been lit... The submachine gun was developed in the Ministry of Defence in conjunction with the semi-automatic rifle.

The development of the two types of weapons went smoothly, after all, it was supported by the financial resources of the entire country, and in the bidding of several major arsenals, the current Type 18 [梼杌] submachine gun successfully won the bid.

It should be noted that the Type 18 submachine gun is the same as the later Type 85 submachine gun in appearance, but because the barrel is longer than the Type 85 submachine gun, it is about the same as the Type 85 micro-punch.

And in the overall length, the overall length reached 869 mm (with the butt open) and 631 mm with the butt folded. The historical Type 85 submachine gun had a total length of only 628 mm with the butt open and 444 mm with the butt folded. (Both dimensions are described according to the real dimensions of the Type 85 micro punch and Type 85 submachine guns) At the same time, unlike the Type 85 submachine gun, the Type 18 submachine gun also has a handguard on the barrel, so that the soldier can directly hold the handguard for design. This will be done because the Type 18 submachine gun can use a drum of 100 rounds in addition to a magazine of 30 rounds ... It's okay to say when using a magazine, but when you use a drum, you can't let a soldier hold on to the drum and shoot, right? And each soldier has his own preferences, and many soldiers still prefer to shoot directly by grabbing the handguard ... In addition, the Type 18 submachine gun used 9mm pistol cartridges, which caused a certain amount of controversy in the army, because the Wehrmacht used 11.43mm caliber Browning pistols at that time, and if the Type 18 submachine gun used 9mm pistol cartridges, then the Wehrmacht was prone to confusion in logistics, and after getting used to the high-power 11.43mm bullets, the generals did not trust the 9mm bullets very much.

Yan Guang didn't pay much attention to this, because he remembered that many military powers in later generations were equipped with submachine guns of different calibers and pistol calibers. In fact, this article was easily passed later, because if the 11.43mm pistol cartridge was used, the Type 18 submachine gun had to be reloaded. In addition, the penetration of the 11.43mm pistol cartridge is relatively poor, and the recoil is too large to control when used on a submachine gun, so the 9mm pistol cartridge was finally determined.

However, as a symbol of uncompromising, the generals of the army still demanded that the Type 18 submachine gun must be designed as a submachine gun that can use 11.43mm pistol cartridges after replacing some parts. In this regard, it is about the same as the M3 submachine gun of the United States in the future.

The ——————————-18 submachine gun was finalized in 17 years, and it was put into production at the end of 17 years and almost 18 years, so although China's industrial capacity was not weak at this time, it only produced less than 10,000 pieces.

Moreover, of these 10,000 branches, more than 6,000 branches were sent to Central Asia and the Caucasus, and the Russians were used to test the surnames of these weapons, and the remaining more than 3,000 branches, because the army of the expedition to Vladivostok was not combative, so almost all of them were allocated to the expeditionary force troops.

Fortunately, although more than 3,000 guns are not very many, in the Wehrmacht, this new type of weapon is also distributed according to squads, and each squad is only allocated one, so more than 3,000 submachine guns are enough.

And in the country, the rest of the submachine guns that are being produced are all replenished to the Northeast ... Since the expeditionary force left the port of Tianjin, more than 1,000 branches have been produced so far... However, although it was only one for each squad, this time it was all equipped with 100 rounds of drums, and the Type 18 submachine guns were not comparable to those Russians who still used Mosin Nagant.

Therefore, although they were suppressed by Lao Maozi with Makqin for a while on the way to attack, after the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force rushed to the high ground, they began to retreat under the suppression of the Type 18 submachine gun.

Especially after the troops behind also followed, and cooperated with Lin Cong and others, who rushed up first, to seize the high ground, under the suppression of a few submachine guns, the defenders of the high ground soon had to withdraw from their positions.

"Damn, let them get the Chinese back!!"

Seeing through the telescope that the defenders on the high ground were being knocked out of the high ground by the expeditionary force one by one, Gunokov roared angrily after putting down the binoculars.

However, no matter how angry he roared, it would be useless, because the defenders of Vladivostok were too few, and a few thousand defenders were not enough to defend Vladivostok, let alone send any strong support to the defenders on the high ground.

