.Chapter 290 Log in Xiamen

The sea surface in March is breeze, and the climate is moist and warm, and it is indeed comfortable to blow on people's faces.

The sea was undulating and the water was sparkling. The Thirty-Eight Search warships were running above the ocean, proud and murderous.

This is the first fleet of the Hualian Navy, twenty-one main warships, three large landing ships, two troop transport ships, and one large supply transport ship. This is the full strength of the First Fleet, with the target directly aimed at Xiamen, with a sharp military strike.

There are also ten old ships of various types, all filled with Marine Corps soldiers and have no maritime combat capabilities. Apart from the firepower of air defense machine guns, these old civilian merchant ships are not at all threatening.

The three medium-sized landing ships are all new goods purchased from the UK, with a full load displacement of 8,000 tons. They are mainly used to transport landing combat ships with direct landing on the shore and landing on the beach, also known as tank landing ships.

This kind of ship has the characteristics of shallow draft, blunt bow, flat bottom, large width of ship, and a design inclination of keel. It has a square figure and a straight but thick hull. The main part of the hull is a loading compartment, most of which are longitudinal.

The large landing ships of this era had a full load displacement of more than 2,000 to 8,000 tons. Hualian purchased these Sansu landing ships from British shipyards. The endurance of these Sansu landing ships was more than 3,000 nautical miles, and could carry 20 tanks and hundreds of landing soldiers.

For the landing operation plan, Xu Jiangwen led the naval officers and soldiers to study it carefully for more than three months, and he was prepared. He did detailed research and analysis from the analysis of local hydrological conditions, terrain survey, data collection of guards and garrisons, and the enemy's defense situation.

The Chinese army carried out a small-span cross-sea offensive operation against the ** army guarding the coast of Fujian Province, which is this amphibious landing operation. The purpose is to seize important military targets such as the enemy occupying the coast, and to establish an offensive starting area in Xiamen to create conditions for the subsequent combat operations in Fujian.

According to the scale of the operation, it is divided into strategic, combative and tactical landing operations, and based on geographical conditions, this landing and attack is a battle for the open coast. The First Fleet sailed for a day and night, set off from Shantou Seaport, and took advantage of the night to reach the Xiamen waters in the morning.

"Commander, the waters of Erdan Island are ahead. You can go straight to Xiamen after passing through here." The territorial seafarer compared the information in his hand and reported the situation to Xu Jiangwen, who is the commander of the fleet.

"All members are on level 2 combat alert, check their respective weapon systems, and ready to land in battle at any time." Xu Jiangwen also looked tight when he heard this. He immediately issued a combat readiness order, adjusting the original Three Poles combat alert to level 2. Once he enters the Xiamen waters, he may be on level 1.

The attack on an island like Xiamen with strong defensive facilities is the first time in the history of the Chinese army. The First Fleet cooperated with two Marine divisions to carry out this cross-sea combat plan. The navy also paid attention to the careful study of the enemy situation and carried out pre-war training activities.

The ground troops also cooperated, and Wang Liwen's armored division also completed the mobilization. Before the war, three heavy artillery regiments organized the terrain and distinguished the shooting areas. The artillery itself also carried out exercises on the positions and measured and aimed. The enemy's firepower was also analyzed in a relatively rigorous manner. Through satellite images and spy infiltration, the artillery fortifications constructed by Jiang Guangnai were learned.

Since the Marine Corps was just established, there was no actual maritime landing war in the past. The Navy and the Army also cooperated closely. Officers at all levels jointly conducted joint research and conducted sand table education on soldiers in advance, studied specific issues such as disembarking, landing, destroying obstacles, and breaking through.

The first step is to exercise navigation, and the second step is to land on the beach and fight the enemy against the enemy.

In this era, China's maritime power was in the hands of the great powers. Taking advantage of this loosening caused by the war, the divine army successfully secretly grasped the absolute maritime power and air supremacy in the southeast coastal areas.

However, in order to keep the combat plan confidential, the Chinese Marine Corps can only conduct maritime training at night on the beach. Before training, use a tug boat to get the boat to the beach, and after training, carry the boat to the shore before dawn to hide.

