Li Xiao held Cao Wenzhao's telegram in his hand, with a very helpless expression on his face.

I didn't expect that even rough people know how to use their minds.

For the officers of the Third Division, military glory is everything to them. In order to gain military glory, they are fearless.

I have to say that this is also a systemic problem.

The military merit title system, like any system, has its advantages and disadvantages.

"Commander, what's the response to the telegram from the Third Division?" Only Zhao Liangdong could ask such a silly question.

"Does it make any difference whether he comes back or not? They all hold back their energy and want to fight. Promotion and wealth depend on military merit. Without military merit, they are nothing.

It's better to send a telegram back and tell them to pay attention to the casualties of the soldiers.

If the casualties are small, I will not hold them responsible for starting the war without authorization. But if the casualties are too large, haha! I will definitely not give up. No one in our Ming army is allowed to dye his official title with the lives of soldiers!"

"No!" Zhao Liangdong received Li Xiao's instructions and immediately went to send a telegram.

At this time, the Gibraltar front line was already in a state of chaos.

I don’t know who fired first. Anyway, all the troops on the front line of the Ming Dynasty claimed to have been attacked by the British army. Their own troops only fired back.

Fortunately, washing the ground with cannonballs has become a common tradition among the Ming army.

The bombardment had already reduced Gibraltar's artillery to its last breath. So when the Ming Dynasty first started its artillery bombardment, Gibraltar actually did not fight back for a while.

This also caused them to miss the best time to counterattack!

Because the incident happened suddenly, there was no sign of the Ming Dynasty aircraft in their sky.

By the time the British artillery reacted, Kunpeng's figure had already appeared in the sky.

The huge Kunpeng did not carry bombs, but was constantly hovering in the sky.

They observed the impact point of the artillery shells on the ground, and then reported the location of the British artillery positions to Ming Dynasty.

The British army in Gibraltar did not have such good conditions.

In fact, the British army's firepower configuration in Gibraltar is quite powerful. There are hundreds of artillery pieces of various types in the bunker.

There are even three 480mm cannons on the main battery.

This kind of gun was originally intended to be installed on battleships, but Gibraltar needed this kind of gun to block the entire strait, so the equipment was prioritized here.

Although it is not like the main gun on a battleship being mounted in three guns, this 480 mm cannon is absolutely powerful.

The shells alone weighed one ton each.

When a shell falls, a huge amount of soil will be lifted up from the ground. Even a reinforced concrete bunker ten meters underground cannot withstand the bombardment of such a shell.

Even if it doesn't blow you up, it won't be a problem if it shocks you to death.

Fortunately, the biggest drawback of this type of artillery is its insufficient rate of fire.

This large-caliber howitzer has a theoretical rate of fire of one round every five minutes.

But this only exists in a completely ideal theoretical environment!

In actual combat, an artillery group that can fire a round every ten minutes is already an excellent artillery group.

Most artillery groups only fire one shell in twelve to fifteen minutes.

These 480mm giant beasts had just roared three times before they were detected by Kunpeng in the sky.

A series of telegrams directly reported the location coordinates of the giant cannon to the Ming Army Artillery Command.

The Ming army immediately mobilized a giant 970mm mortar!

This kind of mortar was brought from the Ming Dynasty, and it was the first time it participated in the war. Moreover, this thing is also the largest caliber artillery in the world.

Because it is too heavy, this mortar can only run on rails.

These artillery pieces were loaded into transport ships two months ago and arrived in Spain after a month and a half of traveling across the ocean.

It took another ten days for transportation, and it was just assembled yesterday, and we didn't even have time to fire the school cannon.

After Kunpeng reported the coordinates, the giant mortar quickly adjusted its angle.

Its longest range is only thirty-five kilometers. If the British army in Gibraltar discovers these giant mortars, they will be dead.

All it takes is one covering shot to turn these steel monsters into scrap metal.

Fortunately, the British army did not find the cannon.

They didn't even know that there were such artillery in the Ming army.

"Pass...!" There was a loud noise, and the No. 1 mortar was fired first.

Then there were two loud sounds of "Tong" and "Tong", and the No. 2 and No. 3 mortars were fired one after another.

The two-and-a-half-ton cannonball flew directly into the sky under the influence of the huge propellant force of gunpowder.

It then falls freely in a parabolic shape and hits the target in the distance.

Other mortar shells are easily affected by wind due to their low muzzle velocity and long projectile flight time. Even mortar shells will deviate a long distance from their target due to too much wind.

However, these three 970mm artillery shells are different. One of their shells weighs two and a half tons.

Such heavy artillery shells are basically not affected by wind, and the accuracy rate is greatly improved.

The shell hit the ground with a whistle, and the delay fuse ensured that the shell hit the upper level of the reinforced concrete fortification bunker and directly penetrated the one-meter-thick roof.

"Boom!" The huge explosion directly blew away the one-meter-thick reinforced concrete roof.

The huge explosion instantly vaporized the soldiers in the bunker, leaving not even bones or slag behind.

As for the 480 mm cannon, the long barrel bent and twisted instantly, like a twist.

The gun crew of the giant cannon was blinded, and they did not understand what they were being attacked by.

How could a plane in the sky carry out such a precise strike at such a high distance?

Besides, to be so powerful, how big must the bomb be?

Before the British artillery commander could react from his dazed state, two more giant mortar shells fell.

Then, the three 480mm artillery pieces that the British were proud of were finished.

Such powerful artillery shocked the nerves of the British. They never expected that there would be such a heart-rending artillery on the opposite side of them.

Is this damn thing prepared for others?

Even if an elephant enters fifty meters of the explosion range, it will be killed by the strong explosion.

Before it got dark, the British artillery had already lost 40%.

Most of the remaining artillery pieces are small and medium-caliber artillery pieces. These artillery pieces are no match for the Ming Dynasty artillery in terms of range and firepower.

In particular, the 970 mm mortar has performed very well in practice. No matter what the British frontline bunker is, even the bunker with a steel roof will be easily destroyed by artillery shells with huge kinetic energy.
Chapter completed!