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Dong Ku chatted with Field at the wine table for more than two hours, and he didn't mind taking the data sheet with him while Field was gone. It's just a data sheet, it doesn't mean anything. And he didn't care whether Italy would buy his battleships, he just wanted to show Italy the limits of battleships. If Italy doesn't buy it, then this information will soon be known to other countries.

Just imagine, a battleship with an absolute advantage in speed can't win, and it can always run away. Pursuit, and which battleship will be able to run away?

According to Dong Ku's memory, the fastest large warship during World War II was only 32 knots, and it was when the technique was at its peak. Therefore, this 34-knot battleship is definitely the fastest large battleship today.

Field left Longxiang International and went straight back to his lodgings, where he sent all the information he had obtained at the wine table to Mussolini.

Lao Mo received the telegram, and when he saw that the battleship was speeding at 34 knots, the result of the aircraft carrier's deduction was not important. He believed that if the battleship could reach this speed, so could the cruiser. When they reach more than thirty knots, can't they sail at a rapid speed with destroyers and light warships? That kind of combat effectiveness is absolutely terrifying, and even if the enemy has a reconnaissance plane to detect it, it is difficult to predict when they will arrive at a certain point.

In the vast sea, this speed can determine the outcome of the battle. The enemy, when bombarding, is completely unable to catch the shadow of the battleship, but on this side, it can carry out artillery bombardment according to the speed of the opponent, and the initiative will of course be on the side with the higher speed.

Although he was tempted, he still doubted this fact. Unless he saw a battleship, he could not believe that there really was a battleship that could reach a speed of thirty-four knots.

So, he called back and instructed Field to continue his relationship with Dong Ku, and implicitly expressed interest. It is necessary to see the actual object and see what the real speed is, and then decide whether to buy it or not.

Field got the order to study and take a look at the battleship, all of which had to be discussed by finding an opportunity to meet Dong Ku, anyway, it was not a trivial matter that could be solved in a day or two, and he was not in a hurry.

Dong Ku's flickering did not delay the countdown to Yangzhou's attack. In the middle of the night, all the land troops and water ships arrived, and even Lao Zhao's troops arrived near the river bank.

The moment when Sun Tao's army moved in Shanghai. sent a telegram to Gu Zhutong and asked his army to march towards Yangzhou at a normal marching speed, without rushing to the road. Dong Ku did not plan to completely annihilate the Japanese army there, Dong Ku knew very well that if there was a war of annihilation, it would be better to chase the fleeing Japanese army, stir up his own position, and pursue all the way. Wiped out along the way, the cities of the province were destroyed by artillery fire.

At this time. Gu Zhutong's army had already marched to the vicinity of Yizheng, and it was only a dozen kilometers away from the Japanese army in Yizheng.

The Japanese army was ready to meet the battle when Gu Zhutong's army was approaching. But at this time, Gu Zhutong received a telegram from Sun Tao, asking him to wait in place, wait for the start of the attack here, and then march towards Yizheng.

Sun Tao after the army was in place. The moment the artillery was all on fire, he ordered: "Inform the sparrows, report the coordinates!" ”

With his command, the message flew into the sky, and immediately. One by one, the clear calls rang out.

The scouts, who had already lurked on the other side, reported their coordinates one by one the moment they received the order.

"Fire!"

The moment the coordinates returned, Sun Tao yelled and ordered.

As soon as his order was given, the artillery fire of the counter-offensive roared. Hundreds of artillery positions on the river bank immediately roared, and the firelight illuminated the surface of the river, and one after another shells flew to the other side of the river and to the Japanese shore defense positions.

"The Shina troops have attacked!!"

"Dodge shelling!!"

The Japanese troops on the position heard the artillery, shouted loudly and ran to the anti-artillery hole.

Subsequently, Major General Tiangu in Yangzhou City received a report of the enemy's attack. At the same time he received the report, the position was already full of fire.

Based on the experience gained from several shelling by the advance army, the Japanese dug underground bunkers more than two meters deep and supported them with wood to avoid the shelling.

But even so, when 150 shells fell, they were still shaking and dizzy. Fortunately, it can still resist, for the time being, the number of deaths is not much. It's just that the positions overhead, in the rounds of effective firing, have lost their appearance, the trenches have been filled, and the anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns that have not had time to move away have been ruthlessly torn apart in the artillery fire.

Under artillery fire, in the light of fire on the river, pieces of ships rowed towards the opposite bank, and the attack had already begun.

Gu Zhutong heard the sound of artillery in the distance, and before he could figure out whether to shell Yizheng, suddenly, more than ten kilometers away from Yizheng in front of him burst into flames, and the huge earthquake of the earth and the roar of the explosion made him feel it one after another.

"There is also shelling ...... here"

He held up his binoculars in surprise and looked at the fire in the distance, although in vain, he still wanted to see from which direction the advance army was preparing to attack.

Sun Tao did not know the effect of the artillery bombardment, but he knew that no one could stand on the position under the effective shooting, so when there were enough shells, he would not stop the artillery bombardment, until the troops crossing the river came ashore and were enough to carry out the attack, and the artillery fire would be extended.

On the river, countless large and small boats rowed laboriously, rushing towards the opposite shore in the wind and waves. One by one, freighters also joined the ranks of transporting troops, and the temporary bridge was set up, so that the freighters could get on board directly on the river bank without having to get close to their heads.

"Quick! Hurry up! ”

On board, all the fighters nervously aimed at the opposite shore. Once the river is attacked, then they must not run.

"Boom!"

A loud bang rang out from the depths of the river bank in the distance, and a huge ball of fire lit up the sky. In the violent shaking of the enemy, the rumbling explosion made the river surge.

"Quick! This is the martyrdom of the Japanese artillery position, and work harder!! ”

The warriors on the boat shouted, rowing with the planks in their hands, so that they could get ashore as soon as possible.

"Boom!"

There was another loud bang, and before the last one could be extinguished, a huge ball of fire flashed again.

The scouts had been lurking for several days and managed to get into the Japanese camp, obtaining the coordinates of the location of the artillery positions, and at this moment they played a powerful role.

Less than half a minute after the start of the shelling, two Japanese artillery positions were removed, and then, with another loud bang, another position was destroyed.

The Japanese army, at this time, the artillery positions near the river bank were all covered by artillery fire, and in the fierce artillery bombardment, they did not even have a chance to fight back.

"All artillery fire is aimed at the river!!"

Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu of the 114th Division yelled and ordered all artillery fire.

In his order, the Japanese artillery roared and the shells fell into the river with a roar during the bombardment that had been shelled for almost a minute...... (To be continued......)