Until the Japanese fleet withdrew 10 kilometers away, only one 305mm cannon continued to fire slowly and continuously from the shore-based artillery fire. The rest of the 130 guns were sporadically beaten, but because the visibility at night was extremely poor, it took a long time for each shot to aim at the moving battleship, so the low hit rate was terrifying.

Ito Yuhiro was sure in his heart, and it seemed that the shore defense force was like this. No matter how awesome their rapid-fire guns are, they can't reach the range now, and every qiē is zero. After all, land artillery could not catch up with naval artillery, both in terms of range and power.

On the other hand, their 150 and 152 guns can barely reach each other, of course, the accuracy is also poor and speechless.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the coastline was so dark that nothing could be seen, and the fishing boats were not lit at all. The landing force on both sides, all close to the shore, began to unload the infantry with all their might.

All kinds of information continued to converge on the flagship, and personnel of the naval and army commands, such as Yuhiro Ito and Oyama Iwa, gathered together to study and make decisions.

"Report! The scouts of the 2nd Strike Team on the right flank were blocked, and it had been determined that they were the enemy's militia forces, and their firepower was weak. The Marines landed at Xinyang Field without any hindrance, but they could not advance, and seemed to have entered the enemy's heavily defended area. ”

"Report! The Guzhenkou landing force made smooth progress, and no blocking force was found. The fishing villages on the shore have escaped us, and we have collected a considerable number of fishing boats, which can increase the speed of the landing operation. ”

This is the progress of the second team in the north. Ito Yuheng nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that the enemy's defense ability is the limit here. They only had time to inform the fishermen to evacuate, and they were in a hurry! ”

Dashanyan said indifferently: "In terms of the way the Manchus ruled. Such an outcome is not unexpected. Their forces are very weak and they are very careless. Without the suppression of officials, it is impossible to form an effective defense. However, we must not be careless, our enemy is very good at taking advantage of the advantageous terrain to set up defenses. ”

There have been several losses in this regard, and Dashanyan has done in-depth research. Although he did not get the details of the deployment of the Xianling position in Goryeodong, he was able to guess a thing or two from the descriptions of the soldiers and officers who participated in the battle.

On the fine coastal military map, he specially marked Langya Taishan, Silk Mountain, and Taigong Mountain. The Yang family's army was insufficient, so it could only rely on these dangerous places for defense. The coastline further to the county seat will be hit by the other side's shore-based artillery fire. That won't be able to complete the landing job.

The report of the 1st Attack Team in the South followed: "The 1st Team has landed on the shore of Haizhou Bay. But the Marines tried to cross the Embroidery River to approach the southern battery of Anton Guard. Met with resolute resistance! The enemy had already regained the fort's defenses. ”

"Huh?! They move so fast? ”

The news surprised the two commanders.

Both Muhonn and their own intelligence agents have repeatedly determined that Anton Wei has been in ruin for many years. The so-called Fort Hill and Acropolis have endured hundreds of years of war in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It's all a mess. The former coastal defense town. Now there is only one sentry guarded by the army.

Da Shanyan frowned slightly: "It should be that they carried the artillery up to the top of the mountain and arranged it temporarily." The caliber will not be too large. It shouldn't be a lot, but it's really annoying. It seems that we will only be able to land on the left bank of the Embroidery River. ”

He had to admit that Yang Jiajun's reaction speed was fast enough. The choice of position is also really good.

When Anton Wei had a city, he backed the three mountains and looked at the sea in the south, forming a key to intercept the land of Luzhong in the north. If the enemy wants to break through, he must take this place by force, otherwise he can only go west for a hundred miles to meet Yizhou, which is even more dangerous. What's more, it will be cut off from the way home, which can be described as a victory.

Now the situation is the same, if you want to enter the county north, you must occupy Antonwei. In this way, if you don't fight a tough battle, you probably don't want to go along with the past.

However, he was not particularly worried, he had brought the strength of a division to deal with a handful of civilian forces. With a ratio of ten to one, whether there is a natural position like Dongxian Ridge depends on how you can withstand the strong soldiers of the empire in the field!

