Chapter 1881: Adana City is withered
They have not waited for the arrival of the Chinese Army, but the Chinese Navy is waiting!
It turns out that the city of Adana is located to the east of the Seyhan River, and the Seyhan River is a river in south-central Ottoman Asia Minor. It originated in the central region and flows into the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It is a river that flows into the sea. The mouth of the river is 40 kilometers from the city of Adana. , Due to the vast water source of the Seyhan River and its wide surface, the Chinese navy went straight to the city of Adana.
Led 12 battleships, 18 frigates, and more than 40 various sailing ships, a total of 70 ships, led by the Southeastern Admiral Zhao Tianjing, rushed up the river, doing bad things all the way.
Zhao Tianjing was very young, tanned, a bit like Gu Tianle. He was lucky. He was favored by Yan Changwu because of the first iron-blooded slogan that screamed "When the enemy meets the enemy, we must fight." An admiral who stands alone.
This time he got the lottery to assist in the attack on Adana City, and felt that Mazu was blessed!
As a new generation of pirates, he effectively ransacked the villages and towns on both sides of the Seyhan River with quick actions.
Now that it is hostile, he seriously suspects that people in various places in the enemy-occupied area are engaged in misconduct assisting the enemy forces, so he has the right to confiscate their people, property, and things.
So he frantically robbed and looted, and dispatched the Marine Corps to looting the population, materials, and wealth that could be robbed along the river, with extremely high efficiency.
They robbed 8,000 people, materials worth about 300,000 silver dollars and wealth of 100,000 silver dollars, just one day and one night!
Not only did they rob fast, but they also sold the stolen goods extremely quickly. There were more than fifty ghoul ships following behind. "Ghouls" is a white-skinned term. Those dead merchants and slave owners will come as long as there is war. Like a ghoul, it is also a vulture, not only for the enemy, but also for our army. Death is inevitable in battle.
But they must have them. If someone robbed them, someone was responsible for eating the goods. Just like today's fleet is very clean, that's because eight thousand slaves have been taken away by them.
"The city of Adana is in front, Admiral!" A navigator on the flagship battleship "Karachi" reported to Zhao Tianjing that this navigator had been to the city of Adana many times, and he successfully piloted the fleet to the city. .
The Chinese took precautions. Before the fleet entered the Mediterranean, many seafarers had been sent to work on merchant ships on the Mediterranean. They were pervasive and thoroughly explored the sea routes to various cities. They are now in use, and the benefits are very obvious.
"This is the city of Adana!" Zhao Tianjing muttered, looking through the binoculars that it was a majestic city, which looked rather difficult to deal with.
Xiao Yang, a young staff officer next to him, called out a series of data saying: "The inner wall is 3 meters thick and 12 meters high, the distance between the outer wall and the inner wall is 8 meters, the height is about 8 meters, and the moat is 15 meters wide. The water is 10 meters deep, and there is a wall 1.5 meters high outside the outer wall!"
If Babel Pasha were on the "Karachi" battleship, he would be shocked, because Xiao Yang was right!
God knows how many silver dollars the Chinese have invested in intelligence, and the gains are leveraged.
"The depth of the river ahead?" Zhao Tianjing asked.
"The depth of the river 100 meters away from the city is 15 meters, and the depth of the river 10 meters near the bank is 8 meters!" Xiao Yang cried. On his map, the Seyhan River was marked with a series of data, including the depth of the river during the wet and dry periods. .
It is a rainy season and the water depth is good.
"Order the forward fleet, drive over, 100 meters away from the city, and bombard Adana City!" Zhao Tianjing shouted.
The river flowed downwards, and the six battleships used the wind to move up the zigzag, so they couldn't get up fast, but when they slowly approached the city of Adana, the artillery doors opened wide, and the artillery was facing outside, looking terrible.
"My fleet is 180 meters away from the city!" Comrade Xu, the gun elder of the "Karachi" battleship, shouted. He is a sea warfare veteran who can accurately measure the distance between the enemy and ourselves.
This was a technical job. There was no laser rangefinder at the time. It relied on usual training and also paid attention to talent. Old Xu's level was good.
"The distance is 150 meters!" Lao Xu shouted, the atmosphere of the battleship was a bit tense, because it had entered the range of the enemy's coastal defense artillery.
Generally speaking, the range of shore defense guns is much longer than that of naval guns. After all, the warships are narrow and space is limited, while shore defense guns have much more maneuvering space.
Before Zhao Tianjing's departure, the Southeast Army had intercepted a piece of information that Baotou had recently replenished a batch of artillery to Adana City. However, because Adana City implemented the policy of allowing entry and no exit, the details of the enemy’s artillery were not clear. .
What is the caliber and how many doors are there? It's not clear!
Under such circumstances, Zhao Tianjing did not let the fragile frigates come forward. If they were bombarded by heavy artillery weighing more than 18 pounds, they would most likely sink a ship.
Warships have thick skins and dozens of guns or even hundreds of guns. As long as they don't hit the critical point, they won't sink easily.
In fact, when the Chinese fleet and the White Fleet are fighting, it is difficult to sink each other one-on-one, even if the first-tier battleship fights the third-tier battleship, at most they have the upper hand.
"The distance is 120 meters!" Old Xu counted, and suddenly he shouted: "The coastal artillery group! The coastal artillery group opened fire!"
Everyone's eyes and binoculars looked at the city of Adana, yes, they saw the fireworks, and the enemy's artillery fired!
Everyone is a little worried, and don't know what the enemy's artillery is like and whether it will affect our fleet.
Zhao Tianjing's lack of self-cultivation made him anxious to walk around on the deck.
The rumbling of enemy artillery came from afar, and their shells hit the "Nanhai 46" third-tier battleship. It seemed that the power of the shells was not small, and the hull was shaken.
Old Xu anxiously said: "42-pounder, 42-pounder!"
Suddenly everyone's hearts are sinking. The 42-pound cannon is almost the largest artillery currently tested, and its power cannot be underestimated. Even the shells of the 42-pound gun on a battleship are choking.
Everyone was panicked, worried, surprised... Many feelings were intertwined.
After a quarter of an hour ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ all the anxiety disappeared, the tea drinking, the eating, the bragging...just pay attention to it occasionally.
Adana City has a powerful 42-pounder cannon, but there are only two, just two!
After fighting for so long, two cannons were still firing, and no other cannons fired.
Not only the two doors, but their launch speed is also very slow. They only fire one shot in four minutes on average. The DPS output value is so low that it can be used for any purpose.
So the Chinese 6 battleships blasted a round, and then transferred to the other side to bombard, and then 12 battleships fired together, the smoke filled the river, the artillery shells poured into the walls of Adana City, and the city, the bombing was unreasonable. Generally cheerful.
The solid bullet smashed the city bricks, smashed the house, killed and wounded people. The key is that the opponent did not have the strength to fight back. Even the 42-pound cannon was dumb. I don’t know when it was hit. The remaining gun groaned feebly there.
The city of Adana is withered, and you lie down on your back!
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