At the command center of the Eastern Sea dispatch army.
Bang ~
When he heard the news of the 10th Army being attacked, Matsui Ishine almost died of a heart attack.
Fortunately, Mamoru Iinuma, Fujita Shinji, and the others managed to calm him down, but his expression was still frighteningly dark.
He had never expected that Chang Kaishen would actually still be hiding this trick.
Hundreds of coastal defense cannons with a caliber of more than 400 millimeters were installed in the Golden Mountain Guards without a sound. How did he do it?
Less than half an hour after the battle began, the transport fleet was completely wiped out, and almost all of them were buried in Xingzhou Bay without any ability to fight back.
The 10th army had also suffered a devastating blow from the mysterious army when they landed. Currently, more than half of them had been killed or injured by the attacks of various cannons. Moreover, they were rapidly depleting the remaining troops at the speed of one regiment every five minutes.
It was only a matter of time before the 10th army was wiped out.
It was too terrifying!
"Commander, we must stop all attacks by the frontline troops now and wait for orders from the base camp. I suspect that the Chinese army must have received secret help from the Western powers. Otherwise, how could they suddenly have so much advanced equipment?”
" There are only a handful of countries in the world that can manufacture coastal defense cannons with a caliber of more than 400 meters. I suspect that it's the Critters, and the large number of M2 heavy machine guns that Lieutenant General Liu Chuan mentioned can almost certainly be the Critters.”
"If Chang Kaishen's mysterious force with terrifying combat power annihilates the 10th Army and then turns around to attack us with the main force of the Chinese Army, then…"
When Tanabe Moritake analyzed this, he bowed anxiously.
"Commander, please reconsider!"
How could Matsui Ishine not know of this risk? Unfortunately, he did not dare to give the order to stop the attack.
Before the war, the East Ocean dispatched six divisions, two field heavy artillery exploration teams, a reinforced exploration team, and an aerial regiment. They had about 170,000 soldiers. Now, due to the loss of less than 120,000 soldiers, they could only continue fighting. They had to spread out to defend and suppress the areas that they had already conquered. They were already stretched thin.
On the other hand, there were no less than 700,000 soldiers from the Celestial Empire on the other side, and they could dispatch more troops to assist them at any time.
Moreover, once they stopped attacking, the morale of the Chinese army, which had been shattered with great difficulty, would probably be stimulated by the victory of the Golden Mountain Guards in the anti-landing battle and rebound on the spot!
At that time, his two and a half months of hard work would be in vain.
In addition to the destruction of the 10th division, the Eastern Sea troops that were fighting alone might be defeated.
Who could bear this responsibility?
He didn't dare to. He even planned to increase the intensity of the attack to stabilize the situation.
Ring ~
Just as Matsui Ishigane was hesitating, Kawakiyo Hasetani's call made him make up his mind.
"I'm Matsui Iwane!"
"Commander, this is Kawakiyo Hasetani. I have an emergency that I need you to know.”
"Please speak!"
"The fighter planes of Hainan Airlines encountered anti-aircraft guns at Jinshan Guard. The Chinese army is equipped with a large number of 88 anti-aircraft guns, Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns. So far, I have lost more than 50 fighter planes of various types.”
"The situation has been reported to the headquarters. Before the latest orders are issued, the Third Fleet refuses to provide air support to the Golden Mountain Guard area.”
Baka!
Matsui Iwane was stunned at first, then he flew into a rage.
It was well known that the Wei Nation's navy and army were at odds, but no one expected Kawakiyo Hasegawa to choose to leave them in the lurch.
"Bastard, the army can't rush over to rescue them, and your navy is just going to watch as 100,000 warriors of the Empire die?”
"General, I don't want to see this result either. The Golden Mountain Guards 'air defense net is too dense. Even if we send more fighter jets over, it's useless.”
"Since the fighter jets can't break through, let the battleships go and support the 10th army with the cannons!”
“……”
Kawakiyo Hasetani choked and wanted to curse Matsui Ishine in his heart.
Do you know anything about the navy?
Using 200 - 300 caliber cannons to fight against 400-millimeter coastal defense cannons?
Only a fool would do that!
The shooting range was not enough!
They could hit you, but you couldn't hit them.
It was no different from a suicide attack.
"General, the 3rd Battalion's main cannons can't reach 40 kilometers, so they can't fire at the Golden Mountain Guards from a safe distance.”
"And even if we break into the coastal area and fire at the coastal defense artillery, the accuracy of the naval gun is not as good as the coastal defense artillery.”
"Not to mention that the Chinese army's coastal defense turrets are very strong. It is possible that our warships will be destroyed by those one-ton shells before they can destroy the turrets.”
"I'm sorry!"
This…
Matsui hung up the phone dispiritedly. He sat on the chair and rubbed his temples with a complicated expression.
"Order the frontline troops to stop attacking. As long as the Chinese army doesn't counterattack, we will stand in confrontation and wait for the command from the headquarters.”
"Hey!"
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