Chapter 884
Those two cannons are the eyes of Her Majesty!
Because of Wu Sangui, Mumbai is the most industrially developed city in England. Now that Mumbai is occupied by the Ming Dynasty, there is no other city in Britain that has such industrial strength.
These two 360-millimeter cannons could not be built in Britain at all.
Rogge knew that this time things were going to be big. Daming's sudden attack must have been towards the Gibraltar fortress. Otherwise, you won't blow up those two giant cannons.
"Take it back, take back the hilltop battery." Rogge shouted as he pointed to the battery position at the top of the hill.
"Yes!" Captain Spencer, hurriedly organized troops to attack the mountain.
Rogge quietly instructed his orderlys: "Bring two horses, let them be the strongest." ”
"Yes!" The orderlies went to look for the horses, and Rogge hurried back to his lodgings, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets.
Rogge knew in his heart that it was simply unrealistic to recapture the hilltop battery. Although there were only a few Ming soldiers on the top of the mountain, Rogge was sure that Ming warships would soon appear on the sea.
Without those two giant cannons, the remaining artillery was no match for the Ming warships. It is only a matter of time before the fortress falls, and if the fortress falls, he will be a scapegoat to be used to spread his anger.
The best way is to slip away, take the savings that you haven't had time to ship back to England in the past two years, and run to Spain to hide.
As for the wives and children in London, I can only ask God to bless them.
Captain Spencer was a top student at the Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom, and once led soldiers to fight against the Ming in India. Before the fall of India, he was lucky enough to escape back to Gaza by land and returned to the British mainland by ship.
As a member of the famous Spencer family, he was sent to the Gibraltar Fortress to train, and if nothing else, he was promoted to the rank of major tomorrow.
The Ming army at the top of the hill was under heavy fire, and Spencer glanced up at the sky. Today the weather is clear, and there are few clouds in the clear blue sky. Where is the shadow of the airship!
"Push the anti-aircraft guns up and shoot at the Ming army on the top of the mountain." Spencer saw at a glance the anti-aircraft artillerymen who were also looking up at the sky.
"But Your Excellency the Commander ordered that they be used to fight the airships!"
"Now I am in command, and immediately use anti-aircraft guns to shoot at the Ming army on the top of the mountain. Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army and navy have not yet arrived, they will take back the hilltop position. Although he knew that the loss of those two cannons would be useless even if he recaptured the hilltop position, Spencer still faithfully carried out Rogge's orders.
For the honor of the military!
"Fuck me!" Cao Xiaoge saw that the other party pushed the anti-aircraft gun over, and his heart immediately sank.
Before he could alert the general-purpose machine gun crew in the front bunker, the sudden sound of anti-aircraft guns over there rang out.
The tracer bullet of the anti-aircraft gun shot out a strip of light, directly smashing the general-purpose machine gun crew inside the bunker to pieces. The rest of the commandos did not dare to raise their heads at all, so they could only huddle in the trenches.
"Mortars, knock those two anti-aircraft guns out of me." Cao Xiaoge shrank in the bunker and shouted by his neck.
The assault team had two mortars, but the shells were a little less, adding up to only sixty rounds. But it was enough for the mission, and they had to stick to it until seven o'clock in the morning.
It's 6:05 a.m., and if you hold out for another fifty-five minutes, reinforcements will arrive.
Standing high and looking far away, a large number of black spots have appeared on the sea. Cao Xiaoge could even see the black smoke coming out of the chimney on the ship!
Just hold on for another fifty-five minutes, no! In forty minutes, he will be able to receive support from naval artillery fire. This time, Li Xiu was afraid that the firepower density was not enough, and even sent an arsenal ship over.
It only takes one round of that thing to fire, and the entire mountain of Gibraltar will immediately turn into a sea of fire.
Now the only thing that can deal with anti-aircraft guns is the mortar with curved fire.
The mortar positions were located at the angle of the top of the hill, and direct fire could not reach it at all.
The artillery squad leader lay on the ground, biting a piece of grass and counting the two damn anti-aircraft guns. Under the cover of anti-aircraft guns, the tall British troops had already begun to storm the top of the hill.
