"62 French ships, 15 British ships, and 8 warships." Looking at the results of the drone reconnaissance of Saigon Port, Wang Hailong couldn't help but be very happy and said, "Haha, there are 7,80 ships, and they caught a big fish. If the Saigon Port is really blown up, the French guys will not feel sorry for him!"

Chief of Staff Li Ya said: "Do I think the ship is still a trivial matter? Actually, I saw that there were not many large ships in it. Half of them were small ships sailing in the river, and the warships were all small ships of 23,000 tons. However, so many ships in Guanjian were sank, and they had to block the outlet of the Saigon River. Then Saigon Port became a abandoned port, which was really the most deadly?"

Wang Hailong also nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, but so many ships were all sank, it's a pity. It would be great if I could capture a few prisoners and go back."

Li Ya smiled and said, "Haha! Lao Wang, you really plan to be a pirate. You want to rob the boat when you see it. Just finish this time, you can go back and apply, and take the boat to the sea to rob the merchant ship."

Wang Hailong also smiled and said, "Isn't this not a big deal now? We have robbed a lot of warships in the Taiwan Strait, but the logistics ships are not enough. If we can grab more civilian ships, the navy can develop combat effectiveness as soon as possible. However, the robbery at sea is no longer needed. Just have people below to do it. I'd better save it."

Li Ya said: "Don't just think about good things. It may not be easy to bombard Saigon Port. Even these four turrets will not be easy to deal with."

Wang Hailong said: "It's easy to deal with. As long as the Yueyang ship is here, the fort is a fixed target for us, and it's very easy to deal with it."

Li Ya said: "I think you shouldn't be too optimistic. Although we have the Yueyang ship to provide shooting parameters, the defenses of these turrets are quite strong. The main artillery is hidden in stone fortresses. It seems to be quite strong. The open air is filled with small cannons. It is not easy to destroy these 4 turrets."

Wang Hailong said disdainfully: "No matter how strong the turret is, if you can only be beaten and cannot fight back, it will sooner or later be destroyed. It's nothing more than spending more time and shooting a few more shots, not to mention that we have prepared special weapons to deal with them. By the way, what time is it now?

Li Ya looked at her watch and said, "It's 4 p.m.."

Wang Hailong said: "Notify all ships to set off on time at 5 o'clock, strive to reach the position before 10 o'clock in the evening and start the attack." Then he said: "Add to the position in 5 hours and start the attack. Even if it takes an hour to destroy each turret, it will take another 2 hours to pass the river, that is, at 4 o'clock in the morning, it will be more than enough to destroy Saigon Port at dawn.

Li Ya nodded and said, "This plan is OK."

After an hour, the fleet set off again, and there were no accidents along the way. Until 9:30 pm, it reached the sea surface about 15 kilometers away from the fort. Since the four forts were arranged in the "eight" at the entrance of the Sai Kung River, about 1,000 meters apart, each fort has its own firing boundary, and a considerable part of the firing boundary overlapped. If you are not familiar with the geographical sea area of ​​this area, you may be trapped in the attack of 2-3 forts. However, since the People's Army fleet has discovered the fort, the fleet can choose to park and only face one fort. Although the firepower of one fort is still very strong, it is still single and lonely, which is also conducive to the People's Army fleet to defeat the forts one by one.

The People's Army fleet first attacked the first turret on the east coast of the Saigon River estuary. The main force of the bombardment was of course three battleships and three armored cruisers, with a total of 12 305mm main guns, 4 240mm main guns, and 8 203mm main guns, which had an absolute advantage in firepower against a single turret. Although some other cruisers were equipped with 203mm main guns, they were weak in defense, so they did not participate in the attack now. They were parked 15,000 meters away from the turret. After destroying the turret, they swam up the Saigon River and bombarded the port.

Wang Hailong sat in the command room of the Yueyang ship, watching the six warships participating in the war enter their respective positions, all about 10,000 meters away from the turret. In accordance with the command of the Yueyang ship, he adjusted his respective shooting units and issued an order to open fire.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

The first thing to fire were three battleships. The flames spit out from the muzzles illuminated the sea in the dark, dazzling. At about 10,000 meters, more than 10 explosive sparks rose in the Death, illuminating the scene on the shore. Then three armored cruisers followed and fired.

The warships participating in the bombardment of the turret were not different in place, but were a battleship and an armored cruiser, sailing along an oval line about 900 meters long and 600 meters short, and shooting in turn. Each rotation took about 3-4 minutes. Although it was difficult to measure the distance and position it, the flames at the muzzle still exposed the position of the warship and provided the turret with a roughly correct direction. Therefore, the turret only needs to shoot in this direction, and there is a certain chance of hitting, and the continuous movement of the warship can reduce the chance of being shot.

