Although only one of the three shells hit the Michinoku, all three shells were 1,460 kg armor-piercing shells. The armor on the main part of the Mutsu was only 305 mm thick, and it could not stop the 460 mm heavy shell.

The shell hit turret No. 3 right now, causing the ammunition depot under turret No. 3 to detonate, and the inside of the bow of the mutsu was immediately swept by the flames of the explosion, opening a wide crack on each side of the bow, but it was better to break in half and sink quickly for unknown reasons like in history.

The sailors on board immediately came to the rescue, but at this time, the shells continued to bombard. Even if those giant shells missed, they would splash a column of water seventy or eighty meters high on the surface of the water. All fell around the Nagato and Mutsu.

The giant artillery of the vanguard army also took the opportunity to continuously bombard the four destroyers that followed behind, and six consecutive instantaneous anti-aircraft shells fell, and immediately fell around a Bailu-class Fengyun destroyer that followed, and the water hammer formed by an explosion at a distance of 2 meters directly blew the Fengyun destroyer into two. In 2 minutes, it sank into the water.

At this time, the Nagato could no longer care about bombarding the giant cannon of the Vanguard. Under the attack of three Type 94 naval guns, the first thing it did was to evade. As a symbol of the Nagato's navy, the captain of the Nagato, Fukuru Shigeru Osa, did not dare to take the Nagato as a bet. At this time, the Nagato had become a symbol of honor and at the same time a burden.

Every captain won't let it hurt too much, and neither will Fukurushi. The calmness in the face of the cannon had become hesitant at this point. The 410-mm barrel was still raised, but no shells came out of it. The first thing they have to do is keep the Nagato. The Nagato was not only the same as it is now, but it was also the object of his protection during World War II, and eventually remained until the end of World War II, and finally became the target of nuclear bomb tests.

In this position in Yantai, three shore artillery fortresses converted from Type 94 naval guns were arranged, and the forts with a thickness of more than 3 meters were enough to withstand the bombardment of the Nagato. The Yantai area is all under the direct jurisdiction of the base, so it is possible to build such a fortress, while the eastern part of the Weihai area can only rely on manpower. Not to mention building such a thick fortress, even moving hundreds of tons of naval guns is enough to give people a headache.

Therefore, Meng Xiangcai gave up the defense there and led him all the way to the Yantai area. When the shore cannon sounded, Koga Mineichi also sensed that something seemed to be wrong, and he did not stop Furushige's actions. Even he didn't dare to risk his life with the Nagato, so he gave the order for the fleet to temporarily retreat.

But they were at a distance of almost 15 kilometers from the coastline, and the range of the Type 94 naval guns could reach 42 kilometers.

The three shore guns fired more than a dozen shells in succession, and Nagato's luck prevented him from taking a single shot, but the destroyer Taidaokaze, which was closely following him, took a single shot, and immediately fell apart and sank to the bottom. The Mutsu was affected by another near-miss, and the rift on the port side was torn even wider.

The Mutsu still fought back fiercely.

"There is a thick layer of protection on the shore artillery, and it has no effect if it falls within 5 meters. It's bombarding again! Ah, the flames are soaring, what a mighty cannon! "Reconnaissance aircraft in the sky sent back information from shore artillery.

Another shell landed next to the Nagato. After the Nagato began to nimble evasion, six shells fell in the vicinity in a row, but none of them hit it. But a huge cannon shell accidentally landed on its deck.

"Boom!" As soon as the blasting bomb landed on the bow deck, the instantaneous fuse began to detonate a storm that swept through everything on deck. There was shrapnel flying everywhere, and the many devils on the deck who were working as anti-aircraft guns did not have much protection, and they fell to the ground screaming one after another. However, such an explosion may damage the rangefinder, anti-aircraft guns, etc., but the impact on the Nagato turret and the conning tower is not very large, and it is more worried about the three shore guns.

Usually one such huge shore gun is enough for a headache, not to mention that there are three on the shore at this time. The three shore guns scattered on Xiaoxiang Island, Kongtong Island and Zhifu Island formed an iron cable to stop the Nagato's attempt to rush to Yantai Port. The Mutsu was hit just now, and I would never think that these huge caliber shore guns were not accurate.

"Such a powerful shore gun is no longer weaker than the Empire's Type 94 naval gun!" Koga Feng said worriedly when he heard this, this is an important piece of information.

He actually didn't know that these 3 shore guns were Type 94, when Meng Xiang chose a large-caliber shore gun, he finally chose this base cheap goods that only cost one-sixteenth, although the naval guns on the American Iowa may have higher shooting accuracy, but the high price is not what Meng Xiang can afford.

"Boom!" This time the fallen shore guns were not 460 mm, but 380 mm.

The 460-mm naval guns on the Yamato were triple-loaded, and one turret weighed more than 2,000 tons. Not to mention the difficulty of transportation and placement on land, even when the 3-door salvo is fired, the recoil of thousands of tons is not easy to eliminate. Installed on ships, it can be buffered by seawater. On land, he could only bear it on his own, so the shore gun Meng Xiang used a single barrel. Even if it is a single tube, it is not easy, only the gun body has 165 tons, plus other auxiliary equipment, and the weight of hundreds of tons has only placed three 460 mm guns in the Yantai area so far.

In order to cushion the huge recoil, the rate of fire was also greatly reduced. The Type 94 naval guns could reach 1.8 rounds per minute on the Yamato, but on land, such a speed would definitely cause the guns to fall apart.

To compensate for the lack of time, two 380-mm shore guns were fired near each 460-mm gun. For the 380 mm shore guns, Meng Xiang unceremoniously adopted the 52 times the diameter of the SK-C/34 naval guns on the Bismarck battleship. The production of the base is also one-sixteenth of the cost, and the best must be used if you want to use it.

Even when Meng Xiang was not upgraded, when shore artillery positions were just beginning to be established around Yantai, Meng Xiang used all SK-C/34 naval guns in order to unify logistics. It stands to reason that the universal SK-C/34 naval gun can save a lot of logistical inputs. However, for the greatest deterrent, Meng Xiang still arranged 460 mm shore guns, which definitely made those battleships retreat. With this in mind, we have the current combination and create a world first.

Even a 380-mm shell was enough to penetrate Nagato-class armor. In this way, nine shore guns were threatening the Nagato and Mutsu, and two French cannons were blasting bombs near the Nagato from time to time, sweeping the deck of the Nagato and the remaining two destroyers.

"Where did the Vanguard get so many cannons? How much does that cost! Koga Fengichi could only sigh like this in his heart at this time. A whole system of such shore artillery fortresses can not be made by millions. Sometimes you don't always get the money, especially the kind of shore guns that the Vanguard Army now uses that far exceed the 410 mm caliber on the Nagato. After the development of the Type 94 naval gun, it has always been claimed to be 40 centimeters, let alone sold to others.

The Huaxia people themselves will never be able to produce this kind of artillery, and the only way to buy it can be the copycat company.

"It's not like this way to spend money! Even if shore artillery is cheaper than ships, it can only be held in one place, and Yantai is not a particularly important area, so can it be necessary to put out so many huge cannons? Koga Mine complained lamentingly.

How did he know Meng Xiang's suffering. The base can produce these super cannons, but it has always been a shortcoming in personnel training. The lack of naval talents made Meng Xiang only count on shore artillery defense first, at least there were still a lot of artillery talents in Huaxia.

In October last year, the Vanguard Army's Artillery Academy was established in Jinan, with Zou Zuohua as the principal of the new artillery school. Zou Zuohua was not very successful in the Central Army because of his background in the Northeast Army and his own political simplicity. At the invitation of the vanguard, he came. With his signboard, hundreds of students taught by him have also been smoothly brought in.

One after another, the vanguard army dug into the corners, and finally let the artillery personnel meet the basic needs. Although there were still a lot of artillery that could not be used, the new artillery academy recruited 2,000 new students who had completed their studies in one year. There was a large amount of artillery for them to practice, and when these people graduated, the skeleton of the middle and low-level artillery of the vanguard army would be fuller.

It was precisely because the artillery talents were relatively more abundant than the naval talents, so Meng Xiang adopted the approach of shore artillery fortresses.

"Retreat!" Koga Fengyi ordered again with some helplessness. There is a difference between the order to retreat and retreat, and retreat means to give up.

But at this time, the main thing is to keep the Nagato and Mutsu, and the others are secondary. In the face of the two giant cannons of the vanguard army and the nine shore guns of larger caliber, he did not have the determination to fight, nor did he have the certainty of victory. In the confrontation between ships and shore guns, it is often the ships that suffer. And the other party's artillery was so fierce, he didn't think that the Nagato would be able to withstand a few of those giant shells.

Whether the devils retreat or retreat, the shore artillery on the coast is still bombarding. The base of 100 shells can make those soldiers who use shore artillery a very refreshing practice.

"The Nagato and the Mutsu are withdrawing in the direction of Weihai, and the Hiei and Haruna are still bombarding Weihai, and they have no intention of meeting in the past, and they are still continuing to bombard the airport in Weihai." Rat Er passed on the latest news.

"They're still addicted!" Meng Xiang said with a little regret, "Since they don't go over, let's fight first!" ”

"Whew!" A long roar in the sky startled the captain of the battleship Haruna, Takama.

