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The Third Empire - Chapter 1456

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:28:38 AM


Chapter 1456: 1456

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Almost when they began to assemble, a rumbling sound came from the sea in the distance. The sound was so clear in everyone's ears. Needless to say, they had sensed something.

Midway Island is a naval aviation and submarine base for the United States. It is neither an important port city like Pearl Harbor nor a tightly guarded strategic place. Therefore, the United States has not deployed any shore defense guns here. Now, the aircraft and submarines in the base have left, The base has few effective weapons to attack the sea.

Now, the attack of the islanders has come!

"Come on, take up arms, guard on the beach and wait to block the landing of the islanders!" Colonel Lord has guessed something.

Our side miscalculated. Our main force went to the Aleutian Islands to ambush the island people's fleet. Who would have thought that the main force of the island people appeared on Midway Island. They will rush to land and try to occupy our own island. Our side, relying on the fearless spirit, sticks to the island and waits for the arrival of reinforcements!

"By the way, where are our anti-aircraft guns? Push our anti-aircraft guns over! " Colonel Lord suddenly thought of something.

They don't have heavy firepower, but they have anti-aircraft guns for air defense. Almost all airports have anti-aircraft guns.

The sharp weapon of American air defense is the M1 anti-aircraft artillery. Now, after receiving the order, the anti-aircraft artillery soldiers are preparing quickly.

This kind of antiaircraft gun has a caliber of 90mm and is quite bulky, with a total weight of more than 8 tons. Ten people in the artillery squad finally put the antiaircraft gun away and hung it on the tractor. The tractor roared. The driver stepped on the accelerator and drove the car to the side of the beach.

When they were ready to unload their anti-aircraft guns, they could see the shadow of those black landing ships by the hazy moonlight!

"Fire, fire now!" The commander of the antiaircraft artillery company shouted loudly.

It was too late. They couldn't even turn the anti-aircraft guns into combat. In the marching state, they opened fire.

"Boom!" A 90mm antiaircraft gun shell flew out of the gun chamber. At the moment of firing, the whole antiaircraft gun retreated for several meters. The tracer high explosive bullet crossed a line and went towards the landing ship in front.

"Boom!" It hit!

The characteristics of antiaircraft guns are high bore pressure and high muzzle velocity. In this case, the trajectory is flat and straight. It is naturally suitable to act as a tank gun. In the sequence of the U.S. Army, this 90mm antiaircraft gun has the same effect as Germany's 88mm antiaircraft gun.

Now, with a straight trajectory, aiming is quite easy, almost referring to where to hit.

Although it hits accurately, its power is not enough.

"Boom!" The shell went into the bridge of the landing ship and blew a big hole. The people in the bridge were shocked and got up from the ground. The captain was not afraid: "move forward, let's continue to move forward, fill the water behind, and prepare to press the bow and rush for the beach!"

"Where's the gun? Fire, kill these Yankees! "

No one thought that the expected sneaking ashore would evolve into a strong attack, but even if it was a strong attack, they would not be afraid. The island army has always had beach landing drills and is quite skilled in landing operations, not to mention that they still have good landing tools in their hands.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Above the landing ship, the 40mm boforth chariot gun fired violently.

This 40mm gun can be said to blossom everywhere and become a common gun in Germany. Although its caliber is not large enough, its firing speed is enough to make up for its deficiency, because it is a continuous weapon!

Shells flew over and hit the beach and the anti-aircraft artillery position. The anti-aircraft artillery had not been launched. The Gunners were still nervously adjusting the firing data, and the terrible shells came.

"Boom!" The tractor in front was blasted, the fire lit up the beach and other anti-aircraft guns, and the attack of the island Navy became more fierce.

In addition to the guns on the landing ship and the guns of the heavy cruiser escorting the ship, they also began to fire. Shells broke the night sky and opened fire fiercely on the beach.

"Boom!" The 203 mm naval gun opened fire. Just one shot opened a big pit. The whole beach position was shaking violently. They had no idea what consequences they would bring to their own troops. They were digging a pit for themselves!

"Colonel, we can't resist it. We must retreat!" Beside Colonel Lord, an adjutant shouted loudly. He covered his head with his hands and lay aside. Not far away, the shell of the 203 mm naval gun exploded, which brought him too much shock.

Under the bombardment of the islanders, I'm afraid our side will suffer heavy casualties on the beach where there is no danger to defend.

"No, we have to stop here." Colonel Lord said, "if we can't stop the islanders from landing, we'll lose."

There are not many troops on the island at all. Only by blocking here and preventing them from landing can they defend the island. If the islanders come up, they have no choice but to surrender.

Although their shelling is very fierce, it will not last long, because they are also going to land.

Sure enough, the shelling stopped after only three minutes. At this time, the landing ship in front of us had been at full power and rushed towards the beach here.

What's going on?

It doesn't make sense! General landing ships stop very far from the beach, and then the sailors will jump into the water and rush towards this side. When they Wade over, it is their best chance to destroy them with machine guns.

But no, the fire had lit up the beach. When they saw the landing ships, they rushed up fiercely and were not afraid to run aground!

Landing on the beach directly sends the troops to the beach, which can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops in the charge. This is the significance of the existence of landing ships.

The front landing ship soon rubbed the beach and rushed up. The bottom of the ship rubbed with the beach and made a squeak. Then it stopped.

The front hatch opened, and the internal fire boats started out.

Internal fire boats are amphibious tanks. They are the main force of naval equipment of island countries. Because they do not need to float on the water and go ashore directly, they do not have an additional buoy. After the hatch is opened, they drive out quickly.

Beach landing, with tanks, landing is much easier!

The front inner fire boat traveled more than 30 meters, and then disappeared with a bang.




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