Chapter 1328 The Golden City of the Boers (Second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
On the desolate South African plateau, a group of British soldiers were marching in the direction of Johannesburg. After a year of fighting, relying on their size advantage, the British army finally invaded South Africa - after paying a heavy price.
, they captured Kimberley.
A month ago, in order to destroy South Africa's economic foundation, they resolutely decided to attack Johannesburg. After all, here is the largest gold mine in the world. With the gold produced locally, the Boers had to purchase a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
"Capturing Johannesburg is the first step to defeating the Boers!"
As a result, Johannesburg almost became the key point in this war.
As this group of British soldiers marched in formation, what they didn't know was that someone was staring at them 30 kilometers away. That was the No. 2 turret in Johannesburg. In the past half month, this building on a hill had
The gun tower, which is tens of meters high, has been withstanding the most violent artillery fire in human history. The British army mobilized a large number of artillery and troops launched an attack on it, but their attacks were defeated.
Although its walls were covered with bullet marks, it still stood motionless in the smoke of gunpowder, standing tenaciously in the smoke of gunpowder.
"Target position..."
Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery, in the armored observation post on the top of the turret, the artillery observer loudly gave the position with the help of the artillery crew. Soon the left turret learned the enemy's distance and position through the phone. The gunner in the turret immediately began to install
After a 100-kilogram 203mm grenade and a powder bag were loaded into the chamber, while closing the breech, the gunners immediately raised the firing angle to 42 degrees and adjusted the position at the same time. Ten seconds later, accompanied by a sound
There was a deafening sound of artillery, and the turret on the top of the turret fired again.
This 203mm artillery with a barrel of 55 times is the latest product of the Ming Empire. It is famous for its long range, with a maximum range of up to 31,800 meters. It is precisely because of its long range that after the British attacked Johannesburg, the city
The six gun towers outside are not only six solid fortresses, but their long-range artillery has also dealt heavy losses to the British army time and time again.
The combination of long-range heavy artillery and 16 times artillery scope became the Boer's trump card, giving the British fatal blows time and time again.
When the newly added British troops of this battalion were marching, they were not aware of the danger. Suddenly, with a sharp whistle, artillery shells accurately landed nearby. In the violent explosion, steel fragments and
The rising dust and smoke swept across the marching team like a whirlwind.
The roaring debris tore at the bodies of the mute people, and the shock wave blew their bodies into the air. While they were thrown into the air like dolls, the injured who fell on the ground let out heart-rending screams.
Howls and cries.
I don't know how many people lost their lives before they even had time to react.
When the smoke cleared, the originally mighty team had turned into a group of defeated soldiers. The messy battlefield was littered with corpses.
Such long-range bombardment has undoubtedly been extremely deadly to the British in the past half month. Countless British troops have been bombarded dozens of kilometers away from the front line.
Faced with such bombardment, they had almost no power to fight back. They could only stand there helplessly and endure the long-range attacks.
"Damned Boers!"
Standing in the observation post, General Colley's brows knitted together. Even though he was cursing like this, his tone was full of helplessness.
"General, we can see that the Boers' long-range heavy artillery can bombard our troops from 15 miles away, but what about us? Our longest-range artillery can only bombard targets twelve miles away..."
Chief of Staff Haisim said rather helplessly when reporting.
"Now, whenever our artillery approaches, they will bombard our artillery positions with heavy artillery. These artillery towers rely on long-range heavy artillery to completely suppress our firepower, giving our people no chance to even get close to the Boer defense lines.
, General, unless we can destroy these fortresses, it will be impossible for us to capture Johannesburg."
In the past few days, Johannesburg's six turrets have become the most difficult fortress to conquer in the city. The turrets are so strong and the defensive firepower is so powerful that the British army even wants to take a detour, but the problem is that they cannot detour at all.
In the past, the city was protected by these six fortresses!
"Ming dynasty……"
"What?"
General Corley's words stunned Haisim.
"This kind of artillery tower with a height of tens of meters was designed by the Ming Dynasty. They designed this kind of turret more than 20 years ago. Its walls are made of reinforced concrete up to 8 feet thick, and the top is even thicker. The Ming Dynasty
The empire originally planned to use it to strengthen the defense line of the Pampas grassland. After all, it was a grassland. However, due to the rise of the empire, it has been stuck in the drawing stage. Now the engineers of the Ming Empire not only helped the Boers build such a fortress
, and also gave their most advanced long-range coastal defense artillery to the Boers, which is why they were able to suppress us with artillery..."
Curley put down the telescope in his hand and said with suppressed anger.
"What we can see is that after the war broke out, the Ming Empire seemed to ban the export of arms to Boer, but in fact? They not only sent a steady stream of arms here, but also sent a lot of advanced arms, and finally
The advanced kind, tens of thousands of British soldiers died under the weapons made by Ming Dynasty..."
Now Colley seems to understand the pain of the Americans. During the Civil War, even though the North seemed to have blocked the South, or the South could still obtain a large amount of arms through smuggling, most of the arms were provided by the Ming Empire.
which provided!
What now?
The Ming Empire just repeated its old tricks. While they declared an embargo, they sold large quantities to the Boers.
"Yes, General, as long as the Boers can still pay gold, they will sell a steady stream of weapons to the Boers. So, General, no matter what, we must capture Johannesburg."
Haisim said firmly,
"Gold! The gold in Johannesburg is the basis for the Boers to fight. Without gold, they will not be able to buy arms. Without arms, they will not be able to continue this war. As long as Johannesburg is occupied, the Boers will have no gold.
If we lose gold, the war will be over..."
General Corley nodded and said with deep approval.
"So, we must capture this place and occupy this gold mine regardless of the cost!"
It was only by occupying this gold mine that the resistance of the Boers could stop. Of course, their resistance would not stop immediately, but without gold and sources of funds, the resistance of those who do not play with people cannot continue. In the end, they
Will definitely surrender.
But now it is precisely because of the gold here that they can continuously purchase a large number of weapons from the international market. Moreover, those weapons are still the most advanced in the world. I don't know how many British people have died in those weapons.
"Gold... as long as we occupy this gold mine, many people will lose not only gold, but the motivation to continue this war..."