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Chapter 1412 Fort

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    At dawn the next day, the deafening alarm bell rang throughout the Qing'ao Bay base.

    That was the lookout on the Dongjiaoshan Fort, who discovered traces of a large number of sailing ships approaching.

    The Marines and security team members, lying in their clothes and waiting for danger, rushed out of the barracks at a fast speed and entered the bunker fort.

    The employees and medical staff at the base have also received basic military training and are in their positions according to the requirements of the exercise.

    In just a short time, the entire Qing'ao Bay base has completely woken up and is ready.

    At this time, looking from the small building of the headquarters, the huge fleet had just rushed out of the morning sun and was still several miles away from the mouth of the bay.

    At sea, there is such a big difference whether you have a telescope or not.

    "The person who came here is not a good person." Mr. Zhao hurriedly went up to the roof wearing only a navy silk nightgown and flip-flops.  He held a telescope and said, "I think they want to rush and have a look first, maybe it will happen."

    "Yes, pirates always take chances, so they are very aggressive when they come up." Jin Ke on the side was dressed neatly. He had been up and busy for a while.  "They probably found the pier empty and wanted to take advantage."

    "Hahaha, it's not easy to pick up this bargain!" Zhao Hao Shixing said: "The cannons are firing, blast his mother, and send him red hair back to his hometown!"

    Compared with the unpredictable sea, Mr. Zhao has much more confidence in land warfare.  From the day the fleet arrived at Nan'ao Island, he began to carefully build a defense system.  Not only were three forts set up on the east corner of the northern promontory of Qing'ao Bay, on the pier in the middle, and on Qingsong Mountain in the south, but two forts were also built on two islands and reefs with a radius of less than 100 meters in the bay, forming a three-dimensional intersection.  Firepower.

    Because artillery is very abundant, each fort is equipped with ten Hongwu cannons of the largest caliber and ten Yongle cannons!  The firepower output is much stronger than the small fort built by the Portuguese in Keelung.

    Moreover, embankments were built around all the forts, and trenches were dug outside the embankments, wooden stakes were erected, and barbed wire was wrapped around them. Not to mention that one man could not open the barrier, but if the enemy took one bite, his mouth would be full of blood.

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    On the sea.

    The main force of this attack was Zeng Yiben. He had been on Nan'ao Island for many years and knew every plant, tree and reef here.  In addition, the previous defeat in Chaozhou was a disgrace to all the sea masters, so it was appropriate to take the initiative to take the lead this time.

    Following him in the vanguard were his fifty ships and the thirty sailing ships of several sea masters who followed him, a total of eighty ships and nearly ten thousand people.

    Relying on his familiarity with this sea area, Zeng Benben took advantage of the night to bypass the fleet of Jiangnan Group cruising in the outer sea, and appeared outside Qing'ao Bay before dawn.

    But due to the north wind and low tide, the sailboat could not enter immediately. It had to wait until dawn and use the power of high tide to enter the port.

    However, Zeng was not idle at all. He first sent a small boat into the harbor for reconnaissance. After discovering that the harbor was empty and there were no obstructions such as iron ropes or iron bars in the bay, Zeng was half relieved.  , said to Da Jinya on the side: "It seems that their business period is still short, and they haven't had time to build any major fortifications yet."

    "Yes, it will be much easier this way." Da Jinya nodded and said with a fierce expression: "Kill them all and wipe away all the bad luck!"

    Since the defeat of Chaozhou, Zeng Benben has completely become a laughing stock. Before the tree fell, most of the hozens dispersed.  Da Jinya's life was naturally very difficult. The group of people had been holding back evil fire, and they finally found someone to vent their anger on.

    Zeng made a plan right away. The fleet rushed into Qing'ao Bay at full speed and concentrated on attacking Dongshanjiao.  After approaching the shooting blind spot of the fort, quickly untie the barge, let the pirates land on the barge, and seize the Dongshanjiao fort as a foothold to capture Qing'ao Bay!

    However, as soon as the fleet entered the mouth of the bay, it was stunned by fierce artillery fire.  The earth-shaking sound of artillery sounded almost simultaneously from five forts on three sides and two floors!

    It has been more than 20 days since we stationed in the fort, and the gunners have already accurately calibrated the artillery according to what they have learned.  As long as the observer determines the position of the enemy ship in the harbor, the gunner does not need to aim. He can directly adjust the firing angle and ammunition load according to the corresponding firing table, and he can accurately hit the corresponding sea surface.  The accuracy is countless times higher than on a ship.

    Amid the roar, dozens of cannonballs landed accurately on the leading sailboats, as if they had eyes.

    Those simple single-layer wooden boats could not withstand the intensive destruction of solid artillery shells. After a few rounds, they would all fall apart on the spot.  There were only broken sails, ship planks and broken limbs left on the sea.  The sailors on the boat screamed and fell into the water, swimming desperately to the boats behind them.

    The boat behind saw that the situation was not good and wanted to turn around, but how could it have time?  Some ships cut off the sail cables in desperation and lowered the sails to no avail.Only then did the artillery fire from the mountain and island forts stop.

    Zeng Yiben, in the distance, watched as his number one general and half of his troops were wiped out.  The whole person was sluggish

    He dropped the drumstick in his hand and ordered dejectedly: "Withdraw"

    So he took the remaining forty boats, took advantage of the north wind and was out of the range of the shore artillery, and turned around and evacuated in despair.

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    Zhao Hao on the shore was not surprised by this result.

    In fact, more than three hundred years later, naval guns are still powerless against reinforced concrete turrets.  The famous joke of World War I is the Battle of Gallipoli. The arrogant navy recruited French chickens and a large number of armored battleships attacked the Dardanelles. The result was that they could not take down the Turkish shore-breaking guns, and three of them were killed in counterattack.  ¡­

    Why did he dare to let the fleet go out?  It's because the base is protected by forts.  The fleet can naturally be liberated and free to go out in force without any worries!

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