The positions of nearly 40 guns distributed from the top of the mountain to the mountainside of Taiping Mountain were repeatedly determined, and more than 500 guns of more than 40 warships of different sizes were aimed at different gun positions according to their respective positions, after some urgent coordination.

As long as the distance is close to the range of five or six kilometers, 500 guns will be fired in unison, destroying the artillery positions of the Democratic Alliance troops with heavy artillery fire.

"Bang Bang~~" The rate of fire of the artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army has increased from nearly one round a minute to two rounds a minute, bringing a denser splash, and the ships of the three countries of Russia and Austria are also constantly being shot, but it is always the nearly forty gun positions that are firing.

Prince Menlev couldn't help but sneer: "Did you go all out?" Trying to hold Hong Kong with only 40 pieces of artillery is simply wishful thinking! ”

Mount Awuslit, who was watching the battle from a distance, also put down his binoculars, turned his head and said, "It seems that the Democratic Alliance forces have no more artillery." ”

Kimarans nodded and said, "There is no doubt that the Russian-Austrian-Prussian fleets will break through Hong Kong, gentlemen, shouldn't we prepare for the invasion of Guangzhou?" Behind Hong Kong, there is also Macao blocking the mouth of the Pearl River, but Macao is a small area, and the highest peak, Tak Shek Tong Mountain, is only 170 meters, and even if artillery is erected, the threat to us is very limited. ”

Raglan was still very cautious, and said lightly: "Don't be too optimistic first, the Russian-Austrian fleet has not yet attacked Hong Kong, oh?" Did you finally fight back? ”

"Bang Bang Bang~~" The more than forty boats suddenly flashed with firelight, and a puff of black smoke spread across the entire sea, and more than 500 points of light swooped over, and a moment later, nearly forty gun positions distributed on Taiping Mountain were the center. It exploded like a flower.

After a little more than a minute, the second volley began. The shells still fell in place, halfway up the hill to the top. The flames were blazing, smoke was billowing out, and the NLD counterattack was much weaker, with less than ten pieces of artillery still firing.

"Hahahaha~~" Prince Menlev laughed and said: "The Democratic Alliance Army is nothing more than that, the heroic soldiers of His Majesty the Tsar attacked Hong Kong in one go. ”

Without the encouragement of Prince Menlev, the Russian army was full of momentum, after all, it was clear that the artillery of the Democratic Alliance was destroyed by three-quarters of the coalition fleet. Even the Austrian and Prussian soldiers had a green glint in their eyes.

Ji Wulai couldn't help but laugh at Brückny who was a hundred meters away: "It's really worth the trip, hahahaha~~"

Brückney, on the other hand, completely lost his demeanor as a commander, shhh

The coalition forces had two more rounds of shelling, the distance was close to four kilometers, and there was only one artillery gun firing on Taiping Mountain, and there was no need to say much about it, even the calmest Raglan looked calm: "Gentlemen." Get ready, we're about to attack Macau. ”

"Bang Bang Bang~~" The words had just fallen, and suddenly there was a loud cannon fire on the Taiping Mountain, which should have been silent, and more than 300 points of light flew out violently. Some of them are from gun emplacements that should have been destroyed!

"What's going on? Where did the artillery come from? ”

"Not good, the Chinese are too cunning, this old guy Menlev has been tricked!"

It's like falling from heaven to hell. In an instant, everyone's complexion changed drastically. A deep chill swelled up in my heart!

More than 300 points of light, this is more than 300 artillery!

There is also a big difference between shore artillery and naval artillery. Due to the influence of the shaking of the hull, the hit rate of the naval guns is much lower than that of the shore guns, so the actual combat effectiveness of these more than 300 shore guns is no worse than that of the more than 500 naval guns of the three-nation alliance under the same parameters.

In particular, the gun emplacement, which should have been destroyed, actually spewed out tongues of fire again with nearly thirty guns, what does this mean? Indicating that the onslaught of naval guns destroyed at most a quarter of the gun positions, many people took up their binoculars and looked carefully, trying to figure out what was going on.

Perhaps the previous fire had destroyed a lot of the woods, and in the gap between the broken branches and broken arms, gray objects could be seen, and the slender barrels of the guns were sticking outward, and it was obvious that the NLD had forged the forts.

"Oh my God, how could such a simple thing not come to me?" Fernand slapped his head helplessly.

After a few seconds, the sea boiled, and countless columns of water rose into the sky, interspersed with a puff of fire.

"Oh God, the artillery fire of the Democratic Alliance is too fierce, look over there, one of the Russian frigates has been sunk!"

"My God, the Austrian ship is also about to be knocked out and half of it is whirling in the water!"

More than 300 guns fired a salvo, and the result of sinking and crippling one ship was achieved on the spot, and nearly half of the ships were shot, the sails were ablaze, and there were even burning men who struggled to jump into the sea!

