Just one explosion caused the three fortresses to lose contact. This news frightened Major General Koloff, but he still doesn't know what weapon has such terrifying power. The bombers above them are still going on.

Smoke bombs were dropped, and the thick smoke made all Russians blind, suffering in fear like mice locked in a box, waiting tremblingly for the next round of explosions.

At this time, Duan Qirui, who was on the water tank gun position, also didn't know the results of his shelling, because the smoke also blocked his sight, but it was no big deal. Trucks transporting artillery shells were coming in a steady stream behind him.

, he asked the Logistics Department for 500 of these giant artillery shells for the Shuangchengzi Fortress.

"Keep shooting, according to the coordinates of the Russian forts on the map, the standard of five shells for each fort, keep firing, don't stop even at night, until all targets are completed, and then organize an attack to see how effective it is.

If there are too many shells left, just send them over directly. If there are too many shells left, apply for another batch of artillery shells." He said to Zhang Zhenfang next to him with a relaxed look on his face.

"Commander, judging from your humble position, it seems that we don't need to go to such trouble. We can use another method to deal with the snow." Zhang Zhenfang said cautiously.

"Oh, tell me." Duan Qirui said somewhat unexpectedly.

"We can burn it with coagulated qi decoy bombs. The water tank cannon is too expensive in terms of shell price and construction cost, and it can't fire many shells. Although it can be successful if it is purely based on map coordinates and not calibrated.

But the cost is definitely much higher, but the gasoline burned by coagulated qi decoys and bombers is much cheaper. In Europe, the Germans can use coagulated qi decoys to burn Verdun into glass balls. Let's think about it. Let's turn all this snow into a glass ball.

Isn’t it easy to burn it? Moreover, the snow will turn into water when it melts. Let’s control the amount of ammunition so that it acts without evaporating to dryness, and then the fire stops..."

Zhang Zhenfang will not say anything else because Duan Qirui has already shown a satisfied smile at this time.

"Order to stop the bombardment, notify the bombers to return, and ask the logistics department to send a batch of coagulation bombs. The heavy artillery will temporarily withdraw from the firing position and retreat to a safe area to stand by." Duan Qirui then ordered.

The ten water tank guns that were preparing for the second round of bombardment immediately put away their hoeing devices. The steel tracks slowly rotated driven by the powerful engine. The heavy body of nearly two hundred tons gradually moved out of the concrete gun emplacement.

Then he moved slowly on the hard frozen soil at a speed of ten kilometers per hour. Before the smoke shrouding the Shuangchengzi fortress group dissipated, he retreated to a well-defended military camp ten kilometers away to wait for the next show of force.

"This short paragraph is still too rigid, and my brain is not as open as others!" Emperor Yang looked at the recent battle report in the palace in Beijing. He said with some emotion that he let the dragon, tiger and dog out for a test, and the three people's

Their performances were different. Needless to say, Wang Shizhen was very generous and won the favor of Emperor Yang. Feng Guozhang was cautious and prudent. It was so complicated for a group army to attack a division. He even used the tactic of mobilizing overseas Chinese to cooperate internally and externally. Although it was successful, it left a lot to be desired.

Over a hundred overseas Chinese were killed or injured, and Duan Qirui had a petty attitude. It was obvious that Duan Qirui was a bit rigid and not fashionable enough. He could not keep up with the trend.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to replace him?" Yuan Shikai asked tentatively.

"No, no, don't do this kind of thing when there is a change of generals on the battlefield. After Vladivostok is captured, he will be promoted and transferred back to Beijing. It is quite suitable for him to be a director of the General Logistics Department." Yang Feng said.

Duan Qirui didn't know how long it would take before he would find himself in a bad position. On the next day, he started a new attack according to Zhang Zhenfang's design. This time, the bomber group taking off from Ninggu Pagoda was replaced by solidified ones.

Qi decoys. After obtaining the target area marked by the cannon group, they immediately threw a hundred tons of hell fire at the Shuangcheng fortress group. Balls of flames exploded in the white snow on the ground, and the high temperature and poisonous smoke quickly spread to the surroundings.

, those Russian troops hiding in the bunker immediately became sweet potatoes in the oven.

However, because this kind of thing was considered at the beginning of construction, and because this is a small fortress group rather than a giant fortress like Verdun, the bunkers and turrets are scattered on high ground that are not closely spaced.

Therefore, the damage caused by these coagulation bombs to the Russian army was not too terrible. Only more than a thousand people died or were injured due to high temperature and suffocation.

However, the high temperature of the burning of one hundred tons of coagulation bombs caused all the snow covering the Shuangchengzi fortress group and the mountains on both sides to melt, revealing the fortresses underneath. The snow water flowed down the mountains, and the fortresses high on both sides

Fortunately, the linear defense system composed of underground communication trenches, ground bunkers and other facilities on the middle mountain pass was without exception soaked in muddy water. At first, Koloff and his men did not realize that there was a problem. After all, it solidified

While the qi decoys were burning, it was difficult for them to intuitively feel the consequences of the muddy water. However, when the first round of solidified qi decoys dropped burned out and the ambient temperature gradually dropped, the Russians were completely dumbfounded.

