Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

These Japanese divisions were the elite troops of the Japanese. After the officers gave the order, the Japanese carried it out very quickly. By the time the bombers arrived over Huludao, it was pitch black below and nothing could be seen.

Chapter 690 Landing Operation

"Report, the bomber formation has returned. When our bomber formation arrived at Huludao Port, the Japanese implemented a blackout, making it impossible to confirm ground targets!"

The bomber did not drop the bomb and immediately returned after being unable to confirm the target location.

Upon hearing the news, Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly.

He did not blame the bomber formation for not dropping bombs. There were still many civilians in Huludao City. If the bombers dropped bombs at will, it might bring a catastrophe to the people. Li Yunlong was not from the mountain city and could not do such things.

"It seems the Japs are very well prepared this time. They knew it as soon as our plane took off. Order the airport troops to strengthen patrols around the airport and mobilize the people to look for traitors and people with abnormal behavior!"

"Yes!"

The Japanese have controlled the four eastern provinces for more than ten years and have a strong infiltration power in the four eastern provinces. Li Yunlong's troops have just arrived, and it is estimated that there are still many people secretly working for the Japanese. It will take time to clean up these people.

Li Yunlong planned to impose martial law not only around the airport, but also in other important places, and relax it after the war.

"What about these devils' ships?"

"Letting them cross the sea will just relieve the pressure on the Fourth Corps. I was worried before that the Fourth Corps wouldn't be able to wipe out eight Japanese divisions in one go. Now that the Japanese have taken the initiative to split up their forces, we shouldn't be polite. It's impossible for the Japanese to transport all eight divisions in one night. When daybreak comes, we won't be polite to these Japanese!"

"Yes!"

Huludao Port. After the bombing was over, Huludao Port became brightly lit again. Groups of Japanese soldiers quickly boarded the ship. This time the boarding speed was much faster than before.

"Report, Huludao report, Li Yunlong's plane has arrived over Huludao!"

In Komsomol City, Terauchi Moriichi couldn't help but panic after hearing the content of the telegram.

"Are there any casualties?"

Li Yunlong's previous use of incendiary bombs in Lianshan River and the barbecue party in Sasebo had already left the Japanese with a shadow, and they were deeply afraid that Li Yunlong would also hold a barbecue party in Huludao Port.

"Our intelligence personnel learned in advance that a large number of planes took off from Li Yunlong's military base. The troops outside Huludao heard the sound of bombers and sounded the air defense alarm in advance, turning off all lights. Li Yunlong's bombers did not drop bombs!"

Hearing this, Terauchi Moriichi breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the Chief of Staff said with some concern: "Li Yunlong has probably discovered that we are transferring troops to the Huludao area, and he may be on guard!"

Terauchi Moriichi looked at the map, thought for a moment, and said, "The arrow is on the string and must be shot. Even if Li Yunlong already knows, we must act, but..."

At this point, Terauchi Moriichi paused and said, "The Chinese have a strategy called feinting to the east and attacking in the west. Since Li Yunlong knows that we might cross the sea to launch an attack, we can use this trick to deal with him."

"Commander, what do you mean?"

"Send a squadron with a division of soldiers to land in the Panjin area to attract the attention of Li Yunlong's troops. The remaining troops will quickly land in Yingkou!"

The Chief of Staff's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he quickly discovered the problem: "During the day, Li Yunlong's reconnaissance planes will definitely be investigating these areas. By then..."

"We must act quickly before daybreak. It would be best if we could mobilize Li Yunlong's troops to buy time for the Yingkou landing!"

"Hayi!"

"If Li Yunlong's troops don't react, or if Panjin is not well-prepared, we can make it real and land directly from Panjin!"

"Hayi!"

Soon, this telegram was sent to the Japanese Army Fleet Command.

The person in charge of this landing operation was the Japanese Army General Seiichi Tanaka.

After receiving the telegram from Terauchi Morikazu, adjustments were made quickly, mobilizing six gunboats and twelve transport ships to move towards Panjin.

For one night, the Japanese transport ships did not stop, and new transport ships kept coming and heading towards Yingkou.

Outside the city of Huludao, the Fourth Corps did not stop its attack and continued to launch a fierce attack on Huludao. However, the Japanese defenders in Huludao resisted very resolutely and blocked the attack of the Fourth Corps with the help of various defensive fortifications.

As dawn approached, the Fourth Corps finally broke through the Japanese's last line of defense outside Huludao City and began the siege.

Shen Quan looked at Huludao Port with a telescope and found that there were still ships busy in the port, and some Japanese soldiers were boarding the ships.

"The Japanese are resisting so resolutely, are they trying to escape?"

After watching the Japanese soldiers board the ship, Shen Quan couldn't help but frown.

"I don't know. The headquarters didn't give us any orders, but just told us to continue the attack and push the front line to the vicinity of Shanhaiguan!"

"Well, how are the casualties among the troops?"

"After fighting all night last night, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions suffered heavy casualties, and the 2nd Armored Division also lost over 40 tanks!"

Hearing the casualty figures, Shen Quan couldn't help but feel a little distressed, but there was nothing he could do. There would be no war without casualties.

As a commander, all Shen Quan can do is to minimize casualties within his ability.

