After sinking the enemy's transport ship, the fleet led by Liu Da slowly approached the Lion City Pier.
When they approached the pier, they found that there was no one on the pier.
After Liu Da discovered this situation, he could only send a reconnaissance force composed of some sailors to land to explore the specific situation in the city.
As a result, as soon as these reconnaissance troops approached the urban area of Lion City, they were attacked from all directions, and the small force of more than 100 people was quickly wiped out.
Although Liu Da and others did not know the specific situation, they heard such intensive gunshots and the fact that the reconnaissance troops never returned, and they already understood that the other party had deployed heavy troops in the city.
At this point, Liu Dake was in a bit of a dilemma. If you were to say a duel at sea, with the fleet he led, he would not be afraid of any country on the planet.
But now if he wants to fight the enemy's army on land, this is not his strong point.
When Liu Da was in trouble, his adjutant came to his side and said softly: "General, a small boat was found on the sea trying to get close to the fleet. They were flying the flag of the 1st Division of the Servant Army. I don't know.
Let them come closer."
Liu Day's eyes lit up when he heard this. He knew that the fleet could not do anything on land, but wasn't there the 1st Division of the Servant Army on land?
Aren't these people following their fleet south just to serve as cannon fodder for them? They are needed now.
"Send a light cruiser over and pick up their people."
After the adjutant listened to Liu Da's order, Gongsun bowed and then wanted to leave.
At this time, Liu Da spoke again, "Be careful. The enemy and we are still unknown. Don't be careless. Search these people."
The adjutant quickly agreed again and then exited the command cabin.
After about half an hour, the adjutant re-entered, and Huichang came to Liu Da's side and said: "General, we have already arrived."
"Let them in."
After listening to Liu Da's order, the adjutant immediately left the command cabin and soon entered the command room with a soldier.
As soon as the soldier entered the command room and came a few meters away from Liu Da, he bowed deeply and said, "Commander of the 1st Army Division, Lieutenant Colonel Taizo Kobayashi, I have met the Admiral."
When Liu Da heard the other party's voice, he seemed to have just realized that the other party had come in. He turned around and looked at Kobayashi Taizo up and down, and then asked with a smile: "Lieutenant General Yamachi Motoharu, are you okay now?"
When Taizo Kobayashi heard Liu Da's question, he bowed again, and then said: "Thank you for your concern, Lieutenant General Yamachi Motoharu, everything is fine now."
"Well, that's good. I was originally worried that he wouldn't be able to withstand the enemy's attack."
After hearing this, Kobayashi Taizo quickly said: "Thanks to the Governor, although we withdrew from the Lion City this time, the losses were not serious, and we have rebuilt our positions on the periphery. The enemy attacked several times, but they did not do anything to us.
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"Tell me more specifically, how is the war going?"
Kobayashi Taizo hurriedly reported to Liu Da the combat situation of the Japanese 1st Division during this period.
It turns out that since Yamachi Motoji abandoned the Lion City, he retreated to the outskirts of Singapore and built a strong defensive position.
The expeditionary force began to launch a fierce attack on the servant army on the new periphery.
However, the cannons currently equipped by the Expeditionary Force Army Station are all light artillery with a caliber of about 75 mm.
These artillery were already very advanced in this era. Even a few years later, the army artillery equipped by the world's powers were mainly 75 mm caliber.
The "Miss 75" artillery improved by the Lanxi people only had a huge improvement in the rate of fire, but the power and range of the artillery did not change at all.
But opposite the expeditionary force, the artillery equipped by the First Division of the Servant Army was a 122mm howitzer that Liu Hai purchased from Hyundai.
At the beginning, Lieutenant General Nehun Paz did not take the Japanese on the opposite side seriously. He thought that the yellow-skinned monkeys on the opposite side were just a ragtag group of people who had just put down their hoes and picked up rifles.
Once the cannon is fired, the opponent will disperse.
Therefore, the lieutenant general and the artillery position had no cover at all, and they launched an artillery bombardment directly behind the army position toward the position constructed by the 1st Division.
At this time, Yamachi Motoharu, who was in the command bunker, looked at the opponent's offensive strategy with a telescope and was very surprised. He did not expect that the army of the world's most powerful country would be so unorganized.
This artillery position didn't know how to hide it, so it was so brightly displayed in front of him.
However, this is a God-given opportunity. Since it is the credit given to you by the other party, there is no reason not to take it.
Yamachi Motoharu calmly said to his adjutant: "Order the artillery to launch three rounds of rapid fire at the opponent's artillery position."