At this time, the temperature in Shuangcheng was almost minus ten degrees. This temperature did not last for half an hour. Not to mention the muddy water poured into the bunker, even the clothes on the Russian soldiers were frozen into lumps of ice. Each one looked like

The rusty robots moved with great difficulty in the icy debris that filled the trenches of the bunker, trembling and cursing their enemies with blue lips.

At this time, the water tank cannon, which had long returned to its firing position, once again aimed at the main fortresses of the Russian army.

But this time Duan Qirui doesn't need any more smoke screens. After the snow melts, the Russian fortresses can be seen clearly in front of the reconnaissance planes in the sky. The school-fired water tank cannon can destroy the targets in a very short time.

Then they quickly withdrew from their positions, and those Russian heavy artillery forts that were capable of threatening them immediately became the first targets. After completing their aiming, following the commander's order, these terrifying cannons instantly spurted out flames, one by one.

Artillery shells weighing over a ton flew out roaringly. Because the shells were relatively slow, some with good eyesight could even see black spots in the sky, including Major General Koloff.

The commander looked at the roaring black figures in the sky like a fool. He had never imagined that the artillery shells could be so big that he could distinguish them with the naked eye. He had never imagined even in his dreams that a shell was more than two meters tall.

As he watched in stunned silence, the warhead, which was more than half a meter long, suddenly hit a heavy turret. This wrought iron turret, which was dismantled from an old ironclad ship, was instantly shattered into pieces like a fragile teapot. The shell did not

It exploded, shattered the turret, and then smashed into the ammunition supply system below, completely destroying the bunker before it exploded.

Koloff looked at this scene with a dreamy look, and then he saw the location where the bunker was penetrated. Suddenly, the flames exploded like a volcanic eruption, accompanied by countless fragments of steel and concrete, and at the same time, like

The tsunami that flattened everything roared and flooded everything around him, including the two small machine gun bunkers that protected the bunker. Then even his command fort shook violently, and the shattered concrete debris above his head fell on him.

All over his body, smoke mixed with dust poured in from the observation port.

After all of this dissipated, looking at the location of the bunker, only a huge crater with a diameter of tens of meters was left.

With relatively precise aiming, the first round of shelling by the ten water tank cannons destroyed the two heavy gun towers and the bunker below. Immediately afterwards, the reconnaissance planes in the sky and the artillery observers hidden near the Shuangchengzi fortress group began to

The coordinates of the landing point were reported back, and the artillerymen in the distant positions also began to quickly reload the artillery shells. At the same time, other caliber heavy artillery groups belonging to the Third Group Army also began to bombard the Shuangchengzi fortress group non-stop.

Loading provides cover.

Ten minutes later, the water tank cannon that had re-aimed roared again. This time its hit rate increased dramatically, destroying four major fortresses at once.

The Russian troops in the Shuangchengzi Fortress were almost crying. They are not such bullies. You must know that almost every one of their fortresses can be said to be the brainchild of hundreds of people. It took several months or even a year or two to complete the construction.

They regarded it as a source of confidence, but now it's better. There is one cannonball for one cannonball, and sometimes there are even more than one. The entire fortress group is nothing more than a dozen large fortresses and dozens of small fortresses, which cannot be used in this way.

It was all gone in one day, and now they didn't even see the enemy anywhere. They just saw the cannonballs falling one after another in the sky.

Water tank guns are mortars, and their high-projectile trajectory gives them good concealment. The concrete artillery position is hidden behind a hillside, although the Russians' Chinese-made 280 howitzers can also hit it.

However, the range of the two is almost the same, and the Russians have no aircraft reconnaissance, and no artillery scouts can reach them, so even if they know the general direction, they cannot aim. In addition, they only have four 280 howitzers, and two of them have been destroyed.

Doors, as for those large-caliber naval guns and heavy cannons, they can't hit them at all.

After discovering this, the gunners of the water tank cannon were no longer worried. One by one, they loaded and aimed and fired in an orderly manner. The huge one-ton shell weighing 250 kilograms of powder fired at a rate of one round every ten minutes.

One by one, they flew towards the heads of the Russian troops, and then smashed through the thick reinforced concrete layers as easily as breaking through ceramics, turning one fortress after another into ruins.

"That's enough. It is estimated that at this rate, in one day, we will be able to send a victory report to His Majesty." Duan Qirui looked with satisfaction at the increasing number of huge craters in the Russian fortresses in the distance.

said.

However, the Twin Cities Fortress is just the beginning. There is also the Vladivostok Fortress Group behind it. This first fortress in the Far East is not worthy of its reputation. Vladivostok, Russia Island, and two Russian battleships and six cruisers in Peter the Great Bay, these

They are all huge obstacles. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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