Chapter 516 also has a Vanguard Cannon

"What? The vanguard army has recaptured Hangzhou? Lao Jiang couldn't help but moan his bald head, and then looked up at Lin Wei, who came to report the news

At the beginning, neither the devil nor Lao Jiang thought that the vanguard army would really capture Hangzhou, but they thought it was another false move of the vanguard army. I didn't expect the feint to turn out to be a real attack.

The news that the vanguard army had conquered Hangzhou in two days immediately drew people's attention from the sensitive place of the Battle of Jinzhou in the northeast back to the south.

"They are cleaning up the remnants of the enemy, and the 15th Division, which has lost more than half of its losses, is retreating to Xiaoshan." Lin Wei said respectfully.

"How many people are there in the guerrilla column in Jiangsu and Zhejiang now?" Lao Jiang asked suddenly.

"They are now numbering nearly 300,000 people." Lin Wei then said. The specific number is not clear to everyone, and this 300,000 is just an estimate.

Old Jiang was silent for a while before he said, "Listen, one of the deputy commanders they led is named Zhu Chi, who is from the third phase?" ”

"Yes! This time to conquer Hangzhou, he led the team to host. Lin Wei replied solemnly.

"There is also a fourth-phase one, called Hu Lian, which is also there?" Lao Jiang turned his back to Lin Wei, and his voice was flat, making Lin Wei unable to imagine his mood at this time. Lao Jiang was most satisfied and stable that his group of students supported the system of the Central Army, but the Chinese New Year's Eve part of his students were all thrown into the vanguard army. It was the most difficult for him to accept.

Lin Wei also expected this, he never mentioned it on weekdays, but when he heard Lao Jiang asking, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Yes." He was responsible for leading the team to attack from the Taihu Lake area, and Lu Shiming, who had conquered Huzhou, was attacking Jiaxing together. ”

"It's a pity!" Lao Jiang nodded and sighed, and didn't ask more about the others, but asked, "I heard that they are still planning to conquer Ningbo?" ”

Lin Wei naturally knew what he meant, and the names Fengjie and Cixi meant Chinese New Year's Eve to Lao Jiang, and their importance was no worse than that of Hangzhou.

"Wu Xinhua, Hu Junwu and others have already conquered Cixi, Yuyao, Shengzhou and Zhuji," Lin Wei paused for a moment and said again, "They are attacking Shaoxing and Ningbo at this time. ”

"Do you think they can do it this time?" Lao Jiang turned around and asked with a blank face.

"It's easy to siege, but it's hard to defend!" Lin Wei frowned, and then explained carefully, "On the second day, the army has three divisions and three brigades stationed nearby. To the north, Jiaxing was garrisoned by the 11th Brigade of the Japanese army, and the 17th Division was also stationed in Suzhou, so even if they could attack Jiaxing, they would soon be counterattacked from Nanjing and Shanghai, and the Japanese army could gather at least 3 divisions of reinforcements from nearby.

After recovering Hangzhou, they also had to face the impact of the Japanese army from the sea while dealing with the remnants of the 15th Division. The naval guns were sharp and difficult to parry. ”

Lin Wei remembered the power of the Japanese naval guns in the past, and he also had palpitations. Although the vanguard army also has shore artillery and giant artillery, how can the giant artillery from Jiangbei be transported in an emergency? When the two battleships of the Japanese army stopped in Shanghai arrived, what did the vanguard army that had lost the Zhenyuan use to block? The Air Force can also parry, but in the Jiangnan area, the number of planes planted by the devils is more, which is actually not weaker than the air power of the vanguard army in Jiangnan at this time. With such a lack of support from both the sea and air, he really did not look forward to the garrison of the vanguard army.