There are many fishermen with strong physiques along the coast of Guangdong Province. These people are fishing and farming in their spare time, but in fact they are potential pirates. However, in recent years, Hualian has been booming, and not many people are willing to do this hard life of licking blood from the knife. The navy's recruitment has also been smooth.

Especially the Marine Corps recruited many combat soldiers with good physical fitness. Although they had poor cultural quality at the beginning and had poor training results, they were all unruly people and were unwilling to obey the discipline and discipline of the army.

But the headquarters of the China League of China Navy finally subdued these past rudes, stable life and high social status, coupled with ideological and political mobilization, which was indeed enough to disintegrate all resistance and resistance. Only a small number of people chose to retire because they could not bear it.

In the early morning of March 12, the First Fleet of the Chinese Army launched an attack on Gulangyu, suppressing the defenders on the island with the firepower of four cruisers and covering the fleet towards Gulangyu, so as to attract the attention of the ** army as planned and ensure that the main force officially began the battle to attack Xiamen that night.

Gulang Island is an isolated island, located in the southwest corner of Xiamen, protecting the coastal defense of the ** army in southern Fujian. It is also very close to Xiamen's administrative center. Once taken down, you can directly enter the city of Xiamen and determine the situation.

Wang Liwen also led the Fourth Army from Shantou two days ago, passing through the four counties of Raoping, Zhao'an, Yunxiao and Zhangpu. Within two days, he rushed hundreds of kilometers and captured Longhai, which shocked Jiang Guangnai and quickly arranged troops to counterattack.

The number of the Fourth Army has always been the least in the army organization of the Chinese army, but the degree of mechanization is the most powerful. A large number of vehicles are used for equipment and personnel transportation, and the mobility is very fast.

These places were also the places where Chen Jiongming was in charge at the time, and the road system was good, which greatly facilitated the rapid marching of the Fourth Army.

The First Fleet covered the Marine Corps' ferry. At this time, the Fourth Army's artillery units, which had been stationed in Longhai for a day and a night, also fired violently at the enemy positions on Xiamen Island and Gulang Island based on the long-established shooting elements, using dozens of artillery set on the mainland to fire violently at the enemy's positions on Xiamen Island and Gulang Island, with the self-developed 155mm self-propelled howitzer as the backbone of the firepower.

Under the guidance of the artillery observatory, the shells fell in a series of shells on the positions set up by the sea and in depth. Although the artillery fire of the Fourth Army of the Chinese Army could not completely suppress the firepower of the Party and the army on the island, it caused the Party defenders on the front line to fall into horror from the beginning.

Under the cover of artillery fire, Marines sailed on amphibious landing craft and amphibious armored personnel carriers to advance bravely to the other side.

Amphibious landing operations are the most complex and difficult types of combat in contracted operations in land, sea and air force. Because this kind of combat operation is greatly affected by natural conditions in the sea area.

Forced crossing the sea area, landing in front of the enemy, attacking with the back water. We also need to take into account the rapid changes in the battle situation, the complexity of command coordination, and the extremely logistical support.

In order to organize and implement this landing operation, the Chinese army also made careful plans and fully prepared. The warship secretly left the port at night to ensure the plan's hiddenness and sudden surprise and unexpected enemy attacks.

In order to concentrate absolute superior forces and carry out continuous assaults, the armored troops rushed to Longhai City with their own assault capabilities two days ago. In terms of the battle situation, they also gained air and sea power with absolute equipment advantages, and guaranteed freedom of combat operations.

The entire plan was directed and coordinated by Li Wansheng, and used the watchtower communication satellite as a liaison equipment to implement highly centralized and unified command, and strictly organized coordinated operations of the land, sea and air force. It also had a strong auxiliary team and a reliable logistics support system.

The front baffle of the cabin slowly fell down, and the straight steel plates slapped on the sea, causing huge waves. The mist filled the surroundings and landed on the Marines.

Everyone looked wet, but their expressions were condensed, holding the guns in their hands tightly, with a fiery murderous aura. This was an army that had been trained hard and a strong army with a strong fighting will. Today is the first moment they took the stage of history.

Amphibious landing craft and amphibious armored personnel carriers emerged from the spacious trunks, especially amphibious armored personnel carriers, with two small-caliber rapid-fire cannons used in the ground and air. These iron lumps are the most important cover force for soldiers in landing operations.

