On the morning of January 1 of the first year of the C century, four Edelweiss-class high-speed cruisers "Ueto Aya", "Yoshizawa Akibe", "Ozawa Yuan" and "Oda Kei" off the northern coast of Treasure Island were girls VS 20 Galileo-type 305mm heavy artillery light cruisers 250 balloon pseudo-men. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Only three of the twenty half-hanged cruisers Oba narrowly escaped, the rest were all critically hit, and almost the entire fleet went into submarine mode. According to the consistent purpose or principle of the Imperial Navy of Saxony and Windsor - "Imperial glory above all else", these four "little beauties" who let the Imperial Navy suffer a great defeat are doomed, which means that it can only be another fierce battle, and the Imperial Navy will launch a bloody battle at any cost.

After the war, the survivors of the four Edelweiss girls who died in their lives accidentally learned that the youngest son of the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force of the Great Empire was sent to sea in that naval battle. ”

But the real cause of that incident is not that at all. All big countries and organizations are principled, there are overt rules, there are unspoken rules, there are principles, there are bright and dark, these are not called shady in the eyes of insiders. The death fight at any cost back then was based on the principles of the empire, it was a national war, and it was by no means a private fight for the duke to avenge his son, and the duke himself could not manipulate and control such a big shady scene. In this war, the biggest shady thing created by Duke Herman Norton was only to put the younger son in the safest position on the front line, followed by leaving the eldest son's cruiser in the relative safety of the rearguard fleet.

There are shady scenes in every country, the key depends on how you dig it. Recently, the Central-9 Documentary Channel staged a blockbuster, using the director of the FBI Hoover to expose John F. Kennedy's ugly privacy, which is almost like playing with fate, and the blockbuster smearing Scar's Black Donkey and Hillary on the Internet has also spread rapidly. These things can be seen, but few people who engage in politics are clean under their stomachs. But then again, whoever changes the position of president of the United States is like that, if it is replaced by those agricultural Dazhai industrial Daqing, I am afraid it will be darker than a black hole.

The death of his son left Duke Hermann Norton sad, hateful, guilty, and a father's endless sadness, but he had to try to cover them up, he was the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Expeditionary Force in Saxony-Windsor, Admiral.

In the bathroom, the Duke repeatedly said to himself in the mirror: "I am the commander, and I will be faithful to my duty." "I'm the highest-ranking guy here, I want to be strong, I've always been strong."

After less than two minutes of grieving in the bathroom, the Duke went to work and returned to work. Commanders must have good emotional control, which is much stronger than ordinary civilians in a duke from a military family.

The sea battle that just ended, a very unsuccessful naval battle, can be called the most failed naval battle in the history of the Imperial Navy, and the entire Imperial Navy was humiliated. This 17-0 fiasco, such a humiliating record, made the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force feel ashamed, angry, ashamed, annoyed, irritated. At this time, some things must be done, and for the honor of the empire, some things must be done at any cost. The Duke made a decision calmly.

He ordered four Wise-class high-speed battlecruisers to pursue the four enemy ships, which had inflicted heavy losses on the Imperial Navy, while the Guard Fleet cruisers made a sortie to search for the enemy ships. It is important to destroy these four enemy ships at all costs. The empire has its own principles, which must now be implemented. This means that a life-and-death showdown between multiple fleets and four new small warships is about to begin.

However, this battle will not take place until the afternoon, and we will first return to the north side of the main island of Treasure Island, the battlefield of amphibious landing warfare. The amphibious landing seems to be going well.

Recap:

The commander of the expeditionary force, Admiral Herman Norton, was unsteady and unhurried, with a hint of melancholy: "Of course it is impossible to have only this bit of artillery on such an important island. It's just that we don't act, and they won't fire, so we're going to pay a little more, knock out their fortress guns, and then everything will be simple. ”

The duke's expression instantly became serious, as if he had murderous intent: "The second wave of attack troops set off, and the naval battlefleet launched an artillery bombardment operation as originally planned. ”

The ship's staff officer immediately went to the telecommunications room to give the order.

Admiral John Jericho leaned over with a little uneasiness: "If you fight like this, then you can only fight hard." ”

The duke smiled: "That's how it is to fight. ”

In the morning battle, the first wave of the attacking landing force was annihilated, but it also attracted the defenders' anti-landing forces to the beachhead, and the capital ship fleet had a very good design goal. The second wave of attack forces consisted of a mixture of Marines and colonial forces. There were 66 large landing craft in three columns, the foremost two of which were the two light infantry regiments of the colonial army, and the rear of which were the light infantry regiments of the native people of the native empire. The total strength is about 7,000 people, of which nearly 3,000 are natives.

