Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 355 Landing without Casualties

After the sky darkened, the tense atmosphere on the bridge of the Aircraft Carrier Sturdy of the Chihu State Navy eased a little. After all, the fighter planes of various countries are still unable to perform combat missions at night.

However, when the loss data of the navies of the four countries was transmitted to the bridge of the Strong, the faces of the four fleet commanders were very ugly. The USS Aircraft Carrier coordinates the operations of the combined fleet of the four navies.

The air defense force around the Sturdy aircraft carrier is the strongest in the combined fleet of the four navies. In the six waves of air strikes, the Sturdy aircraft carrier was only hit by a [-]-kilogram aerial bomb, and it hardly affected the Sturdy aircraft carrier's combat effectiveness. .

Admiral Long Kete of the Red Tiger Navy held a loss report and said with a livid face: "Such a huge loss is unprecedented for our Red Tiger Navy. In less than four hours, our Red Tiger The Chinese Navy was sunk three large aircraft carriers, three medium aircraft carriers, four small aircraft carriers and seventeen escort aircraft carriers, as well as four super dreadnought battleships, six battlecruisers, four dreadnought battleships, eleven 22 heavy cruiser, [-] light cruisers, [-] destroyers and [-] submarines were also sunk, this enemy must be returned by our Red Tiger Navy!"

As the main force of the joint fleet of the four navies, the Red Tiger Navy is also the focus of attacks by the many bombers of the independent division of the Daqin Air Force and the many carrier-based bombers of the independent fleet, making the Red Tiger Navy the largest loss among the four navies.

The loss report in the hands of Marshal Fairford of the Blood Wolf Kingdom was rubbed into a ball, and he threw it on the ground, and then said viciously: "Now our combined fleet of four navies is less than [-] kilometers away from Daqin Minggang Port. , we will take this revenge back tonight!"

The number of warships joined by the Navy of the Blood Wolf Kingdom is second only to the Navy of the Red Tiger Kingdom. In the six waves of air strikes by the independent division and independent fleet of the Daqin Air Force, the Navy of the Blood Wolf Kingdom also suffered heavy losses. The regular aircraft carrier was destroyed. Five ships were sunk, and two super dreadnought battleships, four battlecruisers, three dreadnought battleships, and seven heavy cruisers also sank to the bottom of the sea, equivalent to the loss of 21 capital ships at once.

Among the navies of this world, aircraft carriers, super dreadnought battleships, dreadnought battleships, battlecruisers, and heavy cruisers are all classified as capital ships.

Admiral Delaware of the Ice Lion Kingdom hesitated for a moment and said: "The Daqin Navy, which belongs to the Yueyang Front Army, except for the escort aircraft carrier, only captured a few warships of our Ice Lion Navy. I am worried that the Great Qin Navy will not stay at Minggang Port at all.”

Marshal Long Kete of the Chihu Kingdom immediately said: "It doesn't matter if the Great Qin Navy escaped, anyway, Minggang Port can't escape, and there are more than 120 army troops from the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong countries following our four-nation naval combined fleet. Wan, the joint fleet of our navies of the four countries can take advantage of the situation and cooperate with the army to capture the foothold of Minggang, so as to open up another battlefield in the northeast of the Great Qin State!"

At this time, in the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen, the flagship of the independent fleet, Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet, sighed and said to Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen: "After all the carrier-based aircraft of the sixth wave of attack are recovered, our independent fleet will go south. Go ahead, if our independent fleet does not leave, according to the speed of the combined fleet of the four navies, in about two hours, we will enter the range of the main guns of the battleships of the combined fleet of the four navies."

Liu Bin, captain of the Xingchen, frowned and said: "Although our independent fleet and independent air force division have dealt a heavy blow to the joint fleet of the four navies, sinking dozens of aircraft carriers and dozens of other types of capital ships, the joint fleet of the four navies The strength still exists, relying only on the defenders of Minggang Port, can it block the attack of the combined fleet of the four navies and more than 100 million army troops?"

Ding Haifeng shook his head and said: "Our independent fleet only has two super dreadnought battleships, two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and four destroyers. Even if the combined fleet of the four navies has suffered heavy losses, it is not our independent fleet that can compete at close range. Yes, and after dark, the carrier-based aircraft of our independent fleet can't take off to fight, so we can only temporarily evacuate Minggang Port."

