The old sailor wiped the sweat from his head and sighed again while looking at the still gloomy sky above his head. Suddenly he found a black cloud floating in the distance, but he soon understood that it was not a cloud because of its moving speed.
Soon, it had crossed the sky of more than ten nautical miles in the blink of an eye.
Booming explosions sounded one after another, and the black cloud that approached turned into countless black spots and fell on the port and pier, causing bursts of explosions. Seeing that the momentum was not good, the old sailor hurriedly threw
Dropped the fishing rod and plunged into the water.
Relying on the water skills he had developed in his youth, the old sailor dived for more than ten meters before emerging. He wiped a handful of water drops all over his face and looked towards the sea, where a huge force had already appeared faintly.
fleet, the Boston attack finally began.
The huge fleet headed by twelve battleships gradually approached, and intensive naval gunfire bombarded the harbor, shrouding everything here in smoke and dust. The Sarr people responded quickly, and the coastal batteries located on the highlands on both sides of the harbor immediately
The counterattack began.
The Saar people were very well prepared, with more than 60 artillery pieces on the fort, including five 333mm fortress guns. After being attacked by the Boston fleet, they began to fight back one after another. The artillery battle between the two sides was quite fierce.
Every gunner is firing desperately, hoping to destroy more enemies.
The Bostonian naval guns generally had large calibers and large numbers. They quickly gained the upper hand. Although the coastal forts had ferocious firepower, they were unable to move, let alone resist the continuous bombardment of large-caliber shells. More and more gun emplacements were occupied.
Destroyed, the Sarr people's counterattack force became weaker and weaker.
The Bostonians were not unscathed. At this moment, three of their battleships had been seriously injured and had withdrawn from the attack sequence, and one cruiser and two destroyers had been sunk. However, the number of Saar artillery pieces was too small after all, and the artillery battle lasted for half a month.
Hours later, the Sarr fort finally fell silent.
Seeing that the opponent had no counterattack, a large number of transport ships came out. The Boston soldiers on the ship began to use the rope net to get down into the assault boat and quickly rowed towards the port. There was a loud bang, and the assault boat in the front collided with it.
After hitting the mines laid on the harbor channel, the entire assault boat immediately disintegrated, and several Boston soldiers sitting on it were also blown to pieces.
The Boston soldiers did not hesitate, and the assault boats continued to move forward. Several assault boats were soon blown to pieces, but other assault boats approached the pier. Hundreds of Boston soldiers quickly boarded the pier and quickly took control.
an area.
Seeing mines on the sea surface of the port, some wooden minesweepers modeled after the Chinese Empire rushed up. They began to capture the mines with fishing nets, and then blasted them. Perhaps because the occupation was still short, the mines deployed by the Saar people here
Surprisingly few minesweepers quickly cleared the channel.
Led by the two destroyers, the transport ships began to sail into the harbor one after another. They docked and quickly unloaded soldiers and various heavy weapons.
Admiral Godard held up his telescope and looked around. He was a little confused about the successful capture of Stedam Port. Even if this was just the rear of the Sars, the defense should not be so weak, not to mention the dispatch of such a large fleet.
It was impossible to keep it completely secret, and they didn't even find the Sarr patrol fleet along the way. There are only two explanations for such a strange situation. If the Boston Empire's character hadn't exploded, then this was a trap.
Admiral Godard felt chills when he thought that this operation might have fallen into a trap by the Saar people. However, there was no sign yet that he had fallen into a trap. If he retreated just because of suspicion, he might have missed the opportunity to fight.
and was sent to a military court.
Watching the army boarding the pier bit by bit, Godard slowly relaxed. As long as he could occupy the port of Stedam, he had nothing to fear. With a sufficient foothold, whether it was offensive or defensive, he had nothing to fear.
They can choose at will. If the Boston Empire's landing causes chaos among the Sars and drives them back from the northwest coast of the Western Continent, then the Boston Empire will gain the greatest political bargaining chip.
Transport ships entered the port one after another, and those that had been unloaded left the port to free up berths for those that had not yet been unloaded. The entire harbor was quite busy, and the Boston soldiers who had landed began to expand the occupied area, little by little.
Search nearby residences to find all possible ambushes.
The landing of the Bostonians was surprisingly smooth. The landing force soon exceeded 20,000 people, and the harbor was already filled with transport ships waiting to unload. Suddenly, dozens of black shadows passed through the sky, and a dark missile
The bomb floated down and hit a transport ship that was entering the port.
The huge bomb penetrated several decks and exploded in the bottom tank. The entire bow of the transport ship was completely blown to pieces. The rear part shook for a while and soon began to sink.
