Just as the 2nd Corps was launching a feint, the secretly landed Marine Brigade took the opportunity to launch an attack on the Japanese fortified battery. The defending units of the Japanese fortress batteries rushed to meet them, and the battle soon heated up. The Japanese fortress battery guard unit did not have strong fortifications, and the attack and defense formed a chaotic situation. The Marine Brigade was twice as large as the Japanese Guards, and soon after the battle began, the Japanese were overwhelmed. Just when the scales of victory were tilting, reinforcements from the Japanese army came up.

"Report to the brigade commander, the reinforcements of the Japanese army are coming up, about a brigade strength!" "Order the 3rd Marine Regiment to block the Japanese army and guarantee an attack on the Japanese fortress battery!" Wang Qiang gave an urgent order. The marines were forced to divide their forces, the Japanese fortified battery guards received a respite, and the Japanese defense began to strengthen. "Brigade Commander Wang, the landing force is trapped and must knock out the Japanese battery. I led my troops to deal with the Japanese batteries! Ma Kai didn't wait for Wang Qiang's answer before turning around and running away.

"Brothers, the Japanese battery is threatening our landing force, and now I order a group of 10 people to attack the Japanese fortress battery!" The team received the order to attack, quickly dispersed, and moved towards the battery. Due to the fact that the special combat team was wearing Japanese military uniforms, coupled with the dispersed operation, it played a role of cover. Mackay led a group beyond the Japanese lines and approached a battery. They jumped into the trenches and entered the fortifications, and the Japanese artillery was firing fiercely, not expecting people to come in from behind.

Along with the indiscriminate shooting, dozens of Japanese artillerymen were all killed. The Japanese batteries are connected to each other by trench fortifications, and the team members appear in the trenches wearing Japanese uniforms, which is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. And created conditions for a continuous assault. As the Japanese fortress batteries gradually muted fire, Commander He Meng ordered the landing fleet to quickly cross the blockade line of the fortress artillery and enter the U-shaped harbor. Soon cover the heavy artillery fire of the fleet. Pouring on the positions of the Japanese troops in the port of Akiyama, the port of Akiyama was suddenly shrouded in a huge amount of smoke.

The landing ship directly attacked the pier, and a landing ship docked, and the Japanese soldiers braved the rain of bullets and bravely jumped onto the pier to attack. The entire pier was several kilometers long, and all of them were engaged in fierce fighting, and the scene was very chaotic. Time is victory. Another landing ship docked, and the soldiers rushed to the pier. At this time, the heavy fire of the ship's guns began to extend. Violent explosions continued to explode in the distance. The fleet, which was responsible for covering the landing operation, supported the artillery fire and began to suppress the Japanese firepower at fixed points. As the landing ships continued to approach the dock and the soldiers continued to go ashore, the battle line began to advance in depth.

The Japanese batteries on the north side were all captured. At this time. The Marine Brigade crushed the Japanese battery guards and retreated to the fortifications. The brigades, reinforced by the Japanese, began to launch a fierce attack on the battery. The purpose of the Japanese army was very clear, only by recapturing the battery could the dock be recaptured. Ma Kai killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in a row, and was changing the magazine, Wang Qiang ran over and said: "Damn, the Japanese army seems to have added reinforcements!" Ma Kai said: "The troops have already boarded the dock, as long as we hold on for an hour." The landed troops will make a detour. ”

After Ma Kai finished speaking, he turned over and pointed his gun at the charging Japanese soldiers, and Wang Qiang also held his gun and faced the Japanese soldiers. As of noon. The 2nd Corps landed a division, and at the same time, the covering gunboats found that all the Marine Brigade had retreated to the battery, so they promptly carried out heavy artillery support for the Marine Brigade. In the sound of violent explosions, the Japanese attack on the battery was broken down, and soon the Japanese reinforcements attacking the battery retreated. At 3 p.m., another division landed, and the Akiyama port dock was captured.

At about midnight, the port of Akiyama was occupied, and the forward troops advanced in depth, and the troops behind continued to land, and large quantities of military supplies followed the landing troops and piled up on the pier. As the battle stretched into the distance, Ma Kai and his teammates, including the soldiers of the Marine Brigade, were sleeping soundly in the Japanese battery. They were so tired, and the rumbling of cannons outside seemed like a lullaby. At this time, the harbor was very busy, with warships and cargo ships shuttling back and forth, and the roar of motors was incessant.

"Hey! Brother Ma wake up! Marine Brigade Commander Wang Qiang held food and wine in his hand and gently woke up Ma Kaidao. Ma Kai opened his eyes and stood up and said, "Brother Wang, there is a task!" "Look at your nervousness, Commander He ordered us to stand by in the fort for the time being, I made wine and snacks, and our brothers were busy having a drink." "How's the battlefield going?" "When the 2nd Corps landed ashore with one corps, the 1st Artillery Division, and two heavy artillery brigades arriving at the dock, you can rest assured that the landing operation was a great success."

Ma Kai was hungry, so he stuffed his mouth with food without saying a word, "Brother Ma, don't choke when you eat slowly," Wang Qiang was a little amused when he saw Ma Kai gobbling up. "I'll tell you the truth, I haven't eaten a drop of water since last night, and you don't have a lot of things, and my brothers are hungry." Little Japan has enough food left, so you can make it! Then the two pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and gradually got better. "Brother Ma, Li Tie led his subordinates to follow the Southern Advance Corps, your special forces are under the command of Mu Guiying, and there are no shortage of wow!" Wang Qiang admired.

