Just when the transport ship on the sea was about to sail into the Datong River, in the dark night, the originally deathly silent sea suddenly became lively.

The light of more than a dozen searchlights hit the location of the mouth of the Datong River, and after a period of searching, the figure of the transport ship was soon completely exposed. Although they had vaguely felt something, when they really found it, the Japanese fleet was still taken aback.

On the cruiser Tenryu floating on the sea, the captain Kadokawa Kansansa hurriedly put on his coat and walked into the bridge from the outside, and before he understood the situation, he had already begun to reprimand the officers in the bridge. "Bastard, how did you make those Chinese run into Haikou before they found out!"

It's no wonder that Kadokawa Kanzo felt angry, after all, at this time, those transport ships were about to enter the Datong River. Because of the relationship between the artillery positions on both sides of the Datong River, Kadokawa Kanzo and the small fleet under his command have never dared to enter the Datong River without authorization.

Although people who have always looked at the army are not pleasing to the eye, Kadokawa Kanzo is also very aware of the importance of this battle, and it is precisely because of this that he feels so angry.

After all, if the Chinese troops in Pyongyang are reinforced, it will be very difficult to retake Pyongyang. And if they could not annihilate the 17th and 33rd armies located around Pyongyang, wouldn't the price they had paid during this period of time be in vain?

You must know that in order to annihilate more than 100,000 people in the two armies, Japan even transferred too many troops. The southern part of Korea was empty of troops, and finally China took advantage of it, so that the entire southern part of Korea was almost in ruins...

"I'm sorry..."I heard Kadokawa reprimand. Kadokawa Kanzo's deputy hurriedly walked over and said. "It's too dark, it's really inconvenient to find the target, and we're too far from the Datong River, plus the main fleet is now confronting the Chinese, and the rest of the fleet is coming, and now it's only our ships blocking the Datong River, and the number is simply insufficient..."

"Alright. I don't want to listen to your arguments...", Kadokawa Kanzo came to the window and looked in the direction of the searchlight. After discovering that the transport fleet was really not far from the Datong River, his face suddenly became even more ugly. "Quick, order all ships, you must sink these transport ships!"

"Yes!"

With the order of Kadokawa Kanzo was given. Several Japanese warships were originally moored in the sea. Immediately, Qi Qi aimed his guns at several transport ships that had been exposed to the searchlights. In a short time, the dense shells were already raining down ...

Fortunately, in a hurry, the accuracy of the ship's guns was not very accurate, let alone in the dark of night. So the first wave of shelling did not accurately hit the target, and by the time the second wave of shelling was ready, on land, the artillery positions of the Wehrmacht had already reacted ...

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on the transport ship. After noticing the searchlight of the Japanese, it suddenly swept towards the sea at the entrance of the Datong River. The captain had sensed something was wrong. Almost immediately, he had already ordered the deputy on the side. "Send a signal to the other ships and immediately sail at full speed towards the Datong River..."

In such a situation, it is not time to continue grinding.

The captain's lieutenant was apparently well aware of this, and immediately took the order. After a while, the transport ships that were still slowly swallowing up the voyage suddenly began to sail towards the Datong River at the fastest speed, and at this time, the artillery positions on both sides of the Datong River also began to act...

In the headquarters of the artillery position, looking at the sea that suddenly became a lot more noisy, Gu Anshan, who was the temporary commander of the artillery group, couldn't help but take off the military hat on his head and throw it on the ground.

"Hell, have you been discovered!"

At present, although the Wehrmacht already has such an establishment as an artillery division, such large-scale artillery units are usually deployed in the Urals and Kazakhstan. After all, China's rise is still too short to have a large number of large-caliber artillery pieces like Europe and the United States, which can be used in a centralized manner at will...

Therefore, except for a few areas such as the Urals, in the vast majority of areas, division-level units only rely on firepower units directly under the artillery regiment when fighting. The problem is that troops at this level are equipped with 105mm caliber light howitzers at most, and they are only Division A, ordinary Division B is equipped with 75mm caliber mountain artillery and field artillery at most, and Division C does not even have this, only the most ordinary mortars...

Therefore, in order to increase the firepower of combat units, combat units at the army level usually have a special heavy artillery unit. Or brigade or regiment, mainly depending on whether the combat level of the army itself is a trump card or an ordinary army, that is, the so-called A army or B army―――――― are all at the army level, naturally there can be no cannon fodder, after all, usually an army is composed of multiple divisions, these three or five divisions cannot all be C divisions, among which there will inevitably be one or two A divisions or B divisions as the backbone.

Therefore, although there are three levels of troops at the division level, there are only two at the army level.

