Chapter 245 Battle of Ryukyu Island 3

Hu Chuyuan inspired the Chinese navy in his way and was ready to make a heavy and powerful blow to Japan!!!

At the same moment, Ijiin Goro, the commander-in-chief of the second team of the joint fleet, was also thinking anxiously. He didn't sleep all night. As the commander-in-chief of the second team, he knew very well... The main attack direction of the Chinese navy could only be Ryukyu, not Nagasaki.

However, he also understands that once the Japanese joint fleet's own fleet dispatches the main warships to Ryukyu, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, which is gathering in Tangjin Port, North Korea, will suddenly go south to attack the five islands and Tsushima, and then send troops to Nagasaki.

There is no way...!

The total tonnage of the Chinese navy has exceeded 750,000 tons, and there are more than 33 10,000-ton warships. This is a strong force that the Russian navies can't resist. Once the 14 main battleships assembled in the Beiyang Fleet enter the Japanese sea area, in addition to shrinking their defenses and waiting for the rescue of the Russian Far East Fleet, There is basically no other way.

Unless the Japanese submarine tactics can produce a larger-scale effect.

At this moment, Ijiin Goro knows very well that what he can rely on is the 34 submarines secretly assembled in Jinwuwan Port.

The Empire began to secretly implement the submarine strategy in 1891. In 1893, it introduced Gustav-class submarine design from France. In 1895, it began to officially build its own submarine force, gradually producing six ships a year.

There are six models of Japanese submarine, with the largest tonnage of 1,250 tons and the smallest tonnage of 330 tons. The largest number is the I110 class. The underwater drainage tonnage is 1,075 tons, and the attack radius reaches 720 nautical miles. From Jinwu Bay, it can attack the surrounding waters of Shanghai.

This is the most advanced submarine in Japan.

The rest of the I30, I50 and I70 were produced to protect the I110 and the port, and were not the main submarines attacking the mainland waters of China.

During this period, several Yi 50-class submarines were lost, but they did not hurt the root of the Ryukyu submarine base. Ijiin Goro was not very worried. He just felt that the deep-water submarine mines mainly used by the "china people" were a little tricky and not so easy to deal with.

This night, Ijiin Goro tossed and turned to sleep, and he felt more and more that a depressing atmosphere was covering him.

At dawn, the sky is slightly bright.

The Jinwu Bay Naval Base suddenly sounded a sharp siren, and rows of bright red flares were burning in the distant sky, just in the direction of the Jinjian Island Outpost.

Ijiin Goro immediately turned over and jumped out of bed nervously, and the phone rang at the same time. He grabbed the phone urgently.

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, a large-scale China Navy was found in the southwestern sea... The main fleet group has not been known for the time being...!"

"What?"

Listening to the voice on the other side of the phone, Ijiin Goro had a creepy feeling, and even a little unbelievable. After deliberately exposing part of the submarine troops, he just hoped that the Pacific Fleet would not be in a hurry to attack the Jinwu Bay Naval Submarine Base.

As a result... He thought, it seemed to be counterproductive.

... The red glow in the morning shone on the blue sea, and the dark shadow faded. The figure of the Ningyuan appeared in the area of the Philippine Sea. In order to directly attack Jinwu Bay Port, and at the same time bypass the submarine monitoring that was likely to be set up, the Pacific Fleet bypassed the Taiwan Strait and attacked from the Philippine waters.

The real news may make me feel desperate.

Hu Chuyuan is just a person who likes to kill chickens and use ox knives. The fleets held by the Chinese armed forces of the Philippines and Sumansia also transferred elite forces and organized them into the Nanyang Joint Fleet, focusing on the coastal defense and the Strait of Malacca to contain the French navy.

In order to cooperate with this operation, the Nanyang Joint Fleet also pulled out 4 Fuzhou Class II ironclads, 6 Fuzhou Class Ironclads, 4 Guangwu Class cruisers and 14 Chunyu Class destroyers, 11 Weijiang Class II defense ships, and more than 40 auxiliary landing ships to form the Third Fleet of the Nanyang Combined Fleet very early. Guarding in the waters of the Philippines, waiting to meet the capital ships of the Pacific Fleet.

