Chapter 637: Withdrawal from Base Area (Part I)
Although the devil sailors on the light cruiser Wuliang quickly responded according to the order, for a steel giant on the water weighing four or five thousand tons and moving forward at full speed, the deceleration and turn could not be completed in an instant.
The 5 had just turned about 30 degrees to the left, and the wave of infantry shells that the Dragon's Tooth column was waiting for had already whirled, and although most of the shells had fallen into the sea water around the 5 Quantity, two shells from the 70mm Type 92 infantry gun still hit the foredeck of the 5.
Boom! Two violent explosions rang out on the deck of the Pentateum, and two clouds of scorching red light rose into the air along with thick smoke.
The steel plates on the foredeck of the Five Quantities were blown out of two holes about half a meter in diameter, and this kind of Cheng DΓΉ injury obviously could not cause fatal damage to the big guy of the Five Quantities.
But it was enough, at least the devil officers and soldiers on the fifth number, including Yambian Shigeyama Daisa, were very frightened, because their flagship was shot, at least psychologically, it caused them to deter.
Next, there was no need for Kangbian Chongshan Dazuo's orders, and the devil sailors in the control room began to turn around and retreat with all their might, and the artillery group of the Dragon's Tooth Column took advantage of the situation to fire at them one after another.
During this period, the front left side of the hull of the Wuliang was hit by another 75 Mountain Gun shell, but the outer steel plate of the Wuliang was thicker, and this shell failed to penetrate it, causing heavy damage.
After all, it is only a small-caliber artillery for infantry field use, and it is still a little reluctant to use it to fight warships.
In this way, under the sudden and intensive artillery bombardment of the Longya artillery group, the Wuliang retreated back in a hurry without danger, and could no longer care about pursuing Wu Ming and his four ships.
Wu Ming and the others took the opportunity to land on the shore, and when they were about to go ashore, they did not forget to detonate the three merchant ships and the devil gunboat, and resolutely did not leave them to the little devils.
Just as Wu Ming and the others had just finished this qiΔ, the wolf bΓ¨i's fleeing five-dimensional number finally escaped from the fire range of the Longya artillery group on the shore and began to fight back angrily.
At this time, several ship-borne guns of more than 200mm caliber on the Wuliang began to give full play to their advantages of ultra-long range, bombarding the direction of the dock one after another.
Without bothering to blow up the merchant ships left by the Adru and them, Wu Ming and more than a hundred surviving officers and soldiers and hundreds of German sailors began to rush towards Qiao Youhua and them.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Qiao Youhua immediately ordered Zheng Yunshan: "Order all artillery to retreat immediately!" β
Zheng Yunshan looked at the hundreds of his own artillery, and said a little reluctantly: "Commander, the artillery withdrew like this?" It's too late to take the artillery! β
"If you can't take it away, you won't take it, as long as the people are alive, tell them, and when they return to the base area, I will reequip them with more advanced, larger-caliber, and more powerful artillery!" Qiao Youhua immediately decided.
"Yes!" Zheng Yunshan suddenly agreed and immediately took the order.
At this moment, the shells of the large-caliber naval guns of the Five Quantities fell on the pier, and the German merchant ships anchored on the edge of the pier were the largest, and they bore the brunt of the attack, and they were hit on the spot, turning into flames flying in the sky, and the wreckage of countless ships raged with the shock wave, and then fell into the water, completely reduced to nothing.
Qiao Youhua saw Wu Ming and the others bent on their waists, and quickly ran to this side, a stone in his heart had already landed, and this response finally did not fail.
looked at Adru, who had an unnatural face next to him, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Mr. Adru, are you still distressed by the destruction of your fleet?" β
Yadru nodded and admitted: "It's true, yes, after all, this is a whole fleet, dozens of ironclad merchant ships, tens of thousands of tons of tonnage!" β
Qiao Youhua smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, I promise that the design drawings you will give you this time are enough to make up for all the hard work and sacrifices you have made this time, as well as financial and material resources!" In a word, cooperate with me Qiao Youhua, and you will not suffer. Of course, Qiao Youhua added in his heart that he would not suffer for the time being, and it would be difficult to say in the future.
Yadru glanced at Qiao Youhua expectantly, but Qiao Youhua said: "Let's go, we should also retreat, otherwise the retaliatory artillery fire of the angry Japanese devils will cover it later." β
After speaking, Qiao Youhua turned around and left with the guards, and Yadru and his entourage hurriedly followed.
About a few minutes later, the entire dock, including the artillery positions of the artillery group of the Dragon's Tooth Column, was covered and hit by the angry artillery fire of the Wuliang, and the powerful firepower of this cruiser destroyed the one on the pier like the anger in the heart of Yasubian Shigeyama Daisa at this time.
The merchant ships left behind by the Germans, and the artillery that the artillery of the Dragon's Tooth Column had no time to take away, were all destroyed and reduced to nothing in the explosion and fire that rose into the sky.
And Qiao Youhua, Wu Ming, Yadru, and Zheng Yunshan had already taken the opportunity to leave the dock at this time and go to catch up with the escort team of the main force.
Although they failed to sink the devil's cruiser, but in this battle at the dock of Linhai Town, the Dragon's Tooth Column was also earned, and they didn't have a single naval ship, but with a few merchant ships borrowed from the Germans, they managed to kill the devil's six patrol gunboats, although they were all of 1,000 tons.
But it's already quite a remarkable record, you know, the devil's tank car, one is only about ten tons, these thousands of tons together, is already equivalent to the value of killing hundreds of devils' tanks.
On the other hand, it also confirms one thing, that is, the navy is a branch of the armed forces that consumes more financial and material resources than the army.
What's more, at the last moment, the Dragon's Tooth artillerymen also damaged the light cruiser Wuliang, although it was only a minor injury, but it was enough for the devil navy to be angry and humiliated.
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Furious, Yasubian Shigeyama Osa ordered the Pentamount to fire at the dock in Linhai Town with all his might, and after almost leveling the entire pier, he calmed down the anger in his heart a little, reported the battle situation here to his superiors, and then began to lead the Pentamount to return home, which had been wounded and was about to run out of ammunition.
In the city of Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese army invading China.
They had already received the judgment and analysis results of the Comprehensive Five-Quantity Reconnaissance Detachment transferred from the 1st Fleet of the Navy, and finally determined the purpose of the Dragon's Tooth Column.
Sugiyama Yuan looked at the telegram in his hand, and said with some gritted teeth: "Damn, we have all fallen for Qiao Youhua, this cunning guy must be making a deal with the Germans, so it can explain why his troops are equipped with so many automatic firearms." β
Kawabe Shozo also had a gloomy face, and said: "Your Excellency General, the cruiser Wuliang has returned injured and returned, and then the sea-based aviation of the 1st Fleet arrived, but they found that the Longya Column of China had left Linhai Town and withdrew to Guangrao County, and found that there were many transport vehicles in their team, which should be military supplies traded from the Germans.
Due to the range limitations, the sea-based air force has not been able to carry out effective air strikes and interception against them, and now the Chinese people are getting farther and farther away from the sea, and the only way to intercept them is our North China Army itself. β
PS: I didn't know what was going on the night before yesterday, and I suddenly vomited and diarrhea, and I played the bottle for two days, and finally got better, I'm really sorry everyone...... I'm so depressed, this time I came to my hometown, the family didn't get used to it, and I took turns to get sick and ......, but now it's much better, and I sincerely apologize to everyone......