"Boom!" Another loud bang.

The gunboat that the destroyer was following was almost overturned by the waves that exploded.

"It's indeed from Dangji Island, and it's from the island, it's a shore gun, it's a huge shore gun!" The rapid exclamation of the pilot of the reconnaissance plane was heard in his ears. He could see the huge protective fortress of the shore gun, and a long barrel was faintly visible.

"What a big cannon!" That was the last voice of the reconnaissance pilot. After a violent explosion, the sailors on the Wave Wind saw a cloud of black smoke fall from the distant sky to the sea.

"That mysterious cannon!" Kawasaki Lingzhi was shocked, and couldn't help but think of the rumored kind of giant cannon.

The King Kong was beaten by it and almost sank to the bottom of the sea, and the Kwantung Army had gathered almost a division thirty kilometers away from Shanhaiguan at this time, but still did not come up with an effective way to deal with this huge artillery.

"It shoots so far that it can hit twenty nautical miles away. The speed of the launch is also fast, probably three seats arranged together. But the accuracy rate is high. If you're not a battleship like the Michinoku, don't try to attack it with naval guns. Before you could attack it, your ship would have sunk after a dozen or so shells. Kawasaki Ryozaki's mind came to mind the horrified words of an officer serving on the Kongo.

The remaining sailors on the King Kong have been recuperating since they returned, and they have not sailed until now. can only be beaten passively, and the feeling of death hanging over the head from time to time makes people too helpless. The King Kong suffered several shells and suffered many losses, and it will have to wait until at least next summer to complete the overhaul.

"Retreat!" Kawasaki Lingzhi did not dare to take risks, and a large-caliber shore gun that could hit thirty kilometers away was not something that his Nabokaze could compete with. All he could do was pass this information back.

"Boom!" The Bokaze, which had turned around at the rudder, could not wait for it to withdraw, but it was bombarded by a huge cannon shell. The Bofeng is not a 10,000-ton King Kong, and with a full load displacement of only 1,650 tons, it really can't withstand the 280 mm shells of the French cannon. The shell hit the No. 1 boiler at the very front, which made matters worse. The huge explosion tore the Nakaze in two, and soon the sea water submerged the stern of the Nakaze, dragging the many sailors who had fallen into the sea and sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Huaxia's future naval establishment also lacked one of its adapted Shenyang.

"Quick, report quickly, Vanguard...... Installed on the island, that kind of cannon. Kawasaki Lingzhi, who was lucky enough to escape and was rescued, turned blue with cold, and trembled and instructed the captain of the gunboat who salvaged the soldiers who fell into the water.

"Boom!" The explosion sounded nearby again.

Although the 100-ton gunboat had a small target and was not easy to hit, it was still almost overturned by the huge wave set off by the explosion. But after sending the signal, it continued to insist on salvaging the surviving devils.

"Let's go back!" Kawasaki Ryozi said sadly. The shouts on the sea gradually weakened, and of the 154 devil officers and soldiers on the Bofeng, only more than 30 people were rescued, and the rest were swallowed up in the icy water. After three misses, the cannon stopped bombardment.

"That's it. This is just a warning to them that the island chain of the Miaodao archipelago has been locked by us. The devil's ship needs to be detoured. Meng Xiang said with a smile to Hu Yi, who had just finished the shelling. These two French cannons belonged to the Yantai Qixia sub-base and were directly deployed on Dangji Island. It could even bombard Fushun directly, but in order not to cause the horror of the world, Meng Xiang still suppressed the firing distance, and more than 40 kilometers was enough to control most of the Bohai Strait. If the devil's ship wants to pass from here, it needs to cling to the vicinity of Fushun. And under the cover of giant artillery, the submarines of the vanguard army can also attack more unscrupulously.

The information of Kawasaki Ryshi had not yet arrived, and the commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, was already having a headache about the giant cannon at this time.

The 12th Division of the Kwantung Army Rescue Pass was blocked outside the Shanhai Pass at this time and could not pass. And the most threatening of them all is the cannon.

The cannon had a long range, blowing up many railroads along the way, and also blowing up a military column, which made the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army have to rush over little by little. But it is only 30 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan. As soon as you get closer, the cannon starts to roar. Although Meng Xiang had extended it to one shot every five minutes for fear of being frightened by the world, the two giant cannons came in turn, and they had to take a giant cannonball in less than three minutes, which still made the devil have to consider the huge losses.

The attack in the air has been proven to be ineffective, not to mention the blocking of more than 50 thunderbolts in the center of the Qinhuangdao Air Finger, even on the Canglong that stays in the port of Qinhuangdao, there are also dozens of hellcats participating in the defense.

The attack of the surface ships was also sunk by the giant cannon thirty kilometers away, and after proving that it could attack both land and sea, the method of attacking at sea also failed. Thinking of what happened to the Kongo, it could only be effective unless it was a dispatch of Nagato-class battleships.

But both the Nagato and the Mutsu were guarding their homes at this time.

It was not a way to sit back and wait for the giant cannon to be consumed, and more than 200 shells of the giant cannon had fallen, but the sound of the cannon still echoed outside the Shanhai Pass.

"I can only attack!" Kenkichi Ueda finally decided. Reinforcements from the vanguard army are coming in a steady stream. At this time, Qinhuangdao was already stationed in the 180th Division of Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army. But there are still troops rushing in this direction, and if we wait until the vanguard army has gained a foothold, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to attack them.

The commander of the 12th Division, Uemura Seitaro, could only attack head-on when he heard this.

"Rushing all the way like this, it's too much of a loss." Staff officer Ryoyoshi Tanaka persuaded. Thirty kilometers are constantly under shelling, it is impossible to fight back, not to mention the dead, even the living are prone to collapse.

"I can only speed it up!" Kiyotaro Uemura also said with heartache. In this battle, I am afraid that the 12th Division will be greatly damaged.

Thirty kilometers were passed without the support of railways and could only be passed quickly by cars and horses. It takes almost an hour to run to the bottom of Shanhaiguan. Even if the rate of bombardment of the giant artillery slows down, it will take a bombardment of one or two dozen shells, and the loss of at least hundreds of people. Although it is distressing, it is also acceptable.

For this attack, the whole division and the surrounding places were concentrated with vehicles and horses. The 3rd Tank Wing was also supported from above.

Uemura Kiyotaro watched the 12th Cavalry Wing plus the 48th Wing, and Kokura's 14th Wing rush forward together in various means of transportation, and watched the dust raised by the 3rd Tank Wing fall before urging the 46th Wing to speed up. The 46th Wing had already made a detour from the mountains to the north.

In winter, it snowed and the mountain roads were difficult to walk, and although the 46th Wing evaded the bombardment of the huge artillery with the help of the mountains, it walked for a day and only marched 20 kilometers towards Shanhaiguan. It was because they were not far from Shanhaiguan that they had this frontal charge.

Radar and reconnaissance planes in the air have already detected the devil's movements. Thirty devil planes flew in the sky to involve the air force of the vanguard army. They were also greatly annoyed by the losses from the attack of the Vanguard aircraft on the ground forces the other day. With the participation of devil fighters in the battle, at least it is not so easy to prevent the vanguard army aircraft from attacking the ground.

But the protagonist of this scene is the French cannon.

Even if the devils charge and disperse, if they go down, they will fall down with people and horses, and once those trucks are overturned, they will be wiped out. When waiting for the cannon to fall overhead, it is easier for people to crush their hearts. Whenever the shells fell in the distance, the sound of relief was always heard in unison.

So far, the firing speed of the giant cannon has not decreased at all, but has increased, and the two cannons take turns firing, and in less than two minutes, a cannon sound sounds. The 13th Division had experienced such a scene when it was in Xuzhou, they at least had a place to hide, and these devils of the 12th Division could only rush forward desperately. In the face of such a scene, the accuracy of the giant cannon is nothing. You can only blast at crowded places. And it takes time for the muzzle to move, so although the frequency of the cannon attack has increased, the devil's offensive is still the same.

"Half of the run!" After receiving the news of the progress, Kiyotaro Uemura was also slightly relieved. The loss of three or four hundred people is still acceptable.