Besides, what if support is sent? The firepower of a squad of the Wehrmacht is fiercer than that of a platoon of the Russian army, and it is not inferior to it in all aspects, and even surpasses the Russian army by a lot. Especially in terms of morale, the Russians, whose motherland has been changed from dynasty to generation, cannot be compared with the expeditionary force.

After all, after taking Iraq and Kazakhstan and other places, China is undoubtedly in its heyday.

"Rush, rush, rush!!"

After taking the high ground, Lin Cong and the others rushed towards the other fortifications again.

And after seeing Lin Cong and others rushing up, the Russian soldiers guarding the fortifications also hurriedly used Mosin Nagant and other weapons to block them.

It's just that the firepower of the Russians is too poor, although the accuracy of the Type 18 submachine gun is not enough, and the 18.5mm shotgun is not suitable for long-range shooting, but under the suppression of several 40mm grenade launchers, Lin Cong and others quickly rushed into other fortifications.

Soon under the slaughter of the Type 18 submachine guns, the Russian troops with Mosin Nagant either died on the high ground or retreated to the second line of defense..."Commander, it seems that it may not take seven days for us to take Vladivostok..."

Seeing that the front-line officers and soldiers had taken the high ground on the outskirts of Vladivostok so quickly, the division commander who had just opened his mouth to talk to Yin Changheng said.

Although Yin Changheng didn't answer, the smile on his face still revealed his mood at the moment.

In the days that followed, the expeditionary force that launched the attack won successive victories.

Although the terrain of Vladivostok and the small number of Maxim machine guns of the defenders posed a certain obstacle to the Wehrmacht, as long as the officers and men of the expeditionary force rushed to the high ground, even the brave Russians had to be defeated in the face of the overwhelming firepower superiority of the officers and men of the expeditionary force.

In just three days, Yin Changheng's expeditionary force has taken all the positions on the periphery of Vladivostok, and only Vladivostok is still in the hands of the Russians.

As for Yin Changheng, the current Yin Changheng is very confident that in the remaining four days, he will take the fortress of Vladivostok, so that China can completely recapture Vladivostok—————— a port of great significance, although after recovering Lushun, this port may not be meaningful.

As with the smooth operation in Vladivostok, the expeditionary force to the north of Sakhalin also dispersed the Russian troops in the north without incident.

Speaking of which, Yan Guangzhi wants to thank the Russians well. Because although he warned the defender of Vladivostok in Vladivostok, Gunokov, in Sakhalin, who controlled the south, launched an attack on the Russians in the north.

It's just that because he didn't have too many troops in Sakhalin, although the Russians in the north had many difficulties and morale was not very good, he finally repelled the people who went north.

It was also because the Russians bought some time for the expeditionary force that the expeditionary force to Sakhalin was able to defeat the Russian defenders in the north before they took the northern part of Sakhalin Island, and then successfully pocketed the northern part of Sakhalin.

The fact that the expeditionary force had taken Sakhalin so smoothly made the southern army very unhappy, so after receiving some support, a wing of the expeditionary force launched an attack on the northern expeditionary force.

However, although the expeditionary force that landed in the northern part of Sakhalin had only one regiment, which was more than 1,000 men less than one of his own wings, the expeditionary force, which was equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, naturally defeated his own attack by virtue of its superior firepower and training quality that was not much weaker than that of himself.

Moreover, at the same time as the defeat, the expeditionary force also successfully launched a counterattack, chasing and killing along the way, almost driving all the people who were in Sakhalin into the sea—————— if there were not a few warships that suddenly appeared.

However, his navy did not dare to make a move, because not long after that, several cruisers covering the landing force appeared in the nearby waters. Looking at these latest cruisers with a speed of at least 30 knots per hour, those old cruisers that were only more than 20 knots at most and still powered by steam engines could only wait for the order from Tokyo with a sense of revenge.

At this time, the expeditionary force that landed in Sakhalin, after being supplemented by a regiment, also began to consolidate the defense in Sakhalin, especially the newly captured places that originally belonged to Yue himself, and built a large number of fortifications. In several other places suitable for landing in Sakhalin, the expeditionary force also built several temporary batteries, and asked for more than a dozen 210mm cannons and 150mm cannons from Vladivostok—————— anyway, the situation on Vladivostok's side was decided, and those large-caliber howitzers were not needed to press the formation.

