Originally, Nanzaki had planned to ignore the life and death of those 'horse dung' on land, and directly bombarded them with naval artillery―――――― at this time, only many of the ships in their fleet were docked on the dock and could not move, if the dock was captured by the Wehrmacht, then it would be very difficult to fight against the Wehrmacht on land with these ships that were difficult to even move.

After all, no matter how powerful the so-called naval guns are, they all have a minimum firing range.

And as long as the Wehrmacht can get close to the dead end of the naval guns, the result of waiting for the Japanese Navy can be imagined.

Therefore, Nanqi would rather have more defenders in the town die than be labeled by the Wehrmacht.

What's more, the relationship between their navy and the army's 'horse manure' is not good, even if those 'horse manure' dies a lot, they won't care...

However, the sudden threat at sea forced Minamizaki to put aside this idea for the time being, after all, if he was patronizing to deal with a crisis on land, he did not consider the threat at sea. Perhaps before the Wehrmacht on land reached the docks, they were already wiped out by the Chinese navy outside the port.

Especially a few days ago, the submarine unit of the National Defense Navy ambushed the Japanese fleet twice in a row, and these two encounters have made Nansaki very sensitive, and now he has even played for the third time...

It may be impossible to say that you are afraid, but if you are not worried...

So almost the next moment, Nansaki ordered all the ships in the bay to aim their guns at the bay. He didn't even think of sending ships out of the bay to fight, on the one hand, because most of the ships in the bay were damaged during the first attack, and they couldn't move at all. Otherwise, it would not be possible to stay in the bay, and although some of the rest can move, their strength is obviously insufficient.

At the moment, Nanqi also does not know how many Chinese Navy ships are coming outside. Wouldn't sending ships to fight when the situation of the enemy and us was unclear ―――――― repeating the mistakes of the previous two times?

So Nanzaki's idea is also very simple, that is, to guard in the bay.

"The telegram has been sent, the ships in charge of patrolling outside should be back soon, as long as the army's horse manure can be kept, it will definitely be able to wipe out these Chinese troops..."

Thinking so in his heart, Nansaki grabbed the binoculars on his chest and looked into the distance...

Over there. A large number of ships loom in sight...

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Just when Nanzaki ordered his subordinates to aim all their guns outside the bay, the original cruiser Empress Elizabeth was now on the cruiser "Return". A major general was also directing the troops to dump ammunition into the bay.

A large amount of ammunition flew out of the guns of the fleet and landed in the bay, and of course, some in the town of Longkou. As for whether it will accidentally injure the army that is fighting with the Japanese army in the town. That's not something they can handle.

After all, they can't take care of the army at the moment, and it is already very difficult to deal with the enemy forces in the bay. You must know that there are many 10,000-ton warships in the bay, and there are even battleships, and the strongest combat effectiveness in this fleet is probably this Queen Elizabeth.

That being said, the shape isn't too bad.

Although the performance of this fleet on paper is certainly not as fierce as that in the bay, it also needs to be considered in actual combat. That is, most of the ships in the bay have been injured in the past, but the ones that cannot move have been calculated, and some of them have not even been able to exert one-third of their combat effectiveness because of the deep damage. No way. Although Longkou Bay is also a commercial city, it is just an ordinary town after all. The scale is not very large, there are places to repair ships, but at most some fishing boats or not very large merchant ships are repaired, for those large ships with a tonnage of more than 10,000, the equipment in the port is not very useful―――――― in fact, they do not need 10,000 tons, even if they are three or four thousand tons, I am afraid it is useless.

What's more, the shipyard in Longkou Town is usually only responsible for repairing some fishing boats and broken down merchant ships, but it has never repaired warships.

It is particularly important to note that during the evacuation operation, the IDF had evacuated almost all the inhabitants, as well as the people and some equipment in the shipyard. Even if there was still some equipment left, it was obvious that the Japanese army alone would not be able to do anything about it.

Afterwards, although the Japanese also transported some people from the mainland, it was difficult for the Qiao women to cook without rice, and the conditions here were like this, no matter how capable they were, they were useless, and in the end they just kept the ships in the bay as they were, and did not sink...

Because of this, although the fleet in the bay looks much stronger than the fleet outside, in fact...

And the inability to move also makes them indistinguishable from the turret, and they are the kind of ones with super weak defenses. After all, a battery is not like a warship that does not carry a beating. In addition, the ships outside are all moving, unlike them who do not move, it is easy to hit. Therefore, although the outside fleet is inferior to the fleet in the bay in terms of firepower and protection, in fact, the fleet outside the bay is only slightly downwind, this is because the caliber of the naval guns of those ships in the bay is relatively large, if it is hit, the consequences are very severe, otherwise I am afraid that the two sides will become a balance of power, not to mention that the hit rate of the naval guns is low at this time...

