Chapter 183 Artillery Ronggang

Flagship, Polaris.

"Report, the signal has been received."

The excited voice of the correspondent officer made everyone in the consign tower relieved, especially Shen Jun, who had just boarded the Polaris from a small cargo ship not long ago. Receiving the radio signal meant that the two partners who stayed there were fine for the time being.

After a sigh of relief, Shen Jun was finally able to calm down and look at the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Looking forward from the conning tower, the two thick guns had adjusted their posture and aimed at the direction of the port of Vladivostok. Next to it, a slightly smaller fort was also ready. Several sailors ran through the deck and got into the huge main turret.

In the distance, several other battleships and heavy cruisers have been lined up. From his position, facing the side of Vladivostok, the barrel is dense and dense.

As a special service personnel, Shen Jun subconsciously calculated the main strike composition of the Pacific Fleet. When attacking, the Arctic star battleships can have a maximum of four 305mm guns and ten 152mm guns on one side, and the determination-class heavy patrol also has four 203mm guns and four 152 mm guns. The rice artillery and four 76mm artillery guns add up to a total of 104 naval guns. If the mass of the shell is calculated, the total weight of a projection will exceed 10 tons!

God!

Ten tons at a time, filled with the favorite TNT explosives of the special service team. Shen Jun really couldn't figure out what else could survive in front of them, and he heard that several battleships larger than the North Star would join in two years. At that time, the team's strike firepower was doubling, such a strong force. What else can I resist?!

"What will Vladivostok look like after the bombardment?" Shen Jun racked his brains and couldn't imagine the scene after being ploughed by thousands of tons of shells. He stared at Vladivostok in the morning in the distance, and the sound of a gun commander sounded behind him.

"Report, direction 010, each gun is locked and can be fired at any time." -

Wax sat in the watchtower, yawned against the wooden railing, stretched out, and looked at the silent fort position under the stairs with sleepy eyes.

The fort was quiet, and on several thick barreles, they had put on thick gun clothes for fear of salt fog. In the messy dormitory courtyard behind the tunnel, two mules, which were usually used to transport shells, bit each other gently.

There are still two hours before the time to go out. I guess those guys are still dreaming. Besides, even if it's time, most of those guys will deal with it lazily. After all, no one wants to get up so early every day to practice!

This is a beautiful morning!

Because after entering June, Vladivostok has become hot and noisy. Only in the morning can people feel cool. The sea breeze is blowing, which is the best time to sleep, but the damn captain always arranges him on duty at this time, saying that he should strengthen vigilance in wartime.

Damn it, who dares to provoke the Russian Far East Fleet at this time! Just rely on my three small cruisers? God, there is another wooden one in it!

Wax struggled to stand up without a bed. It was really uncomfortable to sleep on a wooden railing. He grabbed a monocular and stood up. In the distance was a huge Vladivostok wharf in the distance.

In the harbor, it is also quiet. There is no pedestrian on the dock. Only the smoke rising from time to time can prove that this military port, which is described by the nobles as the first fortress in the Far East, is slowly waking up.

On the sea of the harbor, several cargo ships leaned together. Originally, they should have left for Lushun with supplies and the second batch of soldiers early this morning, but at this moment, there was no movement in the harbor. This is because the governor rewarded those heroic captains, these damn nobles. Transporting soldiers is also a credit. Do you need a reward?

But at the thought of the poor guys who were about to be taken to the front line by three cargo ships, Wax at least felt much luckier. In the world of bullets flying and blood splashing, he hoped that those guys who had just picked up the gun would not be scared to pee their pants.

Wax yawned again. Although he asked the cat to curl up and sleep in this watchtower every day, it was more comfortable than on the front line of gunfire from time to time on the mud-filled ground.

He stretched out and twisted his stiff neck. Then he turned to the monocular and pointed it at the sea in the distance. When an eyeball just approached the telescope, a huge fireball suddenly exploded in front of the lens, which scared him to loosen his big hand and the telescope fell to the ground.

But it is no longer needed at this moment, because even his eyes can see the blooming fires on the sea. He didn't wait for him to close his mouth and rub his eyes to see if he was wrong, a series of "squeak" sounds had already transmitted to his ears, followed by a huge roar like thunder.

