Chapter 494: The Capture of Vladivostok (3)
"Eagle Strike 100* ready, target 2, launch!"
"Eagle Strike 100* ready, target 3, launch!"
"Eagle Strike 100* ready, target 4, launch!"
* One by one, they were launched from the Kunming ship and flew towards the direction of Vladivostok.
In fact, with the excellent level of information of the Kunming ship, there is no need to launch one after another, that is, it will launch all 8 Eagle Strike 100* at a time, and attack 8 different targets at the same time, it can also be done, after all, on the battlefield in the old time and space, every second counts, and a few seconds later may determine the outcome of a battle, so the more targets that can be hit at one time, of course, the better. And in order to ensure hits, 2 or even 3* hits are often used against a target. On the contrary, the hit rate of a single shot is not too high.
But this era obviously doesn't need to be so urgent, but to ensure the hit rate, each * must hit the target, not wasted, so it's better to shoot one shot at a time.
Since the distance between Lefu Island and Vladivostok is only more than 1,000 meters, the huge explosion caused by the first Eagle Strike 100* hitting the Russky Island of Lefu Island certainly alarmed the Russian army in Vladivostok. The sleeping soldiers were almost all awakened by the sound of the explosion, and the fire from the explosion radiated all the way to Vladivostok, illuminating almost half of the sky.
At this time, the Russian army in Vladivostok also understood that it was attacked by the enemy, although in the dark sea, it was impossible to see where the enemy was, but there was no need to ask to know that this enemy was only the East China government.
However, before the Russian army in Vladivostok could fully react, the KPA strike had already arrived, and the second YJ-100* Accurately hit the target, the main battery of the 1st fortress in Vladivostok, this battery covers an area of about 3,000 square meters, the front is spread out for nearly 200 meters, a total of 4 280 mm guns, 8 150 mm guns, 16 105 mm guns, of which 4 280 mm guns, 8 150 mm guns are installed in 4 cement brick fortresses, the front brick wall is nearly 1 meter thick, and the layer is also covered with a 20 cm thick concrete layer.
However, under the huge explosion of the YJ-100*, the entire battery was shrouded in the fire and smoke of the explosion, and all 16 105-mm guns were destroyed, 2 of the 4 fortresses were blown up, and the other 2 were severely damaged, and all the Russian soldiers left behind in the fortress were shattered and died.
Subsequently, the second and third Eagle Strike 100* shots also fell from the sky in turn, and the scene at the same time was played out twice in succession.
It took only more than 10 minutes from the launch to the target of the three * guns, but they had already destroyed all the three main batteries in Vladivostok, 12 280 mm guns, and 24 150 mm guns, and all that remained were some auxiliary batteries and some 105 mm, 88 mm, and 75 mm small and medium-caliber guns. It can be said that 3 Eagle Strike 100* destroyed most of Vladivostok's coastal defense forces.
And just as the YJ-100* was attacking Vladivostok, three KPA Navy battleships also bombarded Lefu Island, targeting several auxiliary batteries on the island.
In more than 10 minutes, the three battleships carried out 7 or 8 rounds of firing, dumping more than 100 shells onto Lefu Island, although it was fired in the dark, but there were shooting parameters provided by the Kunming ship, so the hit rate was still very high, although not all accurately hit the battery, but at least more than 90 percent of the shells fell on Lefu Island.
The island of Lefu is not large, less than 100 square kilometers, so more than 100 rounds of large-caliber artillery shells fell, covering almost the entire island. Even if some of the batteries were not hit, they would definitely be affected by the explosion.
At this time, the YJ-100* shore attack on Vladivostok had ended, so the three battleships also changed their targets and aimed their guns in the direction of Vladivostok. And the 3 protective cruisers in the back moved forward, taking over the 3 battleships and continuing the shelling of Lefu Island.
There were no large-caliber guns on the cruiser, but the small- and medium-caliber guns had a faster rate of fire and more intensive firepower, and at this time, the Russian troops on Lefu Island had no power to return fire, and the Russian troops in Vladivostok were also pinned, so although the sky had not yet brightened, Luo Yue still decided to launch a landing operation on Lefu Island. So the two landing ships came out of the formation and sailed in the direction of the island of Lefu.
However, Vladivostok's defense is much stronger than that of Lefu Island, although it was hit by 3 Eagle Strike 100*, there are still a large number of auxiliary batteries, and there are more than 80 small and medium-caliber guns, so when the 3 battleships bombarded Vladivostok, Vladivostok also launched a counterattack, and although the armored cruiser Gromo Bowie and the protective cruiser Warrior anchored in the harbor could not move, they also activated the guns on the ship to support the defenders on the shore. Therefore, the two sides fired at each other, and at the beginning the shore guns in Vladivostok were still fighting soundly, and they could be evenly matched with the KPA warships, and even surpassed the KPA warships in terms of firepower.
