516 As long as I hit Japan, I will donate my salary
When receiving the telegram from Liu Zizheng forwarded by the Military Department, the fleet led by Xie Rundong was in the Osumi Strait.
After careful consideration, Xie Rundong still ordered the fleet to change course and head to Lushun to assist in the battle.
I have to say that Lushun is indeed a permanent pain in the hearts of the Chinese, especially the navy. As long as there is a chance, Xie Rundong does not mind turning Lushun into Keelung. Anyway, there are no Chinese in Lushun now.
Really not. In the war from 1894 to 1895, only seven people were killed by the Japanese in the whole city of Lushun. During this period, it also experienced Russian and Japanese rule. Unless it was those Chinese who were friendly with the Japanese.
, otherwise no Chinese would be able to live in that slaughterhouse in Lushun.
As for the Chinese who were friendly with the Japanese, well, there was never a shortage of traitors in the Republic of China.
Tomorrow morning, we will arrive at Port Arthur. I don’t think I need to emphasize what this place represents to us Chinese. In the Wanghai Conference Room, although not all of the people present are Chinese, Xie Rundong still said this.
In Lanfang's current navy, all captains of destroyers, aircraft carriers and submarines are Lanfang citizens, but not all of them are Chinese. For example, Mario, the captain of the Huangshan aircraft carrier, was previously French.
Although he is of French origin, it does not prevent Mario from serving Lanfang. As early as when Qin Zhiyuan purchased four Acorn-class destroyers from the United Kingdom, Mario had already joined Qin Zhiyuan's command and Lanfang's current navy.
Minister Antonio is about the same.
If you count carefully, there are actually few people present who are more senior than Mario.
Tomorrow's combat sequence will still be the same as when we bombed Keelung. The bombers taking off from the Huangshan were loaded with high-explosive bombs, and the other bombers all used incendiary bombs. We just need to do what we did in Keelung again. Xie Rundong is looking forward to tomorrow's scene.
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The distribution of targets must be focused. General Liu's troops are currently on the line from Jinzhou to Qingniwa. We must leave enough passages for the tank troops to facilitate the advancement of the tank troops. At the same time, Lushun used to have an arsenal, so we must
To guard against their ground anti-aircraft firepower, it is estimated that the Japanese will not sit still. Cheng Debao, chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Fleet, interjected.
Less than half a month has passed since the naval battle. It is estimated that no matter how slow the Japanese are, they should have begun to pay attention to anti-aircraft firepower. Japan still has certain military capabilities, especially the Taisho 3-year-old heavy machine gun equipped by Japan. With a few changes, it can
Can be turned into an anti-aircraft machine gun.
In the history of another time and space, the Japanese did do this. Although it was already during World War II, the Japanese still carried out their air defense in this primitive and crude way. After all, the anti-aircraft machine gun modified from the Taisho Type 3 heavy machine gun was not
Specialized anti-aircraft weapons can only play an extremely limited role, which is better than nothing.
In the Japanese concept, defense means failure, so the extreme Japanese spend all their energy on offense and do not consider defense at all.
Then take off a group of fighter jets first, go for a reconnaissance tour, test the Japanese air defense strength, and also harass the ground. Xie Rundong is not worried about consumption.
Xie Rundong was not worried that the Japanese would counterattack with aircraft. Even if Emperor Taisho was cheating, the Japanese would not be able to develop an aircraft in such a short period of time, let alone have enough pilots.
Compared to aircraft, pilot reserves are a cumulative process.
The good thing about Lanfang is that as soon as the aircraft appeared, Qin Zhiyuan seized this opportunity and organized the largest air force in the world. For now, Lanfang's air force is undoubtedly second to none in the world, surpassing the British
There is more than one street for people and the French, not to mention the Japanese who are still in the kite-flying stage.
Currently, Lanfang has nearly 5,000 pilots. This is due to the number of workers who participated in the production of aircraft in the Renault factory. If it were not for the false guarantee of a huge worker base, Qin Zhiyuan would not have been able to accumulate so many pilots in three short years.
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This night is destined to be restless.
As soon as night fell, Liu Zizheng organized artillery to launch an artillery attack on the fort in Lushun.
Compared with the Japanese, Lanfang's artillery is another arm with huge advantages.
After experiencing the baptism of the European battlefield, the Lanfang artillery has gained extremely rich experience, which is unmatched by the Japanese artillery.
In Europe, before the start of each battle, there is always an advanced and large-scale fire preparation, interspersed with counter-artillery and position transfers to avoid the enemy's counter-fire. The entire fire preparation time may be two or three days.
, maybe a week.
For Japan, firepower preparations on the scale of Europe are unheard of. The Japanese simply cannot afford that intensity of consumption. Even if the Japanese Army's annual funding is doubled, the Japanese cannot afford it.
The artillery is a scientific branch, especially fire countermeasures. If there is not enough experience, it is impossible to talk about it.
Compared with Japanese artillery, all Lanfang artillerymen are experts.
