Chapter 428 The Doom of the Sixth Division (5)
Next to the lotus pond, two huge steel monsters raised long cannon barrels and pointed in the direction of Shunyi from afar.
This giant, transformed with German naval guns, has not changed much in appearance. It is still the original 14-ton gun barrel body, abandoning the original heavy seat ring and ammunition supply device, and specially built a flexible slide rail mechanical auxiliary loader at the rear. When transporting forward, this part of the heavy metal mechanism is separated from the gun body, ensuring that the chassis of the cannon does not exceed the limit of the railway load-bearing. When entering the combat state, it is temporarily put together, glided from the rear, loaded at a speed of 5 rounds per minute, and fired!
The shell weighing 300 kilograms was as tall as one person. The slender body looked like an invisible evil spirit. The drug was fired at the back and replaced the expensive copper-shell loading equipment made by Germany, and directly pushed it with a silk medicine bag for larger naval guns. The overall situation was stable, aiming, and a "bang!" sounded, shaking the ground in a kilometer radius around it trembled, and the lotus pond not far away splashed ripples!
The roar of cannons without gun-blade flame-retardation device was like thunder in the dry weather, buzzing the heads of people around them. Even with ear protection, they could not withstand the huge impact. The visible gun-blade wind distorted the air of more than ten meters around, and a layer of smoke and dust on the ground spread like waves!
The flames ejected from the muzzle were about ten meters long. A wave of winding air rose into the sky. The huge shells whistled out at a high speed of 910 meters per second. After more than half a minute, they fell near the Japanese heavy artillery position that had been detected by Shunyi.
The high-explosive bomb with a load of more than 100 kilograms penetrated into the ground one end and was more than four meters deep. The next moment, the violent explosion formed a whirlwind sweeping everything. With the landing point as the center, it swept strongly around it in an umbrella shape. The hot air driven by the high-speed shock wave overturned all the existences within a radius of 150 meters. Houses, trees, heavy cannons and trucks, and even huge stone rolls, all flying in the wind like cotton balls!
The giant cannons fired accurately at the fixed point were no more than fifty meters, and they directly hit the heavy artillery position arranged by the Japanese army. Two 150 field cannons were blown up on the spot. Forty or fifty soldiers and artillery nearby had no chance to say a word. They were torn on the spot and turned into blood mist mixed into broken buildings weighing dozens of tons and spread more than a hundred meters away!
Tani Suo's scream was like a duck who had been stepped on his neck. The movement was not only ugly, but simply harsh!
In such a place, heavy artillery of this kind actually appeared. The opponent's ambition and arrogance were imaginable! This is enough to show that their goal is not just to resist the attack, but they have even been fully prepared for war. They just wait for the empire to launch and then use such inhumane means to suddenly attack. It caught me off guard!
Things are serious!
Tani Shoufu suddenly calmed down and stopped calling hysterically. He grabbed the phone and ordered the heavy artillery wing: "Everyone immediately moves and retreats, approaches the densely populated areas of Chinese residential areas, or enters the county town to hide, and temporarily stop supporting the front line!"
He was sure that the other party would never dare to fire fire in civilian areas on his own territory. In that case, the huge casualties and injuries caused would definitely make the other party's commander lose their heads. They must be a little concerned, and this is a good opportunity for his troops to avoid temporarily!
Undoubtedly, Tani Shouo's orders were very timely and they were very accurate, but they were not that quick to act! It was not easy to transfer the bulky body of the Type 89 field cannon, and it was not just a cannon that was launched in the distance!
The first loud bang was not a minute. After a brief correction, the second shell roared to the point, which was more accurate than the landing point just now. It almost hit the center of the three cannon positions. The roaring flames set off a large pit with a diameter of four or five meters, and the three blocked ancestral halls disappeared on the spot. Stones of all sizes flew at extremely fast speed like shells, smashing the surrounding trees and houses into pieces. A whole team of Japanese troops and a large number of shells were evaded inside turned into ashes!
It seemed as if the horn of the attack was sounded. Next, the two giant cannons each launched a relay race at a speed of 3 rounds per minute. The explosion of "Cangkong" continued to ripple from the railway like waves. In the five-kilometer area in the suburbs of Shunyi, a whole heavy artillery brigade had no chance to escape, and was wiped out by this unscrupulous terrifying firepower!
What is terrible is that under such an explosion, no temporary fortifications can be blocked. Even reinforced concrete buildings like turtle shells and thick city walls are not good! Compared with the power of the Japanese 240mm siege cannon, it is several times higher. The powerful force that can penetrate the thickness of the 340mm armored steel plate can almost sweep everything on land. Even high-explosive bombs with very insufficient armor penetration power will still bring a devastating blow!
