Flagship, Polaris.

"Report, signal received."

The communications officer's excited voice relieved everyone in the command tower, especially Shen Jun, who had just boarded the Polaris from a small cargo ship not long ago, and receiving the radio signal meant that his two partners who stayed there were okay for the time being.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Shen Jun was finally able to calm down and look at the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, and looking forward from the command tower, the two thick naval guns had adjusted their posture and aimed in the direction of Vladivostok Port. Nearby, a slightly smaller turret was also ready, and a few sailors ran over the deck and burrowed into the huge main turret.

In the distance, several other battleships and heavy cruisers were already lined up, and from his position, on the side facing Vladivostok, there were a dense number of barrels.

As a special service officer, Shen Jun subconsciously calculated the main strike composition of the Pacific Fleet, when the Polar Star battleship attacked, it could have a maximum of four 305 mm caliber guns and ten 152 mm guns on one side, and the determination class heavy patrol also had four 203 mm guns, four 152 mm guns and four 76 mm guns, all of which added up to a total of one hundred and four naval guns, if you count the mass of the shells, then the total weight of a projection will exceed ten tons!

God!

Ten tons at a time, filled with TNT explosives, the favorite TNT explosives of the special service group, Shen Jun really couldn't think about anything, what else could survive in front of them, and I heard that in two years, there will be several battleships larger than the Polaris to join, and at that time, the fleet's strike firepower will be doubled, such a strong force, what else can resist?!

"What will Vladivostok look like after the shelling?" Shen Jun racked his brains, and couldn't imagine the scene after being ploughed by thousands of tons of shells, staring blankly at Vladivostok Harbor in the morning light in the distance, and the voice of the gun commander sounded behind him.

"Report, direction 010, all guns are locked, ready to fire." ——

Vacs sat in the watchtower, yawning against the wooden railing, stretching and staring sleepily at the silent battery position below the stairs.

The fort was quiet, and on the barrels of several thick guns, for fear of salt spray, thick gun jackets had been put on, and in the chaotic dormitory courtyard behind the tunnel, two mules that were usually used to transport shells bit each other.

There are still two hours before the time to get out, and those guys are probably still dreaming, and even if the time comes, most of those guys will lazily deal with things, after all, no one wants to get up so early every day to practice!

It was a beautiful morning!

Because after entering June, Vladivostok has become hot and noisy, only in the early morning can people feel cool, and the sea breeze is blowing, which is the best time to sleep, but the damn squad leader always arranges for him to be on duty at this time, saying that it is necessary to strengthen vigilance in wartime.

Damn, who else would dare to provoke the Great Russian Far Eastern Fleet at such a time! Just rely on my three little cruisers? God, there's another one that's wooden!

Vax struggled to his feet, lacking a bed and sleeping on a wooden railing, grabbing his monoculars and standing up, with a huge cluster of Vladivostok piers in the distance.

Inside the harbor, it is also quiet, there is not a single pedestrian on the pier, only the smoke that rises from time to time can prove that this military port, which has been described by the nobles as the first fortress in the Far East, is slowly waking up.

On the sea of the harbor, several freighters leaned together, they were supposed to leave for Arthur early this morning with the supply shells and the second group of soldiers, but at the moment they docked in the harbor without any movement, this is because the Governor Governor rewarded those heroic captains, these damned aristocratic lords, transporting soldiers is also considered a merit, do you need to be rewarded?

But when he thought of the poor guys who were about to be taken to the front line by three freighters, Vax at least felt a lot luckier, in a world where bullets were raining and blood was splattered, I hope those guys who had just picked up their guns not long ago would not be so frightened that they peed their pants.

Vax yawned again, and although he had to sleep with his cat curled up in this watchtower every day, it was more comfortable than being on the front line on the muddy ground and the occasional gunshot.

He stretched his waist and twisted his stiff neck, then he turned and pointed the monocular at the sea in the distance, and when an eye just approached the telescope, a huge fireball suddenly exploded in front of the lens, so frightened that his big hand loosened, and the telescope fell to the ground.

But it was no longer needed at the moment, because even his eyes could see the fires blooming on the sea, and before he could close his mouth in surprise and rub his eyes to see if he was wrong, a series of "boom" sounds had already reached his ears, followed by a huge roar like rolling thunder.

"Enemy attack!"

