Zhao Lijin's work efficiency was very high, and he didn't have much time to move the shells and gunpowder bags needed for the gun position.
Those artillerymen thanked them one after another, and Zhao Lijin was very modest, saying that they were all his own people, and he was not polite.
At this time, an artillery observer excitedly shouted: "Hit, look, hit" Zhao Lijin hurriedly took out his telescope and looked in the direction of the man's finger, only to see that where the water and sky met in front of him, a black smoke rose into the sky, dozens of meters high.
Now there is nothing else on the Yangtze River except for the warship of the little devil, and this smoke must have been caused by their warship being hit by a shell, otherwise there would never be such a big black smoke.
Knowing that the Japanese warship had been hit, a long-lost cheer broke out on the battery.
Several artillerymen hugged each other tightly, not knowing whether they were laughing or crying, shouting and snotting at the same time.
Zhao Lijin was also deeply infected by this emotion, for so many days, they have suffered from the bombing of devils' naval guns and aircraft, and today they finally took a bad breath, not to mention how happy they were in their hearts.
However, the regimental commander of the garrison battery was quite calm, and according to the position of the smoking warship, he successively issued target correction instructions to several cannons.
Soon, several large-caliber cannons began to adjust the shelling parameters, the direction of the muzzle and the angle of fire changed little by little, and the gun commander quickly calculated the distance and the number of gunpowder packs required.
About two minutes later, the commander of the garrison battery gave an order: "Open the gun" Suddenly, four fortress guns opened fire on the smoke-emitting warship at the same time.
Through the binoculars, Zhao Lijin saw that the smoke-emitting warship kept maneuvering on the river to avoid it, trying to avoid this round of shelling.
Four shells exploded next to the devil warship, setting off a huge wave more than 20 meters high, completely covering the figure of the warship, and Zhao Lijin didn't even know the situation of the warship.
However, it can be seen from the face of the commander of the garrison that this platoon fire did not hit the smoking warship.
Immediately, he issued a series of successive artillery orders.
Zhao Lijin was surprised to see that the guns on the turret were pointing in the direction of the shelling just now, and he thought to himself that it was difficult for this guy to use all the cannons to fire at the warship Thinking of this, Zhao Lijin was suddenly excited, his grandmother's, the big scene was finally going to be staged.
At this time, the artillery was very busy, various position parameters were constantly being corrected, and more than 20 cannons of various calibers were constantly adjusting the shelling parameters and angles.
They didn't care about anything else, and they had only one thought in their minds, and that was to adjust the parameters as quickly as possible, load the warheads, calculate the distance, stuff them into the powder packets, close the bolts, and wait for the fire to be fired.
"The gun emplacements are free to fire until the warship is sunk."
The commander of the garrison said through gritted teeth.
It was a lively time, with the small-caliber guns that had been loaded with shells first roaring, followed by the 350-mm cannons firing in turn.
For a time, the gun smoke on the fort was filled, the cannon roared, and the muzzle of the black hole spewed dazzling light from time to time, sending out the cannonballs of death.
Zhao Lijin saw that around the warship, which was continuously doing serpentine maneuvers, countless huge columns of water were blown up.
Suddenly, a bright flash of fire flashed.
"Hit," Zhao Lijin said subconsciously.
Almost at the same time, the commander of the battery garrison ordered a halt to firing with a signal flag and told the observers to hurry up and see what was going on with the Devil warship.
At this time, the originally noisy and noisy fort suddenly fell silent, and everyone held their breath and quietly waited for the result.
Zhao Lijin was naturally like them, his heart was raised to his throat, his eyes were staring, his ears were pricked up, and he was waiting for the good news he expected to hear.
After about half a minute, the observer excitedly reported: "Regiment commander, the little devil's warship is not moving. ” Hearing this, Zhao Lijin hurriedly leaned over, and through the pervasive gunsmoke, he saw that the smoking warship just now really didn't move, like a dead fish floating on the river.
Seeing this, the commander of the battery garrison immediately ordered: "Brothers, the little devil's warship is almost scrapped, but the hull has not yet tilted. ” As soon as the words fell, these artillerymen were busy again, loading ammunition, stuffing gunpowder bags, turning off the bolts, and the whole action was like a smooth flow, all in one go.
Soon, the various gun emplacements were ready.
"All gun positions, the Japanese warships on the target river, fired three shots in quick order from left to right, and opened fire" As soon as the words of the cannon were exited, one of the fortress guns on the far left let out a roar, followed by other fortress guns in turn, and in an instant, columns of water and dense smoke rose from the surface of the river.
At this time, the observer shouted excitedly, "Commander, the devil's warship is starting to tilt" Zhao Lijin picked up his telescope and looked at it, only to see that the warship that was no longer able to move and was emitting smoke just now was hit and tilted sharply to the right, and it was estimated that it would not last long, and it was about to sink to the bottom of the river to feed Wang Ba.
The commander of the battery garrison immediately ordered all gun emplacements to stop firing, and the air defense troops quickly returned to their respective combat positions in order to meet the bombers that were about to fly over.
Today, little Japan has suffered such a big loss, and if it hadn't come to bomb it, it would not have been their usual style.
Hearing that there might be planes coming to bomb the fort, Zhao Lijin hurriedly took his brothers to hide in the air-raid shelter behind the fort.
But when he saw the busy figure of the artilleryman, he couldn't help but feel itchy, so he beckoned the Dabao brothers to walk out of the bomb shelter and go to the side of the anti-aircraft gun.
The anti-aircraft guns on the batteries were mainly 37 mm German, and there were also several large-caliber 88 mm anti-aircraft guns.
Zhao Lijin looked at the barrels of those 88mm anti-aircraft guns curiously, he had seen 37mm anti-aircraft guns when he was in Luodian before, but this kind of large-caliber 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, he really saw them for the first time, so he felt very fresh.
At this time, an artillery commander came over, he saw that Zhao Lijin's military rank was higher than his own, and immediately saluted: "Report to the chief, we are about to start fighting, please avoid it, so as not to be injured by mistake." ” "Brother, it's okay, we won't hinder you from firing here, and we can help you when the time comes, move a cannonball or something."
The artillery commander saw that Zhao Lijin had no intention of leaving, so he had to give up.
Zhao Lijin, who had a hippie smile, looked east and west, thinking that the barrels of these large-caliber anti-aircraft guns were too long, longer than the barrels of the 100-mm howitzers of their independent brigade.
At this moment, Zhao Lijin's ears suddenly heard a rapid and piercing air raid siren.
"Damn, the little devil's plane is coming fast enough."
Zhao Lijin scolded in his heart.
I saw a group of bombers flying in the sky, all of them were chubby and huge guys, they didn't even bring escort fighters and reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter targets, it was obvious that the devil was furious, and he had to blow up the fort into ruins. t1706231537: