Chapter 91 New Weapons
The sun sets in the complaints of land swings, and the sunset is shimmering on the sea, but what is more shocking than the golden light is the vast landing fleet on the sea. Because the sailing is too fierce and far, the accompanying ships are all power ships. Except for the thirteen merchant ships that stay in Xiamen Port to avoid typhoons or repair ships, the remaining 30,000 tons of transportation capacity is basically ocean-going fishing boats from Guangdong. Most of these fishing boats are two or three hundred tons, and the number of more than one hundred seems to cover the entire sea surface; this is not the whole picture of the fleet. The ocean-going fishing boats are followed by local wooden boats of all sizes, some of which are motorized sailboats modified with diesel engines at Xiamen Shipyard, and some are fishing boats voluntarily followed by local fishermen.
In the eyes of Fujian people, Taiwan has always been a part of Fujian. The residents of the island and the locals in Fujian have the same clan and ancestral temple. The Qing Dynasty ceded Taiwan was originally resented by the Fujian people. Now the Xin Dynasty is trying to regain Taiwan. Even if the news is rushed, the fishermen with boats are still happy to be invited by the army, either loading migrant workers or loading supplies, and follow the landing fleet to the dog-beating process.
According to statistics from the General Logistics Department of Landing, the entire fleet carries 53,000 tons. In addition to the more than 16,000 tons required for each soldier and 6,500 soldiers, there are also 15,000 tons required for carrying 2,000 mules, the remaining 22,000 tons, and 4,000 tons loaded with 2,500 migrant workers. The last 17,000 tons are supplies and combat materials.
The transportation capacity is so tight that it is only prepared for ten days with the troops, including the soldiers' three days of carrying them. The remaining space is full of ammunition, but this 7,000 tons of ammunition is the consumption of the entire brigade's continuous combat for 20 days. If the Japanese army on the island are just these things now, but if the Japanese army from the north head south to land on the island, then these ammunition is obviously not enough. For this reason, in addition to replacing all soldiers' rifles and mountain cannons with Japanese standards, the general manager also added military machinery such as reloading of bullets and black gunpowder suppression to the already tense warehouse to prevent the navy from preventing the Japanese army from landing. The war has long been agitated.
After the sun disappeared completely, the sunlight disappeared. Only seabirds were heard singing in the dark, the turbines were trembling rhythmically, the hull kept rising and falling with the waves, and the salty sea breeze poured in from the open windows. The cigarette was blowing brightly in the chart room. The burning ash also drifted with the wind, some flying and rotating with the wind. Finally, they fell to an unknown corner; and some were scattered on his camouflage military uniform.
Under the General Staff’s plan, the Marine Corps is the same as the Air Force, with its own military flags and badges, military dresses, regular clothes, and training uniforms are also somewhat different from other military branches in color. Unlike the navy’s true sea blue, the Marine Corps takes sea rock as its original color. On the dark brown eaves background, the school-level silver shoulder flowers are very eye-catching, and are accompanied by a silver collar and a double dragon medal hanging on the collar. Even the training uniforms have the majesty of military dresses.
The fleet sails at a speed of twelve knots. For every hour of sailing, the chartermen will draw a navigation chart based on the data obtained by the radio compass to compare the established routes. If the course needs to be adjusted, they will report the navigation staff and then notify the pilot ships of each team via radio to correct the course. This method is fine during the day. Even if the flag is not spoken, the tailing ship will be adjusted after the course of the pilot ship is adjusted, but the lights are controlled at night. The only thing that can be relied on is the radio broadcast system. Whether this system is useful in the dark night during bumpy sailing is only known.
"Sir, the submarine force calls out flags and wishes the fleet smooth sailing!" said the Navigation Staff.
"Well. Where are they?" Lu Wan stood up and asked. The attack firepower of the opposite shore that can be relied on for the entire landing operation is the 88mm deck cannon on the submarine. After all, these cannons are not naval cannons, and their power is still too small, but compared to the navy, it is undoubtedly large-caliber artillery for the Marines, so Lu Wan wanted to witness these submarines that escort and cooperate in combat with his own eyes.
