What is the explosive power of five hundred tons of antimony? Anyway, Emperor Yang, who was more than ten kilometers away, seemed to be no less powerful than the little mushroom he detonated back then.
I saw a huge fireball next to Fort Wordsworth, like a fire demon under the ground, instantly pushing the three thousand-ton merchant ship apart. The disintegrated hull flew around at a speed that could barely be discerned with the naked eye, and the fire pushed the broken pieces apart.
The steel plates swept across everything like the scythe of death. The American soldiers on the pier flew away, and the pier also turned into pieces and flew away. The surrounding merchant ships that were preparing to block the waterway also flew away like toys. Everything was under this terrifying impact.
As it flew up, even the seawater spread out like huge waves of a tsunami. Almost instantly, the flames of the explosion hit Fort Wordsworth, which was less than fifty meters away from the pier.
This trapezoidal three-sided castle turned into countless pieces and sprayed out like a sand sculpture that had been kicked by a naughty child. Then the entire fortress completely disappeared in the firelight, and then the firelight finally stopped, but the explosion
But the shock wave is still expanding at a terrifying speed, sweeping everything around like the giant hand of the gods. Even the two destroyers two hundred meters away were pushed out sideways, and the three torpedo boats next to them were even knocked into pieces by the impact.
The pieces flew up.
As for the torpedo positions of the shore defense, they were wiped out from the ground in an instant.
"I think we used a little too much explosives." Xiao Maoqi said with a white face as he looked at the waves of more than ten meters high that were stirred up by the explosion in the distance. At this time, the angry waves had swallowed up the sea that was almost a kilometer away.
Major Intz and their small boat were simultaneously devouring everything on the sea with brutal power.
Only then did the explosion sound come.
After Xiao Maoqi said this, he immediately got into the cabin of the Nautilus without much energy. Emperor Yang immediately woke up and rushed in faster than him. He pushed Yuan Shikai who had not yet woken up and got in directly.
Fortunately, Little Maoqi, who was following behind, easily dragged Big Touou into his sponge room, which was specially used for having fun with his concubines.
Severa on the Friedrich III was also so frightened by the monster created by Emperor Yang that his face turned pale.
"Go south, go south at full speed!" He pushed away the frightened Tirpici next to him, and then let out a heartbreaking scream.
Fortunately, at this time, all the warships were outside the entrance to New York Bay in order to avoid the range of Fort Wordsworth's coastal defense guns. Those captains were all veteran. When they saw this scene, they all turned the steering wheel towards Sandy.
The southern part of the Hook Peninsula fled at full speed, and Emperor Yang's Nautilus even reached its speed limit, finally escaping the frontal impact before the wall-like raging waves arrived.
Of course, they just escaped the frontal impact. The furious waves easily submerged the Sandy Hook Peninsula and the Rockaway Peninsula, and then spread in the vast open sea. However, the power had been greatly weakened by this time, and the impact on the fleet was barely acceptable.
However, a dozen destroyers reacted particularly strongly to the impact because they were too small, resulting in hundreds of casualties among the crew.
"Damn it, mistake, mistake!" Emperor Yang climbed out of his vagina and said with embarrassment as he looked at the messy fleet on the sea.
"It's just a little accident. There will always be accidents in war, but Your Majesty, we seem to have an extra trouble now. Have you ever thought about it? Those mines must no longer be in their original positions by now." Little Maoqi pointed at Sandy Hook.
On the beach of the peninsula, a mine suddenly appeared.
"Huh?!" Emperor Yang really didn't expect this question. In fact, not only did the defense of the US military in Lower New York Bay not be considered, even Upper New York Bay suffered misfortunes. The raging waves restrained by the narrow Narrows Channel were like a
It swept through everything along the way like a violent monster. Fort Hamilton on the opposite side was directly swallowed up by the roaring waves. It is still controlling the water outside. The Russian army is taking the opportunity to occupy this fortress.
All the fortresses around the Upper New York Bay were flooded, and even the German troops who had just captured the Brooklyn Bridge were severely affected. A dozen engineers who were dismantling explosives under the bridge were swept away by the sudden incoming tide.
However, the problem of mines is indeed serious, because no one knows where the original mines are now. Those mines are anchor mines. They certainly cannot withstand the impact of such violent waves. The displacement is absolute, and they may even fall off the anchor cables.
There is a destroyer shelling a floating mine on the sea.
Cervera also thought about this problem. He and Tirpitz were looking at the map, the direction of the wave impact, the original location of the minefield, and calculating the current approximate location of these mines. Finally, they came to the conclusion that most of the mines would be destroyed.
Rushing to the southern shore of New York Bay, a small number of them will rush to the current position in front of the fleet, but these mines will not spread. Most likely, they will form a strip blockade. Depending on the water depth in the bay and the depth of laying these mines, these mines will
Mines will not pose any threat to warships with shallow drafts, and one thing is certain, that is, there will never be mines on the main channel, and the roaring waves will be cleaned up like a broom.