The attacking battleships were preparing for the artillery bombardment and were moving forward to the firing positions. Once a reconnaissance aircraft discovers a valuable target, or the enemy's shore-based fortress artillery is exposed, the fleet will open decisive fire to ensure that the destruction is achieved at the first time. The battleships that went ahead were confident that these worthy targets would appear, because the battleships were the most attractive decoys.

At 8:40 a.m., eight battleships appeared in the coastal waters north of the main island of Treasure Island and directly supported the landing with their main guns, and the civil defense forces on the beach were completely suppressed. Shortly before 9 a.m., the battlecruisers in the rear of the battleship also joined the shelling. Later, the two edelweisses in this sea area, seeing this situation from a distance, resolutely drove full speed to avoid the battle and protect the ship, the warship is valuable, the sailor has human rights, and refuses to sacrifice meaninglessly.

Attackers: 8 Daystar-class battleships, 8 Pluto-class battlecruisers.

Daystar-class battleship: design displacement 26,000 tons, full load displacement 27,240 tons, length/width/draft (m): 171.29/28.4/8.4, main guns: 6 twin 305 mm guns; Secondary guns: 21 x 127 mm secondary guns.

Pluto-star battlecruiser: standard displacement: 9300 tons, overall length: 183 meters width: 20.1 meters, draft: 5.9 meters,... Main guns: 3 twin 38x 305 mm gunsSecondary guns: 8 x 25x 127 mm guns.

Not counting the secondary guns, only the 305mm main guns of each ship are counted. 8*6*2+8*3*2=144。 That's right, 144 305mm naval guns.

At 8:40 a.m., a group of eight Daystar-class battleships opened fire. At about 9 a.m., eight Pluto-star battlecruisers joined the bombardment (four were transferred shortly after the fire was fired). The 16 capital ships lined up in a standard artillery formation on the opposite shore in the coastal waters of the main island, and their large-caliber main guns fired at all levels, shaking the earth and resounding through the sky. 144 305-mm naval guns, I'm afraid there are more than 150-caliber guns of some countries, and the firepower of a big country is so terrible. The use of such luxurious firepower is not at all for support, but for the purpose of striking and destroying, and it is necessary to cover all enemy troops and all enemy troops within the range of firepower on this island. Then, depending on the circumstances, ground forces are deployed to carry out the occupation operation......

Indiscriminate shelling of fixed military installations, large town blocks, enemy artillery positions or other positions in the vicinity of the landing sites, other large settlements on the island, known areas where the defenders are lurking, and even harbors and docks planned to be occupied and used are all targets. Naval battleship artillery groups were to strike at and destroy these set targets as planned.

The carrier-based reconnaissance planes that had taken off earlier carried artillery fire observers to search for and point out the target for the fleet's artillery fire. The anti-aircraft artillery, on which high hopes were pinned, did not play any role, because the enemy aircraft flew too high to hit at all. The reconnaissance planes of the Saxony and Windsor empires were at altitudes well above what was needed for accurate reconnaissance, and the fleet had to carry out indiscriminate fire coverage, without having to discern the nature of the target. Some of the 305mm heavy artillery shells of the Imperial Army have been in the arms race for many years, and they have to produce enough ammunition for several naval battles every year, and the accumulation of several years has long been a disaster. Then take advantage of this war and clear the stockpile of war-ready ammunition.

The expeditionary fleet did not spare the ammunition at all, as if these shells were all for nothing, and this kind of heavy artillery as a machine gun made the nouveau riche Treasure Island Republic instantly experience the local tyrants, and the real local tyrants fought like this. Fight a war without guns, with cannons, with large-caliber heavy artillery. Blow up all the enemies, blow them to ashes, and then the army soldiers with guns come up and name the survivors. That's how the real great powers fight. The nouveau riche of a small country thought that the army was heavily equipped with sophisticated automatic weapons, a standing army of tens of thousands of people, hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers, and dozens of tanks, and this was an elite division with strong combat effectiveness. But in front of the great power artifact battleships of that era, these were all fart. Take tanks as an example, Iron King VIII, the infantry on land is feared. In front of the main guns of ordinary medium-sized warships, this king is a can. The German Tiger tank seems to be very good, World War II The Allied troops landed in Italy There was a tank commander who was transferred from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, driving a newly equipped Tiger tank to block the Allied attack, and then I don't know if his brain was in the water or was squeezed by the head elevator door, he ran to fight the Allied cruiser, and then the whole company was bombed into parts. At that time, it was a cruiser, more than two grades higher than the main battleship LOW.

The battleships of the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet in Saxony and Windsor roared with cannons, and soon these design targets were in turn caught in a sea of fire. The entire area of Gold and Silver Harbor was shaken by the ferocity of these artillery.