Thick armor can block the invasion of stray bullets, rapid-fired machine guns can suppress the enemy's beachhead fire, and warship naval guns also poured out rage at the sea towards the enemy on the island. The thunderous explosions were connected, and the entire world fell into incomparable chaos at this time.

After the battle to attack Gulangyu began, the troops performed very bravely, but they also exposed many new problems that had never been seen before. Although they were trained in advance, the troops' education and training were out of reality. The trends of seaside exercises and strokes were different. Therefore, once they entered the sea to fight, many unexpected situations immediately occurred.

Before launching the attack, the troops' detailed investigation of the sea situation and specific calculations were not enough. In particular, based on past experience in the river, the speed of the sailboat was calculated based on the wind direction and tide, and the ship could not grasp it when it entered the sea.

In addition, most of the fishermen recruited by the Marine Corps, and most of the generals and officers of the army were from the army and lacked sufficient meteorological knowledge, let alone sailing in the sea when the wind and waves were very strong.

Although Gulangyu is only one kilometer away from the mainland, most of the ships after the first echelon are in a mess, and at the beginning, only a few ships arrived scattered.

Fortunately, with the suppression of naval naval guns, the landing troops did not suffer serious damage from the enemy's firepower at the beach. After the second echelon, most of them floated back due to the strong wind and waves. Only two battalions of the 21st Regiment were able to land on Gulangyu.

Although there were very few troops landing on Gulangyu at first, they had radio as a means of communication. The troops did not lose contact with the rear and could still accept command in an unfavorable situation and remain calm and tough. According to the military system of the Hualian League, even if the battle situation failed, the lower-level commanders still insisted on fighting when they lost the command of their superiors.

The entire 21st Regiment was riding a small landing craft in a platoon and rushed to the beach. Only a few unlucky soldiers were hit by stray bullets. However, after landing, the other soldiers followed behind the armored personnel carriers, wavy attacks on the enemy's formation and occupied some of the frontier positions.

Soon the ** Party and the army launched a counterattack, and the troops that boarded Gulangyu with strong naval and air support with the strong sea and air support. The Fourth Army organized three battalions to continue the attack on the night of the day, breaking through a gap from the eastern end of the Zhangzhou-Longyan defense line and rushing to Haicang.

As a result, Xiamen was in danger, and the solid defense line originally constructed by the ** Army has become a big joke.

On March 13, the Chinese army's battle to attack Gulangyu was successful, and attracted the attention of the ** Party Army on Xiamen's main island, causing it to draw the mobile troops of only one division to go to reinforcements, which also created important conditions for the successful sneak attack in the northern part of Xiamen's main island that night.

When the bloody battle on Gulang Island just ended in victory, three regiments of assault troops drawn by the Fourth Army of the Chinese Army launched a sneak attack on the northern part of Xiamen on the night of the 15th. Hundreds of hovercraft were flowing smoothly under the cover of the vast night and quickly sailed to the predetermined location, loaded with light infantry of three regiments.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, when the ** Party defenders discovered the Chinese army's cross-river hovercraft fleet, the large forces of the Fourth Army had already landed on many beaches in the north of the island. The Chinese army's artillery also opened fire violently at this time, destroying many fortresses and fortifications of the ** Party's army's seaside.

However, due to inadequate planning in advance, a battalion of the First Division landed in front of a silt beach about a kilometer wide. The armored troops were struggling with silt under the enemy's firepower, resulting in unnecessary casualties. However, in order to win, they still marched bravely.

The 2nd Company of the 24th Regiment was the first to land in Xiamen Port. The assault rifle could not be fired because it was blocked by mud. There was a bunker in front of it. In the end, the bunkers were cleared one by one with pre-sealed grenade launchers to cover up the subsequent landing of the troops.

The ship of the 9th Company of the regiment drifted to the area of ​​Foxtail Mountain and carried out mobile mobile operations on the spot. With the flexible movement of light infantry, they penetrated straight to the enemy's rear and attacked the village to meet with the main force.

