Chapter 81 is full of bad news

What shocked Sima Cuo was that the enemy's handwriting still shocked him, for the sake of a small arsenal, they actually used the dead soldiers at the rank of captain, which is really great courage - in Datang, the captain is already a middle and senior officer, and he can lead the troops to fight alone, and then there are captains and partial generals.

I don't know how much resources it takes to train such a high-level dead soldier, and now it's just to blow up an arsenal, and it's a big waste to sacrifice it so easily...... But think about it carefully, if you can seize Coconut Harbor and get all the wealth and technology in it, what is a small lieutenant? Not to mention a captain, even a general is probably willing.

"It's our brigade commander." Although he was surprised at why Sima Cuo asked this, Commander Wu still replied quickly: "Just now, the brigade commander went into the ammunition depot to count the ammunition, but not long after entering, the ammunition depot exploded...... Of our more than 100 brothers, only a few of us survived because we were far away, woo woo woo ......"

"Damn it......" Commander Wu's answer confirmed Sima's guess, and he decisively issued an order: "Order it immediately, all the remaining ammunition depots will be sealed immediately, no one will be allowed to enter without my order, otherwise there will be no mercy, and everyone else will immediately evacuate the No. 2 and No. 3 ammunition depots to avoid secondary explosion damage; In addition, an army was sent to strengthen the guard in the city, and if any wrongdoers or suspicious people were found, they would be arrested immediately; Third, everyone should immediately return to their posts, and they should not slack off in the slightest...... And just like that, the meeting was adjourned......"

"Yes."

Sima Cuo issued several orders in a row, and it can be said that the task was arranged quite thoroughly, and the generals immediately received orders and went to carry out the tasks according to Sima Cuo's orders.

Sima Cuo's order was very decisive, but at the same time as he gave the order, two more ammunition depots were bombed - you must know that there are only seven arsenals in the entire Coconut Harbor, which contains ninety percent of the hot weapons and equipment of all the armies of the entire Coconut Harbor, including the Marine Corps, of which four of the seven arsenals are ammunition depots and three are arsenals, and these seven arsenals are stored enough to support the number of ammunition for all the Coconut Harbor troops to fight for half a month, but now the four that have been blown up are all ammunition depots, The remaining three arsenals are all stored with guns and cannons, but the guns and cannons without ammunition are estimated to be used without burning sticks.

"Damn, so we're only five people on average right now with a base number of bullets?" Sima Cuo's face was ugly, all the ammunition was blown up, but fortunately, there were still some ammunition stored between the battalions, just because the official system was very strict, and the amount of ammunition they each stored was not very large, for example, bullets, on average, there were less than 30 rounds per person (150 rifle bullets), and the average number of shells was less than 15 rounds per cannon...... Fifteen shells, it seems like a lot, but if the battle is fierce, it can only last less than two hours at most - at this time, Sima Cuo and the others did not know that the enemy also had artillery, and if such a little ammunition was a cannon bombardment, let alone two hours, it would be used up in two quarters of an hour.

"Fortunately, there is no accident with our coastal defense battery, even if it is an attack by our fleet, it should be able to support for several hours, the enemy does not even have artillery, as long as there is no problem with the coastal defense battery, they will definitely not be able to break through our defense line, enough to support us for a day or two." Seeing that the atmosphere was rather solemn, a general dressed as a Marine Corps couldn't help but say good news, which could be regarded as enlivening the atmosphere.

"This is indeed good news, the order is to go down, the ammunition depots of the coastal defense batteries are all blocked, and no one is allowed to enter unless there is a war, but if they violate, they will be punished as espionage, and each battery can be killed directly on the spot." Sima mistakenly heard this, his face was also a little soothed, because the caliber of the coastal defense battery is more than 150 millimeters, the shells are very heavy, each shell is more than 200 catties, if it is placed in the rear ammunition depot, it will become very difficult to transport it back and forth, once a war occurs, it is likely that the ammunition will not be transported in time, resulting in the battery being unable to fight.

Therefore, the shells of the coastal defense batteries are placed separately from the arsenal - behind each coastal defense battery is connected to a separate small ammunition depot, which not only contains ammunition for the battery, but also various transportation equipment, such as pulley sets, cranes, and even some more large caliber batteries are specially laid with rails and corresponding flat cars (manpower), in order to quickly transport artillery shells in wartime and avoid untimely supply of shells.

According to the amount of ammunition stored in the coastal defense battery, at least each cannon is three bases as the starting point, and with the reinforced concrete permanent fortifications of the upper battery, the super defense will not have any problems even if it is directly hit by the main gun of the battleship, it can be said that the defense is amazing, and it should be no problem to support it for a few hours - the only drawback is that the coastal defense battery is fixed, which is equivalent to a live target, as long as the enemy has a sufficient number of shells and enough effort, it can be knocked out sooner or later. Moreover, artillery has a firing range, if the enemy really plays the tactics of crowds and rushes forward desperately, once he rushes through the firing range of the artillery, then he can only watch the enemy advance, and then it is time for the army and marines to play.

"Deputy Governor, no, the timber mill in Area No. 2 is on fire, and the fire is soaring." Just when everyone was a little more relaxed, another bad news poured a basin of cold water on everyone's heads.

"Damn it." Sima Cuo is about to go crazy, why is the enemy so difficult, just now the morale has improved a little, they came out again, the second area is a gathering area of craftsmen, not only there are a large number of craftsmen, but also a lot of factories, especially the shipbuilding industry is extremely developed, from the lowest timber cutting plant to the last shipyard has everything, forming a perfect industrial chain, if there is a problem here, then the consequences will be very serious.

Although he was very annoyed, Sima Cuo immediately ordered: "Everyone, prepare according to my orders, the war will start soon, the whole city will be under martial law, and no one will stay on the streets except for patrol soldiers......"

"Yes." The generals took orders one after another and began to go down to arrange tasks, especially in the rear of several urban districts, which are the top priority of defense, this is their big rear, and if there is chaos here in the war, then they are easy to be attacked by people in front and rear.

(End of chapter)