Tani Shou's heartache is about to bleed! The Japanese Army is not that wealthy. Not to mention the cost of a heavy artillery brigade is as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars, plus the rare technical artillery, auxiliary vehicles and ammunition, the guy who has been reimbursed millions of dollars at once! He has not even played any combat role, but he sacrificed his life without any value. It's simply abominable and shameful!
But now he felt sorry for it and it was useless. War is like this. Whoever can seize the opportunity will have a greater chance of winning. Whoever makes their reconnaissance work not do well, and how many trump cards the other party has in his hands has never been clear!
Gu Shoufu learned from his mistakes and ordered another heavy artillery brigade to step up its retreat, and he could retreat as far as he could! According to the observation report of intelligence personnel in the city of Peking, the opponent's super cannon is probably not far from the west of the city, only thirty kilometers away from the front line, and it was far from its maximum range.
And Tani Shou, who is very familiar with the German fire, can guess that this guy might be the culprit of the four "Kaohsiung-class" heavy cruisers in the ancient town entrance, which is a monster that can shoot nearly 40 kilometers! The Germans themselves secretly developed army train guns of relevant caliber. The other party cooperated with German affairs so well, and it was impossible for them to have no related development. This time, they must have suffered a defeat!
Glazing hatefully at Beiping, which was crawling on the Qianli Plain like a giant beast in the distance, Gu Suo gritted his teeth and said, "Let you be rampant for the time being, the revenge of the empire will soon come, wait, wait!"
He knew very well that Song Zheyuan's 29th Army did not have the courage and ability to launch a counterattack. At best, when he was not attacked, he was huddled in the fortifications and survived. Then the initiative was in the empire. As long as he killed the opponent's heavy artillery, he could make a comeback!
Not only the heavy artillery troops, but other artillery troops were also rushing to move and hide. Tani Shoufu knew very well that if he didn't run away, half of the artillery position would be gone with one shell on the other side. Moreover, this is a powerful combat weapon that is absolutely undefensive. Unless it is blown up directly, there is no possibility of blocking it.
But the attack will never stop because of their transfer. Under the action of the automatic return mechanism, the two train guns that had just heated up the gun tubes, the slight shooting deviation was not corrected. They fired dozens of shells in one breath. Until there was basically no complete thing in the target position, they redirected the direction and aimed at the Japanese infantry attack arrays in Tongxian and Thirteen Tombs, and fired violently!
"Rumbling" was like the sound of a train running at high speed in the sky passing through the air. People inside and outside the city of Peking couldn't help but look up. The movement was really terrifying. I had never heard it before! Immediately afterwards, on the front position of Tong County, the attacking troops of the Niudao Man Brigade were hit by a stick in front of him. In the middle of the road where they attacked, a shell suddenly exploded a huge pillar of fireworks hundreds of meters high. The loud noise like thunder and thunder was really numb from the two miles away. For a moment, the Japanese army on the battlefield was like quails lying on the ground, staring at the terror in horror. What is this!
In the direction of the Thirteen Tombs, the 10th Division was in full swing, and suddenly it was hit by a huge shell falling from the sky, and almost bleeded on the spot! This kind of giant that could only exist on naval battleships actually appeared on the land battlefield. Is this reasonable? Is it fair? No!
More than a dozen huge shells burst out a shocking mushroom cloud. The hills were razed to the ground in the explosion, and large areas of fireworks enveloped the second half of the Japanese attacking troops. In an instant, the sky was dim and dark!
Tani Suo's warning was sent as fast as possible, but the commander of the 10th Division, Risuke Isotani, could not believe that the enemy heavy artillery was set up in the west of Beiping City, which was at least more than 40 kilometers away from here, and it was beyond the range of attack. How could they hit the shells so far? Did the shells grow wings?!
The shells have no wings, but smoke can be emitted under the butt!
Tani Suo and Isotani Ryosuke would never have imagined that these terrible guys are not just as simple as having conventional shells. On the one hand, which has the world's most powerful rocket technology, a secret and interesting thing has been added - Rocket Extended Range Bomb!
Based on the original launch capability of 280mm naval guns in Germany, the launching medicine was improved and the chamber pressure was increased, not only increasing the range to more than 40 kilometers, but also using the latest rocket extended-range bombs, it could even hit 50 kilometers! Even if it was launched in the outskirts of Peking, it could easily hit the hills in the northern part of the Thirteen Tombs, and even reach Huairou directly! If it were not for the fear of blowing up civilians, the train cannon that would be deployed with even more ferocious attack power!
Even if they tried their best to be conservative, the Japanese army could not bear it. The earth-shaking explosion far exceeded the soldiers' limits. The attacks in both directions were forced to pause for a while. Then, the fighter planes that had been cursed by Tani Shouo once again flew over the sky, rushing towards the west of Beiping for the danger of being destroyed. If they don't kill those giant cannons, it will be difficult to fight!!!!
Chapter completed!