Chapter 222 The Battle of Qingdao (6)
The time traveler launched an attack faster than Wadesi expected.
In his sleep, Wadesi was awakened by a violent explosion and immediately turned over and sat up from the bed. In fact, Wadesi did not sleep soundly at all. After all, no one could sleep soundly at such a big enemy. Therefore, although Wadesi fell asleep at night, he tossed and turned in the bed and couldn't sleep. His mind was thinking about how long could Qingdao's defense last, how well the domestic diplomatic movement was going, and when reinforcements could arrive. It was not until the second half of the night that Wadesi fell asleep in a daze.
After being awakened by the explosion, Wadesi suddenly lost all sleepiness, and explosions followed by explosions, Wadesi could not sleep anymore. At this moment, with a "creak", his adjutant, with two guards, pushed open the door of Wadesi's bedroom. Seeing that the marshal had woken up, the adjutant immediately said: "Marrior, Mount Bismarck, was bombarded by the enemy."
Wadesi's heart sank. Mount Bismarck was the core of the German defense line in Qingdao. Overseas Chinese bombarded Mount Bismarck at this time. I wonder what the purpose was. Are they planning to attack Qingdao? While thinking, Wadesi immediately turned over and got out of bed, took his clothes from the bed, and said, "How is the situation in Mount Bismarck?"
The adjutant said: "I don't know yet, there is no news about the camp and the fort."
Wadesey nodded and said while dressing, "Immediately send a telephone to the command center of Bismarck to understand the situation, and then notify the officers to report to the conference room of the Governor's Office, and order the troops of each position to strengthen their vigilance."
The adjutant agreed and immediately turned around and left, while the two guards came to help the marshal dress. At this time, Wadesi was not very panicked, because the German army had not found out the positions of the enemy's positions, so the enemy could not determine the position of the German army in the Bismarck Mountain position. Moreover, it was night now, so the enemy's artillery bombardment was probably just blind bombing, and the target might be just to interfere with the German army.
After Wadesi was dressed in order, he came to the conference room of the Governor's Office. No other officers could be all arrived. Wadesi received a report from the Bismarck Mountain Fort. The fort was subjected to fierce artillery bombardment by the enemy. Now half of the artillery has been destroyed, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. Some of the bombardment was actually from the sea.
After receiving this news, Wadesi was shocked. How did the enemy know the detailed location of Bismarck's Fort and how did they correct the shooting unit? If the army might have found the location of Bismarck's Fort through secret sentries and spies that were not detected by the German army, but how did the navy aim at the target? Because there was no radio in this era, after the warship went to sea, it was basically cut off contact with the land. Only when the port was docked can they send messages by the port's telegraph office. Therefore, it is impossible for the navy to obtain any shooting unit information from the army.
However, it is not the time to pursue these matters. Bismarck Mountain is the core of the German army's defense against Qingdao. The main reason is that the Bismarck Fort exists, which is the only artillery position of the German army. Once this artillery position is destroyed, it is equivalent to destroying more than half of the German defense line. Qingdao cannot be defended. Of course, Wadesi knew this, so he was very anxious at this time, but he had no choice.
Of course, Wadesi didn't know that the German army's position defense line layout was no secret for the travelers. With drones reconnaissance in the air, they could easily take a picture of the German army's position defense line layout clearly. At the same time, through interrogation of the prisoners, the travelers knew that the German army had drawn a large number of troops from the warships to strengthen Qingdao's defense.
So Zhu Yaping immediately notified the command center of Weihaiwei, suggesting that the sea and land advance together, and at the same time, fired and bombarded the Bismarck Fort from both sea and land. First, the German army's strongest firepower point in Qingdao, and then the navy and land advance separately. The army attacked from land through Maudji Mountain (Shuishu Mountain) and Iltis Mountain (Taiping Mountain), while the navy attacked Qingdao Bay, annihilated the remaining German warships, and then carried out amphibious landings.
After receiving Zhu Yaping's report, Xiao Jianjun, Shang Jinfeng and others at the command center received Zhu Yaping's report, they decided to adopt the opinions of the front line and set the time to bombard the Bismarck Fort at 4 a.m., because it will take some time for warships to travel from Weihaiwei to Qingdao. Moreover, around 4 a.m. is often the time when a person is most relaxed. In addition, at this time, it is only about two hours before the dawn. After destroying the Bismarck Fort, the army can launch an attack on the German defense line around dawn.
At the same time, at 2 pm, six crossing warships including the Kunming ship, Yueyang ship, Sanya ship, Xiangyang ship, Huaihua ship, and Changbaishan ship also set off from Weihai Bay and set off for Qingdao.
