Chapter 721 Night Xiaochu 2

Morning, 6 o'clock sharp.

The first shelling formation, in the flagship Hebei.

When the commander of the artillery formation, who had always cared much about the military capacity, came into the bridge, every officer's eyes widened.

The neat military uniform, Yan Si's bridging style buckle, the most dumbfounded thing for everyone is that the white gloves that have always been turned out in the corner, and they were washed clean and pinched in their hands.

"What are you looking at? Don't you have to do anything?"

After Fang Jin glanced at countless eyes, he immediately asked, "Where have we been?" Are all the gun positions ready? What about the reconnaissance aircraft?

"There are still 3 nautical miles away from the San Diego Harbor minefield, and each gun position is ready." The captain pointed to the approximate position on the chart and said, "The first batch of escort fighters have begun to take off. The first wave of bombers will arrive in about an hour and a half. The reconnaissance aircraft that guided us passed 10 minutes ago.

In addition, we should have been found, because before the reconnaissance aircraft arrived, an American plane appeared, but the distance was too far, and the anti-aircraft gun did not intercept it.

"It's okay. I didn't want to hide it from others."

Not only did not feel nervous about the discovery, but also felt that it was a good thing. In fact, if it had not been for the cover of a strong attack on San Diego, the First Fleet could have destroyed this place long ago and would not have dragged it to this day.

From the perspective of geographical conditions, the port of San Diego is undoubtedly one of the best deep-water ports on the west coast of the United States. A natural dam separates the Pacific Ocean from the seaport. The whole seaport is in a curved hook, and the curved channel in and out of the port is 6,000 meters long. It is not only narrow, but also can't be accelerated to enter because of the bend. In addition, the U.S. military is sailing. A large number of heavy artillery were arranged on both sides of the road, and no ships could attack.

However, there are pros and cons. Compared with San Francisco, the front of San Diego Port is too wide. Although warships can't pass through this natural dam, they can easily approach the offshore and aim at the internal waterway. Therefore, the United States has not only built a large number of shore guns on this dam, but also deployed a water nearly 5 kilometers wide along the offshore waters. In the minefield, trying to isolate the shelling from the sea, coupled with the suffering of aircraft over the past year, more than 400 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers have been deployed, and warships, including moored, can provide fire support, which seems to be solid.

Because the total depth of the minefield and the bay has increased by more than 38 kilometers, this depth, even in the World War II period of later generations, means that almost all naval guns can be isolated, but the problem is that the evil Emperor Li made the bottom exhaust extended-range bomb!

When it was shelled in New York, the extended-range bomb carried by the 380mm main gun could hit 48 kilometers, and the United States always believed that Li Xiuyan actually entered the bay when it was shelling. In addition, the extended-range bomb was only used once in Singapore, so it did not realize that it was necessary to continue to widen the minefield.

Although the first shelling formation is equipped with a slightly smaller L50/356 mm gun, it can still reach 45 kilometers, which means that except for the second shore gun defense line at the bottom of the bay, the whole harbor is covered under the muzzle!

4 Hebei-class, 48 L50/356mm naval guns, each with 100 bullets. This time, they are all 600 kg low-row high explosive bombs, and there is not a single armor-piercing bullet.

This configuration began to make everyone very strange, but it was not until any order was issued that it was not understood that the first artillery formation had to deal with was not the shore guns wrapped in thick cement steel, but the anti-aircraft artillery positions that were densely scattered everywhere, most of which were ** outside.

Nearly 400 anti-aircraft guns and machine guns are too threatening to the aircraft carrier flight wing, so if you want to minimize aircraft casualties, you must first deal with them. Although it is not possible to remove all four Hebei-level ships, even if it can be weakened by half, it is enough to ensure the safety of the attack aircraft.

The warship began to turn, the escorted destroyer had dispersed for protection, and the thick gun barrel began to rise little by little. There were still 90 minutes before the attack aircraft arrived. What the first shelling formation had to do was to hit a complete shell!

When the naval gun reached the maximum inclination, fires had appeared in the port of San Diego, and the sky was instantly covered with black smoke after the explosion, as if it had opened a pot.

The reconnaissance aircraft piloted by the ace pilot constantly skimmed at low altitude to attract the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, and then through the hummingbird reconnaissance aircraft observed at a higher level, and then sent it back to the battleship by the reconnaissance aircraft to provide detailed coordinates. The whole process is smooth and rigorous, and the technical advantage is undoubtedly in advance!