"Let the First and Second Divisions rest for a while, and the Third Division will take over and continue the attack. I will take Huludao within an hour!"

"Yes!"

While the Shenquan troops were attacking Huludao fiercely, at dawn, the first batch of Japanese landing troops had arrived in the sea near Panjin.

Six gunboats were located about three kilometers away from the beach.

The captain of the gunboat was observing the beach in the distance through a telescope, but because it was still dark, he couldn't see the situation on the beach clearly.

"Let the vanguard begin landing!"

"Yes!"

Landing operations are relatively complicated, but the Japanese have experience in landing in Southeast Asia and Australia. They know that before a large-scale landing, they need to send a small number of troops to test the waters. If there is a beachhead position, they can find the firepower point of the beachhead position and then destroy it with naval guns.

A minute later, hundreds of Japanese soldiers on more than a dozen small boats charged towards the beach. Because the tide was rising, the small boats, with the help of the waves, were very fast. In less than five minutes, some Japanese soldiers had already set foot on the beach.

The Japanese who were the first to step onto the beach quickly dispersed and prepared to control some important positions on the beach to prepare for subsequent landing troops.

However, at this moment, less than a kilometer away from the beach, a group of soldiers from the Fourth Corps had already established a defensive position. After seeing the Japanese landing, the commander did not rush to order shooting, but waited until the Japanese advanced a certain distance before ordering to open fire.

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

"..."

More than a dozen machine guns opened fire at the same time, instantly tearing dozens of landing Japanese soldiers into pieces.

Chapter 691 Landing on the Beach

"There's a beachhead. It looks like Li Yunlong's troops are prepared!"

The captain of this squadron, Fuyou Shuiwu, looked at the firing point on the beach that suddenly opened fire and said calmly.

He had already anticipated that something like this would happen. He had encountered similar situations when he landed in Southeast Asia and Australia.

"Order the gunboats to provide artillery support for the landing troops. The remaining transport ships immediately approach the beach and drop off the landing troops!"

"Hayi!"

Although there are defensive positions on the beach, in Fuyou Shuiwu's opinion, this is not a big deal. He only needs to let the gunboats suppress the firepower of these defensive positions, and then the landing troops will land quickly and establish beach positions. This landing mission will be half completed.

Once the beachhead is established, all other supplies and weapons can be unloaded, and the landing force can then move forward to launch an attack.

And the most important point is that Fu Youshuiwu can determine through observation that there are not many defensive troops on the beachhead, and Li Yunlong should not have mobilized heavy troops to defend here, which also gives the landing troops an opportunity to land on the beach.

"Report this news to General Terauchi Morikazu!"

"Hayi!"

At this time, the six Japanese gunboats on the sea were ready for shelling.

"preparation!"

"put!"

Following the orders of the gunners, the 100 mm or so naval guns on these gunboats launched an artillery attack on the firing points on the beach.

However, there was no one at the place where the firing had just taken place. After the first round, the soldiers on the beachhead quickly retreated. This was the task assigned to them by their superiors. They didn't even need to take their weapons away, they just needed to withdraw their men.

As the gunboats continued to suppress the beach defense positions with firepower, the Japanese transport ships got closer and closer to the beach. With the rising tide, these transport ships could reach a place very close to the beach.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers were continuously sent to the beach on small boats. Some of them even jumped directly into the sea, preparing to land without any weapons or equipment.

Soon, there were thousands of Japanese soldiers wearing khaki uniforms on the beach.

After these devils landed, they took turns covering each other as they approached the previous beachhead, but they soon discovered that there was no one on the beachhead at all.

"nobody?"

"Were the weapons not taken away?"

"..."

Just when these devils began to wonder, a huge explosion was heard and a large-caliber artillery shell exploded at the beachhead position.

Then, the second, third, and fourth shells, more and more shells fell like raindrops.

"Bombardment!"

"There's an ambush!"

"Heavy artillery, it's heavy artillery!"

After a round of artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers who had just landed were instantly blown into pieces of meat. Moreover, the artillery fire was not only aimed at the Japanese soldiers who had landed. Some heavy artillery was aimed at the Japanese transport ships and gunboats on the sea.

Shells continued to fall next to these gunboats and transport ships.

One of the shells hit a small boat that was carrying Japanese soldiers to land. The boat, carrying more than 60 people, was instantly blown into pieces. Red flesh and blood bloomed in the air and fell into the sea, dyeing a small area of ​​the sea red.

"Captain, Li Yunlong's troops have prepared some heavy artillery, and our landing force has suffered heavy losses!"

Fuyou Shuiwu put down the telescope and said angrily, "Have you calculated the positions of these heavy artillery?"

"Ha Yi, I've calculated it. We're about twelve kilometers away from the beachhead!"

"Can our gunboats hit it?"

Hearing this, the Japanese staff officer shook his head and said, "It has exceeded the maximum range of our gunboat."

"idiot!"

Fu Youshui couldn't help but curse angrily.

"Send a telegram to General Terauchi Moriichi immediately. My troops landed in the Panjin area and were ambushed by Li Yunlong's troops. This unit is equipped with heavy artillery and is suspected to be the main force!"