During the past few days of renovation, Luo Yue and the commanders of the First Army had formulated a combat plan against the Dandong region. The People's Army on the southern line would divide its troops into two groups, one to attack the southeast coast of the Liaodong Peninsula and capture Andong County; the other route entered Baoshan Town, threatening Phoenix City.

Although the People's Army's attack on Dandong is mainly based on intimidation, and it is not to completely capture Dandong and cut off the Japanese army's way back, but to restrain the Japanese army's troops. It is best to force the Japanese army to withdraw from Liaoyang and then attack the Japanese army during the Japanese withdrawal. However, some substantial actions are also needed to put enough pressure on the Japanese army in Liaoyang.

Andong County is located on the west bank of the mouth of the Yalu River. It was also called Donggou in the old days. The famous Dadonggou naval battle in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 took place in this area. Dadonggou is actually a river flowing into the Yellow Sea in Andong County.

The Japanese army crossed the Yalu River mainly near Jiuliancheng. The Yalu River Corps' headquarters is located in Jiuliancheng. Although Andong County is located at the mouth of the Yalu River and is also the northwest gateway to Jiuliancheng, Japan has always controlled the sea control of the Yellow River before, so it is not the focus of the Japanese defense. It is only when the People's Army defeated the joint fleet and captured Lushun, which made the location of Andong County important. However, Kawamura Jingming's troops were limited and he could only arrange a brigade of troops to garrison in Andong County.

If the People's Army seized Andong County, although it did not cut off the Japanese retreat route, it had already posed a large enough threat to the Japanese army, because the distance from Andong to Jiuliancheng is only about 50 kilometers, and the East China government's inland river fleet can also be stationed in Andong County and enter the Yalu River to fight. When the Japanese army retreated and crossed the Yalu River, the inland river fleet can go upstream along the Yalu River and attack the Japanese crossing bridge, causing a fatal blow to the Japanese army.

Phoenix City is located about 50 kilometers west of Jiuliancheng, which is the western gateway of Jiuliancheng. The People's Army entered Baoshan Town and was about 30 kilometers away from Jiuliancheng, which was enough to make the Japanese army in Jiuliancheng dare not act rashly and reinforce Andong County. In addition, if the Japanese army in Liaoyang reinforced Jiuliancheng, Phoenix City was their only way, and the People's Army could also calmly choose time, place, and ambush the reinforced Japanese army.

The combat plan formulated by Luo Yue and others had been approved by the Northeast War Zone Command. Therefore, after receiving the command, Luo Yue and Liu Tie, the commander of the First Army, immediately arranged the attack.

Attacking Andong County will adopt the tactic of sea and land advancement. Land attack is only restrained, with sea offensive and landing operations as the main force. Therefore, the Marine Corps is naturally commanded by Luo Yue. However, since the Navy had already drawn a regiment and two landing ships from the Marine Corps to capture Jeju Island, the Navy originally planned to transfer all four landing ships of the Marine Corps, but because there was a combat plan to attack Andong County on the southern front,

Only two ships were transferred. However, the combat capability of the Marine Corps was greatly weakened, so the 6th Division was drawn from the 1st Army to attack Andong County from land to cooperate with the Marine Corps to fight. Fortunately, the Ocean, the Ocean battleship and four Zhenyuan-class warships were still there. The location of Andong County is not large. If these warships are anchored near the sea, the main gun range can cover the entire territory of Andong County.

Liu Tie led the 1st, 6th and 16th Divisions of the 1st Army to enter Baoshan Town and threaten Phoenix City. The remaining three reserve regiments of the 1st Army remained in the Lushun area and ensured the People's Army's logistics and replenishment line.

Of course, on May 25, the People's Army had already begun to send troops out. On May 27, the 6th and 7th divisions had already stepped forward from the west bank of the Dayang River. Therefore, after receiving the order, the 6th Division occupied Baoshan Town at 9 a.m. on May 28; and the 7th Division also entered Changshan Town less than 10 kilometers from Andong County, and had a small-scale war with the Japanese army defending in Xiaosishan.

Liu Tie led the 1st and 16th Divisions to leave Lushun at 7 a.m. on May 28, while Luo Yue and the Marine Corps boarded the fleet at 12 a.m., heading from the Ocean Battleship as the flagship, and heading northeastward at a speed of 10 knots.

The sea distance from Lushun to Andong County is about 280 kilometers. The fleet arrived at the waters of Andong County around 4 a.m. on May 29, and immediately released the drone to locate the attack target and calculate the relevant data.

