Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

At five o'clock in the morning, dozens of warships slowly appeared on the sea.

These dozens of warships had no lights on them and no movement. They were as quiet as night cats as they slowly moved forward on the sea.

However, dozens of warships are equipped with the most advanced and terrifying firepower in the world today.

The total number of warships should be around sixty.

After approaching Shanghai, about sixty warships all headed towards the six docks on Shanghai.

In the pitch-black night, they approached Shanghai like devils.

At five o'clock in the morning, when the sea was still pitch dark, sixty warships that had approached six docks launched an attack almost simultaneously.

Boom, boom, boom...

Countless shells and torpedoes flew towards the six docks on Shanghai Beach.

The Japanese attack has officially started.

At the same time as the Japanese launched the attack, the lights at the six major ports in Shanghai were all lit up.

The lights of Shanghai are bright.

The warships, artillery, and tanks stationed on the sea also launched attacks, bombarding the Japanese warships.

The two sides fought a fierce battle on the sea.

The six major docks started the attack almost at the same time, so after the battle started, all six major docks were engulfed in flames.

For a while, the whole of Shanghai was filled with gunfire.

There were huge vibrations coming from everywhere.

The six major docks in particular were immediately lit up by the explosions of artillery shells.

The war has begun...

On the sea, Kawaki Kihide stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

He held a telescope in his hand and looked through it at the battle taking place in the six major ports ahead.

There was artillery fire in the sky ahead, and countless shells collided in the air.

Whether it was on the dock or on the sea, there was a lot of noise everywhere.

They were watching this naval battle dozens of miles away, but they could still feel the deafening sound of the artillery shells exploding.

Kitajima Ryuichi was standing nearby, he was also watching the battle ahead, and said, "Commander Kawaki, the Dragon Country coalition seems to have made preparations in advance."

"Once we launched the attack at five o'clock, they immediately launched a counterattack."

"This was obviously deployed in advance. They should be prepared."

Kawaki Guixiu said: "I saw it. The Dragon people did make preparations in advance. They must have learned about our attack at five o'clock through some channel."

"But what can we do about it? Even if they knew the time of our attack, they couldn't do anything."

"Even if they can barely resist the attack now, it is just a struggle before death. It cannot change their outcome."

"What awaits them is still only death."

Kitajima Ryuichi said: "Commander Kawaki is right, they are just struggling before death."

"But, Commander, I think it's better to take Shanghai as soon as possible, otherwise things will change."

Kawaki Guixiu said: "I have already made a battle plan, no need to say more, just strictly follow the battle plan and attack."

"Shanghai will fall into our hands within a day."

Upon hearing this, Kitajima Ryuichi had no choice but to nod.

Ahead, on the sea, the Longguo coalition forces and the Japanese army were still fighting.

The Japanese were attacking fiercely, while the Longguo coalition forces were on the defensive.

One is attacking and the other is defending. The two sides are still in a stalemate and fighting for the time being.

It's hard to tell who will win.

This fight took three or four hours.

The fight lasted from five in the morning to ten in the morning.

After nearly five hours of fierce fighting, the six docks on Shanghai Beach and the sea were severely damaged.

The dock was almost completely blown to pieces by the shells, and the sea was littered with corpses and wreckage of warships.

After four or five hours of fierce fighting, both sides suffered heavy losses.

On the Longguo coalition side, dozens of warships were sunk. In addition, tens of thousands of people were killed under the fierce bombardment of the Japanese artillery shells.

There were a total of six docks, and at each dock, there were nearly several thousand or even ten thousand casualties.

Therefore, the total casualties have exceeded 60,000 to 70,000.

The situation was slightly better for the Japanese because they launched the attack from the sea and their target was very clear, which was the six docks.

Therefore, it is easier for them to attack.

The Longguo coalition forces need to aim at the Japanese warships, and the target of the warships must be smaller than the dock.

Moreover, the dock is fixed, so it is easier to attack. You just need to aim.

Warships are different. They can move at any time, and the Japanese warships are basically equipped with anti-aircraft shells.

Some shells were intercepted in mid-air.

Therefore, it is quite difficult to accurately hit the Japanese warships.

It is precisely because the two sides are in somewhat different positions, and there is also some gap in firepower.

Therefore, in this fierce attack that lasted more than five hours, the Dragon Kingdom coalition forces were at a disadvantage.

And the casualties were also relatively heavy.

The entire Dragon Kingdom coalition suffered approximately 70,000 casualties.

On the other hand, only 20,000 to 30,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, and the casualty rate was only half of that of the Longguo coalition forces.

From this, it can be seen that the Longguo coalition forces still have some gaps with the Japanese devils in terms of overall combat and military strength.

However, even so, the Longguo coalition forces had already deployed 1.2 million troops to garrison the Liuda ports in advance, with 200,000 troops in each port.

Plus advanced weapons such as warships, artillery, fighter jets, etc.

Therefore, after more than five hours of attack, the Japanese failed to capture the six major docks.

Not even a single Japanese soldier set foot in Shanghai.

At this time, in Shanghai, at the Allied Forces Headquarters.

Ye Yunfei, Yan Laoxi, Feng Yuxiang and others were observing the map.

In addition, listen to your subordinates' reports on the battle situation on the front line.

Li Bai said: "From five o'clock this morning until now, the Japanese have launched six or seven fierce attacks from the sea, and have sent fighter planes in turn to bomb the six major docks and Shanghai Beach."

"Although we tried our best to stop the Japanese attack, we also suffered heavy casualties."

"I have to say that the Japanese military strength is much stronger than ours."

"With their attacking style, if there are a few more waves of fierce attacks, I'm afraid we will find it difficult to resist."

"After all, we are at a disadvantage in all aspects when facing them."

After Li Bai finished speaking, Long Han also said: "Yes, the Changning Wharf where I guarded was also attacked crazily today."

"They dispatched more than ten warships and hundreds of fighter planes to carry out a frenzied bombing over Changning Wharf. The entire wharf was almost razed to the ground..."