"No, there are too many Japanese devils..."

In the fortress, the machine gunner knocked the trigger and shot the Japanese soldiers rushing towards the fortress, while shouting constantly at his comrades in the fortress. And while he was yelling, at least five more Japanese soldiers died under his gun.

"Damn..."

A guy who seemed to be an officer walked over and looked outside.

"These Japanese are really as many as ants..."

As he said, although several machine gunners in the fortress were constantly firing with machine guns, the Japanese soldiers outside were still rushing towards here continuously, and everyone looked like they were fearless of death.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

After refilling the ammunition, the filling hand said to the officer.

He gritted his teeth, and just as the officer was trying to say something, an explosion suddenly came, and then the entire fortress shook a few times.

"Damn it, is it that the Japanese warships are coming in!"

When the officer heard the explosion, this was the first reaction of the officer. But at this moment, his adjutant held the hat and said calmly.

"No, if it were a battleship, our fortress would have been flattened long ago, and the caliber of other naval guns would not be so small. This should be...... it should be a mortar..."

After a pause, the adjutant continued.

"It should be a 120mm caliber mortar..."

It is indeed a 120mm caliber mortar, otherwise if it were the large-caliber naval guns of the battleship, the fortress would have been blown away long ago.

However, even so, this is still not good news, especially when the Japanese soldiers are getting closer and closer to this place.

“It’s really…”

After looking outside again, after confirming that the Japanese soldiers outside were getting closer and it was impossible to prevent them from getting close to the fortifications. The officer shouted loudly to the soldiers in the fortress.

"Everyone has their weapons and prepare for battle!!!"

"yes!!!"

The soldiers in the fort responded loudly, saying one by one, holding the equipment placed beside them in their hands.

And just as the soldiers were preparing there, the officer asked the communications soldiers.

"Is it really impossible for the command center to send reinforcements?"

"Sorry, sir..."

The correspondent smiled bitterly.

"Just just called back from the command center, and the Japanese attacked the city area very tightly. Now they have entered the edge of the city area. The command center is really unable to draw troops to support us..."

The officer said nothing. He just nodded, and it seemed that he was not surprised by the result.

"Then, we can really rely on us..."

As he said this, the officer also pulled out.

"Follow me closely for a while!!!"

Just as they were talking, the machine gunners had to stop because the barrel was overheated. That is, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Japanese soldiers outside quickly accelerated and rushed towards the place. Soon, several Japanese soldiers rushed to the fortress and then stuffed the detonator they carried with them into the mouth of the machine gun.

"Damn!"

The machine gunner was also stunned when he looked at the detonator stuffed in, but the one on the side picked up the detonator from the ground and quickly stuffed it out.

"Bang!"

The detonator exploded outside, but fortunately the machine gunner and the others had already fallen down at this time. So no one was injured in the fortress.

"Go and rush out with me!!!"

I understand that I will continue to stay here. The Japanese outside have at least a hundred ways to kill themselves, and the officer waved to his subordinates.

At this time, the Japanese outside seemed to be fainted by the detonator that was stuffed back. So no new detonator was stuffed in during this period. It was just that the officer took the lead in rushing out with his subordinates.

As soon as the door was opened, the officer saw a Japanese soldier who was about to rush in.

Fortunately, the officer was prepared, so he pulled the trigger as soon as he saw the Japanese soldiers.

Since the officer used the improved model of the m1911 purchased from China by Australia, the 11.43mm caliber took away the Japanese soldier's name in an instant, giving him no chance to fight back.

"What a good gun..."

Looking at the dead Japanese soldiers, the officer exclaimed.

He has also used m1911. Although the power is similar, the American version is not as useful as he has.

"Sir, now is not the time to sigh."

Seeing the officer still sighing at the power, a soldier behind him gently pushed him.

"Oh, oh, you're right!!!"

The officer seemed to have reported it, nodded and continued to take the people out.

They were lucky. After hearing the gunshots and screams from inside, the Japanese soldiers outside did not continue to walk out like the one who was killed, but instead planned to throw a few grenades inside.

