The Republic of Heroes

The soldiers in yellow uniforms are the Japanese army. They are the first and second brigades of the No.20 Fourth Regiment under Miyake Miyake. , formed a skirmish line under the command and command of each squad leader, and launched an attack on Vladivostok.

The skirmish line was originally arranged in a loose offensive formation when attacking the defensive position, in order to effectively reduce the casualty rate.However, their infantry drills stipulate that they must advance in skirmish formation when attacking, so they still habitually line up skirmish formation when facing an empty front.

However, this good habit saved them. Another quarter of an hour later, when they were about to enter the city, the front suddenly opened fire. The Japanese soldiers in front were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another, but due to the loose formation, casualties were limited.Seeing that there was strong firepower ahead, the experienced Japanese army immediately lay down and changed to creeping forward.

This attack was supposed to be personally commanded by Chief of Staff of the No. 20 Fourth Regiment, Tsukada Masamune, but for some unknown reason, Tsukada, who has always been punctual, did not meet up with the two brigades at the designated location, so according to the usual practice, Then Lieutenant Matsumoto Koichi of the first brigade temporarily replaced him to command the two brigades.

Originally thought that the sneak attack would be smooth, but turned into a tough battle within ten minutes, which caused Matsumoto Koichi a headache. As an outstanding graduate of the Imperial Army University, he has been among the best in various assessments over the years , but the only thing that makes him regret is that he has not really been on the battlefield. The Vladivostok landing battle a few months ago, he missed it due to vacation, and he finally did not miss this attack. The battle was completely different from what he had deduced in previous exercises.

The squadron appeared in an impossible position. This is the first big difference, and the imaginary enemy squadron in the deduction does not have such a strong firepower. According to his rough observation and statistics, in this line of defense less than 500 meters At least [-]+ water pressure heavy machine guns were deployed on the ground, and the dense barrage woven into an almost insurmountable line of fire.

Just as Koichi Matsumoto gritted his teeth and insisted on thinking about countermeasures, there was another rumbling cannon sound from the opposite position. It turned out to be the Siyi Mountain Cannon produced by the Empire. He had to give the order again, and all the soldiers stopped advancing and lay down on the spot.

The shells fell across the front of the position like a rake plowing the ground, and came straight to Koichi Matsumoto. He felt his legs trembling, and he was even a little disobedient. He even wanted to turn around and run away instinctively, but the Imperial Army His glory told him not to do this. If he turned around and ran away, he would be a coward that everyone should not be ashamed of. Not only would he be sent to a military court, but his family would also be ashamed.

So, Koichi Matsumoto gritted his teeth and survived the baptism of the shells, and finally survived unscathed, he shook off the sand all over his head and face, seeing that the opponent's firepower was obviously weakened, he bit the bullet and gave an order: "Attack! attack!"

After shouting these four words, he felt the brave soul of the samurai returned to him. The soldiers under his command rushed to the Chinese positions regardless of life and death. shame.

At the same time, the sound of artillery came faintly from the south. Did the Imperial Army launch another landing operation along the beach in the south of the city? Matsumoto murmured to himself. A stream of blood spewed out like a water gun, splashing all over his head and face.Matsumoto had never seen such a tragic scene. The blood of the soldiers made him lose his last bit of sanity, and rushed to the front frantically. The morale of the soldiers who had been lowered due to the setback of the attack was immediately pulled up again, and they rushed towards the Chinese position roaring. .

The Japanese army rushed to the front only to realize that there were not many people outside this line of defense except for a large number of heavy machine guns. In other words, as long as they rushed over smoothly, the victory must belong to the Imperial Army.And victory was just around the corner. The heavy machine guns in several places had misfired due to overheating, and the soldiers finally accelerated the impact speed without any scruples.

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Hanoi's twin turrets rotated from time to time to adjust the shooting elements, and then with the violent vibration of the ship, a ball of fire with a diameter of more than 20 meters was spewed out of the 360mm gun barrel, with a warhead of nearly [-] kilograms Shooting away from the muzzle at an initial speed exceeding the speed of sound, it drew a perfect parabola and landed on the ground in the distance. .

The officers in the No. [-] turret command room who were in charge of observing and commanding the shooting were puzzled. It was impossible for the well-trained Imperial Navy sailors to fire such substandard guns.But it is real.Just when he was about to give the order to shoot again, the ship shook violently again, causing him to almost fall to the ground, but as the vibration ended, the familiar sound of shelling and the sound of shells breaking through the air did not sound.

The commanding officer finally realized the strangeness of the matter, put his mouth close to the sounding tube, and roared: "Asshole, are the imperial sailors shooting at this level? They all missed the target. What happened to the last shot just now?"

Soon the sailor's ashamed voice came back from the megaphone: "Your Majesty, we are strictly following the practice code for shooting operations, and we really don't know what went wrong. Also, we only fired one shot just now, and there was no follow-up shot!"

The commanding officer was confused. Where did the shock come from without a follow-up shot?Suddenly there was a commotion outside the command room, and it seemed that someone was shouting in panic.

"It's not good, the side of the ship was shot..."

"Flood in the cabin..."

Immediately afterwards, intermittent screams came from the microphone.

"The ammunition warehouse is on fire... It explodes... Open the sea gate..."

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of rushing water, and then there was a deathly silence, even though the commanding officer shouted his throat, there was no response at all.

"Sailor, please answer me if you hear it, please answer me if you hear it..."

The officer's heart sank a little bit, he felt the floor begin to tilt forward, and a fact that he didn't want to admit took shape in his mind.Soon the soldiers responsible for the battle damage reported back that an unknown fire broke out in the ammunition room of the No. Sealed the watertight hatch of the turret.

As hundreds of tons of sea water poured into the bow of the battleship, the hull had already begun to tilt forward, and the sudden accident completely disrupted the order on the warship, and the soldiers who were damaged in battle reported one after another, and the engine room and coal bunker were damaged to varying degrees. Damaged and flooded, the officers and soldiers were at a loss for the sudden disaster.