Three battleships, more than 10 cruisers of various types, and more than 10 ships of various types aimed at the three batteries at the same time to bombard, and in just five minutes, the vegetation and loess layer on the Continent batteries that had been standing still under the bombardment of the three ships "Mogami", "Torikai" and "Oshima Maru" were lifted. The gray reinforced concrete, the main bunker structure of the fort, was exposed, and soon, large and small pits and even cracks appeared on it.

The sound of the explosion was deafening, and even though they were hiding in the hidden soldier cave behind, the students of the 502nd Regiment of the 38th Brigade were still shocked enough. The mud and sand above their heads fell, and the pale faces of the cadets looked overhead, very worried about whether the bunker would collapse. "Tuanza, let's withdraw from the city, will this collapse?" A student said to the regiment commander Shen Baoguo.

Shen Baoguo's heart was also trembling, but out of common sense, he knew that he would only die faster if he withdrew from Lu Dao at this time, so he pretended to be full of confidence and said, "Withdraw from Lu? Withdraw and be a live target for little devils? It's the safest place to be. ”

Compared with the reaction of the cadets, the artillery in front was very determined. On the one hand, they wore thick protection, which effectively blocked the incoming sound of explosions; Knowing the thickness and structure of the bunker, they didn't think that the little devils could lift the tortoise shells that protected them with long-range artillery alone.

There is no return fire yet. Under Guo Guizhang's unified command, the three batteries are now targeting two heavy cruisers, the "Mogami" and the "Chokai". The three batteries kept firing guns, and finally, a 240 mm caliber main gun shell hit the main building of the "Mogami", and the next moment, including the captain's room, the superstructure of the "Mogami" was lifted off as a whole - this heavy cruiser, which had been ravaged by the cadet army air force in the "sunk" operation, seemed to be doomed this time.

Three batteries around Wanning were also joined, and their first targets were the "Yamashiro" and other ships that were engaged in a frenzied retaliatory shelling.

The cannonballs dragged the almost transparent tail flames back and forth, the explosions came and went, and occasionally, a series of explosions sounded - the single male who was far away in the Dongshan Ridge couldn't help but be frightened when he saw that the three forts were all shrouded in fireworks for a long time. "Grandma's, I finally saw the powerful armament of the little devil navy!" As he spoke, he swallowed hard and spat.

Besides, Brother Lai came back again, went down to rest for a while, and with a pale face, he insisted on staying on the front line - well, if Dongshan Ridge, which is about 10 kilometers away from the Dazhou Battery, can also be counted as the front line of operations. Hearing the words of the single man, he said with his tongue and dry lips: "I now understand why the commander-in-chief did not let the navy go into battle, our gunboats or something compared to the giant ship cannons of the little devils, that is, small sampans." I'm a little worried, if the little devil has enough shells, the preparations we made before are just a formality. ”

Shan Renxiong understood what he meant, and in the face of overwhelming force, human factors such as skill and stratagem could be ignored. He said: "It's not that far, why do we have to adopt such a deep strategy? Just to survive the devastating blow of the little devil for a while longer. That's right, compared with pure force, we and the little devils are not at the same level at all. But you also saw that just now, wasn't the landing force of the little devils hit head-on? The original intention of the commander-in-chief to design the batteries along the coast was to confront the group of ships of the little devils, and we used them to deal with the landing force of the little devils, although it was suspected of killing chickens with knives. However, as long as the landing time of the Japanese army can be delayed and the landing force can be severely damaged, the goal will be achieved. No matter how strong the navy of the little devils is, if they want to occupy Hainan, they will ultimately have to rely on ground forces - huh?! As he spoke, his eyes were always focused on the battlefield. At this time, there is no need to use a telescope, after all, a fireball tens of meters high can be raised at every turn, let alone standing ten kilometers away, even if it is far away, it can be seen. And as he spoke, the Japanese shelling, which had lasted for eight minutes, finally paid off. A 280 mm shell hit the main firing port of the Continental Battery, and although it failed to break through due to the angle, it was enough to inflict fatal damage on the Continental Battery. A somewhat muffled explosion sounded, the main firing port was opened at 45 degrees from bottom to top, and when it landed, not only Guo Jianzhang but also two main gun gunners were killed on the spot, and the barrel of the main gun was also bent, and what was more deadly was that because the main gun had just been filled with ammunition and warheads, the result was a martyrdom.

Brother Lai followed the gaze of the single male, and he asked, "The continent fort is finished?" ”

The single man leaned over the binoculars with a tense face, and after a while, he raised his head, exhaled deeply, and said: "It should be that the main firing port was hit head-on and caused the explosion-the number of little devil naval guns is too large, and the caliber is large enough, and the continent battery is destroyed." Summoned Zhang Dali, let them stop the shelling, for the time being, let's avoid it first! ”

"Yes!"

On the flight deck of the "Kaga", Yamabegawa Sankey, who had just gotten off the fighter plane and had not finished drinking a cup of hot tea, boarded the fighter plane again. He will again carry out reconnaissance missions to observe the effect of naval artillery bombardment. The fighter roared into the air, and Tsukahara 243 stood in the exhaust air of the Type 99 fighter and was stunned - if before he was close to Hainan Island, he was full of fighting spirit and full of desire for victory, now, despite the hot weather, he felt the cold to the bone. From last night to now, the shelling just now is the first time that the silent Cadet Army has shown its fangs, and as soon as they strike, they have inflicted heavy losses on the Imperial Army. With such a close distance and such a dense distribution of troops, it must be difficult for the Chinese artillery to hit accurately. The people of China are tenacious, the combined fleet has put on a huge formation, and Wanning has been so strongly destroyed, they can always endure it. Well, now it seems that the people of China are right, they have grasped the weakness of the imperial army - that is, if the Hainan strategy is to be fruitful, it will ultimately depend on the ground forces. Then, as long as the ground forces of the Imperial Army are given enough blows, in the end, even if all their defenses are destroyed, Hainan Island will still be firmly in their hands.

The people of China are not only tough but also smart enough, and they obviously expected that the empire would use force against Hainan, so they took precautions early on. Naturally, the defense measures of the people of China could not be just the fort, and in the future, they must have other ruthless means. So, what should the combined fleet do next?