Chapter 303: Forcibly Crossing the River! (3 watches, 300 monthly passes plus)
Because the first naval battle after the end of the world is about to begin, because there has been no movement on the river bridge on the island, the attention on the side of Dicui Island is on the battleship at this time.
And the upcoming large army of the Light Chaser Army was somewhat ignored.
Anyway, in their opinion, as long as they guard the river bridge, the large force of the Chaguang Army will not be able to land on the island even if it reaches the Sanjiang area.
Because once a large-scale landing on the island, it is necessary to mobilize a large number of ships, which is not an easy task, and there is no large-scale gathering of ships in the vicinity of this sea area.
Moreover, there is no good landing place on the shore of Dicui Island, which is one of the reasons why they can attack the battleships with confidence.
But they overlooked one place.
That is the beach that has just been bombed by the battleship, the beach of Tang Zheng's villa.
It's a suitable landing site, but it's just been bombed, and it's so badly riddled that it's been ignored by the people on Dicui Island.
The Sanjiang area on the other side of the villa area.
It is separated from Dicui Island by a mighty river, a few kilometers away.
And the large army of the Chasing Light Army, under the cover of the night, crossed those heavily guarded river bridges and quietly came here.
The two field regiments, an armored battalion, an artillery battalion, and some of the troops of the Army Aviation Regiment and the Engineer Regiment have been assembled here.
The darkness didn't affect anything, everyone stood on the edge of the mighty river, like an iron army coming from hell.
With so many troops, it took too long to cross the river by boat, and it was difficult for those armored troops and vehicles alone to transport.
But they have another way.
A way that no one thought of.
Behind the troops, a large number of vehicles appeared.
It's a heavy-duty truck with a huge roof, much larger than the body, and looks like a Transformer from a distance.
When it reached the edge of the river, the vehicle drove down without hesitation.
As the vehicle entered the water, its massive roof spread out on top of it, creating a huge platform.
The vehicle entered the water, but was not affected by the water flow at all, the platform stretched out, just on the bank of the river, extending more than 20 meters into the river, forming a water platform that probed into the river.
Immediately after, a second car followed with a rumble, drove forward from the top of the platform, stretched at the same time, and then entered the water.
After entering the water, the two platforms are closely connected, so that the distance into the water extends by more than 20 meters.
Then the third car followed into the water and continued to stretch into the river.
One car followed, and there were hundreds of such vehicles on the shore.
This is a new type of equipment for the light-chasing army, the boat bridge car.
This is a strategy that Tang Zheng has long deployed, he occupies the villa by the river, and has this beach suitable for landing, in order to allow the Zhouqiao troops to use and build a pontoon bridge on the river.
Not only is there a boat bridge force here, but he saw that no one on the villa side was willing to go over at the moment, so he simply deployed some boat bridges over there, so that the vehicles could quickly launch into the water, build pontoon bridges, and dock on both sides.
Pontoons were arranged on both sides at the same time, and one pontoon bridge soon appeared on the surface of the river and quickly approached each other.
One boat bridge is 20 meters wide, and five boat bridges are 100 meters long.
The naval battle was about to start over there, and no one noticed the pitch black river here, and their bridge building was going very well.
As long as the docking of the boat-bridge troops on both sides is completed, a pontoon bridge will be built.
This kind of pontoon bridge can allow the main battle tanks to pass, and will allow the large force of the Chaguang Army to quickly complete the feat of crossing the river.
Of course, this requires the cooperation of the Navy.
The reason why the battleships did not leave and allowed the opposing navy and air force to surround them in an all-round way was to cover the Zhouqiao troops.
Otherwise, in the case of the other side's complete blockade of the island, it would be very difficult to cross the river.
Everyone in the outside world didn't expect Tang Zheng to have such a trick.
This is a subtle tactical coordination, starting from the opponent's attack on the villa, all the developments are in Tang Zheng's plan.
From the villa holding on to delay time, to the tactical retreat into the sea, then the battleship appeared artillery ploughing, to the decisive battle of the opposing coastal air force, and then the boat bridge troops quietly appeared, building pontoon bridges, everything was planned.
Now there is the only unplanned variable, that is, whether the battleship can resist the encirclement of the opposing navy and air force.
As long as the battleship resisted, the opponent's attention would not be diverted to the beach in the villa area, and the army would be able to complete the landing.
As long as the landing is completed, then how the situation develops is what Tang Zheng said.
The Rainforest Kingdom's coast guard ships were the first to attack the battleships of the Light Chasers.
In fact, there is also a controversy on the side of the multinational force about who will charge first, and no one wants to be the first to charge.
After all, they are facing a huge battleship, and everyone understands that the first bird dies.
After Jones's consideration, as the first bird of this incident, the Rainforest Kingdom could only be the first to charge.
Their coast guard ship is a relatively rare new ship.
This ship was built by the Magnolia Empire and then purchased by the Rainforest Kingdom.
This is a handout from the eldest brother to the younger brother, but it also has to be paid.
The biggest difference between the new ship and the old ship is that there is a 76 mm caliber main gun here.
Of course, this main gun is like a toy compared to the main gun of a battleship, but the battleship itself also has a disadvantage, that is, the hull is too large, and it is difficult to turn around.
