Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 478: Anti-aircraft guns attack warships

Xu Shan's heart tightened. The commander-in-chief had assigned him a job. He listened carefully for fear of missing a word, "Xu Shan, I'll give your air defense brigade a mission. Use anti-aircraft guns to hit Japanese warships. I'm sure."

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He asked, "Yes, yes, I'm sure. Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured and promise to dig a few holes in the little devil's warship and sink it into the sea to feed the old turtles!" Xu Shan hurriedly agreed, fearing that the Commander-in-Chief would regret it and get it.

The mission has flown again.

"Well, use all the artillery fire to suppress the firepower of the Japanese naval guns and ensure that the artillery bombards the Japanese troops on the beach normally!" Xu Shan put down the phone, elated, and immediately came to his head, "Give me the order, the artillery sight radar searches for the main force

Target, each gun position immediately changes to armor-piercing shells. Eight guns form a gun group. Concentrate fire to attack a Japanese warship. Listen to me. If you pick up a big one and hit it, you can knock down planes in the sky. Such a big thing.

Don’t be embarrassed!”

Xu Shan was focused on fighting the battle. He did not think carefully about how powerful and effective the anti-aircraft cannons used to attack aircraft could be in dealing with thick-skinned warships. However, he was absolutely right on two points, namely concentrated fire and artillery strikes.

Switching to armor-piercing shells, the high-explosive armor-piercing shells produced by Huangyadong Arsenal are extremely powerful. At the very least, the facilities on the decks of Japanese ships cannot withstand such shells.

No one knows what the effect will be if several anti-aircraft guns are concentrated to bombard a target. They can only wait until the battle is over. Thanks to two correct orders from Xu Shan, commander of the air defense brigade, this battle between anti-aircraft guns and warship guns

The duel changed dramatically, which was the first in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War.

The anti-aircraft gun with a slender barrel slowly pointed to the sea in the distance, and the gun sighting radar was turned on to search. Soon, each artillery group locked the target. The gunners listened attentively to the commander's voice, "Play!" Headphones

A crisp command came from inside.

What the anti-aircraft gun pursues is the rate of fire. When the trigger is pressed, a series of eight shells roar out of the barrel. Eight guns and sixty-four shells fly towards the Japanese warship that is working in full swing and is not aware of it at all.

There was no artillery suppression, and the gunners on the Japanese ships were relaxed. In their view, this was a one-sided artillery battle. They just poured the shells on the heads of the Chinese people. The Japanese gunners worked hard. In the cold weather, they simply

He took off his arms and stuffed cannonballs into the barrel of the cannon.

Just when I was working in a comfortable mood, suddenly there was a muffled sound on the gun emplacement, followed by a violent explosion. This was terrible. The anti-aircraft shell penetrated the protective armor of the Japanese ship's gun emplacement, went directly inside and exploded. For a moment, the Japanese

There were flashes of fire on the ship and thick smoke rising everywhere. The first round of anti-aircraft gun fire was aimed at the main battleships of the Fourth Fleet.

Before the Japanese sailors could figure out what was going on, the second round of artillery shells landed on the warship, setting off a huge fire. The captain of the Japanese ship was confused. This was not Wusongkou. Where did the Chinese army get the long-range artillery?

He didn't have to think too much as a series of shells roared onto the deck.

The Japanese sailors in charge of damage control were desperately trying to put out the fire with a faucet. A burst of artillery shells flew in. They were blown up into the air and fell heavily into the sea. Although the explosion power of a single anti-aircraft shell was not as powerful as that of a large-caliber naval gun.

The artillery shells excelled in terms of rate of fire. An ant would kill an elephant. Coupled with the 100% accuracy, the small and delicate anti-aircraft shells were all borne by the huge hull of the Japanese ship.

Up to this point, the Japanese ships had not figured out which direction the bombardment was coming from, and they had no target to fight back. Although the anti-aircraft shells were not a fatal threat to the large-tonnage Japanese main battleships, the turrets on the deck suffered damage.

, flat-firing anti-aircraft guns, the shells easily penetrated the protective armor and exploded in each turret. The Japanese gunners who controlled the naval guns suffered heavy casualties. From time to time, all the gunners in the turrets died, and the naval guns became mute.

With miraculous accuracy, an anti-aircraft shell penetrated the barrel of the Japanese ship's gun and exploded in the gun barrel. This was a catastrophic coincidence, and it also detonated the unfired shell in the gun barrel. Then,

The violent explosion affected the ammunition magazine in the turret. The entire turret flew into the sky amidst the explosion, tearing apart the upper deck and transmitting huge power to the bottom, causing serious damage.

The huge hull of the Japanese ship seemed to be pushed into the sea by a powerful hand in the air. Then, it rebounded, jumped high out of the water, and fell heavily again.

No matter how solid something is, it can't withstand such tossing. Almost all the Japanese ship commanders stared dumbfoundedly at this behemoth, breaking into two pieces, spinning around, and being swallowed up by the sea in an instant. And their own

On the warship, fireworks were also everywhere, and the gun positions were severely damaged. They did not know what new weapons the Chinese army had equipped to deal with warships.

The Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Navy, a main battleship, was sunk by a small anti-aircraft shell. No one would believe it if I told you, but the fact is so boring. With the sinking of a battleship, it seems that the first bell has sounded.