"Enemy attack!"

The word had just been brewed in Wax's throat, and several black spots had passed over his head. The fireball rose from the rear fort with a loud noise, and a steel cannon close at hand was even directly lifted and thrown into the air.

Rumble, rumble.

A series of huge explosions woke up Vladivostok from his sleep. The birds were blackened by gunpowder smoke and circled farther away. The big trees were broken from the roots, and rubble and wood chips were raised by the shock wave of the explosion. Then they fell, making smoke and dust on the ground.

Wax squatted down in fear, curled up into a ball, looked at the huge mushroom clouds on the fort, and trembled all over.

Soon, screams and whistles sounded from all over the rear camp. Wax saw a door being pushed open, and undressed partners rushed out of the dormitory. Some people were running around, while others seemed to be still sleeping, staring at the fort being swallowed up by the flames.

Suddenly, several shells accurately landed in the middle of the dormitory. Wax only felt a light in front of his eyes, and then several huge fireballs rose up. Countless partners were lifted into the air by the air waves, and the bodies of the amputated limbs were burning in the air. After falling to the ground, it was already black.

More dormitories began to burn, and countless figures howled in the fire, but they were not waiting for help and rescue, but more and more dense bullets. Another shell flew by, and the big tree with two mules was broken waist-length. Wax raised the telescope shiveringly and saw that the mule had long disappeared, and only half of the reins still had a bloody head hanging.

"Cannons sound, mule flying?"

Seeing this scene, this sentence suddenly surged up in Wax's mind, but he soon patted his head. Damn it, what am I thinking!" Turning his head, there were already flames on the fort. No matter which direction he looked, his eyes were full of flames and rubble. Finally, when he saw a guy with fire running into a tunnel in a panic, his face suddenly changed!

There is...!

Ammunition depot!

Boom!

A earth-shaking noise came from Wax sitting on the left side of the watchtower. He only felt as if his body had been hit by a thousand pounds of sledgehammer. He was suddenly blown up, and his body rolled in the air until a huge mushroom cloud completely covered him.

Shen Jun was stunned and looked at the flames rising on the left fort. Although he provided the geographical coordinates, the ghost hand of the special service team obviously did not expect that the ammunition depot, which was several meters deep, would be so easily exploded.

Although it was an early morning raid, the Russians were not prepared, and the four battleships and four heavy patrols responsible for shelling arrived within 2,000 meters of the shore before shooting. At such a close distance, the accuracy can certainly be greatly improved, but watching the targets on the coastal defense map they brought disappear into the fire, they still Surprised by the powerful firepower of the fleet.

Suddenly, Shen Jun felt a sudden shock under his feet. He couldn't help but take a step when he was about to look at his watch. He was gradually used to this vibration every minute or so, which was caused by the simultaneous firing of the four main guns.

He saw that the ferocious muzzle of the main gun in front of him spewed two huge flames again, and the recoil directly pushed more than 10,000 tons of warships half a meter, and even the hull tilted slightly.

Shen Jun held the bulkhead, stuck out his tongue, and be good. This thing is exciting!

The side auxiliary gun is also roaring. Although it is incomparable to the main gun, it is much faster. Shen Jun counted in his mind that these 152mm caliber naval guns can also fire four shells per minute, all of which are made of high-explosive shells of 43 kilograms of thin skin stuffed by Hawaii, only the Polaris. Some secondary guns can fire 40 shells per minute!

As a special service officer, knowing all kinds of weapons and equipment is one of the means that must be mastered. He does not know the power of the self-produced shell filled with TNT explosives, but as far as he knows, after the explosion of the latest 152mm naval cannon high-explosive bomb in the United Kingdom, no living person can survive in a radius of ten meters!

Shen Jun doesn't know how big the whole Vladivostok is, but he just measured the port area a few days ago. It is less than 20 square kilometers, and most of them are still worthless civilian targets! The four battleships and four heavy cruisers that mainly attacked, all the attack artillery has a total of more than 10,000 rounds. Even if it is calculated according to an average of 30 kilograms of ammunition, there are 3,000 tons of TNT!

According to the plan, all these ammunition must be completed! This is equivalent to suffering more than 100 tons of high explosives per square kilometer of land!

