Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Big Bargain
As the largest military port of the Celestial Star Empire, Kangshan Port has very complete fortifications, on the north and south banks of the harbor and on the big island at the entrance, there are a total of 24 forts, equipped with more than 300 coastal defense guns, of which there are more than 80 shore defense guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm.
The Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire has specially formed an artillery wing, which has been stationed in the twenty-four batteries of Kangshan Port for a long time, and in Kangshan City, it is also the station of the 13th Infantry Division of the Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire.
Su Yi only learned from the telegram sent by the Admiralty of the Liuyun Empire that the Celestial Star Empire was preparing to abandon Kangshan Port, and as for the current specific situation of Kangshan Port, Su Yi certainly had no way of knowing.
Su Yi was even ready, once he found that the troops of the Celestial Star Empire with many forts in Kangshan Port resisted too fiercely, he would give up the plan to seize Kangshan Port, after all, if he used warships to shoot at shore defense guns, it would definitely be the warships that would suffer.
However, what made Su Yi ecstatic was that the artillery wing of the Celestial Star Empire stationed at the twenty-four forts in Kangshan Port immediately abandoned the twenty-four forts in Kangshan Port after the two fleets of the Celestial Star Empire began to break through, and hurriedly retreated into Kangshan City, and then took the last two trains in the Kangshan City Railway Station to evacuate Kangshan City.
A few days ago, the 13th Infantry Division of the Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire stationed in Kangshan City had already withdrawn first, and the entire Kangshan City and Kangshan Port, when Su Yi's troops began to land, there were only some policemen left to maintain law and order.
The troops under Su Yi's command who were responsible for the landing easily occupied the empty twenty-four forts, and by the late night of April 15, the entire Kangshan City had fallen into Su Yi's hands without bloodshed.
On the afternoon of April 16, in a study room of the county guard mansion in Kangshan City, Lu Sheng, the wing commander of the First Infantry Wing of the Xingang Garrison Force, reported to Su Yi respectfully: "Marshal, the Tianxing Empire troops guarding the twenty-four forts in Kangshan Port did not destroy them when they withdrew, so our Xingang garrison took over these twenty-four batteries completely, including the hundreds of thousands of shells stored in these batteries, and a large ammunition depot with millions of shells in Kangshan Port, as well as the shipyard in Kangshan Port. There are also dozens of factories in Kangshan City, and the troops of the Celestial Star Empire did not carry out any damage when they retreated, and now the ammunition depot, shipyard and dozens of factories have also been taken over by our Xingang garrison. ”
Lu Sheng was an army-type mid-level combat biochemical person, because He Yunfei did not come with the fleet this time, so Su Yi asked Lu Sheng to temporarily command four infantry wings.
Kangshan City is the county seat of Kangshan County, and Kangshan County is the direct territory of the royal family of the Celestial Star Empire, the royal family of the Celestial Star Empire, and even the royal families of other countries in the world, will appoint some civil officials to help the royal family manage the direct territory, the civil official in charge of a province is called the governor, the civil official in charge of a county is called the county guard, and the civil official in charge of a county is called the county order.
If it is a fief of a hereditary noble, the official positions of governor, county warden, and county magistrate are generally held by the nobles themselves, or by the nobles' cronies.
Su Yi only checked into the county guard mansion this morning, and the county guard of Kangshan County, as well as most of the officials in Kangshan City, had already evacuated Kangshan City with their families and the 13th Infantry Division of the Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire.
Su Yi nodded slightly, and then said to Lu Sheng with a smile: "We have picked up a big bargain this time, your commander will be able to come over with more troops in a few days, and in these few days, the heavy responsibility of guarding Kangshan City can only rely on your four infantry wings." ”
Su Yi had already sent the Second Battleship Squadron of the Independent Fleet and four destroyers, escorting seven transport ships, back to Newport City to pick up He Yunfei, and Su Yi would also send an infantry wing from Newport City and five special infantry wings composed of naval officers and sailors to Kangshan Port.
Lu Sheng immediately said aloud: "Don't worry, with the forty 105mm howitzers and twenty 155mm howitzers that the Great Shuai has equipped us, even if the Jisk Empire mobilizes the strength of a legion, our four infantry wings are confident that we will hold Kangshan City for more than a month, or even longer!" ”
Today is already April 16th, and now the troops of the Jisk Empire attacking Weinan Province of the Celestial Star Empire will need at least three or four days to reach Kangshan City, and He Yunfei will only need about five days to come to Kangshan City with six wings, and by the first day of May, Su Yi can also add another 12,500 army officers and soldiers and 24,000 naval officers and men to Kangshan City.
Coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of the cyborgs soldiers, as well as the large number of weapons and ammunition in the system item warehouse, Su Yi was still very confident in defending Kangshan City and even Kangshan Port.
Su Yi then turned to Wang Chengliang, the commander of the Independent Fleet, and asked, "How is that shipyard in Kangshan Port?" ”
Wang Chengliang said with a smile: "Dashuai, it is much better than I imagined, this shipyard has a total of four 25,000-ton docks, four 20,000-ton docks, six 15,000-ton docks and twenty-four small docks of less than 3,000 tons, at this time among the ten small docks, there are four light cruisers and six destroyers under construction, of which six destroyers have been completed more than 70 percent. ”
Su Yi said with some surprise: "How can the shipyard in Kangshan Port have so many large docks, doesn't it mean that the Celestial Star Empire does not have the strength to build battleships?" ”
Wang Chengliang immediately said: "I asked several managers of the shipyard and learned that the large docks of the Kangshan Port Shipyard were all built for the maintenance of battleships, and perhaps the Celestial Star Empire would also use these large docks to build battleships by itself in the future." ”
"That's cheaper for us, in this naval battle, we captured four dreadnought battleships, four former dreadnought battleships and two ironclad battleships of the Jisk Imperial Navy, but there is a place for overhaul, can the Kangshan Port Shipyard still operate normally?"
"There is no problem in starting work, more than 1,000 technicians and workers in the Kangshan Port Shipyard live in Kangshan City, and I heard from several managers that these technicians and workers basically did not leave Kangshan City, and most of the people who left Kangshan City with the army of the Celestial Star Empire were officials and wealthy businessmen, and not many ordinary people left."
Su Yi nodded and said: "Then let the Kangshan Port Shipyard start work immediately, repair the ten battleships we captured as soon as possible, and in more than a month, the independent fleet will have to face an expeditionary fleet of the world's second navy!" ”
The four dreadnought battleships captured by the independent fleet this time, including two Saint-Sword class and two Jewel-class, the Saint-Sword class dreadnought battleship has six twin 45-caliber 305 mm main guns, a standard displacement of 21,300 tons, and a full load displacement of 22,350 tons.
The Jewel-class dreadnought battleship has five twin 45-caliber 305 mm guns, with a standard displacement of 19,500 tons and a full load displacement of 21,000 tons.
The four captured former dreadnought battleships, although of different types, all had a full load displacement of more than 15,000 tons, and all had four 40 times the caliber of 305 mm main guns and four 203 mm secondary guns.
And both ironclad battleships had a full load displacement of nine thousand tons, and each had four guns of 30 times the caliber of 305 mm.
Su Yi did not lack naval officers and sailors in his hands, so Su Yi decided that after these ten battleships were repaired, they would all join the independent fleet.
During the naval battle, an armored cruiser with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons and a light cruiser with a displacement of about 1,500 tons were captured.