After receiving reports from the Marine Corps, they had established a solid forward position on the dock.
After discussing with Lu Chun and Ye Faguang, Liu Hai believed that the time had come for the army to land.
So Liu Hai ordered all the warships' artillery fire to extend outward, trying to hit the enemy's garrison as much as possible so that they would be overwhelmed and unable to launch a counterattack.
After this, the transport ships were ordered to dock, allowing the army to land one after another.
As this order was issued, the transport ship carrying the Army slowly docked, and the Army began to disembark one by one. At the same time, the Army's heavy equipment also began to be unloaded.
This is a long-term process. After all, hundreds of thousands of people have to disembark, which cannot be completed at once. Now we have reached the most dangerous time.
Fortunately, the enemy army at this time was suffering the most massive artillery bombardment in history. These soldiers were hiding in the trenches and did not dare to raise their heads at all.
And many young soldiers have now begun to cry. These people have discovered that the battlefield is not as romantic and beautiful as they originally thought. Every moment around them, their comrades are bombed into the sky. This is simply a hell on earth.
Prince Kitashirakawa Palace Nohisa was also helpless about this situation. Now they could no longer retreat. If they retreated any further, they would enter the city.
If a tragic war breaks out in an urban area, the residents in the urban area will be devastated and the country will suffer immeasurable losses.
Because the prince knew very well that the elites in the city behind him were everywhere, and the quality of the residents was also the highest in the country. As long as the city could be saved, there would be hope of rising again. If the capital was destroyed, it would be a heavy blow to the country.
Therefore, Prince Nohisa of Kitashirakawa Palace had to grit his teeth and order the soldiers on the front line to hold on.
The bombardment continued until night, when the Nanyang Navy stopped the bombardment.
At this time, Prince Kitashirakawa Nohisa breathed a long sigh of relief. He did not expect that the army would be so difficult against the navy. The bombardment of those large-caliber artillery guns was simply not something that flesh and blood could withstand.
The current prince began to miss the situation when the combined fleet existed. If the combined fleet existed, it could at least distract some of the Nanyang Navy's attention, and his losses on this day would be less.
At this time, the Chief of Staff of the 1st Division, Koyama Tsunobubu, who hurried in from outside the headquarters, quickly came to Prince Kitashirakawa Palace Nohisa, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the mood of the soldiers on the front line is very wrong. Many of them have been beaten by the opponent."
The fierce artillery was so frightening that we had to react in a certain way and at least get a victory to boost our morale, otherwise the next battle would be difficult to fight."
Prince Kitashirakawa Palace Nohisa naturally understood what the other party meant. It was dark now, and the opponent's artillery had stopped firing. It was a good time for our own side to launch a counterattack.
"You are right. Now I authorize you to immediately organize a 1,000-man death squad to attack the enemy's first-line troops. It is best to break through the enemy's forward positions and make them take a step back."
Tsunenobu Koyama immediately performed a military salute and was about to exit the headquarters, but just as he was about to go out, Prince Nohisa of Kitashirakawa Palace stopped him.
"Little Tiger, the main purpose of sending death squads to attack this time is to kill the enemy on a large scale and break through the opponent's position to rank second."
Koyama Tsunenobu nodded after hearing this. He knew that the regiment commander wanted to kill the enemy soldiers on a large scale, severely damage their morale, and force Liu Hai to accept the peace talks.
Although Koyama Tsunenobu disagreed with the naivety of the division commander, the order still had to be carried out.
After Tsunenobu Koyama left the headquarters, he came to the forward position and summoned the commander of the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade, Nobuhiro Asada.
Asada Nobuhiro is a crazy Zodiac sect member who has initially possessed the idea of revolution. Therefore, the first brigade he leads is the most powerful and craziest among the Guards Division.
After seeing Tsunenobu Koyama, Asada Nobuki gave him a serious military salute, and then asked him the purpose of his visit this time.
Koyama Tsunenobu knew that the matter was urgent, so he gave the order without any nonsense, "Your first brigade is the elite of our Guards Division. Now I order you to select 1,000 people from the first brigade as death squads. Before tonight
Go and raid the enemy's positions."
Asada Nobuhiro immediately said happily: "Chief of Staff, please rest assured that our 1st Division is confident in breaking through the opponent's defense line."
"This attack does not require you to break through the opponent's defense line. The main purpose is to require you to kill a large number of enemy troops. On the basis of killing a large number of enemy troops, if there is a chance to break through the opponent's defense line again, do you understand?"
"Hi, I remember my humble position."
"Then do it immediately."
