"There are four destroyers at the front, followed by a heavy cruiser, a minesweeper, six torpedo boats, a large troop carrier of several thousand tons, and three destroyers..."
Xu Rui put down the telescope and looked a little solemn.
Savushkin also put down his telescope and said: "The Japanese warships are constantly looking for fighter planes. Look at the four destroyers in front of them, lined up in a long snake formation, as if they are trying to eat people. They are too arrogant.
"
"Comrade Commander, the Japanese warship has moved forward and has entered the range of the fortress' artillery!" said the fortress commander.
"Fire now! Hit me hard!" Savushkin shouted.
"yes!"
Following Savushkin's order, more than 60 fortress cannons continued to bombard the four Japanese destroyers on the sea. The Japanese destroyers also continued to fire at the fortress. The two sides fought with smoke and smoke for half a battle.
For several hours, there was no loss at all.
Xu Rui frowned and said: "No, Comrade Savushkin, immediately order to stop firing."
Savushkin asked: "What's going on?"
Xu Rui said: "Have you noticed that the Japanese warships only moved on the edge of the shore artillery range, and sometimes even retreated outside the range?"
Savushkin picked up the telescope and took a closer look. It was exactly what Xu Rui said.
"We've been fooled. The Japanese warships are testing our truth!" Savushkin said.
Xu Rui nodded and said: "The attack just now has exposed all our artillery positions. If my guess is correct, the Japanese will definitely find the blind spot for the artillery position and take advantage of it."
Savushkin said: "Can the Japanese really be so cunning?"
Xu Rui smiled and said: "Then we will wait and see."
On the deck of the Japanese destroyer Tornado, a proud smile appeared on Takeda Heirai's face. These Soviets were really stupid. It was just a test. They exposed all their cards and bombarded them from the Soviets.
Judging from the direction, their shore artillery has blind spots on both sides. If you take advantage of these two blind spots, you will definitely be able to invade the interior of the Vladivostok port in one fell swoop, and even establish a beachhead. In this case, Vladivostok's maritime defense line is likely to be
collapse.
Thinking of this, Takeda Heirai immediately ordered the Kira and Unnami to sail into the blind spot on the left side of Vladivostok, and the Tornado and Hayami followed suit.
Sure enough, although the shells of the Soviet shore guns continued to explode around them, they could never truly threaten the safety of the Japanese ships.
The Kira ran rampantly on the sea, showing off its power.
"boom!"
A huge fireball suddenly exploded from the bridge of the Kira, which was traveling at high speed. The entire hull continued to tilt to the left, and a large amount of seawater poured in. The sailors jumped into the water one after another. However, the fuel burning everywhere in the water would destroy the diving people.
The sailors mercilessly devoured it, and finally, the Kira sank to the bottom of the sea...
"Report, the Kira hit a mine and sank!" A soldier came to report from the Tornado.
"I saw it." Takeda Heirai said expressionlessly.
For Takeda Hiranyori, the Kira is just a small destroyer of over a thousand tons. Using it as a forward to explore the road feels a bit like putting the Kira to risk.
The sinking of the Kira made Takeda Heiyori know that this so-called blind spot for shore artillery fire was probably a bait set by the Soviets to attract more Japanese warships to hit mines on their own.
"Hmph, do you want to use mines to stop the Imperial Army's attack?" Takeda Heyori snorted coldly and immediately called the minesweepers following the fleet to come and clear the mines.
As the mines were eliminated one by one, Takeda Heirai showed a proud look on his face. After the mines were eliminated, his first detachment would go straight into Vladivostok. If he could conquer Vladivostok in one fell swoop, it would be a miracle.
After the last mine was cleared, Takeda Heyori immediately asked the soldiers to send out a semaphore and prepare to enter Vladivostok through the passage after the mine was cleared. But at this moment, several small black dots appeared in the direction of Vladivostok. These small black dots
It's getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting closer to Takeda Hiranyori's first detachment.
Takeda Heirai raised his telescope, and through the telescope, he clearly saw that those few black dots turned out to be five Soviet gunboats.
Takeda Heirai couldn't help but laugh. Do the Soviets want to use these five small gunboats to fight against their three destroyers? They are really overestimating their capabilities!
"Order, Speedy Waves, Yunlang, and Guangfeng, line up in a formation to attack the enemy ships!"
"Hai!"
At that moment, Takeda Heyori's Katana, Sunami and Unnami were lined up in a row and kept advancing forward. In the distance, the five gunboats of the Soviet Pacific Fleet were like arrows, heading towards the three Japanese ships.
Go up.
After a while, the two warring parties became entangled. Two Soviet gunboats surrounded the Tornado and attacked continuously, while the other two surrounded the Velvet and the remaining gunboat entangled the Yunlang.
"Boom! Boom!"
The artillery fire from both sides continued. Although the Soviet gunboat was small, it was maneuverable and kept moving while firing hard at the Japanese ship, hitting the Japanese ship continuously.
"boom!"
A shell hit the bowstring of the Japanese ship Tornado. The Tornado shook violently and Takeda Heirai almost fell to the ground.
