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Chapter 1277 Imperial Fortress (First update, please subscribe)
"Healthy male citizens aged 16 to 50 from various farms in this area who have received this notice, please bring horses, guns, ammunition, and five days' rations to the town of Freihead before dark on August 8, and report to the library. Commander S-Van-Remer reports for duty..."

In August 1888, on the second day after the capital was "invaded by the British", such orders were posted everywhere in the Republic of Vasland, and signal soldiers on horseback issued mobilization orders to various villages overnight. , the country with a population of 8 mobilized.

When tens of thousands of teenagers and adult men rode horses, carried rifles, pistols, machetes and rations to various places, assembled and stood by to guard against the large-scale invasion of the British, the negotiations of the diplomats were also in progress. What will be the outcome of the negotiations?
No one knows, but one thing is certain, for Paul Krueger, the president, who warned prophetically when he discovered the Rand gold mine—we should cry instead of cheering, because it will Soak our land in a sea of ​​blood.Foreigners (mainly British) came and they would eventually take our country.

It was precisely because of such political foresight that he tried to introduce Ming capital to fight against the UK, and now, facing the British invasion, Paul Kruger naturally thought of the help from the Ming Empire.

While launching diplomatic negotiations with the UK, Paul Kruger purchased a large amount of weapons from Ming Dynasty to strengthen his armaments. At the same time, he also invited the military attache of the Ming Empire to help him formulate a plan to defend against British invasion.

"The core of the defense is to build strong fortresses where the enemy must attack, such as Johannesburg, where the gold mines are the must-attack areas for the British. Once they capture the gold mines, they can get huge economic returns. Of course, as long as the gold mines In our hands, it can provide sufficient financial support for your country, so that your country's resistance can continue!"

In the conference room of the Presidential Palace, Zhao Wenyu, a major of the Ming Empire, was recommending the empire's fortress defense system to him.

"...In addition to the firepower stronghold at the foot of the mountain with the machine gun fort as the core, the main battery tower is built on the top of the mountain. The main tower consists of 4 base buildings. The main tower is about 1 meters high. Equipped with a 25mm heavy artillery - this artillery adopts the latest long-range fortress artillery of the Empire, which has a range of up to 150 meters. It uses a high-magnification artillery team mirror to observe and guide the shelling, and can shell the corresponding target at 25 kilometers... In terms of internal structure There are usually 20 floors except the basement. There are spiral stairs between each floor to connect the uppermost floor and the top, and automatic elevators are used. There are 5 automatic elevators. In addition to military use and cargo handling, they can also be used to transport wounded soldiers... ...The turret looks like a ten-story building from the outside. According to our design, four 2mm heavy guns are installed on the top of it, and twelve 4mm field guns are installed on the four corners, as well as defensive There are several machine guns... Since the outer wall thickness of the turret is a reinforced concrete structure of more than 152 meters, the thickness of the top is usually more than 120 meters, so its structure is extremely strong. Even 2.5-inch shells cannot pose a threat to it, and the 3mm artillery It can condescendingly attack any target within 150 kilometers, so before the heavy artillery of the British approached, it was already destroyed by the heavy artillery on the turret..."

What is this blockhouse that Zhao Wenyu introduced?
It is a product of the Nanhua era. At that time, Emperor Zhu saw that the Pampas prairie where Nanhua was located was endless, and there were no highlands or passes to defend against the enemy's attack, so he moved out of the anti-aircraft turret of San Dezi in World War II and used the anti-aircraft turret As a fortress to defend against enemy invasion.

Compared with ordinary fortresses, what is its biggest advantage?It is condescending, and it is strong enough.

How strong is Santoku's anti-aircraft turret?

The planes cannot be blown down, the cannons cannot be bombed, and the entire tower is several meters thick in terms of concrete armor, which can be said to be indestructible.During the entire World War II, none of the eight towers built by San Dezi was occupied. After the Soviet army captured Berlin, a bunch of heavy main battle tanks were directly brought in to bombard the Berlin Air Defense Tower G. As a result, the tower was safe and sound.Not only that, during the war, the anti-aircraft towers were also used as shelters and hospitals, where tens of thousands of residents avoided the damage of artillery fire.

It was because he had so many advantages that Emperor Zhu chose it back then, but...in the end, none of them were built in Ming Dynasty.

Why?

Not so much steel!

After there was enough steel, there was no need for Daming to build this kind of gun tower.

But it is different here in the Transvaal. They have a real need to build this kind of gun tower, so the imperial military directly moved over the plan of Emperor Zhu decades ago, and even specially used the airship to transfer the drawings and engineers directly from the Shipping locally to Pretoria.

"Not only that, but its wide turret is also a natural refuge for the residents. They can hide from the artillery fire in the turret during the war. Of course, if necessary, they can also serve as soldiers in the fort to resist the British invasion. After all, in such a Great Patriotic War, all people are soldiers is the way to resist!"

"Indeed, as you said, major, all the people are soldiers is the only option to resist the British invasion!"

Senior Shi Mo agreed approvingly. In fact, the reason why they were able to repel the British and force them to withdraw from the Transvaal a few years ago was that all the people were soldiers. Now they are also preparing to use this to defend their country.

"And how long will it last? I mean a turret like that."

asked Paul Kruger.

"It depends on the number of people. If there are 5000 people taking refuge in it, they can hold on for a year in theory according to the material reserves. In fact, as long as there is enough food and ammunition, they can last longer. After all, every blockhouse has its own Separate deep wells, independent water supply facilities and power generation devices, as long as the reserves of food and ammunition are sufficient, theoretically the gun towers can persist even when surrounded by enemy troops."

"One year, 5000 people..."

Paul Kruger thought for a moment, then said.

"Enough is enough, Major, let's build that turret in Johannesburg, find a suitable place, build it, and if war breaks out, then we'll be there and make the British pay for their invasion!"

After the voice fell, Paul Kruger said.

"However, I want to know what Daming can do for us!"

(End of this chapter)