It's nothing. Hu Chuyuan just plans to annihronize the second team and submarine force of the navy here... Although the conditions for annihibition of the submarine force are still a little immature.

The two sides met at the Tropic of Cancer at 125 degrees east longitude. The Pacific Fleet served as the main headquarters of the First Fleet, and a number of cruisers and destroyers served as the Second Fleet, responsible for demining, mineslaying and anti-submarine. The Nanyang Joint Third Fleet was responsible for the defense and landing operations.

The First Fleet of the Pacific Fleet consists of 14 10,000-ton-class warships, with a unified 305mm caliber 45x main gun and a 75mm caliber secondary gun.

Both the Jinzhou class and the Weiyuan class are 22,500 horsepower steam turbines, with obvious speed advantages. Unfortunately, the six Ningyuan class are equipped with 17750 horsepower reciprocating steam units. Even if they have always been carefully maintained, and a comprehensive overhaul was carried out last year, it can only be maintained at 17. The average maximum speed of 5 knots.

Considering this problem, the First Fleet uses 17 knots to enter the war zone, while the Second Fleet is accompanied by the rear of the two wings and some outposts, responsible for anti-submarine and demining.

The siren sounded in the waters of Jinwu Bay.

The garrison navy has been on high alert, and a large number of small warships were quickly launched, guarding the two entrances of Jinwu Bay.

The operation cycle of the Pacific Fleet and the Fujian-Zhejiang Corps in Ryukyu Island has been more than ten years. The local garrison fortifications have always been very strict, but when it fully retreats to the mountains, all the local garrison fortifications and forts have been blown up, and there is no time to repair it at present.

Japan can only rely on a large number of small gunboats, defense ships and torpedo assault ships to carry out dead defense operations.

However, when Ijiin Goro stood in front of the command post on the high mountain hill and looked at the "china offensive" in his heart with a telescope, a complete despair suddenly exploded in his heart.

For the first time in his life, he realized what real despair and horror were like.

Ijiin Goro can't imagine that the "China Offensive" is so strong. At least 100 warships and the same number of auxiliary ships. Among a large number of auxiliary ships, half of them belong to special landing ships and naval transport ships. The average drainage tonnage is more than 3,000 tons, and they also have a degree of self. Guard artillery.

Is this impossible?

Why are there so many?

Ijiin Goro suddenly had a hunch that the war was over... China's industrial system and production capacity were too huge. When the first Sino-Japanese war was over, they should adjust the national strategy of the empire.

The sound of artillery has sounded. The pioneer's Pacific main fleet is no more than a kilometer away from the coastline. In the rumbling sound of artillery, the fire shines, and at least 60 305mm cannons roared together.

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Continuous explosion waves sounded on the beach, setting off an amazing fire. A large number of incendiary bombs and flowering bombs almost tore the whole beach into countless pieces, and the artillery force stationed in the army could not compete with it at all.

The shelling has just begun, and the attack line of the cannon quickly extends to the hinterland of the military port, and almost all military camps are within the bombing range.

Ijiin Goro felt particularly cold all over his body and couldn't help shivering.

Everything in front of us is like hell, but this is only the beginning. More "china offensives" are still behind, and a large number of cruisers and destroyers are laying mines around to stop the strong attack of small ships.

A loud noise suddenly broke out in the sea at the port, stirring up a huge wave and fire from the bottom of the sea... There is no doubt that a submarine touched a deep-water mine in the process of breaking out.

As the supreme commander of the Ryukyu base, all the fighting spirit of Ijiin Goro was wiped out in this loud noise.

The submarine has been unable to rush out. There are only seven submarines patrolling in the outer waters, which is not enough to pose a threat to the Pacific Fleet.

The navy has six second-class battleships, more than 10 cruisers and more than 70 small and medium-sized warships in Jinwu Bay Port. The total is not low, but the total displacement tonnage is less than 170,000 tons. Even with more than 30 submarines and auxiliary ships, the total tonnage does not exceed 250,000 tons, and China does not count the auxiliary fleet. There is a group of warships of 500,000 tons.