"Baga, you can't even deal with a few small gunboats. Immediately concentrate all your firepower to kill the Soviet gunboats!"
"Colonel, the Soviet gunboats are too close. Although our army's artillery firepower is strong, it can only shoot from a long distance and is just a display at close range."
Takeda Heiyori looked outside, and sure enough, the Soviet gunboats were constantly approaching the Tornado where he was, and they were already very close.
"What do the Soviets want to do?" Takeda Heirai was shocked. At such a close distance, the artillery on both sides was useless. What on earth did the Soviets want to do?
"Colonel, the Soviets are trying to seize the ship!" an officer shouted.
Takeda Heiyori looked forward, and sure enough he saw the Soviets putting the pedals on the string of the ship. Several Soviet soldiers were holding Bobosha submachine guns and rushing towards the ship they were on from the pedals.
"Drive them back quickly!" Takeda Heirai shouted.
The next moment, more than a dozen Japanese sailors rushed towards the pedal. The Bobosha in the hands of the Soviet army played a great role. The Soviet soldier at the front just pulled the trigger, and the bullets knocked down all six or seven Japanese soldiers.
However, when the Soviet army fired again, the bullets were empty.
"idiot!"
Takeda Heirai pulled out his samurai sword from his waist and rushed towards the Soviet soldier. He cut the Soviet soldier into two pieces with one blow and his blood soaked him completely red.
At this time, the second Soviet soldier rushed up with Bobosa in hand. Takeda Heyori threw the katana in his hand, and the sharp samurai sword directly penetrated the Soviet soldier from the chest, and the Soviet soldier fell to the ground.
Taking advantage of this gap, Takeda Heirai came to the pedal, lifted the pedal with force, and threw it into the sea.
"Long live!"
Seeing how brave Takeda Heirai was, the Japanese sailors also mustered up the courage to rush forward and fired continuously under Takeda Heirai's command. Although the Soviet army mostly used Bobosha with strong firepower, the Japanese army refused to retreat and the Soviet army was outnumbered.
They had no choice but to turn the gunboat around and escape towards Vladivostok.
At the same time, the Japanese warships also distinguished themselves from the rest of the gunboats. The Japanese warships relied on their large hulls and fierce firepower, causing one Soviet gunboat to sink and two others to be seriously injured. They fled in billowing smoke.
Takeda Heirai, who was covered in blood, laughed loudly and said ferociously: "Chase them and sink them!"
The three destroyers immediately pursued the four fleeing Soviet gunboats.
"Boom! Boom!"
Huge waves rose into the sky, and the Japanese warships unknowingly entered the firing range of the Soviet fortress' cannons. The Soviets fired thousands of cannons, causing the mountains to collapse and the ground to crack.
"boom!"
A Soviet artillery shell hit the Tornado, and instantly flames shot into the sky. A secondary gun and a dozen soldiers were killed on the spot, and thick smoke billowed from the hull.
"Colonel, we can't pursue anymore!" an officer shouted.
"retreat!"
Takeda Heyori immediately asked the soldiers to use semaphores to command, and the three warships quickly sailed out of the range of the fortress guns and once again cruised in the open sea.
On the Suzuki, Lieutenant General Ozawa had a panoramic view of the naval battle through his telescope. Although one of his four destroyers was sunk by a mine and one was damaged by a gunboat, he killed one Soviet destroyer.
The military gunboats were seriously damaged, and two of them were seriously damaged. The most important thing is that through this operation, Takeda Heyori found out the range of the Soviet fortress artillery.
Although the firepower of the Soviet fortress cannons is fierce, because the cannons were produced a long time ago, the range is generally not far, and it is not as far as its own naval guns. Therefore, the Suzuki can completely take advantage of the naval gun range to attack the fortress.
blow.
In addition, Takeda Heiyori also figured out one thing, that is, the Soviet Pacific Fleet is now very weak, so weak that only a few offshore gunboats can go into battle, posing no threat to his own fleet, and the range of the Vladivostok Fortress cannon is
If there is a blind spot, your fleet can completely use this blind spot to enter Vladivostok and seize the beach to land.
At this moment, Takeda Heirai, covered in blood, walked into the war room where Lieutenant General Ozawa was. Takeda Heirai's face looked a little ugly and he said: "Lieutenant General Ozawa, I let you down."
Lieutenant General Ozawa said: "Takeda-kun, your mission was to find out the reality of the Soviet army in Vladivostok. You have completed this mission very well. Leave the rest to me."
"Hai!" Takeda was encouraged by Lieutenant General Ozawa, and his originally tight face relaxed.
Ozawa immediately ordered that the Suzuki's ten 200mm main guns immediately launch an uninterrupted attack on the coastal fortress of Vladivostok. At the same time, Ozawa asked Takeda to lead six destroyers to cover an 8,000-ton large troop carrier.
Sneaking into Vladivostok from the blind spot of the Soviet fortress' artillery fire, Ozawa has decided to capture the Vladivostok coastal defense fortress in one battle!
