Next, Liu Min led this small fleet and set off from Bandar Seri Begawan. After several days of sailing, they finally returned to the sea outside the Lion City and rendezvoused with the main fleet led by Liu Hai.
After waiting for so many days, Liu Hai finally received reinforcements from the army. He didn't want to wait any longer. That night, he issued an order asking Yamaji Genji to launch an attack from land on the second day to try to contain the enemy's army.
Then Liu Hai ordered Nogi Nogi, who had just led the troops to come for reinforcements, to lead his 2nd Brigade and the indigenous army to launch a beach landing on Lion City at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The third order was one hour after the army launched the attack. Liu Hai asked the modern-class destroyer to launch cruise missiles and launch missile attacks on the main command targets in Singapore, destroying the enemy's command headquarters in the first round.
Then the artillery fleet led by Liu Da was ordered to wait for the helicopters to send back specific news after the missile attack. If the set targets could not be reached, their heavy artillery would be needed to carry out supplementary attacks on these targets.
Liu Hai issued several orders in succession and finally deployed the battle strategy for the second day.
In the following night, whether in the Lion City or on the sea, everything was peaceful, and there was a suffocating depression in this tranquility.
Liu Hai did not continue to send warships to harass, but just waited on the sea surface, waiting for the attack on the second day.
Lieutenant General Nehun Paz, who was in the city, also smelled something unusual in this calmness.
As a battle-hardened veteran, he understood that this was probably the calm before the storm.
Nehun Paz did not sleep that night. Instead, he kept issuing orders to his ministries, asking them to strengthen their vigilance. At the same time, he tried to stay with the Qing people as much as possible and let these people act as human shields.
In this way, this peaceful and tense night finally passed.
When the sun rose on the second day, Yamaji Motoji, who was on land, first launched an attack on the city.
Liu Hai repeatedly ordered not to use heavy artillery to avoid serious losses to the Qing people in the city.
Therefore, Yamachi Genji could only give up the first bombardment with heavy artillery, and instead drove the soldiers, holding rifles, and began to attack the enemy's fortresses and barricades under the cover of machine guns.
However, since there was no artillery support, it was very difficult for them to fight this time.
They had just advanced more than 100 meters into the city, when nearly 1,000 soldiers fell on the road.
Yamachi Motoharu, who was behind the position, had red eyes when he saw this situation. If Liu Hai hadn't been pressing him down, he would have ordered his light and heavy artillery to fire together.
In this way, the fighting between the two sides continued until about nine o'clock.
By now, Liu Hai's artillery fleet, under the leadership of Liu Da, began to advance slowly, approaching the city.
As for the soldiers of Lieutenant General Nehun Paz on land, they were completely helpless as they watched the fleet approach.
But this time Liu Da did not approach the pier directly. Instead, he made a circle and stopped at a flat beach outside the city more than ten kilometers away.
Regarding Liu Da's action of bombarding the fleet, the experienced officers in the city immediately understood that Liu Da wanted to seize the beach and land here.
Therefore, one of the division commanders immediately dispatched more than 1,000 troops and quickly moved towards the flat beach, hoping to build a temporary blocking position there to block the enemy's landing.
In the end, this idea was too stupid. As soon as his 1,000 troops left the city, they were continuously bombarded by the artillery fleet at sea. In the end, only more than 80 of them escaped.
The officers in the city completely gave up their illusions when they saw this situation. Now they can only strengthen their defenses in the city to withstand the enemy's next fierce attack.
This time the landing was commanded by Nogi Nogi, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division.
To be honest, Nogi Nogi's art of combat command is not very good, but he has a firmer confidence than ordinary people.
Therefore, in this landing operation, Nogi Nogori could be said to have risked his life. In the first wave, he ordered his trusted troops, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade, to serve as the vanguard.
The soldiers under his command also worked hard, using their short legs to get on the landing craft, and then paddled the wooden oars with all their strength, quickly approaching the shore. After landing on the shore, these people got off the boat and quickly established a
A blocking position.
At this time, the landing force was considered safe, and the rest of the landing was much smoother.
As the transport ship rushed back and forth very quickly, hundreds of thousands of troops had completely landed on the beach east of Lion City.
After Nogi Nogi landed with his troops, he immediately ordered the 1st Army of the Servant Army that followed him to act as the vanguard to attack the city, and then the 2nd Army of the Servant Army acted as the second wave of attack.
At this time, Lieutenant General Nehun Paz in the city had received news that the Nanyang Navy had landed from the east of the city.