"How far away? It's almost there, right? Yokoji Ueno huddled inside the truck, opposite a dozen nervous faces with beads of sweat. The sound of the truck's engine and the thin tarpaulin could not hide the roar of the cannon and the screams of the fallen devils, and the sound of horses' hooves beating the earth shook and churned until one of the notes stopped, and the mourning of the horses was heard. Every second is like someone tightening the invisible rope around their neck, making people gasp. After each loud bang, the sound of heavy exhalation echoed through the car. But then he began to wait with bated breath.

"Be careful, cannonballs!" Someone outside the car shouted.

Yokoji Ueno's heart tightened suddenly, and before he could grab his seat, the truck was already overturned like a child's toy by the huge shock wave of a giant cannon shell falling to the ground. Thrown out of the carriage, Yokoji Ueno saw a huge crater, the barrel of a chariot stuck upside down in the dirt, and then the ground with remnants of snow getting closer and closer. The huge impact of hitting the ground squeezed out a mouthful of blood into his lungs, spurted out far away, and after a few rolls, he finally fainted.

"It's not far away!" Shimonome crouched on the saddle, constantly looking at the blue-gray area in the distance, where was the Great Wall, where was Shanhaiguan. This short distance really allowed the chain of death to be dragged around his neck. Along the way, fallen horses and overturned burning vehicles can be seen everywhere.

If he is unlucky, he will also become one of them and fall in the icy snow.

He looked at the tired and panting war horse, and he also understood in his heart that the horse galloped for a long time, and when he ran in front of Shanhaiguan, the horse that was originally used to transport and pull goods had completed its mission. But he flicked his whip and whipped it on the horse's buttocks, and the slowing horse couldn't help but speed up a little.

"Speed up, avoid the cars, avoid the crowds, avoid the ......," he thought silently, and ran forward as he spurred. But a familiar screech came from the sky, but it sounded something different. When Shimonomezo looked up, a black dot in the sun's halo was getting closer and closer, and his somewhat dull pupils were getting bigger and bigger.

"Why are you banging this way?" It was the only thought in his mind, but unfortunately his neck was already stiff and he didn't notice that on the other side of him, a truck dragging a Type 92 cannon had just been overtaken by him.

"Boom!" After a loud bang, next to the barrel of the distorted Type 92 cannon, only half of the horse's butt was left, and it smelled of burnt.

Without artillery, it was simply impossible to capture Shanhaiguan. Artillery was also mounted on vehicles or horses speeding forward. But the slow speed became the best target for the cannon. The four Type 12 cannons transported by the 12th Division with the 92 division have been scattered by the giant artillery. The six more agile and lightweight Type 94 75-mm mountain guns that accompanied them were also scattered.

Even if the 12th Division still had a large number of 100-mm cannons, they did not dare to transport them, and they could only wait to be bombed there. On the contrary, the 75 mountain guns and 70 infantry guns are more convenient, and they can be transferred from place to place with one shot.

"It's safe when it's close!" Saburo Ogura said in his heart. Giant cannons like that have a close range limit. If you are too close, you will not be able to attack. Although mountain artillery and infantry artillery could not be bombarded at a long distance, according to reconnaissance, it should be safe to go down the Shanhai Pass.

"Boom, boom!" Without waiting for him to be lucky, he rushed to look at the Shanhaiguan Pass, which was getting clearer and clearer. The continuous sound of shelling shattered his sweet dreams.

"How did the vanguard army deploy so many cannons so quickly?" His last vague thought was that no one had come to tell him the answer.

He didn't know that Qinhuangdao behind Shanhaiguan was already a large barracks at this time, and its strength had exceeded the imagination of the commander of the 12th Division, Kiyotaro Uemura, and the commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda.

In Meng Xiang's arrangement, in addition to the 180th Division stationed in Qinhuangdao, Sun Liren's 18th Division was also pushed to the area of Luan County, Tangshan. Two shipyards have been built in Qinhuangdao, the command tower of the air command center has been erected early, and the two tank factories have directly fired T-34s and a large number of heavy guns.

The artillery deployed near Shanhaiguan was not only the two giant cannons. At this time, at least fifty heavy artillery pieces of more than 105 mm caliber were bombarding the attacking devil army, including eight 203 mm heavy guns.