Of course, this is just their inference, and they still need to test it. Anyway, there are captured merchant ships behind the fleet. They use a landing ship to tow a merchant ship of about 5,000 tons. They directly use this thing as a minesweeper to land empty.
The ship's draft is only a little over one meter, and it was difficult for mines in New York Bay to affect them before, let alone now that they have been washed out into the deep water.
The landing ship towed the merchant ship and drove in carefully. It didn't go five hundred meters when it hit a bomb. A large hole of more than ten meters was opened on the starboard side of the merchant ship. It was quickly towed to the side before it sank.
They went back and grabbed another ship and continued to move forward according to the original route. After destroying three merchant ships in this way, they finally cleared a safe channel. The entire fleet sailed into Lower New York Bay, and the scene unfolded in front of them.
It's really terrible.
It turns out that Fort Wordsworth is just like a piece of pie that a dog has eaten, missing a piece of more than 100 meters wide. It turns out that none of the destroyers and torpedo boats in the bay survived. These guys were too close, and they were not blown up.
Zhazha was knocked over by the raging waves, and now his belly is exposed.
Staten Island and southern Brooklyn are at least 500 meters deep across the water. Countless floating corpses were swept back and drifted on the sea. On Fort Hamilton, several Russian soldiers were hoisting the Russian flag in a malicious manner.
It was obvious that many of the fortress's defenders were among the floating corpses on the sea. A large number of floating corpses were rushing down from the upper reaches of the Narrows Waterway. It was obvious that the damage along the coast was not light. It is estimated that Emperor Yang's ship of explosives would have killed at least ten thousand people.
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However, these invaders would not care about such trivial matters. The huge fleet continued forward and sailed directly into Upper New York Bay. However, to their surprise, they encountered some resistance. Although several fortresses in Upper Bay were attacked
After all, it was far away, and the damage suffered was far less than that of Fort Hamilton, which was close at hand. Especially on Governors Island, Fort Williams, and Fort Jay, they quickly restored their combat effectiveness. Only the outer gun emplacements could not be used.
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What made Yang Feng even more delighted was that the abandoned Fort Wood under the feet of the Statue of Liberty was actually reactivated at this time. Six 152mm cannons were installed on this unique castle. The coalition fleet had not yet sailed into it.
Bay was attacked by it. The Massachusetts at the front was hit by two shells. The entire fleet had to stop and then drove back.
"Open fire and kill these guys." Emperor Yang said fiercely. He was worried that he had no reason to attack this statue. How many Chinese people in later generations have dreamed of doing this job. Even Chinese heroes have gone into battle. Now he has such a good opportunity.
Of course you can’t miss it.
"Your Majesty, isn't this bad? That is the Statue of Liberty. Once we fire an artillery attack, the statue will definitely be destroyed." Little Maoqi was startled.
"What are you afraid of? Since the Americans have installed cannons at Fort Wood, they must have this awareness. We have every reason to fire. Isn't it just a statue? Is it more valuable than the lives of our soldiers?" Emperor Yang said.
To put it bluntly, he is the best at portraying this face.
"That's true!" Little Maoqi nodded and said. In fact, he was also looking forward to watching the scene of the statue built by the French falling down. He was just pretending just now.
Now that Emperor Yang has spoken, of course Severa and Tirpitz, who command the fleet, will not have any protective intentions for the symbol of the United States of America. Besides, this fortress is directly opposite the exit of the Narrows Waterway. If the six gates and one gate on the opposite side are not solved,
With the 52nd artillery, it was impossible for the fleet to get out, let alone get a firing range to attack Governors Island. The Americans installed artillery here. It is precisely because of this that there is no better location than Fort Wood.
You don't need big artillery to deal with Fort Wood. The 240's are enough. The Chinese Navy's Ninghai and Pinghai ships moved forward and pointed their bows directly at Fort Wood. They fired eight 240 guns in a salvo. The first round of bombardment was
A big hole was opened in the chest of the Statue of Liberty. This kind of bronze statue has no bulletproof ability at all. The shell directly penetrated and flew to the other side. However, the second round of shelling hit her feet, and the shells after that almost went away.
He followed the Statue of Liberty. Only ten minutes later, with the explosion of a piercing bomb, this symbol of the United States of America collapsed, and its huge body just hit the U.S. artillery in front of it.
With Fort Wood completely destroyed, Fort Jay and Williamsburg were next. However, these two forts no longer needed a fleet to deal with them. The German army had already invaded Manhattan and the Russian army had completely taken control of Brooklyn.
, including Wang Shizhen's troops, artillery from all armies are swarming to the coast of Upper New York Bay.