Water splashed everywhere, and many Japanese soldiers turned into drowned rats.

There were also aircraft bombs that accurately landed on the Japanese warships, causing a violent explosion immediately.

The dazzling flames instantly spread out in thick black smoke, and some Japanese sailors who could not escape were instantly swallowed up.

The huge shock wave devoured their corpses.

This time the Japanese fleet dispatched an aircraft carrier, and the dozens of Japanese aircraft carried on it did not even have a chance to take off to fight, and were all destroyed on the deck and hangar.

Of course, even if they had a chance to take off, facing the Zero fighter that was almost a decade ahead of them, their fate would only be to be shot down.

The air attack lasted for more than half an hour, and more than half of the fleet consisting of dozens of Japanese cruisers, transport ships and gunboats was lost.

The rest fled in a hurry towards the high seas. If it were not for the exhaustion of ammunition, there would never be any survivors in this group of Japanese ships.

On the sea surface after the battle, the gunpowder smoke was quickly blown away by the icy sea breeze. Some Japanese shipwrecks that were blown into several pieces also sank into the water one by one. The sea surface soon returned to calm.

It is completely impossible to tell that there was a fierce air raid and air defense battle here not long ago.

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Dalian, Kwantung Army Headquarters.

"Your Excellency, General, the China Army's offensive is rapid and fierce, and the camp entrance is in emergency!" Hashimoto Toranosuke reported to Muto Nobuyoshi with an anxious look.

"Where are the reinforcements from the naval fleet? Why haven't they arrived yet?" Nobuyoshi Muto placed his hope on the navy's powerful naval gun firepower, which would definitely be able to disrupt the assault offensive formed by tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeastern New Army.

Before Hashimoto Toranosuke could answer, a Japanese communications soldier hurried in.

He suddenly closed his feet and stood up to salute and reported: "Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, the Navy's 3rd Fleet encountered a sudden air attack from the China Air Force's mixed fleet one hundred and thirteen nautical miles away. More than half of it was lost. It has been forced to withdraw from the original route and is unable to defend us.

The Kwantung Army defenders provided support."

"Nani?" Muto Xinyi was shocked, and then roared angrily: "Baga, these bastards in the Navy are greedy for life and afraid of death. How dare they not save lives? I want to complain to the base camp!"

"Your Excellency General, the top priority right now is that we should quickly shrink our troops and block the entrance to the Liaodong Peninsula with all our strength." Hashimoto Toranosuke reminded him calmly.

"What do you mean? Give up Jinzhou and Anton?" Muto Xinyi looked at him in astonishment.

"Yes, Jinzhou and Andong are close to the sea. Even if the Northeastern China Army captures them, they will not be able to pose a direct threat to Dalian because they do not have a navy.

But Yingkou is different. If Yingkou is broken through by the Chinese Army, the entire Liaodong Peninsula will definitely not be able to hold on. Without naval support, Dalian will definitely fall.

Therefore, we must shrink our forces from Yingkou to Zhuanghe as soon as possible, rely on the Qianshan Mountains and the mountains on the peninsula to form a solid defense line, and hold on to it."

"But the Chinese Army has already attacked Yingkou, and other troops are heading west to Jinzhou. The land connection between the imperial army in Jinzhou direction and Yingkou has been cut off. How to retreat?" Muto Nobuyoshi said with a frown.

"This is not difficult. Although we do not have the support of the naval fleet, it is still possible to transport the Jinzhou garrison back and move it by sea.

It can be transported at night. As for the defenders in the Andong direction, they can retreat southward along the Qianshan Mountains, or they can successfully shrink to the Zhuang River area.

From now on, holding on for another week is definitely not a problem. The reinforcements should have arrived in a week. With the addition of 40,000 new troops, the Liaodong defense line will be unbreakable, and we will be able to keep the last forward base in Manchuria for the empire." Toranosuke Hashimoto.

Muto Xinyi nodded and said: "That's it, make arrangements as soon as possible."

"Hai!" Hashimoto Toranosuke lowered his head suddenly, even though he already knew that in a few days, Muto Nobuyoshi and he would have to pack up and leave.

But as an imperialist, he had to continue to persevere. In fact, considering the current corrupt situation in the Liaodong Peninsula, retiring and returning home would be a good outcome.

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Yingkou battlefield.

The fierce battle between the 1st Division of the Northeastern New Army and the Japanese defenders has moved from the field position outside the city to the offensive and defensive battle of city defense.

The Japanese army, which lacked effective anti-tank weapons and means, was forced to abandon its field defense positions and rely on city fortifications to resist.

After the defeats in Shenyang Battle and other battles, the Japanese have gradually adapted to fighting with the tanks and armored units of the Northeast New Army, and can make full use of the complex terrain and dense buildings in the city to deal with them.

At least I'm no longer as panicked as I was at first.

After all, more than 200,000 people have been paid. Even a fool should know the pain.

Therefore, when the battle advanced to the city, the advancement speed of the **1st Division was very slow compared to other Northeastern New Army in the past.

