Sandy Hook Fortress is not built in a pentagonal shape like the previous fortresses of the US military, but a curved single-sided fortress that looks like a crescent moon, so Americans also call it a moon fort, which means frontal defense.
The ability is very strong, enough to withstand the attack of 240 piercing bombs. The defense on the back is not satisfactory. At most, it can only defend against ordinary army artillery. And according to the equipment level of the coalition, the standard is to defend against 105 artillery, but it refers to the 105 high-explosive artillery.
bullets, not 105 solid armor-piercing bullets.
Because it does not need to defend its rear at all, with New York Bay behind it, enemy warships cannot go around to attack it, and it does not need to defend itself from land attacks. This peninsula is a narrow channel with only a few hundred meters at its narrowest point.
It is all sea water, and there is at least a four-kilometer long section that is completely within the range of the coastal defense cannon of the Rockaway Fortress on the other side. The coordinates have been calculated and tested repeatedly. Whoever dares to attack from land will only need one artillery shell to hit them.
It is estimated that one company is gone.
The only thing that needs to be vigilant is what Wang Shizhen wants to do now, which is to land and launch a surprise attack with a small boat from across the bay. Although the possibility of this happening is very small, after all, the sea is almost five kilometers wide, but just in case
First, the US military still opened a large number of firing ports in the back, and deployed a large number of old-fashioned rotating cannons and heavy machine guns inside, as well as two 75mm infantry cannons. At most, they can hit the shore. In fact, this is really going to happen.
In this case, it is definitely most effective to let the enemy row a small boat to the sea and then use the rotating gun to ravage it.
After landing, Wang Shizhen had no interest in taking care of the local Americans and left it to the German regiment that protected him to clear the area. He led his men to drag twelve 105 guns and a large number of artillery shells directly on tracked vehicles and hurried to the shore.
A cannon was set up on a high ground about seven kilometers away from the American fortress. Then the cannon was lowered and the shelling of the fortress began with almost direct fire.
At the same time, four small boats pulled out from the landing ship were dragged directly into a narrow waterway a few hundred meters away from the landing site, and then twenty-eight soldiers loaded two tons of antimony and sailed to New York Bay.
The U.S. military in the fortress opposite had already understood this guy's intention when he started setting up artillery. The two 75s immediately sprayed flames from the firing ports. However, it was a pity that these artillery guns with a range of only five kilometers could not hit them at all.
Wang Shizhen, seven kilometers away, could only watch as he set up the twelve 105 cannons and then roared at herself.
The Americans actually didn't care at all about the enemies that suddenly appeared behind. Although the back of the fortress was not as transformed as the front and was even protected by armored steel plates, there was still no pressure at all to defend against such medium-caliber artillery fire. Unfortunately, this time they
Wrong. Deeply wrong.
The whizzing 105mm armor-piercing bullets were like bullets hitting thin wooden boards, easily penetrating the protective wall in front of them, and then roared into the interior of the fortress. If they had just come in, they would be nothing more than a big iron
Tuozi, as long as you are not unlucky enough to be hit directly by them, it will definitely be a near miss. Unfortunately, when these shells came in, they also brought countless fragments of cement and steel bars with them, just like a shotgun ejected from the muzzle of a gun.
The inside of the fortress was in a mess.
The 105 cannon with a range of more than 16 kilometers is very powerful at such a distance. The solid armor-piercing bullets can even hit the middle of the coastal defense artillery that is exchanging fire with the maritime fleet, and because they have set up positions on land, use a rangefinder to measure it.
Aiming at a good distance and shooting directly, the accuracy is also not comparable to that of a naval warship. The twelve cannons hit a huge target nearly 100 meters long and ten meters high. It can be said that it hit the target. Warheads weighing several kilograms kept drilling in.
Inside the fortress, within a few minutes, there were dead bodies everywhere. Even a 305 cannon was stopped. Two gunners were only half-killed by an armor-piercing projectile. As for those defending the rear,
The machine gun and rotary gun emplacements were covered with bloody wounded and dead bodies hit by shells and cement fragments. At this time, who could care about the Chinese soldiers approaching in small boats?
These small boats should actually be called assault boats. They are equipped with small diesel engines at the back. Their maximum speed is more than 30 knots. The range of several kilometers is only a few minutes. Just when the US military in the fortress was hit by artillery shells and was in chaos,
Four small boats rushed directly to the beach below, and then twenty soldiers carried boxes of explosives and went straight to the fortress. The Americans bravely tried to intercept them at this time, but it was a pity that none of them opened fire near the shooting ports.
Under the attack of five artillery pieces, almost all machine guns and artillery were turned into parts. Moreover, the twelve cannons fired wildly at a rate of more than a hundred rounds per minute. No one dared to get up. As long as they raised their heads, their heads might be hit.