"The special forces built by the president himself naturally have to show their swords at a critical moment, otherwise what do you want us to do? If we can't make a difference at this critical moment, the president won't build this force. If you want to say that he is far-sighted and ambitious, the president is incomparable. In this day and age, there is no second person, and the facts have amply proven it. The President has created not only an invincible and powerful army, but also our special force. The president can anticipate what will happen decades from now and usher in a great era, and he will go down in fame. "Mackay was a little sensational.

"Yes! I was also full of emotion. Our Marine Brigade is also under the personal care of the President. When our fleet was not strong enough, he thought of the army units that would fight at sea in the future, and with such a wise commander, we would not hesitate to wait for the blood-stained battlefield and the horse leather shroud. "Yes, at present, the whole army, including ordinary soldiers, is proud of the strength of the empire, and they are ready to sacrifice their lives for the country at any time." The brothers were on the battlefield of fierce fighting, and the things in the depths of their hearts seemed to be sublimated again.

In the early hours of the morning, the Japanese army headquarters, Watanabe, with a decadent face, seemed to have a lot of gray hair. The tide of war has eroded and is irretrievable. The Japanese military headquarters in Kyoto ordered Watanabe to resist on the spot and not to retreat, and Watanabe was a little depressed. After several days of fighting, the defending troops lost 40,000 troops. Although 30,000 troops were reinforced from Hiroshima, the capture of the port of Akiyama would lead to a steady stream of Chinese troops. Watanabe has lost confidence in the Chinese army's strong offensive capabilities and advanced weaponry.

If you follow the orders of the military headquarters and desperately resist on the spot, it means that the jade crushing tactics are adopted. Although the military department did not say it explicitly, the meaning was very clear. Watanabe knew very well in his heart that the Japanese mainland stretched from Shimonoseki to the northeast, and was a long and narrow territory, and the strategic depth of the east and west was very narrow, and once the Chinese army captured Hiroshima, then all the Japanese troops south of Akiyama and Hiroshima would be dumplings. Although it was possible to retreat from the sea, considering the speed of the Chinese army's attack, it was impossible to withdraw even half of the troops from the sea.

According to Watanabe's idea, it was to extend the fortification from Hiroshima to the north, but the Japanese base camp would not agree to his suggestion. Watanabe's death was not a pity, he was concerned about the safety of his hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, and if he refused the order, he would be removed from his post as commander, and the new commander would not hesitate to carry out the orders of the base camp. At this moment, the chief of staff came over with a telegram and said: "Your Excellency General, the commander of the coalition forces has called, ordering you to abandon Shimonoseki and quickly form a new defense line on the front line of Hiroshima, Chiyoda, and Izumo, and form a defense in depth on the mainland. ”

Watanabe seems to have found a lifesaver, after all, the coalition headquarters is the highest command, and the base camp must follow the orders of the coalition headquarters. Although Watanabe has a lot of criticism about Han Ruowei, Han Ruowei is still a completely competent soldier. "The Japanese troops on the Akiyama line were ordered to immediately go to Izumo for defense, and all troops in the Shimonoseki and Yamaguchi areas were ordered to retreat to Hiroshima and Chiyoda to be newly fortified. A telegram was sent to the base camp in Kyoto that the new operational deployment was an order from the headquarters of the coalition forces. Watanabe seems to have come to the spirit.

In the morning, a red sun rises in the east. The glow of the sun shines naked, reflecting the war-ravaged Akiyama Wharf. Traces of the devastation of the war abound, the broken arms of the broken walls are hideous and terrifying, the embers are still burning in some places, and the smoke is even more diffuse. Follow-up troops and military supplies continued to go ashore, and the port of Akiyama could not withstand so many people, and the troops that went ashore quickly moved out after gathering to make room for the later troops.

At the dock, two heavy artillery brigades of the 1st Artillery Division were coming ashore, and huge steam booms were hoisting one cannon after another on the pier. At this time, a traffic boat leaned on the dock, and a group of generals on the dock were waiting. After the traffic boat came to a stop, He Meng, commander of the Eastern Front, stepped onto the pier. All the generals returned the military salute to He Meng. After He Meng briefly greeted everyone, he deliberately walked up to Ma Kai and said, "Ma Kai, the Hamada landing operation, the Autumn Mountain landing operation, your special forces have played a vital role. It can be said that the devilish operation of the special forces has ensured that our landing operation has achieved the desired results, and on behalf of the headquarters of the front army, I would like to express my high respect to you. "It is a lowly duty to serve the Empire."

He Meng said with a smile: "Your special forces have completed the combat mission excellently and efficiently, and I have reported to the headquarters in the capital to commend you." The next phase of the operation will not have your task, temporarily rest in the port of Akiyama, and accept the direct command of the headquarters. "Yes!" Ma Kai stood tall. He Meng also held the hand of Wang Qiang, commander of the Marine Brigade, affirmed their achievements, and at the same time told Wang Qiang that the commander of the Pacific Fleet ordered the Marine Brigade to return to the team.

Then he said to He Meng to Yue Zhendong, commander of the 1st Corps: "The 1st Army of your Corps has performed very well, and the headquarters of the Front Army has decided to award the title of Ace Army of the First Army after research. In particular, the 1st Division of the 1st Army was awarded the title of Tiger Division. Division Commander Zhuang Lei awarded the highest medal of the empire. (To be continued......)

PS: There is no danger, and careful planning achieves the expected campaign purpose.