You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

In order to seize the credit for capturing Jiangyin, Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, became completely bloodthirsty.

He knew very well that the army's idiots had already gone around to seize Nanjing. If the navy didn't produce some results soon, they would have to keep their heads down at the imperial conference in the future.

As a result, the Japanese navy mobilized almost its entire force this time.

Although the main cruisers and destroyers were blocked downstream by the sunken ship blockade, Kiyoshi Hasegawa gave a strict order to gather all the small ships that could squeeze through the gaps in the blockade and form a large assault fleet.

Leading the charge was the Japanese 11th Gunboat Squadron.

The two 300-ton "Seita" class river gunboats, Hira and Hozu, took the lead as flagships, thanks to their thick armor and heavy armor.

Equipped with 76mm anti-aircraft guns and multiple heavy machine guns, they were a formidable firepower point on the river.

Following closely behind were five 100-ton "Atami"-class second-class gunboats, as well as old-fashioned shallow-draft gunboats drawn from various squadrons.

Surrounding these regular warships were dozens of armed motorboats.

These small boats, equipped with Type 92 heavy machine guns and some even welded with mortars, surged toward the Jiangyin River like a swarm of piranhas that had smelled blood.

"Kill them! Charge forward and sink all the Chinese ships!"

The Japanese major brandished his sword and yelled wildly on the bridge of the "Hira".

However, what awaited them was Lin Feng's inland river fleet, which had been sharpening its swords for a long time.

"Don't conserve ammunition, don't worry about casualties, we must push the Japanese back!"

Lin Feng knew that in times of crisis, it was even more important to use troops swiftly and decisively.

At this time, the river was full of civilians and soldiers crossing the river. If the Japanese fleet were to break in, it would be a massacre.

In the reed marshes, the roar of an engine suddenly erupted.

Two LCS fire support vessels took the lead, like two mobile steel fortresses, directly blocking the middle of the river.

The 76mm main gun on the bow and the twin 40mm Bofors machine guns on the deck opened fire simultaneously, instantly creating a dense wall of fire on the river.

Immediately afterwards, several PT heavy fireboats, like mad dogs, charged directly into the Japanese ship pile-up at speeds of up to 40 knots.

The two sides instantly clashed, without any tactical probing, and went straight into hand-to-hand combat with bayonets drawn.

"boom!"

A Japanese armed motorboat was blown up by the 37mm machine gun on the PT boat. The wooden hull disintegrated instantly, and the Japanese soldiers on board were blown to pieces before they could even scream.

But the Japanese had far too many small boats.

After sinking two Japanese motorboats, a PT boat was hit on the side by the 76mm main gun of the Japanese ship "Hira".

The violent explosion tore the hull apart, but at the last moment, the captain of the PT boat managed to steer the burning warship at full speed into a Japanese 100-ton gunboat next to it.

"BOOM—!!!"

The two boats collided, and flames shot into the sky.

The river was stained dark red, and there were burning remains and floating corpses everywhere.

This reckless fighting style effectively curbed the Japanese fleet's frenzied momentum.

However, the real crisis comes from above.

"Buzzing—"

The suffocating roar of engines echoed through the sky, sounding like thousands of wasps flapping their wings.

The Japanese air force has arrived.

This time, it was a joint attack from the Kisarazu Air Group and the Kanoya Air Group.

Dozens of various fighter jets blotted out the sky.

Flying at the highest point were the Type 96 carrier-based fighters responsible for escort and strafing; their silver fuselages gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

The middle layer consisted of bulky but heavy Type 96 land-based attack aircraft, which carried heavy bombs inside their bellies, intended for destroying docks and fortifications.

At low altitudes, there were also a dozen or so old Type 95 biplane fighters, darting around like flies, searching for blind spots in the ground's air defenses.

However, Lin Feng was prepared, and he transferred the main force of the air defense regiment to the vicinity of the docks on both sides of the strait.

"Open fire!"

With a roar from the air defense regiment commander, the air defense fire network deployed on the docks and beachheads on both sides of the river instantly erupted.

"Sizzle sizzle—"

That was the distinctive sound of a quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft gun.

More than a dozen quadruple-mounted machine guns fired simultaneously, with a rate of fire of thousands of rounds per minute, scattering countless tracer rounds into the sky.

Red and yellow chains of light intertwined in the air, weaving a dense, impenetrable net of deathly fire.

Immediately afterwards, the dull "thump-thump" of the 37mm anti-aircraft guns joined the chorus, and clouds of black smoke exploded in the flight path of the Japanese aircraft.

Furthermore, two 88mm heavy anti-aircraft guns deployed at the dock roared deafeningly, specifically targeting the Type 96 land-based attack aircraft high in the air.

Looking up from his position at the Huangshan Fort, Lin Feng saw an exceptionally magnificent scene.

Countless fire dragons surged upwards against the current, soaring straight into the sky, as if to tear the heavens apart.

"Baka! The comments are too dense!"

In the sky, the Japanese pilots were horrified to discover that they seemed to have crashed into an iron wall.

A Type 96 land-based attack aircraft had just entered its dive flight path when it was struck by a burst of 37mm high-explosive shells on its wing.

"boom!"

The fuel tank caught fire, the huge wing broke off in mid-air, and the entire plane, like a giant fireball, spun and crashed into the river, sending up a water column several meters high.

But there were just too many Japanese planes. They split into several waves and launched dives from different directions.

"Throw the bomb! Throw the bomb!"

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

A piercing shriek echoed across the dock.

One aerial bomb after another fell like raindrops.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The earth trembled, and dirt and shrapnel flew everywhere.

An anti-aircraft artillery position was unfortunately hit directly by an aerial bomb.

The violent explosion instantly blasted the entire cannon and its crew into pieces, leaving only a huge crater billowing black smoke.

Anti-aircraft gunners and M2HB heavy machine gunners firing at the air were constantly being knocked down by shrapnel.

"Reserve players, get in there! Don't stop firing!"

Immediately, new gun crew members rushed forward to take over from their fallen comrades, took the gunner's position, continued to crank the handwheel to aim, and then stepped on the firing pedal to continue firing.

The sky seemed to have exploded.

Japanese planes continued to crash, trailing black smoke, and ground-based air defense positions were also affected by the blast waves.

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If the battle on the river was a fierce hand-to-hand combat, then Huangshan Fortress was the rock that stood firm in this storm.

Inside the fort, Lin Feng personally oversaw operations.

The 240mm fortress guns, 150mm naval guns, and 88mm dual-purpose guns formed a three-tiered firepower network covering long, medium, and short ranges, blasting the river surface into a boiling pot of water.

Huge columns of water rose continuously around the Japanese fleet, and each drop of water created towering waves.

Even if the 240mm fortress gun missed, its immense power alone could sometimes capsize the surrounding Japanese small boats with the shockwave.