At around ten o'clock in the morning, just as the evacuation of residents along the southwest coast of Qiong was in full swing, two reconnaissance planes flew off the Kaga, which was only about a hundred kilometers away from Dongfang City on the southwest sea.
At the same time, the division fleet began to turn, and then fiercely charged towards the offshore waters where Dongfang City was located.
Watching the two fighter planes disappear into the sky, Isoroku Yamamoto on the bridge put down his telescope and asked Koizumi Minichiro: "Hasn't the telegram from Arima been sent yet?"
Koizumi Minichiro nodded, looked at his watch and said, "The agreed time is half past ten, and there's still half an hour left. Your Excellency, you look a little nervous."
Yamamoto shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It was too painful to be hit by the 'sink'. Koizumi, if we just look at the land area and population, compared with China, the empire is actually a child challenging an adult, so , as long as we can, even if it is a light cruiser or even a fighter plane or even a soldier, we must cherish it extremely, do you understand what I mean."
Xiaoquan nodded: "Your Excellency, I admit that at first, I was dismissive of the Chinese. However, after these few days of confrontation, I now feel that at least Ouyang Yun, a Chinese, is worthy of our respect."
"It's not just Ouyang Yun." Yamamoto corrected: "We should give a minimum of respect to all opponents, because only in this way can we treat them seriously and discover their weaknesses and deal a heavy blow. Koizumi, this game In the Sino-Japanese War, the empire was gambling on the fate of the country for the next fifty years. If it wins, the empire will have no worries for at least fifty years. But if it fails,..." Perhaps because the topic is too heavy, he said Up to this point, Yamamoto could not continue.
In Japanese history books, most of the comments about Yamamoto that Koizumi read were that he was a gambler, but this was incompatible with the side of Yamamoto presented to him. At this time, Yamamoto behaved more like a person who was worried about the country. Yamamoto's words were too pessimistic, which made Koizumi feel uncomfortable. He suddenly thought of the period of history in which he lived, and the process of Japan's re-emergence. He couldn't help but smile, and he said: "Your Excellency, It is true that this war is a gamble, but it is far from enough to affect the empire for fifty years. You can rest assured that the Japanese people are hardworking and honest. Even if this battle is really lost, the empire will rise soon." As he spoke, he looked at the junction of the sea and the sky in the distance, and said to himself: "Although it is not in the field of force, economic rise can also change a country's status in the world. What you gain is lost in the east. Amaterasu still cares about Japan."
There are several dialogues like this between Yamamoto and Koizumi almost every day. Through the dialogue, Koizumi gained Yamamoto's command experience and strategic vision, and Yamamoto also benefited a lot, at least, because of the "Sink Bar" injury. My confidence has gradually recovered now,
At half past ten, the front line of the Wanning Continental Fort was still under the command of Masafumi Arima. After a three-day lull, the war started again. The first to appear were more than twenty ships of various types, including A battleship's cannons rumbled, and instantly, fireworks rose near the continental fort. Soon, all the suspected defenses were reduced to pieces or even turned into burning fires in the gunfire.
The headquarters of the 38th Academy Brigade is still under the scrapped Continental Fort. Due to the early warning from the Ohanakaku radar station, when the combined fleet was left with Arima, there was only one aircraft carrier, the "Ryujo". The "Ryujo" totaled
It carried 48 fighters, of which 43 could be put into combat. In order to achieve the effect of "large-scale attack", Arima released all 43 fighters into the sky. After these 43 fighters took off, they immediately extended their bombing range and began
Search, bombing and strafing were carried out. Half an hour later, not only Wanning City was bombed again, turning from ruins into a sea of burning fire, but Dongshan Ridge was also favored by Jaap pilots, and at least thirty bombs fell on it.
On Dongshan Ridge, more than a dozen cadets were affected by the explosion and lost their lives, including three soldiers from the Taiwan Special Operations Brigade.
Japanese planes flew over Dongshan Ridge one after another. The officers and soldiers of the Niangziyun Guards and the Guangzhou Guards behaved relatively calmly, but the performance of a group of soldiers from the Taiwan Special Operations Brigade was quite unbearable.
Guo Dai showed the qualities of an excellent commander at this time. He lay down with the soldiers, and from time to time looked after those who were ready to make a move: "If you don't want to die, just lie down for me. Why, are you afraid that the little devil can't see you?"
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The Taiwanese soldiers thought that this was indeed the case. Although they were frightened and uneasy, they did not dare to move.
Ouyang Yun was originally standing at the entrance of the command department to investigate the situation, but as the sound of bombs breaking through the air sounded above his head, You Xiaolian quickly dragged him in.
"Boom." A bomb exploded in the command department, which made the students hiding nearby break into a cold sweat.
Because Dongshan Ridge had not been bombed in previous battles, Chen Shichang thought of Li Senran's escape in the early morning and couldn't help but wonder if he had provided Ouyang Yun's location to the Japanese army. He immediately suggested to Ouyang Yun that Dongshan Ridge could no longer stay.
And called Shan Renxiong to inform him of the situation,
It is related to the safety of the Commander-in-Chief. Even if he is trying to catch someone, he still has to be on guard. After receiving the call, Dan Renxiong did not dare to take it lightly. After thinking about it, he immediately called Zhang Dali, General Yun Dian, and Qiu Hongsheng to let them know.
Immediately dispatch the armored regiments directly under each brigade to Dongshan Ridge to protect the commander-in-chief's safety.
Among the three armored regiments directly under the brigade, the armored regiment of the 38th Xuexue Brigade was closest to Dongshan Ridge. After receiving the call, Zhang Dali immediately gave an order to the regiment leader Cai Xiaosheng. After receiving the order, Cai Xiaosheng immediately led the team to leave the Wuzhishan hiding place.
, and then began to advance at full speed towards Dongshan Ridge,
The 43 fighters released by the "Ryuxiang" wreaked havoc in the Wanning area for about half an hour before Shi Shiran left. While they were still on their way back, the Japanese landing force set off, with more than 30 ships of various types
The landing ship carried more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers and headed towards the front line of the Ozu Fort. Ten minutes later, the first wave of Japanese soldiers carrying various types of light and heavy weapons, under the command of a major named Junichi Hashimoto, boarded the
land near Continental Fort,
Yamamoto left Arima with a total of four brigades, and he committed three brigades at once in order to cause the Xuebing army to misunderstand that their main attack direction was still Wanning.
Arima's strategic guiding ideology is naturally good. However, because Yamamoto left him soldiers from the Osaka Division, people have to doubt whether this strategic attempt can have real effects. Of course, at this time
, Arima still doesn’t know what the virtues of the Osaka Division are,
Twenty minutes after the landing battle started, what happened on the beach near Ozu Fortress almost made Arima angry to death.