On the morning of February 11, the airships began to bomb six large fortress groups and large batteries around Port Arthur. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The first target chosen by Lieutenant General Du Shihui was the 203 Heights, which were built stronger than during the Russo-Japanese War, with more bunkers, machine gun forts and more forts, all of which were built with reinforced concrete and could withstand the shelling of 280mm heavy howitzers; A trench was dug in the middle of the mountain, around the mountain, and barbed wire was laid in front of the trench, and there was a permanent heavy machine gun fortress every 100 meters in the trench, the fortress had several heavy machine gun firing ports, and crossfire could be formed between different fortresses, and 3 heavy machine guns were arranged in each machine gun fortress; A large number of anti-artillery holes and hiding holes were also dug on both sides of the trenches; a large number of traps and mines were laid in front of the trenches; More than 10 mortar batteries and 155 fortress batteries were also built in the rear of the trenches; A large number of fortress guns, howitzers and mortars were arranged on the top of the hill; A lot of open and dark communication trenches were also built to connect the forts and the forts; The headquarters of the fortress went 100 meters deep into the mountain, and stored a large amount of food, drinking water, weapons and ammunition inside.

In the impression of the Japanese army, as long as the 203 heights were held, Port Arthur would not be lost; If the Xia Empire wants to occupy the 203 Heights, it must pay heavy casualties, and the purpose of the Japanese army is to deal a fatal blow to the Xia Empire's army on the 203 Heights, and then let the Xia Empire retreat; Therefore, the 5th Division, which had the most combat effectiveness, was stationed on the 203 Heights, and the division commander escaped because he was stationed on the 203 Heights.

Du Shihui wanted to completely destroy the 203 Heights, just to psychologically deter the enemy again.

Since it was a daytime bombardment, I didn't want to expose the napalm-gasoline-bomb as a big killer, so I chose a burst bomb. This time the altitude of the airship was set at an altitude of 8,000 meters, and at this distance, the appearance of the airship could only be seen from a telescope.

At half past nine, the airship flew over the 203 heights and began to drop bombs, first dropping a large number of bursting shells on the top of the hill, this time the selected bursting shells were 200 kilograms, and the explosion power was much more powerful than the explosion of 280mm howitzer shells, similar to the power of 305mm naval gun shell explosion.

If the shells fall from such a high place, there will be a big deviation due to the action of the wind, but they will all fall on the Japanese position.

Thanks to the use of slide rails, the bomb was dropped at the same time at both ports, which made the bomb drop very fast, and an average of one shell could be dropped every 5 seconds.

The whistling shells fell from the sky, making a huge explosion sound on the Japanese position, and the shells that fell on the fortress would directly collapse the top of the fortress, burying the Japanese troops in the fortress, and the shells falling elsewhere would also blow up huge craters on the hillside.

The key attack is the heavy artillery position on the top of the mountain, which can defend against 280mm howitzers, the focus is on strengthening the defense around the perimeter, and the defense on the top is not strong, only the fortress artillery battery has a top defense, and the howitzers and mortars do not even have the top defense. On average, 1 out of 5 shells will land on the top of the hill for heavy artillery, and the rest will land halfway up the hill or above.

After dropping nearly 500 shells, there was finally an explosion of a shell, which caused the explosion of Japanese howitzer shells, making a loud "boom", the entire 203 heights were shaken, the hill was flattened off more than 3 meters, and even the fortress battery was blown down, shaking all the Japanese troops in the fort; So that people dozens of miles away can see the rising smoke and dust with the naked eye, and feel the huge vibration of the ground.

It turned out that part of the shells of the Japanese howitzers and mortars were stored in the fortress battery, and some of the shells used on the site were placed in a pit dug in the middle of the mountaintop, and transported to each artillery piece through the slide rail. According to normal thinking, this pit is a dead angle from which shells are shot from all sides, and nothing like this will happen at all, but the Japanese army did not expect shells to fall from the sky.

There was a huge tremor, and even a large amount of rubble fell on the roof of the headquarters, but by feeling, the division commander, Lieutenant General Kigoshi Yasuna, knew that the defense of this high ground was over; He only took over the post of commander of the guard of the Lushun Fortress this morning, hasn't he played his own level to save him from being destroyed like this, and he is unwilling!

After bombing the top, the captain of the airship used a telescope to observe the situation of the entire highland, the battery was destroyed, and the other fortresses were relatively little destroyed, and the order received was to completely destroy all the fortifications on the 203 heights, which was not yet considered to be the completion of the task, so he ordered the airship to descend to the flight altitude and fly around the mountainside, ready to destroy all the fortresses.

After dropping the remaining 500 shells, the entire 203 heights, less than half of the Japanese troops who can survive, machine gun fortresses, dark bunkers, secret tunnels, mortar batteries, etc., are not one of ten, at this time, if the army of the Xia Empire comes to attack, it can occupy this high ground with just a charge, and the 203 heights, which are considered impregnable by the Japanese army, are crippled in this way.

After the airship returned to the Dayaowan base, it immediately loaded its ammunition and replaced the exhausted officers and men with a new batch of officers and men, and continued to carry out the bombing mission. The targets of this bombing were selected several targets in the northeast of Lushun, namely: the North Fort of Dongjiguan Mountain, the Fort of Erlongshan, the Fort of Songshushan, and there was also a lookout fort (185 meters). If the defense of these places is blown up, it is equivalent to priing open the north gate of Port Arthur, and the defense of Port Arthur will become an empty word.

These fortress groups are relatively dense, and the fortifications are not as perverted as those of Heights 203, but the location is more important, and the terrain is more conducive to defense, and the difficulty of bombing these places is relatively much lower.

In the afternoon, the target of the airship's bombing was changed to the Golden Mountain Fort Group and the Jiguanshan Fort Group in the east of Port Arthur, and these two battery groups were to guard the two gates in the east of Port Arthur, and after destroying the batteries in these two places, the battleships and battle cruisers of the Navy could shell Port Arthur from the sea, such as the fortresses in Dahu Mountain, Little Fox Mountain, Silver Mountain and White Wolf Mountain were all within the range of naval guns.

The officers and men on the airship took turns to go into battle and take turns to rest, and only the captain Zhao Quanbao always stuck to his post and commanded the bombing, and his bombing command level became more and more proficient, and his efficiency was greatly improved.

After a day of bombing, the Japanese lost one-third of their personnel, and more than half of the fortifications were destroyed. This war has not yet begun, and I have not seen a single soldier of the Xia Empire, and his side has already lost his troops, even the governor and the commander of the two divisions have been martyred, the fortifications have been destroyed, and the casualties are even worse, and now there are less than 30,000 officers and soldiers left; The Japanese army will be defeated, and what is even more disappointing is that even if it dies in battle, it may not be able to cause any harm to the Xia Empire, and it is meaningless to die.

According to the plan, Lieutenant General Du Shihui arrived at the Dayaowan base on the 12th and commanded the troops to occupy Port Arthur on the spot.

On the afternoon of the 11th, Lieutenant General Du sent a telegram informing the airships that they would continue to bomb at night, and that they would bombard the enemy's forts or batteries with napalm-gasoline-bombs, and that they would be suffocated even if they could not be blown up. (To be continued.) )