What a loud explosion, a series of huge explosions, from far and near, in the blink of an eye. The soaring flames and loud noises that were several times louder than thunder made most people's eyes instantly darken, and they no longer felt anything. The few survivors heard, screamed, screamed, saw severed arms, piles of rubble. Most of those who survived were already deafened, and their auditory system had no sense, and could only witness the tragic scene of their former home turning into hell in an instant. It seems to be a purgatory of fire, a baptism of explosives on the island, like the judgment of the gods on mortals, the hell of fire, cleansing the earth with a fire, and wiping out objects that do not belong to nature with that violent explosion, including all the human beings here. This is the war that is taking place in the eyes of the defenders and resident survivors of Treasure Island.

They survived, perhaps because of character, maybe because of piety, but those who survived were only temporarily alive, and on the same day the landing force began to carry out the order of purge. Everything here, the empire seems to only need Treasure Island, the imperial colonies have an abundant labor force, and it is really useless to keep these aborigines, so the cabinet and the expeditionary force command agreed to clean up all the aborigines that are not needed...... In the battle plan drawn up by the Imperial Expeditionary Force, the shelling was only the beginning, and the following days would be massacres in batches of gridded areas. It seems that the descendants of these fugitives hundreds of years ago are still destined for the end, and those days should probably be called Judgment Day.

This small refugee country, which has experienced hundreds of years of peace, has developed rapidly for more than 20 years with the help of its allies, and it never imagined that it would suffer such a nonsensical war. This war disaster was like a thunderbolt, falling from the sky and catching it off guard.

The small towns here have always been places of affluence and serenity, completely unprepared for the kind of blow that is being struck, and such indiscriminate shelling is simply unimaginable in the eyes of peaceful residents......

The small cities on the island are struggling painfully under the heavy fire of the battleships, the achievements of the economic development and national construction of the Republic of Treasure Island for more than 20 years are being destroyed by shelling, and the lives and property of the people of Treasure Island here are also swept away by this fire bath that flies like a catastrophe. Cannonballs destroy lives and sow hatred in the hearts of the rest, if there are still those who remain.

Around the landing site, the Treasure Island Civil Defense Force was completely shocked by the huge power of the ship's guns, and many of them were washed into protein parts by the artillery fire before they had time to feel the shock, and they really didn't have to clean up the dead bodies of their comrades. In the eyes of the Civil Defense defenders on the shore, the most resistant objects are probably large headquarters bunkers or heavy artillery armored bunkers. The 305mm naval gun can smash a big hole in the bunker without exploding, and if it explodes, holding the bunker is just a pile of rubble and broken cement blocks.

As for civil buildings, it is conceivable that no matter what houses are built by whom, they are all the same as papier-mâché. As long as it hits, in addition to being blown up, it is completely blown up. Even if a bomb falls more than ten meters away, the entire house will be collapsed. As for the residents, maybe in the house, maybe they have long been torn apart by artillery fire.

The fleet carried out indiscriminate artillery bombardment, and the shock wave of the explosion of high-explosive shells swept through the land of Treasure Island, erasing all traces of humanity within range.

The shelling was so devastating that it was like a World War I version of firepower. For a long time after that, this part of the island became a real no-man's land.

On January 1, the first year of the new century, the first year of the C century, the first day of the "Judgment Day" of Treasure Island Hell, the Imperial Cabinet of Saxony and Windsor drove the mighty Imperial fleet with the determination to save the economy from war. The Imperial Navy's main warships use cannons to declare new territorial sovereignty, while the once flowery and dreamlike main island of Treasure Island turns on Hell mode, where everyone experiences the inferno of war.

On the capital ship of the Imperial Navy, which created this fire purgatory, the war was a completely different story.

On the bridges of these main warships of the Empire, the captains were arrogantly giving orders, and the officers and non-commissioned officers were also busy, some were calculating, some were drawing, some were passing documents and relaying orders. The captain constantly reports to the command on the progress of the shelling, and also receives the latest instructions from the command and implements these orders from the superiors.

"There is ammunition, don't pull down any of it."

"To ensure complete fire coverage."

"After destroying a known target, destroy a new target discovered by the reconnaissance aircraft."

"Pay attention to the priority of striking at and destroying the enemy's living forces."

"For the densely populated areas on the island, it is necessary to focus on cracking down on ensuring and completely destroying them."