"Go back, go back!" Prince Monlev, Brückny and Giwulai were as if they had made an appointment, and hid in the cabin for the first time, and at the same time pulled their necks and roared loudly, they all realized that they were in the plan, in fact, they didn't need to order, the current position was still four kilometers away from the foot of Taiping Mountain, no one was confident that they could rush to the foot of the mountain alive under the fierce artillery fire, and every ship in the fleet of the three countries hurried back, and it was not more than ten seconds later, and the second round of more than 300 shells hit again!

"Boom, boom!" Sparks burst into the boat, and corpses flew into the water.

Fernand muttered: "The artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army is not only numerous, strong in defense, and fast in fire, but the three of them are finished, even if they don't die, the fleet will lose most of it, and this battle has nothing to do with them." ”

Indeed, if you want to get out of the range of the artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army, it means that you have to travel another six kilometers, and it will take ten to fifteen minutes to drive at the highest speed, not to mention that many ships have been injured and their speed has been greatly affected, especially the paddle steamers of the Russian army.

At the top of Taiping Mountain, a soldier of the Democratic Alliance said with a smile: "When the commander-in-chief said that in the Crimean War, more than 100 warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were completely annihilated by the British and French forces, and the price paid was only less than ten, I still don't believe it, but now I believe it, with such big wheels on both sides, and he has nowhere to go wild." ”

Another soldier took over and said, "I used to be full of envy for the skills of foreigners, but what are the boats with wheels on both sides below? Phew! It's the first time I've seen this kind of steamship, so isn't this a live target? You see, the wheels were hit and they all came to a standstill. ”

The Russian army had a total of eight paddle steamers, two of which were sunk in the artillery fire, and four of the sails were burned, the wheels were broken, and they were trapped in the sea and could not advance or retreat.

It's just that at such a time, who will stop and salvage them? Escape is the most important thing, not to mention the Prussian Austrian fleet and the four propeller ships of the Russian army, even the only two remaining paddle steamers covered in smoke, are also desperately sailing back, no way, the shells on the mountain are every ten seconds, who can eat it.

Although the hit rate of hitting moving targets on the sea surface will be affected, and although the ships of the Triple Alliance Army spread out as much as possible and move in a serpentine shape to reduce the danger of being targeted by dense artillery fire, the distance of six kilometers is too long, and according to the calculation of ten minutes of driving time, theoretically, each artillery on the top of the mountain can fire more than 40 shells on average, of course, after deducting the time for aiming and cooling down the mobile muzzle, at least 20 shells per gun can be fired, which is equivalent to 7,000 shells hitting about 40 shipsOn average, each ship needs to withstand the bombardment of nearly 200 shells, and even if it is only a tenth of the hits, the consequences are terrifying!

When the surviving ships had easily sailed out of a safe distance of ten kilometers, they looked back in horror and saw that the sea was in a mess, with corpses, planks, and people who had fallen into the water, and nearly ten boats, although they had not yet sunk, were on fire, floating on the surface of the sea like a coffin, and it was useless for such boats to be dragged back.

There were 24 ships that really escaped, two of the four propeller ships of the Russian army were sunk, and the paddle steamers were completely destroyed, as well as four flagships and 18 frigates of the Prussian and Austrian armies, with a loss rate of nearly half.

And even if they escaped, they were full of holes and scars, and many of the sails of the ships were burned out, leaving only the bare masts that had been smoked black, and three of them were actually traveling diagonally, and it was obvious that the sea water was constantly seeping into the ship's holds, and if it could not be repaired in a short time, sinking would be inevitable.

Prince Monlev, Brückny and Gioulai were extremely ugly and in tattered clothes, and they returned to the British flagship, the battleship Gladun, in great disarray.

The two 304-mm breech-loading rifled guns in the bow of the ship looked majestic and unusually majestic, and the firing range was said to reach a terrifying ten kilometers, and the barrels of these two guns were raised high, as if to mock the crushing defeat of the navies of the three countries.

Prince Menlev looked at Raglan and said angrily: "No wonder you are unwilling to attack Hong Kong, it turns out that you already know the strength of Hong Kong, what are your intentions?" Tempting us to die? ”

Brückney and Gioulai also looked at Raglan angrily.

The purpose of the three countries of Russia, Austria and Prussia as a test obviously could not be said, and Raglen's face sank: "Your Excellency Menlev, I dare to swear to God, I know nothing about Hong Kong, the Chinese have an ancient saying called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and a hundred battles will not be defeated, and it is precisely because I do not know the situation in Hong Kong that it is impossible for me to go to trade and attack, this is only out of my usual caution, and I by no means mean to frame you."

Take a step back and say, what good can I get by framing you? Just to get a little more of the spoils? Joke!

Besides, from the beginning to the end, you have been clamoring to attack Hong Kong, if I stop it, will you think that I have other intentions? In short, it is your greed that has blinded you, and you must take all responsibility for the defeat! (To be continued......)