Chapter 48: The Landing Operation (Part 2)
After the airborne troops completely occupied the Dagukou Fort, about twenty minutes later, two air hoverboats landed on the south bank of Haihe River. Lu Ji, a soldier from four companies, came from the air hoverboats and joined forces that captured the South Bank Fort.
Zhu Yaping, the commander of the Marine Corps, was in charge of the Changbaishan ship, controlling and commanding landing operations. The commander of another battalion commander Qin Yuhai was responsible for commanding the site. This time the fleet had two land battle battalion commanders, and Zhu Yaping's battalion commanders were Zhu Yaping; and the battalion commanders of the Ninth Battalion were Qin Yuhai. Both of them had the rank of lieutenant colonels, but Zhu Yaping was promoted to lieutenant colonel earlier than Qin Yuhai, so he served as commander of the Marine Corps. The division of labor for this landing operation was that Zhu Yaping was in charge of the rear command, and Qin Yuhai was on the battlefield in person. However, Qin Yuhai did not go ashore with the airborne troops, but landed on a car mattress.
Because the wharf at Dagukou is located on the south bank of Haihe River, after learning that the airborne troops easily occupied the fort, Qin Yuhai ordered both air hoverboats to land on the south bank of Haihe River.
After getting ashore, Qin Yuhai reorganized the troops, leaving two squads to guard each fort, and notified the armored troops still in the sea, so that after they arrived on the shore, they would immediately follow up and lead the troops to advance towards the dock, because the command headquarters of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Dagukou was at the dock.
At this time, the naval battle at the dock was coming to an end. All the ships that fled from the dock were intercepted by the Yueyang and Sanya ships, sunk seven ships, and captured two. Among the large and medium-sized warships, only the British ship Orlando, the German ship Lufthansa could still float on the sea, and all other warships were sunk, and fourteen transport ships were sunk. The reason why the Orlando and the Lufthansa were not sunk was not because of how strong these two warships were, but because of the crossing fleet's guns, because the crossing fleet hoped to capture these two cruisers for their own use. And now the Orlando and the Lufthansa were already scarred, and their main guns were all destroyed, and they basically had no combat power.
In the sea, countless bodies of Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers, as well as various parts, and dozens of flames floated. However, the Eight-Nation Alliance warships were all anchored at the dock and were very close to the shore. Therefore, as long as they were not killed at that time, basically the soldiers who fell into the water could swim ashore. Moreover, the ships were sunk and not completely sunk. Some of them were exposed to the sea. Many soldiers on the ship could still escape. Some warships could even drop their life-saving ships and return to the shore at a very high speed. Only soldiers locked in the cabins at the bottom of the ship could not escape. But even so, there were still many soldiers escaping, and soon there were crowds of people on the shore.
Most of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army stationed in Dagukou were involved in the battle to attack Hejiawan Village, so there were very few troops left behind, with only more than twenty people, and of course they were not the opponents of the landing troops. As a result, the landing troops easily occupied the command center of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army stationed in Dagukou, and the resistance of the coalition was almost negligible.
Although there were quite a few naval soldiers who fled ashore, unfortunately there were only a few weapons. After all, who would jump into the sea with a gun? Of course, they were not the opponent of the landing troops. Moreover, they were exhausted when they fled ashore, and they were even more unwilling to fight at this time. As a result, in the various voices of "snatching the gun and not killing them", the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance surrendered one after another, and only a very small number of them resisted. Of course, the landing troops were beaten to death, so the landing troops successfully occupied the dock.
The battle went so smoothly, which was beyond Qin Yuhai's expectations. He hurriedly reported the progress of the landing troops to the headquarters and asked the headquarters for the next combat plan. The reply was to garrison on the spot, wait for the armored troops to arrive, and then bombard the ships anchored at the dock.
In fact, the war has basically ended at this point. The navy can sink all ships anchored at the dock without shore shelling. However, the crossing fleet does not want to sink all ships, as it is waste shells; secondly, it hopes to capture the remaining ships and use them for their own use. Even if the remaining ships are basically transport ships, these transport ships will still be of great use to crossing fleets. Even if the army cannot use them, they can be converted to civilians in the future.
Therefore, the headquarters hopes to put pressure on the remaining ships through the shelling on the shore and force them to surrender. The ground artillery fire that the headquarters can now count on is actually the armored forces passing through the fleet.
There is also an armored battalion in the crossing fleet this time, but there are actually only two armored companies, and there are two maintenance platoons. The armored battalion of the Marine Corps is equipped with the zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicle family series.
The zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicle race is an important armored weapon of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Marine Corps. It was the fastest and most advanced medium-sized amphibious assault vehicle series in the world before the fleet crossed. It is driven by a powerful engine and can sail at high speed on the water to reach 5 kilometers per hour. However, in order to obtain high speed, the zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicle used a large number of aluminum alloys. The whole vehicle weighed only 9 tons, which was only equivalent to the weight of a light tank, and its armor protection was not strong.
The new appearance of the zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicle family is very obvious. It is equipped with a retractable and foldable waveproof board at the front end of the vehicle body. It can offset the disturbance and resistance of some water flow on the vehicle body and increase the speed of the vehicle when maneuvering in the water. It can adjust its forward angle by itself according to the height of the waves and the required speed, which makes the entire vehicle body have the function of a sliding plate. If it is used for normal land combat, the waveproof board will retract back to the front body and will have the function of additional front armor. A rear water barrier adjustment plate that can be retracted by hydraulic lifting and lowering is installed at the rear of the vehicle body. It can be used for pedals when the carrier gets on and off the vehicle, and can also play a role in hydrofoil regulating the pitch balance of the vehicle body when sailing at sea. During normal land combat, the retracted rear adjustment plate can also play a role in rear armor protection.
Moreover, the front and rear waveproof boards, plus the side skirts that can be opened on both sides of the car body, can greatly increase the contact area between the entire car body and water, which not only increases the stability and safety of this type of car during the cruising, but also enables the assembled large-caliber weapons such as 105mm cannons to have the special effect of opening fire at any time during the cruising process without overturning.
The zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicle family includes four types:
The first type is an amphibious assault vehicle, also known as an amphibious tank, used for beachhead impact, equipped with a 105mm low recessed rifled tank gun section, and a qjz85 type 1.7mm air-resistant machine gun, and a 67 type 7.68mm coaxial machine gun;
The second type is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, mainly used for force transmission, equipped with a 0mm machine gun, and a Red Arrow-7a anti-tank missile is installed on both sides of the turret, and can carry seven soldiers;
The third type is an amphibious armored command vehicle, used for battlefield command and combat, equipped with powerful radar and electric communication system; the vehicle is equipped with a detachable qjz85 1.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun for self-defense.
The fourth type is an amphibious armored rescue vehicle, which can provide timely vehicle repair operations for landing combat formations. The front of the vehicle has been cancelled and replaced by a huge bulldozer shovel, which is used to clear anti-landing obstacles on the stands and shores and clear preset anti-infantry minefields, or to open up a landing ground for landing transportation helicopters. A telescopic crane arm with a lifting capacity of -5 tons can be installed on the vehicle, which can provide timely repair services for other armored vehicles on the battlefield. The vehicle is equipped with a detachable qjz85 1.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun for self-defense.
The two amphibious armored companies configured in this evacuation operation are an amphibious assault vehicle company and an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle company. The organization of armored troops is the same as the army. The three-three system is also implemented. One amphibious armored company has three armored platoons, each platoon has three amphibious armored vehicles. The company is equipped with four armored vehicles, two of which are command vehicles. In fact, commanding an armored company for combat is enough. The other command vehicle is used as a preparatory service, because one or two amphibious assault vehicles have little impact on the entire company, but without a command vehicle is a disaster for the entire company. The two maintenance platoons each have three armored rescue vehicles, a total of 32 zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicles.
The amphibious assault vehicle company participated in the landing operation, and a total of twelve zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicles were dispatched, eleven of which were assault vehicles, that is, there were eleven 105mm low-rear-ramped tank guns.
The fire control system of the zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicle is very advanced. It consists of a ballistic computer, a commander and gunner scope, a laser rangefinder located at the base of the gun pedestal, and a variety of sensors. In the left rear of the turret, a new photoelectric interference device is installed to interfere with and destroy incoming laser-guided ammunition. The maximum range is 5.4 kilometers. It can capture targets 1,000 meters away in seconds. It can capture targets 000 meters away in 14 seconds, with an accuracy rate of 90%. When converting the second target, it will take 4.9 seconds outside of 1,000 meters, and 19.6 seconds outside of 0,000 meters. Both the commander and gunner can shoot directly.
However, no matter how fast the zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicles are, they cannot catch up with the pedal. The speed of the 76 type steamboat is 50 knots per hour, which is almost three times that of the zbd-05 amphibious armored vehicles. Therefore, the Marine Corps waited for nearly half before the Armored Company arrived. However, the Armored Company received an order from the headquarters on the way, so after the armor arrived at the dock, it immediately lined up and bombarded the remaining ships anchored at the dock.
Chapter completed!