Just as the People's Army fleet bombarded the southeast coastal city of Japan, Luo Yue had already taken the Xiangyang ship to the waters near the Nodeng Peninsula to reconnaissance the hydrological conditions of the landing site and shore defense facilities.

During his stay in Shanghai, Luo Yue commissioned the Navy to take pictures of the Nong Peninsula and the Izu Peninsula, and applied to send a surveying ship to measure hydrology in the coastal areas of these two peninsulars, and did land. However, Luo Yue himself was unable to escape due to his busy military affairs, so he was unable to observe the battlefield in person. Although Luo Yue had determined the landing location through these early data, he could not see it with his own eyes. Luo Yue always felt that he had no idea. Now the landing fleet can finally attack, but because the speed of the four Zhenyuan-class ironclad ships was too slow, Luo Yue decided to take the Xiangyang ship to the waters near the Nong Peninsula to observe the situation of the whole body.

Before crossing, the Xiangyang ship was the oldest of the five crossing warships. It had been 12 years since the service. It had been 6 years since crossing to this era. Although the East China government tried its best to maintain these crossing warships and extend their service life, the technical level of this era was too backward. Therefore, these five modern warships all had different degrees of loss. Fortunately, the loss was mainly the hull and mechanical power parts, while the ship-based electronic equipment and weapon systems were basically intact. The most affected was the ship speed. The original fastest speed of the Xiangyang ship was 28 knots, and the current maximum speed can only run at about 25 knots. In order to reduce machine wear, it is best not to drive at a speed of more than 20 knots, but this is nearly 1 times faster than the speed of the landing fleet.

One day later, the Xiangyang ship arrived at the waters near the Nongden Peninsula and released a drone to observe the selected landing location.

Luo Yue chose the landing location in the Yuzha Town area in the central and western part of the Noden Peninsula. "Machi" in Chinese is called a field, a field path or a unit of measurement; while in Japanese, it mainly means a town. Yuzha Town is also a small town or a small town.

The terrain of the Nodeng Peninsula is mainly low hills, but in the middle of the peninsula, there is a narrow plain terrain, from the west to the east, with a total length of about 15 kilometers, running through the entire peninsula, with a width of about 3-4 kilometers. Yuzha Town is the western end of the narrow plain, and the eastern end is Shino City, the largest city in the Nodeng Peninsula. Therefore, it is very beneficial for the People's Army to land in Yuzha Town, occupy this plain area, and then arrange defense lines along this plain area.

Judging from the pictures sent back by the drone, the beaches in the Yuzha Town area are indeed very flat, which is conducive to landing ships directly rushing to the beach, so they are very suitable for landing operations. Moreover, the beach garrisons in the Yuzha Town area are also very slack. Although some turrets are also built along the coast, these turrets are very simple. Not only are all open-air turrets, but they are not equipped with many weapons. The artillery cannons are at most 100 mm caliber. Its function is not so much for defense, but more suitable for warning.

It turned out that Japan's coastline was nearly 30,000 kilometers long. Even if it was not counted as the inland sea, it only had an outer outline of more than 5,000 kilometers. Therefore, of course, Japan could not strictly deploy defenses on every coast, and could only focus on defending several key areas. Now there are three key areas in Japan, first of all, the Tokyo Bay area, which is the capital of Japan, and naturally ranks first; the second is the Nagasaki area southwest of Kyushu Island, which is Japan's main external port and naval base, and is naturally also a key area; the third is Osaka and Kyoto area, which is Japan's commercial area, with a very developed economy. Most of this area is located in the Inland Sea of ​​Laito, and only a small part is located on the outland sea. Generally speaking, enemy warships will not penetrate deep into the Inland Sea, so they rank third.

In addition to these three key areas of defense, the defense of other areas can only be about personnel and affairs. Therefore, it can also be said that once Japan loses control of the sea, it cannot stop the enemy from landing. Of course, Japan can also choose to release the enemy's shore and then fight the enemy on land.

The Nodeng Peninsula is not a developed area in Japan. The local economy is mainly about fishing and fishing under the sea. There are no big cities. Therefore, it is natural that the garrison of the shore and land is very empty.

In addition, the picture sent back from the drone also found that there were several small docks and many fishing boats on the shore. Luo Yue was also very happy with these situations, because having fishing boats means that there must be villages nearby. In this way, after the People's Army landed on land, it could not only find local people to understand the situation, but also catch some free labor. Anyway, the East China government was here to carry out the destruction this time, so there was no need to worry about it. It should be used as coolies. In addition, these small docks can also be used to load imperial supplies, which can also save the People's Army from building temporary trests.

Overall, the Yuzhamachi area is indeed suitable for landing operations, and Luo Yue is also full of confidence in the successful landing, so now you can start the landing battle when the landing fleet arrives.