"Son, here are the first batch of coordinates."

After the communication staff brought the coordinates of the first batch of anti-aircraft guns sent back by the reconnaissance aircraft, Fang Jin almost did not stop and gave the order to fire at full speed.

6:15.

In the morning, it was swallowed up by the burst of fire in an instant. The first round of volleys was launched from the Hebei-class battleships that had been prepared for a long time, and 48 high-explosive bombs roared to the U.S. Pacific Naval Base 40 kilometers away.

Fang Jin and all the officers stared at the navigation clock, and it took 51 seconds from the gun to the landing.

====== "Don-Don-Don."

"Give me the shells."

On the central island on the south side of the curved hook-shaped channel, the air defense position has been busy. Eight 47mm anti-aircraft guns roared very rhythmically, and some black shell casings were covered the whole position after being burned by gunpowder.

Hearing the shout, Maliki quickly pushed the car with six boxes of shells directly to the side of the gun position. After removing the shells with a hard turn, he immediately turned around and ran to the ammunition depot in the bunker. Several gunners immediately opened all the ammunition boxes, because it was impossible to wait until wartime to adjust the delay fuse, so many shells were pre-made. If it is set first, the height of the enemy aircraft must be matched with the number on the ammunition box before it can be used.

Maliki and more than a dozen comrades-in-arms ran back and forth, and the shells were consuming like running water. But what was frustrating was that almost 200 shells were used, but none of them were shot down.

Just because those damn Chinese planes are too fast, when you use longer delay fuses, they roar down and close the distance. When you change the closer shells, they suddenly pull up, and the flight posture is not fixed. Sometimes they fly sideways, sometimes roll over the port from time to time. It has a beautiful 8 shape.

Damn it, it's not a beautiful 8-character, it's evil!

Maliki secretly warned himself that he must not praise the enemy, even if their flight skills are a hundred times better than the best pilots in the United States!

Countless anti-aircraft guns and machine guns almost cover the sky, but they can't hit these planes. This scene is too tormenting. There are only a few. If more Chinese planes come, isn't it?

Before he finished thinking about it, Maliki saw a bumblebee suddenly turn its wings and flew backwards over the top of his position. People with good eyesight can even see the sarcastic smile in the cockpit! Damn, are these guys here to fight or to go to the flight show? It's so fancy!"

Finally, sparks appeared on the wings of a Chinese plane shuttle back and forth, which made Maliki jump excitedly, but before he saw the other party fall, he saw a rapid dive, and the sparks on the wings were suddenly blown out by the swooping wind, and then the injured plane flew to the sea with black smoke.

Maliki swallowed and was a little frustrated. He was ready to go back again to push the ammunition. He didn't believe that he couldn't fight down. But before he entered the ammunition depot bunker, a series of bullets flew over his feet. He was so scared that he quickly shrank his neck and lay on the ground.

"Bastard, damn it!"

The shouts and shouts are one after another in the position. Even shells and explosions can't be covered up. Everyone is enraged by this kind of provocative behavior in the aiming of hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns!

More anti-aircraft guns began to fire, but at this time, the remaining three enemy planes rushed straight into the sky like rockets, rising to thousands of meters high before they suddenly dispersed and flew into the distance.

"What's wrong? Is there no gas? Or are you scared?!"

When Maliki was wondering, he suddenly felt something flashing in the corners of his eyes. Before he could see it, a violent fire, accompanied by a deafening explosion, suddenly surged up from the edge of the machine gun bunker that had been extinguished 100 meters away.

"Boom."

Although the 600 kg high explosive bomb is less than 50 kg, or even less than a 250 kg aviation bomb, its power is not so small. Although the sandbags around the anti-aircraft machine gun bunker are piled up one layer after another, like an iron bucket, it is still like paper paste in front of it.

The shock wave of the explosion lifted all the sandbags at the first time. The seemingly powerful "sandbag bucket" was flattened in the blink of an eye, and then a heat wave came to his face. Several pieces of flesh-and-blood body limbs fell beside him, and the mud and sand mixed with crushed meat and blood splashed all over his body.

"This is."

Although Maliki was disgusted by the burnt corpse, he still looked up at the sky first and found that there was nothing above his head except the Chinese planes and white clouds hiding in the distance. So how did the explosion come about?

Like Maliki, many U.S. soldiers look at the sky with doubts. It is more than 35 kilometers away from the coast. Even the most powerful Guam-class battleship of the Chinese can't reach the 15-inch gun. How can it be?