The sound was all too familiar, it was the whistling of the cannons of the vanguard not so long ago. Didn't those two huge cannons just now be destroyed?

He was not allowed to think too much, and a series of evasive orders were issued. But it was too late, just now the two battleships were sailing at a slow and uniform speed of about 10 kilometers of the coastline in order to improve their accuracy, so that they were easily targeted by the guns of the vanguard. All of a sudden, the sound of cannons sounded on the Qidingshan Fort and the Housuo Fort on Liugong Island, as well as Maotou Mountain, Jingzi Mountain, Yuanyaodun, Cotton Mountain, and Chrysanthemum Ding, and the targets were unanimously aimed at the two King Kong-class ships.

In addition to two 280-mm French guns and two 460-mm Type 94 naval guns, there were also seven 380-mm SK-C/34 naval guns. In just one minute, 11 giant shells landed in the vicinity of the two King Kongs.

A 380-mm shell directly smashed half of the bridge of the battleship Hiei, and the captain and other commanders were killed. A 280-mm cannon armor-piercing shell smashed into the power compartment and detonated two boilers.

And the Haruna battleship was torn a large hole by a 280-mm shell directly one meter below the waterline on the right side.

"The attack didn't come from the original giant artillery positions at the top of the pine top and the top of the double!" The information transmitted by the aerial reconnaissance plane dispelled Takama's doubts, and the vanguard army also arranged other positions in the Weihai area.

"Fooled!" When this thought crossed Takama's mind, Koga Mineichi also sent a telegram asking him to stop bombing the airfield and retreat temporarily. There were so many shore guns in Yantai that Koga Fengyi was vigilant, and the previous battle in Weihai was too simple.

"Retreat!" Takama Wan, the interim commander, ordered loudly, and the Haruna retreated while hurriedly returning fire, but the Hiei battleship was greatly reduced due to power failure.

The rapid attack of the giant cannon in two consecutive rounds of four shells has been interfering with the return fire of the two battleships, and the return fire of the other Myoko cruisers has little effect on the giant gun fortress and can be ignored, but the 356 mm main ship gun of the King Kong class is still able to penetrate the protection of the giant cannon. The other shore guns were constantly calibrated according to the coordinates provided by various observation posts and aerial reconnaissance planes, preparing for another salvo.

"Target, Hiei!" Hu Yi, who was in charge of the shore artillery troops, took the opportunity to order. The shore guns used telephones and radio stations to link the entire command system, and could command them in a centralized manner.

A new round of attacks all blasted towards the slow-moving battleship Hiei. Eleven shells were no worse than a salvo from a battleship, and the bombardment of shells from different positions made it even more difficult to dodge. Without the captain, the Hiei did not have a unified dodge order. Unfortunately, a 380-mm shell was hit, which tore a large hole in the waterline on the left side of the ship. There is a huge influx of seawater, and there is no motivation to pump it back. As the sea water is poured in, the boat speed is slower.

"It's fucking exciting!" Deng shook his buzzing ears with big eyes, and couldn't help but open his mouth and burst into a foul mouth. Hearing that there was a 460-mm shore gun, Deng Dayan kept asking to try it.

He is also an old man of the vanguard army, and he has followed the vanguard army since Nanjing, and the artillery team of the vanguard army has been strengthened by Kong Ci and he helped those clone soldiers together. Now his disciples and grandchildren are also hundreds of people in the artillery of the vanguard army. But Deng Dayan has no other ambitions, except that he likes to make all kinds of artillery himself.

Meng Xiang naturally would not stop such a request, and he always muttered that he wanted to try the French cannon.

"This is definitely the king of guns!" Deng looked at the 460 mm gun barrel with a big smile and praised.

The people around are also far away, and when the 460mm naval gun is fired, if it is too close, it can definitely shock people to death. Historically, the naval guns of the Yamato have smashed airplanes, and the distance around the muzzle was definitely a forbidden area, and even if it was not shocked, it would be roasted to death by the high temperature of flames spewing from the muzzle.

When looking at the muzzle fireball from afar, the eyes are enjoyed, but the ears are sinned. Without any protective measures, it is easy to be deafened directly even at a distance of 100 meters.

"Boom!" The third salvo began again. The target is still the Hiei.

"It's fucking refreshing!" Deng Da watched a ball of fire expand rapidly at the muzzle of the gun, and the hot air made the scenery in front of him a little distorted, and his barren language could no longer describe his mood at this time, so he could only follow up with a foul word.

He's refreshed, but the Hiei is in dire straits. This round it received two more shells, but one of them was a 460-mm heavy shell.

"Boom!" The 460-millimeter shell smashed directly into the bow of the Hiei, all the way to the bilge, and a large smoke-emitting hole appeared on the deck. Although it did not penetrate the hull, a fist-wide crack opened in the side wall, and seawater sprayed in.