As soon as the word brewed in Vax's throat, several black dots had already passed over his head, and fireballs rose from the rear turrets with a loud and earth-shattering sound, and a steel cannon that was close at hand was even lifted and thrown into the air.

Boom, boom.

A series of huge explosions woke Vladivostok from its sleep, the birds were blackened by the smoke and swirled farther away, the trees they were sheltered in were broken by the roots, and the debris and wood chips were lifted up by the blast wave of the explosion, and then fell, sending smoke and dust to the ground.

Vax crouched down in fright, curled up in a ball, and shivered as he looked at the huge mushroom clouds on the fort.

Soon, screams and whistles rang out from all over the camp in the rear, and Vax saw doors being pushed open and disheveled companions rushing out of the quarters, some scurrying and running around, while others seemed to be asleep, watching the batteries engulf in flames.

Suddenly, several shells landed accurately in the center of the dormitory, and Vax only felt a light in front of him, and then several huge fireballs rose up, and countless companions were swept into the air by the air waves, and the severed corpses burned in the air, and after smashing to the ground, they were already charred black.

More dormitories began to burn, and countless figures howled in the fire, but instead of help and rescue, they waited for an increasingly dense rain of bullets. Another burst of cannonballs flew by, and the tree with the two mules tied to it was broken at waist length, and Wax raised his binoculars tremblingly, seeing that the mules were long gone, and only a bloody head still hung from the reins.

"Cannons sound, mules fly?"

Seeing this scene, this sentence suddenly surged in Vax's brain, but he quickly patted his head. "Damn, what was I thinking!" Turning his head, the fort was already blazing, no matter which direction he looked, his eyes were full of flames and rubble, and finally when he saw a guy on fire running towards a tunnel in a panic, his face changed suddenly!

There's ...... in there!

Magazine!

Rumble!

An earth-shattering bang came from Wax sitting on the left side of the watchtower, and he felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer, and he was blown up, and his body rolled in the air until a huge mushroom cloud completely enveloped him.

Shen Jun looked at the flames rising into the sky on the fort on the left side in astonishment, although the geographical coordinates were provided by him, but this ghost hand of the special service team obviously did not expect that the ammunition depot several meters deep would be so easily detonated.

Although it was an early morning raid, the Russians were not prepared, and the four battleships and four heavy cruisers in charge of the shelling were all within two kilometers of the shore before shooting, and at such a close distance, the accuracy could definitely be greatly improved, but watching the targets on the coastal defense map they brought disappear into the fire, they were still surprised by the strong firepower of the fleet.

Suddenly, Shen Jun felt a sudden shock of the hull under his feet, and he couldn't help but stumble a step when he was about to look at his watch, he was gradually accustomed to this kind of vibration every minute or so, which was caused by the simultaneous firing of the four main guns in the front and rear.

He saw that the hideous muzzle of the main gun in front of him once again spewed out two huge flames, and the recoil force directly pushed the warship of more than 10,000 tons by half a meter, and even the hull of the ship was slightly tilted.

Shen Jun held on to the bulkhead and stuck out his tongue, obediently, this thing is exciting!

The secondary guns on the flanks are also continuing to roar, although they can't be compared with the main guns, but the speed is much faster, Shen Jun counted in his heart, manually filled with these 152 mm caliber naval guns can also fire four shells per minute, all using Hawaii's own 43 kilograms of thin-skinned high-explosive shells, only these secondary guns of the Polaris can fire forty shells per minute!

As a special service officer, knowing all kinds of weapons and equipment is one of the means that must be mastered, he does not know how powerful the self-produced shells filled with TNT explosives are, but as far as he knows, after the latest British 152-mm naval gun high-explosive shells are exploded, no living person can survive within a radius of ten meters from the point of impact!

Shen Jun didn't know how big the entire Vladivostok was, but he had just personally measured the port area a few days ago, less than twenty square kilometers, and most of it was still a worthless civilian target! The four battleships and four heavy cruisers of the main attack, with a total reserve of more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition for all assault guns, were 3,000 tons of TNT even at an average charge of thirty kilograms per projectile!

According to the plan, these ammunition must be all spent! This is equivalent to more than a hundred tons of high explosives per square kilometer of land!

One kilogram is enough to blow up a house, three thousand tons!

God, what else is left of Vladivostok?