Dashanyan did not hesitate to order: "The first and second attack teams will speed up the landing operation, and the troops that have already landed will immediately send a powerful force to resolutely attack the enemy in front!" Don't give them any chance to rest. ”

Bullying people with more people and fewer people is no longer easy to do. The soldiers are fast, and they must do everything they need to do before the Qing court intervenes.

"Hay! Do as you command! ”

The herald ran back cheerfully and hurried to the shore by boat.

On the northern defensive position, Yang Hao led the scouts back, sweating profusely. After entering the headquarters of the two cities, a group of people hula came up and asked, "What's going on ahead?" Did the little devil really come up? How many people do they have? ”

Most of them refused to leave, and stayed to help command the local squire. This is their homeland, there is no way to retreat, the old man can't hide in the mountains like a girl if he has eggs, he has to stay and help, and kill two devils to call it duty.

The only thing that is not good is that the discipline of these people is a mess, and they will swarm up when they encounter problems.

Yang Hao raised his arm and shouted, "Okay, okay!" Wait for me to catch my breath! ”

"That's that, Mr. Yang has worked hard, this black light is blind to go out in person, it's quite risky."

A group of people sneered and got out of the way, and when he drank a jar of water, wiped his sweat and came back, he briefly explained: "The devil team landed in Xinyangchang, and the team came at the entrance of the ancient town." It seems that there must be at least a few thousand people, and there are many warships pressing the formation, and the movement is not small. Tonight, I guess I don't want to stop. ”

"Then why don't we go up and smoke the cold first, and make some mess for them? You can't tell him to come up smoothly. ”

"That's it! If you want to say that our hometown is local, we all know where there are ditches and slopes, and the little devils are new, and we can't find the east, west, north and south. ”

"That's right! Hit him, hit him hard! The small nose of the dog's day does not let people have a peaceful life. That's a bit of a good harvest ....... ”

Thanks to the Yang family, they can keep up with the irrigation fertilizer for this year's autumn harvest, and they have good seeds from the United States. The grain output has more than quadrupled, and one acre of land can produce 300 catties! The strong laborers of the four miles and eight towns have made some money, and they are going to spend a fat winter beautifully, and the Japanese devils have come to rob them!

Although the two cities and Xinyangchang are now the boundaries of Zhucheng and belong to the jurisdiction of Qingzhou Mansion, they are two pieces of land with Yizhou Mansion, to which Rizhao belongs. The local people were affected early and made a fortune.

But the ancient town, Xiahezhai and Lingshan further north belong to Jiaozhou, which is the ground of Laizhou Mansion. Yang Hao's hand had just reached out, and it was a little beyond the reach of the whip. Although most of the fishermen and people listened to the shouts and hid, there were always some headshots who were lucky enough to admit death. Pole goods. If you fall into the hands of devils, you really don't know what will happen.

Yang Hao's heart was heavy, and he hurriedly reassured everyone: "Everyone, we don't have enough troops. There was no military support. Let civilians who are poorly trained and equipped go out rashly. That's going to kill you! It's still safe to hold the position, and it's not too late to wait for the devils to come up and clean them up. ”

If it was a small number of Japanese troops, they would fight somewhere else. He played guerrilla tactics and it didn't matter if he ran away.

However, it was a large group of men and horses attacking, and the ferocity and ruthlessness of the Japanese army were obvious, and if they were blocked along the way, not only would they not be able to bring effective damage, but they might provoke their violence and vent it on innocent civilians.

The Yang family did not use the common people as meat shields, and explained their cold temperament in the past with a light sentence of "indirect harm".

They would rather take a risk, but also gather the devils together as much as possible, give full play to their strengths, and hit them hard!

Everyone still believed in him more, and then dispersed one after another, continuing to help with logistics. Later, when the guns start, you can't jump around.

The southern battlefield is relatively better. After the official army completely surrendered the camp, Liu Yong led two companies to occupy the pigeon's nest, and first laid six 75mm mountain guns in the south fort. Subsequently, another six 122mm howitzers were deployed in the Aye Mountains behind. Condescending, overlooking the entire Anton Guard.

