At 4:50, artillery preparations before landing officially began.

The first to fire were the four battleships Peiping, Tianjin, Chongqing and Xi'an located at the forefront of the entire landing fleet.

After the entry of aircraft carriers into the fleet, the maritime dominance of battleships was gradually replaced.

China's only four large battleships have also been turned into fire support ships.

Four battleships, two of the Iowa class and two of the North Carolina class, all have main guns with a caliber of 406 mm.

The four battleships lined up in a row, sparing no shells and firing with all their might.

The 406mm shells first landed on the offshore waters of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki, and then continued to spread to the land.

The main purpose of the first round of shelling was to clear mines and clear obstacles, using absolute firepower superiority to clear offshore mines and obstacles on the beach.

After the four battleships opened fire, the main guns of other warships in the fleet also sounded.

At the outermost edge of the huge landing fleet, a circle of red rendered by muzzle flames appeared!

The turbulent sea water turned red, and the red light tore through the haziness before dawn, casting the anger of the soldiers and civilians of Zhongxia onto the Japanese soil.

Under the red light, on the slightly undulating sea surface, the Marines and soldiers of the 26th Group Army began to transfer to the landing craft.
Chapter completed!