In the early hours of the morning, Commander Yamamoto was awakened from his sleep, "Report to the commander, a large fleet has appeared on the sea!" Yamamoto immediately jumped up from his bed, walked to the observation port and looked out to sea, and sure enough, the shadows of a large number of warships appeared in the morning light. Commander, as you might expect, the enemy chose the landing site in Tsushima Town! The chief of staff admired. The defense command of Tsushima was supposed to be located in Daejeon, which was located in the center of the island. Last night, they were still in Daejeon.

Last night, Yamamoto looked at the map of Tsushima's defenses and wondered where the enemy had chosen to attack. Yamamoto tried to be a Chinese commander and think from the perspective of a Chinese commander, and Zuihou locked his eyes on the town of Tsushima. Tsushima is a strategic point, although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but once it lands in Tsushima, it can divide the troops left and right, and it can shorten the time and quickly capture the entire island. Although the landing attack required a large loss, it was possible to shorten the time to occupy the entire island, and the overall loss was small. The point was that once Tsushima changed hands, the enemy would quickly cut off the connection between the north and the south, and the Japanese defenders would be left on their own.

Yamamoto made the right judgment and walked to the map and drew a red circle around the location of Tsushima Town. At this time, the chief of staff entered and said: "Commander Yamamoto, I have just received a report from the front-line troops that the observation post has been observing the enemy situation from the morning until dusk, and today the opposite side is exceptionally quiet, and there are less than half of the ships moving on the sea. Yamamoto was stunned when he heard this, and said decisively: "It's not good, tonight or tomorrow morning, the enemy will definitely attack, order the whole island to enter combat preparations, you and I will immediately go to Tsushima Town, and I will personally take command." In this regard, there is an opening scene.

Yamamoto said exceptionally calmly: "The enemy fleet that appeared on the sea was an artillery strike fleet. The fortress artillery group was ordered to enter the firing preparation, and the reserve division was ordered to stand by to support Tsushima at any time. The chief of staff picked up the phone and shouted: "Is it a fortress battery?" As soon as the enemy fleet approaches 12 km, fire freely immediately. "The firing range of the fortress cannon is 12?5 kilometers, and at this distance, the 300 mm fortress cannon will pose a lethal threat to the battleship, so the role of the fortress cannon as the first line of defense is immeasurable.

The battleship Beijing temporarily served as a command ship for artillery fire cover and commanded the fleet to enter the attack position. At this time. The captain of the Beijing observed the situation on Tsushima through a telescope, and an officer was at the microphone to report the data reported by the sonar soldier to the captain at any time, "14 kilometers from Tsushima. ??????, 13:5 kilometers." "The front and rear main guns of the battleship Beijing have a range of 13?5 kilometers, which is 1 kilometer longer than the fortress cannons. The implication is. The enemy's fortress artillery could not reach two large battleships. And when you enter the firing range, you can easily hit the enemy battery.

The systematic error of the sonar of the battleship was 50 meters, while the visual distance error of the Japanese artillery observation post was 1,000 meters, and the naked eye could only be observed during the shelling. "The distance is 13 kilometers," said the officer in charge of the number, and as soon as the enemy's fortress artillery began to roar. The fleet stopped advancing, and the captain of the Beijing observed the water column at the point where the bomb landed and said, "Three hundred meters ahead!" "The fleet advanced another three hundred meters and stopped advancing. At this point, the water column in front of it seems to be boiling. Soon the fortress artillery stopped firing. Presumably, the commander of the Japanese battery observed that the battleship did not come into range.

"The enemy's welcome salute is over, and now it's our turn to pay back. Come and don't be rude. Ordered, target the enemy fortress artillery group, start firing. The main gun in front of the Beijing was the first to roar, and then the main gun in front of the Harbin began to fire. Due to the results of the prior reconnaissance, the shooting of Zhu Yuan was very accurate, and the Beijing hit the side of the No. 1 battery for the first time, although there was no danger, but there was revised data. In the third round of shelling, the Japanese No. 1 battery was accurately concentrated, and a puff of smoke rose from the No. 1 battery.

There was cheering on the deck, and at this time the Japanese batteries were in a hurry and began to return fire violently. In a few moments, the shells of the Harbin concentrated the No. 12 battery of the Japanese army, and the shells inside actually exploded, and the entire battery disappeared, and a large puff of smoke rose and filled. “haha！ Well hit, the new armor-piercing bullets are too fierce! Give me a hard beating, so that the Japanese fortress artillery will become a graveyard. The captain of the Beijing shouted loudly with joy.

Inside the Japanese headquarters, Yamamoto listened to the huge explosion and felt bad in his heart. "Report to the commander, the fortress command reported that the No. 1 and 12 batteries were destroyed, the enemy was using armor-piercing blasting shells, and the protective layer of the fortress artillery could not resist it at all." Yamamoto was a little confused, and the chief of staff said: "Commander, the enemy's naval artillery has a longer range than ours, and the fortress artillery can only be beaten." "Report, Battery 6, Battery 9 destroyed!" The bad news came again, and there was panic in the headquarters.

"What's the panic?" Yamamoto roared loudly and continued: "Order the fortress troops to withdraw from the battery, the fortress artillery has become a living target and has no effect." The chief of staff said worriedly: "Commander, it seems that the enemy is fully prepared. "If the enemy is not fully prepared, there will be no landing operation. Enemy battleships can destroy batteries, but battleships can't land, as long as we can block the infantry landing, it's a victory," Yamamoto's face was hideous, and in the blink of an eye, there was no decadent expression.