"Boom."

The explosion came again, which made the faces of all American soldiers, including Maliki, change color. Although they did not have much experience, they had seen several live-fire drills of the base onshore guns. The unique sound of large-caliber shells roaring was easy to distinguish.

"The naval gun is a naval gun!"

"Hide in, come on, hide in!"

In the sad shouts, Maliki only felt that he had been pushed hard, and then couldn't help but enter the cement bunker. For a moment, he gritted his teeth and hit fiercely. The air defense position was full of scattered soldiers. Their shells could deal with planes, but they could not deal with ships dozens of kilometers away. Cannon.

But what makes people wonder is, how did the enemy fight so far? Is the minefield invalid? But I haven't heard the sound of shore cannons for a few days. Is it a submarine mine clearance?

In an instant, countless thoughts and surprises filled Maliki's brain, but after a moment, he could no longer think. He only saw shells roaring and falling on the ground. Just a few minutes later, his air defense position turned into a pile of ruins.

On the sea, four Hebei-class battleships are still firing crazy shelling. The positioning process, which originally needed to be adjusted once every 10 rounds, was simply saved. The captain directly chose to adjust slowly during the shelling process. Although doing so would reduce the accuracy, no one objected, because of the command The department asked them to shoot all the shells in 90 minutes!

The air defense position was flattened in the explosion, the sandbags were turned into weapons to kill themselves, the anti-aircraft gun barrel twisted and changed shape, and even some solid cement fortifications were destroyed in the explosion.

The crazy and unexpected shelling from the sea completely disrupted the deployment of the U.S. military. Several camels trying to figure out the other's position. Before they could even fly out of the minefield, they were chopped to the ground by the arriving escort fighters.

This is an unconventional attack. Both Lieutenant General Carl and his staff believed that the first wave of attacks would be launched by the aircraft with the greatest advantage of the Chinese, so they deliberately strengthened the air defense drills, but they didn't wait for shells!

When a plane finally saw the location of the first shelling formation, the shore guns in the San Diego base began to fight back, but it had been nearly 40 minutes.

Although the range of the shore gun of the same caliber is farther than that of the naval gun, the United States is not crazy to take the latest 15-inch or 16-inch naval gun as a shore gun, or even if you think about it, you must first meet the main ship in the East Coast dock, so the maximum caliber of the shore gun deployed in San Diego is only 305 mm, so 26 The distance of 1,000 meters is too far for them.

600 kilograms of high-explosive bombs are still falling at a speed of every 50 seconds. Air defense positions are destroyed, buildings are razed, and streets are full of rubble. Even in the sky, dragon wings, who have always thought they are the strongest in aviation, are still shocked. None of them expected that when battleships are equipped with a longer range. After the shell, the power of firing at full speed will be so amazing!

And this is just a 356mm naval gun. What would it be like if it was the Guam class that had just been replaced with a 406mm super gun, or the latest Taiwan class came over?

4 battleships, 48 naval guns, each with 100 ammunition, each shell weighs 600 kilograms, and the killing area is more than 25 square meters. That is to say, they have a total tonnage of 2,880 tons of ammunition in 90 minutes, and it takes 5,760 times to replace it with 500 kg of aerial bombs!

Even if factors such as repetition and long-distance accuracy decline are included, the killing area will be reduced by four times, which is as high as 30,000 square meters!

An hour later, the whole San Diego was filled with smoke and fire from the shells. Countless American soldiers were holding helmets, and the wolves ran away, screaming and shouting one after another.

"Boom."

With the reduction of air defense targets, the guns began to launch extended shelling according to the coordinates provided by the reconnaissance aircraft. An old armored cruiser moored in the harbor became the first victim. Although high-explosive bombs could not deal with new battleships or even battlecruisers, they are still powerful against such old armored cruisers. Only one forced the armored cruiser to be unable to move again.

At 7:50, 5 minutes after the last shell rushed out of the barrel, a huge formation of attack aircraft that almost covered the sky appeared over the artillery formation.

Looking at the sailors waving to the dragon wings, Jin Wei smiled and straightened the photo of the battleship New York sandwiched in the front frame of the cockpit, and then lightly twisted the pole and turned on the sounder.

Under the abdomen of the plane, on the black shell of the 250kg aviation armor-piercing bullet, four small words he wrote by himself flashed in the sun.

The night owl is empty!

"Ji."

(to be continued)