Chapter 655: Encircling and Annihilating the Third Legion (7)

"Your Excellency, is something wrong?" An indigenous officer hurriedly stepped forward to ask when he saw Walbeck slipping down the tree.

Walbeck nodded: "It has become more difficult for us to sneak attack the port of Anroda, after our reconnaissance, there should be a Boston fleet stationed in the port, and now the number of sentinels in the port has more than tripled, and it is estimated that the garrison will at least double." ”

Hearing Walbeck's analysis, many of the officers gathered around were shocked, and one of them asked: "Your Excellency the Governor, if the garrison is doubled, isn't it the same as our number, and the certainty of a sneak attack is much smaller, not to mention that the other side still has a fleet, should we cancel tonight's plan?" ”

Walbeck didn't answer immediately, he rubbed his chin and pondered, considering the pros and cons of the operation. After a long time, Walbeck looked up and said, "No, maybe we can destroy this fleet." ”

"Destroy the fleet?" The officers took a breath in unison, Walbeck's idea was crazy.

Walbeck said: "This is our chance, as long as we attack the port, the warship's artillery will not be able to help us, of course, if we can sneak attack successfully, it is best." Don't we have a time bomb backed by the Chinese Empire? We can infiltrate a warship, put a time bomb in the ammunition depot, and even if we can't do, we can put the bomb on the propeller and at least disable these guys for a while. ”

Walbeck's prestige in the army was quite high, and since he had a comprehensive plan, it was difficult for everyone to refute it. After Walbeck assigned the task, everyone went to separate preparations.

The first to enter the harbor were a commando group of 100 of the most elite native soldiers, who, led by Major Kokcol, secretly infiltrated the harbor, while Walbeck followed with a large force to cover it.

Korkor was a very good native hunter before joining the army, and his single-handed blow arrow skills were unsurpassed, and the people under him were all elites, and these people were divided into groups and went towards their own goals.

With a few soft plops, the three Boston sentinels were shot to the ground by blowing arrows at the same time, and the more the aboriginal soldiers used this supreme weapon of sneak attack and killing, the more they used it. After several sentinels were dealt with, many of the indigenous soldiers entered the port area.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Bostonians have more than a dozen big ships, what should we do?" After entering the dock area, Korkor quickly spotted large warships docked at the berth, but he had never seen any warships, only knew that these warships were large, but he did not know which type of warship they were, so he was very vague when he used walkie-talkie to report.

These walkie-talkies are also battlefield communication equipment of the Chinese Empire, which has never been sold to the outside world, and this time it is for the sake of the Allies, and a batch of them was given to Walbeck, and these devices also made Walbeck greatly appreciated, thinking that it was a very convenient command weapon.

Hearing Korkle's words on the walkie-talkie was very vague, and Walbeck knew that he had never seen any warships and couldn't explain why, so he decided to make a trip to the harbor himself. After instructing the officers of all ranks, he entered the port with more than thirty guards.

The sentinels had been killed beforehand, and Walbeck and his party easily entered the docklands. As soon as he entered the dock area, Walbeck was startled by the huge size of the warship in front of him, he thought that the battleship of the Bostonian had arrived, but then he was relieved, it turned out that the big guy was an old ship built by the Bostonians thirty years ago, the 'Gallino' class ironclad. Although this kind of ironclad ship has a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, its combat effectiveness is quite weak, and it is not as powerful as the latest cruisers.

Walbeck took a closer look and found that there were seven large warships nearby, including three 'Gallino'-class ironclads and four 'Orlando'-class cruisers, both of which were the first warships produced by the major shipyards of the Boston Empire thirty years ago.

These warships were originally mothballed, but now they are obviously not used for combat duty, Walbeck estimates that they are used to protect slave ships from being attacked by the small fleets of the Chinese Empire roaming the seas, and the dozen or so more advanced Keeling-class improved destroyers nearby are obviously used to guard against the Chinese Imperial submarines.

Seeing such an old fleet, a smile appeared on the corner of Walbeck's mouth, it was too easy to destroy them. He came to Kokol's side, whispered to him to assign tasks, and at the same time used his walkie-talkie to inform the troops outside, and in half an hour he began to attack.

With the remaining half an hour, the native soldiers threw their anchors onto the gang and soon climbed aboard the warships. Most of the sailors went to rest on the shore after docking, and there were not many sentries on these warships, and they were all quickly dealt with by the commandos.

When the turret doors are opened, the downward passages of the mechanical loader in the turret are revealed, which lead to the ammunition depots of the main guns. The time bomb was set to explode half an hour later, and the soldiers threw the bomb down the aisle into the ammunition depot. The ammunition depots of these old warships did not have fireproof covers, which saved the soldiers a lot of trouble and dropped the bombs directly.

