Rise From Eight Hundred

The cavalry battalion commander must be surprised.

The three gunboats did have the intention to approach the shore, but with the long river bank, why would they approach that position?

What tricks are the Japanese playing?

From their perspective, they are already high up, and their vision is much clearer than that of the Japanese troops in the river. Naturally, they can see very clearly that the open area on the river bank that the three Japanese gunboats are rushing towards under the gunfire is not the real shore.

It is a river bank sandbar that is still 30 meters away from the real shore. Are the Japanese gunboats planning to use the river island as a shelter?

Gong Shaoxun saw it, and Tang Dao certainly saw it too. He was also thinking about what the Japanese were doing.

According to the telescope view, the Japanese infantry on the gunboat seemed to be sorting out their equipment, so they should be preparing to land.

With three naval guns and more than a dozen heavy machine guns as fire cover, the infantry went ashore, the middle part attracted the attention of the Chinese accompanying infantry, and the other two parts were outflanked from the two wings, which was the conventional tactics of the Japanese infantry.

Simple, but extremely effective.

If the four rapid-fire guns were used against four tanks, there would probably not be much of a problem, but against three 50-meter-long steel behemoths, even if they could leave a lot of bullet holes and explosion marks on them.

The power of the 37mm caliber artillery is still a bit too small after all, and it does not pose a big threat to the gunboat, unless it can hit the key position such as the bow command center or the ammunition depot with one shot.

Otherwise, the three gunboats would not be so confident to approach so close to drop infantry, intending to kill the Chinese infantry artillery that attacked them in one fell swoop.

Just as Tang Dao guessed, the three gunboats were attacked. As the highest commander of the gunboat formation, Lieutenant Colonel Akita Chi did not even send a telegram to report to the fleet, let alone requesting fighter support from the fleet.

The Imperial Japanese Navy was invincible in the Battle of Shanghai. The Chinese Navy was sunk in the Yangtze River without even the courage to leave the Yangtze River estuary. The army marlins were on the boat. How could they report to their superiors in a hurry when they were bombarded by a few small cannons?

As the most handsome guy in the Battle of Shanghai, what he had to do was to annihilate the enemy and show the bravery of the Imperial Navy in front of a group of stupid army soldiers.

So, after several soldiers were killed and injured by the small-caliber artillery of the Chinese, Lieutenant Colonel Akita, who lost face, angrily ordered several staff officers to find a landing site on the shore suitable for the army marlins.

This is not because the navy marlins feel sorry for the army marlins, but because of the quality of professional soldiers.

You can't say that the army marlins can swim directly from the center of the river! Although the navy thought so for several moments.

Several staff officers stared at the telescope until their eyes hurt. What they saw were either vertical banks several meters above the river surface or swamps full of reeds. Such places were not suitable for infantry landing, especially swamps. They would not be killed by Chinese guns and artillery, but would be trapped and drowned in the wetlands.

The army's millipedes were all unsophisticated, and it was impossible to expect them to know how to swim.

So, the staff officers focused on the three or four hundred meters long open area covered by mist on the river bank. Although the mist covered a large part of it, it was difficult to judge whether it was closely connected to the land by visual inspection, but the lush shrubs on it actually proved in disguise that it was definitely not too far from the shore.

Besides, it was just the landing of the army's millipedes, not them? Why worry so much? As long as the area was suitable for infantry landing, it would be fine.

Even if there was a miscalculation, it was at most ten meters away from the shore. They could just wade across. At worst, they could return to the gunboat.

After a brief discussion, the naval staff provided the selected target to the furious Lieutenant Colonel Akita Chi.

Speed ​​is the essence of war. Seeing that the Chinese artillery was becoming more and more accurate, the three gunboats were blown out with big holes on their hulls. Although they were not seriously injured, they looked quite embarrassed. Lieutenant Colonel Akita Chi quickly accepted the suggestions of several subordinates.

So, the three gunboats approached the Jiangxin Island at high speed. It was not until they were dozens of meters away that they could see that this was not the real river bank. It was more than 400 meters long and only 30 meters wide.

Fortunately, the tail section was vaguely connected to the river bank from this end. It was better to go there, even if it was to wade, than to climb up the vertical river bank with great effort.

Of course, that was all taken for granted.

As for what the infantry thought, it didn't matter. The lieutenant colonel of the navy was the most handsome guy on these ships, and what he said was what it was.

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

"You mean, they think that's the most suitable place to land?" The cavalry battalion commander opened his mouth in disbelief.

From their perspective, it couldn't be clearer.

Many sandbars are called Jiangxinzhou, because they are made of sand and gravel from the riverbed. Just like the one where the Japanese army is landing, the widest part is 30 meters away from the shore, and the narrowest part is also 10 meters.

When they came here at night, they asked the local guide. Because of the special terrain of Jiangxinzhou, the water here became particularly turbulent, and the water depth was at least more than four meters. Fishermen can often catch big fish by setting nets here.

If people jump in, they are skilled in swimming, but if they have more than 20 kilograms of equipment on their body, they should be prepared to be a weight!

It is simply the stupidest choice to use this place as a landing place.

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

After asking himself this question, the cavalry battalion commander clearly felt a blockage in his heart.

Although the major cavalry battalion commander felt a blockage in his heart because the whole of China could not defeat a group of Japanese who were obviously stupid, this did not affect him to quietly enter the position that the cavalry had arranged and order the entire army to prepare to attack the Japanese infantry who arrived at Jiangxin Island.

The five cavalry companies have become standard infantry, and have established temporary field fortifications along the river bank. The position of about 800 meters is just in a semi-arc in front of Jiangxin Island.

The position was originally used to block the landing of the Japanese infantry, but now it has become a pure attack, which makes the cavalry quite uncomfortable.

However, under the orders of the superiors, they still pointed their guns at the Japanese infantry who were jumping from the gunboat into the river and landing on the sandbar more than 300 meters away.

A distance of more than 300 meters is by no means the limit for the effective range of rifles at this time. Although most of the rifles in China are not suitable for use, there are several rifles that can meet this standard...

Like the Hanyang-made and single-shot rifles that are mainly equipped by the Sichuan Army, they can basically only stare at them. Only the Zhongzheng rifles equipped by the Central Army have a straight trajectory at this range.

Fortunately, in addition to the Zhongzheng rifles equipped by the Central Army, there is another army in China equipped with rifles that are not inferior to the Zhongzheng rifles.

The cavalry of the 67th Army is equipped with the Liao-made 13-type rifle. This rifle comes from the design of the Fengtian Arsenal more than ten years ago. It combines the German Mauser 1907 rifle, the Japanese 38-type rifle and the Austrian 1912 rifle to become one of the best-performing rifles made in China.

The 7.92mm caliber bullet is extremely powerful, and its range is not inferior to the Japanese 38-type rifle.

The five cavalry companies also have thirty Liao-made Type 17 light machine guns, which are actually completely copied from the Taisho 11th year, that is, the Type 99 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 of the same model, but the Chinese side is branded.

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

The two Japanese infantry squadrons who bravely jumped into the shallow water and quickly advanced towards the sandbar under the artillery fire had no idea what kind of disaster they would face.

Because not only are they about to fall behind in terms of equipment and manpower, but more importantly, there is not even a mound of earth on the island in the middle of the river except for some bushes.