It was different from the two heavy artillery regiments behind the 87th and 88th divisions.
Hao Luo's order to the Heavy Artillery Battalion was to attack the Japanese warships on the Huangpu River.
Against the defenses deployed by the Japanese, the 120mm mortars equipped by the main force of the Special Task Force, as well as the 75mm field cannon that Luo Hao had strengthened for the troops last night, were enough to destroy them.
Therefore, there was no need to use heavy howitzers to attack the Japanese.
However, they could not allow the Japanese to fire their cannons at their own troops without any restraint.
The Heavy Artillery Battalion's mission was to attack the Japanese warships on the Huangpu River.
The Japanese warships that entered the Huangpu River were not battleships. At most, they were cruisers and destroyer.
Even though the firepower was more ferocious than the heavy artillery battalion, and the rapid firing of the artillery was faster, the Japanese's Izumo cruiser was hit by two shells as soon as the artillery began. The explosion caused a fire on the ship.
The Japanese had already entered the Huangpu River fleet. The Heavy Artillery Battalion knew the location of every warship very well. Even though the quality of the Heavy Artillery Battalion's artillery was not that good, it was still effective against these warships.
The Fire Country's Air Force did not bring much trouble to the fleet. Instead, it was the sudden bombardment that caused the Japanese Navy to immediately give up on bombarding the Fire Country's position and began to counterattack against the Heavy Artillery Battalion.
The two rounds of bombardment stopped. Both the 87th and 88th divisions were confused, but they did not let go of such a good opportunity to attack.
At the same time, in the Garrison Command, Zhang Zhizhong received the news immediately.
"Commander, the situation has been confirmed. It was the Special Forces 'heavy artillery battalion deployed behind the North Train Station. They launched an intensive bombardment on the Japanese warships on the Huangpu River. After damaging the Izumo cruiser, they attracted all the Japanese cannons to fire at them.”
Hearing the adjutant's report, Zhang Zhizhong could not hide the shock on his face. He gritted his teeth and said,"Pass on my order to the 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment. They must bombard the Japanese warships on the Huangpu River at all costs. The Special Task Force is a hero, but we can't be cowards!”
Facing the artillery fire from the warships, the artillery on land was almost impossible to match. Unless the artillery fire on the ground had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, or there were coastal defense artillery in thick bunkers.
The Special Task Force's Heavy Artillery Battalion had dared to fire at the fleet on the Huangpu River to attract hatred, so they could not pretend that they had not seen anything.
Moreover, the Special Task Force was responsible for the most important direction of attack.
While the ground artillery and fleet artillery were engaged in battle, Hao Luo had already arrived on the roof of a house less than a kilometer away from Huangpu River.
From this position, he could see the Japanese warships on the river.
On the roof, Hao Luo took out his Barrett sniper rifle. His target was the optical sight on the Japanese warship.
In this era, the main cannons relied on optical rangefinders to provide attack data for the cannons.
In the later stages of World War II, radars and hand-cranked mechanical computers (GFCs) were used to assist in aiming.
The optical ranging determined the distance, then calculated the distance and the target's position. Combined with the initial speed of the cannonball, it controlled the amount of explosives loaded and the attack distance of the cannonball.
The entire process was not a simple task.
The optical ranging was enough to prevent the Japanese warships from effectively aiming at the target for a short period of time.
The optical ranging equipment on the warship was very obvious.
It was also very easy to recognize.
Aim and attack. For Hao Luo, who had top-notch sniping skills, a distance of more than 1,000 meters and the effective range of the Barrett was 1,800 meters. It was very easy to attack.
The sound of gunfire was drowned out by the sound of cannons from both sides.
On the Izumo cruiser that was fighting back, the optical rangefinder exploded. The bullet destroyed the optical rangefinder and tore the body of the Japanese who was observing through the rangefinder on the mast.
At the same time, Hao Luo had already pulled the bolt, ejected a thumb-sized bullet, and pushed the next bullet into the chamber.
This time, he aimed at the optical rangefinder on the Yaeyama cruiser.
In less than two seconds, they opened fire again.
The bullet once again penetrated the optical rangefinder on the top of the mast and tore the Japanese's body apart.
A large amount of blood sprayed down from the top of the mast.
At this moment, the Japanese realized that someone was attacking the optical rangefinder on the ship.
From time to time, artillery shells would fall from the sky. A destroyer at the side was hit by an artillery shell. The fire on the deck was burning, killing several marines.
"Baka, find the attacker and kill him! He asked the technician to quickly change the optical equipment.”
The captain of the Battlecruiser Ba Chong Shan shouted in anger on the bridge.
Without the optical rangefinder and other means of observation, there was no way to effectively suppress the enemy's artillery fire.
However, just as the captain was giving orders, his head exploded like a watermelon that was hit by a big iron rod. Blood and brain matter sprayed on the bridge.
This…
The vice-captain was so frightened that his face turned pale.
"Fire all the buildings on the shore. There are snipers!”
The vice-captain's face was pale as he hurriedly shouted.
The sub-cannons on the Battlecruiser Yaeyama also began to rotate, aiming at the buildings on the shore and firing.
Fortunately, a large number of civilians had already been evacuated. Otherwise, under such artillery fire, there would definitely be many casualties.
Hao Luo looked coldly at the cannonball that landed in front of him. He was not moved at all.
This era had its own limitations. The Japanese thought that the sniper must be on the shore and did not consider the area more than a thousand meters away from them.
On the other hand, Hao Luo's sniper position was more than 1,500 meters away from the ship on the river.
The Japanese's artillery shells could only destroy some buildings. It was useless.
The captain who had just killed the Yageyama cruiser had triggered the system's additional reward mechanism.
"Congratulations, Master, for killing the enemy's major captain and triggering an additional reward. 500 Type W90 203mm Howitzers, 5 million rounds…"
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