Time bombs were placed on every warship, and those destroyers were even simpler, as long as the bomb was attached to the bulbous bow under the ship's water, there was a relatively weak spot because of the sonar, as long as the bomb was placed there, the power of the explosion was enough to destroy the destroyer of small tonnage.

After doing all this, Walbeck immediately led people to the residential area, and during the daytime reconnaissance, he discovered the location of the other party's headquarters, and it is estimated that there is not only one regimental headquarters there now, and a fleet headquarters is believed to live there.

"Who?" An undetected sentry suddenly jumped out and blocked the way of Walbeck and his party. Seeing that it had been discovered, Ke Ke Ke didn't have time to take out the blowpipe, he raised his gun without saying a word. Difficult to aim in the dark, the first shot failed to eliminate the sentry, and when the Boston sentry saw the enemy shooting, he knew that he had encountered an enemy, and he immediately took refuge in the corner and shot with his rifle in his hand.

Walbeck wanted to try to trick the other party, but Korkor fired first, and seeing that the matter was irreparable, Walbeck and the others had to immediately disperse, find cover and start shooting.

The sound of gunfire alarmed the sleeping Bostonians, a large number of soldiers with rifles ran up to everyone, gunfire erupted in the streets, and the entire port of Anroda immediately became chaotic. Tracer bullets were fired indiscriminately through the streets, and Walbeck and the others were so crushed that they could no longer advance to the Bostonian headquarters.

Hearing the sudden gunfire in the port, the Yugoslav Army troops waiting outside knew that something was wrong, and they immediately launched an attack on the port area from the outside. For a while, there was a lot of gunfire, mixed with the explosion of shells from a few field guns, and many people in the dark night could not recognize the situation, they only knew that guns were being fired everywhere, and they were terrified and shot desperately, regardless of whether they hit the enemy or not.

Even with the enemy's aimless fire, it would be difficult for Walbeck to move forward, because stray bullets were flying everywhere, and they could easily be hit if they didn't find a place to hide. After contacting the troops outside with walkie-talkies, more than 2,000 Confederate Army soldiers outside launched a fierce assault on the port residential area, knocking out the unformed Boston army from behind.

The sailors had just arrived today, they lived in a relatively concentrated area, and after hearing the sound of gunfire, they quickly gathered together and formed an organized resistance force, but the sailors were poorly armed, although they were numerous, it was difficult to resist the well-equipped Southern Army, so they were also beaten back and forth. Seeing that nothing could be done, the sailors decided to abandon the port area, and they protected the members of the headquarters and quickly ran towards the dock area, intending to use the guns on the warships to deal with the enemy forces who were engaged in a fierce battle with their own army.

The sailors were well trained, and they quickly boarded their respective warships. The sailors turned their artillery and wanted to launch an artillery attack on the units of the Yugoslav Army. Several sailors nervously turned the 305 mm caliber main gun of an ironclad ship, although its range was too long, and it was a little reluctant to attack the enemy troops in the harbor, but the main gun was powerful, even if it was used for deterrence.

They quickly adjusted the gun, lowering the angle of the muzzle to the limit, and a shell quickly stopped pushing into the chamber, and the gunner nervously took aim. Unable to see in the dark, he only relied on the light of the shot and the direction of the trajectory to determine the area where the enemy might exist.

"Start shelling." The gunner shouted and ordered the gunner to open fire. Receiving the order, the gunner felt for the wrench that fired the shell, but at this moment suddenly a huge explosion sounded, and a stream of flames rose from the bottom of the mechanical loader, instantly covering the entire turret, and at the most critical moment, the time bomb finally detonated.

In the shocked eyes of the Boston people, the Boston warships anchored in the harbor exploded one after another, and with the explosion of ammunition, all warships were seriously injured, and they quickly sank in their berths, and because the power of the explosion was too great, the surviving sailors on these warships were less than one, which can be described as heavy losses.

The loud explosion made the Bostonians panic even more, but the morale of the Confederate Army was greatly boosted, and with the efforts of both sides, the commando team led by Walbeck quickly converged with the main force, and 3,000 Confederate Army soldiers immediately launched a fierce attack in all directions of the residential area.

Under the cover of light infantry artillery, the Confederate Army fought point by point, and soon occupied several commanding heights, and with the fire of these locations, the Boston soldiers were shot in large numbers, and a regiment stationed in the harbor was quickly wiped out, and finally the embarrassed regiment commander escaped from the port with only more than thirty soldiers.