The difference is too large. If the temporary firepower of the auxiliary fleet is calculated, the gap between the two sides is even greater.

The waters of Jinwu Bay are continuously attacked by dense artillery fire, and the small fleet can hardly find room for maneuvering. The Chinese battleships and ironclads rushing to the front are subjected to the main artillery fire of the Japanese side, which is extremely difficult to be defeated, while the warships of the Japanese joint fleet continue to be sunk.

A large number of destroyers could not break through the blockade line and give full play to their mobile advantages. They were surrounded by the main warships of the Chinese navy and bombed in the Gulf.

The cannon once again decided everything.

Some of the warships in Japan began to match the mixed use of chemical weapons. This is the sea, and the sea breeze is strong. It is not appropriate to use chemical weapons, and the actual hit rate of shells in naval battles is not high. This is just Japan's choice without any choice.

Lin Yongsheng asked some of the fleets to use mustard gas shells imported from Germany and domestic light and chlorine gas shells to counterattack. The main force still used time-delaying armor-piercing shells and flowering bullets to fight back, trying to destroy more enemy ships.

Wolf smoke rolled over the sea, and there were corpses everywhere on the sea. Warships on both sides were constantly sunk. Many Japanese submarines tried to break through the blockade line of the destroyer, but successively touched some secretly developed magnetic and controlled submarine mines.

In the case that both sides lack mobile surnames and naval tactical arrangements, strength ultimately determines everything.

After the naval battle between the two sides lasted for two hours, the warships of the second battle of the Japanese Combined Fleet had lost more than half. At this time, under the cover of a number of ironclad ships and defense ships, a large number of auxiliary ships began to carry out landing operations.

For the whole Gino Bay and Nacheng Peninsula, the artillery of the Third Fleet and the auxiliary fleet were heavily bombarded. Under the cover of the artillery fire, hundreds of ready landing craft quickly rushed to the beach, from the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps, the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps and the Nanyang Reading Force respectively. Tens of thousands of soldiers rushed to the beach, and a large amount of heavy equipment began to be transported to the beach.

Ye Boqi fought. This was originally the defense line of the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps. He was accidentally taken away by himself. Now, he wants to take it back with his own hands.

He is the direct line of Hu Chuyuan's direct line. He has the service experience of the navy and army, and is also the founder of the marines. He strongly requested to personally command this large-scale landing war, and Hu Chuyuan approved it without hesitation... Really let him be the commander-in-chief.

He fought.

With the mood of making contributions, I came with the determination to avenge 6,000 brothers of the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps.

He took the lead, followed the first group of assault columns and boarded the beach, set up a command post on the spot, pumped up the 601st and 602nd regiments of the 19th Division under his command, and pushed forward along the Tenglian Port Beach.

The fire tongue in the military fortification bunker was making a fierce noise and bursting out. It was the fire tongue of the Haqikais heavy machine gun, gnawing on the lives of the Chinese people to the poisonous snakes.

The 14th Division of the Japanese Army is stationed at the Tenglian Port Beach, divided into four horizontal trenches and blockade lines. The beach line has collapsed under the attack of the fleet's artillery, but the three defense lines behind are more tighter.

Ye Boqi is like a battalion commander, personally commanding two columns to attack from the south beach defense line.

The artillery wing of the 14th Division is still carrying out shelling cover. A large number of gas bombs are vented on the front line, and the white fog waves continue to bloom, taking away all the life around them.

Chinese soldiers have had enough of these chemical weapons. Unlike when they first encountered them, they have now been given enough anti-chemical clothing and gas masks. They are equipped with a variety of new weapons such as mortars, howitzers, flamethrowers and light Browning machine guns.

Almost all the commanders on the front line have received a good modern military education and full experience in exercise training. They constantly use portable mortars and howitzers to destroy Japanese bunkers, organize a fire-breathing company to sweep the Japanese front, and organize small-scale commandos to charge with light machine guns.

