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Volume Three: War in the Far East Chapter 130: Despair

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    In just five minutes, Oshima Yoshimasa even felt like a century. Dust fell from the top of the cement-reinforced steel headquarters, and there were continuous explosions in his ears. What flashed in his eyes was incomparable splendor.  Fire, but this gorgeous and beautiful fire is followed by extremely lethal power.  Even though many soldiers had already hid in trenches and fortifications, the extremely powerful shock wave still lifted many people into the air and then tore them apart!

    After the first salvo of the Pacific Fleet battleship formation, the entire Xiaguan position was in a mess. Countless fortifications were reduced to ruins after the gunfire. Dark black human torsos were scattered on the ground. Due to the excessive dismemberment,  It's not even clear which part of the human body it is.

    Most of the Japanese soldiers who first entered the battlefield hugged their heads tightly with their legs and crouched deeply in the trench. Others, who were more timid, were frightened by the fierce sound of artillery and were so scared that they urinated.  The helper knelt down in the trench and cried for his father and mother.

    Although the officers in the headquarters had been mentally prepared for a long time, their faces turned pale after being shocked by the unexpected and violent bombardment. Only Oshima Yoshimasa remained motionless as if he was nailed to the ground.  move.

    Oshima Yoshimasa put down the telescope. The reaction of the recruits just now made him curse: "Baga, these damn recruits, don't they know that they should hide in the trenches when the bombardment comes?"

    Within five minutes, the Japanese shore artillery on the Shimonoseki position began to counterattack. The new recruits on the position were also urged by experienced veterans to rush to their respective posts, operate the artillery on the position, and aim their attack targets at sea.  Chinese warships in action.

    After a while, the counterattack artillery fire on the Shimonoseki position gradually became intensive and regular. At this time, the anger on Oshima Yoshimasa's face faded slightly, but he did not become blindly optimistic, because this was just the Pacific Fleet.  It's just the first salvo.

    The Japanese artillery on the Xiaguan position continued to emit angry tongues of fire. However, at such a long distance, most of the shells from the cannons on the Japanese position fell on the sea several hundred meters in front of the Pacific Fleet. In addition to causing waves several feet high,  In addition, it basically does not cause much damage to the battleships of the Pacific Fleet.

    Occasionally, a few shells hit one of the battleships, but apart from leaving a few black marks on the thick armor, they were unable to cause much damage to it.

    The battle is still going on!

    This air-to-air bombardment lasted for nearly an hour. Nearly 10,000 shells roared through the air. The sea in Shimonoseki seemed to be boiling. Towards the end, Oshima Yimasa's face became worse and worse.

    As a result of this firepower confrontation, more and more forts on the position were destroyed and shifted to the Chinese side. The main guns under the gunners on the Chinese Pacific Fleet battleships seemed to have eyes, and they often fired several concentrated shells.  , a heavily equipped fort turned into a pool of hot molten iron, just like the Pacific Fleet had mastered the firepower distribution map on the Xiaguan position.

    When he thought of this, the muscles in the corners of Oshima Yoshimasa's mouth twitched. Thinking of the three planes circling over Xiaguan yesterday, Oshima Yoshimasa immediately understood that those three planes yesterday were conducting fire reconnaissance!

    In order to restore the decline that was about to become apparent, Oshima Yoshimasa immediately ordered other hidden firepower to immediately launch an attack on the Pacific Fleet on the sea.

    These well-camouflaged bunkers and hidden artillery were specially built by Oshima Yoshiho by forcibly recruiting a large number of civilians. The purpose was to cause accidental damage to the invading Chinese troops when they rushed to land on the beach. But now seeing the situation on the battlefield, Oshima Yoshiho  These secret weapons had to be revealed, including Oshima Yoshimasa's long-range large-caliber Krupp steel cannon specially used to deal with warships!  Of course, those who control these giant cannons are elite soldiers under Oshima Yoshihashi.

    As Oshima Yoshimasa's order was completely conveyed to the battlefield, on dozens of originally silent commanding heights, well-trained Japanese veterans lifted off the dark gray camouflage covering the giant cannons, and dozens of ferocious cannon muzzles were fired at  Under the command of the Japanese gunner, they all aimed at the Pacific Fleet ships that were firing continuously on the distant sea.

    After calculating the shooting elements, the artillery forward command post located in front of the Xiaguan position transmitted various data to the giant artillery artillery position behind through signal flags.

    Soon, after the deputy gunner who assisted the gunner reported to shoot Zhu Yuan, dozens of black and ferocious cannon fire continued to move. After the aiming was completed, with the order of the gunner, the muzzle control in front of the muzzle  The thruster trembled violently, and the shell was instantly ejected from the muzzle. For a moment, bright gunfire flashed almost simultaneously behind the Xiaguan position, and huge explosive gas gushes out from the exhaust hole of the gun body. Several Japanese soldiers  The soldier's military cap was blown away on the spot.

    As soon as the shell is fired, the opening and closing hand quickly opens the breech, and the bomb feeding handA brand-new cannonball was fed with a feeding stick. The loader, wearing thick gloves, immediately sent the cannonball weighing tens of kilograms into the barrel. The fuzeer quickly set the fuze.  The movements were completed in one go, without any sloppiness, which fully demonstrated the powerful strength of this elite artillery unit hidden by Oshima Yoshimasa.

