Chapter 577 Hell of the Devil Reilly III looked through the telescope at the port of Shengzhou, which was already shrouded in gunsmoke, but there was a faint strangeness.Under normal circumstances, the batteries in the harbor should be the first to desperately fire shells at the warships to keep the fleet out of the effective range of their guns.Compared with battleships, coastal batteries can be well protected, and when firing, they are not affected by the turbulence of the waves, the accuracy is relatively high, and it will be cheaper to fight.But what made Reilly III feel strange was that from the beginning to the present, the twenty or thirty guns in the port of Katsushu had not fired shells.Although there is no such thing as a demon in England, it is said that the truth is more or less the same, he is not as excited as the other explorers (pirates), but is faintly uneasy.The other pirates, however, were fascinated by Luzon's wealth.Although it is said that after Luzon was occupied by the whole army, large-scale development began, and the island was no longer occupied by the Spaniards, Portuguese, or Dutch.Although there are no Westerners, there are many Chinese living in Sulu, Kuawa, and the Malay Peninsula, just like Luzon.These Chinese were free to enter and leave Luzon, and they also had some trade with Luzon, so they told these Westerners about the development of Luzon.In the description of these Chinese, Luzon is highly economically developed, and Quanxu has established almost 100,000 farms in Luzon, each with a large amount of grain, fruit and spices.What's more, for the sake of safety, many of the houses built by the people of Luzon are made of reinforced concrete.Steel at this time is not a cheap thing, it is all money.For Western pirates, as long as they successfully landed on Luzon, they could gain a lot of wealth.The port of Katsushu was beaten and did not fight back, and the European Combined Fleet, which had been somewhat vigilant, became more and more emboldened, and their warships sailed closer to the port, dumping shells towards the port, docks, and batteries.The sound of "boom, boom, boom and ......" cannons was completely indistinguishable, and dozens of battleships reached three or four hundred meters of the battery, slamming into the port of Shengzhou, pouring out solid lead balls, chain bullets, and flowering bullets as if they were not making money, and the European Combined Fleet was showing off its powerful firepower and terrible destructive power to the fullest.They don't look like they're fighting, but like they're burying people with cannonballs, and looking at the whole world, there are really only a handful of armies that dare to play like this!
Cannonballs fell on the fortress of Shengzhou Port like hail, and the lead balls jumped wildly, the gravel splashed, and the gunpowder smoke was filled, which was extremely terrifying.The morale of the 15th Combined Fleet of Europe was getting higher and higher, and they were convinced that no army could hold the line without breaking up under such heavy fire, and after this round of shelling, they would be able to occupy the fortress of Shengzhou Port in a strolling posture and chase down the fleeing enemy!
However, the reality is completely different from what they imagined.The soldiers of the Shengzhou Port Shore Defense, hiding in the anti-artillery fortifications dug in advance, watched boredly as the lead ball rolled into the trench, their trench was a foot deep, and if they stood at the bottom of the trench, they could not see the outside.If you want to occupy the trench to resist the enemy, you need to climb the dug steps, and an independent anti-artillery hole is set up at a distance of twenty or thirty meters from the trench, which is first poured with reinforced concrete, about fifty centimeters thick, covered with mud and sand, and sandbags are built on top of the sand.Such a thickness of more than one and a half meters, not to mention the naval guns of this era, even if the battleships of the nineteenth century were pulled over, they could carry several rounds.I dare not say how perfect such a hole is, at least it is completely fine to accommodate individual soldiers to avoid artillery.A few pounds of lead ball smashed down is at most just a hole in the ground, want to destroy such a fortification?
It's still far away, unless they move the three-hundred-millimeter caliber mortar, it's no play.The benefits of the trenches are obvious, most of the shells hit the outside of the trenches, and occasionally some fall into the trenches and are blocked by the tortuous trenches, and the power cannot be exerted at all.If you can still let the solid shot put kill you by hiding in the trenches, you can only say that your character is too poor, God wants to accept you, and it is useless to find anyone.It was the first time that Li Xin had faced the naval artillery bombardment of the Westerners, and he was frightened by the overwhelming naval artillery bombardment, which was no wonder in fact.Even if it is an armed merchant ship of the Westerners, a salvo of artillery is more than the salvo of an artillery regiment, and on the 7.8-kilometer-long coastline of Shengzhou Port, more than 100 warships are densely packed and begin to overturn and bombard.Wang Zhongning saw Li Xin's nervousness, and he comforted: "Don't worry about Speaker Li, this is all trivial, don't look at the Westerners fighting happily, they are all scumbags, you are right, put the Westerners closer to fight, it's really good!"
