Expedition to Europe

When the military received the telegram from Liu Zizheng, the fleet led by Xie Rundong was in the Osumi Strait.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xie Rundong ordered the fleet to change course and go to Lushun to help.

It must be said that Lushun is indeed an eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese, especially the navy. As long as there is a chance, Xie Rundong does not mind turning Lushun into Keelung. Anyway, there are no Chinese in Lushun now.

Really not. In the war from 1894 to 1895, only seven people were killed by the Japanese in the whole city of Lushun. During this period, it experienced the rule of Russians and Japanese. Unless they are those Chinese who are friendly with the Japanese, it is estimated that no Chinese can live in the slaughterhouse of Lushun.

As for those Chinese who are friendly with the Japanese, well, the Republic of China has never lacked traitors.

"Tomorrow morning, we will arrive at Lushun Port. I don't think it needs to be emphasized what this place represents to us Chinese..." In the meeting room of the "Wanghai", although not all the people present were Chinese, Xie Rundong still said so.

In Lan Fang's current navy, all the captains of destroyers, aircraft carriers and submarines are of Lan Fang nationality, but not all of them are Chinese. For example, Mario, the captain of the aircraft carrier "Huangshan", was French before.

Although he is of French descent, it does not affect Mario's service to Lan Fang. As early as when Qin Zhiyuan just bought four Acorn-class destroyers from the UK, Mario had already joined Qin Zhiyuan's team, which is similar to Antonio, the current Minister of the Navy of Lan Fang.

If you count carefully, there are actually few people present who are older than Mario.

"Tomorrow's combat sequence is still the same as when bombing Keelung. The bombers taking off from the "Huangshan" are loaded with high-explosive bombs, and the other bombers are all using incendiary bombs. We just need to do what we did in Keelung again..." Xie Rundong is looking forward to tomorrow's scene.

"There should be some emphasis on the distribution of targets. General Liu's troops are currently on the line from Jinzhou to Qingniwa. We must leave enough channels for the tank troops to facilitate the advancement of the tank troops. At the same time, there used to be an arsenal in Lushun. We must guard against their ground anti-aircraft firepower. I guess the Japanese will not sit idly by." Cheng Debei, chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Fleet, interrupted.

Half a month has passed since the naval battle. It is estimated that even if the Japanese are slow, they should have begun to pay attention to anti-aircraft firepower. Japan still has certain military industrial capabilities, especially the Taisho 3-year heavy machine gun equipped by Japan, which can be turned into an anti-aircraft machine gun with a slight modification.

In the history of another time and space, the Japanese did do this. Although it was already World War II, the Japanese still used this primitive and crude method to carry out their air defense. After all, the anti-aircraft machine gun converted from the Taisho 3-year heavy machine gun is not a dedicated anti-aircraft weapon, and the role it can play is extremely limited, which is better than nothing.

In the concept of the Japanese, defense means failure, so the radical Japanese put all their energy on offense and did not consider defense at all.

"Then let's take off a team of fighters to conduct reconnaissance and take a look around, test the strength of the Japanese air defense, and harass the ground by the way." Xie Rundong was not worried about consumption.

Xie Rundong was not worried that the Japanese would have aircraft counterattacks. Even if the Taisho Emperor was cheating, the Japanese could not have developed aircraft in such a short time, let alone have enough pilots.

Compared with aircraft, the reserve of pilots is a cumulative process.

The luck of Lan Fang is that Qin Zhiyuan seized this opportunity as soon as the aircraft appeared and organized the largest air force in the world. For now, Lan Fang's air force is undoubtedly the best in the world, pulling the British and French by more than a street, not to mention the Japanese who are still in the "kite stage".

At present, Lan Fang has nearly 5,000 pilots, thanks to the base of workers who participated in the production of aircraft in the Renault factory. If it were not for the huge base of workers to falsify the guarantee, Qin Zhiyuan would not have been able to accumulate so many pilots in three intermittent years.

This night is destined to be restless.

As soon as night fell, Liu Zizheng organized artillery to launch an artillery attack on the artillery forts in Lushun.

Compared with the Japanese, the artillery of Lan Fang is a branch of the army with huge advantages.

After the baptism of the European battlefield, the experience of Lan Fang artillery is extremely rich, which is incomparable to the Japanese artillery.

In Europe, before each battle, there will always be advanced large-scale firepower preparation, interspersed with anti-artillery and position transfer in the middle to avoid the enemy's firepower counterattack. The entire firepower preparation time may be two or three days, or it may be a week.

For Japan, the scale of firepower preparation in Europe is unheard of. The Japanese simply cannot withstand such intensive consumption. Even if the Japanese army's annual budget is doubled, the Japanese cannot afford it.

Artillery is a branch of the scientific army, especially firepower counterattack. If there is no sufficient experience, there is no way to talk about it.

Compared with the Japanese artillery, all the artillery of Lan Fang are experts.

