Although the most suitable place for landing is Longkou Bay, there are many locations near Longkou Bay that can barely land, but there is no port wharf, and the efficiency is much lower. However, considering that it was impossible for the Japanese to allow them to land in Longkou Bay, this problem seemed like a no-brainer.

Twice in a row, it was heavily damaged by submarine forces, and at this time the Japanese army had very few ships at its disposal. Most of them were old cruisers, only a few destroyers were still new, and the task of the "Hiei" battle cruiser and the "Settsu" quasi-dreadnought was to take them to patrol the waters near Longkou Bay.

However, after two consecutive heavy losses, the losses of the Japanese army were still too great, and the result was that there were many loopholes in the blockade line at sea, and Liu Guangyuan and they passed through this loophole.

Standing on the bridge of the ship, watching the waves being lightly divided under the high-speed sailing of the ship, Liu Guangyuan's face showed a hint of joy.

Because not far away, the land is already shaky and visible.

"God forbid, it's finally safe..."Standing beside Liu Guangyuan, his chief of staff Zeng Quan also said with some joy.

Along the way, he was always worried about what if he ran into a Japanese. Although the size of the cruising fleet may not be larger than that of the escort fleet, if people really don't want to die and only stare at them, whether the escort fleet can win in the end is not mentioned for the time being, and their group of landlubbers will definitely have to feed the fish under the water.

What's more, this place is not far from Longkou Bay, and there must be more than one Japanese fleet cruising nearby, if you really want to do it. They probably didn't have much to do but turn around and run away immediately.

"Whatever that is, just dock right away. Just send us ashore and the rest will be easy..."

Seeing that Zeng Quan was still worried there, Liu Guangyuan smiled, and then said to the captain beside him.

"Yes!"

Nodding, the bearded captain hurriedly gave the order, and soon the entire fleet began to move closer to the shore.

You can already see the land in the distance, but the sea is endless. The view is very good, and there are many places that can be seen from a distance, usually from a great distance. Isn't there such a saying, Wangshan runs a dead horse. Yan Shao had a similar experience in the past, walking to one of the city's more famous scenic spots, because it was tall and there were no high-rise buildings around. So you can see it from afar.

As a result. At that time, Yan Shao didn't walk for more than half an hour, and the damn attraction was still far away, and he didn't know how long it would take to get there. In the end, I had no choice but to take a taxi, and then the car walked for more than 10 minutes, and I arrived...

So although they had already seen the land in the distance, it took Liu Guangyuan and them a while to reach the shore. There were no landing craft and no landing ships in this era. This has been said for a long time, so I want to dock. The only way to do this is to paddle through it in a dinghy...

"Okay, let's get the soldiers moving..."Seeing that it was impossible to get any closer, Liu Guangyuan ordered.

When they learned that they had arrived at their destination, the soldiers on board were already ready, and seeing that the fleet was gradually moored on the water, the soldiers on the transport ship quickly boarded the wooden boats, and then were placed on the sea in turn with the help of the sailors...

In a short time, the sea was filled with wooden boats loaded with army soldiers, hundreds of wooden boats slowly rowing towards the land like small fish, and in the nearby seas, the ships in charge of escorting were closely patrolling.

Unlike Japan, the army and navy of the Wehrmacht certainly have some contradictions, but they have not yet reached the point where they want each other to die, so the navy is very serious when carrying out the escort, and some naval officers and colonels have even made up their minds that even if their own gang dies, they must let the army's group of 'landlubbers' go on the road safely ―――――― ashore?

Thankfully, the Japanese didn't seem to notice their movements, so a qiē was smooth.

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On the shore, some small boats had already docked, and a large number of army officers and men jumped from the small boats and then waded through the water to the shore. On the small boats, the sailors managed to row the boat back to the fleet, and the speed was much faster because the load on the boat was much lighter than when they came.

On the other hand, seeing that there was already a battalion of soldiers ashore, Liu Guangyuan and Zeng Quan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Gradually, more soldiers landed on the shore. First a battalion, then a regiment ...

This time, in order to fight smoothly, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili made some arrangements for Liu Guangyuan's division, which was also to reduce the time spent. First of all, the military band must not be brought, after all, they are landing operations this time, and it is useless to ask for a military band. The second is the cavalry, because this is a tough battle, it is basically useless to ask for cavalry, and it is very troublesome, so before leaving, Cai Ye has left the cavalry behind.

In addition, in order to fight smoothly, artillery must be brought.

Although the 75mm gun was a little heavier, the wooden sampans were still mounted. There are also mortars, this time Cai Ye and they also specially prepared some for Liu Guangyuan―――――― a new batch of artillery was delivered not long ago, so now Cai Ye and they happen to have a batch of redundant ones.

On the sea, those sampan boats were rowing to the shore first, and on land, the army soldiers who had landed did not rest, but looked for suitable places in the vicinity, and then built fortifications nearby, lest their tracks be discovered by the Japanese and driven into the sea...

