Chapter 400: Nha Trang Pass
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The 22nd round of the Vietnamese player's charge began, Nguyen Junxi had a gloomy face and did not speak, and if he could not win the forward position of Cam Ranh Bay in two more rounds, he would become a laughing stock like Nguyen Chi Van and others. Although the Vietnamese players rushed very fiercely, judging from the current situation, not to mention two more rounds, even if there are twenty more rounds of Cam Ranh Bay's forward position, it will be safe.
Ruan Junxi's power is very strong, and the other bosses have been clear in their hearts so far in the battle, but no one wants to touch his moldy head. Soon the twenty-four rounds of attacks will be over, and then Nguyen Junxi will completely show his original form, and his prestige will completely fall to the bottom. Even players who were secretly dissatisfied with Ruan Junxi secretly rejoiced, although they failed to win Cam Ranh Bay this time, Ruan Junxi's disgrace was a good gain, and he was confident to compete with him in the future.
Li Jun was the happiest one, when he held a war mobilization meeting, he was slapped in the face by Ruan Junxi continuously, and he became a laughing stock after failing to achieve his goal. Seeing Ruan Junxi's bad luck, he was secretly happy in his heart, and he looked forward to the next two rounds of attacks.
In the small fishing village south of Nha Trang, 9,000 troops have been assembled, and weapons such as mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns have been brought ashore. The reconnaissance company opened the way in front, and the army marched mightily north, arriving at the Nha Trang Pass an hour later.
Nguyen Chi Van did not believe that Cam Ranh Bay dared to divide his forces to attack Nha Trang when defending, so his defense was extremely lax, but Nha Trang Pass was an exception. From the first day he established his base, he gave an order that the mountain pass must be manned in any case.
Nha Trang Pass is the gateway to Nguyen Chi Van base, and the two are angled inward, as if they are about to embrace each other. The entire pass was only ten meters wide, and fortifications were built on the mountains on both sides. Only a small number of men need to be stationed to defend the southern side of the base area.
Nguyen Chi Van didn't think Cam Ranh Bay would attack Nha Trang, and his men didn't have this concept at all, but according to Nguyen Chi Van requirements, there were players on duty at the observation post at all times. In the past, there were observation posts when people were not on duty, and they were inspected by Ruan Zhiwen until later. He did not hesitate to expel those who neglected their duties from the base.
After Chen Hao approached the Nha Trang Pass with his team, he ordered the guard battalion to follow the reconnaissance company to approach quietly, wanting to take advantage of the Vietnamese players' carelessness to sneak attack the mountain pass. As long as the Nha Trang Pass is taken, Nguyen Zhi Wen's Nha Trang base area will have no danger to defend, and under the suppression of superior firepower, Chen Hao will have no problem taking the Nha Trang base area in one day.
In front of Nha Trang Pass, there is no place to hide. In the past, there was a small forest 200 meters in front of the pass, and there were many shrubs on both sides of the road, but after establishing a base area, Nguyen Chi Van ordered all obstacles in the first 500 meters of the pass to be removed.
Chen Hao thought beautifully. But when the reconnaissance company was still 400 meters away from the pass, the observation post at the pass discovered it. The name of the observation post on duty today is Li Yong, and the other players on duty in the fortification are gambling, and he is the only one who stays alone in the observation post. Although it was boring, due to the experience of Ruan Zhiwen's inspection, he still observed the situation in the distance at any time as required.
After Li Yong saw the troops in black uniforms appear 400 meters away, he opened his mouth wide and was speechless, he was completely shocked. After a brief period of distraction. He hurriedly picked up the Mauser 1888 rifle in his hand and fired a shot, and the Vietnamese players who were playing in the fortifications immediately jumped up when they heard the gunshot. Get ready for battle.
In order to keep his subordinates from slackening, Nguyen Chi Van organized a number of exercises, which were precisely based on the assumption that an enemy would land and then lightning attack Nha Trang Pass. His precautions worked, and after the whistle fired a warning shot, all players entered the fortifications.
Nguyen Chi Van invested a lot of money in Nha Trang Pass, and the two low mountains were almost hollowed out. A large amount of ammunition was stored in the belly of the mountain. Solid pillboxes were built out of concrete on the mountainside, and after buying arms from the French, he placed three Maxim heavy machine guns on each hill. Six heavy machine guns formed a crossfire, enough to block the ten-meter-wide mountain pass, and anyone who wanted to pass through it would pay a heavy price.