Yamachi Motoharu's order was quickly conveyed to the artillery position in the distance.
After receiving the order from the division commander, Artillery Regiment Colonel Mita Murao immediately adjusted the cannon's firing rate.
Next, the 24 122 mm caliber howitzers equipped by the Japanese 1st Division roared one after another.
With the roar, balls of fire flew out from the muzzle, and then flew towards the enemy's position in the distance at supersonic speed.
At this time, the British artillery positions were still bombarding the 1st Division's defensive positions with their 75mm-caliber artillery unscrupulously.
As a result, when they were happy, suddenly there was a "swish, swish, swish" sound in the sky.
Experienced soldiers immediately recognized that this was a message that large-caliber artillery was about to attack.
So many soldiers ignored the artillery on the artillery position and began to run away in all directions, but their speed could not compare with the speed of the falling artillery shells.
Therefore, before these people could escape far, the 122 mm caliber artillery shells had already landed on the artillery position.
Immediately afterwards, 24 plumes of black smoke rose from the artillery position. As the black smoke spread, there were shock waves, shell fragments flying everywhere, and rocks thrown up by the explosion.
Then there were the series of explosions caused by the 75mm-caliber artillery shells on the artillery position that had not had time to be fired.
Before these explosions ended, the second round of shelling appeared again in the distance, followed by the third round of shelling.
After these three rounds of shelling were over, when we looked at the British artillery positions, we found that none of the 48 75mm artillery pieces was complete.
Lieutenant General Nehun Paz no longer reported to his subordinates. He clearly saw through the telescope that his artillery position was destroyed by the enemy.
Now Nehun Paz can be said to be in ruins, because this time the army's artillery fire in the expeditionary force did not bring much, a total of only 156, and this time a rapid fire from the enemy,
This resulted in the loss of 1/3 of the artillery.
But as a lieutenant general, he was indeed experienced in many battles. He immediately realized that the enemy's artillery was much stronger than his own, and he was careless this time.
Next, the lieutenant general once again mobilized 50 artillery pieces from other places.
This time, he had a longer memory. He divided the 50 artillery pieces into two groups and placed them behind two small mounds respectively. He used the slope of the mounds to protect his artillery positions.
Nehun Paz thought that his artillery position was safe this time, so he boldly launched another violent artillery bombardment on the 1st Division's position.
At this time, Yamachi Genji's large-caliber artillery really had no way to deal with the British artillery positions behind these small hills.
Because although these large-caliber artillery are powerful, their shooting angle cannot reach the artillery position behind this small hill.
The only way to pose a threat to the British artillery positions was to use large-disposable artillery.
If this was before mortars were produced, facing this situation, Yamachi Motoharu could only order the soldiers to launch a pig attack in order to eliminate the opponent's artillery position.
But since he defected to Liu Hai, his troops have been equipped with many 60mm and 82mm caliber mortars.
As for the 60mm caliber mortar, there is really no way to deal with artillery positions at such a long distance, because its range is only more than 2,000 meters.
But for the 82mm caliber mortar, its range even exceeds the 75mm caliber howitzer currently used by the British, reaching 5 kilometers.
Therefore, Sanchi Genji ordered his artillery to gather more than 30 82mm caliber mortars, and then quietly moved to the front of the position.
Within 30 seconds, these 30 82mm-caliber mortars fired more than 200 shells at two British artillery positions.
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As one can imagine, the opponent's artillery position once again suffered a devastating blow.
Army Lieutenant General Nehun Paz couldn't stand it anymore. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to keep any of his remaining artillery pieces.
Nehun Paz thought for a long time, and finally had no choice but to order the troops to launch an attack on Yamachi Motoharu's 1st Army Division without artillery support.
Although this will greatly increase the casualties of the soldiers, as long as the Qing servant army on the opposite side is eliminated, Malaya can be regained control, and this loss can still be borne.
Therefore, under the expulsion of Lieutenant General Nehun Paz, his army soldiers began to use skirmishers to quickly charge towards Yamachi Motoharu's position.
However, their charge was still very methodical. Although the soldiers in the front rushed forward, there were a large number of Gatling guns behind the skirmisher line providing cover for them.
If faced with an ordinary backward army, such an impact front, coupled with the investment of a large number of machine guns, can quickly collapse the opponent.
But what we are facing now is the Army, but Liu Haixian is talking about weapons and being armed.
Therefore, the British are destined to suffer a bloody blow this time.