There was no wharf here, so it could only be transported by sampan boats, and the officers and men on the shore did not think of building a wharf to come out, not even the sappers.

According to Liu Guangyuan, they are landing this time, and they are still landing on their own territory, and the task is very simple, that is, to occupy the town with a wharf. As long as the town can be taken, there will be a wharf. And if you don't win it, even if you have a dock, it's useless...

In a sense, they are also fighting against the water. So the morale of the whole division was very high―――――― was forced...

Seeing that the army on the shore was gradually increasing, Liu Guangyuan looked at Zeng Quan and took a moment. Both nodded at the same time.

"So, let's go..."

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After disembarking from the ship, Liu Guangyuan and Zeng Quan boarded the sampan together, and then rowed to land with the help of the sailors.

A few hours later, when the last soldier finally landed ashore, the land was already full of army men, about 17,000 people.

The landing was delivered on a battalion basis, one battalion at a time. Once ashore, the troops will be integrated according to the original structure, so even if the shore is already crowded. But the establishment has not become chaotic.

"Divisional commander, did you act according to the original plan?"

After talking to his subordinates for a while, Zeng Quan came to Liu Guangyuan's side and said softly.

"Hmm...," Liu Guangyuan nodded. Immediately set off, we must seize Longkou Town before the Japanese react..."

"Yes!"

On the other hand. The navy, which had been anchored on the coast, gradually moved. Their mission is not only to escort the army to land, but also to provide a certain amount of fire cover when the army attacks Longkou Town...

At this time, there were many ships in Longkou Town that could not move due to damage caused by the last submarine attack, and some of them were even battleship-level. With the army alone, although it is not impossible to take Longkou Town, the casualties will definitely not be small, so the assistance of the navy is needed.

It's just that this assistance...

The Army's casualties may be smaller. But the casualties of the navy were...

However, the people in the navy were also well aware of the importance of this battle, so they had no intention of backing down. After all, no matter how you look at it, the situation of the army is much more dangerous than theirs, it happens to be surrounded by enemy groups, if they can't beat it, they can still run away, if the army people have a problem...

I really can't run if I want to...

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Longkou Town, due to the urgency of the war, a lot of fortifications have been built inside and outside the town, but at this time, the battle is still dozens of kilometers away from Longkou Town, so the Japanese army in the town is not very tightly guarded.

After all, no one could have imagined that the Chinese would dare to do it, even the Japanese.

Because according to the intelligence of the Black Dragon Society, the main ships of the Chinese fleet are still stationed in the south, and with the strength of the Chinese fleet in the north, it is not possible to compete with the Japanese fleet in Longkou Bay.

So the Japanese are very relieved...

However, the frequent bad news from the front still hit the morale of the Japanese army, so the Japanese army in charge of guarding the town looked somewhat decadent. It's no surprise that anyone who loses a battle will do the same.

"..........According to our intelligence, because the outer Songpa generals are pressing very tightly, Terauchi Masayi has already deployed almost all the main forces on the periphery, and there is only one brigade of troops left in Longkou Town, as long as our attack can ensure suddenness, the chance of success is very high..."

On the way to the march, Zeng Quan took out a drawn map of Longkou Town, pointed it out, and then walked towards Liu Guangyuan.

"Then let's do it..."Liu Guangyuan said categorically.

There isn't a lot of time left for him, either above or around, you must know that he is surrounded by Japanese soldiers. If you know that Longkou Town has been attacked, who knows how Terauchi Masashi will react, if the Japanese come up in a honeycomb, it will be a belly and back enemy...

However, he still has some confidence in this battle, after all, he has no intention of calculating, and the national defense army has never fallen into the disadvantage on the battlefield in Shandong. Although Liu Guangyuan himself knows very well that this is entirely because of the problem of equipment, just like luck is also a part of strength, isn't equipment also a part of strength?

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Although the fighting on the periphery is fierce, the defenders in Longkou Town are still living a decadent but safe life―――――― until a large number of cannonballs fall on their heads...

As mentioned earlier, due to the unsmooth war, the Japanese troops stationed in Longkou Town were a little decadent, so Liu Guangyuan's vanguard was very light to solve the Japanese troops who were responsible for the garrison on the periphery of Longkou Town...

When Liu Guangyuan and them rushed to Longkou Town, those Japanese soldiers actually gathered together to drink. If this situation can't be cleaned up anymore, then simply find a noodle and hang it.

And after solving the Japanese troops on the periphery, artillery. Even with a large number of mortars, they aimed their guns at Longkou Town...

In order to strengthen Liuguang's ability to attack the fortifications in the far area, this time Cai Ye not only got a lot of mortars for him, but even got a few 120mm caliber mortars over, which greatly enhanced the firepower of Liuguang's far area.