In the first round of shooting, two 305mm shells and one 203mm shell were hit. However, the defense of the turret is indeed quite strong, so the damage to the turret is not large.

Soon the second round of strikes of the People's Army Fleet arrived, and this time the hit was significantly improved. The 305mm shell still hit 2 rounds, the 203mm shell also hit two rounds, and the 240mm shell also hit one round. Although it still did not cause much damage to the turret, it destroyed three open-air artillery.

After the third round of artillery bombardment of the People's Army fleet, the counterattack was finally launched on the fort.

In fact, since the People's Army fleet set out, the French Indochina colonies have been prepared for prevention. Although the People's Army fleet targets Java, they will pass through most of the coastal areas of the Indochina colonies along the way. Who can guarantee that the People's Army fleet will not attack the Indochina colonies? If someone thinks that the East China government does not dare to attack the Indochina colonies at this time, it is really a problem with his mind. After all, the East China government has even destroyed the expeditionary fleet, so why dare not attack the French colonies?

Saigon is the most important port in the Indochina colony, so it is naturally focused on the deployment and strengthened strict preparations. However, the French were full of confidence in defending the port, because Saigon Port is not a coastal port, but is 45 kilometers deep in the inland river. At the entrance, there are 4 strong and powerful turrets. Any fleet will have to pay a significant price to break through the blockade of the turret.

It is precisely because France has strengthened the strict preparation of the fortress that after being attacked by the People's Army fleet, it can quickly counterattack and launch a counterattack within 15 minutes, which can be considered as a quick response.

The sound of explosions sounded one after another on the sea, and water columns could be seen vaguely rising. It was obvious that the French counterattack was quite powerful. However, the landing points of the shells were far away from the people's warships, and some were slightly less than 23,000 meters. On the one hand, it was difficult to make accurate measurements in the darkness; on the other hand, it was human inertial thinking, and the distance of the artillery bombardment could not reach 10,000 meters. Therefore, the French artillery on the fort was still shooting at the conventional distance of 6-7,000 meters, so naturally it could not hit the warships of the People's War fleet.

The two sides launched fire at each other. In about 10 minutes, the firepower of the People's Army fleet gradually overwhelmed the firepower of the turret. On the one hand, the firepower of the turret was not sent to the range of the People's Army fleet, but the People's Army fleet continued to hit the turret. Even if some shells failed to hit the turret, they fell near the turret, which could create momentum for the People's Army's artillery.

On the other hand, because the People's Army fleet's bombardment angle was chosen very cleverly, the shooting angle of another turret on the east coast was blocked by the turret in front and could not be fired; while the two turrets on the west coast had shooting angles, but the shooting distance was close to 20,000 meters, far exceeding the shooting of artillery, and they were powerless. Therefore, there was only one turret that could fight against the People's Army fleet. Although the number of artillery on one turret reached more than 40, such firepower was quite large, compared with the firepower of three battleships and three armored cruisers, the number of large-caliber artillery was still far from that.

At this time, the fort was hit nearly 100 rounds, of which more than 20 were large-caliber artillery shells, and almost all of the open-caliber artillery shells were destroyed, and two fortresses were destroyed. However, the fortresses of the four large-caliber artillery were still safe. Although the outer Bi was blown up to a pit, the content was basically intact. Of course, it was inevitable to be injured and injured by the rocks that were shaken away. Moreover, the ventilation effect in the fortress was not good. At this time, the continuous firing was filled with a large amount of smoke. In addition, the impact of the explosion, a large amount of dust was formed, which made the air in the entire fortress extremely turbid. However, as long as the four large-caliber artillery on the fortress were safe, the fortress would still have the power to fight again.

Wang Hailong stood on the bridge of the Yueyang ship and looked up at the shore with a telescope. Although it was still dark at this time, the entire fort area was burning with fire from all sizes, illuminating the fort, so it was still possible to see clearly.

Wang Hailong was also very satisfied with the artillery effect achieved at present, so he ordered that all warships, except for the main guns, use high-fire bombs. This is the latest artillery shell developed by the East China government. The explosion is mainly ***. This explosion has great power and has extremely strong combustion performance after the explosion, which is far better than the famous ****. The Shise** used by the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Russo-Japanese War belongs to *******. However, the biggest disadvantage of *** is that it is unstable in storage, transportation, and storage, which is prone to explosions, and the risk is very high, so it is eventually replaced by ******.
Chapter completed!