After some calculations, Wen Shenjun couldn't hold back any longer, and after borrowing binoculars from the most idle staff officers at the moment, he climbed the flying bridge at the top of the bridge along the command tower.

At the same time, the fleet also began to adjust, after the ammunition depot of the left battery was detonated, all the shells smashed to the right side, and the end of the Shen army's telescope, the battery that had not yet been able to shoot a single shot, had been completely submerged in the sea of fire!

"Order to survey the sky, patrol the sea to go."

Inside the command tower, a new order came -

"My lord! My lord! ”

Vikov pressed his head and slammed open the room of the Governor-General, where the dear Governor-General of the Far East, Aleksayev, was hiding under the bed in his nightgown, arching his ass and barking at the telephone!

Aleksayev, who was awakened by the sound of artillery, still does not understand who is attacking Vladivostok and is still sleeping soundly, these damn bastards! I'm going to beat them to smithereens!

"Is the battery in touch?"

"Haven't started to fight back yet! What are you waiting for, you pig? I won't see the battery fire in a minute, military law is engaged! ”

"Do you know who they are? What! Too much smoke? Can not see clearly! ”

"Then send someone to see clearly!"

"Has the Kornilov been activated?"

"What! Still having a boiler? Tell you Captain! If he doesn't strike within five minutes, I'll execute him myself!" "Aleksayev constantly connected all parts of the fortress, constantly scolded, and constantly got angry! Let the corners of Vykov's eyes jump when he sees it.

"My lord, please take shelter in the bunker immediately." Seeing that Aleksayev finally put down the phone, Vikov hurriedly handed over his military uniform.

Aleksayev also knew that this place would not stay long, not to mention that the Governor's Palace was too big, and a house built with such residential standards would collapse without a single shot! So after taking the clothes and helmet, he immediately went downstairs with Vykov and walked to the bunker.

When stepping out of the gate of the Governor's Palace, Aleksayev was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him, only to see that on the forts on both sides of the Gongwei harbor, mushroom clouds rose one after another, and the huge fire ball had completely covered the two wing batteries, even people who did not understand military affairs at all could see that the other side had projected all the firepower onto the forts, whether it was the soldiers stationed there, or the shore defense guns installed there, under the sneak attack of this level of firepower, they had simply survived!

Who the hell is it!

Alekseev was stunned, and with just one glance, he knew that this kind of firepower would take at least four or five battleships to do it, and who in the present Far East would have such a powerful force to provoke the empire? Could it be the British?

"Order the deep battery, boom!" Aleksayev said that just halfway through his sentence, a shell exploded a few hundred meters away, and the wave of air swept in all directions with scorching heat, directly destroying half of the nearest house!

"What's going on? Could it be that enemy shells can fly so far? ”

Looking at a place on the pier that began to arrive at his house after being hit, Aleksayev was dumbfounded, until the shadows of two cruisers appeared on the surface of the sea, and he realized that the other party had rushed into the harbor!

"Damn, they rushed in!"

As more and more shells fell, Aleksayev, knowing that the battery was finished, no longer dared to give orders on the street, and under the protection of the soldiers, ran to the nearest bunker.

"Two cars in one, ready to rush in."

At a distance of two thousand meters, half an hour of indiscriminate bombardment, more than 200 tons of high-explosive bombs, and a sneak attack by the opponent without preparation, if this does not destroy the main battery, all the gunners of the Pacific Fleet should go to the wall!

Starting with the bombardment of Sasebo, the gunners of the Pacific Fleet have fired at fixed targets on the shore more than a dozen times, large and small, and they have already gained experience! And there is also a very detailed map of defense, so when the staff officers worked out the firing plan, they even said that it would take only twenty minutes to be completely sufficient.

However, in order to ensure the destruction, Long Guozhang still insisted on shooting for half an hour, until the gun emplacement was already full of gunsmoke, and the damage could not be seen clearly at all.

With the Patrol and Sky Survey taking the lead, Long Guozhang was still a little nervous, although Shen Jun repeatedly said that the Russian fleet left in a scattered formation without any signs of mine-laying, but he still remained vigilant, because he knew that the threat under the water was sometimes more dangerous than on the surface.

And although the main battery was destroyed, who can guarantee that there will not be one or two fish left behind? Especially that kind of large-caliber artillery, which only needs one shell, can inflict fatal damage on a light cruiser!

