Chapter 319: Wang Guangyu's Black Tiger Digs Out His Heart
Before the main force of the army withdrew, all the firepower above the infantry artillery of the general was left in Huludao. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoSo although the large-caliber artillery and the Type 91 howitzer group were knocked out, the field artillery group was also wiped out. But at the moment, he still has more than two dozen mountain guns, infantry guns, and mortars, as well as some 50-millimeter anti-tank guns and rapid-fire guns.
In order to gamble on this, in addition to leaving a few rapid-fire guns and mortars at the front, Mudav transferred the remaining artillery. Anyway, for him and his troops, there might be hope for a fight. But if you don't fight this one, there is no hope at all.
Mu Dafu Dazuo planned to fight hard, but he did not expect that the small fleet of the Anti-Union did not land from the sea south of the Great Wasteland as he envisioned. Instead, under the cover of the bluff of the air force and the fleet, at midnight under the cover of a transport gunboat, a large gunboat, a shallow gunboat that had just arrived from Tanggu, as well as three small gunboats and a squadron of light bombers, they suddenly forced their way to the Huludao pier, which was at that time quite empty of defensive forces.
After docking, the troops loaded by these Japanese-made landing ships immediately disembarked and landed as quickly as possible. The gunboats and gunboats covering them were constantly firing at the surrounding Japanese fire points under the cover of flares, so as to cover the rapid landing of the landing force.
At the same time, the 127 mm and 76 mm naval guns equipped with these Japanese landing ships were also added to suppress the surrounding firepower. The shells that covered the ships did not hesitate to pour and blew up walls of fire around the Huludao pier. Several gunboats even crossed the channel and swept around the dock with their small-caliber machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.
A squadron of Japanese engineers who served as the guard of Huludao Harbor, as well as two baggage squadrons stationed in the port, had not yet had time to respond. was directly disabled on the way to assemble by the overwhelming shells. The covering artillery fire of the Anti-Japanese Union was so fierce that the Japanese troops stationed outside the port could not get close to the port at all.
Under the full cover of the naval guns, the landing force jumped from the ships to the dock one after another before the fleet could get to the dock. Despite the number of troops who were the first to disembark, the number was not very large compared to the entire landing force. However, these troops who landed first quickly seized all the key points of the pier and the surrounding commanding heights, and also created a good fighter plane for those seasick comrades-in-arms to land.
Although it is only a dozen nautical miles away from Xingcheng to Huludao. But there were quite a lot of people in the landing force, and there were really a lot of seasickness as Lin Mufeng judged at the beginning. There was even a battalion, and the troops that could fight after disembarking could only piece together a company. However, before landing, according to Lin Mufeng's repeated instructions, each ship made internal adjustments before landing.
All cadres and fighters who did not seasick were included in the first echelon of the landing. After the ship docked, it immediately disembarked and began to cover the subsequent seasick comrades and heavy weapons to land. After all the units participating in the battle have landed, these units that have maintained their combat effectiveness will immediately develop in depth. As for the seasick troops in the back, they could only temporarily hold on to the pier to rest.
Although the troops participating in the landing operation were all disembarked, they were seasick. The strength of a regiment can only make up a reinforced battalion, which can be immediately put into operation. Most of the rest of the cadres and soldiers who were on the boat for the first time all showed symptoms of seasickness. Even the regimental commander and political commissar vomited the same.
However, the unit gave full play to the spirit of continuous anti-union operations, and under the cover of naval guns, all the units that were less affected by seasickness were temporarily organized into a reinforced battalion. The commander of the regiment, who was in slightly better condition, personally commanded regardless of the seasickness reaction, and quickly developed from south to north to depth.
Taking Huludao Port as the starting point of the attack, with the same vomit, but also with the cooperation of a company of M 5 light tanks, they launched an attack to the north with all their might. Because only one infantry regiment participated in the roundabout landing, those Japanese-style landing ships still had a certain capacity.
These landing ships, which were supposed to transport only Japanese light tanks, were too cramped. The other tanks were either too wide or too large to fit in. After Wang Guangyu and Lin Mufeng discussed urgently. According to the dimensions of the Japanese-style landing ships, this infantry regiment was reinforced with an M-5 light tank company.
Although the number of this tank company is small, it is also a light tank. But to deal with the Japanese army in Huludao at the moment, the armor and firepower are enough. With the addition of this light tank company, the assault capability of this regiment can be strengthened to the maximum.
And it was the anti-United Nations forces that landed at Huludao Wharf that quickly seized Huludao Port and began to develop northward. The main force of the Anti-Union Fleet, a coastal defense ship, two gunboats, six large gunboats, and a minesweeper, were still engaged in an unhurried artillery battle with the artillery transferred in that direction by Mu Dazuo in the waters south of the Great Wasteland.
With that coastal defense ship as the main force, with the cooperation of two gunboats. Outside the range of the Japanese artillery, the Japanese artillery positions were scorched. The Japanese army, which had lost its field artillery and howitzers, relied solely on relatively short-range mountain artillery and infantry guns, as well as rapid-fire guns and anti-tank guns, to confront the fleet that was mobile and flexible at sea.
In particular, the 120-mm high-level dual-purpose guns of the coastal defense ship inflicted great losses on the Japanese artillery. The Japanese army's Type 94 mountain artillery, which had the longest firing range, was simply out of reach in terms of range. However, Mu Dafu and his subordinates did not only suffer losses and did not take advantage of any advantages.
A gunboat of the Anti-United Nations was a little careless, and in order to take care of the range of its front main gun modified with a German-made infantry gun, it was a little closer to the coastline. He was seriously injured by two 75-mm mountain shells and had to be forced to withdraw from the battlefield. One gunboat was also hit by two Japanese fifty-mm anti-tank shells, which did not cause much damage.