"The self-reliant mixed 12th Brigade stationed in Shaoxing may also abandon Shaoxing and counterattack Hangzhou." Lin Wei said again, "Wu Xinhua and they have defeated the two wings of the 22nd Division, and the others have begun to shrink towards the purpose of Ningbo, and they may be about to join the 13th Brigade of the Self-Reliance Mixed Brigade stationed there." If they merge together, plus the support of the Japanese navy, the attack of Wu Xinhua and others will not be easy to handle! ”

After listening to this, Lao Jiang took two steps behind his back, and suddenly said: "Since Meng Ribai dares to directly propose such an attack on Chinese New Year's Eve, he must have the body of a human naval gun!" ”

"There's no need to worry, our shore artillery has already begun to be planted!" Rat Yi soothed Li Shao's debut.

Li Shaochu was Zhu Chi's instructor when he was in Huangpu, although he was also familiar with Fan Chong, but in the end, it was not suitable to change generals in the new battle, this time he just followed Rat Yi to be a consultant, familiar with the environment. At this time, because there was a consultant plan, he did not intervene much, but the bombardment of naval guns had left a deep impression on him who had intervened in the Battle of Shanghai, and he couldn't help but remind him.

"Shore artillery? Vanguard cannons? Li Shaochu said in surprise, the giant cannon of the vanguard army that sank many ships of the devils and forced the devils not to dare to move forward is famous. However, he also knew that the huge cannons like that were not easy to transport, how could the people of the vanguard army transport them?

"There are also Vanguard cannons!" Rat Yi smiled and said.

"How can there be shore artillery of the Vanguard Army here?" The captain of the battleship Ueno, Munejiro Kucho, was surprised. Because the People's Navy added five Nagato-class battleships at once, he also got his wish and became a captain of the Nagato-class battleships. It is a pity that there has never been a chance to pour 420-mm naval guns over the heads of the enemy.

When he heard the news of this attack on Hangzhou, he received an order to immediately set off from Shanghai and rush to Hangzhou Bay. However, just after Chinese New Year's Eve, Jinshan Island and Fushan Island were bombarded by two shells of giant artillery.

"Boom! Rumble! The waves brought by the cannonballs immediately dented the surrounding water until the shells smashed into the water, raising a column of water that towered into the clouds. After shaking his body for a while, Kumune Yoshijiro grabbed the handrail next to him and stood firm, just in time to see a mist of water formed by the water column sprinkled on the window of the control tower. He had already judged that the shelling came from the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, and at least two. Judging by the water column, such an artillery bombardment is at least 400 mm or more. This couldn't help but make his face change.

"Could it be that the men of the 12th and 13th self-supporting brigades stationed nearby are blind, so the shore artillery on Chinese New Year's Eve can actually allow the vanguard army to be installed?" He cursed in a low voice, but in his heart he scolded the naval patrol near Hangzhou Bay on Chinese New Year's Eve, "How did the Pioneer Army's shore artillery come in so Chinese New Year's Eve?" Are they all blind fools? ”

Such a cannon is very heavy, and it is difficult to transport them in and install them in the right place without knowing it. And how can it not make Yonejiro Kumune doubt the capabilities of those army and navy patrols stationed in the local area?

At this point, the military situation at the front was urgent, and he needed the support of naval guns, so he could only test forward. The shelling came from twenty kilometers away, and the Ueno had not yet measured its coordinates and could not return fire.

"Boom!" Another huge cannon burst into the water column, and the huge wave hit the accompanying Bailu-class destroyer sideways to block it.

"Three cannons? Or is it a fast rate of fire? Yonejiro Kumune thought to himself.

After only two minutes, another wave of attacks was ushered in.

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and the Bailu-class destroyer that slowed down and adjusted its course was bombarded into two sections and smashed directly into the sea.

"This ......" Yonejiro Kumune couldn't help but gasp in his heart as he watched the Hakulu-class destroyer in the distance disappear from the shadow in less than two minutes.

"Boom" There was a column of water against the Ueno, the hull of the ship shook for a while, and Kusō Yonejiro, who was standing firmly, faintly heard someone behind him shouting that the water was leaking on Chinese New Year's Eve. Although the cannon shell did not directly hit the Nagato-class battleship, the violent explosion directly crushed the armor of a nearby battleship. Although it didn't have much Chinese New Year's Eve impact on this be Chinese New Year's Eve hemoth, it made Kumune Yonejiro feel uneasy.

