Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 8 The Power of Large Caliber Naval Guns
On the afternoon of January 3011th, 80 in the Tang calendar, the No.[-] Sixth Regiment of the Star Empire arrived at the suburbs in the northwest of Xingang City. Xingang City was surrounded by the sea on almost three sides, so they could only enter Xingang City from the northwest.

On a hillside six kilometers away from Xingang City, Gao Mingqi, the deputy captain of the No.80 No. [-] regiment of the Star Empire, said to Gao Mingkui, who was holding a map: "Second brother, the cavalry squadron reports, The Liuyun Empire army built several trenches in the northwest of Xingang City, but the cavalry squadron did not find any permanent fortifications."

Captain Gao Mingkui circled the map slowly, and then said easily: "Xingang City doesn't even have a city wall, and a few trenches are nothing to worry about. I hope that Su Yi puts all his troops in these few trenches." Trenches, then after entering the city, it will save a lot of trouble."

Gao Mingqi said with a smile: "That man named Su Yi only has one infantry squadron in his hand. Even if he fights in the streets, he probably won't cause too much trouble for our 86th regiment! Second brother, it's only after two o'clock in the afternoon. Do you want to launch an attack on Xingang City immediately?"

Gao Mingkui picked up the binoculars hanging on his chest, looked in the direction of Xingang City, then put down the binoculars, and nodded slightly, "Order the Fourth Infantry Battalion to attack the enemy trenches outside the city, and order the mortar squadron And the infantry artillery squadron, providing artillery cover for the fourth infantry battalion, I hope to spend the night in Xingang City tonight!"

"Boom—boom—" Hearing the sound of cannons outside the city, Su Yi, who was a little nervous, suddenly calmed down. Su Yi turned his head and said to He Yunfei beside him: "Listen to the sound of cannons, this infantryman of the Skystar Empire The wing should not be equipped with large-caliber artillery."

For the convenience of commanding the troops, Su Yi and He Yunfei moved the headquarters to a residential house on the edge of the city. This residential house is only about one kilometer away from the trench fortifications outside the city.

He Yunfei nodded and said: "Commander, the formation of the Tianxing Empire's army is very similar to that of the Liuyun Empire. The infantry regiment will be equipped with 81mm mortars and 75mm infantry artillery, and the infantry brigade will be equipped with 60mm mortars. No more than forty cannons."

"Our Xingang City Independent Brigade currently only has twenty 60mm mortars. It seems that we still have to rely on the two battleships in Wang Chengliang's hands to let the artillery squadron on the front line calculate the coordinates of the enemy's artillery positions as soon as possible, and then send them to the Jianwei. He Yongxiang, knock out the enemy's artillery!"

However, as soon as Su Yi finished speaking, the sound of the guns stopped. At this moment, He Yunfei said: "It seems that the enemy's infantry must first taste the power of the large-caliber naval guns."

The mortar squadron of No.80 Sixth Regiment of the Star Empire was equipped with six 81mm mortars, and the infantry artillery squadron was equipped with four 75mm infantry guns. After receiving the order to cover the fourth infantry brigade, the two artillery The ten artillery pieces of the squadron tentatively fired three shells each at the position outside the city guarded by the No. [-] Squadron of the Independent Brigade of Xingang City.

After the two artillery squadrons of the No.80 Sixth Regiment stopped firing, the two infantry squadrons of the No.80 Sixth Regiment's Fourth Infantry Brigade immediately launched a charge.

"Come on——rush into Xingang City—" More than 300 officers and soldiers of the Skystar Empire, armed with bayonet-mounted rifles, rushed towards the position of the Liuyun Empire army outside Xingang City.

However, just after these officers and soldiers of the Sky Star Empire rushed out, shells fired from the four 305mm main guns on the battleship Jianwei fell from the sky. After four violent explosions, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Sky Star Empire, because The charging formation was a bit dense, and there were only thirty or so people left who could still stand, and many of them were shocked to death.

Gao Mingkui, the captain of the No.80 Sixth Regiment of the Star Empire, stared dumbfounded at the four strands of thick smoke rising in the distance, and shouted in disbelief, "What's going on? Such a power is at least [-] millimeters." How can the Liuyun Empire army in Xingang City have such a giant cannon!"

"Second brother, it's a battleship! It's a battleship of the Liuyun Empire! The shells came from the port!" Gao Mingqi, the deputy captain, shouted in horror.

As soon as Gao Mingqi finished speaking, the howling sound of large-caliber artillery shells in flight came from the sky again. The shells fired by the eight 380mm main guns on the battleship Yongxiang immediately fell on the No. The gathering place of the other three infantry brigades of the army immediately caused extremely heavy casualties to these three infantry brigades.

"Quick! Retreat! Order all the troops! Retreat to the northwest immediately! This is a trap! The Liuyun Empire has set a trap for us in Xingang City!" Captain Gao Mingkui shouted hoarsely.

Su Yi didn't expect that the army under his command didn't even fire a single shot. Only the twelve main guns of the two battleships fired one shell each, and drove away an infantry regiment of the Skystar Empire. It caused a lot of casualties to the infantry regiment of the Skystar Empire.

Su Yi looked at his military rank in the system, he had already skipped from private to first class, and became a second lieutenant, and his experience became 678/10000.

