The entrance to the Panama Canal, this is just a management office, although it forms a city, there is also a certain amount of protection, but it can not be used as a port, most of the warships guarding Panama, are in the core part of the Batong Lake, this era, the United States has occupied the hegemony of the Americas, no one dares to challenge the status of the United States in the Americas, so to a certain extent, he made a mistake, as a defense of the excited power of the ships, although they have come out one after another, but in the face of the stormed locks, no ship dares to come out.

This is also the sadness of the canal, unless at the entrance of the canal, a heavily guarded military port, otherwise, once blocked, it is difficult to get out, just like the Kiel Canal, which was originally built to speed up the speed of sending troops, but under the blockage of the British, even if the German water power has gradually overwhelmed the British, the direction of the high seas fleet is still the Baltic Sea.

A large number of American warships had to huddle in the interior of the canal, they did not dare to go out, and even some of the warships had to retreat to Lake Batong, where the other side attacked the locks and dams, and if they remained inside, once the locks were breached, they would be washed into the sea under the turbulent current, and even if there were no enemy warships, they would be in danger of loss, let alone in a state of war.

In Panama, according to the previous investigation, the battleships were very large, and there were at least 70 warships of all sizes, including a large number of torpedo boats and destroyers.

If they arrive in Panama, the opponent's high-speed warships are outside the canal, they will also be very troublesome, with the help of radar and naval guns, etc., the fantasy class can kill these small ships, but it will waste a lot of time, one day, two days, or even three days, now it's okay, the American warships don't dare to come out, this time the Zicheng Biguang Department will be more safe, after they have destroyed all the land-based artillery fire, they began to attack closer, with a closer position, increase hits.

On the periphery of the Panama Canal, anti-Poti is not the point, not a single shell fell on them, mainly the dam, which is the focus of the attack, only the complete destruction of the dam can be regarded as the destruction of the entire Panama Canal, at least for a certain period of time, the role of the Panama Canal cannot be used.

The four capital ships were lined up in a diamond shape, divided into four directions, and attacked the dam, the huge dam between the Atlantic Ocean and the canal, as if it were a towering giant, but in the face of the attack of modern weapons, it was still damaged. With the highest accuracy, the attack intensity may not be as strong as the previous salvo in a short period of time, but the hit rate is greatly increased, and after each total is in place, it will be calculated, and then attack other positions, all of which are tungsten core armor-piercing bullets, for reinforced concrete targets, the armor-piercing ability is quite excellent, although the thickness of the dam may exceed 100 meters, especially the foundation at the bottom.

The upper dam, if attacked, it is easy to get results, but it is not the best solution, if the foundation is still there, just to supplement the foundation, which will take much less time, only to attack the bottom, this is the way to destroy the dam, once the dam is destroyed, the dam will not be restored for a long time, as long as this time is more than 6 months, it is a victory for China.

China is already preparing to attack Australia, attacking the Australian fleet plays a small role, but if the Panama Canal is destroyed, buy China 6 months, China can directly attack Hawaii and the islands of the United States in the Pacific, when these control into the hands of the Chinese, and on some islands where airports can be built, if airports are built, for China, it is a great strategic advantage, when the power of aircraft and aircraft carriers cannot reach a certain level, This will be a defensive fulcrum, and no force will be able to break through this defense.

However, any dam is weak at the top, wide at the bottom, and the underground part may even be as long as 100 meters, which is a huge reinforced concrete structure, so as to be able to withstand the drop of 30 meters, or even higher water pressure, the 8 weak points of the Chinese fleet attack are basically below the third of the dam, these were originally impregnable dams, under the repeated attacks of armor-piercing shells, there are still obvious holes on it.

Armor-piercing shells, especially Chinese armor-piercing shells, have come out of a unique style, although they are hard materials, but for unprotected reinforced concrete results, the armor-piercing capacity is quite high, generally speaking, can penetrate more than 2 meters, but unfortunately compared to the bottom of at least 100 meters or more, more than 200 meters wide to hold the dam, this gap is too small, like a little spot on the wide surface. The battleship is strong enough, but in the face of the largest dam on the landing, the seventh wonder of the world, it is still a little weak, this is not an order of magnitude above the thing.

