Devil's Army

As soon as Colonel Murata returned to the Navy Command, he convened a combat meeting.

The captains of the cruisers and destroyers who participated in the naval battle were also asked to attend the meeting.

According to the descriptions of the two captains, the small aircraft of the Devil's Force usually suddenly attacked them from the clouds, then flew under the muzzles to find an opportunity to attack below the waterline of their ships, causing the ships to be damaged and flooded, thus sinking.

"How many small aircraft attacked you this time?" Colonel Murata asked Lieutenant Commander Yamayong of the cruiser.

"Nearly fifteen." Lieutenant Colonel Shan Yong stood up and answered.

"It's thirteen, Colonel Murata." Lieutenant Colonel Baili of the destroyer stood up and answered.

Colonel Murata waved his hand and asked the two captains to sit down.

He learned from previous internal bulletins from the Army Department that the Air Force should be on guard against two small aircraft from the Devil's Forces.

Now there are thirteen of them. The devil army is growing too fast.

"Can't your anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns shoot them down?"

"They kept flying around the muzzles of our anti-aircraft guns and high-speed machine guns. Our anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were completely useless." Lieutenant Colonel Shan Yong stood up and answered.

"You mean to say that to deal with the small aircraft of the Devil's Army, we must first solve the problem of the blind spots of our anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns?"

"I think so!" Lieutenant Colonel Baili also stood up and answered.

Colonel Murata began to have an idea in his mind. He asked the officers present to continue the discussion while he planned a new naval battle plan.

The first encounter with the Devil Force Navy after he took office suffered heavy losses, which made him very upset. He decided to find a way to destroy the new Devil Force Navy.

Wenlang has been transporting air-to-ground missiles and coastal defense shells produced by the arsenal to Huludao.

He has now delivered 120 air-to-ground missiles, 260 38mm coastal defense artillery shells, and 460 mm artillery shells to Huludao.

Engineer Li and his technicians took advantage of the time when the Jinzhou Japanese navy was studying countermeasures to speed up the construction and installation of 460mm coastal defense guns.

The 460mm coastal defense gun behind Huludao Port has entered the debugging stage.

The 460mm coastal defense artillery sent from the Artillery School has also arrived.

In order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Leng Feng also specially selected backbones from the artillery of various brigades to enrich the 460mm coastal defense artillery.

Colonel Murata applied to the Army Headquarters for a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns, and he planned to install six to eight on each ship's side. The shooting angle could be rotated up and down, left and right.

In this way, even if the devil troops' small aircraft fly close to the sea surface, they can destroy it.

Some officers suggested installing anti-aircraft guns with adjustable low elevation angles, but Colonel Murata rejected the idea because he considered that the small aircraft of the Devil's Army were relatively small and anti-aircraft machine guns should be able to handle them.

During this period, the First Army defeated the Japanese Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army one after another. This cannot be simply attributed to the Kwantung Army's arrogance, underestimation of the enemy, and incompetence in combat.

The Japanese Army Department began to recreate this local force to clear the way for their future full-scale invasion of China.

They quickly agreed to Colonel Murata's request for supplies and transferred a Korean division from Korea to strengthen the Kwantung Army.

While Colonel Murata was waiting for reinforcements from the Army Headquarters to arrive and to modify the ships, the Huludao 460mm coastal defense gun was successfully installed and debugged and was being prepared for test firing.

On the morning of the test firing of the 460mm coastal defense artillery, Leng Feng Huilang, Li Gong and the main commanders of the First Army Navy and Air Force were all present.

Since the 460mm coastal defense gun is relatively bulky, its movement is entirely driven by electric motors.

Each of his shells weighed one ton, and eighteen artillerymen pushed the shells into the barrel through special tracks, pulleys and levers when loading them.

As the flag was waved, a loud bang sounded from the 460mm coastal defense artillery battery. A huge shell flew out of the muzzle and rushed towards a target ship nautical miles away.

The shell landed less than a hundred meters in front of the target ship.

Although the shell did not hit the target ship directly, the huge shock wave after the explosion caused huge waves on the sea surface, directly tearing the target ship apart.

Under the guidance of Instructor Fan, the 460mm coastal defense artillery reloaded another shell and then test-fired another round.

The 460mm coastal defense gun shell directly hit the target ship 20 nautical miles away.

The target ship, which had been torn apart by the waves, was blown to pieces and disappeared without a trace.

The artillerymen cheered with joy.

Leng Feng instructed the instructor: The Japanese warships in Jinzhou could attack Huludao at any time, so we must strengthen the artillery training. When it is time for live ammunition training, use live ammunition, don't be stingy.

At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 460mm coastal defense artillery were required to strengthen the safety protection of the artillery platform and the 460mm coastal defense artillery. The range of the Japanese Yamato battleship was also as high as an astonishing nautical miles.