The return fire of the fortress artillery caused many casualties to the Wehrmacht artillery, but fortunately, the Wehrmacht artillery was scattered and would not be destroyed in large numbers by a few shells. Seeing that the opposing fortress artillery had such a long range and great power, the Wehrmacht temporarily stopped shelling. The fortress cannon was temporarily out of target, and they turned their muzzles again and blasted towards the charging Siamese soldiers.

Without the lure of Wehrmacht artillery, even the Thar soldiers at the head of the city had a chance to breathe, and they poked their heads out and shot the Siamese soldiers who were getting closer and closer with their rifles. The artillery bombardment combined with a dense rain of bullets caused the charging Siamese soldiers to quickly retreat, and they fled back to their starting positions faster than they had advanced.

Looking at the Siamese soldiers who fled back like a flock of sheep, an officer who was observing the battlefield snorted: "These Siamese people are really useless, so they can't withstand the slightest casualties, fortunately we are only attracting firepower, if they really want to attack, they are only worthy of being logistics troops." ”

Yes, the land attack only attracted fire, and when the Sahr turned their guns to land, the landing of the marines continued, and in order to attack the Sahr fortress, a Chinese-class battleship sailed into the harbor, and ventured around in the harbor, concentrating eight 305 mm guns on the side of the Sahr, and launched an attack on the Sahr fortress.

It was very dangerous to enter the harbor and attack, and in this small area, the battleship of more than 20,000 tons could only completely stop its advance and shoot there. It was much easier for the warships to stop moving and shoot at fixed targets than they usually did when they were on the move, and the capable artillerymen achieved results in the first shot.

A 305-mm shell hit one of the turrets at the top, an armor-piercing warhead weighing more than 100 kilograms instantly pierced the walls of the fortress, and the explosion of the shell blasted a 254-mm caliber fortress into the air, and at the same time detonated nearby shells.

The entire turret exploded at the top of the fortress, and huge stones rolled down, causing the Thar soldiers in the fortress to take refuge. It was very difficult to turn the fortress guns, but the battleship was unusually quick to reload. Before the fortress artillery could turn to return fire again, the second wave of attacks arrived, and several shells hit the fortress one after another.

As a fortress to defend the interior, the walls of this fortress are not as thick as the one on the headland, and the resistance to armor penetration is relatively limited, so when a 305 mm shell hits the fortress, it can easily penetrate it and explode.

Huge explosions rang out, the entire fortress was blown to pieces, the wall facing the sea was blown out of a large hole, and the billowing smoke and dust drowned the Thar soldiers along with the collapsing wall. The attack of the naval guns frightened the Sahr, they did not expect that the battleship main guns of the Chinese Empire could attack such a distance, and the situation was even farther than the range of their own 356 mm fortress guns.

The Thar soldiers in the fortress were a little confused, and taking advantage of the fact that the opponent's artillery was extinguished at this time, the Wehrmacht drove those Siamese soldiers to attack again, and at the same time, the Wehrmacht artillery that had just fallen silent also began to fire, and the fortress was caught in a situation of being attacked from both sides.

Some of the first Marines to land had already moved to the vicinity of the fort, and they used their weapons to shoot and cover themselves for the breach, but the Thar soldiers in the fort quickly reacted, and they sent a large number of soldiers to block the breach, and a fierce exchange of fire ensued.

The Saar army stationed in Tamsui Harbor had all retreated into this fortress except for those who had already died, and they had no way to retreat, so these soldiers were very valiant, desperately blocking the attack from both directions.

As soon as the marines approached the fort, the guns stopped firing so as not to injure their own soldiers, but the army's artillery was still roaring, even if the destructive power was not good, but the 100-5mm shells were not so easy to withstand, and some of the shells fired into the fortress walls exploded one after another, causing a lot of losses to the Sahr soldiers.

Isolated and under heavy attacks from both sides, the Sahr were desperate and surrendered when the Marines unloaded the howitzers from the cargo ship onto the docks. Seeing that the other party waved the white flag, Sun Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief, this battle was really difficult, first Siam's domestic rainforest made the army's large-caliber artillery unable to maneuver, and later because there was no airfield to land, so that the domestic air force could not participate in the war, the Chinese Empire this time can be said to be tied to fight with the Sahr people.

Fortunately, the port of Tamsui was not dangerous, and the defenders were mostly colonial troops with low training levels, so that the Wehrmacht did not suffer much losses, but even then he was busy, first of all, to repair the dock facilities so that cargo ships carrying supplies could unload here, and in addition, to build an airfield nearby, so that the air force could be stationed in this area, to help the navy hold the important Strait of Malacca, and the last was the mines outside the port.

Of course, this time the minesweepers can no longer be allowed to risk dying to clear the mines, those are wartime measures for rapid mine clearance, and the minesweepers need to be detonated after being slowly detected in peacetime, so that although it is safe, the speed is greatly reduced.

Now the problem of mines has become a problem in the world, not only Sun Xiaohu, but even the Western Continent, the Saar people laid mines near important waters and some ports, which gave the Yaman Empire Navy quite a headache, and now Fang Xiaoyu also regretted that he had given the mine technique to the Saar Empire.

However, Fang Xiaoyu also understood in his heart that the principle of the mine was not difficult, as long as he saw it, it was easy to imitate it, and now the Yaman Empire had copied a lot, even if he didn't give it to the Thar Empire, he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret for long. Sometimes, a weapon doesn't have to be high-tech, and what researchers lack is just an idea.

After the capture of Tamsui Harbor, the Southern Ocean Fleet rested for a full month, except for the renovation of Tamsui Harbor, they usually only sent a few destroyers around the vicinity to hunt down the Nantes torpedo boats that emerged from Suman Island. This weapon was indeed very useful against torpedo boats, and the torpedo boats of the Nantes were almost defenseless, and they were defeated one after another, and at last they simply cowered in Palembang on the island of Sumen and did not dare to come out.

The Mintawi Islands, Java Island, and Bangka Island, which are very close to the island of Suma, are all part of Siam's territory, and after Siam followed the Chinese Empire to declare war on the Entente powers, these islands also became a springboard for attacking Suman Island, and in the face of such a dilemma, Sumen Island, which was only garrisoned by 13,000 Nantes colonial troops, seemed to be very weak, even if the local governor distributed all the spare arms in the arsenal to the local Nantes immigrants, they could not feel safe.

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