And with the sound of explosions. Two infantry regiments, which had been preparing for a long time, also launched a frontal offensive against Longkou Town.

When the Wehrmacht officers and soldiers rushed to Longkou Town, except for a few Japanese soldiers who were responsible for the defense in the fortifications, most of the Japanese troops who remained in the town did not even know what was happening. None of them are clear. Not to mention the Navy in the Bay.

And because Liu Guangyuan's attack was very sudden, and the Japanese troops in the town were not aware of their arrival, there were hardly many Japanese troops in the fortifications that had been dug. Except that when the machine guns on the periphery rang out, the charging Wehrmacht fell to pieces. The Wehrmacht took the outlying positions of Longkou Town at little cost.

But that's the end of it...

Although the sudden shelling made the Japanese troops in the town a little confused. But it is a fact that they were attacked. So at the first moment of attack, the defenders in the town had already begun to prepare for a counterattack. And since there were also a lot of fortifications in the town, not long after rushing in, the troops in charge of taking the lead had to stop temporarily.

Seeing that the troops seemed to be mixed in the town, Zeng Quan looked at Liu Guangyuan. "Division commander, do you want to send some more troops to speed up?"

"No," Liu Guangyuan shook his head. Let the artillery increase the fire, there are two more regiments. Build fortifications around it. Now that there has been a firefight here, I believe it won't be long before Masaki Terauchi will know. If you don't want to be defeated, it's better to prepare early..."

This is indeed the case, at the first moment of the firefight, Masaki Terauchi, who was on the front line, already knew about it. When he learned from the telegram that the town of Longkou had been attacked by Chinese troops, Terauchi could barely believe his eyes.

However, he couldn't help but believe the hard facts, and he knew the importance of Longkou Bay very well, that was his way home. If it weren't there, I don't know how many of the tens of thousands of troops in Shandong would have made it back to Japan alive...

Therefore, although the troops on the front line were also very tight, Terauchi Masayi still drew a brigade from the reserve and rushed back to Longkou Town, and it was necessary to reinforce Longkou Town before it fell.

But even so, the distance between Terau Masashi and them and Longkou Town is still too far after all, and if the reinforcements want to rush back to Longkou Town, even if they march in a hurry, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it without a few hours...

At this time, the offensive of the defense forces in the town was getting stronger and stronger, although the Japanese army also built a lot of fortifications in the town, but the equipment gap between the two sides was too big after all. In Japan, a wing, that is, an infantry regiment, can only be equipped with one squadron of guns, that is, sixteen, and a brigade is only thirty-two, but what about the Wehrmacht...

The heavy machine gun company directly under each regiment alone had eighteen Maxim heavy machine guns, and each squad also had one Madsen light machine gun. That is, a regiment has at least a hundred light and heavy machine guns, plus mortars of various calibers. Although the Japanese resistance was very stubborn, the Wehrmacht was not a bad breed, and they would never take half a step back when it was time to play with their lives.

On the other hand, the Japanese navy in the bay had already learned about the attack on Longkou Town―――――― and it was impossible to know about it, because one of the 75mm shells somehow missed it, and it was very bad, and it actually landed on a cruiser, although there were no casualties, but it also frightened the Japanese navy in the bay.

It's just that as for whether to provide artillery support to the Japanese troops in the town, the navy seems to be a bit of a mouse. Because at this time, the two groups of armies in the town are mixed together, if they bombard the town, not to mention that it is impossible for every cannon to be so accurate, even if every cannon can hit the enemy, I am afraid that the 'horse manure' who is fighting with the enemy army will also be affected―――――― although most of the navy actually does not care much about the life and death of those 'horse manure'.

It's just that if we continue to let it go on like this, I'm afraid that the fall of Longkou Bay will only be a matter of time, so just when the navy planned to block the offensive of the Wehrmacht regardless of the 3721, there was also a burst of artillery shelling outside the bay...

"Hell!" After Yuzaburo Kato left, Major General Minamizaki, who was in charge of the remaining mission, had an annoyed look on his face. "How the hell did this group of Chinese break in! What the hell are those rice buckets on the periphery doing? ”

There was a burst of scolding, but there was no need to mention the support for the army.

Although the shelling from outside the bay did not seem to be very powerful, Nanqi did not dare to be careless at all, after all, most of the warships in the bay were now lying in a state of lying on their stomachs, which could only play the role of a battery, and it was definitely not as strong as a battery. What's more, they suffered so many big losses a few days ago, and it is not okay if they are not cautious...

Therefore, after ordering someone to send a telegram to the army with the words "powerless", Major General Nanqi could only brace himself up and find a way to deal with the Chinese outside. As for those 'horse manure' on land? He really can't take care of this...

And after the threat of the Japanese fleet was missing, on land, Liu Guangyuan's offensive became more and more smooth... (To be continued......)