**The 1st Division should be the first-class main division in the Northeast New Army, with the strongest combat effectiveness and the most veterans.

Its advancement speed is the slowest, which reflects that the resistance of the Japanese army is gradually increasing.

On a not-so-wide ordinary street in the northern area of ​​the city, two No. 4 tanks were leading dozens of Northeastern New Army soldiers to attack forward.

But to everyone's surprise, there wasn't even a single enemy on the visible barricade ahead, and no one shot in the buildings on both sides of the street.

Everything was unusually quiet, and the rumble of our own tanks was very dull.

The officer leading the team was a deputy company commander named Liang Tingguang, who once served as a clerk in the 701st Regiment.

However, after the cold reorganization of the Northeastern New Army, he had combat experience and cultural knowledge and was quickly promoted to squad leader, platoon leader, and now to his current position as lieutenant and deputy company commander.

The strange environment made Liang Tingguang feel a strong sense of foreboding.

He held the submachine gun tightly in his hand, and his palms were slightly sweaty in the cold weather.

While following the tank forward, he carefully observed his surroundings.

The two No. 4 tanks in front rumbled forward. When they passed two three-story buildings, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared on the roof. They set up several light and heavy machine guns and pointed them at Liang Tingguang, who was following behind the tanks. A violent burst of fire.

"Click, click, click, click, click, click..." The harsh gunfire sounded, and dense, hot bullets poured down like rain.

Liang Tingguang was already very vigilant. The moment he noticed something unusual on the roof of the building, he instinctively pounced on the eaves of a house and crashed directly into the house through the window. The wooden window was shattered by him.

Splinters of wood were scattered everywhere, and before Liang Ting could light up, he heard the frightening and intensive gunshots.

He quickly got up and saw that his men were hit by intensive machine gun fire and fell to the ground one after another.

The two Panzer IV tanks in front were alerted by the gunfire and stopped advancing. In addition to the parallel machine guns in the turret, the two general-purpose machine guns mounted on the top armor immediately rotated to search for targets.

"Hurry and take cover, enter the house!" Liang Tingguang shouted sternly.

By the time his men reacted, nearly half of them were already lying in a pool of blood. The others rushed towards the houses on both sides despite the hail of bullets, broke in through the windows, and luckily escaped.

The Japs' machine guns were still roaring, and dense bullets hit the bare road, sending up streaks of smoke.

Soon, several melon grenades were thrown down by the Japanese soldiers.

"Boom...boom...boom..." Several violent explosions sounded one after another, and the whole street was suddenly enveloped in smoke.

Liang Tingguang and his men, who were hiding in the house, had no choice but to lie under the wall to avoid the explosion.

At this time, the general-purpose machine guns on the two tanks finally found the Japs' machine gunner's position. They asked the tank driver to slightly turn the front of the vehicle, then opened the machine gun and fired fiercely.

After a sudden return fire, the two Japanese machine gunners were shot and fell to the side. However, Japanese soldiers soon took their place and continued to shoot.

And other Japanese soldiers began to throw grenades downwards.

After several flashes of fire, the two external machine gunners died heroically.

Liang Tingguang exposed half of his head at the window and clearly saw that the two machine gunners were hit by shrapnel produced by the explosion and died on the spot.

In grief and anger, he shouted loudly: "Fire the cannons, fire the cannons at the building, and knock it down!"

The two tanks may have heard Liang Tingguang's reminder and began to align their turrets. Due to the limited elevation angle, it was impossible for them to aim their muzzles at the roof of the third floor, but they could aim at the junction of the first and second floors.

The Japanese soldiers quickly discovered the intentions of the Northeastern New Army tanks, and for a time both light and heavy machine guns and single-handed shooters opened fire crazily at the two tanks.

Trying to stop them from carrying out their seemingly crazy actions.

The dense bullets hit the top defensive armor of the Panzer IV tank, making sparks fly. Although the top armor of the tank was the weakest of all its armors.

But this is not something that the Japanese 6.5mm caliber bullets can penetrate.

On the contrary, the grenades thrown wildly by the Japanese caused a lot of shock and trouble to the tank crews.

At this moment, Liang Tingguang roared: "Hit me, cover with fire!"

He held up his submachine gun with both hands and fired towards the rooftop of the third floor opposite.

Other soldiers also followed suit, using semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns and even machine guns to organize fierce and intensive firepower to suppress the Japanese.

Due to the limitation of the shooting angle, their shooting was directed diagonally, and the bullets crossed in the air, making it very dazzling.

A dense rain of bullets suddenly struck, causing a lot of casualties to the Japanese immediately, and the Japanese's firepower was stagnant.

At this time, two tanks finally fired at the two nearby buildings.

"Boom!" There were two loud noises, and two armor-piercing bullets with dazzling tracers hit the walls of the two buildings.

The buildings at this time were not the steel buildings made of poured reinforced cement concrete in later generations.

How could a wall made of blue bricks and wood withstand the bombardment of an armor-piercing projectile at such a close range?
Chapter completed!