One kilogram is enough to blow down a house, 3,000 tons!

God, what else is left in Vladivostok?

After some calculations, Wen Shenjun couldn't help it. After borrowing the telescope from the most leisurely staff officers at this moment, he climbed up the flying bridge at the top of the bridge along the command tower.

At the same time, the fleet also began to adjust. After the ammunition detonation of the left turret was detonated, all the shells were hit to the right. At the end of Shen Jun's telescope, the fort, which has not been able to fire a gun so far, has been completely submerged in the sea of fire!

"Order the sky survey, and the sea patrol depart."

In the command tower, a new command came--

"Adult! My lord!"

Vicoff pressed his head and bumped into the governor's room. The dear governor of the Far East, Alexayev, was wearing a nightgown, hiding under the bed and arching his buttocks, crouching at the phone!

Alexayev, who was awakened by the sound of gunfire, still doesn't understand who is attacking Vladivostok, and when he is sleeping soundly, these damn bastards! I'm going to beat them into dregs!

"Is the fort connected?"

"I haven't started to fight back yet! You pig, what are you waiting for? I can't see the fort firing in a minute. I'm engaged in military law!"

"Do you know who they are? What! Is the smoke too big? I can't see clearly!"

"Then send someone to see it clearly!"

"Has the Koenilov been activated?"

"What! Still in the boiler? Tell you, captain! If he doesn't attack in five minutes, I will execute him in person!" Alexayev kept connecting all parts of the fortress, constantly scolding and getting angry! Let the Vikov on the side jump at the corners of his eyes.

"Your excellency, please hide in the bunker immediately." Seeing that Alexayev finally put down the phone, Vikoff quickly handed over his military uniform.

Alekseyev also knows that this place will never stay too much. Not to mention that the goal of the governor's office is too big, I'm afraid that this kind of house built with residential standards will collapse without a shot! So after he took his clothes and helmet, he immediately went downstairs to the bunker with Vikov.

When stepping out of the gate of the governor's palace, Alexayev was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him. Mushroom clouds rose one after another on the forts on both sides of the arch guard harbor. The huge fireballs had completely covered the two-wing forts. Even those who did not know the military at all could see that the other party had thrown all the firepower. Shot on the fort, whether it was the garrisoned soldiers or the coastal defense guns installed there, they survived under the sneak attack of this level of firepower!

Who the hell is it!

Alexayev's eyes were about to crack. With just a glance, he knew that this kind of firepower would take at least four or five battleships to do it. Now in the Far East, who has such a powerful force and provokes the empire? Is it British?

"Order the deep fort, bombard!" Alexayev said that in the middle of the words, a shell exploded hundreds of meters away, and the air waves swept around with heat, directly knocking down the nearest house in half!

"What's going on? Can the enemy's shells fly so far?

Looking at a place on the dock where he was hit and began to come to his house, Alexayev was stunned. It was not until the shadows of two cruisers appeared on the sea that he knew that the other party had rushed into the harbor!

"Damn it, they rushed in!"

As more and more shells fell, Alexayev knew that the fort was over and no longer dared to give orders on the street. Under the protection of the soldiers, he ran to the nearest bunker.

"Two cars into one, ready to rush in."

At a distance of 2,000 meters, half an hour of indiscriminate bombing, more than 200 tons of high-explosive bombs, and it was also an unprepared sneak attack by the other party. If this could not destroy the main fort, all the gunners of the Pacific Fleet should go to the wall!

Starting from the shelling of Sasebo, the gunners of the Pacific Fleet have shot large and small targets more than a dozen times on the opposite shore, and they have already played experience! And there is also a very detailed defense map, so when the staff made the shooting plan, they even said that only 20 minutes was enough.

However, in order to ensure the destruction, Long Guozhang still insisted on shooting for half an hour until the fort was already filled with gunpowder smoke and the damage could not be seen clearly. In order to ensure safety, he ordered two light patrols that had been beating tooth sacrifices next to break into the waterway.

With the sea patrol and the sky patrol first, Long Guozhang was still a little nervous. Although Shen Jun repeatedly said that the formation was scattered when the Russian fleet left without any sign of minelaying, he remained vigilant, because he knew that underwater threats were sometimes more dangerous than on the water.