At this time, the target of the two giant cannons was aimed at the Haruna together, and it seemed that it was getting slower and slower, and the end of the Hiei, which was almost immobile, was decided, and it was impossible to escape the fate of being a live target there.

In the fourth attack, it was hit by two more 380-millimeter shells, and there was another large hole below the waterline that kept pouring into the sea.

"Abandon ship!" Takama said sadly, the captain of the Hiei had already evaporated in the first round of bombardment. This order can only be temporarily replaced by him. The Hiei, which had lost most of its power, lost its ability to drain water quickly, and the ship had more and more seawater, and if it was not rescued, it could only sink in the end. But under the bombardment of eleven giant cannons, how to save it?

Takama's decisive order to abandon ship is understandable.

Risking being sunk by a single shot, the destroyer Nokaze leaned in to meet the crew of the Hiei. The crew of the Hiei also began to drop lifeboats, etc. But at this time, the fifth round of attack by the shore artillery came, like several trains crashing together at high speed.

"Boom, boom!" With a continuous loud bang, the Wild Wind in front of it was directly thrown high by the huge waves of a nearby 460-mm cannonball, and then smashed into the sea, and the sound of squeaking steel being squeezed and rubbing made everyone on board pale.

"Boom!" There was another earth-shattering bang. A 380-mm shell detonated the ammunition depot on the Hiei, and the Hiei was torn in half. Within three minutes, the two sections of the Hiei sank into the icy waters. The rickety Nokaze added to the woe, and it flipped and sank directly on its side in the maelstrom where the Hiei sank.

"Full speed back!" Takamawan shouted loudly. The Haruna also received three shells at this time, but fortunately there was only one leak, and the sealed cabin worked.

No matter how fast they ran, they couldn't run as fast as the shells, and the shells of the two huge cannons followed them all the time. And the goal is the same, they are all bombarded towards the Hazelna.

"The Hiei sank?" Koga Feng was only slightly taken aback when he heard this, and he couldn't care about anything else at this time, and the shore guns in Weihai began to turn around and blast towards the Nagato and Mutsu that were coming. At this time, the two Nagato-class ships were facing a two-sided attack from Yantai and Weihai, and although the shore guns on Zhifu Island had stopped because they were too far away, the shore guns on Xiaoxiang Island and Kongtong Island were still bombarding nearly 30 kilometers away. Even if their accuracy rate is somewhat low, the shore artillery in the direction of Weihai on the opposite side is much closer. Nine large-caliber shore guns bombarded together, and the Nagato Mutsu received one shot each.

"Target, Mutsu!" Toriichi ordered, he didn't care that the Nagato was more famous, he just saw that the already disabled Mutsu was more exploitable to attack, so he chose the Mutsu.

In a salvo, the Mutsu was hit again, and there were already three continuous leaks on its body.

"Turn around, evacuate in the direction of Lushun!" At this time, Koga Mine already knew that he had fallen into the ambush circle of the vanguard army, and rushed to Weihai to meet the Haruna, maybe in the next round of attacks, the Mutsu would be sunk.

The shore guns in Yantai and Weihai continued to bombard and send them away, and the Mutsu dragged the smoke and flames in the sky, and there was an underwater crack on its body, but the Mutsu still insisted on not sinking. The sealed capsule and the power that was not lost allowed the Michinoku to breathe a sigh of relief.

The roar of the shore artillery had already passed, and Koga Mine couldn't help but almost cry. This time, the nine destroyers that followed the attack were left with only two ships, the Xia Yun and the Feather Wind. There are two more ships on the side of the Kaga. They were not damaged, but the two battleships of the Kongo-class were sunk and one was damaged, the Myoko was also hit by a shell, and two of the five destroyers that followed were also sunk at this time.

Such a defeat reminded him of his predecessor Hasegawa Kiyoshi, who was defeated in the hands of the vanguard army and stepped down with the black cauldron, and this time he is afraid that he will have to solve the same problem, right?

"There is a signal from the Haruna, will it be merged?" Adjutant Xiao Ye Daoyi came over and reminded softly.

"Tell them to rendezvous!" Koga Mine immediately ordered. At this time, there were only two lonely destroyers around to protect the dying Mutsu.

"The plan to attack Rocky Island?" Xiao Ye Daoyi asked softly again. When they retreated to Arthur, they would pass near Tonji Island.

Koga Feng glared at him, this is the case, can you still attack the giant cannon there? Now that the vanguard has placed giant cannons there, who knows if another trap will be laid?

"Cancel! Rounded! He said angrily.

If Meng Xiang hears about it, he will also have a little regret. On Dangji Island, he also left a big meal for himself.