The gap between Japan and Lan Fang is not only reflected in the quality of the soldiers, but also in the huge gap in weapons.

The artillery on the Port Arthur Fort was indeed large in caliber, but its power was far inferior to the 120mm caliber divisional artillery of the Lan Fang Army in terms of range and power, especially after the Lan Fang Army was equipped with self-propelled artillery.

Remember the 194mm self-propelled artillery that was so powerful in the Battle of Fer-en-Tadernois?

That was a headache for the Germans.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, after the Japanese occupied Lushun, all the artillery on the Lushun Fort was dismantled and transported back to Japan for remanufacturing. Later, after the Russians occupied Lushun, they trimmed the fort again in Lushun, but did not restore it to the scale of the Qing Empire.

After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese reoccupied Lushun. This time, the Japanese did not dismantle the artillery on the fort, but renovated the fort and lived there openly.

Although there are still cannons on the fort, they are nearly 20 years old after all, and cannot be compared with the latest artillery equipped by Lan Fang.

So when the artillery unit of the Lan Fang Army opened fire, the Japanese army fell into a helpless situation of passive attack.

"Everyone is ready, according to the assigned positions, high-explosive bombs, five rapid shots." Cheng Zongyi, the commander of the artillery regiment of the Second Armored Division, was so excited that his voice changed, and it sounded particularly creepy in the dark.

Cheng Zongyi was commanding not just one artillery regiment. In addition to the artillery regiment of the Second Armored Division, there were also artillery regiments of the First and Second Foreign Legion Divisions.

The artillery regiment of the Second Armored Division was equipped with self-propelled artillery, while the First and Second Foreign Legion Divisions were equipped with towed artillery.

After Cheng Zongyi issued the order, the battalion commanders of each battalion immediately conveyed the combat mission to each artillery company and calibrated various parameters.

In less than half a minute, all units reported that they were ready.

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"Fire!" Cheng Zongyi's voice was so loud that it was almost broken.

No one paid attention to whether Cheng Zongyi's voice was broken, because after Cheng Zongyi issued the order, almost in an instant, 144 artillery pieces roared almost at the same time, and then hundreds of red bullets were seen bursting out of the barrels and rushing towards their targets.

The shells had not yet landed, and the artillery here had already begun to reload and prepare for the next salvo.

When they were in Europe, the artillerymen were already very familiar with such procedures, and they would not make mistakes even if they were blindfolded. In order to prevent the sound of firing from damaging their eardrums, the artillerymen all wore earplugs, which made them more focused.

When the artillerymen launched a rapid fire attack, Liu Zizheng was observing on a hillside.

Through the telescope, it can be clearly seen that the outermost artillery forts of the Lushun artillery group have been engulfed by orange-red flames. Japanese soldiers can be seen running and shouting in the shadows. It can be imagined how panicked the Japanese were at this moment.

Since the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese have not participated in a war for nearly 15 years. The scale and intensity of the recovery of Qingdao during World War I did not achieve the effect of training, which made it impossible to guarantee the quality of the Japanese soldiers. Without going to the battlefield, it would be useless to train well on the training ground.

The most important thing is that these 15 years have been a period of rapid technological development, especially during the First World War. The emergence of airplanes and tanks, as well as the application of heavy machine gun crossfire, have changed the previous form of war. If we continue to fight according to previous experience, it will only be a dead end.

The victory of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War gave the Japanese a false impression that even if their weapons and equipment were inferior to others, they could make up for it with their tenacious fighting will. Therefore, the Japanese did not attach importance to the development of the army from top to bottom. They have been separated from the world's army for too long that they can no longer fight.

"If we had known that we would fight like this during the day, we might have broken through the Japanese defense line." Wang Dingshan, the commander of the Second Division, expressed satisfaction with the effect of the artillery bombardment and regretted not launching the bombardment as soon as possible.

"Stop talking nonsense. What about the anti-tank trenches? What about the Japanese minefields? If we want to attack during the day, we can only fill them with the lives of the soldiers. Can you let your troops take the lead?" Liu Zizheng was not polite at all.

"Okay, Commander, if you want to attack now, I will go back and prepare the troops." Wang Dingshan was not vague at all.

The troops led by Wang Dingshan were the Foreign Legion. To put it bluntly, they were all French, Germans and Czechs who had not joined the Lan Fang nationality. Wang Dingshan didn't care about their life or death. If they died, they died. Just give them a pension.

Wang Dingshan was also an old veteran, only a few days younger than Liu Zizheng. As early as when the Foreign Legion was first established, Wang Dingshan and Liu Zizheng were old acquaintances, so they had no scruples when talking.

"Damn, the pension will be deducted from your salary." Liu Zizheng wanted to help the military save money.

"Okay, it's okay to deduct all of it. As long as it's to fight the Japanese, I will donate all my future salary!" Wang Dingshan was really not afraid.

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