"On there." The staff officer pointed to a direction outside the window. In the formation of several low and narrow submarines, taking advantage of the last light to the west, the signalman of a submarine was chanting the flag. In the telescope, Lu Wan only saw half a flag sentence, and the submarine was confused in the night, and then white waves splashed everywhere, and they seemed to have penetrated into the seabed.
Putting down the telescope, Lu Wan took a look at the sky where the moon was still missing, and said, "Are the wind and waves at night bigger than expected?"
"Well! The meteorological department forecast is level 5, saying it is a precursor to the typhoon. We have a few days to fight after we land on the island, and then we can only wait for the typhoon to pass through." Chen Ziming, chief of staff of the Brigade Department, said that he was the second graduate of Yantai Naval School, but he was not from Min, and he felt that he had no hope of future in the navy. After graduation, he joined the Baoding Army School. Later, after several twists and turns, he became a Marine Corps staff officer.
Hearing that the wind and waves were about to reach level five, Lu Wan said hurriedly: "Can those sailboats bear it?"
"The sailboats have been selected, so there should be nothing wrong. Those sailboats are a bit dangerous, but they are all old fishermen, and have encountered even greater storms." Chen Ziming smiled here, "Don't look at them behind, maybe they will dock before us."
"Dang first?" Lu Wan said. Chen Ziming said that the sailboats would probably go faster in the storm, but he was not so optimistic and only worried, "These ships do not want to arrive early, I hope they won't mess up the array."
The night became darker. When it was ten o'clock at night, the wind and waves on the sea surface became stronger and stronger. The large ship was better. The sailboats were sailing on the back of the fleet, and the sailboats began to float in the wind and waves. In order to keep the soldiers strong, there were no one sitting on the small boat, but were filled with ammunition. Although the ammunition was sinking, the ship was still bumpy. Although the sail was only three joints, it was still blown by the sea breeze, making a rustling sound. The masts were also trembling. The sail was pulled by the sail and pulled the hull into tilt. As Chen Ziming said, riding on the strong wind, the speed of the sailboat became faster than the ship. Fortunately, these ships had adjusted their positions before and moved to the side of the fleet, so they did not hit the entire fleet.
The wind and waves are getting stronger and stronger in the night. In order to keep the secret, there are few sea trainings, which are mostly the consequences of lake training. At this time, more than half of the more than 6,000 people in the brigade were vomiting. On the contrary, the migrant workers recruited locally were very calm. Fortunately, the ships were stable in the wind and waves, and the helmsmen tried their best to keep the course. They did not make the fleet confused, and tried their best to avoid collisions with each other. Others were busy. Lu Wan, who could not sleep, was the spirit of the spirit of the ancients who said that riding the wind and breaking the waves thousands of miles was the current situation?
The waves are like mountains and the rainstorm is pouring. It is only when four o'clock in the morning that the wind and waves gradually decrease. The noise from the outside world weakens, the louder the sound in the staff room next door.
"What! Girl! Why is the boat lost? Didn't it follow? Did you see the Dragon King or get separated?" The voice next door shouted, and Chen Ziming walked over from the next door and said, "The situation is not very good, those sailboats are lost!"
"Is it a sail or a machine sailboat?" There are two types of sailboats, organic sailboats and pure sailboats, with more than one hundred tonnages. They are three tonnages and four thousand tons, and they are all filled with ammunition. If they really sink, the ammunition will be a lot less.
"All of them, they're gone together." Chen Ziming said, "It seems that they can only wait for dawn. If they are still there, they will naturally rush to beat the dog. If they really meet the Dragon King, they will have to wait for the second batch of supplies to come ashore."
The fleet was only 50,000 tons. After transporting people, they returned to the voyage immediately, and it would not take until the next night to transport them to the beating dog again. Thinking of this, Lu Wan closed his eyes and said, "Then let it go. After getting ashore, in addition to collecting arms, people also need to collect nitro soil from all over the place. We should not be too optimistic, we should consider combat in the worst case."
