Chapter 211： Battle of Pallas

The sound of the motor rotating is uniform and long. As the motor rotates to drive the gear, a huge seat ring is rotating at a constant speed.

On this huge seat ring, inside the heavy armored steel plate, the artillerymen who had been ready for a long time were staring at the semi-automatic loader transporting the shells to the front of the artillery breech.

Although the Dreadnought, the first ship of the Dreadnought-class battleship, is still in the waters of Ailan Hill, the remaining Dreadnought-class battleships have already been ordered to go south to reinforce the Palak Empire.

With the passage of time, the fleet of three dreadnoughts and seven cruisers has descended south to the coastline of the Bameser Empire.

This may be the most powerful fleet in the world. Their chimneys are billowing with thick black smoke, and the fleet is lined up to form a battle line across the sea, majestic and resolute.

The residents of Paston, the largest port of the Bameshir Empire, are watching a giant sailing warship leaving the port, being broken into pieces by a volley of slender Elanhill destroyers.

The combat operations against the imperial navy of Bameser were completely over without even a tea time.

The sailing fleet that went out to meet the Airanhill Imperial Navy was annihilated within an hour, not even a single ship escaped.

It only took a few hours for the Airenhill Fleet to obtain the dominance of the sea without wasting time, and directly drove its warship to the waters near Paston.

Then, the defenders on the turret of the Port of Paston, which was full of air forces, saw the black smoke that obscured the sky and stretched across the sea in the distance.

"Is something burning at sea? There was such a big fire?" An officer put down the telescope in his hand, turned sideways, and asked the deputy standing beside him. The fuzzy black smoke on the sea level made him feel very uneasy.

The Port of Paston has changed a lot over the course of the year. A huge fort was built here with dense artillery.

The largest caliber artillery was developed by them, with a caliber of 300 mm. The size is huge and looks spectacular. In order to allow this giant artillery to rotate, a very distinctive artillery mount was also made.

The designers of this world have designed an artillery reset device with their own imagination and some of the technology flowing out of Ailan Hill. It seems that there are few artillery bases during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

Just by looking at this gun mount, one can imagine what this heavy 300mm caliber cannon is. Its maximum firing range is about 8 kilometers, which is basically the same as the 130 mm caliber guns that imitate the Ailan Hill export type on other gun positions.

The soldiers at the other crenellations were also curiously looking at the black smoke that was getting closer at this moment, uneasyly wondering what kind of new weapons Ailan Hill had deployed this time.

Alan Hill’s naval warships had visited the Bameshir Empire before, but at that time, three auxiliary cruisers were dispatched to "save trouble". The idea at the time was to visit this time anyway, and bring some goods back by the way.

However, all the shore defense soldiers of the Bamesil Empire knew in their hearts that the rumored very powerful Alansill Navy was definitely not the only battleship that did not seem to be powerful.

"Sir! I don't know... The last time I visited the Ailan Hill battleship, there was black smoke from the chimney. It may be because... the opponent has too many battleships, so there is more black smoke, right?" was asked by his officer. , The deputy replied with some trepidation.

Even the black smoke obscures the sky, how many battleships are this... After a while, there are so many battleships, can the turret hold on to it?

The commander of the Bameshir Empire, who was also worried about the opponent’s too many warships, pressed his long sword at his waist, looked at the artillery pieces erected in front of him at the crenellation, and constantly cheered himself up, barely squeezing out a word Said: "We have hundreds of cannons here, presumably..."

"Which!" Just as he was speaking, a cannonball roared over his head, and the loud sound of breaking wind made everyone shrink their necks uncontrollably. Afterwards, the shell that swept over the entire fort position suddenly hit the mountain on the back of the fort and exploded on the second-tier fortifications halfway up the mountain.

Because it did not hit the main position, this shell did not cause much damage. A bunker built on a hillside was lifted off and a lot of concrete fragments even fell on the main position.

"Who fired the artillery? Where did the artillery fire?" The officer of the Bamehir Empire circled and searched in horror, looking around, as if he wanted to find the enemy who shelled his position.

His deputy looked at the black smoke that was approaching in the distance and swallowed subconsciously. He didn't dare to ask what was in his heart, wouldn't it be those distant enemies who opened fire?

