Battleships (also known as combat ships, battleships, battleships) are high-tonnage naval combat ships with the attack power of large-caliber artillery and the protection of heavy armor as their main demands. They have always been one of the main types of ships in major maritime power countries, so they were once called the main ship in the past.

It gradually declined in the late stage of World War II. Since the strategic position of battleships has been replaced by aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines since modern times, it is no longer the main force in the fleet.

The "Fusang" is the first Fuso-class battleship, and the second is the "Syama Castle". The "Fusang" battleship started construction in March 1912 and is part of the Japanese Navy's Eighth Fleet Plan. It was the largest displacement battleship in the world at that time. The Fuso-class hull is improved by reference to the King Kong-class battleship cruiser, with a designed speed of 22 knots.

The "Fusang" battleship displacement: 30,600 tons (normal), the standard displacement after modification: 34,700 tons; military equipment: 12 dual-mounted 356mm/45-caliber main guns, 16 152mm secondary guns, 4 76mm anti-aircraft guns, and 3 aircraft carriers.

In order to support the Japanese army in Ningbo, Japan actually dispatched the Kaga aircraft carrier and the Fuso battleship.

That night, Ye Feng summoned several senior executives of the newly formed 6th Army, including Guo Weiquan, Chu Tianyuan, to formulate a combat plan to deal with the large fleet of the Japanese. Ye Feng attached great importance to this fleet, which was also the first time the newly formed 6th Army had fought with the Japanese Navy.

Perhaps he had learned that one of his large fleet would arrive tomorrow, and the Japanese army in Ningbo relaxed their offensive pace. Almost all night was defensive and did not take the initiative to attack.

Once this fleet of Japanese reaches Ningbo, the 29th Division of the 18th Division in Ningbo will receive air support. There are dozens of aircraft on the Kaga aircraft carrier, including fighter jets, bombers, etc.

In addition, with this fleet in Ningbo, the reinforcements from the Japanese can reach Ningbo through sea transportation. The arrival of this fleet has made the Japanese army in Ningbo full of hope.

The battle in the north of Hangzhou was still fierce. The Japanese troops invaded Hangzhou from Wuxi, Jiaxing, Suzhou and Shanghai increased their attacks, especially when the planes of the newly-organized 6th Army were unable to take off at night, they attacked the soldiers' defensive positions.

More than 20 kilometers southwest of Jiaxing, there is a blocking position of the First Infantry Division. It is lined up. The soldiers built a lot of fortifications to cut off the main roads from Jiaxing to Hangzhou and even the railways in the distance, blocking the Botian Detachment of Jiaxing's attack on Hangzhou.

The distance between the highway and the railway is not far away, less than one kilometer away. On the only small low and gentle hills in this area, soldiers of the Second Regiment of the First Infantry Division built a large number of fortifications.

The terrain of the entire area is very smooth and very unsuitable for defense. There is no dangerous terrain to guard. These hills, which are not much 20 meters high and 30 meters tall, have become the support point for the entire defensive position of the soldiers. In the mountains, the soldiers dug trenches, built fortifications, and set up many machine guns.

The battle has been fought for more than two days. The Hatan Detachment launched at least a dozen large and large attacks, and each time they were repelled by the soldiers. However, starting tonight, these Japanese attacks seemed to be more frequent and larger in scale.

After two days of battle, the soldiers were very tired. More than an hour ago, the soldiers repelled the Hatan Detachment and attacked again. Now, most of the soldiers were holding weapons and leaning in the trenches to rest. Some soldiers even fell asleep and started to snore.

The entire position stretches two or three kilometers wide. Apart from the faint flames, the entire position is quiet. Only a small number of soldiers are on guard against the Japanese's attack again.

Opposite the soldiers' positions, hundreds of meters away, several officers from the Hatan Detachment were together, and the highest rank was a colonel, and the Japanese colonel was discussing an attack plan with several Japanese officers.

"Your Excellency Colonel, the firepower of the position of the Central ** team on the opposite side is too strong, and we are defeated every time we attack." A Japanese Major said angrily.

A Japanese captain next to him also echoed: "Yes, Lord Colonel, we do not have the weapons to suppress firepower, and our mountain artillery team is gone. It is afraid that it will be difficult for our infantry to rush up."

The Japanese colonel darkened his face and said slowly: "Everyone, Lord Hata has sent an order to order us to take down the position of the Central ** team tonight. In order to cooperate with our attack, Lord Hata has allocated ten armored vehicles to cooperate with our attack."

"Girl Colonel, with the cooperation of ten armored vehicles, we will definitely be able to take the position of the team opposite the **." A Japanese Major was full of confidence and immediately shouted.