The 14th Division of the Japanese Army is like falling into hell. Once it is torn open by a platoon of troops, a large number of light machine guns in the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps are like life acquisition machines, which can kill all the Japanese soldiers in the whole trench in just a dozen seconds.

The navy is also carrying out a repressive attack on the positions of the Japanese artillery wing. The enemy uses poison gas bombs, and they also use poison gas bombs, not only poison gas bombs, but also a large number of incendiary bombs.

If you don't treat others as people, others will never treat you as people.

It's only now that I finally realized what it's like for others not to treat them as human beings.

Among all the new light weapons, the lethality of mortars and light machine guns is the most amazing, especially the light machine gun. Each squad is equipped with a stand, relying on it to defend the position, stop the enemy's counterattack, and also rely on it to seize the position.

In the competition between small-scale companies, the Fujian-Zhejiang Corps and the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet are quickly interspersed with breakthrough tactics, using telephone devices laid at any time to call rear artillery cover, using mortars for fixed-point strikes, and then equipped with light aircraft. The various classes of guns are interspersed with breakthroughs, constantly gnating on their opponents.

Everything is following the instructions given by Hu Chuyuan... No prisoners, light and fast, occupy Jinwu Bay Port as soon as possible, and force the second team of the Japanese joint fleet to surrender.

According to this principle, the Pacific Fleet did not organize a forced attack to avoid being hit hard by the Japanese submarine force in Jinwu Bay, but used the advantage of the number of cannons to suppress the Japanese navy, forcing the Japanese navy to be unable to effectively rescue the army.

After capturing Tenglianling, Ye Boyu quickly put the command post in the old fort battalion halfway up the mountain, spreading the command map, and the staff around him kept counting the columns (the Qing army still has no battalion level setting, one vertical is one vertical, and the artillery usually belongs to the strengthened vertical to emphasize the core position of the artillery force. ) progress.

The engineering camp has improved the telecommunications equipment. Through the radio, Ye Boqi can finally contact Hu Chuyuan and Lin Yongsheng directly.

He couldn't wait to send a secret telegram to Hu Chuyuan, telling Hu Chuyuan that he could seize the whole Jinwu Bay before dark.

Ye Boyu didn't lie. He used the head to guarantee it.

"The dog said, kill you little Japanese!"

After sending the telegram, Ye Boqi punched him with hatred and angrily, and suddenly shouted, "Fang Shengtao!"

"I'm there!"

A young officer suddenly stood up from the conference table.

Ye Boqi pointed to the artillery camp of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army on the map and said to him, "Take your 603rd Regiment to attack from the south line. Be sure to grab this Yuna City artillery position. You can't grab it before dark. Come and see me with your head."

Fang Shengtao salutes without hesitation and said, "Don't worry, commander, I promise to complete the task."

To be honest, he was quite excited. Originally, he thought it was just the task of Yao Jianping's 602 regiment. Unexpectedly, he temporarily added the 603 regiment given to him.

Good.

Fang Shengtao couldn't wait to receive the military order, immediately put on the helmet and ran out of the command post, mobilized the 603rd Regiment, which was on standby in place, and quickly followed the 602nd Regiment forward.

At this time, in addition to the newly added 604 and 605 regiments last year, as well as the affiliated brigades of the 19th Division, the three main regiments of the 19th Division of the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps were all killed by Ye Boqi.

His three main regiments are all equipped with the latest weapons, and even rifles are 10-gun Bronning rifles urgently shipped from the United States. Some elite companies, each of which is equipped with two light machine guns, are specially responsible for charging.

It is very difficult to charge with a light machine gun. Only a few well-trained and strong soldiers can do it, but as long as they can do it, for me, these light machine guns are hell and death.

Ye Boqi pushed forward all the way, killing people without blinking, and not wanting to blink.

At this moment, he must not hesitate. Even if he let the iron army rush out to block the gun, he can't hesitate. The road paved with the blood of Chinese soldiers... will go straight to the door of victory.

This is war.

This is the Sino-Japanese War. No one intends to let the opponent leave the Ryukyu Islands alive. It is each other's fate to step on the opponent's body and become the first in Asia.

(to be continued)