The 3rd Battalion of the 273rd Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 275th Regiment both lost commands of superiors when they landed and won the victory by organizing their own troops to attack. Many people from the 21st Regiment and the 17th Regiment fought after landing, and were divided and surrounded by the subsequent troops because they could not come up. However, with their powerful equipment advantages, many people survived.

Early the next morning, when the first ray of sunshine shone in Xiamen city, the Chinese landing troops finally completely occupied the front line. And there was a steady stream of troops coming here, and Xiamen was already in his arms.

At 9:00 on the night of the 15th, the second batch of army supplementary reserve troops arrived from Shantou successfully landed on the east side of Gaoqi, and continued to explode under the cover of artillery, destroying multiple obstacles and fortresses of the ** Party.

Gaoqi was a coastal defense fortress built by Jiang Guangnai when he led his army to occupy Xiamen to prevent the Chinese army from landing. It is known as the "maritime fortress" and is the main support point for the ** Party Army to defend on Xiamen Island.

After a night of fierce fighting, the Chinese army finally captured the fortress. After dawn on the 16th, the Chinese army captured the open land next to Gaoqi in one fell swoop, and the engineers had already begun to build military airports there. Once the simple aircraft take-off and landing runway was built, more than 50 transport planes from Hualian could transport a large amount of supplies here and transport the seriously injured back to the rear for treatment.

At that time, Xiamen will become the core of the frontier position of the Chinese army to attack Fujian Province, and it is also the most important link for the Hualian to swallow southern China.

Several damaged tanks were parked on the side of the road. This type of old Gray Wolf I-type tank has an armored defense capability that is really unpleasant. However, they were able to win this battle, and these iron cars also made great contributions. Due to their close cooperation and advanced equipment, the Chinese army successfully landed in many places. Although the ** party guarding the island tried its best to fight back, they were already in a mess of losing sight of one thing and breaking through the positions everywhere.

By noon on March 16, the Chinese army had already broken through the defense line of the ** Party Army on the front line, which was more than 10 kilometers wide, and established a stable beachhead position.

Although Xiamen Island is relatively close to the mainland, the returning ships are likely to be bombed by enemy planes and it is difficult to receive troops transported to the second echelon to land. However, this depends on who the opponent is. The only aircraft in the First World War were not enough for the Aviation Brigade affiliated to the First Fleet.

Only then did Jiang Guangnai realize that the main attack direction of the Chinese army was not Gulangyu but in the north of Xiamen Island. So he mobilized the only regiment at hand and the special agent battalion of the Security Command, which was of spy nature, to counterattack under the cover of the army.

The Chinese bomber fleet had also arrived, and more than sixty bombers were buzzing above their heads, and the fighting spirit was enough to tear the sky. The fierce high-explosive bombs fell on the head of the ** Army like raindrops, hitting the enemy counterattack forces trying to approach Xiamen to carry out counterattack.

The fierce battle lasted until dusk, and the remnants of the ** Party and the Army counterattacked the troops fled to the north of the inland. At this time, Jiang Guangnai and others had completely lost their confidence in defending the island and took the lead in fleeing to Zhangzhou. Their troops lost their command and fled one after another.

"Sir, are you going to stop Jiang Guangnai?" Zhou Lixiao's face was also refreshing when he won this battle. He is now the leader of the regiment commander. Because he is the chief general of the armored forces directly under the central government, his military rank is higher than other officers of the same level and he is the colonel.

In this coordinated combat, the main part of the military achievements must be owned by the First Fleet, but after the sharing, Zhou Lixiao still satisfies. Since its establishment, the armored forces have consumed a lot of military spending every year, and it is really hard to say that without some military achievements.

"Why, can't the merits of collaborative combat satisfy your appetite?" Looking at Zhou Lixiao's little thoughts of making meritorious deeds, Wang Liwen also laughed and scolded, but he did not object.

The Fourth Army has made great contributions in this battle. The most important thing now is to raid Zhangzhou and take advantage of the chaos to capture the essence of southern Fujian, and strategically oppress the Fujian army faction of the ** Army. It is also a great contribution to pursuing Jiang Guangnai, so how can you miss it?

What's more, the military style is prosperous, and military achievements represent honor and status. This long-distance raid, the Fourth Army was in full swing, making the whole army treat this new army with strong combat differently...

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