Half an hour later, ten armored vehicles came over. Seeing these armored vehicles, the Japanese officers all showed joy on their faces. The Japanese colonel's face also turned from gloomy to clear. One Japanese colonel even screamed excitedly as if he was injected with chicken blood.

The Japanese colonel patted the Japanese grandson who was so excited that he screamed, "Tada-kun, I'll leave the next attack to you."

"Hi! Colonel, don't worry, I will definitely take the position of the team opposite Zhong*."

After some preparation, a Japanese reinforcement brigade, led by these ten armored vehicles, slowly advanced forward and began an attack.

Position of the 2nd Regiment of the First Infantry Division.

The soldiers who were on guard seemed to hear the movement, and even saw the lights of the armored vehicles in the distance. They saw a lot of Japanese soldiers who seemed to have come. The soldiers shouted: "Brothers, prepare for battle, the Japanese are coming up again."

The soldiers shouted, and the soldiers who were resting, and even the soldiers who were snoring, were full of energy, holding their weapons and staring carefully ahead. In the darkness, there were still many Japanese figures.

On one of the mounds of the defensive positions of the Second Infantry Regiment, the temporary command of the Second Regiment was set up on this mound. When the second regiment commander heard the shouts of soldiers on the front positions, he immediately opened his eyes and saw many blurred figures of Japanese devils appearing in front of him. It seemed that some vehicles were moving with the attacking Japanese devil figures.

It might be the Japanese armored vehicle, the second regiment commander thought to himself, so he immediately shouted: "Start the flare!"

Several flares quickly rose to the sky, illuminating a large area in front of them. The second regiment commander saw clearly that there were a large area of ​​Japanese soldiers in front of them, in a scattered attack formation, at least thousands of them. In front of these Japanese soldiers, there were about ten Japanese armored vehicles.

"Open the fire, get me!!!"

Seeing that these Japanese were about two hundred meters away from their frontier positions, the second regiment commander immediately shouted and issued an order to open fire.

The soldiers' machine guns fired first. The Second Regiment was equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, the 12.7mm caliber Browning heavy machine guns, and the 7.92mm caliber light machine guns. These machine guns fired at the Japanese not far away.

The Second Regiment is a 3+1 organization with a total of more than 3,000 people. Each infantry battalion consists of three infantry companies and one machine gun company. The machine gun company has 8 7.92mm caliber heavy machine guns, 3 12.7mm heavy machine guns and 6 81mm mortars.

Each infantry company has 3 infantry platoons and 1 machine gun platoon, with a total of 193 people. The machine gun platoon has 2 7.92mm light machine guns, 3 60-compulsive guns and 1 12.7mm heavy machine gun.

The regiment's direct troops include: regiment artillery company (105 howitzer x6), anti-chariot company (57 war defense artillery x12 plus a mine buried platoon), logistics company, guard company, etc.

The soldiers built many machine gun positions in the small mounds that were the fire support point and deployed a large number of light and heavy machine guns. These machine guns fired at the Japanese. The guns were very dense and fierce.

A large number of machine gun bullets made the ten armored vehicles of the Japanese jingle, and Mars emerged. In the trenches, some soldiers holding Garland rifles and Thomson submachine guns also aimed at the Japanese to shoot.

The Japanese master who led the team to attack saw the soldiers firing, immediately pulled out his command knife and shouted with all his might: "Kill me!!!"

The Japanese were less than two hundred meters away from the soldiers' frontier positions. At such a short distance, the Japanese Major believed that as long as they charge with flying bullets, they would soon rush to the soldiers' positions. In addition, there were ten armored vehicles leading them.

Seeing his major shouting, these Japanese were fearless and rushed forward with the dense firepower of the soldiers.

The Japanese fell down a group and rushed up again. Although a large number of Japanese corpses appeared on the ground, the Japanese charging team was getting closer and closer to the soldiers' positions.

Two hundred meters, one hundred meters, eighty meters, fifty meters...

These ten armored vehicles also rushed to the front, only fifty or sixty meters away from the soldiers' front positions.

The surfaces of these armored vehicles were all potholes, and they were obviously shot by 12.7mm heavy machine guns. The frontal armor of two or three armored vehicles was almost penetrated by the heavy machine guns of the soldiers.

Seeing that they could soon rush to the soldiers' positions, these armored vehicles did not care about the dense bullets at all. They shot with machine gun bullets, increased the accelerator, and rushed forward while shooting.

The entire Japanese attacking team was almost in a state of madness. A large number of Japanese Japanese used the cover of these armored vehicles to quickly approach the frontier positions of the soldiers. Seeing that the soldiers' positions were right in front of them, these Japanese Japanese screamed and rushed forward with weapons.

The Japanese charged forward were simply one after another, not caring about the huge casualties at all.

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