Soon, that uneasiness became a reality, and a black dot on Chinese New Year's Eve flew rapidly from the sky, although no sound could be heard, but the visual distortion caused by the deformation of the air could be faintly felt.

"Giant cannon shells!" The chorus of dozens of people on the deck suddenly reached the ears of Yonejiro Kumune, making his heart rise to his throat at once, and he couldn't wait to immediately attach himself to this giant ship and quickly dodge. But the speed of this steel monster was obviously not as fast as the speed at which the air was dissolved by jidàng, and after hearing a bang, Kumune Yoshijiro's body had already flown into the air and passed out.

I don't know how long it took, but he seemed to hear a call from a distant place before he slowly came to his senses. The eyes were bloodstained eyebrows, and the shadow of the Chinese New Year's Eve vice brother Yongji was vaguely seen.

"How's it going?" Although he felt as if the bones all over his body were about to break, he still endured to ask.

"The Nagano was shot in the bow, a huge cannon was damaged, and the control tower was damaged!" Brother Yuji said quickly, "The Sea Breeze destroyer sank, and the destroyer Qinchao was damaged. The Torikai Heavy Patrol was badly damaged. ”

Hearing this, Yonejiro Kuzong breathed a sigh of relief, except for the unfavorable Hakulu-class destroyer at the beginning, no ship was sunk again, and then he was slightly stunned, and then asked: "Why, why didn't you hear the sound of cannons?" "Although there was a noisy rush outside, no artillery was heard, neither the shore artillery bombardment of the vanguard nor the return fire of the Ueno.

Brother Yuji immediately replied: "After Your Excellency fell unconscious, we shelled him three times, but the effect was not Chinese New Year's Eve. I consulted the headquarters, which ordered a temporary retreat. ”

Kumune Yonejiro knew that he was under the order of the commander of the Navy's Huaxia Front, although this order to evacuate without knowing the strength of the enemy was relatively calm, but he was very unwilling to let go of a cannon in person, and was fainted by the shore artillery of the vanguard army, and it was a bit embarrassing to come out.

"How many shore guns do they have?" He asked.

"Preliminary discovery of four huge cannons, their shore guns are expected to be 420 mm caliber!!" Brother Yuji replied quickly.

"Four inches?" Frightened, Yoshijiro began to curse the patrols and local garrisons who had not long their eyes and let the vanguard shore artillery come over.

"There are two on the North Shore!" Brother Yuji hesitated for a moment and continued.

"North Shore?" Yonejiro Kumune said in shock. If this is the case, the north and south will be blocked by shore artillery, and it will be even more difficult to break through. Before, he also considered sticking to the vicinity of the north bank and first relieving the crisis in Jiaxing and other places, but if he really got to the vicinity of Jiaxing, he was afraid that he would be bombarded by shore artillery.

"The Torikai was damaged by two shells on the north shore!" The Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser Torikai was also a failed shot and retreated with serious injuries.

"The Torikai and the Kinshio go back first! Let's wait a little longer, waiting for the attack order from the superiors! Kumune Yoshijiro pushed away the medical staff who were bandaged on his head, gritted his teeth and stood up, and said viciously, "In addition, tell the headquarters, you must find out how the vanguard army got the shore artillery in!" ”

After the sub-base between Yuyao and Shangyu was upgraded to the second level, six French cannons had already been built. To be on the safe side, the sub-base was upgraded to the third level. Those French cannons were also upgraded together with Meng Xiang's money. Although the range has not changed much, the people who can operate it can assign five people to operate it because Meng Xiang has been promoted to a fifth-level commander. And after the base is upgraded to the third level, it can also directly operate the simultaneous bombardment of four giant cannons in a sub-base.