"I understand!" Chen Ziming nodded. The Marines were born surrounded, especially the Chinese navy, which could be solved by a heavy patrol by the Japanese. And he really didn't dare to bet all the treasures on them.
The sky gradually became brighter. The rainstorm stopped and the wind became smaller. The waves turned back to their previous lazy appearance, gently patting the ship's side. In the morning light, the entire fleet sailed eastward, but it was very wider than yesterday. Standing on the freighter's bridge, in addition to seeing the light of the Dog Harbor Lighthouse, it seemed that they could also see the coast in a daze. After repeatedly calculating the charts, the brigade headquarters finally issued an order to prepare for the battle, and the assault fleet began to form. With the orders of the officers and officers on the ship, the soldiers who had been depressed all night began to force themselves and check their equipment to prepare for the next battle.
The Dagou Port was not too big. After the Japanese occupation, the expansion began in the year of Xinchou for business needs. It was originally scheduled to be completed in the second year of Shenwu, but due to political conditions, the construction was completed in the first year of Shenwu. After the expansion, the Dagou Port channel was expanded to 109 meters, with a depth of seven to nine meters in the port, and a maximum of 3,000-ton cargo ships can be used. In addition to the seven ship docks, there are also five buoys in ships, which can be docked by the thirteen large cargo ships.
However, the entrance to the Dagou Port was extremely narrow, with only 109 meters between the mountain behind the flag and the bow of the ship. Because of worrying that there were hidden shore defense artillery on both sides of the harbor, the Second Brigade's combat plan was to use the forces of one battalion to rush into the Dagou Port directly and quickly, and the other battalion forcibly landed on Shoushan on the north side of the port. After successfully clearing the Japanese army, the entire fleet entered the port and unloaded. At dawn, according to the established combat plan, more than 30 special landing fishing boats were divided into two groups, rushing to the Dagou Port and all the way to Nanshou Mountain.
After a night of wind and waves, Jiro Ohara, the lookout stationed at the lighthouse of the Banhou Mountain, was still sleepy. The work on the lighthouse was extremely boring. Every day, there were ships coming and going against the sea, which easily made people drowsy. Especially, this lighthouse city in the Banhou Mountain was built by people from the Qing Dynasty for more than 20 years. In order to save money, the remaining corners of this square lighthouse were extremely narrow, which made Jiro Ohara cursed the Qing slaves every time he looked out.
After the wind and waves, the sea surface was flat, and I saw that Kahara Jiro had no idea that it was wrong. But the smoke in the distance was very eye-catching. Is it a fog? Xiaohara looked at it for a long time but couldn't see what it was. But just when he put down the telescope, the black spots flying in the sky surprised him. The things like birds flew closer and closer, but the strange thing was that they flew above the smoke and began to hover at a low altitude. At this time, Xiaohara realized that something was wrong. Just as he was about to put down the telescope and rub his sleepy eyes, more than a dozen red flag-mounted clutches suddenly rushed out of the smoke. These ships drove so fast that he thought of the navy's destroyers.
Thinking of the Navy's shock, Jiro Kohara was shocked, he finally felt something was wrong with these ships - in addition to the rapid sailing in the early morning, the Chinese military flag was hung on the bows of these ships. He had read this mark from the newspaper. He remembered the appearance of Haidongqing on the fiery Red Army flag. He felt that the Chinese warship was still two kilometers away. In a panic, Jiro Kohara trembled and grabbed the phone and shouted for a long time but found it was not working. While cursing, he finally felt that the phone had been deliberately destroyed. After being excited, he was so busy picking up the starting gun and shooting a signal flare in the port.
The lighthouse behind the flag suddenly shot a signal flare into the port. The water policeman who saw the signal flare was very surprised. Could it be that a ship outside the port was killed? As the water police were suspicious, the seabirds flying in the air suddenly began to dive towards the Water Police Office. The shrill whistling finally broke through the quiet morning of the Dog Harbor. Everyone was concerned about it no longer a signal flare, but something that fell in the air.