As for the establishment of corps or army groups, this is not always available, but is only temporarily formed during the war. After the war is over, if there is no need to continue to save zài, it will naturally be separated, so there is no need to separate it or something.

This time, the 17th Army was besieged together with the 33rd Army, and the 33rd Army, in order to help the 17th Army take Pyongyang as soon as possible, almost gave all the artillery to the 17th Army. In order to be able to coordinate operations, the two armies, whether they are directly subordinate artillery units or other artillery regiments, naturally need to carry out some establishment.

As a result, the hundreds of artillery pieces shared by the two armies were soon organized into an artillery cluster, about the same size as an artillery division. Gu Anshan, who was in charge of commanding this artillery division. It is a temporary selection of a major general, with a professional background in artillery, and it is also suitable for...

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This time the transport fleet came to something. Even if others don't sue sù, it is impossible for Gu Anshan not to sue sù. After all, if the transport fleet was discovered by the Japanese, the only chance to survive was to rush into the Datong River to accept Gu Anshan's cover...

In this case, if Gu Anshan is not notified first, who dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

Therefore, after learning that the transport fleet would arrive at the Datong River tonight, Gu Anshan ordered the troops to enter a state of combat readiness, and no one in the division rested. All of them are on standby in front of their posts. Even the shells were loaded into the chamber early, just waiting to be fired...

And it is precisely because of this preparation that when the transport fleet approaches the Datong River. Gu Anshan on the shore had already discovered their traces. Although it is faint, it is still more or less visible.

Who would have thought that just when Gu Anshan thought that they would be able to enter the Datong River smoothly, such a thing happened again...

"Sir. Don't think about anything else. Now the most important thing is to give them cover first! An officer standing on the side saw Gu Anshan's appearance and hurriedly persuaded him. As for why he was not called Gu Anshan, it was because this artillery group, after all, was just a temporary formation, and when this battle was over, it would almost be time to disband.

"Hmm." Hearing the officer's words, Gu Anshan quickly came to his senses. "Immediately order, fire!"

"Yes!"

Just when Gu Anshan was talking to the officer. A burst of cannon fire suddenly came from the sea, and then Gu Anshan and they could see countless water columns. It's surging from the sides of those transports.

Under the shelling of the Japanese fleet, those transport ships also sailed at full speed in the direction of the Datong River. Obviously, he planned to enter the Datong River before being sunk to accept Gu Anshan's protection...

It's just that the Japanese shells are falling like raindrops, although until now no shells have accurately hit those transports, but looking at this way, I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before they hit.

The rest of the command couldn't help but become anxious after seeing the sea.

On the other hand, several transport ships on the sea also turned on all the lights on the ship in the process of sailing at full speed―――――― driving at full speed in the dark, which was still a bit troublesome for the sailors on the ship. After all, there are many things that are difficult to operate in the case of discredit.

Anyway, now that it has been exposed, the Japanese searchlights have never left their side for a moment, so it doesn't matter if they turn on the lights in this case or not. On the contrary, if you turn on the light, you can improve some work efficiency...

Naturally, at this time, they must not have imagined that it was precisely because of this kind of action they launched that it exposed the two transport ships that had not been discovered in the first place―――――― in the dark night, especially on the sea, and the distance between each transport ship was extremely far. And although the light of the searchlight is far away, it is impossible to cover the entire surface of the sea.

Besides, isn't there such a situation that often occurs? That is, the surroundings have been lit up, but in those places where the night is still shrouded, even if the surroundings have been illuminated, it is still pitch black inside...

Fortunately, the people on the two transport ships didn't know this, otherwise I would have regretted it to death...

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Seeing that those transport ships were already swaying in the rain of bullets, and they didn't know when they would be hit, of course Gu Anshan couldn't continue to sit idly by. After all, he knew very well what was on it, and it was all kinds of life-saving materials for them.

In particular, the arms and supplies are what they need most at the moment.

By this time, they had almost run out of ammunition they had carried, and many of their troops had even begun to switch to weapons and equipment captured from the Japanese. The problem is that the number of weapons and equipment in this part is also limited, and if it is used up this time, there will be no place to replenish it.

What's more, compared with the Chinese-style equipment of the Wehrmacht, the Japanese-style equipment is still much worse.

This time, Gu Anshan's artillery group used Japanese artillery, not the Wehrmacht's own artillery. One of the most important reasons is because of ammunition.

In contrast, the food and other problems are much easier to solve. After all, Pyongyang is also the largest city in northern North Korea anyway. In the past, most of the supplies of the Japanese troops stationed in northern Korea were transported from here, and after the capture of this place, it is difficult to say anything else, but it is no problem to meet the needs of the troops for food and other materials, only ammunition...

