Chapter 209 The surprise attack on Weihaiwei (3)
Daohuade immediately ordered to generate electricity to Shanghai immediately to report the news that Weihaiwei was attacked by unknown enemy troops.△↗Dingdian Novel,... Although Daohuade speculated that overseas Chinese attacked Weihaiwei, it was not confirmed after all, so when reporting to Shanghai, he did not dare to say anything. After all, this is a major event related to national strategy.
Then Daohuade ordered that all the British troops of Weihai Guards set up defense lines at the northern Shindokou and Dongyin Village to prepare to resist the enemy's attack. Because the Beishankou Fortress would definitely not be able to defend, and would be hit by naval guns, it would be better to retreat from the coast to set up defense lines. Shindokou and Dongyin Village were less than two kilometers away from Weihai Acropolis. When the Beiyang Fleet was stationed in Weihai Guards, the Qing army also built a fort here as the last line of defense for the Weihai Guards. After the British leased the Weihai Guards, although the fortress here did not repair it, there were still some defensive fortifications left, so it could be used.
Finally, Daohuade sent someone to send a letter to the navy, asking the three warships not to sail to the outlet of Weihai Bay to fight against the enemy fleet, but instead approached Liugong Island and entered the cover circle of the Qidingshan Fortress on Liugong Island, while assisting the defense of the shore base and protecting the flanks of Weihai Guards. Other transport ships immediately set fire, evacuated Weihai Bay, and fled to Shanghai.
The Qidingshan Fort is located in Qidingshan, Liugong Island. It is the highest position among the entire Weihaiwei Fortress. It not only can resist attacks from the northeastern sea, but also can cover the entire Weihai Bay. With two 8-inch heavy artillery, it can even hit Weihai Acropolis. The only three warships now definitely cannot compete with the enemy's fleet, but if a defense line is set up in front of the Weihaiwei, the three warships cooperate with the Qidingshan Fortress to assist in defense.
It should be said that being able to make such a defensive arrangement in such a hasty time shows that Colonel Wald indeed has excellent military talents. If the Weihai Guard's defenders can exceed 1,000 people and are all regular British troops, it is not impossible to defend the Weihai Guard. Even if they cannot defend the Weihai Guard, they can still hold on for a long time to gain enough time to politically resolve the Weihai Guard's crisis or reinforce the Weihai Guard.
However, the Weihai Guard has only more than 300 defenders, and most of them are Indian soldiers or Chinese camps. The real British troops are less than 50. With just such troops, even if they are good at laying the ground, they cannot defend Weihai Guard without enough troops to carry out the troops. What's more, if the enemy is really an overseas Chinese, then how to arrange it is useless.
In fact, Daohuade knew this very well, but he was powerless to do anything about it. Anyway, he had done his best to get what kind of result he would have to leave it to fate.
Daohuade divided more than 300 British troops into two groups, stationed at Shindokou and Dongyin Village. As soon as the garrison was arranged, he received a report that all eight forts at Beishankou had been destroyed by the enemy, and the enemy had successfully landed in Beishankou.
Although Dao Huade had long expected that Beishankou would not be able to defend, it still surprised that Dao Huade was lost so quickly, but this also shows that the strength of this enemy who has not yet fully understood its identity should not be underestimated. Of course, if Weihai Guard was destined to be unable to defend, then Beishankou would not be able to fall earlier and later.
However, Daohuade still had to do his best to defend the Weihai Guard, so he immediately ordered the British army to prepare for the enemy.
At this moment, two "boom" sounds heard, two shells fell from the sky and smashed into the British positions and exploded, killing and injuring more than a dozen British soldiers.
When Daohuad saw it, he was shocked. Did the shells from there come from? Did they come from the enemy's warship? Weihaiwei is about 5 kilometers away from the Beishankou Fort. If the enemy's warships are close to the coast, they can indeed reach the British position. But if the enemy's warships are close to the coast, why don't the warships anchored in Weihai Bay and the Qidingshan Fort launch an attack? It is difficult because they can't see the location of the enemy ships clearly at night? But how did the enemy's warships find their own positions and carry out accurate artillery?
But now is not the time to think about these issues, because artillery shells are still falling. Although not every round falls into the British position, only a few shells that actually hit the British position are only a few, the British army is basically composed of Indian soldiers and Chinese battalions. Whether in terms of quality or morale, it is much worse than the British local army. Therefore, after being hit by a few more shells, I suddenly couldn't stand it.
Daohuade naturally knew what kind of soldiers he was, so he tried his best to control the soldiers, not to panic, and hold on to his position. Fortunately, there were still dozens of British officials in the British army, and they also helped Daohuade control the soldiers together, so he could not maintain the situation.