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Originally, if the navy in the bay could support the 'horse manure' on land, maybe they could hold out longer, and maybe even repel the offensive launched by Liu Guangyuan. After all, among the warships in the bay, there are many large ships, some of which have a caliber of more than 300mm, and others are also more than 200mm, and the power of these guns is not small.

However, Nanqi was dragged down by the national defense navy outside the bay, so that Liu Guangyuan could not worry about any problems and directly exert his full strength...

And the Wehrmacht who is responsible for launching the offensive is also very clear that their mission this time is very dangerous, if they can't take the entire town as soon as possible, then they will be greeted next by the fate of the enemy, and when they launch a charge one by one, they can be called fearless of death...

"Rush, give me a rush!"

Stand at the back of a house. Looking at the Japanese soldiers hiding behind sandbags on the opposite side, a platoon leader shouted loudly, and after speaking, he waved the Browning M1911 pistol in his hand. Rush forward with your subordinates.

Seeing the Chinese rushing up, a Japanese soldier quickly took out the grenade, but he had just thrown the grenade in his hand when he saw a bullet hit him in the head.

Leaving aside the scene where the bullet hit the head, the grenade would definitely not be able to be shaken off, and the soldier collapsed directly behind the sandbag-stacked fortification.

At the same time, at the back of another house. A soldier armed with a Mauser G98 rifle grinned, then pulled the bolt again...

No way, it seems to him that the posture of the Japanese throwing grenades is really funny. I actually have to hold the ponytail (also called hemp tail) behind the grenade first, and throw it out after throwing it up...

This mode may seem like nothing wrong with this, but the problem is that there is not so much room in this world for you to throw a grenade to play. It may not be much in normal times, but such grenades are very troublesome when behind trenches and fortifications. The soldier just now is estimated to be a recruit who has just been on the battlefield for a short time. I don't know how to use the grenade in my hand. It's like the tutorial, I really grabbed the tail and flicked it.

The problem is that the sandbags are usually so high that if he doesn't want to throw the grenade to the ground, he can only stand up a little...

It's just a few, but it's enough for some soldiers with excellent marksmanship ...

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There were so many gunshots at this time, and the platoon commander, of course, could not know everything. So although several of his own subordinates have already fallen under the guns of the Japanese. But as if he didn't know anything, he rushed forward with his men. Naturally, at the same time as he charged, several light machine guns were being covered by fire.

Three light machine guns, seriously, if you don't count grenades, in fact, this firepower is already more than a platoon of infantry. In fact, there were not many Japanese troops behind the fortifications deep in the corner of the alley, at least not more than this one, so they were quickly overwhelmed by the dense firepower, and the platoon commander took this opportunity to rush forward, and when the distance was sufficient, he took out a grenade from his body...

Wehrmacht grenades are not as troublesome as the Japanese, and the Japanese have been complaining about this for a long time. On the battlefield, if the Japanese captured a Wehrmacht grenade, they simply threw the original horsetail grenade aside.

At this moment, more than a dozen grenades were thrown at the same time, and even if one or two of the more resourceful Japanese soldiers grabbed the grenades and threw them back, the remaining ones were still enough to blow up all the Japanese behind the sandbags...

What's more, there were many mortars that followed them into the city, but because of the rapid advance, these weapons basically didn't play any role...

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In the city, due to the suddenness of the incident, the Wehrmacht advanced extremely fast, and in just over 20 minutes after entering the city, the strength of the two infantry regiments had already occupied one-third of the town. Many of the Japanese became the guns of the Wehrmacht almost in a daze, and although the rest resisted stubbornly, after all, the incident happened suddenly, and there was no way to form an effective resistance.

Of course, if the navy outside the bay is willing to help them, it may be able to slow down the Wehrmacht's advance and give the Japanese enough time to organize their defenses. It's a pity that the Japanese Navy has their own business to do, so the Army will have to rely on itself...

That is, after the attack on Longkou Town, Yan Shao, who was far away in Beijing, soon received a telegram from Liu Guangyuan.

The content on the telegram was very concise, so although the number of words was very small, whether it was Yan Shao or others who had already prepared for a long time, they could read the content clearly.

"Looks like they're playing well..."

"That's right..."

Looking at the content on the telegram, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others said one after another, and their faces also showed a hint of joy. After all, if Longkou Town can be captured, then with the cooperation of Cai Yi and others on the periphery, these tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Shandong will be equivalent to their meals...

And these tens of thousands of Japanese troops are equivalent to extremely valuable bargaining chips, unless the Japanese government wants these tens of thousands of Japanese troops to die in Shandong, otherwise they only have the choice of bowing their heads...

Twenty or thirty years later. Perhaps the Japanese government will really choose to make them loyal to their emperor. But now it is the Taisho period, the most open and liberal period in modern history, and the greatest wish of those politicians who play democracy is to eliminate the influence of Emperor Taisho. How could such a thing be done...