In Ailan Hill’s fleet, in a turret on the flagship Dreadnought Conquer, the gunner put down the phone, looked at his men helplessly, and said: "Gentlemen! The shot just now is higher. A little bit! Rest parameters! Lower it by 0.2 degrees, and try firing again on the 2nd gun!"

As he shouted, the gunner adjusting the elevation angle of the artillery turned the handle in front of him two times, and the barrel on the turret moved down slightly. After correcting the launch parameters, the gunner pressed the launch button, and for an instant the No. 2 artillery sat back, and then began to slowly reset forward.

The deafening explosions were inaudible by the artillery. They all wore earphones to prevent ear damage, and they were blocked by armored steel plates from the noisy muzzle, so the sound they heard was not too loud.

But they can still hear the faint sound of guns, and can still intuitively feel the terrifying power of the largest war machine built in human history that they are manipulating.

A huge cannonball roared out of the No. 2 barrel of this turret, and thick black smoke erupted from the raised muzzle. Accompanied by a loud noise, the barrel quickly retreated a bit, and then fully restored to its original position.

The shell had crossed a distance of at least 13 kilometers, hit the heavy fortress wall, and then exploded violently. The explosion took off all nearby equipment and personnel, and directly exploded several 130 mm caliber shore defense guns into parts.

Before the coastal defense turrets of the Bameshir Empire could report, the remaining turrets of the battleship Conquest that had received the information about the hits began to roar.

The 8 305mm caliber guns are not furnishings. They are all highly accurate modern guns manufactured by Ailan Hill. The shells fired because of the same ballistic performance, and the target is the immobile and huge turret, so it hits. The accuracy is quite high.

Just the 6 subsequent shells fired by a battleship of the battleship Conquer, the entire Port of Paston fort was shrouded in flames. The hundreds of cannons on the turret were all submerged in the explosion before even a single shot could fight back.

The shells stored in the fort did not know which shell was detonated, and the sound of explosions continued. The garrison wolves rushed towards the hogs to scatter the birds and animals.

They were so scared by the explosion, how can they still have the heart to fight these giant ships of Ailan Hill? With the second round of salvos from the battleship Conqueror, this modern fort built with a huge amount of money has completely become history.

At the same time, in the horrified eyes of the citizens of Paston, and amid the rumbling explosions on the fort in the distance, the Hero of the Elanhill Empire followed behind the Dreadnought Victory with a group of cruisers. , Horizontally outside the port.

The sturdy artillery, the black hole of the muzzle, pointed to the downtown area of ​​Paston, where trade and industry prospered.

Putting down the binoculars in his hand and standing on the bridge to command the fleet, General Kasagami, the Deputy Commander in Chief of the Airanhill Navy, with a cruel smile on his face, glanced at the adjutant next to him, and whispered: " Fire!"

His adjutant turned to look at the captain of the battleship Hero, and repeated the commander's command loudly: "Fire!"

"Fire!" The captain gave the command to fire with his chin held up. On the battleship that was already ready, eight cannons roared together.

Because the distance is very close, I don’t even need to aim. The huge volley of artillery is unforgettable for everyone. The citizens cried and shuddered under the artillery, and the buildings in the city collapsed and burned in the explosion of the artillery. .

Although compared to the Air Force and the Army, the Ailan Hill Navy is seriously lagging behind both in terms of quantity and quality.

But this does not prevent it from being strong, after all, compared to the army and the air force, Ailan Hill's naval forces face weaker enemies. Therefore, when naval warships that were still burning coal appeared in the waters of the Bameshir Empire, there was only one word that could describe the battle conditions of this squadron.

In a sea of ​​flames, Allan Hill's Marines looted the entire city, and then drove away amidst desperate crying. Relying on the terrible speed of the entire fleet, they headed south, preparing to attack another port city, Briburn.

Amid the rumble of the three dreadnought ships, the counterattack on the southern front of the Allied countries also officially began. The main force of the 5th Army under the command of General Korya invaded the Jesno Empire. Because the enemy was too weak, the 5th Army crossed the wide Prouts River that day.

Two days later, Kasagami’s fleet arrived in Breben, where the defenders received the news in advance and did not resist at all. They just moved away valuable things, and then left the city port dock dock to vent their anger to Ailan Hill’s south fleet......——

Let's change it today, make it tomorrow...