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At this time, the busiest thing on the warship is the main gun turret. Inside the turrets of battleships and battlecruisers, there was a busy scene. The main gun turret usually has four layers, the bottom two layers, and the ammunition operators are fiddling with hundreds of kilograms of shells and more than 100 pounds of cotton powder columns with the help of automatic machinery, and the soldiers are sweating, these are very heavy guys. Columns of shells and powder were lifted by a bombardier across the blast compartment to the first level of the turret, where officers held megaphones and gun operators shouted firing parameters from various fire control systems. The operators adjusted the high and low of the gun, the turret level was transferred, etc., and the shell body, cotton gunpowder, and primer were successively combined and filled into the gun chamber. Check the parameters, fire. Aerial reconnaissance confirmed that the target had been destroyed...... Next mark.

After eliminating all kinds of valuable targets in the near shore area, the Imperial Navy began to extend its firepower to attack valuable targets deep inland. For example, the unfortunate discovery of the artillery positions of the defenders. The landing force began to advance deep inland, attacking the remnants of the enemy forces and clearing the battlefield.

In the distance, on the battleship King Charles, the two commanders of the expeditionary force were watching the shelling. The shelling has been going on for two hours.

Duke Herman Norton: "None of them have fought back with shore-based fort guns until now?" ”

Admiral John Jericho: "I don't think they have any large-caliber fort guns. ”

Duke Herman Norton: "No, they must have, but for some reason they haven't fired yet. Or their fortress artillery was frightened by us and did not dare to fire back at all. Or maybe their commander has set a trap waiting for us to jump in. ”

Admiral John Jericho: "So what do you mean?" ”

Duke Herman Norton: "The main targets within range were destroyed, the shelling stopped, and the landing force advanced in depth inland. ”

At 10:50, the battlefleet ceased fire, with a total of more than 26,000 rounds of projectiles. After the war, experts calculated in detail that the amount of TNT projected by this shelling was about 16,000 tons (the blasting energy of some picric acid shells and newly developed high-energy explosives was converted into the weight of standard explosives), which is a projection that would make any army pee. Firing such a large number of shells in a short period of time seems to be the only way for the naval battlefleet of a superpower to do it. With a visually striking large-caliber main gun and a huge hull, an astonishing amount of firepower per unit of time, and near-invincible battlefield survivability under the protection of heavy armor, the charm of the battleship seems to still exist today.

BB Party, Hooray!! If you're feeling uncomfortable, call your battleship!! Its artillery fire can wash the earth, sweep away the scum and sow hope, and push it all over again. Great, battleship!! Great, battleship!!

Here is a popular science for artillery admirers, the ammunition carrying standard of the navy's large-caliber naval guns is 300 to 350 rounds per barrel. According to the calculation of 300 rounds, the ammunition carrying capacity of the main guns of the entire fleet is 43,200 rounds, and more than half of the shells are fired, and half of them are still used. But there must be a ceasefire, high-explosive shells and incendiary bombs are almost finished, and semi-armor-piercing shells can't hit soft targets on the ground. And then there are the unlucky ghosts in the range, they are almost blown up, there is really no need to blow up, it's time to close the stall. (During World War I, the ratio of high-explosive armor-piercing shells to the main guns of capital ships was usually 3 to 2; Considering that the other side does not have large armored warships, the ammunition ratio is 70% for high-explosive shells, 20% for semi-armor-piercing high-explosive shells, and 10% for incendiary bombs. ）

On the ground on the main island, the army was advancing in an orderly manner, with little resistance along the way.

"The Navy has delivered a perfectly devastating shelling. The landing force advanced unhindered in depth. ”

In the history of the remnants of the Republic of Treasure Island, this shelling is known as the New Year's Day disaster in the first year of the new century, and this name is also quoted by major newspapers around the world, and it is said that more than 118,600 people died in this shelling, and the actual number may be even higher. The Civil Defence Forces in the north alone lost six regiments in formation. But the well-camouflaged armored batteries of the fortress on the main island were not detected by enemy aerial reconnaissance and were not shelled. The defenders here are actively preparing for battle, and they will launch a counterattack as soon as they have the order, but the counterattack seems to be a sure defeat......

Cosmic Truth: In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy is futile.

Historical fact: In the face of Genghis Khan's iron hooves, any civilized question and answer is futile.

The current situation: in an age when all explanations are not enough to convince the public, any innovative theory is futile.

Popular science of military knowledge

Fire coverage

Fire coverage, similar to a saturation attack, floods the target area with artillery fire, ensuring that no part of the area is hit without missing a beat.

Targets covered by firepower: Generally, large-scale troop assembly points, field logistics supply bases, hospitals, positions garrisoned by enemy troops above the platoon level, large-scale communication base stations on the surface, command hubs, radar stations, cities guarded by the enemy, airports, military ports, armored clusters charged by enemy groups, mechanized infantry clusters, enemy minefields, etc., can all be covered by firepower, which can be roughly summarized as surface targets.