And although the main fort has been destroyed, who can guarantee that no one or two leaking fish will be left? Especially that kind of large-caliber gun, which only needs one shell, can cause fatal damage to the light cruiser!

To put it bluntly, the two light patrols were released by the fleet, exploring mines and attracting deep fire to expose the bait.

"But why don't you send battleships in? Even if the thick-skinned battleship encounters a few shells, it can completely resist it. Shen Jun has some doubts.

The young intern captain standing beside him quickly solved his doubts. It was not that the fleet did not know the danger of the assault warship, but that if a battleship was sent to attack, in addition to being prone to mines in the water, in case of blocking the waterway, he could only lift a stone and hit his own feet, so he must send a small warship to explore the waterway first.

Shen Jun nodded. It seems that the navy also has its own set of ideas, which is completely different from their agents.

As the two light patrols slowly drilled into the waterway, everyone's hearts were raised. To put it bluntly, the sea patrol and the sky patrol were baits, attracting those deep shore guns and providing guidance for the follow-up artillery fire of the main fleet.

Soon, several highlights flashed in the smoke. After the roar, several columns of water appeared around the two light patrols. Seeing the size of the water column, Long Guozhang was slightly relieved. It seemed that the half-hour shooting effect was quite good, leaving only a few small rapid-fire guns.

"After the heavy patrol, destroy the rebellious fort and the battleship set off."

After Long Guozhang gave the order, the four Arctic star battleships quickly put away the anchor chains and began to sail into the harbor with the tailflow left by the light patrol. The reason why they wanted to follow the tailstream was that they were afraid that the other party would arrange mines.

However, Long Guozhang's worries seem to be in vain. Due to transportation difficulties, and the Russians did not think that someone would take the initiative to attack Vladivostok, so not to mention mines, there are few coastal defense heavy artillery, most of which are artillery under 150 mm that cannot cause damage to battleships.

The Antarctic Star took the lead. After turning the waterway, Ji Rushan suddenly opened up in front of him. The huge port of Vladivostok was like a lychee that opened its shell, revealing the white and rich flesh inside.

The Sky and Sea Survey, which had already entered the harbor, smelled like a bloody shark. With the small flexibility of the ship, it rushed to the dock and opened fire. Even the rarely used 37mm rapid-fire gun was roared.

Ji Rushan shook his head with a smile and gave up those smaller targets. In his opinion, it was a waste to bomb a warehouse with more than 400 kilograms of shells. However, he was not disappointed for a long time, and suddenly attracted attention to several columns of smoke raised on the marked Pier 3, which were a left-behind Russian heavy cruiser and several small warships.

"Observers should be careful of torpedo boats and destroyers."

"The main gun direction is 060, get ready, forget it!"

He was just about to order the main gun to fire, but he didn't expect that the second incoming Sirius main gun had hit the first round, docked on the Russian heavy patrol and light patrol dock. Suddenly, the fire broke out everywhere, and countless soldiers who were boarding the ship ready to anchor were caught off guard and were torn torn to pieces.

"Fang Jin, this bastard, no one can get credit faster than him!"

Ji Rushan laughed and scolded. There was no need to grab Fang Jin's prey. He was a guy with no taste, and he was not annoyed to death if he offended him! So I had to order the secondary guns to find their own targets to shoot, and the main guns were still idle.

But he didn't know that it was because he gave up the two warships on the shore that he had a bigger surprise and caused the biggest tragedy in Vladivostok.

After the telescope rotated a few times, the second pier marked on the chart attracted his attention again. Looking at the bulge covered with rainproof cloth on the dock, his heart suddenly jumped. When he saw a few shells from the corner of the rainproof oilcloth, he blushed excitedly!

"Cannonball! It's all piles of shells!"

Extended eyes. In the rear of the shells, there are rows of low barracks. Countless undressed soldiers are running on the road. If these ammunition are detonated, which barracks?!

Ji Rushan's heart beat faster, but it was also very strange. What are the Russians doing? How can so much ammunition piled up on the dock? And it's piled up near the barracks!" But when he saw the three cargo ships parked on the sea of the harbor, he seemed to find something.