Although it caused certain losses to the anti-United Nations small fleet, the actions of this small fleet firmly pinned down the anti-landing combat force scheduled by Mu Dazuo on the coastline south of the Great Wasteland. Not only did the artillery involved in the war suffer heavy losses, but they also only damaged one gunboat and lightly damaged one gunboat of the Anti-Japanese Union.
And the most important thing is that he used it for anti-landing operations, and the most urgently needed infantry units have been blocked by the anti-coalition naval guns because of the surrounding retreat routes, and they can only stay in their positions honestly. Under the illumination of the flares and the high-power searchlights equipped on the ships, the Japanese troops on the entire coastline south of the Great Wasteland could only stay honestly in their positions.
Because as soon as there was a stir, the small fleets of the Anti-Japanese Federation in front of them did not hesitate to smash the overwhelming artillery fire on their heads. Mu Dazuo and the troops he transferred to the so-called possible landing zone of the Anti-Japanese Union were beaten in unspeakable misery and fear.
Just when he came to the front line to command, he only waited for the increasingly fierce artillery fire of the anti-coalition fleet, but never waited for the envisioned anti-coalition landing force Mu Dafu Dazuo, and he was puzzled in his heart why the enemy was only shelling and never launched an action. The dense sound of artillery coming from Huludao Port behind him made him immediately react that he had been fooled.
The enemy did land, but the target was not the coastline south of the Great Heath. Their target is the port of Huludao. When Mu Dafu Dazuo reacted, he didn't care about the artillery fire of the intensive blockade of the United Nations in front of him. I wanted to mobilize the only troops in my hand immediately, but it was too late to return to the Huludao dock area.
Not only did the anti-coalition naval artillery form a cross-fire network on their retreating route. At the same time, the night planes of the Anti-United Nations were constantly throwing flares on their heads. And along with these flares, there were also a large number of high-explosive aerial bombs.
The Japanese-made landing ships that have completed the unloading have also joined the blockade of the surrounding area of Huludao Port. In particular, the Japanese-made No. 1 first-class landing ships, equipped with twin 127-mm high-level dual-purpose guns, blocked all the communication routes around the entire port area.
At the same time, the gunboats and the Type II landing ships, which were equipped with 76-millimeter naval guns, covered the landing troops with artillery fire and immediately seized the commanding heights around Huludao. Wait until Mu Dafu Dazuo, who knows that he has been tricked, reacts. The entire Huludao port area, together with several commanding heights in the surrounding area, has been seized by the Anti-United Nations.
By the time Mu Dafu Dazuo, who hurriedly returned to reinforce, together with the troops he had drawn out, he finally passed through the anti-United Nations naval artillery blockade area, and before he could get close to the Huludao port area, the anti-United Nations landing force had already killed all the way. The Japanese troops in this unit, who had lost their troops, could not resist the rushing anti-United Nations forces at all, and were directly dispersed by the anti-United Nations forces under the cover of tanks and naval guns.
The forced landing of Wang Guangyu's unit at the port of Huludao was like a sharp knife stuck in the back of the Japanese army. The entire Japanese defense system in Huludao, which was already in danger, immediately fell into a situation of flanking from front to back, and gradually began to completely collapse.
The landing force, which had completely recovered from seasickness, began to attack the enemy on Huludao from south to north on all fronts. The troops that launched the frontal attack, with the cooperation of a large number of tanks, successively captured several strategic points such as Ma'anshan, Loujiahou Mountain, Lantern Mountain, and Houshan. The entire Japanese garrison system in Huludao was completely smashed into a mess.
And the anti-coalition troops that rushed up from behind him, under the cover of naval guns and air, also broke through the core area of the Japanese garrison on the north bank of the Wuli River one after another. successively captured the line of Cishan, Qijiatun, Yuhuangge, and Gaojiangtun, and pushed the battle line directly behind Mu Dafu's position. If it weren't for Mu Dafu's quick retreat when he saw the bad situation, I'm afraid that this Mu Dazuo would have been taken prisoner first.
Under Wang Guangyu's front and rear attacks, the last remnants of the Japanese army in Huludao, which was also the last strength of the Fourth Army of the entire Kwantung Army, had fallen to the point of collapse on the whole front. Faced with the progress of the battle situation in Huludao, Wang Guangyu immediately adjusted his deployment. All the troops that could be maneuvered, especially the tank units, were thrown into it.
Under the cover of air-ground firepower, especially sea firepower, the last remaining Japanese troops in Huludao were encircled and annihilated. Wang Guangyu's final investment in the troops was like a noose, tightening the necks of the remnants of the Japanese army in Huludao, squeezing towards the sea little by little. The Japanese army, having lost almost all of its commanding heights, could only keep retreating.
After a day and a night of fierce fighting, the last remnants of the Fourth Army were compressed to the southeast corner of Huludao. And behind them is the vast Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea. In front of them, there are mixed anti-United Butan troops that are pressing step by step. On their flanks, the landing force of the Anti-United Nations was like a sharp knife, constantly slicing down the flesh piece by piece on its body.
In the sky is the bomber group of the Anti-United Nations, and not only are there no ships on the sea, but there is also a fleet of the Anti-United Nations. And in front of them, the artillery fire of the Anti-Japanese Union is also constantly bleeding them. At present, the remnants of the Japanese army in Huludao are facing a situation where there is no way to go to the sky, no door to enter the ground, no ship to go to the sea, no reinforcements outside, and no food inside.