After a pause, Ding Haifeng continued: "However, the port of Minggang has almost been built into a super fortress. Even if the joint fleet of the four countries' navies plus more than 100 million army troops, it is difficult to take down the port of Minggang."

After deciding to use Minggang Port as the home port of the independent fleet, Su Yi invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build Minggang Port into a super fortress with a large number of permanent forts in a short period of time.

Now with the help of the mountains around Minggang Port, the Yueyang Front Army has built a total of 36 forts, plus 24 forts located in the port. The entire defense system of Minggang Port consists of a total of 500 forts. It is built of reinforced concrete with a thickness of more than one meter, which is theoretically enough to withstand the direct hit of [-]mm armor-piercing shells.

六十座炮台一共拥有超过八百门大口径岸防炮，其中口径超过350毫米的岸防炮就有一百门，包括二十门50倍口径406毫米的巨型岸防炮、四十门50倍口径381毫米的巨型岸防炮和四十门50倍口径356毫米的巨型岸防炮。

其他700多门岸防炮的口径也全都在150毫米以上，仅仅50倍口径334毫米的岸防炮和50倍口径305毫米的岸防炮就各拥有一百门。

And so many coastal defense guns were transported from the world of the Tang Empire. In fact, not only in Minggang Port, but also in the coastal ports in the northeastern part of the Great Qin Kingdom that are suitable for landing operations. The Yueyang Front Army has built a large number of them Fort groups of large-caliber coastal defense guns.

And because Minggang Port has been under military control since it was captured by the Yueyang Front Army, the real situation of Minggang Port is unknown to the four countries of Ice Lion, Red Tiger, Dongxiong and Blood Wolf.

Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, sighed and said: "It seems that our independent fleet can only evacuate to Minggang Port."

Ding Haifeng, Commander of the Independent Fleet, then said: "The coalition forces of the four countries will not end their attack on Minggang Port overnight. After dawn tomorrow, our Independent Fleet will still be able to dispatch carrier-based aircraft to provide air support to Minggang Port."

At a little past eight o'clock in the evening on November 2539, 1000 in the divine calendar, the densely packed naval warships of the four countries and more than 350 transport ships arrived on the sea about [-] kilometers away from Minggang Port. Coastal defense guns with a diameter of more than [-] mm first launched shelling on some warships in the front of the joint fleet of the four navies.

After the coastal defense guns at Minggang Port started shelling, the super dreadnought battleships, battlecruisers, and dreadnought battleships of the four navies also launched counterattacks against the forts at Minggang Port.

As the joint fleet of the four navies approached, one hundred coastal defense guns with 50 times the caliber of 334 mm and one hundred coastal defense guns with 50 times the caliber of 305 mm at Minggang Port also bombarded the combined fleet of the four navies.

Marshal Long Kete of the Red Tiger Kingdom looked at the super-violent artillery fire from the forts in Minggang Port, and couldn't help frowning and said: "When did the port of Daqin Minggang have so many large-caliber coastal defense guns?"

Admiral Ferfort of the Blood Wolf Nation frowned even tighter, "With so many large-caliber coastal defense guns, our combined fleet of four navies will not take advantage of them!"

Admiral Long Kete of the Chihu Kingdom gritted his teeth and said: "At this time, we can't count the loss. I ordered the army troops of the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong to immediately launch a landing operation and take Minggang at all costs. port!"

In order to defend Minggang Port, the Yueyang Front Army deployed four temporary divisions in Minggang County. In addition, six temporary divisions were placed in the surrounding area of ​​Minggang County as a reserve team. The five heavy artillery brigades at the headquarters of the Yueyang Front Army were also transferred to the territory of Minggang County. Each of these five heavy artillery brigades has more than 400 artillery pieces with a diameter of more than 24 mm, including 203 160 mm howitzers, 155 240 mm Howitzers and 105 [-]mm howitzers.

