The four Zhenyuan-class warships are indeed Grandpa-class warships. The youngest Zhenyuan has been 20 years old. The other three oldest ships are 27 years old. If they were in other countries, they would have been retired long ago. However, the East China government lacked large warships, and the heavy artillery and thick armor of these four warships still have talent. Therefore, although they were once classified as reserves, they immediately resumed their active service after the Russo-Japanese War and were assigned to the Marine Corps.

Of course, the East China government has also carried out some transformations of these warships, mainly using the Zhenyuan warship as a template to adjust the deck layout of the other three warships. The main guns in the middle were mainly transformed into the design of the Zhenyuan oblique exposed turret, equipped with two 280 mm caliber, 35-diameter main guns, and the two main guns at the head of the ship were changed from a double 155 mm 40-diameter gun. The Zhenyuan also changed the main gun to the same 280 mm caliber main gun as the other three warships, so that they can be consistent.

The four Zhenyuan-class warships bombarded the turrets on the shore according to the shooting parameters provided by the drone. After two rounds of fire shooting, the third round finally successfully hit the turret. So the four warships opened fire together, and the turrets were immediately covered by an explosion. After two rounds of volleys of the turrets of the turrets, the turrets were completely destroyed; then the four warships immediately transferred their firepower and bombarded the next turret.

In fact, after the four Zhenyuan-class warships fired their first guns, the four turrets along the coast fired at the warships. In fact, the four Zhenyuan-class warships were far away from the shore, and the artillery equipped on the turrets were all small and medium caliber. Secondly, in the dark, they could only be aimed at by flashing fires on the sea surface, so they naturally could not be accurately shot.

However, the four Zhenyuan-class warships were guided by drones, so they were extremely accurate. After 15 minutes, another turret was destroyed.

Luo Yue supervised the battle on the 218 boat. Seeing that he had destroyed two turrets, he also believed that the time had come, so he ordered four landing ships to attack and launch landing operations. The four landing ships could send one regiment's troops ashore at one time. First, they served as the landing 1 regiment. Three landing ships each carried one battalion's army and the fire support force of the battalion. Another landing ship was equipped with 18 75mm caliber artillery of a battalion.

The four landing ships lined up in a diamond shape and headed towards the land. When they were about 10 kilometers away from the land, another fort was destroyed by four Zhenyuan-class warships, so there was only one of the four forts left in the Japanese military's position in Shuangdaowan.

At this time, the four landing ships had reached their maximum speed - 15 knots, and on the front baffle, there was a "papa" sound. It turned out that the Japanese army guarding the beachhead of Shuangdao Bay had discovered the landing ship, so they also concentrated their firepower to attack the landing ship.

However, the head of the landing ship has the strongest defense. The armor thickness reaches 60 mm, which can withstand the shooting of shells below 50 mm, and has a certain defense against 75 mm shells. For the landing ship, such defense is enough. The Japanese army used to attack the landing ships to attack the landing ships mainly include some small-caliber rapid-fire cannons, which are not threatening to the landing ships. The landing ships also have self-defense weapons, with a total of 6 50 mm rapid-fire cannons, which also have full firepower and shoot on the shore.

When Luo Yue saw this, he immediately ordered two warships to be transferred to bombard the Japanese positions and cover the landing ship. Sure enough, after a few guns, the Japanese troops on the shore were immediately stunned. At this time, the first landing ship rushed to the beach. The rolling board of the bow was lowered, and the soldiers rushed out of the warships in a row and quickly spread out on the coast to lay out positions. The soldiers either looked for rocks on the beach to cover the beach or simply lie on the ground. This could also reduce the area of ​​bombing, and the artillery quickly supported the mortars. The whole process took less than 15 minutes. At the same time, several other landing ships of the People's Army rushed to the beach one after another.

At this time, the Japanese army guarding the beach also discovered that the People's Army had already arrived ashore, so they fired on the beach regardless of the shelling again. The People's Army, which had already arranged positions, immediately launched a counterattack, so the gunfire sounded loudly on the coast and fought very lively for a while. However, since the fire was exchanged in the dark, the two sides were not accurate enough, so although the fight was lively, the actual effect was not great.

Not long after, the four landing ships put down all their personnel and equipment, immediately retreated from the beach to transport the next batch of personnel. At this time, the four Zhenyuan-class warships had destroyed the last turret, then concentrated their firepower, and launched a round of strikes on the Japanese positions. This time, the Japanese positions were completely extinguished, and the warships stopped bombardment. The People's Army that landed on theshore organized two battalions of troops to launch an attack on the Japanese positions.