Just as Dawhad tried his best to control the soldiers to defend the position, a soldier hurried to Dawhad and said, "Report to the commander, Weihai Acropolis has been occupied by an enemy."
When Daohuade heard this, his mind suddenly buzzed and almost fainted. How could the enemy bypass his defense line and capture Weihai Acropolis? It was difficult to make it difficult for the enemy not only to land at Beishankou, but also to land in other places. The attack at Beishankou only attracted his attention, and the real landing attack was in other directions. But why did he not have any sense of it? You must know that the landing of the army is not a small matter, and it is impossible to hear the wind at all. Moreover, in such a dark night with extremely low visibility, not to mention landing, it is not easy to get close to the coast. If it is not done well, it will run into the reef and be stranded. How did the enemy do it?
Thinking of this, Daohuade suddenly realized that the battle tonight was full of weirdness, and there were too many things he couldn't understand. But now is not the time to think about these problems, but what should I do next?
Although Britain leased Weihaiwei not only the Weihai Acropolis, but also the surrounding coastal and sea surface areas, Weihai Acropolis is the core of the leased land. Although according to the provisions of the Chinese and British "Leased Weihai Vault Special Article": Weihai Acropolis is still managed by the Qing court in famous discussions. It turned out that the Qing court officials could still do their own business in the city; and the Qing court warships could still use the Weihai water surface. But in fact, Britain had completely controlled the Weihai Acropolis, and the Qing court officials were actually just decorations. Moreover, since the signing of the treaty, the Qing court warships had never entered the Weihai water surface.
Therefore, the loss of Weihai Acropolis means that the battle to defend Weihai Guards is completely defeated. So what should I do now? Should I lead the troops to retreat, flee to other places, or return to counterattack Weihai Acropolis. Since the enemy can successfully land silently with his eyelids, there should not be a lot of troops, and the enemy in front has not yet arrived, if I lead the army back to counterattack Weihai Acropolis now, there will still be a certain chance.
However, even if we regain the Weihai Acropolis, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. After all, the enemy has successfully landed at Beishankou, and then we can't defend it. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to withdraw from the Weihai Acropolis. Not only can you save your life, but you also have an explanation for the country. It is not that you did not resist, but that you did your best.
Just as Dawalde weighed the pros and cons of the two options, suddenly there was a burst of dense gunshots coming from the flanks. Dawalde was stunned and was about to send someone to check what was going on, but someone had come to report that it turned out that the flank of the British army was attacked by the enemy.
Dawald was shocked when he heard this, because the British flanks were not protected at all. It turned out that the British army was short of people, so it was too strong to be able to set up a position to defend its flanks, and there was no force to defend its flanks. However, Dawald considered that this was fighting at night, and it was difficult for the enemy to figure out the arrangement of his position, but it was also very difficult for him to detour to his flanks, so he simply gave up the defense of his flanks, and knew that the enemy had really grasped his loopholes.
When the flank was attacked by the enemy, it means that the defense line had been broken. At this moment, gunfire sounded loudly from the front of the position, and the enemy's frontal attack finally began.
In fact, the British army's military force dispatch cannot be hidden from the eyes of the time traveler, because under the air of the wz-2000 drone, all the actions of the British army are uncovered, just like they are in the eyes of the time traveler.
After the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship destroyed the fort at Weihai Beishankou, they cleared all obstacles to landing. At this time, the Changbaishan ship also rushed to the Guding Sea area to join the fleet and immediately launched a landing battle.
However, after a brief discussion on the deployment of British defensive forces, Xiao Jianjun and Jinfeng made corresponding arrangements. A reorganized land battle battalion that traveled through the army would be divided into two parts of the battle, one part of which took the carrier-based helicopter of the Changbaishan ship to airborne landing, and directly inserted behind the British army, taking advantage of the situation to capture the Weihai Acropolis.
The Changbaishan ship carried 4 Z8f helicopters, each Z8f helicopter can carry a platoon of combat personnel, so three Z8fs carry a land combat company, and the other Z8f is equipped with a mortar platoon as fire support force. The remaining land battalion soldiers landed on two 726 air cushion landing craft carried by the Changbaishan ship. One 726 air cushion landing craft can carry about 150-200 Marines, and the two can just fit the remaining soldiers of the Land Battalion. However, after the land battalion landing shored, it did not attack the British defense line head-on, but instead launched an attack on the flank.
Another recruit battalion on the Changbai Mountain ship landed on the rubber boats on the warships, and the assault boats were built. The seven rubber boats were equipped with warships. The total number of assault boats was more than twenty. They could send more than 200 troops at one time. All the recruit battalions could be transported ashore in two times, and then launched a frontal attack on the British positions.
Chapter completed!