And the three main guns are all located in the direction of the bow of the ship, and the coast guard ships of the Rainforest Empire attack from behind.
The length of this boat is 88 meters, which is not small, but compared to the 270 meters big guy, it looks very petite.
The commander of the Rainforest Kingdom, piloting a coast guard ship, approached from behind.
There was some apprehension in his heart, and he feared that the battleship would open fire on it.
However, Jones analyzed that the battleship may only be equipped with the main guns, and the rest of the batteries should be basically furnished or fake.
All coast guard ships dared to approach and try to attack.
"I hope what Mr. Jones says is true, or we're going to die."
The coast guard ship was only about a kilometer away from the battleship, and the battleship still did not move, and the commander finally had some confidence.
"Perhaps, Mr. Jones is right, how could an army in the interior of the Chasing Light Army build such a large ship so quickly and install all the weapons systems?"
"Fire! Give it a look first! ”
The 76 mm guns of the coast guard ship opened fire on the battleship.
Rumble~~!
A flash of fire streaked by, and this small-caliber gun gave the battleship a shot.
On the battleship's hull, the fire flickered, but the hull didn't shake in any way.
The strength of the battleships lies not only in their firepower, but also in their armor.
This kind of armor does not have much protection against missiles and aerial bombs, but it is simply overkill to defend against this kind of gun, which is not as large as the main gun of a tank.
To use an inappropriate analogy, the battleship fell asleep, and fire of this caliber would not wake him up.
So for the attack of the Rainforest Kingdom, the battleship did not fight back.
However, it still had some movements, the battleship slowly turned its hull, and the main gun was adjusting its direction, as if it was ready to fight back.
This discovery greatly excited the people on the other side of the Rainforest Kingdom.
"Sure enough! Sure enough, they only have the fire of the main guns! ”
"Those secondary guns and machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, should all be fake!"
"You can rest assured!"
The Rainforest Kingdom's coast guard ships continued to approach, not allowing the battleship to adjust its muzzle, and it was much bolder.
Jones, for his part, did not act rashly, but continued to observe.
After a while, the Rainforest Kingdom's coast guard ships approached the battleship, and these guys even tried to board the battleship, of course, it was very difficult.
The soldiers on the battleship appeared, and the bulky hull could not turn quickly, so they opened fire to defend themselves.
Heavy machine guns and rifles were constantly firing, which was also able to attack the coast guard ships, which were full of sparks.
Relying on this coast guard ship alone really can't cause any big trouble to the battleship, even if they don't fire their guns, they can't get up.
Seeing this, Jones was finally relieved.
With a wave of his hand, he gave the order for a general attack.
As a result, the coast guard ships wandering and cruising in the surrounding waters were activated one after another and rushed towards the battleship.
Magnolia's gunboat was also slowly approaching the rear of the battleship of the Light Chaser Army.
And the real killer move is still above the sky.
Fighters and helicopters accumulated almost a hundred, which were the main force in the fight against battleships.
Aircraft engines roared, and ships whistled long.
The naval battle has finally begun!
Those coast guard ships didn't care whether their firepower could bring damage to the battleship, they just fired regardless of it, anyway, they were not the main attack, and firing proved that they had contributed.
The clanging attacks kept coming, attacking the battleship like iron.
The battleship's huge cannon swayed from side to side, and it seemed that it was a little panicked, and it could not find a suitable target for attack.
This gave the surrounding warships and planes more confidence, and the distance became closer and closer.
The fighters were still hovering in the distance, and the helicopters were already approaching.
It seems that it is only a matter of time before the giant ship is sunk.
And just when they thought the big picture was decided, the battleship finally counterattacked.
Luan Junfeng saw that the enemy was almost close, and finally gave the order to open fire.
The first target, the Rainforest Empire's Coast Guard ship.
To deal with such a small boat, you do not need to use the main gun.
The battleship was full of weapons, and in addition to the three main guns, there were 20 high-level dual-purpose secondary guns of 127 mm caliber.
This kind of secondary gun is more powerful than the main gun of the main battle tank, and it is almost comparable to the howitzer on the battlefield.
Seeing the enemy approaching, Luan Junfeng ordered.
"Fire!"
The four secondary guns on the left side fired at the coast guard ship at the same time.
Boom Boom Boom ~~~!
The distance between the two sides is too close, you don't need to aim, and you can hit the gun!
In an instant, the Rainforest Kingdom's coast guard ship burst into flames!
The ship island was blown up, and the impact of the four shells for a while made the hull of the ship tilt a little.
"Keep firing!"
Boom Boom Boom~~!
Another continuous cannon fire, striking while the iron was hot, completely turned the hull into a sea of fire!
"Third round of fire!"
I don't know where the huge explosion was, the coast guard ship of the Rainforest Kingdom emitted black smoke into the sky, the hull cracked, the hull entered the water, and began to slowly sink into the sea, becoming the first victim of the naval battle.
And at this time, the helicopter in the sky had also arrived and began a head-to-head confrontation with the battleship.
I thought that I would finish this climactic plot today, but when I wrote it, I realized that I couldn't finish it, and it would take at least a few chapters tomorrow, and the naval battle and the river crossing operation were a coherent plot.
The monthly pass should be 400 soon, and there will be more updates tomorrow!
(End of chapter)