The gap between Japan and Lanfang is not only reflected in the quality of soldiers, but also in weapons.
The artillery on the Lushun Fort is indeed large in caliber, but its power is not objective. Both in terms of range and power, it is far behind the 120 mm caliber division-level artillery of the Lanfang Army, especially after the Lanfang Army equipped with self-propelled artillery.
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Do you still remember the 194mm self-propelled artillery that showed its prowess in the Battle of Ferenta de Noy?
That is something that gives the Germans a lot of headaches.
During the Sino-Japanese War, after the Japanese occupied Lushun, all the artillery on the Lushun fort were dismantled and shipped back to Japan to be rebuilt. Later, after the Russians occupied Lushun, they trimmed the fort again, but it was not restored to the Qing state.
The size of the empire.
After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese reoccupied Lushun. This time, the Japanese did not dismantle the artillery on the fort, but renovated the fort and settled there openly.
Although there are still cannons on the fort, they are from nearly twenty years ago after all, and cannot be compared with the latest artillery equipped by Lanfang.
So when the Lanfang Army's artillery unit opened fire, the Japanese army fell into a helpless situation of being passively beaten.
Everyone prepared and fired five high-explosive shells in rapid succession according to their assigned positions. Cheng Zongyi, commander of the artillery regiment of the 2nd Armored Division, changed his tone with excitement, and sounded particularly impressive in the darkness.
Cheng Zongyi was not commanding an artillery regiment. In addition to the division-affiliated artillery regiment of the 2nd Armored Division, there were also division-affiliated artillery regiments of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Foreign Legion.
Among them, the artillery regiment of the 2nd Armored Division is equipped with self-propelled artillery, and the 1st and 2nd Foreign Legion Divisions are equipped with towed artillery.
After Cheng Zongyi issued the order, the battalion commanders of each battalion immediately conveyed combat missions to each artillery company and calibrated various parameters.
Within about half a minute, all departments reported that they were ready.
Cheng Zongyi's voice was extremely loud, even to the point of breaking his voice.
No one paid attention to whether Cheng Zongyi's voice was broken, because just after Cheng Zongyi gave the order, almost instantly, 144 artillery pieces roared almost simultaneously, and then hundreds of red projectiles were seen bursting out of the barrel.
Speeding towards their goal.
Before the shells hit the ground, the artillery here had already begun reloading in preparation for the next salvo.
When they were in Europe, the artillerymen were already very familiar with this procedure, even if they were blindfolded. Moreover, in order to prevent the sound of artillery fire from damaging their eardrums, the artillerymen all wore earplugs, which made them even more distracted.
When the artillery launched a sudden fire attack, Liu Zi was staying on a hillside to observe.
Through the telescope, one can clearly see that the outermost forts of the Lushun fort group have been engulfed in orange-red flames. Japanese soldiers can be vaguely seen running around and shouting. You can imagine how panicked the Japanese were at this moment.
Since the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese have not participated in a war for nearly 15 years. The scale and intensity of the recapture of Qingdao during World War I could not achieve the effect of military training. This made it impossible to guarantee the quality of Japanese soldiers.
On the battlefield, it's useless no matter how well you practice on the training ground.
The most critical thing is that these 15 years have been a period of rapid technological development, especially during the First World War. The emergence of aircraft and tanks, as well as the application of heavy machine gun crossfire, have changed the previous forms of warfare. If we continue to follow
Based on past experience, fighting a war can only lead to a dead end.
The victory of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War gave the Japanese the illusion that even if their weapons and equipment were inferior to others, they could make up for it with their tenacious fighting will. Therefore, the Japanese did not pay attention to the development of the army from top to bottom. They and the world
The Army has been separated for so long that it no longer knows how to fight.
If we had known that we would have fought like this during the day, we might have broken through the Japanese defense line. Wang Dingshan, commander of the Second Division, expressed satisfaction with the effect of the artillery bombardment and expressed regret for not launching the artillery bombardment as early as possible.
Stop talking nonsense, what to do with the anti-tank trenches, and what to do with the Japanese minefields? If you want to attack during the day, you can only fill it with the lives of the soldiers, and let your troops take the lead, okay? Liu Zizheng is not polite at all.
Okay, Commander, if you want to attack now, I will go back and prepare the troops. Wang Dingshan is not ambiguous at all.
The troops led by Wang Dingshan are the Foreign Legion. To put it bluntly, they are all composed of French, German and Czech people who have not taken Lanfang nationality. Wang Dingshan does not care about their life or death. If they die, they will die and they will be given pensions.
Wang Dingshan was also a veteran, and his military service was just a few days shorter than Liu Zizheng's. Wang Dingshan and Liu Zizheng were old acquaintances when the Foreign Legion was first established, so they had no scruples in talking to each other.
Damn, the pension will be deducted from your salary. Liu Zizhengxiang helps the military department save money.
OK, I can deduct all of it. As long as I fight the Japanese, I will donate all my future wages. Wang Dingshan is really not afraid.