To put it bluntly, the two light cruisers were released by the fleet to detect mines and attract deep fire to expose the bait.

"But why not send battleships in? A battleship with thick skin and thick skin could withstand even a few shells. Shen Jun had some questions.

The young trainee captain standing beside him quickly cleared up his doubts, not that the fleet did not know the danger of assault warships, but that if a battleship was sent to assault, in addition to being prone to mines in the draft, in case of blocking the waterway, it could only lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot, so he must send a small warship to explore the waterway first.

Shen Jun nodded, it seems that the navy also has its own set of ideas, which is completely different from these agents.

As the two light cruisers slowly drilled into the waterway, everyone's hearts were raised, to put it bluntly, the Patrol Sea and the Sky Survey were the bait, attracting those shore guns that were hidden relatively deep, and providing guidance for the follow-up artillery fire of the main fleet.

Soon, several bright spots flashed in the smoke of gunpowder, and after the roar, a few water columns rose up around the two light patrols, and seeing the size of the water column, Long Guozhang breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the shooting effect of half an hour is still quite good, leaving only a few small rapid-fire guns.

"After the heavy patrol is delayed, the resisting batteries are knocked out, and the battleship departs."

After Long Guozhang gave the order, the four Polar Star battleships quickly retracted their anchor chains, and began to sail towards the harbor with the wake left by the light patrol, and the reason why they wanted to follow the wake was that they were afraid that the other party had laid mines.

However, Long Guozhang's worries seemed to be in vain, due to the difficulty of transportation, and the Russians did not think that anyone would take the initiative to attack Vladivostok, so not to mention mines, even shore defense heavy artillery was very few, most of them were artillery of less than 150 mm caliber that could not cause damage to the battleship.

The Antarctic Star took the lead, and after turning the waterway, Ji Weishan's eyes suddenly opened up, and the huge port of Vladivostok was like a lychee that had opened its shell, revealing the white, tender and rich flesh inside.

The Sky Survey and Sea Cruise, which had already entered the harbor, were like sharks smelling blood, and with the small size and agility of the ship, they rushed to the dock and opened fire on a large scale, and even the 37-mm rapid-fire guns, which were rarely used in ordinary times, joined in the roar.

Ji Weishan shook his head with a smile, giving up those slightly smaller targets, in his opinion, how wasteful it was to blow up a warehouse with more than 400 kilograms of shells. However, he was not disappointed for long, when he suddenly attracted attention to several plumes of smoke rising from the marked pier 3, which were a Russian heavy cruiser and several small warships left behind.

"Observers beware of torpedo boats and destroyers."

"Main gun direction 060, ready, forget it!"

He was just about to give the order for the main gun to fire, but he didn't expect that the second main gun of the Sirius had already fired the first round, and it was docked on the dock of the Russian heavy patrol and light patrol, and suddenly the flames were everywhere, and countless soldiers who were boarding the ship and preparing to anchor were caught off guard and torn to pieces.

"Fang Jin, this bastard, no one is faster than him to grab credit!"

Ji Weishan scolded with a smile, there was no need to grab Fang Jin's prey, it was a tasteless guy, and he wouldn't be annoyed to death if he offended! So I had to order the secondary guns to find their own targets to shoot, and the main guns were still idle.

However, he didn't know that it was precisely because he gave up the other party's two warships that were still on the shore that he had a bigger surprise and caused the biggest tragedy in Vladivostok.

After the telescope had only rotated a few degrees, the pier No. 2 marked on the chart caught his attention again, and his heart jumped when he saw the piles of bulges covered with rainproof cloths on the pier, and when he saw a few cannonballs from the corner of the rainproof tarpaulin, his face turned red with excitement!

"Cannonballs! That's all piles of shells! ”

The gaze stretched, behind the shells, there were rows of low barracks, countless disheveled soldiers were rushing to the road, if these ammunition were detonated, those barracks?!

Ji Weishan's heart was beating faster, but it was also very strange. "What are the Russians doing? Actually piling up so much ammunition on the docks? And it's piled up near the barracks! But when he saw the three freighters parked in the harbor, he seemed to find some eyebrows.

