Chapter 119: The March War X
The 152mm cannons, located in the southwestern gun position, were already ready, and the battleship was already within twenty-five kilometers, and with an order, the artillery began to return fire.
Although only two guns were in the fixed gun emplacements of the Naval Resistance Army, they could fight against Chilean warships, and the caliber was pitiful. But land-based gun emplacements have a big benefit, stable firing accuracy.
In the first round of calibration, the shells fell only three or four hundred meters from the battleship. As the battleship approached, the accuracy of fire from both guns increased rapidly.
Three minutes after the fixed artillery spoke, the ten heavy guns commanded by Cheng Zhongying also began to fire.
The power of twelve heavy cannons should not be underestimated. After a few rounds of artillery battles between the two sides, the superiority of land-based artillery was revealed. At a distance of eighteen kilometers, if it were on a battleship, the hit rate of 152mm guns would definitely not exceed five percent. But on a land-based battlefield, every salvo of the artillery group hit or close the battleship.
Although the power of the 152mm shells was not comparable to that of the naval guns of the Chilean Navy, they also blew up shrapnel on the battleships. Although it was not able to do much damage for a while, the battleship was not without its shortcomings. Hitting for a long time can also cause damage.
The armor of the battleship was strong, not to mention the 200mm armor on the sides, not to mention the 254mm armor of the turret. The aft bridge protection is also thick enough, but the rangefinder sights and communication devices on the upper level are not very protected.
There is a rule in naval battles that naval guns are no match for fortress guns. But also to see what caliber of the fortress gun. Originally, the 152mm caliber guns of the Naval Resistance Army had the ability to damage battleships, but the lack of armor-piercing shells limited the use of artillery groups.
Cheng Zhongying, the commander of the artillery group, was also the first time to command the artillery to shoot at the ship, and he had not seen a battleship before. When he found that the huge cannons of the Naval Resistance Army could not cause much harm to the battleship, he immediately began to adjust the firing and concentrate firepower on the superstructure of the battleship.
The shelling of both sides continued, and it was clear that the battleships had the upper hand. Many houses on the island were blown up in flames, and some hidden parts and factories were hit. At a distance of about fifteen kilometers, the battleship Admiral La Torre had already crossed the hull, and although this situation made it easier for the heavy artillery of the Naval Resistance Army to hit, the battleship began to exert all the fire of its main guns.
At this distance, the command of the naval guns, located on the top of the main mast, could see the runway completely clearly. The first salvo of the battleship Admiral Latore hit the runway. This salvo was extremely impressive. The ten main guns plus the eight secondary guns on the side of the battleship were so powerful that they almost made people feel like the end of the world. A single salvo sent smoke evaporating from the island, stirring up dust like yellow clouds, which immediately covered an area of one or two square kilometers.
After the transport plane took off, it climbed to an altitude of 6,000 meters in a few minutes. The video game grenadiers are ready.
The four fighters did not fight alongside the transport aircraft this time. Li Guang's eyes were red from the huge losses, and he gave the fighter another order to take out the troop carrier---
The three remaining ships of Chile were supposed to be the Chilean Army. As long as these land forces are eliminated, then there will be no doubt about the Chilean offensive, and no matter how powerful the battleships are, it will be impossible to land. Li Guang showed a ruthless experience at this moment. The artillery was clearly inferior to the opponent, and the threat of battleships to the naval resistance forces was direct and real. But Li Guang ignored these losses and threats.
In fact, when Li Guang gave the order, he didn't think too much about it. He had only one belief, blood and blood to pay. If you blow up my people, I'm going to kill more Chileans.
The Chilean Navy's strategy was clear, relying on battleships to destroy the airfields of the Naval Resistance Army, but it was only a mistake, and the speed was not enough. Fighters and transport planes of the Naval Resistance Force have successfully taken off.
Four P40 fighters, Yuan Yin and Liu Gensheng took the lead, and the fighter engines roared angrily and climbed rapidly. For the first time, the air force of the Naval Resistance Army dived and dropped bombs for the first time.
The fighter plane quickly climbed to an altitude of 3,500 meters, and if we follow the textbook of dive bombing, it is generally less than 1,000 meters. Yuan Yin, who was flying in the air, was neck and neck with Liu Gensheng at this moment, stretched out his hand and gestured five fingers.
Five hundred meters.
Yuan Yin's 500-meter dive bombing, at an altitude of 1,000 meters, including Yuan Yin, no pilot could confidently hit the enemy's warship. And it is extremely dangerous to dive down to 500 meters to drop bombs, and this danger comes not only from the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, but also from the fighters themselves.
At this altitude, at such a high speed, Yuan Yin was not sure to pull up the fighter. The slightest mistake, or even a mistake, can cause a plane to crash and kill someone.
"it, brothers." Yuan Yin shouted and took the lead in swooping down.