After receiving the reply from the command center, Zhu Yaping immediately ordered his command to move forward to the Laoya Mountain position. At the same time, he was the Second, Fifth Battalion of the People's Army, and the Artillery Battalion, and the Firepower Strengthening Battalion. Before dark, the nine 105mm caliber field artillery of the Artillery Battalion were all arranged in the Laoya Mountain position in three artillery positions. Laoya Mountain is about 15 kilometers away from Biqimao Mountain, which is exactly within the range of the 105mm caliber field artillery.
In addition, the artillery battalion has 18 75mm caliber howitzers, which are also ready. As soon as the artillery fire is fired, it will move forward immediately to provide firepower support for the People's Army's next attack on the German army. The People's Army's first, second and fifth battalions rest at night, get up at 4 a.m., and prepare to launch an attack on the German army's positions.
At 4 a.m., the fleet arrived at the northwest waters of Dagong Island, which was about 13-14 kilometers away from the Bismarck Mountain position. The main guns of the Kunming ships, Xiangyang ships and Huaihua ships aimed at the Bismarck Fort, while the Yueyang ships, Sanya ships and Changbai Mountain ships continued to advance and circled to Jiaozhou Bay for amphibious landing operations. At this time, on the Laoya Mountain position, all the artillery soldiers of the People's Army were in place, and the nine 105mm caliber field artillery had all removed the artillery jackets, filled the shells, and aimed at the Bismarck Fort according to the shooting units provided by the drone.
After the Navy and Army got in touch, both sides opened fire at the same time at the same time, launching a fierce bombardment at the Bismarck Fort.
尽管在俾斯麦炮台上,也留下了足够守夜放哨的士兵,但这只是为了防范敌军的少量人员破坏,或是阻止敌军在炮台附近建立观测点,为敌军提供射程单元.毕竟俾斯麦炮台在俾斯麦山的核心区域,前面还有德军建立的俾斯麦阵地,根本就不用担心敌军会大举进攻俾斯麦炮台.
But the shells falling from the sky did catch the German army off guard on Bismarck's fortress. A large number of shells fell from the air, most of which fell accurately into the range of the turret, causing a series of big explosions. Originally, the Bismarck's fortress was built very simply, and before there was time to build a solid and covered artillery fortress, the artillery was basically placed out of thin air, just a simple shed to block the wind and rain. The shells were only placed in the nearby stone house.
After the artillery fell, the artillery was naturally difficult to escape, and the artillery was also killed and injured. Although a few artillery fired and counterattacked, they were actually firing randomly, because in the dark, they could not find the enemy's position and could not aim at it. They could only leave their will. However, the German army's weak counterattack, because there were drones as guidance, the People's Army's artillery can accurately find the German artillery position and correct the artillery firing unit. The German counterattack, which was not strong at all, was quickly destroyed.
The People's Army's artillery lasted about 40 minutes, and a total of more than 400 shells were fired, most of which were fired by the navy, and only about 160 shells were fired by the Army artillery. More than 200 shells fell on the Bismarck Fort, causing a devastating blow to the Bismarck Fort. All the artillery on the fort was destroyed, most of the German troops guarding the fort were killed and injured, and only a dozen survivors were killed or killed.
After destroying the Bismarck Fort, the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship continued to advance westward and rushed to the waters of Zhucha Island to attack the German ship in Qingdao Bay. The artillery of Laoya Mountain corrected its shooting parameters under the guidance of the drone, and this time it attacked the German army's Bismarck Mountain position. The other 18 75mm caliber howitzers immediately advanced to the Jialing Mountain area southwest of Laoya Mountain. This is about 6 or 7 kilometers away from Bismarck Mountain, which is exactly the range of the 75mm caliber howitzers, which can directly bombard the German two other positions, the Moltke Mountain position and the Iltis Mountain position.
The three army camps had already been dispatched at 4 o'clock and advanced to the southwest of Jialingshan. On the one hand, they were defending the forward 75mm howitzer, and on the other hand, they were also preparing to launch an attack on Qingdao.
The news that the Bismarck Fort was destroyed reached the Governor's Office of Qingdao. The German generals were shocked. Because the Bismarck Fort was destroyed, it almost meant that Qingdao was lost. Therefore, everyone whispered and looked panicked. Then there were news that the Bismarck Mount Staff, the Moltke, and the Iltis were all bombarded by the enemy, and the warships in Qingdao Bay were also bombarded. Everyone was even more anxious. If the enemy blocked Qingdao Bay, they would not even be able to escape.
Wadesi was still calm at this time, because he knew that the Bismarck Fort was destroyed, the result was long ago as he expected, and he had already thought of a solution. So Wadesi immediately ordered the Bismarck position, Moltke position, and Iltis position to give up the position and launch a full-scale attack on the enemy.
Chapter completed!