Song Xiaoniu is a person who knows the general situation. He knows the priorities very well. Therefore, along the way, he was extremely polite to Ding Changdong, respected him very much, and even tried to please him attentively.

He brought a large number of meat, poultry, fresh fruits and other local specialties brought from Jiujiang to the ship and distributed them to the captain, chief engineer, gunner, etc.

Overall, I hope that in the next artillery attack, please fire more shots, aim accurately, and don't miss anything. When his troops land for combat, the enemy's resistance will be weak and your casualties will be smaller.

This is a good general who leads troops.

There is a saying that one general can achieve great success, but if he does not cherish his soldiers, how can he succeed?

Shan said that Ding Changdong discussed with Song Xiaoniu and decided to launch a landing on the east side of the beach.

However, the width of the eastern shoal is limited and the landing troops cannot deploy. A maximum of 1,000 attack troops can be deployed at a time, which is already saturated.

The attacking force not only has to withstand the opponent's anti-landing blockade, but also needs to expand the battlefield and establish a beachhead to provide landing sites and space for subsequent landing forces to launch. This is extremely difficult.

Not only does the opponent have the advantage of being in a commanding position, but there is also a lot of silt on the coast and it is unobstructed, making it extremely vulnerable to enemy attacks and causing a high casualty rate.

Seeing that the situation was so bad, Song Xiaoniu couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Of course he hoped to go to the west of the beach, where the shallows were wide and easy for the troops to spread out, allowing the defenders to look left and right and unable to stop them.

But to go around, the warship must pass through that blind spot. In this way, the fleet will be too close to the coast, fall into the range of the coastal defense artillery, and be bombarded by armor-piercing shells from the shore artillery. The possibility is very high.

Of course Ding Changdong was very unhappy about this.

"Commander Ding, it's okay to land on the eastern beach. We just need to sweep the naval guns clean for us, okay?!"

Song Xiaoniu had no idea. Everyone had to consider their own safety and casualties first, so he could only request cautiously.

"Of course, General Song, please rest assured. I will order the naval guns to carry out indiscriminate artillery fire coverage on the east coastline, and also conduct extended bombardment." Ding Changdong replied sincerely.

After first meeting our own safety requirements, we must then of course try our best to consider the casualties and success rate of the landing force. Otherwise, it would be bad if Song Xiaoniu was so anxious that he sent a telegram to the headquarters.

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"Okay, on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the landing force, Song will first thank Commander Ding for his great kindness." Song Xiaoniu solemnly stood at attention, buckled his boots, and gave a military salute to Ding Changdong.

"Hey, brother Mavericks, look how angry you are! Hehe... we are a family, and we are closely related to each other. If you can't successfully log in and come forward, how can we communicate with each other?"

That's what I say, but the quality of results, casualty rate, battle damage ratio and other indicators are all there and cannot be faked.

Humph, the dead and injured brothers are not your Marines, so of course they can make sarcastic remarks!

Song Xiaoniu cursed, but still had a smile on his face.

Among his 10,000 troops, there are not only veterans like Feilai who came from southern Jiangxi, the absolute elite main force, but also new troops who have been recruited from the reserve training base in Hong'asi, Chongming Island.

Originally he planned to let these reservists take the lead, but now he changed his mind.

The advance landing battle is destined to be an extremely dangerous battle. If you win, you can successfully open up the situation. If you lose, the first attack will end in vain, seriously affecting morale.

Moreover, the soldiers who were leading the battle had very little hope of withdrawing.

Placing his hopes on these reserve recruits for such a fierce battle is undoubtedly a fool's errand. He must allow his elite troops to fight against it, but the casualties will probably make him jump in pain.

"Feilai!" Song Xiaoniu started to call!

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Haizhou Coastal Defense Area Command.

Lu Jiawen, commander of the Haizhou garrison of the Northern Army, has personally arrived at the coastal frontline. He knows very well whether he can stop the enemy's attack during the first beach landing battle.

If you can successfully drive the enemies on the beach into the sea, everything will be fine. Otherwise, morale will be seriously affected.

He did not trust the newly expanded recruits to carry out such an important link, but directly sent his 1,500 elite members of the Northern Army.

"Brothers, be sure to drive these beachgoers into the sea for my commander to feed the fish. There will be heavy rewards!"

In the headquarters fortress, Lu Jiawen pointed at the densely packed ships on the river that were getting closer and closer, and shouted to his brigade leaders.

"Understood, sir!"

"..."

On the Yellow Sea, the flagship Zhenhai where Ding Changdong was located sent a signal to the fleet, and the fleet dropped an anchor in the waters outside the range of the coastal defense artillery and anchored.

As the flag changed, landing speedboats began to intersperse among the huge fleet and began to line up to rush to the beach.

"Boom boom boom..."

The two 205mm cannons on the front deck of the flagship Zhenhai fired several rounds.

This is a test shot.

As the shells landed on the distant shore, the range was measured.

At the same time, the new 105mm howitzer of the defenders on the coast also began to aim and drag the rope.

Due to the condescending terrain, the new howitzer's firing range can directly hit the front coast of the fleet. Although it cannot hit behemoth cruisers like Zhenhai, it can still hit small and medium-sized cruisers.

The main task of the coastal defense artillery is to bombard ships landing on the beach. The 105 howitzer is used for long-range strikes, while the 75mm artillery is used for near-beach strikes.

When the enemy troops stormed the beach, it was the light and heavy machine guns and Murata rifles that were responsible.

Lu Jia asked about the firepower allocation, and there was no problem at all. He was not a jobber. For all graduates of the Beiyang Arms Academy, reasonable firepower allocation was a compulsory course.

"Order the fleet to fire!"

When Ding Changdong gave the order, he also solemnly raised the telescope in his hand.

"Shhhhhhhhhhh..."

"Boom...boom..."

"..."

As the flag was waved, a total of fifteen 205mm and 150mm cannons on the front and rear decks of the five cruisers roared.

The huge cannon was bombarding, the hull of the ship was shaking, sparks were flying from the muzzle, and gunpowder smoke was filling the air.

In the east coastline defense zone, there were flying sand and rocks, and the screams of ghosts and wolves were constantly coming.

The 205-caliber artillery shells exploded into a deep pit the size of half a football field on such loose soil on the beach. All fortifications were easily overturned and blown to pieces. Soldiers were buried in them. The huge air wave could not

He was killed on the spot and was also suffocated to death.

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The fifteen main guns on the five-ship cruiser bombarded indiscriminately for more than an hour, blowing up the areas within two to three hundred meters in depth on the east coast one by one. It was an indiscriminate bombing, and the forward fortifications and soldiers on the shore were bombarded.

No one was spared.

The artillery fire raised its elevation angle and began a deep shelling.

At this time, it was the landing force's turn to attack.

"attack!"

Following Song Xiaoniu's order, the first batch of ninety landing speedboats slid forward steeply and rushed towards the beach at full power.

These landing speedboats were still based on the shape of the speedboats used by the water bandits in Dongting and Poyang Lakes. They were slightly wider than those of the water bandits. A thick bulletproof steel plate was placed in front to block bullets.
Chapter completed!