Two days passed in a blink of an eye. As night fell again, the Quanzhou Pier, where hundreds of thousands of people were stationed, immediately became lively with the arrival of the naval fleet.
The main participants in the landing operation on Taiwan this time were the Third Field Army, one of the three main forces of the Hainan Army. Under the command of Army Commander Qiu Shaoping, the soldiers of the Third Army quickly and orderly boarded the troop transport ship.
At the same time, Li Weidong, who was far away in the headquarters, was always paying attention to the preparations in Quanzhou. Even in later generations, Taiwan still has this special emotion in the hearts of the Chinese people.
The ancients once said: Blood is thicker than water. The tragedy of the division of the Straits over the past few decades has made many people sigh gently for it. Li Weidong himself is no exception to this.
And when he thought that today, Taiwan Island would be recovered in his own hands and completely integrated with the mainland, he couldn't help but feel excited.
"Report! The first wave of landing troops is all ready, and the fleet is also ready to set off!..." An officer wanted to report to Li Weidong on the situation in Quanzhou.
"Very good! Without further ado, order the mixed fleet to dispatch immediately, targeting Taiwan Island!" Nodding, Li Weidong immediately ordered.
In this way, following the order issued by Li Weidong, the entire landing fleet's huge mixed formation slowly sailed away from the pier under the watchful eyes of the people seeing them off at the pier.
The sea breeze was blowing slowly, and everyone in the fleet was uncontrollably excited. Because in this battle, they were going to do what Zheng Chenggong had done back then, and it was destined to be a feat that would go down in history.
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Xiangshan, Taiwan Island, is located in the southwest of Hsinchu City, Taiwan, on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. Because the seaside side has flat terrain, it is also an excellent landing place.
The origin of the place name Xiangshan is also quite legendary. It is said that when Zheng Chenggong ruled Taiwan, it was the residence of Zhuqian Shefan, which had no fixed name. Later, the Han people moved here and saw that in the Dapingding area, unknown flowers and plants were blooming all over the mountains and fields, and the fragrance was fragrant.
Named Xiangshan.
At this time, the Xiangshan coast is no longer as green as it once was. The beach that was flat a few months ago has been covered with fortifications built by the Japanese army on Taiwan Island. There are reinforced concrete bunkers everywhere, and entangled
There were circles of steel wire and various obstacles.
There is no doubt that the Japanese army worked hard here. In order to cope with the artillery fire of the Hainan Army, these bunkers were half larger than ordinary bunkers in terms of size alone.
In terms of defense strength, it is even more speechless. The three-meter-high bunker was built two meters underground. If you look down from the air, it looks like a gray turtle shell.
Unless a large-caliber artillery hit directly, there is nothing that can be done about that level of concrete. Looking at the entire beach, there are such bunker fortifications everywhere, turning the Xiangshan stall into a hedgehog made of steel and concrete.
However, as a general once said, it is very suitable for the situation at hand. In a strong fortress, if the garrison is a group of farmers, then no matter how well prepared it is, it will be in vain.
Although there is such a solid and heavy defense in Nuoda's bunker, it does not bring much courage to the dozens of Japanese soldiers inside.
The Hainan Army's reputation for being good at fighting is not just a boast, but is actually earned through the flesh and blood of the enemy.
Therefore, when these Japanese soldiers thought that they were going to face the Hainan Army, which had defeated so many Japanese troops, a chill could not help but rush into their hearts. While they were at a loss for the battle they were about to face, they had almost no confidence at all.
In a blink of an eye, the time had reached nightfall. However, the Hainanese fleet that had arrived did not launch an attack as scheduled, but floated on the sea like a ghost, which kept the spirits of the Japanese soldiers highly tense.
The destruction of the Japanese fleet on Taiwan Island already meant that the Japanese army in Taiwan lost the initiative on the battlefield. The sea and sky were controlled by the Hainan Army, and all the Japanese army on Taiwan Island could do was passive defense.
Xiangshan Beach, a piece of sea 20 kilometers away, is where the Hainan Army landing fleet and escort fleet are parked.
After the landing troops arrived here, the first order given by the commander was to let everyone go to sleep. Only when you have enough energy can you have the strength to fight, right?
Night, five o'clock in the morning.
In the entire Xiangshan Beach position, except for the sound of waves hitting the beach, no other sounds can be heard.
In the entire Xiangshan defense position of the Japanese army, except for the sporadic night watch sentries, all the Japanese soldiers stayed up until midnight, unable to withstand the attack of sleepiness and fell asleep.
