Two huge 406mm artillery shells, with a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, penetrated the clouds at a speed of 762 meters/second, cut through the skyline, and pulled out two fiery red parabolas in the blue sky and white clouds.
About 40 seconds later, the pilots and observers of the Kingfisher seaplane hovering over Baohu Slope saw two shells trailing scorching tail flames, flying in the clouds at lightning speed, roaring and falling unstoppably like meteorites from the sky. The force of thunder struck hard on the bumpy ground below.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The force of the 406mm shell explosion was as violent as countless volcanoes erupting at the same time. The scorching flame shock wave erupted with astonishing power, and shrapnel rolled in the center of the flaming explosion.
In the center of the explosion point of the artillery shell, two giant craters with a diameter of about 15 meters and a depth of about 5 meters were directly left.
Smoky mushroom clouds continue to rise in the sky, and surging air waves sweep in, destroying everything in their way, which is terrifying.
However, these two test bombs did not directly hit Baohu Po. Even the howitzers fixed on land need to be test-fired like this invisible deflection, let alone a battleship floating on the water.
At the frontline of the Patriot Army, senior officers headed by Zeng Zhilong, Li Yuanjie, and Cai Zhonghu looked excitedly at the sky in the direction of Baohu Slope. The red light produced by the explosion reflected half of the sky.
Zeng Zhilong looked at the two rolling clouds of black smoke in the distance, "Grandma, these naval guns have a far range, but they are very powerful. They feel almost as good as our two Karl mortars."
Li Yuanjie complained: "The naval gun is powerful, but the accuracy is not very good. Look at the impact point, which is three to four hundred meters away from Biaohu Slope."
As an artilleryman, Cai Zhonghu naturally wanted to retort, "You guys don't understand artillery at all. These naval guns are no better than our army guns. They are fixed on the warship, and the hull will sway back and forth with the waves, so it is a test fire." The error will be huge, and it is absolutely impossible for the next salvo to have such a big error."
The observer on the Kingfisher seaplane also quickly calculated the shooting parameters in his notebook based on the impact point, and then reported the corrected coordinates to the gunnery officer on the battleship via radio.
After receiving the order, the gunnery officers, calculators, aimers, and gunners on the battleship also became busy. Because the warship is on the water, there are too many factors to consider if you want to accurately hit the target.
Fortunately, Sam's battleships are generally equipped with old-fashioned component computers. With this Hex technology, the attack efficiency is greatly improved.
Not long after, the 18 406 naval guns, after correcting their shooting patterns, switched to high-explosive bombs and fired in turns.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sound of cannons that penetrated the clouds and cracked rocks, followed by the muzzle storm, galloped like thousands of troops, and the sound of the cannons that shook the sky and shook the earth echoed in Jiaozhou Bay for a long time.
It seems that there are several five-clawed golden dragons hovering in the bay, declaring their sovereignty. This is the foundation of the Chinese people. Foreigners should get out, and everyone who hears it will be frightened.
After the test firing, the battleship fired a stormy salvo as planned.
One after another, the 406 artillery shells, carrying the power of creating the world, landed on Biaohu Slope one after another.
The destructive explosion produced several huge fireballs, and the rolling air waves transformed into several ferocious beasts, eager to suck any creature within a 200-meter radius of the explosion into the bloody mouth.
Several light and heavy machine gun and flat-fire artillery bunkers covered with concrete in Biaohu Slope were instantly destroyed by the aftermath of the explosion caused by landslides and rocks, and were blown to pieces.
Air waves and shrapnel hungrily entered the tunnel, turning the bodies of the Japanese who had not had time to escape into the depths of the mountain into a bloody mist.
The shell hit the Baohu Slope, making a loud sound like the earth was shaking. Even the innermost corridor of the Biaohu Slope was trembling as if the earth was falling apart. The hardened concrete above the corridor cracked, and there was a direct "Plop! Plop!" "falling down.
Matsunaga Masatoshi's ears were ringing, and he was trembling even when he spoke. His eyes were full of panic and fear, "Baga, what the hell is this? Even the concrete corridor above the head is cracked!"