When the officers rushed out, it was the time when the Japanese soldiers outside were about to throw grenades inside.

"Open fire!!!"

Just as the Japanese soldiers outside were still a little surprised by the sudden appearance of the officers, the officer ordered loudly, "In fact, it's not necessary for him to say that the subordinates behind him have already opened fire."

After a brief fire exchange, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers outside lay down, but the officers and their ranks also died and injured 3.

"Go, keep going!"

After glanced at the body of the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground, the officer said to his subordinates.

Seeing that the first line of defense guarding the fort had been broken, they could only retreat to the second line of defense.

Of course, the entire line of defense is not just their fortification. If there was only one fortification, the fortification would have been captured by the Japanese long ago, and the Japanese warships outside had already sailed into the port and directly bombarded the city with the large-caliber naval guns they equipped.

But the situation of other fortifications is actually similar to them, or worse than them. At least when the Japanese soldiers stuffed the detonator and other parts into the machine gun, they stuffed the detonator back, but other fortifications...

Other fortifications, but they are not as lucky as they are...

Of course, there is no failure to break through successfully, but the casualties...

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"The first line of defense has fallen..."

Looking at the first line of defense that had been gradually occupied by Japanese soldiers wearing yellow military uniforms, the commander on the fort sighed.

"Now we can only rely on ourselves..."

Behind him, the adjutant nodded.

"Indeed, now we can only rely on ourselves..."

Although the above incident is just an isolated case, it also shows that in the early 20th century, the world was not very stable. Mutiny and coups happened from time to time, and no one dared to be sure that their country was absolutely safe.

It is precisely because of this reason that the forts at ports in several important cities such as Sydney were designed to be external and internal. After all, if something special happens one day, the artillery used to deal with foreign enemies might turn to deal with their own people.

Of course, the Navy also had opinions on such matters. However, since the fort itself is used to deal with foreign enemies, the matter was left in the end.

After decades, due to Australia's natural geographical advantages and close relations with the UK, although Australia has always had a good relationship with its neighbor New Zealand, Australia has never been threatened. Ah, New Zealand is obviously not an opponent of Australia.

Because Australia has never suffered external threats in the past few decades, even at the most intense time of World War I, this matter naturally delayed.

And when the Second World War began and the Japanese threat came, everything was too late...

Regret not before...

Although the Australians repaired the fortifications of the fortifications quite well, because there was no support from artillery fire, after persisting for a while, the first line of defense was soon captured.

As the defensive side, the Australian troops were unable to seize the first line of defense with the Japanese army at the disadvantage of their troops. So in this case, the Australians watched the Japanese occupy the first line of defense.

After taking the first line of defense, the Japanese did not stop.

After all, if the Navy wants to provide support to the siege troops as soon as possible, it is not enough to just take down a line of defense. You must also take down the turret.

If the turret cannot be taken down, it will be useless even if all the defense lines outside the turret are taken down. Because the muzzle of the shore defense cannon that can pose a threat to the navy is still aimed at outside the port.

So just as soon as the first line of defense was taken down, the Japanese army began to engage in the offensive against the second line of defense without even a little rest. At this time, many remaining soldiers from the first line of defense retreated, causing a little chaos in the second line of defense. Taking advantage of this opportunity to attack is obviously the best time. If you wait, when this chaos is gone, the price you pay may be a little higher...

Compared with the first line of defense, the power of the second line of defense is obviously much weaker.

Therefore, the Australians' resistance to the second line of defense was not very tenacious, especially when many defeated soldiers retreated to the second line of defense, which brought some chaos.

However, with a large number of automatic weapons, the second line of defense lasted for a while under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, so when they captured the second line of defense, it was already afternoon...

afternoon…

Although a person will go through countless afternoons, it is obviously impossible for the Japanese army to take down the fort before dark. Taking down the fort after dark, although taking down the fort will allow the navy to unscrupulously provide fire support to the siege troops in the port, the siege troops will not continue to siege after dark.

Not long after, the fort also fell into the hands of the Japanese. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!