However, the Japanese army did not know that the Hainan Army opposite them had already prepared and was waiting for the attack order to begin. Although the hull of the ship was shaking violently while sleeping during the day, the soldiers still endured the discomfort and regained their energy.
"Report! The first group of landing troops have all boarded the landing craft and are ready to go at any time!" A combat staff officer quickly walked into the warship command room and reported to Zhao Yujian in front of him.
"Okay, order the landing troops to take action immediately according to the original plan!" Zhao Yujian ordered with a confident look.
"Yes!" Seeing the combat staff take the order and leave, Zhao Yujian raised his head and stared at the Japanese position opposite. Under the cold moonlight, only a faint black shadow could be seen.
"Order the naval guns to prepare! The success of the landing depends on the capability of the naval guns!" Zhao Yujian ordered with a serious face as he looked away.
The landing operation does not mean that the troops will go ashore and defeat the Japanese troops to pieces, then it will be considered a success. After all, the entire area of the beach is only so large, and it cannot accommodate the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Therefore, in the landing operation, the first step is to seize a landing site on the coast and hold it firmly so that subsequent landing troops can come ashore continuously.
Otherwise, once the offensive is interrupted, a regiment that has landed will become a lone army. Without any supplies, all that awaits is a massacre.
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Dawn is gradually coming, and the sea and sky are already covered with a touch of fish belly white.
In the Japanese beach position and the forward bunker, a tired sentry rubbed his eyes that were almost unable to open, and through the lookout, began to observe the still calm sea in front of him.
Because this bunker is located at the forefront of the beach and built on a giant reef, the sentry can observe any disturbance within two kilometers of the sea with the naked eye.
Suddenly, in the sea that was calm just now, faint black dots appeared one after another in a blink of an eye. Moreover, the other party was moving very fast, and in a blink of an eye, it was not far from the beach.
The experienced sentry immediately judged that the black spots were moving ships. And coming from overseas, the sentry knew that the other party was definitely not one of his own.
Because it is no secret that the Taiwan Island fleet was destroyed, and the Japanese army on Taiwan Island did not have such a large fleet at all.
At this point, the Japanese sentry, who was slightly stunned, suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in horror: "Captain! There is a situation on the sea...!"
Being disturbed from his sleep, the Japanese sentry captain was in a bad mood, and his face immediately darkened. However, he also knew that his post had a heavy responsibility. After hearing the words "there is a situation", he first put all his thoughts into his heart.
The anger subsided.
After picking up the telescope beside me and observing the calm sea, I was immediately startled. On the sea, which was at most two kilometers away from the beach, dozens of landing craft were lined up in a row, moving at the fastest speed.
Rush towards your own beachhead.
"Baga! What are you doing standing still? Sound the alarm quickly, the enemy has begun to attack...!" the astonished sentry captain roared loudly.
"Woo...Woo...Woo..." The shrill voice of the hand-cranked siren resounded through the night sky, like a sharp knife cutting through the night.
Subsequently, the entire Japanese position on Xiangshan Beach immediately became noisy, and a large number of Japanese soldiers rushed out to their fighting positions with weapons in hand.
"Artillery! Aim at the target and fire immediately, quickly..." Following the roar of the Japanese artillery officer, the artillery was pushed out one after another. Under the control of the little Japanese artilleryman, they raised their black muzzles.
"Boom...boom..." Accompanied by loud roars, dozens of artillery shells were fired rapidly at the Hainan Army's landing troops two kilometers away.
However, although the Japanese army fired artillery first, the actual effect of the artillery bombardment was not ideal. The scattered landing troops were like infantry skirmishers charging the front. They were so far away that unless luck was really bad, how could they be concentrated.
"Baga! Fire! Keep firing! Machine gunners, once the enemy comes into range, fire immediately!" The Japanese commander of the Xiangshan position roared loudly, waving the command knife in his hand.
However, the Hainan naval artillerymen were not vegetarians. The Japanese artillery had already locked their position when they fired for the first time, followed by a rain of shells.
Behind the landing craft, there were six Hainan Army warships with dozens of large-caliber artillery pieces exceeding 150 mm. Their power was very terrifying and beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
"Boom...boom...boom...!" Accompanied by a series of sharp whistling sounds in the air, the Hainan Navy naval gun soldiers fired, and the large-caliber naval gun shells fell accurately on the Japanese army's Xiangshan position bunker as if they had eyes.
In the middle of the group.
Suddenly, the explosion of the shell was deafening, the shock wave swept across the beach, and the sand was raised more than ten meters high. The flames shone, and balls of orange-red fireballs, like fireworks, rose into the sky among the bunkers, illuminating the entire position.
brightly lit.
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