And these difficulties in front of Lieutenant General Hara were only one of the disadvantages for him. The most unfavorable thing about the first attack was that a considerable part of the 44th Division had landed, but the headquarters of the 44th Division was still on the transport ship and had not had time to land. That is to say, the body of the 44th Division went ashore, but the head was still on board.

He commanded the equivalent of two divisions and regiments to fight, and the staff and communications personnel were somewhat insufficient. The key is that those Osaka merchants of the 44th Division can obey their command? Changed to other troops, the former lieutenant general naturally didn't worry. But for these Osaka soldiers, he really didn't have much confidence.

But Lieutenant General Hara also knew very well that in a situation where it was practically impossible to retreat, he would either wait here to die or strike a desperate blow. At present, the enemy forces have clearly marked the entire landing area, as well as the range of several thousand meters above the sea surface, with firing scales. Continuing to grind on the beachhead can only allow the enemy's artillery fire to be consumed little by little.

Rather than waiting here for death, it is better to concentrate all the forces that can be concentrated and launch an attack inland, and maybe there will be a glimmer of life. In the words of Zhina, it is to break the cauldron and sink the boat, put it to death and come back to life. At least the artillery fire of the naval fleet on the sea behind can also play a certain role of cover.

After receiving the order, Lieutenant General Haramori, who immediately understood the intention of the army commander, ignored the intensive artillery fire from the Anti-Japanese Union. Immediately dispatch troops and dispatch troops, with the Seventh Wing, which is currently the most complete formation, and most of the 19th Wing to strengthen all tanks, and forcibly attack due west to the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang and Langhuzhuang.

With the 92nd Wing of the 44th Division that had already landed, and the 19th Wing of the 9th Division, it advanced to attack the first line of Sanhuzhuang and Dongsun. As for the 94th Infantry Wing of the 44th Division, which was the worst bombed, the four squadrons of the 35th Wing of the 9th Division were reinforced, and they stayed on the line from Qikou to Zhangju River to cover the follow-up landing echelon.

It's not that Lieutenant General Yuan Shou consciously mixed up, but the troops that he can mobilize in his hands, including the divisions and regiments to which the 44th Division belongs, can only be mixed in this way. Otherwise, except for the 7th Wing, the main forces of the rest of the divisions and wings were either crippled by the enemy's rocket artillery, or blown into parts along with the landing ships on the beachhead.

A group of the 94th Wing of the 44th Division, which was carrying three landing ships of the Navy's Type 2 landing ships, was destroyed along the coastline along with the transport ships it was carrying under the enemy's intensive artillery fire. Before the group could land, it was killed on the landing ship in which it was riding.

In addition to the part lost during the beach, the 44th Division also had a fully formed wing, which had not yet had time to unload on the transport ships behind or on the landing craft on the sea. The previous enemy artillery fire completely disrupted the formation of the two divisions that had landed.

The first wave landed the 7th and 19th Wings of the 9th Division, as well as the Special Marine Corps. Although it also suffered heavy losses under enemy fire, it still maintained a basically intact structure. However, the 35th Wing of the 9th Division, the 92nd Wing of the 44th Division, and the 94th Wing of the 94th Wing, which landed in the second and third waves, were very miserable.

Less than half of the landing force was able to go ashore, and almost all of its heavy weapons were lost, except for the rifles in their hands. Even heavy machine guns were brought out only a third of the establishment. Infantry artillery and above were basically lost without going ashore. When the 35th Infantry Wing set out, a full wing could only be reduced to four squadrons.

If they still fight according to their original formations, I am afraid that except for the Seventh Wing, the rest of the troops have already lost their combat effectiveness. Not to mention offense, self-preservation is a problem. As for the reason why the Special Marine Corps did not arrange a mission, it was a unit of the Navy, and he, a vice admiral, could not command it at all.

The most important thing is that under such heavy artillery fire from the enemy, don't even think about regrouping. The former lieutenant general could only assemble all his forces and use them nearby. Whether it is the 9th Division or the 44th Division, a wing is sent out when it is formed into a wing.

At the same time, the former lieutenant general ignored the fierce fire of the various artillery groups of the Anti-Japanese Federation and forcibly attacked inland. Behind him, the three destroyers of the Japanese Navy, one Zhanshou-class, two Mizo-class, and one Selective-class coastal defense ship, plus the light cruiser Ryuta did not care about the anti-union strikes, so they concentrated all their naval guns on the coastline and desperately fired at the anti-coalition positions in depth. Cover the only remaining landing craft and send all the follow-up troops and supplies ashore in one go.

These eight ships are the only remaining warships in the Bohai Bay among the combat ships sent by the Japanese Navy this time. The remaining ships were either sunk or had already retreated. The Japanese Navy, which originally thought that this mission would be simple before setting off, never imagined that the losses this time would be greater than a naval battle with the Americans.

As for whether the retreating ships can safely withdraw to the mainland, it is still unknown at the moment. Faced with this result, I don't know what to think. It is estimated that the Japanese Navy, which was ruthlessly beaten by Du Kaishan, will not step into the Bohai Bay or the entire Bohai Sea while hating the army to death.

