Chapter 15: Showing power on the sea (2)

In the early morning of September 11, 1895, the morning mist on Kagoshima, Japan had not yet dissipated, and the guards on the Nagasaki Fortress were still yawning, and another night was spent safely. The Japanese First Squadron anchored in Nagasaki Port was 10 warships quiet in the harbor.

The two guards on the fort were constantly walking, afraid that they would fall asleep, and they would change their guards later. One guard took out a pack of cigarettes and handed them to another cigarette, saying, "Brother, come and cheer up. Today's fog is so big." The other guard took out a cigarette and took out a match and lit a fire, saying, "Brother, come and light it." But his companion did not light a cigarette, but looked at the sea with his eyes blankly. The cigarette held in his mouth fell to the ground due to his growing mouth.

"What's wrong? Brother?"

The guard pointed his finger at the sea and said tremblingly, "Ship, ship, fleet!" After hearing this, the two guards quickly turned around and were stunned. The sea was covered with thick smoke. Needless to say, such a large fog must be a huge fleet, and the Japanese Navy has not made any big moves recently. The only explanation is the enemy attack, the enemy attack from China.

"Oh my God! What are you still standing there? Get the alarm quickly."

The sharp and harsh alarm sounded broke the tranquility of the morning. When the alarm was heard, a large number of Japanese soldiers who were still sleeping were wearing clothes in a panic and ran out of the barracks. The warships in the military port also began to appear busy sailors. The warships began to ignite, and the signal flags rose quickly.

But everything was too late. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The battleship "Rizhao" anchored in the military port suddenly seemed to be hit hard, making three dull explosions, followed by continuous explosions from "Rizhao", and the ammunition compartment was detonated.

The best thing to hit Rizhao is to three torpedoes. "There are submarines! There are submarines!" On the warships in Nagasaki Military Port, Japanese officers and soldiers were repeating this sentence frantically, but everything was too late. After Rizhao, the fast cruiser of the "Xikyo Maru" was also hit by two torpedoes. Two huge holes were blown out of the front part of the warship and began to quickly enter water. The disaster continued. The two warships "Akizuki" and "Sulang" followed and several torpedoes hit Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the main battleships of the Japanese First Squadron suffered a devastating blow in just 10 minutes.

In less than half an hour, the Rizhao sank in the military port first. As other ambushed warships began to sink crookedly, the entire Nagasaki military port was in a miserable state. The fired warships were everywhere releasing thick smoke, and soldiers falling into the water were calling for help in desolately.

The disaster continued. When the Japanese army at the Nagasaki Military Port, which was suddenly attacked, reported the bad news to Tokyo using cable telegrams, they suddenly found that the telegram line was not open at all. Just a few minutes after the attack on Nagasaki Port, several railway bridges flew into the air with the explosion. The railway from Nagasaki to the outside world was destroyed. Not only that, the road was also destroyed. Many bridges were almost destroyed by explosives at the same time. Some sections of the road were directly blocked by landslides from explosives, blocking the road.

It was messed up, everything was messed up, and the whole of Nagasaki was in chaos, with explosions everywhere, and flyers everywhere overnight.

The unique hard-working character of the Yamato nation was undoubtedly revealed at this time. The Japanese Navy, which had been operating for many years, tried its best to prepare for battle. The soldiers on the fort were in place, looking at the sea, waiting for the Chinese fleet to enter their range.

The 40 warships of the Chinese East China Sea Fleet finally appeared in the sight of the Japanese archipelago. Now the only thing Nagasaki can rely on is the strong fortress and artillery fire of the fortress.

But everything was beyond the expectations of the Japanese side. The Chinese fleet did not enter the range of the Japanese turret, but instead formed a formation from a distance. The East China Sea Fleet's mission was not to carry out landing operations, but their mission was to block the Japanese fleet's way out.

Japan, Hokkaido Island, Zhakawa. The third Japanese fleet was not in the military port, but headed to the Tokyo military port. When the sun first appeared on the sea in the east, more than 100 warships formed a Chinese naval formation suddenly appeared on the sea of ​​Zhakawa. The Japanese army on the island had just sounded the battle alarm, and the Chinese fleet had already launched a battle formation. The dense artillery fire instantly covered the turrets along Zhakawa. The naval guns roared towards the coast, and the shells with a caliber of 200 mm to 405 mm were ruthlessly hitting the Japanese turret. The entire artillery battle scene was spectacular. I saw gun smoke filling the sea surface, and the smoke generated after the launch of the ship cannon continued. The smoke on the coast was even more populated by a blast. The entire Japanese turret was trapped in it, and it was almost impossible to see the turret clearly with the naked eye.