He guessed it right. This batch of ammunition was supposed to be shipped last night and shipped to Lushun this morning to supply the main force of the fleet, but because the officers in charge of handling sneaked to the banquet to drink, the ammunition was temporarily piled up here, ready to be loaded with the army with the support this morning.

Isn't this a cheap Antarctic star!

Ji Rushan did not delay and immediately ordered to aim at the ammunition pile on the dock to fire. In just a few shells passed, a burst of loud noises spread, and a series of martyred ammunition bursts of thunderous roars.

The army camp not far away seemed to explode. Countless soldiers ran to deeper roads, but they were faster than shells. After a moment, the wharf full of ammunition and tens of thousands of square meters of buildings around them were directly razed to the ground. As for the soldiers, they could not even see the bodies.

The flagship Polaris was the third to enter the bay. As soon as it joined the bombardment on the other side, it was scared by a series of huge explosions. It thought that the Russians had hidden large-caliber artillery and opened fire. Before Long Guozhang asked, he saw countless mushroom clouds rising on the dock in the distance, directly covering the whole dock. In the sea of fire and smoke!

When the heavy patrol also entered the port and joined the battleship formation to shoot around freely, Vladivostok had been completely shrouded in a sea of fire. The cannonballs fell on the streets and alleys like raindrops, and houses collapsed in the roar. Kornilov, who had just finished lighting the fire. Before the Admiral's heavy patrol fired, he had to raise the white flag. As for those torpedo boats and small gunboats, they were snatched into a sieve by their big brothers before they let the 37mm double rapid-fire cannons open the meat.

The muzzle was raised rapidly, and more shells began to spread inland. The port of Vladivostok, which uses more wood for building materials, has completely become a sea of fire. Although the soldiers who have long been awakened by the sound of guns have begun to run inland, how far can they run in 30 minutes? The chasing shells were like eyes. Their bodies were torn to pieces in the explosion, their limbs loomed in the fire, and the strong air waves were turned upside down, bringing countless gravel like a tornado. These additional "fragments" became the biggest nightmare for Russian soldiers. According to post-war statistics, they died of flying stones. There are more fragments than those who died directly from gunfire!

The windows have long been wiped out. They thought that the solid walls had also collapsed, and the remnants covered the whole street. They wailed and groaned in the artillery. Bloody hands stretched out from under the rubble and waved helplessly to ask for help.

The navy's onshore attack has a set of strict standards. The order is set according to different targets. Naturally, the forts that may cause damage to the warships and the other warships are followed by ammunition depots, material warehouses, barracks, command posts, various bunkers, etc.

It has been four hours since the beginning of the shelling. The Russians finally paid the price for the loose defense. The few remaining fortress guns arranged in depth have long been blown up by the large-caliber main guns of the fleet. A heavy cruiser and a coastal defense ship docked in the port have been hung high, which is because of the Dragon Constitution. I was itchy. I wanted to add a few ships to the Pacific Fleet, but it was not directly blown up! Now under the command of dozens of Pacific sailors on board, they have stopped aside. Hundreds of Russian sailors are concentrated on the deck, listening to the roar of the other side's naval guns, looking at the Vladivostok fortress turned into a sea of fire, shivering all over.

As for the valuable targets such as protective cruisers and torpedo boats, it is impossible for wolves to survive, especially the Sea Patrol and Sky Patrol, which have little effect on this kind of on the opposite shore, almost become a small boat killer!

And the radio station of the special service group, which was still guiding the shooting coordinates for the fleet, had no sound, because at this time, all the important targets within five kilometers along the coast had disappeared, and the dilapidated houses were removed, and the rest were all rubble and flames.

In the end, Long Guozhang had to order dozens of sailors, with several short-wave radio stations, to land with the help of the special service team, to find more valuable targets.

In the absence of reconnaissance means, although it is dangerous to send soldiers to land, it is the most effective and simplest way. Sure enough, after the main gun stopped for half an hour, the main array of the Pacific Fleet, which changed one side of the gun, roared again. Under the guidance of the radio waves, the hidden warehouses were destroyed one by one. The bunker was broken through and collapsed, and the fortress of Vladivostok screamed sadly again.