    When the second round of artillery shells was about to be fired, the first round of test fires had already landed densely around the battleship garrison of the Pacific Fleet. Two rounds even directly concentrated on the superstructure of the Dragon War, with huge explosive power.  Several Pacific Fleet soldiers were directly overturned, and a raging fire suddenly ignited on the deck!

    In a moment, the second round of shelling from the Japanese heavy artillery position followed. This time another battleship was hit, and the bow of the ship was directly dented. Fortunately, there was no gap.

    In just ten minutes, Oshima Yoshimasa's hidden elite heavy artillery caused some damage to the Pacific Fleet. So far, at least three battleships have been hit, but under the thick armor, no fatal injuries were caused.  It's just that because the Dragon Warship was located at the front, the Dragon Warship was hit by the most bullets. At this time, a raging fire broke out on the deck of the Dragon Warship. At least a dozen soldiers were killed and more than 30 soldiers were injured.  Among them, the two small-caliber machine guns on the port side lost their combat effectiveness on the spot. The deck of the Long Zhan became a mess, and the soldiers ran in panic on the deck to put out the fire and rescue

    Oshima Yoshimasa put down the telescope in his hand, a proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Under the counterattack of heavy artillery, the Pacific Fleet's offensive was blocked. The attack was no longer as fierce as before. Several warships kept making evasive movements on the sea.  The firing speed of naval guns is greatly slowed down.

    In the bridge command room of the Fearless, Ye Zugui frowned slightly, keeping a close eye on the battle situation with the telescope in his hand. Cheng Biguang sneered and said: "If the president is not wrong, this cunning Oshima Yimasa really has a trick up his sleeve.  "

    Ye Zugui handed the telescope to Cheng Biguang and said with a smile: "It's just a fight between trapped beasts! Let them hold on for a little longer, but the outcome will never change!"

    Cheng Biguang also nodded: "The air force should be on the way at this time!"

    Ye Zugui immediately ordered the ships to move freely, no longer mainly for attacks, but mainly to avoid the threatening heavy artillery from the Japanese position in Xiaguan. Ye Zugui did not want to consume too many of the Pacific Fleet in the small Xiaguan Mountains.  strength.

    At this time, the balance on the battlefield began to tilt towards the Japanese army, but this situation only lasted for less than an hour, because Oshima Yoshimasa heard the roar that made him uneasy again!

    It¡¯s the huge roar of the engine!  The Chinese Air Force is dispatched!

    Oshima Yoshimasa raised his head. In the eyepiece of the telescope, several black spots suddenly appeared in his field of vision. When the outline of the black spots became clearer and clearer, the pupil of Oshima Yoshimasa's single eye shrank violently.  Suddenly, he clenched his right fist hard, and his knuckles even turned slightly white from the exertion.

    Other officers in the headquarters felt that Oshima Yoshimasa's breathing was getting faster and faster, and they all raised their telescopes to search for the source of the noise in the sky.

    One of the Japanese commanders lost his voice and said: "China actually has ten planes!"

    Oshima Yoshimasa frowned. He thought that there were only three Huaxia aircraft that came to investigate yesterday. After all, it seemed that this kind of aircraft was complicated to build and expensive. It was already very good to build three with Huaxia's strength. He didn't expect it.  It turned out to be a cross!

    Yesterday, just a few dives and strafing attacks by three planes gave Oshima Yoshimasa a headache. Now what he saw were ten planes in front of him!

    What is the concept of ten aircraft?  Oshima Yimasa no longer even dares to imagine it!

    Suddenly, Oshima Yoshimao let out a strange cry, quickly put down the telescope in his hand, and roared at the officers in the headquarters: "Quickly ask the soldiers on the heavy artillery position to hide the Krupp cannon again, and immediately order the anti-aircraft artillery unit to do so."  So ready to fight!"

    Hearing the normally calm Oshima Yoshimasa yelling like this, everyone immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly sent electricity to the heavy artillery unit and ordered the anti-aircraft artillery unit to prepare.

    The uneasiness in Oshima Yoshimasa's heart became more and more intense, as if his heart was about to be torn out of his body. Oshima Yoshimasa staggered twice, covering his painful chest with one hand, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.  The young adjutant quickly stepped forward to help Oshima Yimasa, who was about to fall.

    At this time, Oshima Yoshimasa kept recalling the figures of yesterday's airplanes in his mind. Obviously, the belly of an airplane carrying only two members would not need to be built that big. Even if it was fully loaded with machine gun bullets, it would still take up a lot of space.  Without such a large space, the only explanation is that the huge belly cabin of the plane is not only loaded with bullets, but also probably loaded with explosives.bomb!

    It¡¯s a bomb!

    Oshima Yoshimasa clearly remembers that a few years ago, high-inflammation bombs dropped from the Nighthawk airship almost turned the entire Tokyo into ruins!

    And now, it seems that the Xiaguan position is going to make the same mistake again!

    A flash of despair suddenly flashed in Oshima Yoshihide's mind, it was an almost suffocating despair.

    However, all the struggles were in vain, because Oshima Yoshimasa's eyes were already filled with monstrous fire, a fire that was enough to devour everything.

    PS: Today¡¯s second update.

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