"It's an air raid." Admiral Godard, who had always been uneasy, finally knew why he was uneasy, because he had forgotten the threat from the air. Seeing a large number of Handley Page bombers approaching the sky, the Boston Navy fleet was in chaos, and the sailors
They all ran towards the anti-aircraft gun positions.
Since the last naval battle suffered a big loss, all the Boston warships have set up anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. Intense firepower is fired into the sky, and the rain of bullets interweaves into a fire net, blocking the entire sky. But those who are facing
The empty Saar bombers did not rush towards the warship, but towards the nearby transport ship.
The transport fleet was unprepared. They could only watch the bombs falling on their ships. With a loud bang, a transport ship loaded with army equipment was hit by an aerial bomb. The hit transport ship
There was a big explosion, and some ammunition was ignited, making the explosion unexpectedly powerful. A 76mm caliber infantry gun was pushed into the air by the force of the explosion, and then fell hard, hitting the sea hard.
above, stirring up waves that soared into the sky.
The transport fleet has neither protection means nor good enough anti-sinkability. They will be sunk almost as long as they are hit by bombs. In addition to the ships that have landed and are in the harbor, there are more than 60,000 officers and soldiers and a large number of people on these transport ships.
equipment, once they were sunk, the Boston Army would suffer heavy losses.
Seeing this situation, Admiral Godard immediately ordered the fleet to rush to the rescue and use the anti-aircraft firepower on the warships to disperse the bombers. However, they did not see that some small periscopes were sticking out of the sea to observe everything nearby.
A sailor gritted his teeth and moved the heavy ammunition box onto the deck. The box was filled with shells from a small-caliber anti-aircraft gun, which was quite heavy. He put the box on the ground, wiped his sweat, and was about to lift the box and continue.
As he moved forward, he suddenly saw a straight line of water on the water rushing towards him, and his face instantly turned pale.
"There are torpedoes under the water." Just as the sailor's shrill shout rang out, a heavy torpedo hit the cruiser he was on. Before anyone else could react, the torpedo's huge explosion power blew the cruiser into two pieces.
part.
"There is a torpedo attack." "There is a submarine." The alarms kept coming, and the Boston fleet was suddenly in chaos. Godard looked at the torpedoes gradually increasing on the sea with a sweaty face. He was already convinced that he had fallen into a carefully woven network.
In the trap.
The Boston fleet is now in a dilemma. If it continues to conduct air defense, ships that cannot maneuver quickly will inevitably become the best prey for Saar submarines. If it quickly evades and conducts anti-submarine warfare, the power of anti-aircraft artillery fire will be greatly reduced, and
If the anti-aircraft artillery of all warships cannot be connected into a network, their effectiveness will decrease sharply, and those transport ships will be completely abandoned.
Seeing that he was being attacked on both sides, Admiral Godard finally gritted his teeth and ordered all warships to maneuver quickly and begin anti-submarine warfare. Of course, he could not completely abandon the transport ships. He also sent a telegram to the transport ships, asking the army on board to use all firepower.
Shoot in the air to protect your own safety.
All destroyers equipped with hydrophones are heading to the outer circle. They will conduct anti-submarine operations to deal with the raging submarines. In this noisy environment with many ships, the underwater microphones equipped by the Boston destroyers have limited search capabilities.
, but fortunately, Saar submarines need to use periscopes for observation before attacking. The torpedo water traces during the attack are also very obvious, and the position of the opponent's submarine can be roughly judged by visual inspection alone.
Heavy depth charges were thrown into the sea one after another, and dull explosions sounded one after another. The destroyers of the Boston Fleet began effective anti-submarine operations, while the bombers of the Saar Air Force seized this opportunity and lowered their altitude to pounce towards the transport fleet.
Seeing the swarming bombers, the desperate Army soldiers on the transport boat picked up machine guns, rifles and even pistols and fired desperately. However, these small weapons had little effect on the bombers. At best, they could only embolden them.
Aerial bombs were dropped one after another, and the transport fleet suffered heavy losses. Some panicked army soldiers rushed to jump into the sea regardless of the fact that they could not swim. They struggled desperately in the water, but no one would pay attention to them, and soon
Soon these soldiers turned into corpses lying on the sea.
Those who did not jump into the sea were no better than these soldiers. Under the continuous attacks of Saar bombers, one transport ship after another was sunk. In addition to being killed, the officers and soldiers on board could only be thrown into the water.
There are many Army soldiers struggling on the sea, but everyone is fighting desperately and there is no way to save them. Most of the soldiers who can swim begin to swim towards the port, but these people are in the minority after all.
There were still more and more corpses. When all the transport ships were lost, the bombers once again targeted the Boston warships.