"How is this possible?”
Chiba Jiro couldn't believe his own nose. He had clearly smelled the explosion of the picric acid shells. These were advanced shells that only the Japanese coalition fleet had.
How could the backward Beiyang Navy have such shells?
Rumble!
A series of cannon shots resounded through the sky. The Japanese army on the coast of Rongcheng Bay also noticed the strange situation on Jiming Island and fired to support them. At the same time, Senior Captain Onitsuka, who was on the neighboring Sea Donkey Island, also gave the order to open fire.
Unfortunately, the four battleships of the Beiyang Navy were located on the northern shore of Jiming Island, and the land defense cannons of the Japanese Army could not reach them at all.
The cannonballs from Sea Donkey Island exploded on the surface of the sea, just to tickle the warships of the Northern Navy.
The fierce artillery fire lasted for two hours, and the Japanese soldiers on Jichao Island suffered heavy casualties.
"My lord, my 500 marines have finished reorganizing and are requesting to land on the island!”The recruit training captain Zhou Tianxiong held a Mauser rifle and said with a murderous look.
At the back of the ship, there were four fast ships waiting.
Yang Yonglin had spent 2,000 attribute points to modify the mosquito boat into a landing ship.
A boat could hold more than 200 people, and it was equipped with four 120mm Hutch Rapid-Fire Cannons, which could be used as fire support on the beach.
As for these 500 new recruits, they were all elites recruited from Liugong Island.
They had trained day and night, and it was time for them to see blood on the battlefield.
"Order all ships to concentrate their artillery fire on the remaining Japanese artillery and cover the landing ship!”Under Yang Yonglin's command, the four iron-armored warships spurted fire snakes and bombarded the Sun Island's artillery.
"Hold on! Hold on-"
Lieutenant Chiba Jiro waved his sword and commanded the Japanese soldiers to fight back.
A coastal defense cannon in the southeast corner had just adjusted its muzzle. Before it could fire, it was hit by the 260mm main cannon of the Pingyuan warship, and the turret was blasted into the sky.
Broken limbs, flesh, and internal organs rolled all over the ground.
In the next moment, another dozen or so artillery shells came crashing down. Chiba Jiro hurriedly hid in the concrete bunker and crawled on the ground, motionless.
"Landing!"
Just as the Japanese coastal defense cannons were about to cease fire, Yang Yonglin gave the order and three speedboats braved the wind and waves to sail towards the shore.
"Brothers, today is the day to kill the enemy and make contributions! Yang Junmen had said that he would reward five taels of silver for killing one person.”Zhou Tianxiong roared and raised his spear.
Although these 500 marines were new recruits and had only received a month of intensive military training, they were all the aborigines of Liugong Island and hated the Japanese.
Compared to the defeated Qing army, their morale was many times higher.
In addition, most of the Japanese coastal defense artillery had been destroyed. Zhou Tianxiong led 500 marines to charge forward. When they encountered the Japanese army, they fired a round of Mauser rifles and turned the enemy into a sieve.
"The Qing people actually dared to land and attack. I will definitely let them taste the power of the Japanese army!”Chiba Jiro, who was stunned by the cannonballs, waved his sword and led the remaining 200 Japanese soldiers forward.
In Chiba Jiro's memory, although the Qing army had more advanced foreign guns and cannons, their fighting will was weak and could not withstand a single blow.
Therefore, Chiba Jiro advanced in a dense formation. He wanted the Qing army to taste death.
"Captain, the Japanese army is actually marching in formation!”The vice-captain, Yan Chongxin, who was originally a scholar, was not originally in the battle ranks. However, this time, Yang Yonglin had no choice but to let him go to the battlefield.
Seeing the dense formation of the Japanese army, Yan Chongxin asked in confusion.
"Scholar, these Japanese invaders came to die, let's fulfill their wish! On my command, form a formation and advance. The distance between the two sides is 1.3 kilometers. Fire!”
The reason why they chose to shoot from a distance of 1.2 kilometers was because the Murata rifle used by the Japanese army had a range of only 1.3 kilometers, while the 1888 Mauser rifle used by the Marine Corps had a range of 1.8 kilometers.
Shooting at a distance of 1.3 kilometers was the best way to attack.
When he saw the Northern Marine Corps advancing in a dense formation, Chiba Jiro laughed proudly." These stupid Qing people, just wait to eat bullets-"
Bang! Bang!
At a distance of 1.3 kilometers between the two sides, the sound of concentrated gunfire rang out.
The adjutant beside Chiba Jiro was hit by a bullet, and his brains flowed out. The soldiers in front of him fell in rows.
Originally, with the accuracy of the 1888 Mauser rifle, it would have been difficult to achieve such a result. Chiba Jiro could only blame himself for being arrogant and arranging a dense advancing formation.
They became the living targets of the Northern Navy's Marine Corps!
"Bageya Road…"
"Charge! Charge up!"
Chiba Jiro was flustered and exasperated. He had not expected the Qing army to be so skilled in combat and had used a continuous formation to shoot.
Team one, shoot, team two, get ready, team three, load!
The bullets rained down continuously.
When Chiba Jiro led his army to the front, Zhou Tianxiong roared. The 200 marines behind him held steel knives and charged forward like tigers.
"Ah!"
A dozen or so Japanese soldiers were caught off guard and fell to the ground.
The Japanese soldiers who were following behind them came to their senses and drew their katana to fight.
This group of Japanese soldiers was already exhausted, so how could they be a match for the Marine Corps?
In less than an hour, they were completely annihilated.
Chiba Jiro, who was the leader, had his head chopped off by Zhou Tianxiong!
The burly captain of the Marine Corps was not particular. He directly wrapped his bloody head with a cloth belt and tied it to his waist. From afar, he looked like a god of death.
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