You must know that Su Yi's previous experience was only 4/100, and it takes 800 experience to be promoted from a first-class soldier to a second lieutenant. It's not the final number yet. In just a few seconds, Su Yi's experience has increased by five points, becoming 693/10000. This means that five seriously injured soldiers of the Skystar Empire have also entered the death list.

The military rank is promoted from private to first class, and the rewards of the system are very generous. The purchase limit of 7.92mm bullets and 9mm pistol bullets in the mall has changed from a monthly purchase limit of 1000 rounds to a monthly purchase limit of 24 million rounds, all of which have increased by a thousand times. , M400 grenades changed from a monthly purchase limit of [-] to a monthly purchase limit of [-] million, an increase of four hundred times.

另外系统商城里面还又多出了两种商品，60毫米迫击炮的炮弹（单价100元人民币、每月限购20万枚），75毫米野炮的炮弹（单价400元人民币、每月限购20万枚）。

The random reward for raising the military rank to the upper class is a silver treasure chest.

Now Su Yi doesn't even have a field cannon in his hand, but there are more 75mm field cannon shells in the system mall. Su Yi touched his nose. Could it be that the silver treasure chest can open a 75mm field cannon?
The military rank was promoted from first class to second lieutenant, and the rewards of the system were more generous. The Mauser 98k rifle, MP34 submachine gun and Walter P38 pistol in the mall changed from a monthly purchase limit of 98 to a monthly purchase limit of 42. Ten times, the monthly purchase limit of Mauser [-]K sniper rifles and MG-[-] general-purpose machine guns has also increased twenty-fold. Su Yi can purchase [-] sniper rifles and [-] general-purpose machine guns every month in the future.

After being promoted to second lieutenant, eleven kinds of commodities were added to the system mall, including five types of shells and one torpedo on the Edward VII-class battleship, three types of shells and one torpedo on the Bavarian-class battleship, and one 191 mm shells.

其中380毫米炮弹、305毫米炮弹、234毫米炮弹、191毫米炮弹、600毫米鱼雷和457毫米鱼雷，每月限购五万枚，152毫米炮弹、150毫米炮弹、88毫米炮弹、76毫米炮弹和47毫米炮弹，每月限购50万枚。

The random reward for upgrading to Second Lieutenant is a golden treasure chest.

Su Yi looked at the system mall with a smile. This time his military rank was promoted two ranks in a row. Not only did he no longer need to worry about the army's weapons and ammunition in a short period of time, but it also solved the ammunition problem of the navy's two battleships.

"Now the infantry regiment of the Skystar Empire has been blasted away by two battleships. Do we need to take advantage of the victory and pursue it?" Su Yi asked He Yunfei. In Su Yi's view, the officers and soldiers of the Skystar Empire who escaped were all systematic. experience.

He Yunfei said in a deep voice: "Commander, the range of the main guns of Yongxiang and Jianwei is limited, and the enemy will soon leave the range of the main guns of the two battleships. If they pursue the enemy, the subordinates are worried that they will turn back. With one blow, without the support of naval guns, the chasing troops we send will probably suffer a lot of losses."

After hearing He Yunfei's words, Su Yi immediately extinguished the idea of ​​sending troops to pursue, "Let the troops outside the city clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and at the same time strengthen vigilance to guard against the infantry regiment of the Skystar Empire, and kill a carbine!"

In fact, Su Yi's worries are absolutely superfluous. The No. 80 Sixth Regiment of the Skystar Empire, from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, has been frightened by the twelve large-caliber shells fired by the two battleships. .

The No.80 No. [-] Regiment, under the leadership of the Regiment Captain Gao Mingkui, ran all the way for more than ten kilometers before stopping their escape. It was already seven o'clock in the evening on January [-]th.

Then the regiment leader Gao Mingkui counted the losses, and found that the No. 8000 No. 80 regiment, which originally had more than [-] people, now had only [-] people left, and a lot of weapons and equipment were also lost.

Looking at the gloomy face of the team leader Gao Mingkui, the deputy team leader Gao Mingqi hesitated and said, "Second brother, there are still some soldiers who have fallen behind on the road. There should be many people returning to the team at night."

The regiment leader Gao Mingkui said in a deep voice: "Immediately send a telegram to the frontline headquarters and tell those bastards that our 86th regiment was bombarded by battleships of the Liuyun Empire Navy outside Xingang City, and the loss exceeded 2000 people. We have now retreated." Arrived in the territory of Qinglin County."

Qinglin County belongs to Xingang County, and the county seat of Xingang County is Xingang City. At this time, the county seat of Qinglin County has been occupied by the army of the Star Empire.

"Second brother, the loss of our 86th Regiment should be the responsibility of the frontline headquarters. Didn't the warships of the Liuyun Empire escape from the southern waters of the Liuyun Empire? Where did the battleships that bombarded us come from?" ?”

The regiment captain Gao Mingkui said with a wry smile: "This time the commander-in-chief of the front line is His Highness the Third Prince. Do you think His Highness the Third Prince will be responsible for the loss of our 86th regiment?"

Vice captain Gao Mingqi shook his head sadly, "Second brother, what shall we do next?"

"Hey—wait for the order from the frontline headquarters. Since we know that there is a naval fleet of the Liuyun Empire in Xingang City, then the Royal Navy of the Empire will not ignore it. Maybe our 86th Wing has a chance to take revenge!"

(End of this chapter)