Chapter 186: Shore Artillery VS Naval Gun
For the fierce Sun Country fleet, the navy of Yinmen Port and the people living in the port have been transferred in advance. Only this coastal defense artillery regiment located next to the harbor has been sticking here, and their only purpose in staying here is to give the arrogant and arrogant Sun Nation Navy a little color. Even if you can't defend Yinmen Port in the end, you have to let it understand that Longhua's navy is not so easy to insult!
As the former overlord of the East, although the Longhua Dynasty was eventually overthrown, it was completely different from the Qing government with the money whip in front of Xu Bin. The emperor who ruled this great eastern country was still a dignified Han Chinese. In the early Ming Dynasty, the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty went south and overthrew the Ming Dynasty at that time.
After the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, he rectified the rule of officials to build a strong army, and finally defeated the most powerful nomadic iron cavalry at that time, and adopted the policy of integration and immigration of various ethnic groups, so that these often brought to this ancient eastern country The source of disaster was completely eradicated. And even Goryeo at that time, that is, the later Koreas, were invaded and occupied.
Even if a few later generations came to the southeast divided into several small countries, he also recovered them into the large territory of the Longhua Dynasty and ordered them to be the two provincial governments of Longhua.
If it weren't for the royal family of the Sun Kingdom at that time, realizing that the country was dying, sending wealth and beautiful women to offer, and the country was alone in the sea, the founding emperor of Longhua, who had completely unified China, felt that the war was too laborious and costly, and finally decided to let them go. Now there is no Sun Country, and it's really another story!
Just such a small country that Emperor Taizu opened up because he was sympathetic to the people and did not want to kill anymore, and now he took the initiative to attack Longhua Kingdom. This makes the people of Longhua, who have the pride of a big country, naturally unable to swallow this breath. To put it bluntly, the people of the Sun Country look down on the people of Longhua, and the people of Longhua look down on these shameless people who bully the soft and fear the hard.
Before the war, it was clear to everyone. With the strength of the two main fleets of the Sun Country, there is no problem in destroying the port of Xinmen. However, without firing a single shot, they let the navy of the Sun Country wreak havoc, and these officers and men of the coastal defense artillery, who already had the heart of death, were not willing at all. So much so that the artillery positions are clearly exposed, and what awaits them will be a counterattack from the artillery of the warships of the Navy of the Sun Country. This first-round hit is very important.
Looking at the first round of shelling, the three shore defense guns of the No. 1 position made contributions, and a devil battleship slowly sank to the bottom of the sea. The other one also urgently returned to the rear of the warship team, and the Longhua artillery on the position, except for the officers and men of the No. 3 position, regretted it. When a shell was hit, the artillerymen in the other hidden positions jumped excitedly when they saw this scene.
The first round of attacks sank and seriously injured, and the face of the commander of the Devil Navy Fleet, Ichiro Miki, can be imagined. Although he had the luxury of expecting it, he would not lose a single ship and go straight to the port of Xinmen. But the scene in front of him made him realize that the people of Longhua were not as afraid of death and weak as he imagined. At least he knew. I can hit it directly without a test shot. It can only be done by a gunner who is extremely familiar with this part of the sea.
Standing on the warship, he also found that the two positions that fired artillery seemed to be far apart, which meant that they also carried out group strikes, which was unlikely. In this way, if they want to solve the shore defense artillery arranged in the port by the opposite Longhua State, it means that they must engage in an artillery battle within the range of the opponent.
Let the captain of his warship quickly calculate the parameters of the opponent's two gun emplacements. Miki Ichiro again ordered the commanding standard-bearers to send out the four large battleships and cruisers in the fleet. They will adopt a group of two and two to carry out a cluster shelling of the Longhua artillery position that had just shelled their warship. Strive to solve each other with one blow.
After looking at the Devil's Navy and sending four warships, the commander of the artillery regiment knew the strength of the Devil's Navy, and ordered the gunners of the No. 1 Artillery Position to launch an artillery attack immediately as long as the opponent's warships came into the range of the artillery, without waiting for his order. The other two flank positions are also prepared for artillery bombardment. As long as they feel that there is a chance to seriously injure the other party, they can also choose to fire themselves.
Seeing that another round of coastal confrontation started again, no one knew that in the rear and right sides of the devil warship, ten tubes with probes to probe the brain had been stretched out. They undoubtedly jumped up for joy at the victory of the coastal defense regiment in the first battle just now, and the torpedo launchers on the submarines were even more prepared before the launch, waiting for their captains to issue the order to attack.
It's just that the commander Thackrie, who was temporarily appointed by Xu Bin, knows that now is not the best time to attack. Although at this time, they can inflict heavy damage on the unsuspecting devil navy. But as soon as they make a move, the affairs of the submarine detachment will be exposed to the sight of the naval powers. This is undoubtedly very unfavorable for the Longhua Navy, which itself needs to be guided step by step.
As a commander, you must take into account all factors to find the best time to attack. Therefore, Thackrey ordered the submarines on standby without his orders, and no submarine should fire torpedoes. For the order of this naval leader, which can be described as a needle of the sea, no submarine captain dares not disobey it.