Two days later, the landing fleet finally arrived at the sea near Yuzha Town. So at 5 a.m. the next day, the People's Army launched a landing battle. This landing and firepower from the other side were carried out at the same time.

Luo Yue is not a rigid commander. Any landing operation must be carried out first and then on the order of landing. It is obvious that the sea defense strength in the Yuzha-cho area is quite weak. If it is still carried out step by step, it will be too wasteful time. Therefore, the fire strikes on the opposite side can be carried out simultaneously, which can speed up the attack speed. Of course, it is good to be able to quickly destroy the sea defense turret. If not, as long as the fire strikes on the opposite side can restrain the sea defense firepower of the enemy and cover the landing troops to get ashore. Moreover, the People's Army has long had a dedicated landing ship, which can send one battalion of troops to the shore completely at a time, and there is no need to gather the troops after the landing troops arrive. After the landing troops arrive, the task of capturing the fort can be completed.

After the order was issued, the four Zhenyuan-class ironclad ships and two armored cruisers entered the sea. Bao Hai each determined their targets and fired and bombarded. At the same time, the four landing ships that first attacked also drove at full speed and headed towards the shore.

It would take some time before the landing ships rushed to the beach, but the roar of artillery on each warship broke the silence before dawn. On the slightly bright sea, the artillery fire broke out and flickered continuously, and a series of explosions sounded near the coastal artillery.

The Japanese soldiers guarding the fort did not expect that they would be attacked from the sea. Although they had received news of the Japanese fleet artillery fired by the People's Army along the coast in the past few days, the People's Army's artillery fire was mainly concentrated in the southeastern part of Japan, and there were no valuable targets at all. How could the People's Army attack here? Therefore, the defenders here were not prepared at all. The soldiers who were watching were all sleeping. As a result, the People's Army's formation was hit by the head-on artillery. The few cannons were no longer able to fight back. In 30 minutes, 5 or 6 cannons were destroyed by the People's Army's cannons, and the remaining 2 or 3 had completely lost their resistance. During this entire artillery fire, all the cannons only fought back, and they were all out of breath, with no accurate lead.

At this time, the four landing ships rushed to the shore almost at the same time. The roll of the bow of the ship was lowered, and the soldiers of the People's Army rushed out of the landing ship and boarded Japanese territory. At this time, the warships also stopped shelling and handed over the remaining battle to the landing troops. At the same time, Luo Yue sent four landing ships of the second batch of landing troops and drove towards the shore.

Before departure, Luo Yue had already arranged a task for the first batch of landing Marine Corps' 1st Regiment, the 1st Battalion, was responsible for the shore guards. The 2nd Battalion was to attack the shore defense turrets. If the turret was destroyed by the artillery fire of the fleet, it would sweep the wreckage of the turrets and eliminate the remaining Japanese soldiers. If the turrets were in the turrets, the 3rd Battalion would capture the docks and prepare to welcome the large troops to ashore. The turret headquarters of the 1st regiment stayed at the shore and established a temporary command center to meet various troops.

So after getting ashore, the troops immediately followed the orders, and the first battalion immediately dispersed into units of companies to occupy key points near the shore, and then quickly deployed to guard against enemy attacks. Although it was unlikely that Japan would have deployed too many troops in Yuzha Town, it was also necessary to guard against it.

The second battalion was even more scattered and could only run towards the various shore defense turrets in platoons. Fortunately, most of the turrets had been destroyed by naval guns, and the remaining 2 and 3 were scared out of fear. They had not recovered yet. Therefore, when the People's Army's troops arrived, they had no power to resist. Some were shot dead by the People's Army, and most of the soldiers surrendered to the People's Army.

The troops attacking the dock also went very smoothly. At this time, there were only a few fishermen who were vigiling at the dock. Of course, they had no resistance and surrendered all of them. In fact, this so-called dock was very simple, which was the concentrated berthing location of a fishing boat composed of 5 or 6 trestles. Only one of the trestles was built with stone and dozens of meters deep into the sea. There were more than a dozen large fishing boats on both sides. The rest of the trestles were made of wooden structures and were shorter into the sea. All of them were anchored in small and medium-sized fishing boats. However, after rough calculations, there were still many fishing boats parked at this dock, and at least hundreds of them were in total. It seemed that the scale of this fishing village was quite large.

At 6:30 a.m., the landing operation was basically over. The People's Army itself! It fully controlled the landing beach area and established a relatively complete beachhead position. At this time, even if a large Japanese army came to attack, it could withstand a long time. It also controlled a small dock. The People's Army's transport ships could dock on the side of the stone trest bridge of the dock, loading and unloading goods, and up and down personnel. Moreover, the entire battle process went very smoothly, and the People's Army had almost no casualties. Apart from the early shelling, they didn't even fire a few guns.
Chapter completed!