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Chapter 848 The Fortress Is Useless (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
The noon sun was shining softly on the ground, and the Uruguay River was flowing quietly. Several huge white water birds on the water surface suddenly plunged into the river water, and there were some ripples on the water surface. It flies out of the water meters away, with the prey it just caught dangling in its mouth.

There are also a few teals drilling in and out on the river bank, and they dive into the water from time to time to look for small fish.

Even in this seemingly serene tranquility, one can see the basic law of nature - the strong prey on the weak.

In the reeds on the bank of the river, hundreds of motorized transport boats, soldiers with rifles, quietly waited for the order to be issued.

At ten o'clock in the morning, following an order, on the west bank of the Uruguay River, hundreds of motorized transport boats headed for the province of Uruguay from all directions. took this land.

There was no resistance during this period-the Ming army avoided the fortress on the banks of the Uruguay River.

After landing, the engineers immediately started to build temporary trestles for large troops to land.The landing force marched towards the target as planned, and it was only at this time that Uruguay was surprised to find that the Ming army had entered Uruguay Province.

"The Ming army is coming!"

When the telegram reached the Fortress of Flei Bentos, the Brazilian army guarding here had already learned of the declaration of war between the two countries.

"Everyone is ready for battle, pay attention to the targets on the river, the Ming Empire has declared war on us!"

Colonel Shias, who was the commander of the fortress, seemed very calm when he gave this order, and he didn't worry about the defense of the fortress at all.

Although this fortress was built as early as the 18th century, it is not an old-fashioned fortress. After Brazil occupied Uruguay, the Brazilian military specially purchased multiple ten-inch Armstrong cannons to strengthen the defense of the fortress.

"As long as we stay here, the Ming army will never enter the Uruguay River!"

Just as Colonel Chias spoke so conceitedly, eighteen 280mm siege guns lined up in the woods on the other side of the Uruguay River.

"Reload!"

The loud shouts of the gunners sounded from the position directly under the 200rd Heavy Artillery Battalion.The shells laid flat on the ground are then pushed to the bottom of the shell hanger by the ammunition trolley.The [-]-kilogram shell was clamped to death by the pliers, and the ammunition hand who operated the wheeled sling immediately pulled the sling, and the heavy shell was immediately lifted and sent to the loading tackle.

The loading of heavy artillery shells is cumbersome. In the burly and sturdy loading, the shells are pushed into the barrel of the siege gun with the bomb delivery rod, and the guns are fired, and the pyrotechnic powder is loaded in succession. After the loading is completed, the short and thick barrel of the siege gun It was shaken up again, pointing at the somewhat gloomy sky.

Then the gunners waited quietly for the order to be issued there.

"put!"

Finally, following the order of the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, bursts of earth-shattering artillery sounds exploded from the siege artillery positions, and the violent artillery sounds even shook the earth.

Ten thirty!
The deafening sound of the guns in the rear made Ivanov couldn't help but look back. Although he couldn't see anything, as an observer of the Russian army, he still looked there. Soon, he set his target on Fortress ahead.

Compared with the attack of the Ming army, what is Ivanov more concerned about?

Of course it is the fortress in front of me!
fortress!

As an officer of the Russian Empire, Ivanov knew very well what was the biggest threat they faced in the war with Turkey?Fortresses, fortresses with cannons and Gatling guns!
In the past ten years, Ming's arsenal has turned Gatling machine guns into cabbage prices, and fortresses all over the world are equipped with a large number of Gatling machine guns.

Machine guns and cannons are enough to stop anyone from attacking the fortress. Now, he will witness how the Ming army conquered this fortress with 32 machine guns and 78 cannons.

"I hope it will be as easy as General Liang said-it only needs one charge to take it down!"

Just as the words General Liang Wu said in the headquarters came to his mind, Ivanov heard the whistling sound above his head, a bit like the whistle of a train, which was earth-shattering and very astonishing.

After a while, Ivanov, who was at the observation post, saw eighteen huge columns of smoke rising from the sky above the fortress. The huge columns of smoke shot straight into the sky, even as high as hundreds of meters.

The broken rocks and broken limbs and broken arms that were blown up in the black smoke cloud were also thrown hundreds of meters away, and the fort hit by the shells collapsed like a toy.

The 280mm siege cannon is a unique weapon of the Ming Empire. The original intention of developing it was to conquer the fortress. It can penetrate concrete up to one meter thick, and then explode inside the fortress.

Back then, Russia gave them the confidence to conquer the fortress by introducing this kind of siege cannon. Now Ivanov certainly hopes to witness its power with his own eyes.

Its power is extremely amazing!
After a round of shelling, when the wind on the river blew away the smoke over the fort, he saw that the once complete fort had become dilapidated, with several cave-ins in the thick stone walls.

"It seems to be quite complete."

But there was no problem at all, and the shelling continued. For the next two hours, 18 siege cannons poured siege shells at the fortress continuously. Like a siege ram, it hit the fortress with hammer after hammer. The bastion-shaped fortress built with bricks and stones seemed to be very strong, but under the action of the siege cannon, the fortress was completely destroyed like tofu. destroyed.

When watching the fortress turn into ruins through the smoke, Ivanov was dumbfounded. Looking at his surprised look, Captain Li Xiangqian said with a smile.

"How is it? Major, our artillery is okay!"

"It's okay there, it's clearly there, it's the Fortress Destroyer!"

Ivanov said a little excitedly.

"Any fortress in front of them is vulnerable. Haha, I suddenly feel a little sympathetic to them. Under such shelling, even the strongest fortress can hardly hold on."

Just as his words fell, Ivanov heard a buzzing sound in the air. He had been in Daming for several years, so he knew what it was without asking.

It was an airship. I saw several airships flying towards the fortress in the distance. The speed of the airship was not fast, and the height was about a thousand meters. The Brazilian soldiers guarding the fortress had not recovered from the shelling until the airship flew overhead. Come.

The violent shelling that lasted for two hours not only destroyed the fortress, but also destroyed their will. Those who survived the shelling were all looking around the ruins in despair. It seems that until now, they can't believe it. The ruins in front of them are their fortress.

"how so……"

Colonel Shias looked around blankly, looking at the soldiers who looked like walking corpses in the ruins.They stood there in a daze, completely at a loss.

Is this a fortress?
Yes, there is nothing wrong, but when will the fortress be destroyed like this?
"Sir, our fortress is completely destroyed..."

Shias turned his head to look at the adjutant, only to hear him say again.

"We didn't even see Ming people there..."

(End of this chapter)