"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A fierce artillery battle was held in Ussuri Bay, and sharp roars kept ringing in the sky, which was the sound of shells rubbing against the air at high speed. The squadron of the Chinese Navy's local fleet and Russia
The Russian fortress of Vladivostok coastal defense forces is in full swing.
In the battle between warships and fortresses, warships often have an advantage. The ship guns carried by warships are larger in caliber, and the armor of warships is all new-style armored steel, which has stronger defense than fortresses poured with steel and cement.
The most important point is that warships are moving targets at sea. It is not so easy to hit the fortress’s maritime defense cannon. On the contrary, fortresses are fixed and are often passively beaten in naval battles. Therefore, fortresses are often built.
Very strong to enhance the resistance to strike.
The defense of the Russian Island Fortress is very strong. The turrets of several 280mm caliber coastal defense cannons are as thick as 450mm. At the same time, in addition to the cast steel bars and cement, there are also two hundred mm thick steel plates installed inside. Russia Island
The fortress is divided into three, No. 1, which are 5 280mm coastal defense cannons, No. 2 and No. 3, which are 5 240mm coastal defense cannons. In addition, there are 152mm coastal defense cannons of all sizes.
Such firepower makes the defense of the Russian Island Fortress very strong.
"Boom!" A 305mm shell hit No. 1. The armor-piercing shell weighing more than 300 kilograms hit the cannon under the action of huge kinetic energy. The solid shell was blown out.
A deep pit revealed the steel plate inside. However, after the shell exploded, it still did not cause fatal damage to the turret. However, the impact force emitted by the shell exploded still made the Russian soldiers inside the turret very uncomfortable.
"Fire the cannon! Fire the cannon for me! Sink those damn Chinese warships!" Colonel Eminoff, the commander of the fort, ordered loudly.
"Boom! Boom!" The Russian fortress's fierce counterattack, and shells hit the Chinese fleet one by one. However, facing the moving Chinese warships, their accuracy was indeed not satisfactory.
"Col. Chinese warships have been moving at high speed. And the distance is too far, and it is difficult for us to hit them. If the combat distance can be shortened to five thousand meters, we will definitely make those Chinese die very ugly.
"A Russian officer said hatefully.
"Silly pig, will the Chinese shorten the combat distance? Will they give up their strengths? Even at this distance, we must let the Chinese know how powerful we are!" Colonel Eminoff shouted.
The Russian artillery kept firing, but their behavior was more like wasting shells.
In a blink of an eye, the battle lasted half an hour. The Chinese fleet poured hundreds of 305mm shells and hundreds of 280mm shells into the Russian Island Fortress. However, the effect was not high, only
The turrets that destroyed some 152mm caliber shore defense guns were eliminated, and the three main turrets were still firing quickly. Of course, the Russian fortress did not cause any damage to the Chinese warships.
"Chief of Staff, the Russian fortress is too strong, much stronger than the fortress of the Japanese, and it is not easy to deal with!" said Brigadier General Zhao Hongcai, the captain of the battleship "Sichuan".
"How can Japan be compared with the Russians? Don't worry, after so many shells, the Russians' fortress was also severely damaged. We will soon be able to achieve results!" Lieutenant General Li Haitao said.
No matter how strong the turret is, it has a degree of resistance. After hundreds of armor-piercing shells in the morning, the shells in the Russian Fortress were also severely damaged. The steel and cement outside the three turrets had been blown away.
, exposed the steel plate inside. As the shelling continued, these turrets would definitely be destroyed in the end.
"Boom!" At 5:35 pm, a 305mm shell fired by the battleship "Xikang" hit the No. 2 Fortress of Russia. The armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 300 attacks penetrated the exposed artillery
The steel plates and the steel and concrete inside also blasted open. After the shells exploded, the huge power killed most of the Russian soldiers in the turret, and all the cannons in the turret stopped firing. Although the cannons were not destroyed, the artillery soldiers
But it was almost dead.
"Col. Battery 2 was hit, and our people were killed and injured!" a low-level officer reported.
"Damn it, the candidate gunner immediately rushed up, the shelling cannot stop!" Colonel Eminoff ordered.
Ten minutes later, the cannons of the No. 2 battery began to roar again. However, the Chinese Navy also found that the No. 2 shell was severely damaged, and concentrated all its firepower to focus on bombarding the turret.
At 5:52 pm, a 305mm shell fired by the battleship "Sichuan" hit the No. 2 turret again. The No. 2 turret, which had already been severely damaged, was once again penetrated, not only the inside.
The Russian artillery was killed and two cannons were damaged. In the next 5 minutes, the No. 2 was hit twice again, and the entire turret was blown up.
