The Fuso was Japan's first ironclad ship, and its construction featured an armored wall in the center of the hull deck, in which artillery was mounted to prevent direct hits from the battery.

Its armor is also thick enough, with the thickness of the gun room armor reaching 200 secrets, but it is only the most primitive wrought iron armor. Its defense is low, and at such a distance, for a 30x diameter 305mm gun, there is no obstacle at all!

An armor-piercing bullet destroyed the outer armor layer like a bamboo, and the explosion tore out cracks from the heart of its hull, and the power system collapsed in response, and then the ammunition that was triggered exploded, and the entire battleship was almost torn in half with a bang!

The stout pillar of fireworks soared into the air, repelling a shockwave visible to the naked eye in all directions. As a result, the waves set off a circular wave, which is spectacular and unbearable to look at.

Ito exclaimed, "Fuso ......!" ”

The second half of the words were stuck in my throat and I couldn't spit them out. He had already seen that it was the good deeds of the 305 cannon that seemed to have an inaccurate head, the complete destruction of a battleship with one cannon, and the terrifying destructive power!

It's still careless.

Whether he wants to admit it or not, he must deeply reflect on himself, and he should not be so careless. The other party is cunning and secretive, and has repeatedly made strange moves, why does he just not know how to learn a lesson? More than half of the tragic casualties in front of him should be recorded on his head!

Ito Yuheng gritted his teeth and scolded fiercely: "Bombard the shore artillery positions with all your might!" Bastard, bastard! Can't let them go, never! ”

At low speeds. The speed at which each battleship fired was actually very fast, but the accuracy was still not ideal, and messy explosions rose on land. There were no satisfactory results.

The Japanese, naturally, did not know that the artillery emplacements on the opposite side were very cleverly constructed. Ahead was covered by a thick breastwork, so don't try to blow it up unless you get close and bombard it with heavy artillery.

The long barrel of the gun is framed in the gap, and it is covered by multiple layers of nylon anti-throwing nets. With the low rate of fire of this era, hitting it is even an occasional hit. It is also impossible to explode completely. Not to mention, they don't stay in one position for long at all, not long after they start shooting rapidly. Ran out of shells in front of you, and immediately dragged it to transfer!

Three-kilometer-long artillery emplacements, which are very far apart from each other, are very open for Japanese ships. They can't go specifically to any corner. Messy and disorderly aiming, resulting in an outrageously low hit rate! Want to kill a target? Far from it!

Ito was probably aware of the problem, and was preparing to let the battleship concentrate on breaking it with one click, and by the way, dodge a little farther away from the dreaded 305mm cannon. Suddenly, ten speedboats sprang out one after another from behind the breakwater, maneuvering nimly on the surface of the sea at an astonishing speed, like a school of bloodthirsty sharks, firing and rushing in front of them!

There are Beiyang Navy personnel helpers. Ten gunboats all drove out, and the terrible strike density of 76mm rapid-fire guns. One or two hundred grenades were fired out in one go, and the Japanese ship that was caught off guard was violently bombarded. It didn't blast through the armor or the level deck, but it was enough to cause a nasty amount of destruction! Fragments flew wildly above the deck, causing a series of screams of terror.

"Damn fellow! Can't let them escape! Forward guns, port guns, immediately fire to intercept! ”

Ito Yuheng was angry and urged one after another. But it takes time to give orders, and it is very difficult to make all the warships see clearly the slow raising of the flag and the waving of the flag.

I don't know if it was his bad luck, or if the signal soldier was blown up and actually raised the wrong flag. The second guerrilla detachment on the left flank, believing that they did not need to intervene, maintained course and escorted the landing ships forward.

By the time Ito realized something was wrong, the ten speedboats had rushed out seven or eight kilometers like arrows from a string, out of range of their guns. Just run away, the guys didn't run far, they came in circles to the back of the fleet, and used their small cannons to fire in a mess, almost catching whoever was hitting whom, and there was no way to prevent it.

Ito had all the thoughts he had in mind to kill the herald! Such a damn thing can happen to him, which is unreasonable and even more helpless.

The continuous losses made His Excellency the Commander no longer dare to take it lightly. He knew that he didn't doubt that the tubes on the decks of those speedboats might have torpedoes. If they rush to the front with their speed, it will be a fatal trouble!

Will this battle continue? Ito asked himself how to grasp the sharp reduction from more than 80% to less than 40%.

But he was not in a hurry to make a decision, but asked Dashan Yan: "Your Excellency, the situation is not small from what we know in our intelligence, and for the sake of safety, I think the landing operation plan should be suspended." When we find out the true situation of the enemy army, it's not too late to update. ”

The conceited Dashan Yan refused without thinking: "No! No matter what difficulties we encounter, we must resolutely implement the plan drawn up by the base camp! As long as your navy can withstand the attack of enemy ships and our landing is successful, then victory will definitely be ours. At least for now, isn't it already attracting the power of their artillery fire? ”

"But...... And if the enemy has more artillery? ”

Dashan Yan sneered: "What kind of army do you think they are, British?" Or the Germans? French? Or even the Russians? No, it's neither. They're just a bunch of people with strange intentions! The amount of artillery fire exposed at the front was much greater than that of our army. This is already the limit, if there are more, then it is better for the empire to directly admit defeat! ”

What the army artillery looks like, Oyama Rock confidently knows all the conditions.

There is no doubt that the opponent is using naval rapid-fire guns to resist. If the army has so many powerful and large-caliber artillery to participate in the war, then what kind of strength is there to fight!