”Li Xin watched the Western fleet carry out several rounds of artillery bombardment, although the shelling of the Westerners was huge, the overwhelming shells never caused much damage to his own fortifications, and his heart finally settled a little.Li Xin said to Wang Zhongning with admiration: "General Wang is really a genius, just a simple trench has made hundreds of cannons on the other side become ornaments, let him fire for a long time, we will not lose a single hair, this kind of decay into magic skills, it is really admirable!"
”"Don't admire me, it's the method that Quan Shuai came up with."
Wang Zhongning said with a smile: "His favorite thing to do is to drive all the soldiers into the trenches, and then open fire, scaring the soldiers into incontinence, so that when they get to the battlefield, the first thing the soldiers do is to dig trenches desperately, and they can't change it." ”Quan Xu only believed in marksmanship, which was fed with bullets, and the artillery was also fed with shells, and when the whole family army was not equipped with a large number of guns and artillery, the cavalry of the whole family army in order to train the ability to face the rain of arrows, let the crossbowmen shoot the cavalry with crossbow arrows, and let them charge against the rain of arrows.This is a very cruel training method, even if the arrows are removed, the bow and crossbow are also injured to the soldiers, and every year because of accidental casualties during the training process, there are more than 100 people.Of course, this percentage is not very high.Like ordinary soldiers, what they have to go through is how to protect themselves under the bombardment of artillery, so in this case, even if the shells rain, the whole family soldier can talk and laugh in the anti-artillery shells, and can drive calmly.Some soldiers were drinking from water bottles, others were eating, and no one knew when the war would end, so it was necessary to replenish a little more food before they directly engaged the enemy."
Master Hou is really a genius in military training!"
Li Xin sighed from the bottom of his heart, in fact, his vision is quite high, and he is very proud, looking at the world, there are not many people who can enter his vision, even Shen Mingze, the de facto leader of the Industrial Party, in Li Xin's eyes, he is the lucky man of an era, taking advantage of the situation, if he hadn't joined Quanxu's shogunate in the early days, he would have been a county commander at most.Of course, the current industrial party does not have as many opportunities as it used to be, with the Liaodong University, the Liaodong Military Academy, and the Liaodong Naval Academy, more and more students have graduated from the Liaodong Industrial Party School, and they can hold a half-official position without being literate.Just when Li Xin was thinking about it, another round of artillery fire covered it, and several flowering shells smashed near the trench, and a large area of earth splashed over, killing Li Xin.Li didn't care, he flicked off a few mud particles above his head, and said impatiently: "Why are you still firing?"
”"Wait for their landing force!"
At first, Wang Zhongning wanted to open fire while the European Combined Fleet was within range of the coastal defense ships' guns, and this was the correct way for the coastal defense forces to open up.However, with Li Xin's suggestion, Wang Zhongning realized that by adopting Li Xin's method, he might be able to achieve great results.At present, the combined fleet of 15 European countries is becoming denser and denser, from a few dozen ships at the beginning to more than 100 ships now, and it is conceivable that more than 100 warships have been squeezed on the sea surface as wide as 7.8 kilometers.The warships of the European Combined Fleet also became more and more unscrupulous, and they even stopped sailing, threw their iron anchors in the sea, and just like that, docked on the surface of the sea and carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the port of Katsushu.At this time, the seemingly fearful European Combined Fleet divided more than thirty large warships, all of which carried a large number of sailors and pirates, as well as a considerable number of mercenaries.They docked directly at the berths of the port, set up a trestle, and a large number of mercenaries began to pour in the direction of the port.These pirates and mercenaries, shouting and screaming, are full of wealth and beautiful women."
It's finally our turn!"
Wang Zhongning picked up the walkie-talkie and began to give orders: "Pay attention to all gun positions, do not manage the landing ships, deal with their large peripheral warships, concentrate firepower to hit the big warships first, and open fire!"
”As the order was given, the anti-artillery soldiers, who had been impatient for a long time, pushed the cannon out of the anti-artillery hole, pushed it back to the battery to set it up, put down the garrison hoe, and aimed at the battleship densely packed on the sea.These cannons are quite heavy, and there is a lot of preparation to be made before firing, so they can't be fired for a while.When the pirates and mercenaries who had landed rushed straight towards the breastwork that had been beaten by the cannonballs, there was movement behind the originally quiet breastwork, and rows of steel helmets and rows of black muzzles came out, and their cold eyes flew like bullets, making them chill all over!
This is the correct way for the whole family army to open.The discipline of the whole family army does not rely entirely on formation training, but their training is repeated intensive training, repeatedly, to form muscle memory.Most of the soldiers of the Family Army believe that there is an eighteenth layer of hell, and the training ground of the Family Army is the nineteenth layer of hell.The whole family did not run away, if needed, they could fight to the last soldier, and now not only did they not escape, but they were also in a tight lineup and calm as before.More than a thousand pirates and mercenaries who landed looked at the dense muzzles of guns with a dull expression: "Hell!
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