Cut away.
There were smart people who wanted to rush out to intercept it, but unfortunately the five machine guns on the small boat spit out flames and were sieved as soon as they showed up. In this way, two tons of explosives were piled here by twenty engineers in less than a minute.
Under the fortress, a timed detonator was installed and the boat was pushed into the sea water at the fastest speed, started the motor and jumped out.
These guys had just run out less than 500 meters when they heard a loud noise like the earth was shattering. The fortress behind them turned into countless pieces and flew into the sky accompanied by huge balls of fire.
The loud noise even frightened Major General Hawke, who was more than 20 kilometers away.
"What's going on?" He was talking to the mayor of New York in his office. He immediately rushed to the window and looked at the faint smoke traces in the distance and exclaimed. Then the two of them looked at each other there.
"Report to General, Sandy Hook Fortress was blown up by the enemy!" In less than a minute, an officer with a white face ran in and said somewhat panicked.
Major General Hawke took a breath of air. This was too fast. In less than one morning, a fortress that was considered indestructible was gone. You know, it was a gate to New York Bay, with a total of two thousand people stationed.
At this speed, how long can he hold on? A very ominous premonition immediately arose in his heart
"Your Excellency, Mayor, evacuate!" After standing there in shock for a long time, he turned his head and said sadly to the Mayor of New York.
"General, I will not give this order. If the enemy attacks, it will not necessarily cause a disaster. All they want is money, but if a city with a population of several million is evacuated, the result will definitely become a disaster. What we have to do now
The purpose is to stabilize people's hearts and let them know that we can defend New York and then try to transfer wealth as much as possible." The mayor said calmly.
I have to say that this old guy is much smarter than Hawke. He knows that taking care of the capitalists is more important than taking care of the poor. If you evacuate at this time, someone will definitely take advantage of it, especially the poor in Brooklyn, especially the niggas and the poor.
The Mexicans will not miss this opportunity. They learned a painful lesson last time. I am afraid that even with military protection, they cannot expect to be able to successfully transfer the wealth of those banks. But tell them that the US military can defend New York and let them be honest.
If you really wait, you can take the opportunity to safely transfer the wealth of capitalists.
"Okay, this is your business. I will help if necessary." Major General Hawke nodded.
After the destruction of Sandy Hook Fort, it was the turn of two small forts on Long Beach and Rockaway Peninsula. These two cannot be called forts to be precise. They are just two semi-open artillery positions protected by parapets.
, each of the six 152mm coastal defense guns is used only to prevent the enemy from using light warships to approach the coast, and then fire the shells into Brooklyn. To put it bluntly, it is to deal with the poor people in the slums and give them some psychological comfort.
In addition, it also protects the Rockaway Fortress. It is not difficult to deal with them. All the main guns of the more than one hundred battleships in the entire fleet can hit their heads with shells.
Looking at the two fortresses submerged in the flames of the shell explosion, Yang Feng smiled and said to Xiao Maoqi: "General, it will be your turn to land in a moment. After landing from here, you must rush to Brooke as quickly as possible.
Lin Bridge, and then seize and occupy the bridge before the US military blows it up. No matter what means you use, even if you use poison gas bombs, you must do this. We cannot give the Americans a chance to transfer wealth."
"Of course, that is our wealth." Little Maoqi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the U.S. Navy has come out." Yuan Shikai, who was standing at the window looking at the scenery, said at this time.
A total of twelve diesel-powered destroyers and twenty torpedo boats using Yang's steam turbines came out of New York Bay in a mighty manner. Although these small boats are inconspicuous, considering the torpedoes on them, they need to be dealt with carefully.
Fortunately, because they needed to avoid the mines that they imagined still existed, these small boats could not fully deploy on the sea. At most, they could only be a group of four or five, dragging a long queue and rushing over at high speed.
On the contrary, the coalition light warships who knew that there were no mines outside the mouth of New York Bay were much more elegant. More than sixty destroyers and cruisers pounced on them all at once, and the dense shells hit these poor boats without hesitation. In the blink of an eye, the two torpedo boats were gone.
It has been blown to pieces.
Yang Feng was not interested in such a battle. If those cruisers and destroyers let these little miscellaneous fish get close to the battleship, the captain might as well jump into the sea himself.
What he is concerned about now is the Americans' magic weapons. His female secretary just winked at him, which means that the American submarines are dispatched, just below these small warships. Because Little Moltke is still there, it is not good.
It was stated clearly that the Chinese warships at sea were ready, with all their guns staring at the sea surface vigilantly, waiting to start the first anti-submarine warfare in the history of warfare.