Taking advantage of this gap, Luo Yue came to the bridge of the Ocean and looked into the distance. The weather was quite good tonight. The night sky was clear and the clouds were sparse, and a crescent moon hung high in the sky. The large area of ​​stars was as dazzling as gems inlaid on a dark blue brocade. The visibility on the sea surface was quite high, and hundreds of meters away could be seen, and even the outlines of the undulating mountains on the land in the distance could be vaguely seen. The sea breeze with the salty tide of the sea water was also quite comfortable.

However, thinking about the first battle between the Beiyang Navy and the Japanese Combined Fleet in modern society 10 years ago in this area of ​​time and space. Although this naval battle was not the Guanjian Battle that determined the victory or defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it was also an important battle in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. Compared with the Qing army's basically incapable defeat, the failure of the Beiyang Navy had more tragic atmosphere and regrets, and therefore it also gained a lot of sympathy in later generations.

Luo Yue was also very moved. Perhaps at the bottom of the sea at his feet, there were the shipwrecks of the Beiyang Navy or the bodies of the Beiyang Navy soldiers. In the old time and space, there were countless books and books about the successes and failures of the naval battle, and there were countless films and TV shows. Of course, Luo Yue had read a lot of them and had a very detailed understanding of the naval battle. He was both regretful and angry with the Beiyang Navy, but in this time and space, the Beiyang Navy also became a piece of history. Luo Yue and others traveled through time and time and space, so they could not change this history, but they could not let similar things happen again.

Just as Luo Yue was thinking about it, a staff officer walked onto the bridge and said, "Captain Luo, the drone has already determined the enemy's defense line and can launch an attack."

Luo Yue nodded and came to the command center. At this time, the six warships had received the shooting parameters of their respective targets and adjusted the shooting unit of their main gun.

The Japanese army only arranged four forts along the coast of Andong County, and only two artillery pieces were arranged on each of the forts, and they were all open-air fortifications. Some of them were built with sand bags. The competition time was limited, so the Japanese army could not build solid fortifications.

In fact, the Japanese army guarding Andong County did not have much confidence in the coastal defense of Andong County. After all, even military fortresses like Lushun were lost, not to mention the temporary arrangement of Andong County, but it was not unavailable. Therefore, it was better to arrange some artillery in this way. The defense of Andong County was mainly to the defensive positions outside the county town. Of course, the Japanese army now hoped that the reinforcements from Liaoyang would arrive as soon as possible, so that there would be enough guard forces.

Luo Yue said: "Okay, you can open fire and conduct five rounds of shooting. Order the landing ship and start rushing to the beach."

After receiving Luo Yue's order, the six warships immediately opened fire and launched artillery bombardment on the coast. With the huge roar, dazzling orange flames flashed in the darkness, and bursts of explosive light bursts on the coast, officially opening up the curtain for the East China government to start another war.

The five rounds of artillery were soon over, and all four Japanese turrets were destroyed, and the defenders on the turrets also suffered heavy casualties. Originally, the turrets had no defense. As long as one shell hit the death, the cannon could be destroyed.

At this time, all warships also stopped firing the main guns and switched to secondary guns, and continued to fire, which mainly provided cover for the landing troops. Although the Japanese army's defense on the coast was very weak, they also had to use a ox knife to kill chickens. After all, landing operations are one of the most difficult combat modes.

After 20 minutes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the two landing ships finally arrived at the beach. The springboard was lowered. The soldiers of the two battalions rushed out of the landing ship, immediately arranged a warning line on the beach, and formed a temporary position. However, no Japanese army launched an attack on the People's Army at this time, which allowed the People's Army to complete the landing very easily. The two landing ships retreated to the sea for a second transportation, and the six warships also stopped shelling.

It was not until the two landing ships arrived at the beach for the second time and on the west side of the People's Army's temporary positions that sparse gunfire sounded. It turned out that the Japanese army did not expect that the People's Army would launch landing operations at night. Although it was difficult for the Japanese army to launch attacks at night, it was quite difficult to carry out a complex combat mode like landing operations at night. Therefore, the Japanese army reacted very slowly. It took almost an hour to hear the sound of artillery bombardment of the People's Army to sending a large group of troops to test. At this time, the second wave of landing of the People's Army was almost completed.

The People's Army immediately launched a counterattack against the attacking Japanese army, and the gunshots immediately rang out in the dark. Although the weather was very good tonight, the visibility at night was no more than 200 meters, and 50 meters away, it was basically a vague band. Therefore, neither side could perform accurate shooting and could only shoot in one direction based on their feelings.

However, the drone still stayed in the air quickly captured the Japanese army. Although the distance between the two armies was only 5,600 meters, and at this distance, the warships did not dare to shoot easily, the People's Army that landed on the shore carried mortars, but it was because it was dark that the mortars could not be fired.
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