"In the past, two giant cannons could sink the devil's King Kong-class battleship, and four cannons were enough to seal Hangzhou Bay!" Meng Xiang was very confident in some abnormal French cannons. The cannons suddenly changed from 280 mm in the second stage to 420 mm in the third class, and with the pipe diameter ratio of the super Chinese New Year's Eve, it was easy to penetrate the armor of the Nagato-class battleships.

In Meng Xiang's estimate, it may be that Chinese New Year's Eve and the horn are coming, and they can bombard its main armor.

Although the three-level giant cannon that can resist its own bombardment does not dare to resist the 460 mm naval guns of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the class of Nagato, the 420 mm naval guns of the Nagato class do not have much Chinese New Year's Eve impact on it. In addition, almost the entire Hangzhou Bay is covered within the direct jurisdiction of the sub-base, and the bombardment accuracy of the giant artillery has increased Chinese New Year's Eve. It makes Meng Xiang full of confidence.

For those destroyers and those gunboats, more than a dozen shore guns of various calibers of 1 mm were also planted. Although the handling remained the same, because of the terror of the giant cannon, the ships of the devils never came together, which could make the vanguard army have a little more time to install shore artillery.

Rat Yi quickly received the results of the artillery bombardment, although only one destroyer was sunk, but it was a strategic victory to scare the devil's battleship back.

"The Pioneer Cannon really lives up to its name!" Li Shaochu also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he had some expectations about how the vanguard army got the giant cannon, but there was no fault in his heart.

In the past, there were only a few 280 mm shore guns in China that were considered advanced, and the others were somewhat outdated old guns, and there were even old shore guns from the last century playing a role. Without money, it is impossible to install coastal defense. It is normal to build a shore artillery system and invest tens of millions of dollars in it, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy suitable naval guns.

However, according to the Vanguard Army, it has built a super-luxurious shore artillery system defense on the coastline of Jiangbei, and no one with a strong Chinese New Year's Eve navy dares to touch its edge easily. In particular, the power of the Pioneer cannon, the ultra-long-distance shelling, and the accurate hit rate all made the navy terrified. This time, the battleship that forced back the devil was also because the devil did not know the specific situation, and he was afraid of the helplessness of losing too much Chinese New Year's Eve.

Since the Nagato-class battleships were bombarded with a single shot to open the heavy armor of the control tower, it naturally meant that the threat of those shore guns was Chinese New Year's Eve. If you don't care, it is possible once the whole army is wiped out. Against the shore artillery of the vanguard army, they never dared to lose it lightly.

It's a pity that Lin Wei in the distance didn't know about the existence of a giant cannon, otherwise he would never have come out of the vanguard army to defend the city. Four giant cannons firing together can seal Hangzhou Bay, and the three giant cannons on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay can easily bombard all the way to Shanghai and Suzhou.

"I'm going to be bombed by the Japanese planes!" Li Shaochu reminded again.

"Peace of mind, our plane is ready

Others didn't know, but he knew that the base in Tianmu Mountain alone had established four air finger centers, and the newly built sub-base between Yuyao and Shangyu had also built five air finger centers in one go within the scale of the direct jurisdiction. Although it was too late to produce aircraft, as long as there was an airport, the problem of logistics support was solved.

At this time, more than 500 fighter planes from Jiangbei had flown to the base areas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, scattered in various air command centers. More than 400 skilled pilots were waiting quietly for the signal from the radar station for the invasion of enemy aircraft, waiting for the order to attack.

"In this way, the looting space of the devils is compressed step by step, so that they can't help but want to make another example!" Meng Xiang was in the headquarters at this time, and his subordinates were waiting for the results of the battle in various places.

"This time the loss of people is so Chinese New Year's Eve, if they are in a hurry and fight to the death with us, I am afraid that our casualties will be very Chinese New Year's Eve!" Zhou Bai worried, he was not worried about the defeat of the vanguard army, according to the strength of the vanguard army, all the army forces running at this time can still be beaten down by the vanguard army, it is just a matter of losing Chinese New Year's Eve.