He guessed correctly, this batch of ammunition was supposed to be loaded last night and transported to Lushun this morning to supply the main force of the fleet, but because the officer in charge of carrying it secretly went to the banquet to mix wine and drink, the ammunition was temporarily piled up here, ready to be loaded with the supporting army this morning.

Isn't this cheaper Astar Antarctica!

Without delay, Ji Weishan immediately ordered to aim at the ammunition pile on the dock and open fire, and after just a few shells, a loud bang spread out, and the serial explosion of ammunition burst out with a roar like rolling thunder.

The army camp not far away seemed to have exploded, and countless soldiers rushed deeper and more roads, but they were fast, not as fast as the shells, and a moment later, the dock full of ammunition and the surrounding tens of thousands of square meters of buildings were directly razed to the ground, and as for those soldiers, they couldn't even see the corpses.

The flagship Polaris was the third to enter the bay, and as soon as it joined the shelling on the opposite shore, it was frightened by a series of huge explosions, and thought that the Russians had opened fire on the hidden large-caliber artillery, and without waiting for Long Guozhang to ask, he saw countless mushroom clouds rising from the pier in the distance, directly shrouding the entire pier in a sea of fire and smoke!

By the time the heavy cruisers had also entered the harbor and joined the battleship formation to fire freely in all directions, Vladivostok had been completely enveloped in flames, shells rained down on the streets and alleys, houses collapsed in the roar, and the heavy cruiser of the Admiral Kornilov, which had just finished firing, had to raise the white flag before it could fire a single shot. As for the torpedo boats and small gunboats, before the 37-mm twin rapid-fire guns could be fired, they were rushed into a sieve by their big brothers.

The muzzle of the cannon was rapidly raised, more shells began to spread inland, and the port of Vladivostok, where construction materials were mostly made of wood, was completely on fire. The pursuing shells were like having eyes, their bodies were torn to pieces in the explosion, their limbs loomed in the fire, and the strong air waves were even more overturned, like a tornado with countless rubble, these additional "fragmentation shells" became the biggest nightmare of Russian soldiers, according to post-war statistics, more people died from flying stone fragments than directly from artillery fire!

The windows had long since been shattered, the walls thought to be strong had been shattered, the stumps were scattered all over the streets, wails were groaning in the artillery, and bloody hands reached out from under the rubble, waving helplessly for help.

There is a set of strict standards for naval attacks on shores, and the order is formulated according to different targets, and the first place is naturally the battery and the opposing warship that may cause damage to the warship, followed by ammunition depots, material warehouses, barracks, command posts, various bunkers, and so on.

It has been four hours since the shelling began, and the Russians have finally paid the price for the sparse defense, and the few fortress guns that are left in depth have long been blown up by the fleet's large-caliber main guns, and a heavy cruiser and a coastal defense ship docked in the harbor have been hoisted with white flags, and this is still because Long Guozhang is itchy and wants to add a few ships to the Pacific Fleet, so they were not directly blown up! Now, under the command of dozens of Pacific Army sailors who boarded the ship, they had stopped to the side, and hundreds of Russian sailors were concentrated on the deck, listening to the roar of the other side's naval guns, and looking at the Vladivostok fortress that had turned into a sea of fire, trembling all over.

As for the valuable targets such as the protective cruiser and torpedo boat, it is impossible for the wolf to survive with more meat and less meat, especially the Cruiser and Sky Survey, which have no great effect in this kind of anti-shore artillery bombardment, have almost become a dinghy killer!

And the radio of the special service group, which was still guiding the shooting coordinates of the fleet, was silent, because by this time, all the important targets within five kilometers of the coast had disappeared, and all that was left was rubble and flames outside the dilapidated houses.

In the end, Long Guozhang had to order the dispatch of dozens of sailors, with a few shortwave radios, to land with the help of the special service group in search of more valuable targets.

In the absence of reconnaissance means, although it was dangerous to send soldiers to land, it was the most effective and easiest way, and sure enough, after the main guns were suspended for half an hour, the main formation of the Pacific Fleet, which had changed its naval guns, roared again, and under the guidance of the radio waves, one by one the warehouses that were relatively deep were destroyed, the bunkers were pierced and collapsed, and the Vladivostok fortress once again screamed and screamed.

Long Guozhang did not realize that for the first time in history, his fleet had completed an artillery battle that did not rely on visual sight but only wireless guidance, and it was this artillery battle that made the Pacific Fleet pay more attention to the use of radio stations.