Chen Hao frowned after observing the situation on both sides of the mountains through the telescope. He had long expected that Nha Trang Pass would be difficult to fight, but he didn't expect Ruan Zhiwen to repair the turtle shell to such a point. The bellies of the mountains on both sides were hollowed out and converted into concrete fortifications, which could not be destroyed by even naval artillery. If the artillery could not destroy the enemy's heavy machine guns, and the local ammunition was relatively sufficient, the losses of taking human lives to fill the mountain pass would be very heavy.
Chen Hao ordered all artillery to prepare for fire, and at the same time took out a flare gun and fired a shot into the air. The Nha Trang Pass was only a kilometer from the coast, while battleships and cruisers could anchor at a distance of five hundred meters from the coast, and could launch shelling from the sea as long as the artillery level was high enough.
There were also quite a few excellent British navies on both warships, and this time the shelling of the Russian officers was handed over to the British, who quickly adjusted the angle of fire. After seeing the flare, Bretov waved his hand, and the British officer maneuvered the 305mm naval gun and began the test firing. The first shell missed the hill where the enemy was located, and hit less than a hundred meters away from Chen Hao and the others.
"TMD, these Britons can't do it on purpose! Could it be that they are dissatisfied with me and deliberately mischievous? Chen Hao muttered a sentence and felt that it was unlikely, the British have always been more cooperative, and when they operate the artillery, there are usually people with guns next to them, so they should not do such a stupid thing.
Standing on the deck, Bretov could see the two hills, and was shocked when he saw that the shell did not hit the mountain, but hit not far in front of the pass. He knew that the object of his allegiance was attacking Yamaguchi, and this run was likely to hit his own people, so how would he explain it to the adults at that time?
Bretov kicked the British artilleryman hard and roared: "You're a spy of the Vietnamese, aren't you?" Let you aim at the hill and shoot at you, but you shoot at your own people, believe it or not, Lao Tzu shot you? ”
It was British Navy Lieutenant Klesso who fired the gun, and he felt very aggrieved, how could he hit the target with the first test shot? After slapping Bretov, he said with an aggrieved face: "Sir, I am trying to test fire." ”
Bretov is an army, not yet an artilleryman, he knows nothing about shelling. Hearing Bledsoe's argument, he didn't bother to pay attention, shook the shell gun in his hand and said, "Lao Tzu, it doesn't matter if you test fire or really shoot." If you still can't hit the target accurately when you fire again, Lao Tzu will immediately make your head bloom. ”
Bledsoe cursed the damn bastard Bretov in his heart, but the threat of death forced him to pick himself up and adjust the angle of the ship's guns again. After adjusting the shooting elements, Bledsoe gave Bretov a nervous look, and then lit fire and opened fire on the two hills.
305-mm shells accurately hit the hill. A large amount of earth and rocks were raised, and other naval guns began to fire. After a salvo, the entire hill was leveled by about two meters, but because the enemy's fortifications were so strong that all the concrete-poured fortifications were hidden in the belly of the mountain, this volley did not cause any casualties to the Vietnamese.
"The turtle shell is so hard!" After Chen Hao muttered, he fired a signal flare into the sky again, which was a signal to continue firing. After seeing the signal flare on the deck, Bretov did not mean to save shells for Chen Hao, and ordered all the naval guns to fire at the same time.
The two hills have been leveled by about ten meters. A solid layer of concrete was exposed, and the highest level of the fortifications built by Nguyen Chi Van was exactly ten meters below. The 305 mm large-caliber naval guns can be blown even if they are concrete, but the construction built by Nguyen Zhiwen is too strong, the concrete fortifications are two meters thick, and it will take a long time to tear down the fortifications with artillery.
Chen Hao seemed to be determined to settle the battle with artillery, and the mountain artillery and mortars not far from the mountain pass were constantly firing, and the army showed no signs of attacking. See this happens. Vietnamese players took refuge in the fortifications and listened in fear to the sound of shells exploding outside.
Under the bombardment of a large number of shells. The smoke of gunpowder on the two mountains has affected the master of Vietnamese players. During the artillery bombardment, Chen Hao gave an order to Wang Chunhua, asking him to lead a thousand-strong death squad to quickly advance forward while the smoke was filling. Due to the constant destruction of fortifications by artillery shells, the Vietnamese thought that Chinese players would rely on artillery to completely destroy the fortifications before attacking, plus the effect of vision. They didn't realize that the other party had sent a death squad to charge.
Chen Hao was very sober-minded, and it was indeed possible to directly destroy the opponent's fortifications with a large amount of artillery bombardment, but it would take a long time. Nguyen Chi Van built eight layers of fortifications, and the concrete between each layer was two meters thick, and even if there was continuous bombing, it would take half a day to completely bulldoze the fortifications.