Nehun Paz stomped back and forth in the headquarters, thinking for a long time, and finally made up his mind to order the more than 10,000 troops defending on the pier to move eastward, asking them to increase the defense in the east to prevent attacks in that direction.
was breached.
The lieutenant general's deployment was quite timely. When the Geely soldiers of this brigade arrived in the east, they had just entered the position.
On Nogi Nogi Nogi's side, he had already driven out the servants of the First Army and started to attack.
However, since the artillery fire on the Gili people's side had been almost destroyed by Yamachi Genji, and Nogi Nogi's side was afraid that the artillery fire would be too fierce and damage the Chinese in the city, so neither side carried out artillery fire.
In this way, both sides seemed to have returned to the time when they lined up to be shot decades ago, with the soldiers charging forward with their rifles roaring.
However, it is obvious that the Geely people still have a certain advantage because they have a position.
They crawled in the trenches one by one, holding rifles, and kept shooting at the indigenous troops attacking from the opposite side.
Most of these indigenous troops are only equipped with some front-loading muskets, and many even carry spears. Only a few actually have modern rifles.
And these very few rifles were captured from the defeat of the British garrison in Malaysia some time ago.
Now it can be said that these indigenous people are completely using their lives to consume the enemy's bullets.
However, although the firepower of the indigenous people was much inferior, Nogi Nogi's army behind them provided them with some firepower reinforcements.
After all, if all the indigenous people died, it would be detrimental to Liu Hai's future rule.
Therefore, the soldiers of the 1st Brigade used the Type 53 light machine gun and Type 53 heavy machine gun issued to them by Liu Hai to fire continuously at the enemy positions.
Although these natives were considered brave, they had not undergone long-term military training, so they suffered heavy losses in the first round of attacks. When they retreated from more than 20,000 people, they had already lost seven to eight thousand.
Nogi Nogi looked at the retreating indigenous people expressionlessly, and then directly ordered the second army as a reserve to immediately carry out the second round of attacks.
The officers and soldiers of the Second Army were hesitant when they looked at Nogi Nogi. They could clearly see the miserable situation of the indigenous soldiers in the first attack. If they were to continue the attack now, they would simply be asking these people to die.
Nogi Nogi also saw the reluctance of these people, so he waved his hand, and immediately one or two thousand soldiers of the First Brigade rushed out from the side. Each of these people stared directly at them with rifles and light and heavy machine guns.
Target these people.
When these indigenous people saw this situation, they knew that they had no choice. If they rushed forward, they might still have a way to survive. If they refused, they would probably be shot by Nogi Nogi Nori immediately.
Therefore, these indigenous people could only reluctantly launch another charge towards the enemy's position with their simple weapons in hand.
This time, Nogi Nogi's eyes were a little red. He didn't care about the Qing people in the enemy's position, and directly ordered his light and heavy artillery to start bombarding forward.
Because this time there were artillery reinforcements, and light and heavy machine guns continued to provide supporting firepower.
Therefore, this time the indigenous people rushed smoothly. Although some people fell down along the way, they still managed to reach the enemy's position.
At this time, the soldiers of the expeditionary force knew that if these indigenous people were allowed to rush to the position, no one on their side would be alive, so they also rushed out of the position with red eyes, holding rifles one by one, and taking advantage of their size.
, began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with these indigenous people.
This fight showed the superiority of the Westerners. With their tall stature, strong physical strength, and strict bayonet fighting training, they quickly defeated the rushing aboriginals.
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However, although the attack of the indigenous servant army failed again this time, due to the increase in Nogi Nogi's artillery, the firing of light and heavy machine guns, and the final stabbing of bayonets, the soldiers of the expeditionary force also suffered heavy losses.
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Seeing this situation in the rear telescope, Nogi Nogi finally smiled, and then he said to the chief of staff next to him: "Did you see it? As long as I thoroughly implement my pig breakthrough tactics, there will always be a chance to break through the enemy's position.
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Chief of Staff Oda Jiro standing next to him, although he disagreed in his heart, he still complimented with a smile on the surface: "Your Excellency, the brigade commander, you have brought the pig attack tactic to the extreme. After launching a few rounds of attacks according to this tactic, you can...
Able to break through the opponent's position."
After hearing the other party's compliment, Nogi Nogi said reservedly: "This is not my credit, this is all the master Liu Hai's strategizing."
There, Nogi Nogi praised Liu Hai a few more times, and then ordered the third army of the servant army to also enter the offensive position, ready to launch the third attack at any time.