Chapter 352: The Outbreak of War (Part II)
The reason why Feng Yuxiang was dissatisfied was not only that the elite degree of the garrison was not as good as that of the Marine Corps, but also because the strength of the garrison was determined according to the size of the naval base where it was stationed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info".
But when Feng Yuxiang came to the "Yanping Fortress", which was not completed at that time, he gradually realized that instead of being left out, he was going to be used for a great time.
This is not because the Yanping fortress is very important, if you want to talk about the importance, China's naval bases are all important, why is everyone reluctant to go? The reason is very simple: Promotions in the Huaxia National Defense Forces are mainly based on military merits, and if they are purely based on seniority, even if there is a shortage of people everywhere in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it will take several years to be promoted to half a rank, and it may even take more than ten years to be promoted to half a rank in the future, which is really too slow.
And once you enter the garrison, you almost have no chance of meritorious service, which is too bad, although entering the garrison does not mean that there is no chance to be transferred, but there is not necessarily one aspect, even if you can be transferred out, the wasted time will not come back!
However, after coming to Yanping Fortress, Feng Yuxiang immediately found a little strange place, on the one hand, the standard of Yanping Fortress is extremely high, there are as many as 12 main batteries equipped with large-caliber fortress guns, and all of them are double-loaded, equipped with a total of 24 large-caliber fortress guns, and unlike the general fortress guns, which are all used in the old ship guns eliminated from the warship, Feng Yuxiang still doesn't know how to transport these 24 fortress guns are not only all brand new, but also the models Feng Yuxiang has never seen before, 305mm caliber, 50 times (German algorithm) aspect ratio, bullet weight reached 405 kg, these parameters greatly surpassed the main gun of the Sage class battle cruiser, it is obviously the latest product of Xia Ke Island.
If this is the case, it can also be explained that the above attaches great importance to the Yanping Fortress, but such a powerful firepower is strictly kept secret from the outside world, and the fort itself is also concealed as much as possible by using various vegetation and protective color paints, which is a little too weird. Feng Yuxiang's strategic level is at least one of the few among the graduates of the Naval University, and he did not immediately understand, "Isn't the purpose of the coastal defense fortress to protect the port?" With such a strong firepower, as long as it is open to the public, no one will dare to attack it, so the effect should be achieved? Unless、Unless the above is deliberately hiding and trying to lure the Americans to fight? ”
After thinking of this possibility, Feng Yuxiang suddenly perked up, because it meant that he had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and this merit would never be small. Under his strict supervision, in just over a year, the artillery technical level of the Yanping Fortress Brigade has been reborn, and it has always been in a state of imminent battle, as long as Feng Yuxiang gives an order, it can be put into battle at any time.
Now that the opportunity for meritorious service has finally arrived, and the Americans have also sunk the warship of China's ally Colombia first, according to the alliance of the Asian League, this is equivalent to declaring war on all the members of the Asian League, including China, Feng Yuxiang can finally let go of his hands and feet and do a big job, how can he not be excited? Especially this time, there are so many prey that come to the door!
Unlike the naval guns with unfixed platforms, as long as the sea surface and shore beaches within the range of the fortress guns have been accurately divided into blocks, and when the enemy arrives, they only need to hit according to the gun table calculated by the previous test firing results, it is a bit exaggerated to say that 100 shots and 100 hits are a bit exaggerated, but it is certainly n times higher than the hit rate of the same type of naval guns at the same distance, and in general, even the step of calibrating can be omitted, and the advantage of the rate of fire can also be fully exerted, which is terrible, Because the 24 huge cannons in Yanping Fortress are the main guns of the German World War I battlecruisers and Helgolland-class, Kaiser-class, and King-class battleships in history, with a maximum rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute!
Yanping Fortress does not have any natural geographical advantages, so it cannot be absolutely indestructible in terms of defense, but on the other hand, this makes each main battery of the fortress have a good firing range, Feng Yuxiang can use the telephone line buried in the ground to remotely command 12 main batteries, and concentrate the fire of the 24 giant guns to attack the same target, so the flagship of the US army, the battleship South Carolina, is unlucky......
"Fire!" With Feng Yuxiang's roar, the gunner, who had already aimed at the target, pressed the button of the electric shock at the same time, and from a distance, he saw a little fire suddenly burst out on the green and verdant shore, and the loud sound that shook for hundreds of miles startled countless birds. However, the American commander George Dewey did not hear the cannonball, because a shell landed on the bridge of the South Carolina, and a large number of mid-ranking officers of the U.S. Navy, including George Dewey, were blown to pieces......
In this way, the battle has just begun, and the American fleet loses its unified command, but this does not say that they have gone unlucky. It is true that the first round of shelling hit the bridge of the battleship South Carolina is a bit of a burst of character, but even if it is not hit, the result will not be any different, because in the first round of shelling, 3 shells hit the target, and then just 22 seconds later, the second round of shelling hit 5 rounds, and the third round of shelling hit 5 rounds, and then, there was no more, and the battleship South Carolina, the pride of the US Navy, completely disappeared into the sea without even making a counterattack......
Although one of the shelling shots hit the bridge, it was generally not lucky, because the other two armor-piercing shells hit the unprotected superstructure, and as a result, they pierced through and failed to detonate.
Fortunately, the second round of luck recovered a lot, there was a shot near the waterline, the new armor-piercing bullet with a hard quilt cap design easily penetrated the 280mm thick Harvey nickel steel armor, and it exploded until it was drilled into the depths of the hull, although because it was an armor-piercing bullet, the charge was about 20 kilograms, but under the addition of the implosion effect, it still caused huge damage, so there were more than a dozen American officers and soldiers killed and wounded, but if compared with the effect of the third round of shelling, it can only be regarded as a pediatric...... (To be continued.) )