Half a day of non-stop bombing wasted time, not to mention. The consumption of valuable naval artillery shells is a big problem. Chen Ha has a large number of shells in reserve, yes, but it is not infinite, not to mention continuous bombardment for half a day, even if it lasts for an hour, it is estimated that the shells on the warship will be gone.
Artillery plays a huge role in storming a city, but relying solely on artillery to build a fortress is nonsense. With constant and uninterrupted bombardment, the more fortifications were destroyed, the fewer casualties the troops had. Chen Hao couldn't afford to consume so many shells, and he didn't have time to spend here all the time, so he could only send a death squad to attack.
The continuous shelling successfully paralyzed the Vietnamese, and Wang Xuan Hua led a thousand player death squads to advance in the face of artillery fire, and soon sprinted to a distance of 300 meters. There is a fork in the road 300 meters in front of the pass, and if you continue to rush forward, you can directly pass through the pass, but if you are discovered by the enemy, you will be completely annihilated. If you enter the fork in the road, you will go around the flank of the low hill on the left, and you can attack the hill from the flank, and after taking the next hill, you will have no problem sharing the position with the enemy.
Although the Vietnamese were suppressed by artillery fire, if they entered the 200-meter range, they would most likely be spotted by the pillboxes they had built at the foot of the mountain. Chen Hao's order was to go around to the flank through a fork in the road, trying to capture the mountain pass on the left, and he speculated that the enemy's fortifications were enough to cover the area of 500 meters in front of the mountain pass, so the attacker had a small chance of approaching the flank, and it was impossible to build a large number of perverted fortifications on the flank of the hill on the left.
Chen Hao's choice was correct, when Wang Chunhua and the others approached the fork in the road, the enemy in the bunker at the foot of the mountain quickly discovered it. The heavy machine gun began to roar, and soon several players were swept to the ground, and before the enemy's other fortifications could react, Chen Hao immediately ordered all the artillery to fire a salvo at the pillbox at the foot of the mountain, even if it could not remove the pillbox, it would affect the machine gunner's line of sight.
The heavy machine gun quickly fell silent, and Wang Chunhua rushed into the fork in the road with the members of the death squad. The Vietnamese players in the other fortifications also reacted, and after a strafing shot, more than 20 players who entered the fork in the road late hung up. The death squad walked about 200 meters along the fork and came to the flank of the hill on the left, which had a gentle slope and was largely unfortified because it was facing the side of the enemy's base area.
Wang Chunhua immediately ordered to charge to the top of the mountain, and the enemy in the fortifications on the left side of the hill was also in a hurry, and they moved to the flanks through the dark passage into the fortifications and began to shoot at the bottom of the mountain. The enemy's strong defense mainly relied on fortifications, and in fact there were not many people in charge of the defense, and only more than two hundred people were able to go to the flank to stop the daredevils from climbing. Without fortifications, it would be difficult for them to resist the charge of the daredevils, who would probably be able to take down the hill on the left.
In front of the Nha Trang Pass, sixteen mountain guns lined up in unison, focusing on the flank of the hill on the left. The enemy had no fortifications on the flanks and was at a disadvantage in numbers, so the death squad charge was smooth, and it seemed that they were approaching the top of the hill. As long as the death squad occupies the hill on the left, they can cooperate with the attacking forces to fire at the hill on the right, and with the support of naval artillery, the battle of Nha Trang Pass will be over.
Wang Chunhua excitedly led the death squad players to charge, and when he was less than two hundred meters away from the mountain, a player next to him suddenly said: "Sister Chunhua, look at the back, there are a lot of Vietnamese in TMD." ”
Wang Chunhua looked back and saw that the black Vietnamese players were rushing towards the hill, and there were thousands of them. Even if she led the death squad to take the hill on the left, she would not be able to stop the counterattack of so many enemies, and the hill would still fall into the hands of the Vietnamese. When the time comes, in the face of a larger number of Vietnamese, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to take the mountain pass.
When Wang Chunhua was hesitating, a signal shot into the air, which was an order to continue the attack. She gritted her teeth and said, "Boss Chen ordered to continue the attack, brothers, whether we can hold this mountain or not, we will take it down first." ”
The Expendables picked up speed and screamed towards the top of the hill, capturing the hill on the left in a few moments. At this time, thousands of Vietnamese players also arrived at the foot of the mountain, and seeing that the mountain had been occupied by hundreds of Chinese people, Ruan Zhiwen secretly congratulated himself on coming in time, if it was a little later, he was afraid that the mountain pass would be lost. (To be continued......)