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The defeat of the Nanshan Yangtze Bay Devils warship team not only shamed Ikeda Takeo Haru, but also humiliated the mighty Third Fleet.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Watanabe's warships have suffered heavy losses, and the overall combat effectiveness of the team has dropped sharply. Should we let them retreat first for rest?" the devil's chief of naval staff suggested to the commander in a low voice.
After listening to the chief of staff's suggestion, Ikeda Takeo Haru thought for a while, and said cautiously: "Immediately send power to Watanabe and order all warships to withdraw to the pier bay to rest!"
"Hai, Commander!"
A Japanese naval officer saluted and left, and immediately went to convey the order.
After a while, the devil's messenger handed over a telegram.
"Report to the commander, a telegram from the headquarters of the Central China Expeditionary Army!"
Hearing that it was Hata Shunroku's telegram, Ikeda Takeo Haru didn't dare to neglect in the slightest.
He took the urgent telegram from the messenger and carefully read the contents of the telegram.
After reading the telegram in his hand, Ikeda Takeo Haru's face became a bit displeased.
"This Hata Toshiro is really a fool. The army lost the battle and blamed it on our navy. He also said that Watanabe's warships delayed the fighter planes and failed to support the army in time. Haga, this is simply unreasonable!!!"
Ikeda Takeo Haru called Hata Junroku, the old devil's name, and kept yelling in the headquarters.
The devil's navy had a bad relationship with the army, and they despised each other. It was obvious that the army was at a disadvantage in combat, and they also said that the navy had delayed their fighters, and wanted the navy to take the blame for the army. Naturally, Ikeda Takeo Haru was upset.
However, Hata Shunroku is the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army after all, and Ikeda Takeo Haru dare not refute his superiors.
What made Ikeda Takeo most exasperating was that Hata Shunroku just mentioned in the telegram that he ordered the naval fleet to actively cooperate with the army in combat.
"Baga, a bunch of incompetent army, it's okay to let our powerful navy actively cooperate with the army to fight. It's a stupid decision to ask our navy to obey orders!" Takeo Ikeda's face turned green in spring, Angrily scolded the army for being incompetent.
"Commander, it's a joke to make our navy obey the incompetent army!"
"Our naval forces have been invincible since the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan. If the poorly equipped army does not have the support of our navy, how could the incompetent army land so quickly?"
The other devil officers in the headquarters spoke angrily, expressing various dissatisfaction with the Japanese army.
The Chief of Staff of the Devils Navy thought for a while, and advised: "Your Excellency, calm down, and cooperate with the army to fight. After all, this is an order from the Central China Expeditionary Army Command, and we can only obey. Besides, although we don't like the army, we It's all for the Emperor."
"Everyone, since we can't resist orders, then our navy should enlarge the layout to cooperate with the army. After all, our real enemy is the Chinese army!"
All the devil officers and generals just complained, but after listening to the chief of staff's words, they all calmed down.
When Ikeda Takeo Haru thought of defeating the security team of their warship team, his heart became furious.
Immediately, Ikeda Takeo Haru issued a combat order to his subordinates, and re-dispatched the warship team to go up the river to support the Madang Fortress and cooperate with the army to fight.
This time, the devil's naval force spent a lot of money and mobilized three warship teams to form a joint team to fight at the same time.
The lineup of Japanese warships was very strong. They dispatched the "Yunfan" aircraft carrier, nine cruisers, eleven destroyers, and seven gunboats. The number of ships of various sizes added up to nearly thirty.
The Japanese naval combat unit received an order from Commander Ikeda Takeo Haru, and all naval guns left the pier bay overnight.
The little devil was really cornered this time, and even a large ship like an aircraft carrier was dispatched.
However, the devil's aircraft carrier is not very useful on the Yangtze River. ,
It's not that the devil's aircraft carrier is a garbage warship. As we all know, an aircraft carrier is the core main ship of a warship battle group, and it is also the overlord of ocean battles.
During the Battle of Songhu, even if there was no airport, the Japanese army's flying troops could take off on the aircraft carrier, so they occupied the air supremacy.
However, large warships of more than 100 meters can travel unimpeded in the sea, but they are not so flexible when entering the Yangtze River. The waters of the Yangtze River have different widths and different depths. The deep place can reach [-] meters, and the shallow bay is only a few meters.
Therefore, even if the devils dispatched an aircraft carrier, they could only fight in deep water.
Of course, the strike capability of an aircraft carrier is far beyond people's imagination. It can not only provide air cover, but also conduct long-range artillery strikes.
The Devil's aircraft carrier is equipped with a lot of carrier-based attack aircraft. The Devil's aircraft can freely take off, land and launch operations on the deck of the aircraft carrier without relying on land airports. To put it simply, the aircraft carrier is a mobile military airport.
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The fighting continued that night, and the devils naturally refused to give up after losing the battle. They mobilized sea, land and air forces to fight together overnight.
The defense line of the Madang Fortress is very important, so the Japanese army made sufficient preparations for this attack.
The Japanese army guarding the Madang Fortress fought fiercely with Japanese troops all night. The devils were helpless and turned into a bitter battle, and many of the enemy's heavy fire positions were destroyed by the commandos.
Outside the Madang line of defense, the two artillery regiments of the ** were shelling fiercely, and there were commandos harassing and sabotaging the Madang position, and the little devils and soldiers were overwhelmed.
At all costs, the squadron continued to attack the Madang line of defense. After several raids, the frontline squadrons had successfully landed at the forward position of the Madang fortress.
Chapter 7
"Tom, tom, tom!!!"
"Tut, chug, da da da!!!"
"Boom, boom, boom..."
There was constant gunfire in the Madang Fortress, and the two sides were fighting fiercely.
In the darkness, there are flying bullets and tracer bullets everywhere, and flares are fired into the night sky from time to time.
The brothers of the 49th Army of the National Army paid a huge price for casualties, and a 500-man death battalion landed at the forward position of the Madang Fortress.
As soon as the officers and soldiers rushed to the position on the river bank, they quickly established defensive positions and fire positions.
"Brothers quickly occupy the favorable terrain, suppress the firepower of the machine gun company, and quickly establish a position for the artillery!!!"
The commander roared loudly, directing the soldiers to fight.
Under the command of the commander, hundreds of soldiers of the national army seized the favorable terrain of Zhouwei as quickly as possible to fight.
The soldiers in the machine gun group behind carried Maxim heavy machine guns and Czech light machine guns, and quickly set up machine gun positions in various corners.
"Da da da, chug chug!!!"
"Tut, chug, da da da!!!"
Dozens of light and heavy machine guns fired together, and the machine guns let out a huge roar.
Countless bullets flew towards the sky like a rain curtain, pouring onto the positions guarded by the devils in front.
The machine gunners used the machine gun deep spread fire method, or "exceeding fire method", which is a shooting tactic in which the machine gun hits the target at a long distance.
This strange machine gun tactic, in fact, appeared in the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
The Maxim machine gun can be placed behind the bunker to shoot, and the bullets fall from the sky in a parabolic shape like raindrops. Even if the enemy crawls or lies down, there is no concealment effect. Even if they hide in the trench, they may still be hit by stray bullets.