The Ming commandos, on the other hand, were firmly suppressed in the trenches and did not dare to show their heads at all.
Soon, several men carrying Makqin machine guns also set up positions at the foot of the mountain. The five Makqin were lined up, and the rain of bullets immediately smashed on the Ming army's position, causing no less than ten casualties at once.
A Makqin machine gun of this caliber can't withstand even a steel helmet.
"Fuck you, what about your dry hair, the shells of your artillery squad are waiting for the cubs?"
"Bang bang!" As soon as he finished scolding, the sound of two mortar chambers rang out.
Two columns of smoke rose from the side of the two anti-aircraft guns, and the firing of the anti-aircraft guns immediately stopped. The fighters were finally able to show their heads and shoot with Aka rifles below.
In contrast to the single-shot rifles of the British Army, the hairpin rifle could perform continuous burst fire. Lethality is not the same at all!
Spencer hurried to the side of the anti-aircraft gun despite the artillery fire. I saw several gunners lying on the ground wailing, and I didn't know where they were injured. Fortunately, only people were injured, and the cannon was not damaged.
"Lift it down!" Spencer gave the order and ordered the substitute gunners to rush forward and continue firing.
The troops in front had already rushed halfway up the mountain, only a hundred and ten meters away from the Ming army's forward position. Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army was temporarily suppressed by Makqin's firepower, it advanced another fifty or sixty meters.
When the time comes, a charge will be able to recapture the hilltop position.
The two mortars on the side of the Ming army turned to shoot at the Makqin machine gun position, and the mortars of the British army on this side were not ambiguous and began to greet the Ming position.
The commandos of the Ming army, one after another, were covered by mortar fire, and they couldn't even leave a single corpse.
After the Maxim machine gun was blown up, it was only dumb for a short while, and soon someone took over and continued to fire up the hill.
The British army had already rushed very close, and the Ming army had no choice but to throw grenades outside the trenches.
Some of the grenades fell to the ground and immediately rolled down the slope, but the British troops rushing in front could not blow them up.
"Pull the fire and count to three before throwing it!" Cao Xiaoge shouted loudly in a hoarse voice.
Glancing at the watch, the battle lasted only eighteen minutes. The British had already rushed to within 100 meters, and when they looked back, they could already see the figure of the battleship in the distance.
After countless grenades were pulled, they were thrown out of the trench with a delay.
The British soldiers, who rushed to the front, were immediately blown down by a grenade.
The British army also played with their lives, and was blown down, and the people behind immediately filled in and continued to charge.
The Ming army was so pressed by Makqin that they couldn't lift their heads, so they could only continue to throw grenades.
"Who still has grenades, mine is used up."
"Mine is also used up."
"I'm running out too."
What worries Cao Xiaoge the most happened, the grenades ran out, and the mortar shells ran out. The only thing I can use now is the rifle in my hand.
It's still half an hour before reinforcements arrive!
He could already see the huge body of the arsenal ship in the distance, and Cao Xiaoge roared with red eyes: "All enter the fort." ”
Of the sixty-man commandos, there are now only more than twenty people left, and four or five are wounded.
"Grandma's!" Cao Xiaoge took out a red signal flare, lit it, and then drilled into the fort built by the British army.
"Division commander, red flares. They begged to fire at the top of the mountain! ”
"!" Li Dingguo scolded, if it weren't for the discovery of the British airship operating nearby, he was afraid of exposing the attempt. I could have arrived half an hour earlier!
"Division commander, they're still on the ground." The staff officer knew that at this time the arsenal ships were ordered to shell, and there would not be a single living person on the hill.
Li Dingguo's cheeks were as hard as a stone, and he opened fire on his own soldiers, and it was extremely difficult to give such an order.
At the top of the hill in Gibraltar, red flares were fired again. This means shelling the top of the mountain!
"Damn! Order the arsenal ships, open fire! Li Dingguo slammed his fist on the table. He swore that after the capture of Gibraltar, he would not spare any British soldiers.