The fighter plane dived down from a high altitude at an astonishing high speed, and Yuan Yin tried hard to control the fighter. In a hurry, Yuan Yin even felt that his eyes were blurry. Gritted his teeth and woke up from the dizziness, and cautiously adjusted the direction of the fighter.
At this time, he only felt that his surroundings were silent, and he could even see the oncoming artillery fire.
1,000 meters, 800 meters, 600 meters, 500 meters. It's time.
In the final dive stage, the fighter plane fell almost vertically, like a sharp arrow from a high altitude, and the fighter's whole body was trembling, and the shock was a sharp roar.
400 meters,
Three hundred meters.
Yuan Yin pressed the bomb drop button and dropped three bombs at a time. Then he used all his strength to pull up the longitudinal rod.
The fighter plane seemed to lose control and crashed into the sea, at that moment Yuan Yin was already desperate, purely relying on instinct to indulge the fighter. In the last moment, the fighter plane's flight attitude began to change, and the P40 fighter almost bent upwards against the sea.
Yuan Yin's adventure was a great success, and three bombshells plunged straight into the deck of a merchant ship. Under the huge habitual name, the powerful kinetic energy of the bomb penetrated two decks in a row, and one of them was smashing on the boiler, and then there was an earth-shattering explosion.
Three 60-kilogram bombs exploded at the same time, and together with the explosion of the boiler, the whole ship disintegrated in an instant, like a shattered building block.
The loud explosion shocked all the Chilean soldiers, knowing that there were 500 soldiers on this ship, and it was impossible to guess how many would survive such a violent explosion.
Just when the Chilean soldiers were already frightened, Liu Gensheng's fighter plane had already dived towards another merchant ship. At this time, the Chilean Navy and Army were desperately shooting into the sky, whether it was anti-aircraft guns, machine guns or even rifles, all of them were firing, and the bullets drew bright lines in the sky. The shells exploded into black clouds in the air.
Liu Gensheng's fighter plane shuttled through a hail of bullets. At 500 meters, Liu Gensheng dropped a bomb, and the three bombs hit one of them, and then a bright fire broke out, and another Chilean troop transport ship was injured.
Liu Gensheng's fighter movements were even more dangerous than Yuan Yin's, and the moment the plane approached the sea, one wing of the plane was already wet with water, and the slightest difference could cause the plane to be destroyed and killed.
Immediately the third fighter plane also dived down, and it was Li Yun who piloted this fighter, he was not as experienced as Yuan Yin, nor was he as educated as Liu Gensheng, and he had been in contact with flying for a long time. And Li Yun hadn't even trained a dive bomb before, but brave, Li Yun was not bad at all.
Li Yun is a native of Henan, whose home is in Lanfeng, and has now disappeared without a trace in the flood of the Yellow River. In order to survive, he left with his parents and later joined Xu Zhan's army. Because of his young age, he was sent to Stone Statue Island by Xu Zhan.
Now Li Yun's parents have farmed in Uruguay, while his younger sister Li Yu is studying to be a nurse on Stone Statue Island. There is only one concept in the heart of the simple young man, whether it is a devil or another devil, as long as he attacks the stone statue island, he is an enemy.
Li Yun's chosen target was not a troop carrier, but the only armed merchant ship of the Chilean Navy. He only learned the technical essentials of dive bombing before he got on the plane, and he was not at all sure that he would hit the bomb or pull up the fighter plane in time when the plane was diving.
Li Yun chose to fly diagonally, and the fighter plane descended rapidly, and the nose of the plane was aimed at the enemy's armed merchant ship. Li Yun did not drop the bomb, and the bullets hit the fighter plane, piercing one hole after another. Li Yun only felt as if his chest had been smashed by a hammer, and blood gushed out of his mouth. At the last moment when his wisdom was not lost, he said in his heart: "Little sister, take care of your father." ”
The warplanes were anchored on the side of the armed merchant ship, freeing up a fireball with a violent explosion. The ship, with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, was immediately blasted out of a large hole several meters in diameter, and seawater immediately poured into the cabin, and it began to tilt in just a minute or two.
There is a second, and in the exclamation of Yuan Yin, in the surprise of Li Guang, in the panic of the Chilean soldiers, another fighter plane crashed into the side of a freighter. This pilot does not dive bomb, but simply flies. He did not choose to dive uncertainly, but flew down diagonally with the fighter plane like Li Yun. The fighters were brave, but the fighter plane was shot one after another, and it was already out of control, only to crash into the superstructure of the merchant ship, and then there was a violent explosion.
The merchant ship was neither armored nor structurally strong, and an earth-shattering explosion caused the merchant ship to tilt immediately, and it was already crumbling.
At this time, the courage of the Chilean soldiers was completely gone, many of them were already trembling, and some were even scared to urinate.