He himself was not only a rare outstanding commander in Japan, but also an artillery expert, personally designing a 120mm land gun. If you want to talk about the understanding of artillery, he considers himself the second in Japan, and no one dares to say that it is the first.

At the same time, his conducting style is extremely steady and determined. and even the stubborn Cheng dù. Among the Japanese soldiers, such a commander-in-chief who purely advocated attacking, repeatedly attacking until victory, and rarely considered political factors. It's an anomaly. But it was precisely this style that played an irreplaceable and decisive role in creating an army that fused German tactics with the spirit of Japanese bushido.

Ito Yuheng saw that he couldn't persuade him, so he didn't bother anymore.

In fact, he himself swallowed this breath, he gave up halfway, and was still scared back by the other party's ground firepower, how could he have the face to face the military colleagues of the empire in the future?

You can't admit defeat!

The remaining eleven battleships struggled to survive the opponent's blow and turn. While the most prominent side of the hull was revealed, the largest number of guns were aligned on the shore. The explosion of the bombardment was more than doubled in a flash!

Counter-attack fire on the shore weakened. The density of the hit is less than one-third, and the landing point is relatively messy. Even if there was a hit, it was not enough to penetrate the heavy armor, and the explosion could only destroy the deck superstructure. For battleships. This is an acceptable blow.

The only threatening 305mm gun. The frighteningly low velocity was still being fired, but it was clear that the aim could not keep up, and once the ship moved, they were prone to miss.

"It turns out that it's not as powerful as I imagined."

Ito Yuhyung secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he was actually frightened by the coldness. The other party is the level of these three-plate axes, right? As long as they are all destroyed, what ability do they have to show people?

The battleships were running slowly in a row, and hundreds of shells were fired from large and small gun ports! Opposite artillery positions. It seems to have turned into a hell of fire. It seems that the casualties should be very severe.

The ten speedboats also seemed to be in a hurry. Several times in a row they accelerated from the side, constantly harassing them with small artillery strikes, trying to draw attention to them, but not once did they succeed.

Before you know it, an hour flies. Escorted by two guerrilla fleets, two troop carriers anchored near the coast, and the accompanying marines rushed ahead and touched the beachhead in small boats to reconnoiter ahead.

Yang Hao personally ran to the beach with the officers and the reconnaissance platoon, and when he saw the speed of the Japanese army's movements, he couldn't help but pat his head: "How did I forget this stubble!" ”

The landing operations of this era were not landing craft that washed into the beach in World War II. It is necessary to use small boats to transfer soldiers to the shore little by little, and it is not possible to get up quickly! Historically, when the Japanese army landed at Huayuankou, it took half a month for 25,000 people to complete the transfer.

Although the current landing conditions are better, and the enemy troops are divided into two routes, it is unrealistic to expect them to send people up quickly, and some of them wait.

Yang Hao immediately called Yang Haiwei: "Dad, can you hold it over there?" This little devil is estimated to come up for a day and a night! Your pressure to lure the enemy is not small! ”

Yang Haiwei snorted coldly: "Defend your position, don't be careless, and let the Japanese army take risks." There is a tradition for small groups of devils to rush into assaults, and beware of their vanguard troops who disregard orders in order to grab credit. ”

"Understood!"

Yang Hao thought that this was indeed the case, and it was not right to guess the Japanese army with common sense. It's normal for them to do unexpected things, but it's better to be careful.

Yang Haiwei is actually not easy now. With land artillery against naval artillery, there is no innate advantage. He had to ensure that the enemy's landing force came up before launching a fierce counterattack, and he had to make less efforts to lure the enemy first.

As a result, the pressure on the artillery positions is greater. Even if there is a lot of preparation, there is always a case in the process. In these years, artillery shells that are not accurate at long distances will become a deadly threat, so that the artillery that wants to transfer positions according to the plan does not dare to move.

Fortunately, the heavy guns that did not fire were heavily protected and would not be destroyed by the hits of the ship's guns with straight ballistics.

At six o'clock, the sun was setting in the west, and the Japanese army began to intensify the landing operation.

After Ito commanded the fleet to sweep across the front, he began to accelerate the left-hand rudder turn, preparing to continue the bombardment of the beachhead with his port guns.

Yang Haiwei lost no time in ordering artillery fire to return fire, and the artillery group that had been silent for half an hour suddenly became active, at the beginning, the 85mm cannon was a ten-round rapid fire pattern, and more than 100 shells flew eight kilometers away, and smashed intensively at the battleship on the shore!

The slow-moving "Hashidate" was hit by five or six shells one after another, and the explosion flew the wooden planks around the command tower, and the flames flew everywhere! For some time, even the artillery did not dare to show their heads!

Ito's nose is almost crooked - what kind of artillery is this? The caliber is not large, the power is not small, the rate of fire is so fast, and it can hit so far. Could it be that the damn Yang family made a new type of artillery?

Da Shanyan's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly thought that if this was really army artillery, what a terrible fate would it be for his troops to collide with it!

He began to seriously consider the previous building. But let him retreat without a fight, it is absolutely impossible. In any case, you have to give it a try. Even if the enemy army has a secret, then you must find out the secret and get your hands on it!

Steam-powered warships can't grow faster, and their maneuverability isn't much better. All the wounded were the eleven boats that twisted half of their bodies, and just when the port guns were ready, Yang Haiwei ordered all twelve 130 guns to fire, and five rapid fires in one minute, mixed between the 85 guns, rushed to the Japanese ships like a swarm! (To be continued......)