And he didn't expect that the Russian Navy, known as the third in the world, would be so lax in its defense of the vital Far Eastern fortress, and after the headquarters building was knocked out by his own artillery bombardment, the nearly 10,000 soldiers in charge of defense and those who were originally going to be sent to Lushun had become a mess, with no coordination and no command. The soldier finds the officer, and the officer does not find the soldier, like a headless fly scurrying around, torn apart in the rising fireball.

As the minutes passed, the expected Russian counterattack had not yet appeared, only a few army battalions were quite brave and knew how to set up army guns to shoot at the harbor, not to mention that even if this kind of small cannon hit the battleship, it was almost like scratching, and the light of the fire that came out after they opened fire was enough to make the observers who were constantly looking for targets excited.

This guy, as soon as he sees a sudden fire there, or someone shoots at himself, will immediately pick up the phone and tell the turret the coordinates, and the gunners who are even more excited and in a hot fight, hide in the hot turret and strip off their shirts, quickly fill the barrel with shells, and then bombard the indicated target.

The opposite shore does not compare ships, and the fleet confrontation is due to the fact that both sides are moving, and smoke, ocean currents, and wind direction will affect the hit rate, so each shot needs to be fine-tuned, and the land is basically a confrontation between two stationary points, for the Pacific Fleet, which has always put gunnery in the first place and will conduct a competition assessment every quarter, this kind of shooting is too simple, and it only makes the gunners who usually need to consider the consumption of ammunition addicted.

And some people don't have it that much.

In a corner far from the pier, a large hole was dug in the solid rock of the mountain, and here was the only bunker left in Vladivostok at the moment, and on the side of the bunker, there was also a 150-mm rapid-fire gun, but Aleksayev stopped the soldiers from firing, because he knew that as soon as he fired, it would be immediately covered by enemy fire!

Aleksayev stood at the observation window of the bunker, his body trembling with the roar and vibration, his eyes had lost his calmness, and he only stared at the fire cloud dragon claw flag hanging in the stern of the ship! Lots of whites of the eyes!

Pacific Fleet!

Sure enough, it was these guys, that is, these shameless guys, who would carry out such a despicable and shameless sneak attack! Aleksayev's teeth were about to crush, and he looked at the wolf-like fortress harbor, and even had the heart to die!

Especially when they saw the two Russian [***] ships flying the white flag, they stomped their feet angrily, these bastards simply lost the face of the Slavs, even if they sank themselves, it is better than being captured by the other party!

While Aleksayev gritted his teeth, Long Guozhang leisurely asked the adjutant to pour him a glass of rice wine, and after taking a sip, he asked with a smile: "How much ammunition do you have?" ”

"Half of the shells are still missing!" Tan Xiaozeng walked to Long Guozhang's side with a smile: "It seems that we are too cautious, I didn't expect that the Russians, a military port known as the first fortress in the Far East, only have a few heavy artillery, and I think the remaining shells can be saved." ”

"Save?" Long Guozhang shook his head: "Leave two bases, and finish all the rest." Getting up and walking to the porthole, there were hardly any tall buildings in Vladivostok in the distance, and the raging fire began to spread, and countless Russian soldiers screamed and fled in the flames, and then they were engulfed in flames and drowned.

The whole Vladivostok, like a fat cheese, gradually melted under the flames and explosions!

But Long Guozhang was still not very satisfied, especially after seeing some small facilities near the dock, he pointed and shouted: "Let the ships shoot freely, the dock, all the facilities that can be beaten by me, don't forget, the young master gave us a request to paralyze this harbor for at least three years!" ”

"Okay." Tan Xiaozeng nodded, just wanted to give an order, but suddenly thought of something again, and said with a smile: "Do you want to send soldiers to land to find the governor of the Far East?" ”

"Governor? Forget it. Long Guozhang looked at the fire that was red in half the sky, and licked his lips: "Let people go and see if there is any loot, and don't come in vain." ”

"Huh." Long Guozhang's words made a burst of laughter erupt in the command tower.

"I'm going to get some sleep and wake me up when the convoy arrives."

"Yes." The gunnery officer immediately straightened up, grabbed the phone and shouted again: "Order all ships to fire freely and shell all destructible targets!" ”

(To be continued)