Yuan Yin and Liu Gensheng were stunned in the sky, and Liu Gensheng yelled: "Kill all these bitches." ”
Li Guang in the distant artillery position happened to see this scene from the telescope, at this moment he was already bloody, he didn't think at all, the little ruthlessness in his bones was revealed at this time, and he shouted in the public channel: "The whole army attack, kill all, and leave no one behind." ”
The two warplanes then fired wildly at the only merchant ship on the surface. It wasn't long before the Chilean soldiers hid in the cabin and endured the endless barrage of bullets, but it seemed like hundreds of years had passed.
The Chilean soldiers, who were also all young men who had never been to the battlefield before, were already crying and calling for their mothers, and more were praying.
The battleship Admiral Latore had already received the report, and he did not expect that the opponent, fighting for losses, would turn the fighters not to interfere with the battleship, but to turn against the troop carrier. In the blink of an eye, one sank, one was seriously injured, and the other was damaged.
The huge Chilean fleet, now only one battleship remains. Like a woman stripped naked, blowing a cool breeze on the sea.
The Baxia has also entered the battlefield, and the main guns of the Baxia are fired at close range, and the guns spit out anger, constantly bombarding the Chilean merchant ships.
The battleship Admiral Latore had turned its guns, but the Baxia had already lost its eyes, and all the fighters on the battleship raised their machine guns and continued to strafe the enemy who was floating on the ocean.
There is no mercy, no humanity, only hatred.
Even more Linglato. Juan was shocked that more than a dozen fishing boats were risking their lives to attack the troop carriers. The boats were not very large, and they didn't even have a single cannon. But the ship's machine-gun fire was intensive, and strafing had already begun from a distance.
The battleship turned its guns and fired an earth-shattering salvo. However, in this salvo, the impact point was very far away, a full five or six kilometers away.
The battleship's salvo was not able to intimidate the fighters on the Baxia, and Zheng Xuechang, like the soldiers, drew his pistol and fired continuously at the ocean.
The battleship was getting closer and closer, and this time the Baxia did not flee, not even firing a shot at the battleship, but rushed into the middle of the merchant ship regardless of it, killing the Chilean soldiers on the ocean in a rage.
On the battleship Admiral Latorre, the officers saw this more and more clearly, and many of them had begun to tremble and their teeth rattle.
Now instead of anger, they are afraid. The thirty bombs dropped by two transport planes did not terrify the Chilean Navy on the battleship, but the wanton slaughter of the Naval Resistance Force made everyone tremble.
Latto. Juan no longer believed what he said, as soon as the cannon sounded, the people of China could only surrender obediently, docile as little sheep.
Seeing his compatriots being killed, and he had nothing to do, this kind of battle could sink a battleship with a maximum of two rounds of blows from the main guns, but the battleship of the Naval Resistance Army was surrounded by Chilean soldiers who had fallen into the water.
This time, the Chilean Army dispatched a full 1,800 troops. And the Chileans on the sea are not only the army, but also the navy soldiers on several warships. He did not dare to give the order to open the artillery, and it was not only the naval resistance army that was killed by the cannon, but also his own soldiers. The salvo just now was nothing more than intimidation. But when the adversary is ready to die together, this intimidation can only be reduced to a laughing stock.
Torah. Juan was on the outer bridge, looking at everything in front of him, and muttered, "What to do?" What to do? ”
He had lived through the First World War, and even had the experience of having his battleship sunk and narrowly escaped death, but he had never seen such a crazy army.
The slaughter on the sea continues, and people die every minute.
The chief of staff said on the side: "Your Excellency, General, I propose to surrender, only surrender can save the lives of these young people." ”
"General, give the order, this will not detract from your glory in the slightest, you will get greater glory, for God's sake, save these young men, hurry up and give the order."
There are not many Chilean commanders who have the same mind as the chief of staff. And now there is only one battleship, even if it runs as fast as the plane, I don't know how many waves of air attacks it will have.
Although the desperate tactics of the fighters just now could not inflict heavy damage on the battleship, the Chilean officers were already frightened, and they were thinking at this time that if the transport planes also used this tactic, then no one would be able to return alive.
At a disadvantage, these people have lost their ability to think, the airfield has been destroyed, and how these fighters will land is still a big problem.
Torah. General Juan's head was sweating, and his heart was violently moving. If the navy is defeated, he will not necessarily end his military life, but if a mixed army battalion with him is slaughtered, he may never be able to gain a foothold in the military circles again. Finally, he sighed and said, "Raise the white flag and signal surrender." ”
The moment the Chilean battleship raised the white flag, Zheng Xuechang could hardly believe his eyes. At this time, Li Guang, who saw Chile raising the white flag on the gun position, also couldn't believe his eyes.
However, Li Guang was still very sensible and immediately ordered, "Stop firing and order Zheng Xuechang to accept the enemy's surrender." ”
Zheng Xuechang's performance was much more majestic than that of the columns, and a small battleship sailed straight towards the behemoth in front of him. The small battleship faced the black hole of the battleship's gun, Zheng Xuechang actually just wanted to show a little bit of British gentleman's style, but this kind of brazenness made some people in the Chilean Navy who were ready to move extinguish the desire to resist.
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