On the dam, there is no one left, in the face of the attack of the battleship fleet, how can there be people on the dam, but at the rear of the dam, the commander in charge of the protection of Panama, but his face is like earth, the other party's purpose is extremely obvious, that is, for this dam, is to completely disintegrate the Panama Canal, the dam can resist the 8-magnitude earthquake, and has a strong protection against the attack of the battleship, but in case, if the dam is broken, he will be the commander. Although there is nothing in the United States here, and he will die in the dam, but after this time, his resume is definitely swarthy, and he will not have any chance.

But at this moment, he has no choice but to hold the cross and shout God bless, he can only hide in the distance, his position is to see everything above the dam, every shell falls on the dam, as if it is ringing in his heart, that feeling, absolutely like a year.

It can be said unceremoniously that the other party's attacks are mainly concentrated in some parts of the dam, although he is not a structural engineer, but he did not choose an indiscriminate attack, but a relatively accurate attack, especially on the top of the dam, after layers of dense penetration, the big hole that gradually appeared, made him a little worried, what if the dam was breached? There was no way, at this moment, he had no way but to call for help with the help of a telegram, and sent the telegram for help to the United States.

In fact, from the first wave of attacks by the Chinese fleet, the US Navy is in a state of emergency, in addition to sending people to contact the return fleet in Europe, on the other side, it is also considering the possibility of the Chinese destroying the dam.

Among the Admiralty. A group of structural engineers and engineers are concentrated in the study of the focus of the battleship attack, although in the eyes of most people, the dam is safe, but if it is attacked by the battleship's armor-piercing shells, there will still be some problems, at least the firmness of the dam, and even the future safety, there are huge threats, which need to be prepared in advance, and even need to be maintained, but as long as the Panama Canal dam is not destroyed on the spot, it is within the acceptable range.

The Panama Canal almost regarded the cable telegraph as a special line, the Panama direction, after getting the focus of the attack out, especially for the current damage to the dam, the chief structural expert was stunned for a moment, he is the main designer of the dam, he is very clear, all the structure of the dam, if the dam is in danger, then the danger must come from these aspects, in his opinion, more than 100 meters thick giant reinforced concrete structure, should not be able to be broken by the battleship, these places are the balance of mechanics, It is carefully designed and arranged, so that there will be no problems in the face of stress, water pressure, and even some foundation disasters.

However, if these points are attacked, there will be some problems, if the other side can defeat the dam, the first choice is these points, it seems that the Chinese side does not have a casual choice, their attack is very purposeful.

The chief expert did not directly ask the question, at this moment, what needs to be done is to make a selection, and asked some other experts, these scholars gathered their heads together, and seemed to be quite focused on the study, the US military representative next to him was a little worried, could it be that this Panama Canal, is there really going to be a problem?

Even if it is only a possibility, there will be a large-scale change in the strategy of the US Navy in the future, and this change must be prepared in advance, and if there is a problem in Panama, in 1916, the strategy in the Pacific will be problematic for the whole year.

Sure enough, after calculation, the expert found the military and asked about the power of the other party's attack, according to the damage assessment of the New York side, they basically calculated that the power of the armor-piercing shells, after some calculations, the experts breathed a sigh of relief, because these armor-piercing shells are unlikely to pose a threat to the dam as a whole, and it would be good if they could even destroy half of it.

It's not that these armor-piercing shells are not powerful, this armor-piercing bullet is probably the most powerful armor-piercing bullet encountered by American experts, but the dam is a super system project, maybe the concentration of firepower will make one, or even two gaps on the dam, but the dam as a whole, should not change much, this point, through the data of experts, has really shown.

The professional comments of the experts made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, if the loss of New York cheese money, if the Panama Canal was damaged, the relationship is the overall strategic security, once the East and West of the United States are cut off, in the Pacific theater, it will be in an absolute disadvantage, this disadvantage, even irreparable, this point, not only the military is clear, these experts are also clear, now this may no longer exist. (To be continued.) )