Chapter 15 Artillery Shows Prestige
At the seaside, on the artillery observation post.
Shanpao licked his cracked lips and looked horrified.
"Plane, platoon leader!" Because of nervousness, Shan Pao's hand holding the microphone was slightly shaking, and his tone of speaking also changed, "Many Japanese landing craft!"
The opposite side said in a deep voice: "How many are there?"
"There must be fifty, no, not stop!" Shan Cannon said, "There must be seventy or eighty!"
"Seventy or eighty ships?" said the opposite side with a stern voice, "Mountain cannons, are there any large engine boats?"
Shan Cannon observed through the cannon mirror for a moment and replied: "Yes, most of them are small steamers, only a small number of medium-engine boats, even fewer large-engine boats, and only five are seen in front of Haiyue's house!"
"Keep the five large engine boats in a close eye!" the opposite shouted, "Report immediately when you enter the range!"
"Yes!" Shanpao hung up the phone after saying that, and then stared at the five slightly larger engine boats hidden among the small steamer through the cannon mirror!
A quarter of an hour later, the Japanese landing craft entered the artillery range!
However, the mountain cannon was not reported because the Japanese's large engine boat has not yet entered the effective range!
After almost two minutes, Shanpao finally picked up the phone and shouted at the microphone: "Plane leader, the Japanese's large engine boat has entered the range!"
The opposite shouted: "Report the parameters!"
Shan Cannon roared: "The direction is three scales southeastward, distance is 9,100 meters, wind speed is nine knots, wind direction is northwestward, repeat it, three scales southeastward..."
The opposite replied: "Received!"
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On the cruiser Podra.
The three old Japanese men held up their telescopes and were also closely watching the sea ahead.
Tanabe Moetake said to Yanagawa Heisuke: "Hiss Commander, my landing craft cluster has entered the range of the Chinese artillery!"
"See it." Yanagawa Heisuke nodded and said, "But the Chinese artillery did not fire. It seems that they have most of the shells..."
Before he finished speaking, a sharp roar suddenly came from the front.
Yanagawa Heisuke's face immediately collapsed and he came again!
The next moment, a water column burst into the middle of the landing craft cluster in front of Haiyue'an!
After a while, rows of shells roared and landed in the middle of the landing craft cluster like eyes. Especially the No. 1 engine boat was swallowed by the splashing water column!
Tanabe Moribu's face suddenly changed and he said in a deep voice: "Master Commander, the Chinese artillery seems to be shooting at the No. 1 engine boat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling red light suddenly burst into the telescope's field of vision!
"Baga!" Yanagawa Heisuke couldn't help but curse, because he saw with his own eyes that the No. 1 engine boat hidden among dozens of small steamers had been hit directly by several shells. It immediately caught fire and exploded. In less than a moment, the large engine boat slowly sank into the bottom of the sea!
A Type 95 light tank sank into the sea with this large engine boat!
Before it was over, after sinking the No. 1 engine boat, the Chinese artillery quickly turned its target to the No. 2 boat!
Obviously, the Chinese artillery has also realized that these large engine boats pose the greatest threat to them, so they would rather risk exposing their targets and attracting attacks from aviation than sinking them first!
At that moment, Yanagawa Heisuke turned his head and said to Toyota Deputy Take, "Toyota, I'm sorry, you can send a light signal and order the air force to destroy the Chinese artillery!"
After a pause, Yanagawa Heisuke said again: "The threat of the Chinese artillery is too great!"
"Hayi!" Toyota's deputy prefect paused and ordered the adjutant to send a light signal.
In a moment, the three-color signal lights on the cruiser Footsteps lit up one after another.
After receiving the light signal from the cruiser Football, the four reconnaissance fighters hovering in the air immediately divided into two attack formations, and two swooped down towards the artillery position of Snake King Hall.
However, the two reconnaissance fighters in the first group did not launch bombs, but only whizzed past the artillery positions at an extremely low altitude.
As soon as these two reconnaissance fighters were stirred, the thick smoke that filled the artillery positions immediately dispersed, and the artillery position was immediately exposed to the vision of the second formation.
Four months have passed since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, and the combat experience of the Japanese aviation army has been greatly improved.
The next moment, two reconnaissance fighters of the second formation dived down.
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"I hit it! I hit it!" Shanpao held the microphone tightly and shouted loudly, "Platform leader, I hit it again, the second large engine boat has been knocked out!"
On the opposite side of the phone, he shouted coldly: "Next target parameter!"
"Yes!" The mountain cannon responded and was about to report the parameters of the target No. 3 that had just been measured, but suddenly heard a whimpering whimpering sound in his ears. When he looked up quickly, he saw that the two Japanese reconnaissance planes had dived down, and a heavy aviation bomb mounted under the belly of the aircraft was also clearly visible.
Then, two aviation bombs broke out from the belly and roared and fell.
From the flight trajectory of the aviation bomb, the mountain cannon immediately determined that it was heading for the artillery position!
"Platform leader..." Shanpao immediately yelled, but before the last word "heart" could be shouted, a loud bang sounded across the phone! Then there was no response!
"Platform leader?Platform leader?!"
"Platform leader, are you still here?"
"Is there anyone? Are there any living ones?"
"Platform leader? Xiaoqi? Lao Zhao? Brother Ma?"
"Is there still alive? Is there still able to breathe?"
Shan Cannon roared at the microphone, and tears were already falling from rain!
For mountain cannons, who were adopted by artillery platoons since childhood, the artillery platoon is his home, and the platoon leader and all the brothers of the platoon are his relatives. If the artillery platoon is gone, his home will be gone!
If it weren't for an orphan, it would be difficult to understand the despair of Shan Cannon at this moment!
However, there was a dead silence across the phone, and no one responded.
Just as Shanpao couldn't help but want to run back, a light cough sounded across the phone.
The mountain cannon suddenly felt like listening to the holy voice, and said happily: "Brother Ma? Where is the platoon leader? How is the platoon leader?"
"The platoon leader is gone!" Brother Ma said heavily, "But the platoon leader said that as long as there is one person in our platoon, as long as this person has a breath in the end, the battle will never stop!"
After pausing, Brother Ma said again: "Now, report the parameters to me!"
"Yes!" Shanbao replied with a loud bang, and reported in tears, "The distance is 6,500 meters, the direction is eastward, the wind speed is nine knots, the wind is northwest, repeat..."
"Received!" Brother Ma decisively hung up the phone after saying that.
Shan Cannon also refocused his attention behind the cannon mirror.
After a few seconds, several water columns splashed around the Japanese large engine boat in their field of vision.
Shan Cannon cursed in annoyance, it was so damn that he failed to hit the first round of firepower volleys!
Chapter completed!