Digging a five-kilometer-long trench along the Xiuzhen River would make it extremely difficult for the Japanese to storm the beach or attack from the opposite bank.

At nine o'clock in the evening, a battle broke out between the two positions 70 kilometers apart, and the Japanese reconnaissance team was unceremoniously beaten back as soon as it appeared.

At the same time, Li Hongzhang also received a telegram from Qingdao, and when he saw that the Japanese army was actually heading towards Yang Hao, the old man was suddenly overjoyed: "Tell you kid to toss, this time it can be regarded as a disaster, right?" ”

After laughing, Li Hongzhang was very anxious, nothing else, the "Zhenyuan Ship" and the "Laiyuan Ship" are all there! If it is taken away by the Japanese army, it is like cutting meat from him.

In any case, the "Zhenyuan Ship" must not afford to lose.

He immediately called Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, to explain the matter, but the result was actually expected long ago.

Li Bingheng is his political enemy, a Qingliu faction. Because Yang Hao indirectly got rid of Weng Tongyi, and on the surface he cooperated with Li Hongzhang, he had long been unpleasant to Yang.

He had also heard about Yang Hao's repair of the battleship in Beiyang, but he refused to believe it. Rizhao County, where did the kind of shipyard come from? It must be that Li and Yang's partners are greedy for money.

The reason for this idea is not only Li Bingheng's consistent arrogance, but he only arrived in Shandong at the end of September and replaced his former governor, who had a good relationship with Li Hongzhang. Subsequently, he came to Jiaodong to inspect coastal defense, but he didn't have time to figure out the details of Yang's family.

Previously, Zhang Gaoyuan's 3,000 soldiers and horses had been mobilized to Laizhou, and before they could be transported to Liaodong, they were all pressed down by him and controlled by him. The officials in the province all asked to step up the recruitment of 20 battalions of recruits, but he did not allow all kinds of actions, and those who did not know thought that he was the internal response of the Japanese.

Right now, he has come to Yantai and is still on his way to patrol along the coastline. Regarding Li Hongzhang's emergency telegram, he just smiled coldly: "Li is exaggerating, what is the use of the Japanese to seize the Liaodong and Beiyang naval divisions and seek a small county in Rizhao?" Ignore him! ”

Having said that, he secretly ordered the mobilization of a battalion of flag soldiers from Qingzhou Mansion to be stationed in Yishui, to protect nearby, and beware of an eventuality.

However, this qiē confrontation, Yang Hao is still not clear. He didn't expect the officers above to help at all, and all his energy was spent on dealing with the Japanese army in front of him.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the marines of the Japanese forward on both flanks each gathered hundreds of men and horses, and with the help of dragging two small cannons, they each launched a night attack on the positions they had spied out in front.

But as soon as they rushed closer, there was a sudden explosion in the distance, and a group of cannonballs hurled and smashed down, and when they landed, they blew people on their backs, and their farts flowed!

The 75mm mountain guns deployed in front of them can reach an astonishing speed of 25 rounds per minute respectively, and they can each reach an astonishing speed of 25 rounds per minute.

Ito's fleet had only turned south at this time, and was shocked to receive this report. However, Dashan Yan was unusually calm: "This must be their army artillery." It has long been heard that they have an extremely high rate of fire, a long range, and a very powerful infantry gun, which must be an important line of defense for the reconnaissance troops to encounter them. ”

I'm not afraid that the other party won't contribute, I'm afraid that they won't be exposed. Being so impatient shows that they have lost their cool when their forces are stretched thin. Such an enemy can definitely be defeated lightly.

He didn't know that on the artillery position, the former firepower company and firepower platoon artillerymen who claimed to be veterans were teaching the recruits hand in hand: "Don't worry about ammunition consumption!" It's rare that this time you can let go and do a big job, practice hard, who can burn the cannon pipe at hand red, and there will be a lot of rewards on the top! If we do a good job, we will be able to upgrade to a special artillery battalion, and we will be the first in the whole world! (To be continued......)

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