And looking at these large-caliber cannons, he himself who was confronting the expeditionary force detachment in the nearby sea area also became more and more afraid to act rashly.

You must know that in modern history, it is not uncommon for warships to be sunk and injured by port coastal defense shells, not to mention far away, the Battle of the Dardanelles two years in advance, the British suffered heavy losses there, and even battleships sank a few.

In the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, the British also launched several attacks in order to reduce the value of this port, but the final result was that it was sunk and several warships were damaged... At this time, the Sakhalin fleet in the Sakhalin Sea was composed of cruisers, and almost all of them were second-class cruisers, that is, light cruisers, and there were not no first-class cruisers of the 10,000-ton class, but there was only one, and it was one of the foremen.

These cruisers were almost all built before the dreadnought period, although the dreadnought has little to do with these cruisers, but these old ships will definitely not have a chance to enjoy such a fashionable thing as a steam turbine.

Therefore, these old ships that have been around for many years cannot compete with the detachment in the Sakhalin Sea, after all, the cruisers of the detachment are equipped with the latest artillery, the latest armor and the latest steam turbines.

And at the same time that it is impossible to confront the detachment, let alone the trouble of finding an expeditionary force on the shore, after all, the cannons deployed by the expeditionary force at several landing sites are not vegetarian.

Although the 210mm and 150mm cannons are certainly not comparable to the 300mm caliber guns of battleships and cruisers, they are by no means capable of being borne by these small cruisers.

Especially the 210mm caliber cannon, if it is really hit by a naval gun of this caliber, it is easy for these second-class cruisers to be [one shot into the soul], even if it is a 10,000-ton first-class cruiser, it is difficult to say, after all, the main gun caliber of these first-class cruisers is only about 200mm..."Damn, why haven't those bureaucrats in Tokyo come up with a way yet?!" ”

In the waters near Sakhalin, looking at the very arrogant expeditionary detachment, the commander of the fleet cursed hatefully after slamming the bulkhead with his fist.

—————————— at the same time as the commander was cursing viciously, in Tokyo, Saionji Konobo and others were also discussing what was happening in Sakhalin.

In fact, the commander really wronged them in Saionji, because Saionji Gongwang didn't want to support Sakhalin. Or simply fight with the Chinese and teach them a hard lesson.

In particular, some admirals hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to completely crush China's expeditionary fleet in Vladivostok, and then attack China's four major shipyards in Tianjin, Shanghai, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou, destroying all four battleships and four battle cruisers that were working at the same time, as well as countless cruisers of the first and second rank.

You must know that for me, the new warships under construction in these shipyards are like a thorn in the side. For example, Rokuro Yashiro even dreamed of destroying all the battleships in the shipyard.

Especially after Yan Guang set a target for the Navy to start construction of at least two battleships and two battle cruisers per year, and gave the Navy great support when the finances were abundant... It's just..."There's no money..."

After looking at the information provided by the navy and glancing at the minister of Osashira Province with a bitter face, Saionji Gongwang glanced at Yashiro Rokuro with a wry smile.

That's right, the most important thing for Yue Ben now is not whether they want to fight or not, but whether they have the money to fight.

You must know that in the Battle of Shandong, they lost a lot of money, especially in Longkou Bay, four battleships and two battle cruisers, as well as countless first-class and second-class cruisers and other large and small destroyers... Although in history, Ben also took advantage of the opportunity of the European war to make a fortune, making itself from a debtor country to a debtor country. However, China, which is different from history, has robbed Yuben of many opportunities to make a fortune, so the current Yuben still has huge financial problems.

Debtor countries or something are still an unattainable dream.

Therefore..."Alas..."

With a long sigh, Yashiro Rokuro also understood the difficulties of Saionji Gongwang, so he just wanted to get an explanation now, and he would have an explanation in the future.

However, this explanation is not easy to give, because it is to be responsible, so it was a stalemate for a long time, but in front of Emperor Taisho, the Saionji Gongwang still did not mention anything.

But just when it was so deadlocked, the Minister of Foreign Affairs suddenly ran in.

"Good news, good news!! The British and Americans are willing to give us financial support!! ”

"What !!"

Hearing this, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang and the others all stood up, and then glanced at each other with joy.

"Is this true?!"

(To be continued)