I'm afraid that there are friends in Yama Prefecture who will be happy, and there are those from the Shaozhuang faction, but after all, they don't have a big advantage in Japan, otherwise Katsura Taro wouldn't have been ousted from power in the first place...

"I wonder how many Japanese soldiers will be captured in the end?!" Thinking back on the content of the telegram just now, Yan Shao's face also had a hint of expectation. After all, it was the first time in China's modern history that so many enemy troops could be captured at one time. What is especially important is that Yan Shao came from later generations, and for him, it is more worthy of celebration for not being able to inflict heavy losses on the battlefield...

"Great President. When it's time for a celebratory party, don't forget to get some good wine..."

Just when Yan Shao was still waiting there, Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and others had already stood by Yan Shao's side. Said with a smile on his face.

"Yes," Li Liang said with a smile. Don't be stingy and fool us with some ordinary wine like you did last time..."

"Who is rare to fool you..."Yan Shao scolded with a smile. It's not that you don't know that I don't like to drink, so I'm going to get you some wine, besides. It wasn't you who said a while ago to be more frugal. Spend less money, why are you blaming me again at this time..."

"Of course it's to blame..."Although the final result of the front line has not yet been transmitted, but the people here don't think that there will be any variables, one by one they will become casual―――――― of course, if this is replaced by another novel, and things are not a foregone conclusion and they are so relaxed, there will definitely be a shocking reversal in the end, usually either the defenders come to a Jedi counterattack. In the end, they will eat the dominant troops in one bite, or they will see that they are about to eat the other side. As a result, I didn't know how to be run away by the other party...

However, Yan Shao is the protagonist in this book, so there is no need to worry about this situation at all...

"President, you are so rich, and these victories have been won under your leadership, so the money for the banquet should naturally be paid by you, not by the government..."

As soon as his words came out, there was a sudden echo around him.

Forget about those generals, almost all the people in the government showed an expression of approval.

One by one, they even demanded that Yan Shao should pay for this banquet, on the grounds that he was very rich, and as the president, he should also save some money for the government.

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Hearing them say this, Yan Shao smiled helplessly, but he didn't care in his heart.

To be honest, even he himself is not very clear about how much money he has now. It can only be said that if you talk about net worth, I am afraid that it is not much less than Rockefeller―――――― if you count the money lent to the National Social Bank some time ago, and the money lent to ordinary capitalists to run industries, Yan Shao's net worth may even be on par with Rockefeller...

In this case, just holding a few celebration banquets with his own money, he naturally has nothing to be stingy. Anyway, no matter how big the banquet is, it won't cost him a lot of money.

And it won't be long before the first interest on the money he lent out in the first place should be paid.

Spending has never earned much, which is probably the most distressing thing for Yan Shao today.

However, Yan Shao already has his own preliminary ideas about where this first interest should be used...

Just when Yan Shaozheng and Duan Qirui were talking and laughing, after nearly two hours of attack. With Liu Guangyuan investing another regiment of troops, the Wehrmacht finally expelled all the defenders in the town, the reason why it was said to be expelled was because there were more than 6,000 defenders in the city after all, and although Liu Guangyuan had more troops in his hands than the Japanese, he wanted to eat them in one go......... It's not impossible, it's just that it will take a long time.

So Liu Guangyuan's final choice was to expel him, although he didn't have the power to annihilate, but this was the only thing he could do in a short time. Even so, it was enough, after all, he had only one purpose, that is, to completely occupy Longkou Bay.

Now that Longkou Town has been occupied and the defenders in the town have been expelled, the first step has been completed for Liu Guangyuan, and the next second and third steps...

The former is to take down the ships docked in the bay, and the latter is simpler, just block Terauchi Masashi's counterattack...

It's easy to say, but it's hard to do.

After learning that the 'horse manure' on land could no longer be carried, Nanqi had already aimed some of the guns at the buildings in the town, especially when he learned that the 'horse manure' had all been driven out of the town, and Nanqi, who didn't have to worry about accidental injury, directly ordered to fire...

As a result, in just an instant, the entire Longkou Town had turned into a sea of fire.

And Liu Guang was far away, staring at the artillery fire of the Japanese Navy in the bay, and launched an offensive against the Japanese ships docked in the bay...

Although Liu Guangyuan was unable to put all his troops into it because of the many Japanese troops outside the town, he still had two infantry regiments near the docks. And outside the bay there is a fleet that is not too large, but not too small, to help...

Therefore, by the time the reinforcements sent back by Terauchi Masatsuki, as well as the navy that was originally in charge of patrol and guard, it was already too late.

In the sky above Longkou Bay, a brand-new red-bottomed dragon flag has been raised...

After learning that Longkou Town had fallen into their hands, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili launched the largest counteroffensive of the Wehrmacht since the Shandong War... (To be continued......)