The cavalry battalion commander must be surprised.

The three gunboats meant to move closer to the shore, but the long river bank line was chosen, so where would they lean towards?

What tricks are the Japanese playing?

From their perspective, they are condescending and their vision is much clearer than that of the Japanese army in the river. Naturally, they can see it very clearly. The open land on the riverside where the three Japanese gunboats were rushing towards under the artillery fire was actually not the real shore.

It is a Jiangan sandbank that is still 30 meters away from the real shore. Do the Japanese gunboats plan to use Jiangxinzhou as a cover?

Gong Shaoxun saw it, and of course Tang Dao also saw it. He was also thinking about what the Japanese were trying to get crazy.

According to the situation where the Japanese infantry on the gunboat in the telescope's field of view, they should be preparing to land.

Three naval guns and more than a dozen heavy machine guns were used as fire cover. The infantry came ashore. One in the middle attracted the attention of the Chinese infantry, and the other two were orbited by two wings, which was the conventional tactics of the Japanese infantry.

Simple, but extremely effective.

If the four rapid-fire guns were dealing with four tanks, it would probably not be a big problem, but they would deal with three 50-meter-long steel monsters, even if they could leave a lot of bullet holes and explosion marks on them.

The power of the 37mm caliber cannon is still a bit too small and it does not pose a great threat to the gunboat unless it can hit the critical position such as the head of the ship or the ammunition warehouse in one shot.

Otherwise, the three gunboats would not have been so confident that they would have put down their infantry at such close range, intending to kill the Chinese infantry artillery that had attacked them in one fell swoop.

Just as Tang Dao guessed, three gunboats were attacked. As the supreme commander of the gunboat formation, Akita Shinoakasa did not ask for fighter support from the fleet, and even did not send a telegram to the fleet.

The great Japanese Imperial Navy was invincible in this Battle of Shanghai. The Chinese Navy was sunk into the Yangtze River without even the courage to leave the Yangtze River. The army horses and land were on the ship, how could they report to their superiors in a hurry when they encountered a few small cannons?

As the most beautiful boy in the Battle of Shanghai, all he had to do was to annihilate the enemy and show the Imperial Navy's bravery in front of a group of stupid army members.

Therefore, after being continuously injured and killed several soldiers by Chinese small-caliber artillery, Akita Nakasa, who was greatly disgraced, angrily ordered several staff members to find a landing location suitable for the army's Malu on the shore.

This is not because the Navy and Ma Lu feels sorry for the Army and Ma Lu, but because of the qualities of professional soldiers.

It’s impossible to say that the Army Ma Lu swam directly from the center of the river! Although the Navy thought so for several moments.

Several staff officers held the telescope and stared at their eyes. They saw either the vertical river bank that was several meters high from the river surface or the swamp full of reeds. Such places were not suitable for infantry landings, especially those swamps. They should not be killed by Chinese guns and cannons, but were trapped in the wetlands and drowned.

The army and the horses and land are all locals, and they are expected to be able to do anything.

So, the staff members set their sights on the open land three to four hundred meters long under the mist on the river bank. Although the mist covers a large part of it, it is difficult to tell whether it is closely connected to the land by just visual inspection, the lush shrubs on it have actually proved in disguise that it is definitely not too far from the shore.

Besides, the Army land land land land land land land land land land land land land land land, aren’t they logging in? Why are you so worried? As long as that area is suitable for infantry landing.

Even if you make a mistake in calculation, you will be at most about ten meters away from the shore. Isn’t it enough to wading over? If you don’t have to, you can return to the gunboat.

After brief discussion, the naval staff provided the selected target to Akita Shinakasa, who was furious.

The soldiers were very fast. Seeing that the Chinese artillery became more and more accurate, the three gunboats were blown out of large holes. Although they would not hurt their muscles, they looked quite embarrassed. Akita Shizukasa quickly accepted the suggestions of several subordinates.

So, the three gunboats approached Jiangxinzhou at high speed, and waited until they approached dozens of meters away to see clearly that this place was not the real river bank, which was more than 400 meters long and only 30 meters wide.

Fortunately, the part at the tail looks faintly connected to the river bank from this end. Even if you have to wade through it, it is better than climbing up the vertical river bank with some effort.

Of course, that's all taken for granted.

As for what the infantry thinks, it doesn't matter. The Navy's sect is the most beautiful boy on these ships, and he will say whatever he says.

"They found the wrong login location." Tang Dao finally made his own judgment based on the extremely strange behavior of the Japanese army.

"You mean, they think there is the most suitable landing position?" The cavalry battalion commander opened his mouth wide, incredible.

From their perspective, it can be seen clearly.

Many sandbanks are called Jiangxinzhou because the alluvial sand and gravel piled up from the riverbed. Just like the Japanese army was landing, it is thirty meters widest from the shore, and the narrowest place is about ten meters.

When they came here in the evening, they asked the local guide because there was a special terrain of Jiangxinzhou, and the water situation became particularly turbulent here, with a depth of at least four meters. Fishermen can often capture large goods by laying nets here.

If a person jumps in, he is so skillful that he is fine, but if he has more than twenty kilograms of equipment on his body, then he should be prepared to be a weight!

It's a stupid choice to treat this place as a landing place.

But if the Japanese are so stupid, why can't we win?

When he asked this question to himself, the cavalry battalion commander obviously felt a little upset.

Although the major cavalry battalion commander was in a state of turmoil because the entire China could not defeat a group of Japanese who were obviously treacherous, this did not affect his silence into the position that the cavalry had already arranged, the order for the entire army to prepare to attack the Japanese infantry arriving in Jiangxinzhou.

The five cavalry companies have become standard infantry, and temporary field fortifications have been established along the river bank. The position about 800 meters long is exactly in a semi-arc right in front of Jiangxinzhou.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The position originally used to block the Japanese army's landing infantry, but now it has become a pure attack, which makes the cavalry quite uncomfortable.

However, amid the command of the commanders, the gun was still aimed at the Japanese infantry who were jumping into the river and landing on the sandbank more than 300 meters away.

The distance of more than 300 meters is absolutely not the limit for the effective range of the rifle at this time. Although most rifles in China do not seek to operate, there are several rifles that can meet this standard...

For example, Hanyang Zao, equipped with the main equipment of the Sichuan Army, can only stare at it alone, and the official rifles equipped with the Central Army still have a straight ballistic range.

Fortunately, in addition to the Central Military Rifles equipped by the Central Military Army, China also has a military equipped with rifles that are not inferior to that of the Central Military Rifles.

The cavalry of the 67th Army equipped the cavalry of Liao-made Type 13 insurgent and cavalry rifles. This rifle was designed by Fengtian Arsenal more than ten years ago. It combines the German Mauser 1907 rifle, Japanese 38 rifle and Austrian 1912 rifle, becoming one of the best performance rifles made in China.

The 7.92mm caliber bullet has a huge power and its range is no less than that of the Japanese Type 38 rifle.

The five cavalry companies also have 30 Liao-made Type 17 light machine guns. In fact, that thing is completely imitated by the eleventh year of the Dazheng period, which is the wicked light machine gun.

To put it bluntly, the strongest suppressive light firearms used by the infantry of the two armies that are about to fight will be the same mold, but the Chinese side has an OEM brand.

However, the OEM goods are obviously much more than the 12 light machine guns equipped by the two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army.

The two Japanese infantry squadrons who were bravely jumping into shallow water and advancing quickly towards the sandbank had no idea what kind of disaster they would face.
Chapter completed!