However, in the dark of night, the Russian troops in Vladivostok could not see the position of the KPA warship at all, and could only roughly determine a direction according to the spark flicker of the gun muzzle when the KPA warship fired, and then they could only shoot by feeling, so the effect of the shooting was naturally conceivable, and even if a few individual shells hit the KPA warship, except for the 4 203-mm guns on the Gromobowie, the other 100-mm shells were almost harmless to the battleships protected by heavy armor. The 12 152mm guns equipped on the other warship, the Warrior, could also inflict some damage on the three battleships of the KPA.
The three battleships have the Kunming ship to provide the firing parameters, and the accuracy is naturally much higher, and the lethality of the large-caliber naval guns is much greater than that of the small and medium-caliber guns on the Vladivostok side.
Soon after the two sides exchanged fires, the three battleships of the People's Army realized that the greatest threat to them was not the artillery of the shore defense, but the two warships moored in the harbor, so the three battleships first concentrated their firepower, focusing on the two remaining warships of the Russian army, and under the guidance of the Kunming ship, the strikes of the three battleships quickly responded, the Gromobowie received five guns in a row, two guns hit the deck, the main turret in the bow of the ship was damaged, the other three guns hit the side chord, were blown open two gaps, and began to sink into the water; and the Warrior also suffered three shots, all of which were hit by the side chord, and also began to enter the water, so the two warships lost their combat effectiveness。
After removing their biggest threat, the three battleships had no scruples, and boldly approached less than 5 kilometers from the shore. At this time, there was no need for the Kunming ship to provide firing parameters, and it was able to carry out accurate strikes only by relying on the flickering muzzle fire on the shore, so that the batteries were constantly destroyed, and the firepower of the coastal defense became weaker and weaker, but the firepower of the warships of the People's Army remained unchanged as always, and even the secondary guns on the ship also joined the fire, so that the shore fire of Vladivostok was completely suppressed by the three battleships.
And when the artillery battle between the two sides was fierce, the sky finally began to brighten, and a light gray-blue first appeared from the position where the sea and the sky met in the east, and was gradually shaded into light yellow, so that the color of orange and orange red, and continued to expand.
At this time, the KPA had completely occupied Le Fu Island, and the whole occupation process had encountered little strong resistance, and now the troops on the island were clearing the remaining Russian troops on the island, and the two landing ships were transferred back to the sea area where the transport ships were located, loading the second batch of landing soldiers, and at the same time the KPA also launched a landing operation towards Vladivostok.
Three landing ships carrying three battalions of soldiers headed for the shore of Vladivostok. The main guns of the three battleships had stopped firing at this time, and Bi Jing had no valuable targets worth using the main guns at this time, only the secondary guns were still firing, mainly to provide fire cover for the landing ships, because at this time, although most of the coastal defense batteries were destroyed, there were still sporadic artillery fire, but it could not prevent the landing ships from approaching the shore.
About 30 minutes later, the three landing ships rushed to shore at about the same time, when the first morning sun appeared on the horizon, and the Marines participating in the landing operation fought their way out of the landing ships and attacked their respective targets.
The main objective of the first batch of landed troops was not to immediately capture Vladivostok, but to occupy the Russian coastal defense batteries, first establish a beachhead, receive the arrival of the next group of landing troops, and then attack further on land when the army was strong.
Most of the Russian army's coastal defense batteries were destroyed by the KPA, and the few remaining batteries could not withstand the attack of the KPA, so at 7 o'clock in the morning, the KPA had completely established itself on the coastal beachhead of Vladivostok, and at this time, the second batch of three landing ships also washed up on the beach, so that the landing KPA had reached 6 battalions, about 4,500 people, and on the various transport ships, they also put down their boats, and some soldiers rowed ashore in small boats.
And Luo Yue, who was on the Kunming ship, was also relieved, the landing had been successful, so the next step was to occupy Vladivostok. By this time the six battalions that had already gone ashore were divided into two groups of three battalions each, one of which was the first to attack the port of Vladivostok, while the other remained on the beachhead. And the three cruisers also turned to attack the port by sea to cooperate with the attack of the marines.
Vladivostok is a seaport city, the port is the most important facility in the city, the layout of the whole city is also along the port, the occupation of the port, is equivalent to the occupation of Vladivostok, and only by occupying the port, can the ship dock, the army, weapons, materials on the ship are brought down, put into battle, so the offensive and defensive battle of the port, it has become the key to this battle.