Chapter 49: The Eve of War 3
Gu Fulin paused for a moment, and couldn't help but look down at the time on his phone, it was already nine twenty-five minutes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Ships at night in this time and space are basically far away from the coast to prevent accidents such as grounding and hitting the reef at night due to the influence of light conditions. Although there are lighthouses and navigation lights of the Dongfeng at this time, it is still very dangerous to enter the port at night, so even though many maritime ships have entered the port during the day to trade with the Oriental Port, there are still no ships that dare to enter the port or even approach the coast at night.
However, at this time, these six bright spots are still approaching the Oriental Port at an unhurried and unhurried speed, and any abnormality is a demon, if there is a ship approaching at this time, then it must be to calculate the Oriental Port. Gu Fulin thought about it, picked up the walkie-talkie and started calling. "Duty room Duty room, this is the radar station, please answer when you hear it."
"Radar station, this is the center of the war situation, please speak." A loud voice came from the walkie-talkie.
"I'll go, Bu Zhongfu, right?" As soon as Gu Fulin heard it, he knew that it must be Bu Zhongfu, only he liked to call the duty room the war center when he was on duty.
"yes, what's wrong? Bored? Want to chat? Bu Zhongfu was cocking Erlang's legs at this time and chatting with a few elders next to him while playing cards, "Shunzi!" Who's still following? As he spoke, he threw five cards on the table.
"Talk about your size!" Gu Fulin said angrily, "There are ships approaching in the northwest direction, at a speed of about three knots, and a distance of about fifteen nautical miles. ”
"What?" Bu Zhongfu and the more than a dozen crew members of Cruiser No. 1 jumped up at once, and the card table that had not had time to clean up was suddenly knocked over, and the playing cards fell to the ground. "Got a job? How many ships? ”
"It should be six, the speed is only about three knots, it should be a sailboat."
"Nonsense, who else has a motor boat these days but us?" Bu Zhongfu grabbed the walkie-talkie and said, "You inform the Military Committee, I will take Cruiser No. 1 to take a look first." ”
Gu Fulin hurriedly grabbed the walkie-talkie and approached the side near the port direction of the operation room, and he saw a group of people running out of the duty building in the binoculars, running along the trestle to the No. 1 cruiser moored at the outermost, and then they began to line up on the trestle to count the number of people and equipment.
Cruiser No. 1 was one of the four 8154 fishing boats at the time of the crossing, and she was the one with the port number 001 at this time. The scorpion crossbow and trebuchet that the cruiser was equipped with before had been dismantled at this time, and the spring cannon newly developed by the military industry department could fully meet the requirements of naval warfare in this time and space, so the cruiser's long-range firepower had been replaced with this new artillery. In addition, in order to prevent the enemy from approaching the rear jumper, one machine gun was installed on the left and right sides of the roof of the wheelhouse - this is not the M240 machine gun brought by the crossing himself, but a product of time and space that imitates the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun - named the Type 1628 shipborne heavy machine gun. Because this machine gun is used on a fixed base on the ship, there is no need to consider its weight, so its weight is heavier than the original Type 92 heavy machine gun, and the empty gun weighs 29 kg. The caliber is also larger than the original, using 12 mm reloading shells. This machine gun ammunition feeding method is basically a copy of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, using a bullet plate feed, each bullet plate is loaded with 20 rounds, and the bullet plates can be connected to each other to maintain the continuity of fire when fired. Due to the relatively poor efficiency of the propellant in this time and space, the maximum range of this bullet can only reach about 800 meters, and the effective range is 600 meters. The gun has a total length of 1.2 meters, a barrel length of 70 centimeters, and four rifling wires in the barrel that are right-handed, and are air-withdrawn to maintain automatic fire. The machine gun has a maximum rate of fire of 380 rounds per minute, but it needs to maintain a rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute for accuracy. Because of its large caliber, this machine gun heats up very quickly when firing, and basically the barrel needs to be replaced after every 10 rounds of 200 rounds fired from the cartridge plate. The barrel is cooled by air, and the barrel is fitted with a heat sink that looks a bit like a honeycomb.
This machine gun was sent from the military industry only a few days ago, because it uses the same gun carriage as the M240, so it can be mounted directly on the original machine gun mount, but except for a test firing of 100 rounds when it was first delivered, no more fire was carried out. This time, Bu Zhongfu was excited, mainly because he had the opportunity to observe the performance of this machine gun in actual combat.
Compared to these machine guns, the bullets were easy to mass-produce, because the 1628 rifle used 12 mm bullets at this time, and the production line was basically off-the-shelf, and it was possible to produce it in large quantities with only a few changes in production equipment. These 12mm reload cartridge cases were two centimeters longer than those used in rifles, as the original rifle cartridges were found to have insufficient gases after combustion to push the bolt back to the seat to complete the loading action, and it took many tests before they were finalized. Each cruiser now had 4,000 rounds of ammunition on board, now in the ammunition compartments below deck, and some sailors began to bring up ammunition and put it in combat positions.
The sailors were soon in their positions, and then the diesel engines began to roar, then a nice reverse, then the whistle sounded, and then the navigation beacon drove out of the harbor.