Therefore, even if Gu Anshan plays with his life, he must keep those transport ships on the sea. What's more, this was originally his task?

Therefore, just after saying a few words, Gu Anshan had already given the order to open fire.

Soon, the artillery positions, which had been silent. It boiled like an erupting volcano. The deafening sound of artillery rumbled, accompanied by hundreds of shells falling into the sea in the distance, which immediately caught the Japanese warships on the sea by surprise...

In particular, artillery bombardment on land is much more accurate than at sea. What's more, Gu Anshan also built several temporary forts during this time. Although this temporary color is certainly not as strong as the regular one. But against a couple of cruisers and destroyers it is definitely more than enough ...

And after Gu Anshan's side exerted his might, the transport fleet, which was originally in danger under the rain of bullets, naturally boosted its morale, but Kadokawa Kanzo's side was a little chaotic.

After all, this was the first time that the Japanese Navy had engaged in this operation, and it was the first time that it had fought against the Wehrmacht from land. Especially the Tenryu itself, even when it was just put into service this year, has not had any actual combat experience in the past...

However, with rigorous training, the Japanese army quickly calmed down from the chaos.

It's just this time. Kadokawa Kanzo and them are facing a dilemma...

For example, in this case. Should they prioritize artillery positions on land, or transport ships at sea?

Theoretically, it seems that they should solve those transport ships first. After all, everyone knows that these are transport ships full of ammunition, and if these transport ships really arrive in Pyongyang, I am afraid that the qiē they have done at the moment will be a complete failure. What's more, their next task is to deal with these transport ships and prevent any ships from sailing into the Datong River...

But in fact, if they really let the artillery fire from the land go unchecked, judging by the density of the fire of those two artillery positions......... Although most of them are 75mm caliber mountain guns and field guns, some of them are even howitzers, and there are very few large-caliber cannons that can be directly used in combat, but hundreds of artillery pieces are used together, to be honest, it is also a big question for them.

If you're not careful, a 75mm shell is fine, but a 150mm shell is more fatal...

What's more, according to the information obtained by the Japanese army, due to the lack of ammunition, the artillery equipped by the Wehrmacht itself has become an ornament, and now they use the Japanese artillery captured in Pyongyang.

It would be ironic if they were really sunk by artillery made in their own country...

Just when Kadokawa Kanzo was in a dilemma, the other ships on the sea had already made a choice ―――――― counterattack first.

Soon, the rain of bullets that had been concentrated on those transport ships turned to the artillery positions on both sides of the strait.

Although the number of Japanese ships at sea was relatively small, less than ten, none of the guns on each one were less than 100mm. Therefore, in terms of firepower, it will not fall into the downwind too much.

Soon, the artillery position of the Wehrmacht was in flames, but Gu Anshan was not worried about this, but became happy. After all, the attention of the Japanese was focused on them, and the few transport ships at sea were naturally safe.

Therefore, while sending a telegram to the transport ships, asking them to sail directly from the Taedong River to Pyongyang, Gu Anshan ordered a counterattack on the Japanese ships. Before they can react, they should cover the entry of those transport ships into the Datong River. As for who wins and who loses in this artillery battle, this Gu Anshan is not worried at all...

That's right, the firepower of the Japanese ships is really fierce, and it is also a moving target. The artillery in the artillery position is relatively difficult to move, and it is by no means easy to strike at moving targets.

But compared with the Japanese ships, Gu Anshan's side will only have more advantages.

Therefore, Gu Anshan was not worried that he would suffer a loss, and sure enough, it didn't take long for a Japanese ship to be accidentally hit by a shell during the shelling. Although it was just an ordinary small-caliber shell, it could already cause a certain amount of damage to a destroyer with a displacement of just over 1,000 tons...

The most important thing is that the largest caliber naval gun among Japanese ships is only 140mm, and it is still the main gun of the Tenryu, which is the flagship. The main guns of other destroyers are mostly about 120mm, and for the artillerymen in the position, although the guns of this caliber are much more powerful than the 75mm caliber shells, as long as they are not directly hit or hit at close range, the threat is not as great as imagined.

At the same time, Kadokawa apparently noticed this.

It's just that after noticing this, instead of ordering the ships to retreat, Kadokawa Kanzo gave another order that seemed a little crazy...

"The whole ship pursues those transport ships, and it is necessary to sink all these transport ships in the Datong River!" When he gave the order like this, Kadokawa Kanzo's eyes faintly revealed a hint of madness... (To be continued......)