Chapter Ninety-Nine: Preparing for Battle As the enemy fleet got closer to the port, the enemy had more naval guns to join the battle.
But it is a pity, just like Guan Hong said, the maximum caliber of the enemy's naval guns is only 150 mm, and there is really no power for the turtle shells on the forts, so far the entire Coconut Harbor coastal defense battery group, 25 batteries, a total of 283 cannons of various calibers, only one battery was accidentally hit by the enemy, and the shells were fired into the fort position, and none of the 76 people in the entire position survived, and even ten 150 mm cannons were blown into scrap metal.
But that's all, none of the remaining twenty-four forts were damaged, although some were directly hit, but most of them hit the periphery of the forts, knocked out a little concrete slag, and the rest lost nothing, and the defense can be described as extremely strong.
Compared with the coconut port side, the enemy really suffered heavy losses, and less than half of the eight hundred ships of various types remained, which really responded to the reasoning results of the General Staff, and it was not bad at all - in addition, Ben Sanke never said that these eight hundred ships were large troop carriers and warships, in fact, among all ships, large troop carriers and warships accounted for only a small part, probably less than one-third, and the rest were small and medium-sized troop carriers and assault boats designed for beach landing, etc., which were all made up by the major forces, They wouldn't be able to take it out alone (maybe Chengjianxi could take out more than half of it, but they obviously wouldn't do it).
If they have more than a thousand large ships alone, then where do they need to beat Li Zhen?
Li Zhen can be knocked into the sea directly by a boat collision, and such losses may be much less than a siege.
However, despite the heavy losses of the enemy, these losses were well worth it - if you don't believe it, you can see that Sima Cuo's brows were still tightly furrowed, and he ordered his men to get ready, because the war would begin soon.
That's right, the war is about to start, because there is not much ammunition in the major batteries - as I said before, although the ammunition of each battery is stored separately, because there is no war all year round, the amount of ammunition stored in the ammunition depot behind the battery is not very large, and on average, each cannon can only be divided into a few bases, more may have four or five bases, and less than only about three bases.
Although the base number of shells of various types is different, even the smallest 120 mm naval guns have only about 80 rounds per base, the 150 mm coastal defense guns have 60 rounds per base, the number of 180 mm shells is even less, only 45 rounds, and the base number of 'greedy wolf' cannons is only 30 rounds.
The battle just now was so fierce, all the artillery was desperately venting ammunition, unconsciously, there were already artillery to store all their ammunition, it can be expected that in the next period of time, the major artillery batteries will gradually stop roaring, and the enemy's speed will also speed up again.
The second reason is that the barrel of the cannon can't stand it - after such a long period of non-stop shooting, the barrel of some cannons has been burned red, even if it is cooled down sharply, if it continues to fight, I am afraid that before the enemy is destroyed, their own coastal defense artillery may have to explode first, and at that time it will really kill a lot of people, if it causes a chain explosion, it will be even worse.
As for the third reason, it is even simpler, that is, it cannot be hit - because of the shell-like structure, the left and right firing range of the turret is less than 60 degrees, and the high and low firing range is only less than 30 degrees.
Moreover, the shore defense artillery are all heavy cannons, each weighing several tons, which is very difficult to move, plus in order to offset the recoil, all the cannons are semi-fixed on the ground, and basically the angle cannot be adjusted significantly, only fine-tuned......
The combination of various reasons led to the fact that after the enemy ship crossed the firing range of the shore defense guns, the shore defense guns could not adjust their firing angles in time, and could only watch the enemy ships continue to move forward, but they could not shoot themselves.
At present, several enemy ships have passed the firing limit of the shore defense artillery, and there are many more warships that will pass soon, and then they only need to enter the coconut harbor safely and securely - although the coconut harbor at this time is not like the beautiful woman who dragged the light in front of the enemy, but the resistance force is much worse than the shore defense battery just now, but it is also much worse, and the resistance force is greatly reduced.
"Let all the artillery be ready to shoot, all ready, the war is about to begin."
Seeing that the speed of the enemy ships began to decrease, Sima Cuo knew that the enemy was ready to land, so he naturally did not sit idly by, and immediately placed all the cannons on the shore - and this in itself was their defensive measure, just to resist the enemy's attack on the shore, not only because they did not have many bullets and shells and could not give full play to their advantages in street fighting, but more importantly, because they had perfect fortifications on the shore of the port - these fortifications were originally integrated with the shore defense batteries, and the two were interdependent and auxiliary to each other, Together, they can resist the attacks of most of the enemy, and even it is very difficult for the Tang army to attack on its own.
But because the enemy made the first surprise move and took the lead in destroying the arsenal of the defenders of Coconut Harbor, the lack of ammunition led to a great reduction in the defensive ability of these fortifications, and it can be said that most of them were scrapped directly, but even so, the remaining fortifications were enough to spill the enemy's blood all over the Coconut Harbor - of course, after the enemy broke through the fortifications, the Coconut Harbor really became a beauty without the slightest protection, and could only wait for the enemy's luck.
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click!"
“……” Not only the cannons were ready, but all the guns and bullets in the hands of all the soldiers were loaded and ready for battle.
The enemy is now only ten kilometers away from the port, with the speed of the wind they will soon come, the war will come soon, but no one behind the position is nervous, after all, they are all veterans of a hundred battles, usually they have not gone deep into the jungle to fight those Luzon natives, how can those who can survive such a war be afraid of a beach landing battle?
Although they have never fought such an anti-beach landing, the anti-beach landing battle is much simpler than a jungle war or a street battle - the enemy rushes forward in rows, and the beach is densely packed with people, which is almost equivalent to lining up to shoot, and they only need to shoot, and they don't even need to aim, such a battle will be fought even if it is a new recruit who has just entered the battlefield, so what is there to worry about?