The 6th Division is a prestigious division in the Japanese Army. Also known as the Kumamoto Division, it is well-equipped and has a brutal fighting style, and the Second Division (Sendai) is known as the two strongest and most effective units in the Japanese Army. Its predecessor was Kumamoto Towndai, which was established in 1873, and during the Southwest War, it was surrounded by the forces of the Satsuma clan led by Saigo Takamori in Kumamoto Castle, and it withstood Saigo's tidal attack with a strong will. In 1888, with the reform of the army, Jintai was renamed as a division, and Kumamoto Jintai became the 6th Division.

The 6th Division initially consisted of the 13th, 14th, 23rd, and 24th Infantry Companies, but later insisted on recruiting troops from southern Kyushu, such as Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima. Minami-Kyushu (Satsuma) gives people a strong impression of "black skin, bright red blood". Like Choshu, it was the driving force behind the Meiji Restoration, and the 6th Division also inherited the tradition of enthusiasm, courage, and decisiveness.

Whether it was the First Sino-Japanese War or the Russo-Japanese War, the Sixth Division always played the vanguard. In the First Sino-Japanese War, under the leadership of Heimu Weizhen, he landed on the Jiaodong Peninsula and took Weihaiwei in one fell swoop. In the Russo-Japanese War, it was attached to the 2nd Army in Obaogong. He participated in the Battle of Shahe and the Battle of Mukden, and performed extremely bravely. It's just that in the war with the Imperial Army, it was completely annihilated by the Imperial Army, which caused the Sixth Division to suffer heavy losses. Even if it was reorganized after the war, its combat effectiveness was much worse than before. However, during the period when the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army was generally declining rapidly, the Sixth Division still belonged to the well-deserved powerhouse of the Japanese Army. General Uchiyama Kojiro deployed the 6th Division in Fukuoka in the hope that if the Chinese Army landed in Fukuoka, the 6th Division would be able to resist the Chinese Army and inflict heavy damage on them.

Senior General Kojiro Uchiyama, who was far away in Kurume, received the news and was also shocked, and he didn't expect it at all. The Chinese Army will attack so quickly.

"Send a telegram to the 6th Division, telling them to resist the attack of the Chinese no matter what. I'll send reinforcements to reinforce him. In addition, I sent a telegram to Tokyo that the attack of the Shina people was about to begin, and I needed more troops. Especially heavy artillery units. Admiral Kojiro Uchiyama ordered. Before, he was still able to tolerate the procrastination of the people in the War Department. But now, with the Chinese Army's attack imminent, he can't wait. If we wait any longer, I am afraid that Kyushu Island and the Chinese Army will occupy it. He, the commander of the First Army on Kyushu Island, is afraid that he has already committed suicide.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." The staff officer immediately went to telegraph.

Fukuoka, Gen Beach. Only seven or eight kilometers from the coast, the two 'Five Emperor-class' battleships and two 'Zodiac-class' heavy cruisers of the Imperial Navy had already crossed the hull and were ready to open fire.

On the battleship 'Yao', Vice Admiral Li Dingxin, chief of staff of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy, looked at the time on his watch, it was already 7:05 and it was time to launch an artillery bombardment.

"Get ready to fire! Within half an hour, all the fortifications built by the Japanese were destroyed. Lieutenant General Li Dingxin ordered.

"Yes, General." The captain of the battleship Yao nodded.

The three triple guns of the battleship 'Yao' were equipped with 50 times the caliber of 381 mm. It had long been aimed at the positions of the Japanese Army on the beach. This is not the focus of the defense of the Japanese Army, the fortifications that were built. It's just a simple fortification. For the 381mm main guns of the 'Five Emperor-class' battleships of the Imperial Navy, it was completely vulnerable.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "At 7:08 a.m., the battleship 'Yao' of the Imperial Navy fired the first salvo, and 9 381-mm high-explosive shells, under the action of huge kinetic energy, flew out of the muzzle of the gun with a roar. Fly towards the positions of the Japanese Army.

Subsequently, the battleship 'Shun', as well as two 'Zodiac-class' heavy cruisers, also began shelling.

"Amaterasu! The navy of the people of China opened fire. Koji Ogawa, the captain of the 2nd Brigade of the 45th Company of the Japanese Army, turned pale. He was well aware of the positions his troops had built. It's completely a tofu slag project. If you want to resist the large-caliber naval guns of the Chinese Navy, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

"Boom!" A 381-mm shell fell on the beach and exploded violently. Even if the sand alleviates the shock wave of the shell, the explosion of such a large-caliber heavy artillery shell still has a feeling that the ground is shaking. After the smoke cleared, a large crater several meters in diameter was left on the beach.

Shells rained down on the beach one after another, and the sound of explosions continued to sound, and the entire beach was completely enveloped in gunsmoke. The fortifications built by the Japanese Army were easily razed to the ground in the violent explosions.

"Boom!" A 210 mm shell fell into a Japanese trench, and after the shell exploded, the entire section of the trench was flattened, and a small squad of Japanese officers and soldiers hiding in the trench were all reimbursed.

A point of machine-gun fire, hit by a 381-mm shell. In the violent explosion, the entire machine-gun fire point was blown into the sky. As for the heavy machine gun, it has already been blown into parts.

Under the fierce shelling of the Imperial Navy, the 2nd Brigade of the 45th Wing of the Japanese Army had a good experience of what the end of the world was. There were explosions everywhere, shrapnel was everywhere, and in front of the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell, the human body was so fragile, as if it was a fallen leaf, and it was swept into the air at once.

Stumps and broken arms, flying everywhere, the whole beach, blood stains everywhere, shocking, it was a hellish scene.

Originally, their brigade was sent to Xuanhai to garrison. They thought it was a good errand. After all, this is not a port area, and the Chinese Army will definitely not choose to land here. When the Chinese Navy shelled Fukuoka before, it blew the whole of Fukuoka into ruins. However, they deliberately let go of Minato. This led the Japanese Army to believe that the Chinese Navy intended to stay in the port area. The key place where the Sixth Division is deployed is also the port area. But who knows, the Chinese Army will do the opposite!

"Your Excellency Shaozuo, we have suffered heavy losses! My squadron, half of the people have been killed. If this continues, I'm afraid that before the people of China launch a landing operation, my people will die. A lieutenant squadron leader reported to Koji Ogawa.

"Yano-kun, I've already called His Excellency the Wing Commander, and His Excellency the Wing Commander will soon send reinforcements to reinforce us. Just hold on a little longer, and the victory will be ours. Koji Ogawa said.

"Hi, Your Excellency." Captain Junichi Yano nodded.

Although half an hour was not a long time, it was like a year for the Japanese troops who were bombarded by the Imperial Navy. In the heavy shelling of the Imperial Navy, the 45th Brigade of the 2nd Wing of the Japanese Army lost more than half. Those who survived by luck were also frightened one by one, and their morale was greatly affected. As for the fortifications they built, they had already been destroyed. Relying on these broken fortifications to withstand the attack of the Imperial Marines is undoubtedly more difficult than ascending to the sky.

"Where is the 1st Marine Division?" On the battleship 'Yao', Vice Admiral Li Dingxin asked.

The artillery bombardment of the Imperial Navy seems to have worked very well. The positions of the Japanese Army have almost been razed to the ground. There are certainly quite a few casualties. When the Imperial Marines landed, there was undoubtedly much less pressure.

"Chief of Staff, the 1st Marine Division, will arrive in half an hour." A staff officer reported.

Vice Admiral Li Dingxin nodded: "Battleships and heavy cruisers stop firing, light cruisers and destroyers are ready to fire." Large-caliber heavy artillery shells are too expensive, and there is no need to waste them anymore. ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff." The staff officer nodded.

Soon, two battleships and two heavy cruisers of the Imperial Navy stopped shelling. Five light cruisers of the 'Suzaku class' and six destroyers of the 'E class' began to fire on the beach. The 155-mm guns of the 'Suzaku-class' light cruisers and the 105-mm guns of the 'E-class' destroyers are undoubtedly much less powerful than the 381-mm guns. However, for the Japanese Army on the beach, it was still irresistible. After all, the naval guns of the navy, even if they are of the same caliber as the army's cannons, are much more powerful than the army's cannons. The weight of the cannons used by the army is often limited in order to facilitate long-distance transfers, which affects the power of the cannons. However, the artillery used by the Navy does not care about this.

Half an hour later, the 1st Division of the Imperial Marine Corps arrived on the battlefield. The Japanese positions on the beach were already as if they had been ploughed through by a plow.

"Thank you for the support of your naval brothers, brothers, it's time for us to see us. Let the 11th Battalion of the 1st Regiment go up. Fight to take the beach with one attack. Major General Liu Guannan, commander of the 1st Marine Division, said with a smile.

A few minutes later, more than 1,000 people from the 1st Battalion of the 11th Marine Regiment rushed to the shore on hundreds of landing craft. These landing craft, all powered by diesel engines, no longer require manpower to paddle as before. The speed can be as high as 25 knots. It only takes less than 10 minutes to rush from five kilometers to the shore. After reducing the time spent on the surface, the Marines were hit much less. After all, when the Marines charge at sea, it is when they are most dangerous. Once hit by a shell, the whole landing craft will have to be finished.

"The people of China began to land, entered positions and prepared for battle." Koji Ogawa shouted at the top of his voice. (To be continued.) )

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