Asada turned around and left, returned to his headquarters, and immediately informed the commander of his first regiment, Kojima Masatoshi, and assigned him a mission, and asked the commander to personally lead the charge.
After listening to the order, Kojima Masatoshi accepted the order with a serious face on the surface, but in fact he started to curse in his heart.
"What the hell, what's going on? You asked me to die, why didn't you take the lead in the charge?"
However, this brigade commander did not dare to show it, because he knew how crazy his brigade commander was. If he showed any timidity in front of him, he would probably be asked to commit suicide immediately.
Kojima Masatoshi reluctantly selected 1,000 people in his regiment. The equipment was the most sophisticated in Japan. At least they were equipped with a few fast guns imported from foreign countries.
But that's all. There aren't many Masink machine guns in the entire Army. Even the Guards Division is relatively well-equipped and doesn't have much equipment. It's simply impossible for them to push them to become death squads.
Therefore, these 1,000 people could only carry their rifles and trot forward quickly with their bodies hunched over.
The Marine Corps on Liu Hai's side also dug a crude trench during the day, taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy did not dare to dispatch.
Now these people have set up all the light and heavy machine guns. Even if these people knew that the situation was dangerous at night, they would not dare to take it lightly.
Sure enough, in the middle of the night, one of the soldiers suddenly heard the sound of running ahead.
As soon as the soldier heard this, he knew it was an enemy night attack. He immediately picked up his 56 and a half and fired several shots in the direction of the sound.
This soldier was also lucky. After he fired five or six bullets, one of the bullets happened to hit the arm of one of the opponents.
The Japanese soldier couldn't hold back and screamed.
The sound of gunshots and screams immediately woke up the soldiers on the front line of the Marine Corps.
As the commander of the Marine Corps, Liu Lu did not dare to rest at all. He was nesting in the trench thinking about tomorrow's battle plan. Who knew that at this time, the sound of gunshots came to his ears, followed by the screams of enemy soldiers?
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Even if you are a fool now, you also know that the enemy has begun a night attack.
Liu Lu did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered people to release the flares.
These flares were not produced by the Qing Dynasty. Liu Hai imported a large number of them from the modern plane.
When Liu Hai bought this batch of illumination bombs, he didn't expect it to have any effect. He just wanted to have as many types of weapons and ammunition as possible, so he bought a batch of illumination bombs fired by 60 exhaust cannons. This time
It just came in handy.
As several rounds of illumination bombs were fired into the sky, the front line of the Marine Corps was immediately illuminated by the illumination bombs, as if it were daytime.
Kojima Masatoshi and his suicide squad were about to approach the front of the Marine Corps.
Suddenly he heard the sound of gunshots, and he knew something was wrong. He had been discovered.
So Kojima Masatoshi no longer hid, "All soldiers, the time has come to serve the king, everyone charges with me."
After finishing speaking, Kojima Masatoshi was the first to stand up and run forward desperately.
When the soldiers behind him saw how brave their captain was, they all held their rifles and charged forward regardless of their own safety.
Kojima Masatoshi seemed to be holding back the blush on his face as he ran forward with all his strength, but his speed became slower and slower, and soon he fell at the back of the troop.
At this moment, flares lit up in the sky, completely exposing these charging assault soldiers to the light.
As soon as Kojima Masatoshi saw this situation, he immediately turned around and ran back. Although he didn't know what that thing was in the sky, but through basic tactical literacy, he knew that his sneak attack failed this time and he would be dead if he didn't retreat.
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He had just ran back a few dozen meters when a series of gunshots rang out from the front position.
At this time, the soldiers in the front of the Marine Corps had used all their heavy firepower.
The light machine guns and heavy machine guns kept firing, and the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle also kept pulling the trigger.
At this time, the soldiers of the Guards Division who attacked the Marine Corps were immediately swept away like wheat.
When the soldiers at the back saw that the people in front were beaten down, they didn't have any fear, and they still charged forward as if they had been given blood.
However, this current charge did not achieve any results. They seemed to have encountered an invisible barrier 200 meters away from the Marine Corps position.
No matter how desperately these death squad soldiers rushed forward, they could not cross this barrier. In the end, more than 1,000 Guards Division soldiers all fell at this place.
As the gunfire gradually subsided, there were no more soldiers standing in front of the position, only some wounded death squad soldiers lying on the ground wailing.
After Liu Lu was attacked, although he repelled the attack, he was still frightened into a cold sweat.
After Liu Lu asked Liu Hai for instructions, he immediately ordered the artillery unit to fire illumination bombs continuously. The requirement was also very clear, that is, two illumination bombs must be lit at the same time over the ground station at night.