"Captain, this is the movement that can only be made by the battleship's main gun. We will all be buried alive here. Now all the exits and bunkers have been collapsed." A captain named Hisashi Miyano reported.
Hamazura Matasuke held up a kerosene lamp and looked at the cave ceiling warily with the faint light.
Looking at the concrete corridor that had cracked and was still falling down, I was very worried that this place would be completely destroyed by the explosion.
Suddenly, several Fuso soldiers ran in from the top of the corridor in a panic, "Your Excellency, Captain, our three infantry brigades have taken out 4,000 soldiers in the countryside, and now we only have so few left. The power of the enemy's artillery shells is too great. All the hidden barriers in the outer corridor were destroyed in an instant, and most of us did not run down!"
After hearing this, Masatoshi Matsunaga came back to his senses and stood up unsteadily. Looking at the remaining hundreds of Fuso soldiers in front of him who were shivering into a trembling ball due to the shocking explosion above their heads, he couldn't help but said angrily:
"Baga, why are there so few people left? The Patriot Army is very cunning. Mr. Yada, please quickly ask the engineers to clean up the collapsed tunnel. We also have the help of the artillery regiment. We can give the Patriot Army a heavy pain later." one strike!"
Hamazura put down the kerosene lamp in despair and thought to himself, my regiment commander, you were stunned by the shells. Are you still thinking about the so-called artillery regiment?
This is a bombardment from the battleship's main gun. No matter whether you are mud, stone, concrete, or an artillery regiment, you are like a daddy in front of this thing.
And the so-called facts are indeed true. The artillery regiment equipped with 12 120-mm howitzers in Matsunaga's mouth was annihilated in the fire and shock wave of the naval guns 2 minutes ago, along with thousands of Japanese.
Under the continuous bombardment of more than a dozen 406mm artillery shells, even the depths of the Baohupo corridor reinforced with steel bars began to shake violently from side to side, as if its foundations were shaking under the explosion.
The cracks in the concrete main body completely exploded, and the soil, dust and gravel began to slide down unstoppably like a torrent. "Ah, you guys are about to collapse!" The remaining Fuso soldiers were terrified and fled in all directions.
As soon as he finished speaking, the collapsed rocks and soil surged in like wild beasts, carrying huge destructive power. They instantly swallowed up the fleeing Fuso soldiers along the corridor, completely burying them alive and squeezing them without leaving a trace.
The bombardment of naval guns continued, and there was an endless stream of explosions on Baomapo. It was like a fireworks show held in the daytime.
At the forward position of the Patriot Army, several senior officers watched with great interest through binoculars that Baohu Slope was cut into a depression under the continuous bombardment of naval guns.
Under the salvo of battleships, any bells and whistles are as fragile as white paper.
The Fuso people's so-called dug-in bunker turned into a churning sea of flames in an instant.
In summary, the tunnels and bunkers built by the Fuso people on Biaohu Slope can only withstand the defense standard of 200 mm or 200 kilogram bombs at most.
However, with this kind of defense level, when faced with hip-fired war beasts like battleships that rely mainly on large-caliber artillery and thick armor protection, even if several times more reinforced concrete is added, it may not be able to defeat the 406 mm battleship main gun. Just a piece of tofu.
The officers and soldiers of the National Guard who were watching from a distance also felt comfortable in their hearts and couldn't help but sigh:
"No wonder when foreign gunboats came into the harbor in the past, the sound of the guns would scare those people with wine and rice bags and make them run away. Now I look at the Fuso people underground. They are probably scared to the point of pissing themselves."
"Hmph, this kind of artillery fire can't withstand even a few rounds of naval gunfire from a division. The so-called Bushido is like an ant under naval gunfire!"
Many soldiers also agreed and praised Lu Xiao.
"We have to be our Commander-in-Chief Lu's soldiers. Only he treats us as human beings. He doesn't search for artillery shells every time we fight, and tanks and armored vehicles clear the way."
