This morning.

On the high sentry tower of Funing Port, the Cantonese soldiers on the lookout slowly stood up, raised the gong at their feet, and shouted feebly while banging:

"The Jiangnan Army is coming, prepare to meet the enemy!"

In the past half month, Jiangnan's East China Sea Fleet has been harassing us almost every other day. Now the sea outside Funing Port has almost become the opponent's back garden.

Fortunately, there were only three or five warships each time, and the intensity of the attack was not great, and the opponent's marines did not come ashore to attack. This gradually caused the Cantonese soldiers to develop a mentality of laziness.

Anyway, you can't attack the port, and I can't go to the sea to drive them away. Across the wide sea, everyone can fire a few cannonballs, and that will be fine.

On the coastline, the forts and fortresses in the port slowly walked towards the fortress amidst the feeble sound of gongs and began to prepare heavy artillery to take aim.

The soldiers on the watchtower, after beating the warning gong for a while, were about to put down the gong and have a good sleep, when their eyes suddenly opened wide.

wrong!

There is something unusual today. There seem to be more ships on the sea.

He lay on the high-power lookout mirror of the watchtower and opened his eyes wide...

On the sea level, there were one ship, two ships, three ships... Slowly, his mouth opened into a crocodile shape.

A dozen cruisers with a capacity of 4,000 tons have appeared in front of them, but on the sea level, there are still larger battleships one after another, showing their ferocious figures.

As for the small ships with a tonnage of around a thousand tons, he had lost count at this time.

The entire sea level is overwhelmingly filled with warships flying the flags of the East China Sea Fleet.

This is the rhythm to level Funing Port.

The sentry was startled. He suddenly picked up the gong thrown at his feet and banged it quickly and hurriedly. "Enemy attack... enemy attack... many warships..."

In fact, at this time, there was no need for him to remind me anymore.

Among the fortresses on the coast and the port, the troops stationed along the coast have seen a large number of warships on the sea rushing towards this side.

This is not harassment, but a large-scale attack.

Seeing the scale of the South Korean East China Sea Fleet's battle, the defenders on the shore immediately understood that they would face a tough battle today, which would bring disaster and disaster.

"What did you say? The entire East China Sea Fleet in Jiangnan is attacking?" Long Rongting, commander of the Guangdong Navy in Funing Port, Fujian Province, was dealing with a mountain of government affairs. Major General Lu Xian, who was in charge of coastal defense, hurried over.

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"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander, there are now as many as a hundred enemy ships on the sea, including nearly fifty warships of one to two thousand tons, and more than ten warships of four to five thousand tons. This time

Yu Dapeng of the East China Sea Fleet will attack with all his troops, and it is very likely to launch a landing operation."

"What about the patrol fleet sent by our Guangdong Navy?" Long Rongting asked doubtfully.

"I'm not sure. Looking at it like this, I guess it's a bad thing. Either it was sunk or it escaped towards the Pearl River Port." Lu Xianzhan replied tremblingly.

"You bastard, why didn't you sound the alarm first?" Long Rongting cursed through gritted teeth.

As the commander of the navy, he naturally guessed the outcome of the patrol fleet. Otherwise, why would the enemy fleet arrive at the port?

"Let's go and take a look first!"

Long Rongting didn't care who he was scolding, and walked towards the port observation deck to observe.

On the sea about ten miles away from the Funing coastline, cruisers and battleships of more than 4,000 tons have anchored, waiting for the attack order.

However, warships with a tonnage of about two to three thousand tons or less shuttled back and forth, sailing unscrupulously into the port two or three miles away to observe the shore defense at close range.

These warships are fast and extremely flexible. Even if they are attacked by coastal defense artillery, they can dodge flexibly.

However, shore fire defense points will be accidentally exposed.

The scenes that appeared in front of him made Long Rongting speechless in astonishment. The densely packed ships covered the entire sea.

One of them was a super-large ship that he had never seen before. The four- to five-thousand-ton cruiser beside him looked like a small toy ship under his huge figure.

Long Rongting groaned, his vision turned black, and he almost fainted.

The East China Sea Fleet actually built a 10,000-ton battleship, a giant on the sea.

Yu Dapeng, Commander-in-Chief of the East China Sea Fleet, was standing on the bridge of this giant ship called Qiyuan, holding a telescope and looking at the Funing Port not far away.

This time, the main force of the fleet went south. On the one hand, it was to escort the commander-in-chief and the Huben army to land in Fujian to fight, and at the same time, to recover the lost territory in the seaports of Fujian Province.

Another purpose is to teach the Guangdong Navy a harsh lesson and severely damage their fleet, but it is impossible to attack the Pearl River Port in Guangdong.

The Pearl River Port is currently an international port open to the outside world. There are many overseas merchant ships and warships. Once Jiangnan warships enter the Pearl River Estuary, international disputes will immediately arise.

The current situation is definitely not suitable for engaging in international lawsuits.

"The fleet is ready to shoot. After five rounds of shooting, the Marines will land on the beach, and small battleships and cruisers will approach to cover!" Yu Dapeng issued the combat order.

"Yes!" ordered the adjutant to take the order and leave.

"boom…"

"..."

The first shell was fired from the 425mm-caliber main gun on the 10,000-ton battleship Qiyuan.

On the front deck of the Qiyuan, there are two 425mm cannons tailor-made for him. Each shell weighs a hundred kilograms and has a range of more than 30 kilometers. It is almost unbeatable by any ship. The coastal defense artillery is simply incompetent. It is not enough.

Can't catch it.

Only such a large ship of 10,000 tons can install such a huge weapon, which is mainly used to intimidate the enemy.

The soldiers shouted and loaded hundreds of kilograms of artillery shells into the barrel, and the shells burst through the air with a whistling sound.

The soldiers on the watchtower behind the port coastline were having extremely bad luck today.

This huge bomb, which was aimed at random, flew towards them with almost no chance of death.

Looking at the huge cannonball, it is spinning and getting bigger and bigger in the pupils...

"Rumble..."

The giant watchtower was destroyed in one fell swoop.

A dozen soldiers, together with all their equipment, were wiped out with shrill screams and a loud bang.

As the Qiyuan's cannon was fired, the cruisers and battleships with a capacity of four to five thousand tons on the nearby sea also opened fire one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the two thousand tons approached and started shooting...

The sky above the sea was suddenly filled with flying artillery shells of various sizes, and the fortresses and forts along the coast also began to launch fierce counterattacks.

At the beginning, the Jiangnan military government supported the Fujian army with a large number of weapons, including various artillery pieces and 105mm howitzers.

The Guangdong army attacked Fujian, and coastal military ports such as Funing Port and Xiamen Port fell into the hands of the Guangdong Navy. Now, they finally played an important role.

Ironically, these coastal defense guns were used against the Jiangnan Army's East China Sea Fleet.

However, cruisers of four thousand tons with a range of more than ten kilometers are not within the range of these coastal defense guns, but small cruisers and battleships of about two thousand tons are within the range of coastal defense guns.
Chapter completed!