"Very good, I finally killed one! Transfer the target and aim at the turret on the left!" Lieutenant General Li Haitao immediately made adjustments.
Under the bombardment of the Chinese fleet's firepower, the No. 3 artillery shell on the left was taken to the rear of the No. 2 artillery after twenty minutes. The entire artillery was destroyed, the artillery was killed and injured, and several shore defense artillery were all killed and injured.
Blasted into twists.
After the No. 2 and No. 3 were destroyed one after another, the remaining No. 1 was unable to support it. At 6:40, No. 1 was completely destroyed. After that, the Chinese fleet then attacked some other
The 155mm turret was bombarded, and these turrets could not withstand the bombardment of large caliber naval guns. The fierce battle continued until 7:30 pm. When night fell, the Russian Fortress did not see the artillery fire again, the Chinese fleet's artillery bombardment was only
stop.
Although the Chinese fleet successfully destroyed the Russian Road fortress, the purple loss was also very large. Although the warship was not injured, the ammunition was almost exhausted. It can be seen that the fortress built by the Russians was very powerful. This is only
It is a fortress on the coastal defense side, and the fortress the army has to face is definitely very strong. The army is not as sharp as the navy's naval guns, and it is even more difficult to nibble the Russian fortress.
"The fleet retreats and orders the supply ship to come up and supply them. We will attack the Qiulijin Peninsula Fortress tomorrow!" Lieutenant General Li Haitao ordered. Qiulijin Peninsula Fortress is much weaker than the Russian Island Fortress, and it should be easy
Then, the battle will be solved. At that time, you will be able to directly attack the coastal defense positions at the Vladivostok port. However, you will not be able to provide support to the army.
The news of the destruction of the Russian island fortress also reached Governor Alekseev. In two hours, the solid Russian island fortress was destroyed, which shocked Governor Alekseev.
It was faded. It was not until Major General A.P Shaoxin assured him that the fortress at Vladivostok port was ten times stronger than the Russian island fortress that he felt relieved.
On the morning of March 31, the Chinese fleet, which had completed the supply, drove into Ussuri Bay again and shelled the Qiulijin Peninsula Fortress. Compared with the Russian Island Fortress, the Qiulijin Peninsula Fortress is much weaker.
There were only 6 240mm coastal defense guns and more than 20 152mm railway guns. Faced with the powerful firepower of the Chinese fleet, they could not resist it. In just one hour, the Qiulijin Peninsula Fortress was destroyed.
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Afterwards, the Chinese fleet entered the depths of Ussuri Bay and shelled Vladivostok. The fortress at Vladivostok port was much stronger. It included five major fortresses and deployed twenty 280mm sea defense artillery.
40 240mm coastal defense guns and more than 200 more than 100mm coastal defense guns. Such firepower is already stronger than the firepower of the Chinese fleet. Moreover, these fortresses can fire at the same time, and if they want to break them one by one, they can basically
It is impossible. The only thing that the Chinese fleet can rely on is the accuracy of long-distance artillery and the fast-moving warships, which is difficult to hit such an advantage.
At 10 a.m., the shelling of Vladivostok began. The Vladivostok sea defense artillery, which had been prepared, launched a fierce attack with the Chinese fleet. A large number of shells were shuttled through the sky, and the sharp roar made the man feel deeply frightened.
The shells exploded on the sea surface, splashing a large number of water columns, as if the entire sea was already boiling.
Lieutenant General Lie Haitao stood in the bridge of the flagship "Sichuan" battleship with a serious face. Vladivostok's coastal defense fortress was even more difficult than he expected. It was very difficult for the fleet to destroy these fortresses. And it would cost a lot of money.
Time made him even more worried about the army's attack. Even the navy was very difficult to take these fortresses, so the army might be even more difficult. Maybe the army would really be thumping in Vladivostok.
After realizing the strength of the Vladivostok fort, Lieutenant General Li Haitao personally drafted a telegram and sent it to the Navy, hoping to persuade the army to stop the attack on Vladivostok and adopt a siege so that casualties can be minimized as much as possible.
While the Navy was launching artillery on Vladivostok, the main force of the Second Army had arrived in the north of Vladivostok. It was blocked by the Russian fortresses in the Syhoth Mountains and the Agathelid Peninsula. It wanted to launch an attack on Vladivostok.
, these lines of defense composed of strong fortresses must be broken through.
At 10 a.m., the Second Army hit all the artillery, including more than 400 heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 105 mm, and launched a fierce shelling at the Russian fortress in the Sikhot Mountains.
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