In the death knell of the Fourth Fleet, the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Ryu Shitao, could no longer care about providing fire support to the army that was being attacked by the Chinese artillery. He hurriedly ordered all warships to escape the fire range of the Chinese artillery and withdraw to the open sea to standby.

One by one, the Japanese ships reversed urgently, and fled to the sea off Hangzhou Bay as quickly as possible, covered in thick smoke. Fortunately, except for the turret on the deck, which was broken into pieces of copper and iron, the main parts were damaged.

It is not serious and does not hinder retreat.

At the air defense brigade position, on the artillery radar screen, the little red dots representing Japanese warships were getting smaller and smaller. The soldiers, who were enthusiastic about the fight, had no choice but to stop. "The Japanese warships have been repulsed!" A burst of cheers broke out.

The sound resounded throughout the battlefield. Xu Shan picked up the phone and reported the good news to the commander-in-chief. He didn't know it yet, but he had sunk a main battleship of the Japanese Navy's Fourth Fleet.

Without the suppressive firepower of the naval guns on the Japanese ships, what awaited the first wave of Japanese troops to land was an extremely tragic end. All the artillery of the three artillery brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps repeatedly plowed back and forth on the original Eighth Group Army position, leaving flesh and blood.

Fuzzy corpses of Japanese soldiers covered the beach.

The fierce volcano-like artillery fire completely destroyed the Japanese army's will to fight. The commander still wanted to charge desperately, but the dense artillery fire made it impossible for the Japanese army to even gather at the most basic level. The two divisions had 70,000 soldiers.

Many soldiers, more than 40,000, fell under the shelling. From Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion to Jinsiniang Bridge, all the Japanese landing sites were covered with the messy corpses of Japanese soldiers.

Yanagawa Heisuke's first wave of landing troops had less than 20,000 people left, and most of them were killed by the gunfire of the Japanese division.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the landing Japanese troops were repulsed and suffered heavy casualties. The casualties of Tang Qiusheng's troops were mainly concentrated in the artillery unit, and they were all injured by Japanese naval guns. The infantry in the front line did not wait for the Japanese charge.

, casualties were extremely minor.

The sun dispelled the heavy fog, and the sight was opened again. The scene of the Jinshanwei landing site was unobstructed. Yanagawa Heisuke put down the telescope helplessly. He couldn't bear to see the yellow corpses of soldiers on the beach. All of this was unacceptable to him.

, he didn’t understand that the carefully prepared landing battle started extremely smoothly, but in the end it ended up like this.

He did not dare to let the second wave of landing troops carry out a forced landing. It would only be a living target for the Chinese artillery. If the threat of the Chinese artillery was not resolved, nothing would be possible. He vented all his anger on the Fourth Fleet.

How could there have been such heavy casualties on Commander Ryu Hachio if the navy had not retreated and the landing force had lost artillery cover?

On the walkie-talkie, the two soldiers quarreled, and the entire second batch of landing craft of the landing force was parked on the sea not far away. The observer of the first artillery brigade saw a relatively large ship in the artillery mirror.

On the landing craft, there was a conspicuous Japanese military flag, which was particularly eye-catching. He thought that this might be the landing craft of the Japanese commander.

Regardless of whether it is or not, attack someone first and report the location and coordinates immediately. On the artillery position, more than a dozen large-caliber artillery slowly rotated their muzzles. The shells roared across the sea and hit the target accurately. Then

The landing craft instantly turned into steel fragments flying all over the sky. Even a few wisps of fireworks seemed so thin. These were more than a dozen large-caliber artillery shells, which directly hit the small landing craft. It was like an egg hit by a boulder and shattered to pieces.

Everyone in the Sulu Mobile Corps did not know that on that landing craft was the main force of Japan's Hangzhou Bay landing, the temporary headquarters of the Tenth Army, Commander Yanagawa Heisuke and his main staff, all died

Not even a single residue can be found here. Perhaps Yanagawa himself would never have thought that his life would end in this way.

The Commander of the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Navy, Yanage Shitao, who was exchanging accusations with Yanagawa Heisuke, was startled by the violent explosion coming from the earphones. His ears were so hung up that he was deafened. He cursed fiercely, but could no longer hear it.

to the echo.

Tang Qiusheng, who was in control of the entire Jinshanwei battlefield, found that the Japanese army was in a panic. Not only did they have no follow-up landing troops, but they were showing signs of retreat. Although he did not know the reason, a favorable situation emerged and the opportunity must not be missed. He immediately ordered the frontier troops to retreat.

The troops, with the strength of two brigades, launched a counterattack against the remnants of the Japanese army huddled on the beach. Even if they could not completely annihilate them, they would still be driven into the sea.

The troops who had been holding back their energy for a long time, under the cover of artillery fire, rushed towards the Japanese army like a tsunami. Finally, the Japanese army still had a relatively good tradition and did not run for their lives. There were about three thousand Japanese soldiers.

, under the command of a colonel, a blocking position was established on the spot to cover most of the Japanese troops boarding landing craft and escaping to the sea.

The Japanese soldiers, determined to die, unleashed an astonishing fighting force. There was actually a large group of soldiers with shining bayonets, shouting slogans, and rushed towards the troops. There was no hand-to-hand combat. The troops of the ** Division, as always,

Emphasizing the superiority of firepower, the Somi submachine gun roared and rows of Japanese soldiers were knocked down.

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