"Bang...boom..." The forty-kilogram bomb accurately hit the Dog Water Police Office. In the violent explosion, the sleeping and awake Japanese police killed in the air waves and shrapnel; after a plane dived, another plane followed, and a sharp roar passed by. In the continuous explosions, the sound of the Maxim machine gun on the plane began to sound, and the chains of tracer bullets whipped the Japanese police on the ground like a fuse whip and panicked and had nowhere to escape.
The air strikes at the port, attacking the Japanese military camps in Dog City, and the railway police station were also ravaged by dive bombers, and they were sleeping. They had never suffered an air strike. The Japanese army was as stupid as a wooden chicken, and they didn't know whether this was an illusion or a nightmare. When they came back to their senses and looked for cover, there were only a few people left to move.
There were only fifteen dive bombers, but there was no waste of forty-five forty-five bombs. Just when these planes were dropped, the entire Japanese police force that killed the dog was half-dead. Although the bombs were thrown, the plane still hovered at a low altitude, monitoring all suspicious targets in the port. As soon as the fishing boats that had already entered the port landed, the soldiers of the assault battalion rushed out quickly to seize various key points in the port. The Japanese police who were confused by the bombers had no time to surrender before they could raise their hands to surrender.
Within half an hour, the entire Dog-Dao Port was controlled by the Assault Battalion. When the Assault Battalion soldiers went deep into the inland. When they went to sweep the Japanese army, thirteen cargo ships began to dock. Without waiting for the command of the General Staff, the migrant workers on the fishing boat jumped off the boat. They swam on the shore and took off their coats and started unloading the boat. In the port, there were also a group of people holding the Yellow Dragon Banner walking down the soldiers.
"This is..." Lu Wan, who was still immersed in amazement at the bomber, couldn't remember the name of the local underground organization's contact person for a while, and couldn't help but ask the Chief of Staff beside him.
"The Volunteer Team's surname is Luo, and the underground organization seems...the surname is Yu..." Chen Ziming knew about the Volunteer Team, but the local anti-Japanese organization was a little confused.
"Oh." Social communication is not good at Lu Wan, but he is now the commander of the Second Brigade, and he always comforts the heroes who are lurking and supporting him. But just as he was tidying up his clothes and saluting the visitor, a black and thin man walked in front, and suddenly knelt down more than 20 meters away, and actually cried, "Mr. King! Emperor! King! Emperor..."
The man in front knelt, and the coarse men following behind also knelt down, and some people who couldn't cry were howling. Only those volunteers in strong outfits were very embarrassed about this. They were Major General Li Erhu's subordinates and usually practiced the military rules of the revival. However, although these members had received military training, the etiquette in the army was not explained in detail, so from the captain to the team members, they didn't understand whether to kneel down in this scene.
The only one brigade stationed in Japan to beat dogs is that this brigade belongs to the second brigade of Taiwan. The brigade station is not in the dogs but in Tainan, where it is the brigade headquarters. The capture of dogs is actually because the Japanese army has few troops and is easy to get ashore. It is occupied by the port so that all kinds of materials can be unloaded as quickly as possible.
In the entire landing plan, speed is the key factor that determines the success or failure of the action, especially Tainan is 45 kilometers north of the dog, so the Second Brigade cannot stay for a long time when the dog is beaten. It must move north quickly before Tainan's Japanese army noticed it. The longer the time is delayed, the more sufficient the Japanese army prepares.
When the group of people on the ground were crying, the political commissar of the brigade department had already stepped forward to dissuade him, "The army is about to go north. Please get up quickly. If you delay here for a long time, Taiwan will be restored..."
The political commissar said this. The thin black man kneeling on the ground got up from the ground with a tremor. His behavior was just the same. The army has just arrived in the shore. It is still unknown how the war is. If it is delayed here for too long and affects the cause of restoring Taiwan, then he will be a sinner. "Yu Qingfang, a grass polite, has met the general!" He ran to the front of him as two steps, and he half-kneeled down again.
Lu Wan was about to answer, but Chen Ziming next to him stopped him. He said first: "Well! Yu Qingfang, right? Our general and the Prime Minister already know you. If you succeed in resuming Taiwan this time, you will have great achievements. It is no problem to give rewards. However, the army will go north immediately and unload the ship and load the car immediately. If you can find some people..."
