Guo Zixu stood in the middle of the Sheshan artillery position, holding a telescope in his hand. His eyes were focused on the shells fired from the Japanese warships.
Due to the limitations of the technology at that time, Guo Zixu could not directly lock onto the Japanese military base with the telescope in his hand. He could only determine the general direction from the landing point and flight trajectory of the cannon.
Behind him were two Type 03 long-range rocket launchers.
On the sea a hundred kilometers away, three Japanese heavy cruisers were still firing at the Independent Brigade Cannon Battalion.
Guo Zixu silently calculated the wind speed and the trajectory of the rocket launcher.
"Brigadier General, Commander Shangguan has sent an urgent message.”The signalman with the radio on his back handed Guo Zixu an urgent telegram.
Guo Zixu took the telegram and read it. There were only six words: Songhu Port Pier 2.
Then, he calmly ordered the artillery,"
"Attention, target, Songhu Port Pier 2, scale 517, direction right, 009, high and low 9, alternate loading of explosives, anti-armor/personnel dual-purpose shrapnel, and fuel-air explosives, two doors firing 24 rounds at the same time.”
The captain of the artillery battalion repeated Guo Zixu's order.
The soldiers in charge of operating the artillery were all highly educated and experienced gunners personally selected by Guo Zixu from the army. After Guo Zixu's systematic training, they had already mastered the loading and firing of the Type 3 long-range rocket launcher.
Following the order, they instantly entered the nervous and orderly phase of adjusting the shooting elements. Soon, they adjusted the rocket launcher to the designated state according to Guo Zixu's order.
"Reporting to the traveler, the preparations are complete!"
"Fire!"
"Release!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Twenty-four rockets with a caliber of up to 300mm were instantly launched from the rocket launchers. The rockets weighing 200kg dragged a long tail flame and flew towards the Japanese warships at Songhu Port.
Songhu Port No. 2 was the port where the Japanese heavy cruisers were docked. The Aoba, Nazhi, and Maya were only a few nautical miles apart.
At this moment, on the deck of the Aoba, Captain Miura Shiro was looking through binoculars at the artillery position of the Chinese troops provided by the headquarters.
Under the cover of the cannons of the three heavy cruisers, all the ground structures within a 500-meter radius of the artillery camp had been destroyed. Presumably, the reckless Chinese artillery had already been blown up into debris!
Sure enough, the headquarters sent a telegram saying that the Chinese had stopped firing.
Beside him, the vice-captain heard the news and said emotionally,""Captain, you can rest in peace. I believe that the ones who attacked the headquarters were just a small group of Chinese soldiers. Under the bombardment of the Empire's three heavy cruisers, no Chinese army could withstand such a fierce artillery attack.”
Miura Shiro agreed." That's right. The Chinese troops are all weak cowards. Since the Battle of Shanghai, our heavy cruisers have never left this port. Hmph. As for the Chinese, I'm afraid they haven't even seen the sacred military appearance of the Imperial Navy before they were sent to the afterlife by the cannons.”
"Ha Yi! Captain is right!"
At this moment, countless flames suddenly appeared in the pitch-black sky, followed by a sharp sound of air being torn.
"Baka, what is that?"
Miura Shiro frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
" Captain, be careful! There's heavy artillery!"
The vice-captain's reaction was even faster in the face of battle. He immediately pounced on the captain beside him, Miura Shiro.
Rumble!
Rumble!
In the next second, dozens of rockets exploded around the heavy cruiser Aoba.
Even though Miura Shiro and Miura Shiro were very far from the landing point of the cannonball, they were still sent flying several meters away by the powerful explosion shockwave before crashing heavily onto the deck.
When Miura Shiro finally got up from the deck, the Aoba heavy cruiser that he regarded as his life had already turned into a sea of fire. The buildings on the deck were on fire, and the four cannons were blown into scrap metal. Countless soldiers were crying and howling as they ran around to put out the fire.
The first round of rocket launchers from the independent artillery battalion fired, and 16 of the 24 rockets hit the three Japanese heavy cruisers directly. After the shells landed on the sea, the water pillars that exploded were dozens of meters high.
"Baka Yalu, what's going on? What were the radar soldiers doing? Why didn't they discover the Chinese's shells and intercept them?”
Miura Shiro brandished his sword and roared furiously, but no one around him answered him.
The heavy cruisers that the Japanese were so proud of were no match for this kind of heavy rocket artillery that was nearly half a century ahead of them. The " armor-piercing warheads " carried in the fuel-air explosives could form thousands of steel balls that flew at supersonic speed at the moment of explosion. It would be easy for them to penetrate the hull of the ship.
As for the advanced projectile type armor-piercing and killing dual-purpose shrapnel, it could be completed in one shot by opening the shell, throwing the shell, and throwing the bullets. The number of bullets could reach hundreds, and it could instantly harvest all the lives within the explosion range.
"Captain, the Chinese's artillery fire is too strong. We are now within the range of the Chinese's artillery fire. Please give the order to set sail immediately and head for the distant sea!”
The vice-captain staggered to his feet, his entire body dazed by the shock wave of the shell explosion.
An explosive bomb landed right under their feet, and the explosion instantly tore them into pieces.
The Independent Brigade's rocket artillery continued to fire indiscriminately. After the fourth and fifth round of artillery fire, the three heavy cruisers, Aoba, Nachi, and Maya, were all sunk. More than 3,000 Japanese soldiers fell into the sea along with the sunken warships.
"Awesome, this is too damn awesome. Messenger, send a message to Traveler immediately. The three Japanese cruisers anchored at Songhu Port have all been destroyed.”
Shangguan Biaoshi was at his position ten kilometers away from Songhu Port. Through the binoculars in his hand, he could clearly see what was happening on the sea. He was exhilarated.
Through the binoculars, the Japanese Guards stationed near the dock blew the emergency assembly order amidst the gunfire, but they could only watch helplessly as the three heavy cruisers slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
"Brothers, Traveler has already helped us to take down the most difficult Japanese warship into the sea. It's our turn next.”
Shangguan Biao stood up from his position, raised the semi-automatic rifle in his hand, and ordered,""Pass on my order. The new independent brigade's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments will attack the Japanese Guards stationed at the port from the east, south, and north!”
"Brothers, charge with me and chase the Japanese into the sea to feed the fish.”
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
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