The crazy nation has a crazy character. Although it is at an absolute disadvantage and despite the sudden blow, the Japanese turrets quickly recovered from chaos. At first, the messy artillery fire was counterattacking, and then the turrets kept firing at the Chinese warships. Although this resistance seemed very weak, the Japanese soldiers who did not shed tears without seeing the coffin were still madly manipulating the cannons and struggling desperately.

One after another, the shells hit the turret accurately, and the Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, a scream was wailing on the turret.

Faced with the Japanese fortress that was stubbornly resisting, the Chinese Navy showed a brave and fearless tradition. The fleet flagship "Great Wall" had a displacement of 58,000 tons, known as the number one giant ship in Asia. Eight 405mm caliber main guns continued to bombard the Japanese fortress violently. Fleet Commander Liu Buchan personally commanded the warships and commanded the front line with the artillery fire of the Japanese fortress counterattack. They did not have the desire to live a life, and the soldiers were effectively dying. Although the "Great Wall" hit several guns in a row and a big fire broke out on the deck, Liu Buchan was calm and continued to command the entire fleet to fight.

The Fearless Class Battleship "Simalaya" was hit by a stray bullet in the command compartment. The captain and deputy commander of the fleet, Lin Qirong, was injured in the head and bleeding profusely, but after just a brief bandage, he immediately joined the command.

"Promote the spirit of jade and shatter the prestige of China!" At some point, the soldiers of the entire fleet were shouting this slogan in unison. The heroic and tenacious fighting spirit and fearless sacrifice spirit of the Chinese Navy have penetrated into the bones of every soldier since the day the navy was established. At sea, no fleet can compete with this combat group that is condensed with the spirit of jade and shattering.

After more than two hours of artillery bombardment, the Japanese counterattack on the Zhahuang Fort became thinner, and there was only sporadic artillery fire but the final struggle was made.

The landing began, and hundreds of landing craft rushed towards the coastline after dodging the warships. In order to fight against Japan, the Chinese government can be said to have made sufficient preparations. Yang Yi had even started preparing twenty years ago. When Japan was in the Shogunate era, Yang Yi had arranged personnel to sneak into Japan. Under the protection of the Shogunate, many people transformed themselves into Japanese citizens with a Japanese name. These people have been constantly using Japanese politics, economy and military aspects in Japan over the years.

The information can be said to be that the military deployment on the entire Zhahuang Island was clearly known. It is precisely because of this that Chinese warships were able to achieve purposeful surprise attacks and chose Zhahuang as the breakthrough point for the battle. Zhahuang is a relatively weak coastal defense in Japan. After the war started, people lurking in Japan for many years were moving around. They blew up bridges, broken roads, and destroyed communication lines. It can be said that when Zhahuang's side spread the news to Tokyo, the Chinese army had completed the landing operation.

The landing troops quickly approached the coast, and the remaining artillery fire from the Japanese fort was still weak, but it was soon suppressed by the dense artillery fire of the fleet. One or two ships, landing boats were constantly docking, and soldiers kept jumping to the coast.

The landing troops quickly established a beachhead position to cover the subsequent landing. At this time, on the Japanese positions on the shore, the Japanese machine guns were firing desperately, and landing soldiers continued to arrive.

The landing craft was constantly filled with personnel and equipment, and the mortars were quickly mounted to attack Japan's vitality. Everything was so well-trained and everything was so well-organized. The Chinese Navy's years of targeted training were fully demonstrated at this time.

The landing troops used machine guns and mortars to suppress the Japanese firepower, and the commandos quickly dispersed. Attacks were launched in multiple areas on the Asahi Japanese positions. Nearly an hour after landing, many places had been broken through in the Japanese positions. The Marines who rushed into the Japanese positions used grenades and semi-automatic rifles to kill the Japanese soldiers hiding in the trenches one by one. Even the surrendered Japanese troops had to smash a stock first.

The Japanese positions soon collapsed completely, and the Chinese army's battle flag finally appeared on the Japanese positions. It only took 5 hours from the beginning of the landing operation to the successful occupation of the coastline positions.

The Chinese army has extremely obvious advantages in weapons in combat. Compared with Japanese individual combat weapons dominated by rifles, the Chinese army's semi-automatic rifles exerted great power, making the Japanese army cry and howl.

The smoke of gunpowder on the landing battlefield has not yet dissipated, but the entire battlefield has entered a relatively calm. In order to prevent the Japanese army from counterattack, the troops that landed in advance are not in a hurry to make deep breakthroughs immediately, but have organized defense lines on the spot to cover the subsequent troops to continue landing.

In order to win this war against Japan, the Chinese government can be said to be huge. More than 2,000 transport ships were requisitioned and millions of tons of materials were continuously transported to the Shanghai coast.
Chapter completed!