In the face of a pure army unit with only a few dozen aircraft plus some medium-caliber shore guns, the losses were so great that two of the three battleships dispatched were sunk, plus one old armored cruiser and one heavy cruiser, as well as a large number of light ships and transport ships escorted by the escort, were sunk and destroyed, and an ordinary landing battle was fought, and at such a great price, I am afraid that the navies of other countries will laugh off their teeth when they say it.

Of course, for Du Kaishan, whether the Japanese Navy will be ridiculed or not has nothing to do with him. All he knew now was that after the heavy losses of the large Japanese ships by his pit, the pressure of the Japanese firepower he faced dropped sharply. The threat of Japanese naval guns to their own depth can be said to have been completely lifted.

The Japanese army did not retreat but advanced under the predicament, and the desperate attack was not unexpected by Du Kaishan. After dealing with the Japanese army for such a long time, if he still hasn't figured out the temperament of the Japanese army, he will not be Du Kaishan. As long as there is no threat of large-caliber naval guns of the Japanese army, let alone two divisions and regiments, no matter how many Japanese troops come, he will not have any fear.

In the face of the frantic attack of the Japanese army, Du Kaishan, who put down the binoculars, did not rush to mobilize troops to counterattack. Instead, he ordered all the troops on the front line to resist one by one and lead them to the front line of Yamatozhuang. There he prepared a sumptuous feast for his old friend. As for the current position, it is still within the range of fire of the Japanese naval guns.

He did not want to engage in a general decisive battle with the Japanese army in this situation. He didn't want the two armored divisions in his hands to suffer too many losses. Although the warships of the little devils suffered heavy losses, they still had power. Although the caliber of the guns of those medium-sized ships of the devils is not large, the range is much longer.

The armored division in his own hands is indeed thick-skinned, but that is for the Japanese Army. No matter how thick the armor of his tank was, it could not withstand the firing of a 120-millimeter grenade from the Japanese army. Moreover, the relatively muddy tidal flats along the coast of Bohai Bay in spring are not suitable for their own tank operations. If you don't drag the landed Japanese troops into the depth, you can only send infantry in this battle.

Du Kaishan not only adopted the tactics of resisting step by step, but also guided the Ninth Division little by little out of the range of the naval guns behind him. He also ordered all the artillery, except for two more salvos of rocket artillery to continue firing at the Japanese beachhead, the rest of the artillery stopped firing and moved back.

In particular, the reserve shells, which had already knocked out two-thirds of the cannon group, had already been ordered by him to stop firing altogether. He still had to keep the few shells for other uses, and he couldn't waste them on those light ships in vain. He didn't want to use all these long-range and powerful shells in one go. For him, good steel should be used on the edge of the knife at the most critical moment.

As for him saying something about his old friend, he was right. For the anti-coalition forces, the 44th Division may not be very familiar, but this 9th Division is their old friend in the northeast battlefield. Of course, at present, the Ninth Division is no longer the old standing main division of the Japanese army.

Rather, it was reorganized from the five squadrons that remained at the garrison before the Ninth Division was defeated, plus a few supplementary field reinforcements. It's just that in order to cover up their defeats, the Japanese army base camp wanted to cover up the Ninth Division, which was almost a brand new division, and continued to retain the number of the Ninth Division as if it were stealing a bell.

However, since the supplementary personnel of this division are mainly from the reserve soldiers of the 9th Division left behind in the Kanazawa area, it is not an exaggeration to call it the 9th Division. It's just that no matter whether this Ninth Division has deteriorated or not, it is the same in Du Kaishan's eyes.

In fact, not only the Ninth Division, but also another 44th Division, most of the officers and soldiers participating in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, including Du Kaishan, should also be familiar with it. This division was formed from the 4th Division left behind in Osaka. In this 44th Division, there are quite a few demobilized soldiers of the 4th Division. Even among the officers, there were many who fought with the Anti-Japanese Union during the garrison of the Kwantung Army.

However, since this division is in the same vein as the Fourth Division, and both are from Osaka, this soldier and officer are not much different from their mother's compatriot Fourth Division in some respects. The advantage is that the 4th Division, a compatriot of his mother, did not participate in many battles and saved the most veterans.

As a result, the 44th Division was formed mainly with reserve soldiers, but there were many veterans of the second mobilization. But because it comes out of a place, the shortcomings are the same for everyone. In other words, the problems of the 4th Division are the same as those of the 44th Division.

Therefore, compared to the various wings of the Ninth Division, after receiving the order, they launched an attack quickly despite the anti-coalition artillery fire. This 44th Division adhered to the consistent style of its own brother, the Fourth Division. After being beaten during the landing, the attack was reluctantly launched despite the stern orders of Lieutenant General Hara Shou and Lieutenant General Sekihara Roku, the division commander who had not yet had time to disembark.

But whether it is the action or the strength, it is a grinding effort. Its attack speed can be described in meters. In addition, the chief of staff of the 44th Division, who was originally going to go to the beachhead to supervise the battle, had not yet had time to land, and was hit by a shell along with the Dafa boat he was riding, and all the men and ships sank into the Bohai Bay.

The commander of the 94th Wing, Toyo Kudo, along with his 94th Wing headquarters, was blown up on a Navy Type II landing ship. Of all the senior commanders of the 44th Division that landed, there was only one 92nd Wing Commander, Ina Shigesei. Without the landing force of the 44th Division, which was under his command, the operation dragged on even further.