Yu Qingfang was praised by Chen Ziming, and when he heard that the Prime Minister of the current dynasty knew that his bones had floated to the sky. This anti-Japanese genius who was hanged by the Japanese army a year later because of the uprising, he immediately shouted: "Please give me the order, and the people will never refuse!"
The local anti-Japanese organization was fooled by Chen Ziming in a few words to unload the ship, while the captain of the volunteer team was dragged by the staff to explain the attack in detail. Lu Wan had nothing to do for a while. When he was bored, the soldiers outside brought a few foreigners.
"You are invading!" a gentleman wearing a top hat and holding a civilized stick said angrily in English, "In the name of the Consul of Great Britain, I ordered you to withdraw from the dog-beating!
Lu Wan could understand some English, but even though he knew the general meaning of the other party's words, he still asked the foreigners to say it again.
"Sir, this is a war!" The consulates of various countries in Taiwan had moved to Taipei, and the sudden appearance of British consulates was very strange, but Lu Wan still perfunctorily treated him for a while, and then ignored the foreigner and headed to the train station.
Lu Wan ignored it after saying perfunctory words, and the British were so angry that they fainted. This person was not a British consul, but the owner of a local British business company. There was a violent explosion early in the morning, and when he got up, he found that there were many planes flying in the sky. The British, who saw the logo on the plane, wanted to intimidate according to their previous impression of the Qing people, but did not want to be defeated.
The train station is near the port, and several locomotives were controlled by the volunteer team during the bombing. Several Japanese drivers who wanted to get in the car and drive away were either beaten to death or captured by them. Japanese drivers did not dare to use it. The Chinese driver who accompanied him lit the boiler after a brief inspection. When he got on the car, the locomotive had already smoked and could drive at any time.
"Can you leave?" Lu Wan asked as soon as he got on the car. The real target of the Second Brigade was the Japanese and Taiwan Second Corps in Tainan. Only after the brigade was eliminated could the whole brigade rest with peace of mind.
"I'm still waiting for shells." Chen Ziming said. "There's a corps there, and the attack will be difficult if the shells are insufficient."
"There is no need to be too many shells," Lu Wan said, pointing to the plane that was leaving. "Is the local airport under construction?"
"It's started. The bulldozers brought by the road roller will be unloaded in a short time. As long as the place is flat, the airport can be built in half a day." Chen Ziming said. Fortunately, the drill was carried out. After capturing the port, the clearance was clearance, the unloading of the ship, the unloading of the ship, the Anmin, and the construction of the airport was very complicated. Landing was not as simple as sending troops ashore.
"It seems that there is no airplane war and no airplane war." Lu Wan said. He witnessed those aircraft feats since he was still on the sea. These are not aircraft, but air firepower players. "Will they come again when they were fighting Tainan?"
"Isn't this the three-dimensional war that the Prime Minister said?" Chen Ziming also said. In the past, when the plane was training, it was not as popular as it is now. "According to the plan, they are back now to replenish bombs. If the plane could be bigger and bring more ammunition."
"More? How much do you want?" Lu Fang smiled, "If you have more battles, don't let us fight. They will blow them up and collect the bodies." After he said this, he thought of something and asked, "Hey, I don't think so. Where did this plane come from? If it comes from Xiamen, they should also fly west, but I just saw them going south. Is there an island in the south?"
When Lu Wan asked, Chen Ziming was stunned. He only looked at the plane to assist in the battle. He didn't understand that the plane came from there, nor did he remember that they went from there. Now seeing Lu Wan, he pointed to the map and said, "It will take two and a half hours to get to Tainan. The plane will also come to assist in the battle in two and a half hours. If you go back and forth for one hour..." He was stunned when he said this. He knew the speed of the plane more than 100 kilometers per hour, but besides the north, the area of more than 100 kilometers is all over the sea. Did the plane land on the sea?
The Chief of Staff was stunned, but after Lu Wan lit the cigarette, he said with certainty: "New weapons must be new weapons that we don't know!" (To be continued...)
Chapter 91 of the new weapon:
Chapter completed!