As night fell, the Japanese planes were unable to perform their scouting duties.
The Japanese agents hiding near the Golden Mountain Guards had already been eliminated by Zhou Weiguo and his special forces.
As for the other information, the Japanese had no idea at all!
The latest news that the Japanese landing fleet, which had maintained radio silence, knew was that a reinforcement regiment from the Central Army had reinforced the Golden Mountain Guards.
A strengthened group only had 3000 people.
Facing dozens of warships at sea, four divisions that were about to land, and nearly 100,000 Japanese soldiers, it was undoubtedly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
No one would think highly of a reinforced regiment from the Central Army.
If they were stuffed to death, they would have to add on the division of the Northeast Army.
Since the outbreak of the war, the Japanese had won consecutive victories in North China. Even half of their division could chase down 100,000 soldiers of the National Army!
The difference in the overall fighting strength and morale of the two armies was too great.
This was an opponent who was not on the same level at all!
Chang Weihua knew that the war in the future would be very difficult.
However, only by continuing to fight would there be hope.
The sea breeze blew in their faces. The humid air with the salty taste of the sea enveloped the entire beach under the night sky.
The trenches dug by the soldiers at night were wet and cold.
Lying inside, it was so cold that she was shivering.
The cold and wet weather in the south was really unbearable.
This was under the condition that Chang Weihua's troops had sufficient supplies, and everyone was wearing thick cotton clothes.
Those local miscellaneous troops would probably have an even harder time.
Under such circumstances, especially with the impending war, Chang Weihua could not sleep at all. He would pick up his watch from time to time to check the time.
Most of the time, he would use binoculars to look at the sea.
His frontline command post was very close to the sea.
He could clearly see if there were any warships in the open sea.
Under the night sky, except for the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, everything else was quiet. It seemed that no one was coming.
Time ticked by.
It was already 1:57 in the morning!
At this moment, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared on the originally pitch-black sea surface. It immediately made Chang Weihua feel energized.
In order to confirm that he was not hallucinating,
Chang Weihua pushed the Chief of Staff Liu Zhichao and said,""Zhichao, look at the sea. Is there a light?”
Chief of Staff Liu Zhichao, who was half-asleep, was shaken awake.
At first, he opened his eyes in a daze. When he came to his senses, he was instantly energized. He immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at the sea.
In the next second, Chief of Staff Liu became excited.
"Guild Leader, it's the lights! And quite a lot!"
At this moment, there were more and more lights on the sea.
This also meant that the Japanese landing fleet that was secretly lurking in the outer seas of the Golden Mountain Guard was finally going to make a move at this moment!
Seeing this scene, Chang Weihua immediately issued an order.
"Inform all the battle zones to prepare for battle! Note that this is not a drill, the Japanese are really coming!”
Chang Weihua's order was quickly passed down.
In the cold and humid weather, the soldiers who were in a daze immediately woke up after receiving the order.
Everyone was holding onto their rifles excitedly.
The battle they had been waiting for was finally coming!
"Chief of Staff Liu, wait for half an hour before calling the 62nd Division of the Northeast Army to inform them that the Japanese are about to land.”
At this moment, Chang Weihua gave another order.
The Northeast Army was also part of the National Army.
Since they were guarding the Golden Mountain Guards together, it was necessary to inform them.
As for why he had to wait until half an hour later…
Chang Weihua knew that he was the main target of the Japanese.
When the Japanese launched their first wave of attack, the 62nd Division of the Northeast Army would definitely know about this news.
At that time, it would not be too late to get them to come over as reinforcements.
If he sent the message too early, he might leak the information ahead of time, causing the Japanese to change their landing plan.
Now, the Japanese were sneaking in.
They definitely wouldn't let the landing fleet bombard the beach first.
If that was the case, it would be equivalent to alerting the enemy.
The Japanese chose to land at the Golden Mountain Guards because they wanted to be sudden. They wanted to catch the national army off guard and completely wipe out the main force of the national army.
In the outer seas, the silence that was originally filled with the sound of waves was broken.
The Japanese landing craft set off one after another…
The sound of the landing craft's motor, accompanied by the sound of the waves, continued to expand. This also indicated that the Japanese's frontline landing troops were coming!
Under the cover of the night, the Japanese could not see the situation on the beach at all. They even thought that there was no one on the beach.
With this mentality, a squadron of Japanese soldiers rushed up as fast as they could and prepared to build a defensive position on the beach.
Chang Weihua, who was in the command post, was holding a telescope in his hand and staring at the Japanese's small fire landing craft.
"Order the artillery battalion to destroy the Japanese landing craft! Don't be afraid of wasting artillery shells. Focus your firepower and destroy the landing craft!”
Chang Weihua ordered decisively.
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