The next battle was almost a targeted plucking, and the Japanese fortress batteries weishenme were so bad? There are several reasons for this. First, he is an old-fashioned battery, although it has been reinforced and repaired, there is no problem to deal with ordinary naval guns, and the foreign engineers are reinforced and repaired under the parameters of the power of the existing naval guns. Second, the main warships of the Chinese Empire used new armor-piercing blasting shells, which were also tailored to the existing fortress batteries, and the enemy did not know about them, so they naturally received miraculous results. By noon, all the 22 batteries of the Japanese army had been destroyed.

In accordance with the operation, the captain of the Beijing ordered all the artillery strike fleet to move forward, to destroy all the Japanese fortifications, and cover them with artillery fire. Without the threat of the artillery of the Japanese fortress, the destroyers and gunboats had no scruples and boldly approached the shore. Suddenly, the naval artillery began to sing in chorus. The battleships Beijing and Harbin stayed behind, watching the enemy's formation. Amid the roar of artillery fire, the Japanese fortifications in Tsushima were shrouded in smoke and dust. After 30 minutes of shelling, it stopped for an hour, and after the smoke cleared, it was half an hour after the shelling??????。

On the transport ship behind, all the officers and men silently listened to the shelling ahead. In the past, when they heard their own shelling, the officers and men were very excited, but this time it was different. A charge on land is not the same as an attack at sea. Before the landing, all the soldiers stayed on the ship, and with a single shell hit, it was possible that the entire ship would be killed, and there would be no way to dodge. Everyone expects good luck not to be hit by shells at sea. At this moment, Zhuang Lei closed his eyes to recuperate, and when night came, the 1st Division was going to attack, so he asked all officers and men to rest as much as possible.

"Division commander, news has just come that all the fortress artillery of the Japanese army has been destroyed!" The chief of staff came to the front and whispered. Zhuang Lei opened his eyes and said: "During the reconnaissance, no enemy artillery positions were found, obviously the Japanese artillery positions were set up in bunkers, which is what I am very worried about." The Corps Command scheduled the landing attack at night, precisely in consideration of the threat of enemy infantry artillery. The chief of staff agreed: "The cost of our casualties must be high, and I am worried about that." Fortunately, our naval artillery is powerful, as long as the enemy fires, we can find the target, and the pressure on the attacking troops will be less. ”

"In a dark day, the accuracy of naval artillery will be greatly reduced, and it will not play a big role." "Division commander, our first batch of attacks, do we send a regiment to attract Japanese firepower exposure, and then cover it with artillery fire." "No, if a regiment has too few troops, the Japanese will fight back frantically. Too few troops will soon be driven back into the sea, which is more passive. At this time, thunder sounded again in front of him, "It was the dense artillery fire of the fleet, and it was almost impossible to distinguish the sound of shelling, but unfortunately the distance was too far to see the shocking scene clearly." Zhuang Lei closed his eyes again after speaking.

At noon, in the headquarters of the Busan Corps, He Meng's eyes were bloodshot. At this time, a communications officer excitedly ran in to report: "Commander, good news, the Japanese fortress batteries have been completely destroyed, this is a message from the flagship Beijing." He Meng didn't look at the telegram and said: ""It's a good start, but this is just the beginning, and the brutal battle is still to come." I slept for a while and woke me up after dark. After He Meng finished speaking, he entered the gap and fell on the marching bed. The Chief of Staff motioned for everyone to be quiet and let the commander get a good rest.

The chief of staff closed the door lightly, crept over to the chair and sat down, telling everyone to walk lightly, so as not to wake up the commander, who knew that the pressure on the commander was too great. The telegraph room was in another room, and the sound of ticking could be faintly heard. The chief of staff had an idea, and simply waited in the telegraph room himself, and did not inform the commander if there were no important telegrams. The convenience of communication makes the news from the front line constantly fed back, and the ticking sound sounds so pleasant, like a beautiful melody.

It's been a long time since the sun set, but the sky is still bright. Zhuang Lei glanced at his pocket watch and said, "10 minutes to prepare, and then advance into the attack position." "The transport ship on which the landing force was carrying crossed the position of the battleship Beijing at full speed, the position of the destroyer battleship, and the position of the gunboat. There were still 6 kilometers to go from the shore, and Zhuang Lei ordered the transport ship to stop advancing. Zhuang Lei glanced at his pocket watch again and said: "It's 6 o'clock in the evening, half an hour to prepare, and the attack will be officially launched at 6:30." ”

At 6:10, the naval guns roared again, and the indiscriminate firing lasted for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes of shelling, it seemed to be so long in Zhuang Lei's consciousness, the flames of the explosion were clearly visible, the Japanese beachhead turned into a sea of fire, and finally two red signal flares rose into the sky. At this moment, the naval guns suddenly stopped firing, and the battlefield suddenly became very quiet. Zhuang Lei always looked at the pocket watch in his hand, "Order the 1st Brigade to start attacking!" At this moment, Zhuang Lei's nervous mood relaxed.

With the sound of three warrant shots, the landing ship's motor roared, and launched a tidal attack on the beachhead defended by the Japanese. The scene was spectacular, and the Japanese defensive artillery bombardment began to counterattack, and dense shells rose on the sea. The fleet's artillery fire began to roar again, and the bombardment of the main guns of the Beijing and Harbin was particularly eye-catching. 40 steel landing ships, heading to the shore at full power, landing battleships with a displacement of 500 tons, were specially built for landing operations.

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(To be continued......)

PS: The curtain opens, and the tragic battle begins.