The sound of the whistle broke the silence of the night in Dongfang Port, and soon Gu Fulin's phone call reached the Military Committee, and the veteran on duty at this time was Xue Ziliang, and when he received the warning call, he immediately sounded the alarm of the troops on duty in the entire Dongfang Port.
Groups of soldiers gathered in front of the barracks, lined up for roll call, went to the gun store to pick up their weapons, and then went to their respective preset positions under the guidance of the officer on duty. The only remaining platoon of the Marines had assembled according to the battle plan and rushed to the preset position by the harbor to prepare for defense, their duty was mainly to prevent the enemy from landing on the beach and attacking the harbor, although these Marines still had Senate rifles in their hands, but they succeeded in obtaining a Type 1628 shipborne heavy machine gun as equipment through the request of the Military Council. At this time, the machine gun was mounted on an iron two-wheeled cart, and the ammunition truck was connected to the machine gun cart, which was loaded with 1,200 rounds, and the machine gun trailer was dragged around the field like a four-wheeled carriage.
According to the battle plan, the machine gun was to be placed near the lighthouse to suppress any enemy who might enter the harbor from the flank, while also strafing enemies trying to board the Dongfeng. The machine gun was towed under the lighthouse, and the two soldiers lifted the tail of the machine gun trailer, and then the other soldiers towed the ammunition truck aside, then opened the ammunition truck and began to press the bullets into the bullet plate. The operator of the machine gun pushed the machine gun to the preset position of the machine gun protruding eastward under the lighthouse, and then supported it with a bracket under the cart, and after fixing it, the magazine was opened, and the soldiers on the side sent a bullet plate. The loader stuffs the cartridge into the magazine, then loads, opens the safety, and prepares for firing. The loader holds a plate in his hand and hands it to the loader, who attaches the plate.
Gu Fulin looked at the active soldiers in the port a little dumbfounded, and when he saw the soldiers entering the combat position one after another, he couldn't help but run back to the radar screen and looked down.
At this time, a company of the army had rushed to the northern industrial zone under the leadership of the officer, and at this time the factories in the industrial zone had begun to cease production, except for the steel plant, and the militia, under the organization of the militia captain, had received weapons and prepared to defend the factories. This is the lifeblood of the industrial system of the Oriental Port, and if it is destroyed after the outbreak of fighting, there is a high risk of irreparable damage, so there is no room for loss here. Even Yuan Zhenli and He Rolling Long were picked up from the bed and began to prepare for the plane to take off.
At this time, the entire port has begun to control the lights, and the Dongfang Port in Gu Fulin's eyes is gradually turning from the original bright lights into a dark city, and the lamplighter in charge of lighting is turning on one after another methane lampshades along the highway and extinguishing them. Countless windows lit up, opened the doors, and after a few seconds the lights went out, and the staff of the sub-district offices were shouting at the throats of the naturalized residents to turn off the biogas lamps in the rooms, and gradually, the whole city was no longer bright. Gu Fulin couldn't help but look down at the time on his phone, nine forty-eight, the whole city has become completely dark in the past twenty minutes. In this time and space, this is definitely a record-breaking Dongfang Port speed, and he always feels that it is a bit redundant for the Military Committee to often engage in this kind of combat exercises, but today when he saw such a quick and effective completion of combat preparations, he couldn't help but nod and sigh secretly, it is really necessary to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
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Fifteen nautical miles east of Vostochny Harbor, a fleet on the sea is heading in the direction of Vostochny Harbor, these six ships are all Medeno warships, they are all the more elite Frontier-class warships in the Medeno warship, manufactured by the shipyard in the north of Yaning for the Medeno fleet. The displacement of the Fengrui-class battleship is about 3,600 tons, the total length is 70 meters, the width is 17 meters, the draft is 9 meters, and the gun deck is 58 meters long, the Fengrui-class has two gun decks, the upper deck is equipped with a total of 30 guns weighing 1.2 tons, 15 guns on each side, the lower gun deck is equipped with 32 guns of 1.5 tons, and there are four 1.5-ton guns on the first deck and 4 guns, and the aft deck is equipped with 6 1.5-ton guns. This double-deck battleship armed with 72 guns is absolutely invincible in this time and space. This 1.5-ton cannon should be about 12 pounds according to the standards of the old time and space, cast in bronze by the foundry of the Yaning people, the effective range of these guns is 700 meters, and the maximum range is about 1000 meters, but because of the ups and downs of the waves, they have no fire control system, and they cannot hit the target at 700 meters at all, so the naval guns of these ships can only maintain a certain accuracy in artillery battles close to about 200 meters between the two sides.
This fleet is the first fleet of the Medeno naval fleet, their mission is to assist the Nanban blockade and capture the port of Champa, to provide protection for the transport fleet that transports grain and grass behind, the Medeno people have been adrift at sea for hundreds of years since they were expelled from their homes by the mud statues, because the land they found is not very suitable for human survival, so they have been trying to get a piece of land to settle, at this time they have taken a fancy to the port of Champa this ready-made port city.