"People don't fight with us." Yan Xishan smiled beside him and said, "People's hearts and eyes are actually very clear. When they seize an opportunity, they tend to take a gamble. But when the time is not ripe, their forbearance is very good. At this time, the European war broke out, the world pattern changed, and Asia, especially Southeast Asia, had more opportunities. Believe that people will not be invisible. I guess people will come soon and talk to us! ”

Meng Xiang couldn't help but secretly admire when he heard this, this old Yan's vision was indeed good, and after obtaining more information about the vanguard army, his vision was even sharper.

It seems that in addition to the economy, he also grasped the issue of diplomacy, and did not find the wrong person. This old fox is really profound! Although Meng Xiang thought so, he said with a smile, "If the devil comes to fight hard, we welcome it and accompany him at any time!" It's just that people are in a difficult situation in the domestic economy at this time, and they don't have to fight with us, I'm afraid they are all thinking about how to survive and save their lives! ”

"After the United States stopped some trade with people, the economy of people became more and more difficult. If we insert two more of them in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Northeast China, I am afraid that they will also be injured on Chinese New Year's Eve. Zhou Bai nodded and said, he knew that the impact of Baijiang, Zhejiang and Northeast China on the devil's economy was quite Chinese New Year's Eve, and naturally saw that after Liaoxi and the surrounding areas of Hangzhou were recovered by the vanguard army, the space for the devil's plunder would be further compressed.

"What is the state of war in the North now?" He Siyuan interjected.

"At present, the 12th and 29th Divisions still have some remnants of the enemy trapped in the Jinzhou area, Panshan County has been conquered, and Kamimura Rindo has been killed. The Japanese troops of the 29th Division in Panshan County are clearing up. Chifeng was recovered, and the 24th Division still had some remnants of the enemy in the process. Xiangyang has recovered, and it is also in the process of purging. Tongliao has been recovered, the battles between Shuangliao, Faku and Xinmin are still continuing, and reinforcements on the other side of the Liao River are arriving one after another. However, the main force of our army is ready, whether to encircle the point and send reinforcements, annihilate more Japanese invaders, or directly sweep away, the next plan still needs to be considered. Fan Chong pointed to the military map beside him.

Every time the vanguard army acts, there are multiple plans to choose from, and if the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army arrive urgently, they can also be put in to annihilate the enemy.

"This time the shock is the main thing, and the quick battle is the key!" Meng Xiang said in a deep voice.

Fan Chong nodded his head and naturally ordered to go down and implement the relevant plan.

"This quick decision is also because there are some other situations presented." Meng Xiang waited for him to pass on the order before he looked at Yan Xishan and said, "The devil sent people over to make peace." ”

"Peace talks?" Fan Chong was surprised, but he knew Meng Xiang's thoughts, and Meng Xiang had always been tough on people. Refuse to make peace with people.

"It's still avoided. But this time it won't be too long. It is necessary to cut off the war west of the Liao River and the area around Hangzhou as soon as possible. Meng Xiang groaned.

"What about peace talks?" Next to him, Zhou Bai pondered.

"It's not that I don't know, where can I easily negotiate with devils? Since the devils invaded China, millions of Chinese grievances have not been dispersed, how can I sacrifice them with a piece of paper? Except for the devil's descending book, the others are not to be discussed. Meng Xiang Zhense said, "Isn't Jiang Zhongzheng also going to negotiate peace?" We have also put forward a condition for peace talks, recovering all Chinese territories, including Northeast China and Taiwan, and punishing war criminals who massacre civilians! Otherwise, there is still no need to talk about it. In order to hint at the sincerity of our peace talks, we will temporarily stop on the west bank of the Liao River! ”

"Wasn't our operation originally just to hit the Liao River? This time it's a favor

"No one will agree to these demands!" Yan Xishan pondered for a moment before he said.

"I didn't expect to make peace with him. On these conditions, it's okay to drag it with him, but it's not too bad to give in at all! Wait until later, empty-handed, and clean them up! Meng Xiang said disdainfully