As the four Japanese heavy warships entered the attack range, these warships began to turn and prepare to open fire, and the artillerymen who had made a contribution in the first battle just now fired another round of attacks. Looking at this attack, the shells were a little far away from the devil's warship, only setting off a wave on the sea, and all the shells were missing.
The commanders of the two positions ordered the officers and men to quickly adjust their gun positions, and when the Japanese warships finally opened fire, a second round of artillery fire was fired. Looking at the shells on both sides, flying out of their respective artillery, a violent explosion sounded from the artillery positions in the distance.
When the devil navy in the rear was overjoyed, the two artillery positions that had suffered heavy losses, a round of shelling sent out by Zuihou, made another contribution, and heavily sank and damaged the main battleship of the navy of a little devil. This means that although the two artillery positions lost the opportunity to fire again after three rounds of shelling, their achievements are enough to be proud of.
Looking at the commander of the Japanese fleet, who was once again scolding, he received two artillery positions that had been shelled by four Japanese warships, suffered heavy casualties, and had lost his combat effectiveness. Knowing that they had done their best, they instructed the officers and men acting as reservists to quickly treat the wounded and carry them down the mountain and rush them to the hospital for treatment.
With only three rounds of attacks, sinking and damaging four devil warships, they should enjoy the respect of the people. As for the soldiers who died in the shelling, the commander of the artillery regiment also believed that the state and the government would not treat their families badly. Their deaths were undoubtedly glorious!
I don't know the shells sent by the warship, but the devil warship, which made a contribution in the first round, fired two rounds in retaliation again, and when it saw that there was no more artillery counterattack. The remaining two warships again advanced the warships some distance, preparing to carry out a covering strike on the shore defense artillery positions ahead according to the approximate position provided by the intelligence services.
It's just that just as they continued to march the warship forward, they also served as a flank artillery position, and once again fired shells that frightened the officers and men of the little devil warship. Seeing that the shells were only a few meters away from the warship, those little devil navy who were overturned by the waves set off by the shells were also very happy. At the same time, he quickly got up from the deck and quickly loaded the shells to carry out a counterattack under the command of the commander.
As the two artillery positions that responded to the side, seeing that they had not been able to make the first round of contributions like the brothers in front, they naturally felt hot on their faces. However, they know that this time is not for complaining and regretting. Whoever can fire the second round of shells as quickly as possible will be able to kill the opponent first.
It's a pity that the speed of the coastal defense artillery is fast, and the artillery on the little devil warship is also not slow, and it is another shell fired almost simultaneously. After only two rounds of shells were fired at the two artillery positions, the remaining combat effectiveness was very weak.
Of course, this time they did not miss, and the shells fired by the artillery on both positions once again put the two surviving warships of the second batch of little devils. One ship exploded directly, and with an earth-shattering explosion, it was quickly swallowed by the sea. The other ship had also tilted its forward deck and lost the ability to continue fighting.
And the shells they fired, although they hit the artillery on the opposite side hard, but the officers and men of the two surviving coastal defense guns, almost ignoring the brothers who were killed and injured by the explosion around them, struggled to get up from the ground, fired two shells again, and buried the devil battleship that wanted to turn around and return to the sea again.
Looking at the six warships in this way, four were sunk in front of the port of Yinmen, and two lost their combat effectiveness. Miki Ichiro has a murderous heart, even if he knows that the artillery on the opposite side has basically lost its combat effectiveness.
Prompted by the loss of reason and vindictiveness, he still ordered the rest of the warships, which were equipped with 350 caliber naval guns, to rush to the land-based artillery position opposite the admiral, and came to a frantic shelling like a plow. It wasn't until the captain of another capital ship stopped him that Miki Ichiro found that the shore defense artillery base in Longhua on the opposite side never sounded the sound of counterattack cannons.
Miki Ichiro, having regained his senses, again sent four thousand-ton minesweepers, under the cover of two five-thousand-ton battleships. Began to enter the open sea in front of the inner harbor of Yinmen to carry out mine clearance work. At the same time, the rest of the warships began to look for a channel for the two capital ships to pass through.
It stands to reason that the original two 10,000-ton capital ships could not participate in this kind of victory that was almost captured, but Miki Ichiro, who wanted to save a little face and take revenge, insisted that the two capital ships must participate in the battle to destroy the port of Xinmen.
He wanted to let the Longhua people on the other side know how powerful the two main warships in his hands were. If it weren't for the fact that they sank the Longhua in advance and blocked the channel. Perhaps their so-called shore defense artillery could not stop the torture and killing of their capital ships.
As little devils and naval officers and soldiers who distinguish between the superior and the inferior, if the boss opens his mouth, they must break their legs. I didn't say anything, I could only find a suitable passage for the two capital ships. Just as they were letting down their guard for the impending victory, Thackley, who had just been in the periscope and watching with boiling blood, finally ordered: "Get ready for battle, it's our turn!" (To be continued......)