When the army units of Chihu, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong started their landing operations, not only the other 500 coastal defense artillery with a diameter of less than [-] mm in Minggang Port started shelling, but the five heavy artillery brigades of the Yueyang Front Army and four The artillery units of the temporary division also fired one after another, inflicting heavy casualties on the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong Army units preparing to land.

The Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong armies have prepared thousands of landing craft for this landing, and each landing craft can carry a small squad of infantry, and a large one can carry several tanks and a company of infantry. However, regardless of the size of the landing craft, as long as it is directly hit by a shell, it is almost the end of the boat being destroyed.

When the first ray of sunlight appeared, the sea outside Minggang Port was already full of corpses and fragments of ships.

Compared with last night when the combined fleet of the four navies arrived outside the port of Minggang, the scale has been reduced. The four navies together have more than 20 capital ships. Sunk.

This is because the joint fleet of the four navies took the initiative to retreat for a certain distance after losing more than 20 capital ships, leaving the effective range of the many large-caliber coastal defense guns in Minggang Port, otherwise the loss will be even greater.

After dawn, the carrier-based aircraft on the remaining aircraft carriers of the joint fleet of the four countries immediately tried to bomb the fort group in Minggang Port from the air in accordance with the order of the commander-in-chief, Marshal Longkot of the Chihu Kingdom.

In the confrontation between naval guns and coastal defense guns last night, the forts in Minggang Port hardly suffered any major losses. The reinforced concrete forts more than two meters thick could not be destroyed even by 406mm armor-piercing shells.

However, after dawn, a large number of Hidenori fighter jets from the Air Force's independent division, bamboo dragonfly carrier-based fighter jets from the independent fleet, and carrier-based bombers from the joint fleet of the four navies appeared in the sky above Minggang Port. On the top of many forts in Minggang Port.

The only thing that pleased the Allied Forces of the Four Nations was that some army troops successfully landed on the beach of Minggang Port without counting the casualties of the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong armies. Army troops are attacking multiple forts in Minggang Port.

On the bridge of the aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Navy, the Admiral Long Kete of the Red Tiger Navy put down the binoculars, and said hoarsely to the fleet commanders of the other three countries: "It seems that those who want to use carrier-based aircraft to bomb Minggang Port It is also very difficult to do the fort, and now we can only rely on the army to take down the enemy's fort."

Admiral Delaware of the Ice Lion Kingdom immediately said with a wry smile: "However, if the attack is so hard, the losses of the army forces of our three countries are too great, because each landing craft needs to sail tens of kilometers, and ten landing craft will eventually succeed." Almost less than one-third of them washed up on the beach, and the forts in Minggang Port are extremely strong, the defenders are also very strong, and the firepower is very strong. I think it is more than 100 million army troops If they are all exhausted, they may not be able to take down the dozens of forts in Minggang Port."

Although the navy of the ice lion country did not send many warships to join the joint fleet of the four navies this time, the army of the ice lion country sent about 65 troops to act together with the joint fleet of the four navies.

In the forced landing operation last night, the Ice Lion Army suffered a huge loss, with at least 15 dead.

Marshal Long Kete of the Chihu Kingdom sighed and said: "Then what should we do? You can't just give up attacking the port of Minggang! In order to open another battlefield in the northeast of the Great Qin Kingdom, our four countries have paid a lot. price!"

Marshal Fairford of the Blood Wolf Kingdom said at this time: "Minggang is the largest port in the northeast region. It is normal for the Great Qin and Yueyang Front Army to deploy heavy troops here. In the landing place, can the joint fleet of our four navies and the army forces of the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong three countries avoid their edge and choose other ports along the coast of the Northeast of Daqin to start the landing operation?"

Marshal Mochka of East Xiongguo immediately agreed and said: "I think Marshal Fairford's suggestion is very good. Such a forced landing operation regardless of casualties will cause too much loss to our landed army. In addition, our four countries The navy's super dreadnought battleships, battlecruisers, and dreadnought battleships are unable to provide fire cover for the landed army because they are worried about increasing losses. As for the carrier-based aircraft of our four navies, it seems that they cannot provide air cover, so we might as well choose Carry out landing operations at other ports along the northeastern coast of Daqin, and avoid Minggang, a hedgehog-like landing site."

(End of this chapter)