Long Guozhang did not realize that his fleet had completed the first artillery battle in history without visual vision and only wireless guidance. It was this artillery battle that made the Pacific Fleet pay more attention to the use of radio stations.

And he didn't expect that the Russian navy, known as the third in the world, had such a lax defense of the vital Far East fortress. After being shelled off the headquarters building, nearly 10,000 soldiers responsible for defense and who were originally prepared to be sent to Lushun had become a mess, without coordination and command. The soldiers found no officers, and the officers could not find the soldiers, just like a headless fly wandering around and being torn apart in the rising fireballs.

A minute and a second has passed. It is expected that the counterattack of the Chinese and Russians has not appeared so far. Only a few army battalions are still heroic and know how to set up army guns to shoot at the harbor. Not to mention that even if this kind of small gun hits the battleship, it is similar to itching. The fire light from them after firing is enough to make it continuous. The observer looking for the target was very excited.

This guy, as long as he sees that there is a fire suddenly lit up, or a gun fired at himself, he will immediately pick up the phone and tell the turret the coordinates, and those more excited and hot gunners hide in the hot turret, take off their coats, quickly fill a shell into the gun, and then face The indicated target slammed.

The opposite shore is not comparable to the ship. The confrontation of the fleet is affected by both sides, and the hit rate of smoke, ocean current and wind direction, so each shooting needs to be fine-tuned, and the land is basically the bombardment between the two stationary points. For the artillery is always put first, and the competition will be conducted every quarter. For the Pacific Fleet, this kind of shooting is so simple that it only makes gunners who usually need to consider the consumption of ammunition shout.

And some people are not so easy.

In a corner far from the dock, a large hole was dug in the solid mountain rock. This is the only bunker left in Vladivostok at this moment. On the side of the bunker, there is also a 150mm rapid-fire gun, but Alexeyev stopped the soldiers from returning fire, because he knew that as soon as the fire was fired, here It will be immediately covered by the other party's gunfire!

Alexayev stood in the bunker to observe the window, and his body trembled with the roar and vibration. His eyes had lost their calmness, and he only stared at the fire cloud dragon claw flag hanging on the stern of the ship! There are a lot of big whites!

Pacific Fleet!

Sure enough, it was these guys, these shameless guys, who carried out such a despicable and shameless sneak attack! Alexayev's teeth were about to be bitten. Looking at the wolfed fortress harbor, he even had the heart to die!

Especially when they saw the two Russian [***] ships hanging white flags, they stamped their feet angrily. These bastards simply lost the face of the Slavs. Even if they sank, they were better than being captured by the other party!

When Alexayev gritted his teeth, Long Guozhang leisurely asked the adjutant to pour a glass of rice wine for him. After taking a sip, he asked with a smile, "How much ammunition is left?"

"There are still half of the shells left!" Tan Xiaozeng walked to Long Guozhang with a smile: "It seems that we are too cautious. I didn't expect that the Russians, the military port known as the first fortress in the Far East, even have only a few heavy guns. I think the remaining shells can be saved."

"Save?" Long Guozhang shook his head: "Leave two bases, and finish the rest." He got up and walked to the porthole. There were basically no tall buildings in Vladivostok in the distance. The raging fire began to spread. Countless Russian soldiers shouted and fled in the flames, and then were swallowed up and submerged by the fire.

The whole Vladivostok is like a fat cheese, gradually melting under the flames and explosions!

But Long Guozhang was still not satisfied, especially after seeing some small facilities near the dock, he pointed to and shouted, "Let the ships shoot freely. The dock and facilities can be destroyed. Don't forget that the young master gave us a request to paralyze this harbor for at least three years!"

"Good." Tan Xiaozeng nodded. Just as he wanted to order, he suddenly thought of something and said with a smile, "Do you want to send soldiers to land to find the Governor of the Far East?"

"Governor? Forget it." Long Guozhang looked at the fire that blushed half of the sky and licked his lips: "Let people see if there are any trophys. Don't come here for nothing."

"Ha ha." Long Guozhang's words made a burst of laughter in the command tower.

"I'm going to sleep and wake me up when the convoy arrives."

"Yes." The gun officer immediately stood upright, grabbed the phone and shouted again, "Order all ships to shoot freely and shell everything that can destroy the target!"

(to be continued)