Originally, the Japanese army had not had much force, and they were bombarded by warships for a while and completely disrupted the positioning. Therefore, the People's Army's attacking troops could not stop the attack. As a result, the People's Army's offensive troops broke into the Japanese position very smoothly and launched hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army. At this time, the Japanese army's position was already in chaos and they had no intention of fighting. Therefore, the fierce battle between the two sides did not last long, and the Japanese army could not resist and withdrew from the position. The People's Army also took advantage of the situation to occupy the position. It was less than two o'clock in the morning, and the second batch of landing troops had not yet landed.

After receiving the battle report from the front, Luo Yue was also very happy. The first step of the landing battle went smoothly, so he immediately ordered the first batch of landing troops to immediately enter the positions left by the Japanese army. On the one hand, it was to arrange a defensive beachhead position, and on the other hand, it was to leave the open space on the shore and give it to the next batch of landing troops.

At 2:30 a.m., the second group of troops of a regiment also boarded the land. Their mission was to immediately advance south, occupy Nantianmen Mountain, about 5 kilometers away, and set up positions on Nantianmen Mountain. The third group of troops landed ashore captured Shanhuzui in the north. Only by occupying these two supreme points in the south and north can the stability of the beachhead position be ensured.

At 3:10 a.m., the 2nd Marine Corps Regiment successfully defeated a Japanese squadron guarding Nantianmen Mountain, successfully occupied Nantianmen Mountain, and immediately arranged positions on Nantianmen Mountain. At 3:20 a.m., the 3rd Regiment also occupied Shanhuzui and arranged positions. The 1st Regiment, which landed in advance, also pushed the front line forward and pushed all the way to the area around Xiaojinjia Village, and re-arranged the positions.

However, at 3:50, the Japanese army organized a regiment of troops to attack Nantianmen Mountain. It turned out that the Japanese leader General Nogi Haki Nogi was woken up in his sleep. Only then did he know that the People's Army had landed in Shuangshima Bay. However, Nogi Haki no was in a hurry, because this was long as he expected. Nogi Haki nogi ordered the gathering of the army and sent scouts to explore the situation on the battlefield. After all, before going to war, you must figure out the current situation on the battlefield.

Since the battle was carried out in the dark, it also brought great difficulties to the scouts' operations. It was not until 2:30 that Nogi Hadiden was returned. The People's Army had successfully landed and occupied the Japanese beachhead. The landed troops were about 1-2 regiments. In addition, there were firepower support from warships at sea. Judging from the power of the shells, they should be battleships.

After receiving the report from the scouts, Nogi Hashinomi was also a little surprised. The People's Army was moving too fast. It was only more than two hours before it completely occupied the beachhead position. Of course, at this time, Nogi Hashinomi also knew that it was very difficult to drive the People's Army into the sea immediately. First, it was difficult for the Japanese army to organize large-scale offensive operations in the dark night. Second, the People's Army had seized the position and had a foothold. Moreover, there was fire support from battleships at sea, which was not easy to deal with. Therefore, the most urgent task now is to control the key points of the Double Island Bay Formation as soon as possible, prevent the People's Army from continuing to expand in the Lushun area, and then notify the country and send the navy to assist in the war, so that the landing People's Army can be eliminated.

Of course, Nogi Kidun knew that the joint fleet intercepted the Russian fleet in the Tsushima Strait yesterday afternoon. Since it was waiting for work, it should be not difficult to win. It would take at least one day from China to Lushun, so the final decisive battle should be set tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Nantianmen Mountain is of course a key point to curb the expansion of the People's Army. Although the Japanese army had a brigade stationed here, Noki Hidian knew very well that this amount of troops was definitely not enough, so Noki Hidian immediately sent a regiment to Nantianmen Mountain to garrison. It was only one step too late. When the Japanese army arrived, the People's Army had already captured Nantianmen Mountain.

Of course, the Japanese army was unwilling to return without success, and immediately launched an attack on Nantianmen Mountain, trying to take back the Nantianmen Mountain position while the People's Army was unstable. However, the People's Army was closely guarded and there were drones in the air to instruct the Japanese troops to arrange their troops. Therefore, they firmly defended the Nantianmen Mountain position. The Japanese army launched two consecutive attacks, both of which were hit by the fierce firepower of the People's Army and could not advance at all. They had to withdraw the army to Houshishan, about 6 kilometers east of Nantianmen Mountain, and stationed in the 203 Highlands.

The position of Nantianmen Mountain has been lost, so Houshishan and the 203 Highlands became the last barrier to Lushun Port. When the Japanese attacked Lushun, the capture of the 203 Highlands was the turning point of the war. Therefore, Houshishan and the 203 Highlands must not be lost again.

At this time when the battle was going on, the People's Army had gained a foothold in the Lushun area and controlled the area about 7 kilometers long from north to south and about 5 kilometers wide from east to west. It also allowed the subsequent troops to land in Lushun and gained a relatively stable foothold.
Chapter completed!