Chapter 370: Siege II

"What to do?" Will Jon put down the telescope in his hand and said with a gloomy expression.

"There is really no way for the time being. We have experimented with various methods. We have sent blasting teams to blow up railways or plant landmines. But the British still have a line of defense behind the railway. The blasting teams that barely pass through the fire blockade of the armored train will still be The British troops behind the defensive line shot and killed."

"We tried to use mortars to attack railways and trains across the breast wall, but the accuracy of the mortars was inherently bad. A simple high-explosive bomb would do little damage to the train unless it hits directly." Pershing said helplessly, the situation in front of him. To his surprise, he did not expect an armored train to be so difficult to deal with!

  "Should we push up the 75MM rapid-fire gun?" Wil Jon said carefully.

"It's useless, the trajectory of the rapid-fire gun is too straight, the earth wall is enough to block most of the shooting range, and it is very difficult for the gun body of more than 1 ton to move past. It may be covered by the opponent's 37MM cannon before entering the position. , If it is curved, the effect is not much different from that of a mortar, or even inferior to the former. What's more, the opponent is mobile, and it is too difficult to hit a moving target." Calypte said calmly.

  "What should I do? Hire people to fill in? Or just retreat? Or wait for the other party to run out of ammunition?" Wil Jon was anxious! Said furiously.

   "We can blast off the entire wall, and then destroy these iron kings from a long distance." Calypte said with a slight smile.

"What's a joke? The other party's breast wall is a gravity structure, and it is very stable. Even if it is blasted, it is only made shorter. It is very difficult to completely blow up! If we use a 75MM rapid-fire gun, I am afraid that all the shells will be used. Can't open a big enough gap!" Pershing couldn't help it.

"Don’t forget, we destroyed a British train before this, but there were 4 120MM naval guns on it! At that time, the vehicle was hit by a thunder and it just overturned. There was no explosion, and there were 4 guns on the car. Three doors can be repaired and repaired, and there are still a lot of shells on the last carriage. With these things, we can completely kill the iron turtle!" A good commander must learn how to use all the advantages!

   "That's great, why don't you send these things up sooner!" Pershing said excitedly.

"These guys have just been repaired. They arrived. The artillery was too heavy, weighing 4 tons. There are also these artillery shells. I adjusted and mobilized more than 100 horses before sending the personnel, artillery and ammunition." Calypte Said with a smile.

  The original 75MM gun has limited power and it is very difficult to destroy the parapet, but now it is different with heavy guns. Once these parapets are opened for several gaps, other light guns can find the flat-fire window. The offensive troops also had several more channels.

  The British did not expect that the accidental loss of several artillery pieces became the key to this battle! The heavy 120MM naval gun successfully entered the position under the towing of 6 horses and more than 30 people. They were far away from the front line, about 4 kilometers. A strong gun nest was set up around the position, and the ammunition was placed in the distance. At the 200-meter position of the gun position, fortifications were also constructed, and the ammunition delivery work was carried out entirely in trenches. Neither the British field guns nor the artillery could damage these intimidating things.

The thick and long barrel of the 120MML40 gun slowly pointed to the far breast wall. The accuracy of flat shots at this distance is not high, but it does not matter, the Boers have as many as one wagon of ammunition to waste! The gunner sent a shell weighing more than 20 kilograms into the barrel. Then another propellant pack was sent in. Some of them have seen the power of these heavy naval guns, and they are confident about it.

  Boom! Along with the huge recoil, a shell flew out of the muzzle. This was an armor-piercing shell, yes, it was an armor-piercing shell! Generally, army heavy artillery is not equipped with armor-piercing shells, but when these naval guns are sent from battleships, there are no suitable shells. Based on the principle of being able to use them, the armor-piercing shells on battleships are also accepted by the army.

A huge cloud of smoke gradually spread. The shell flew out at a speed of more than twice the speed of sound. The hard warhead easily penetrated the 1 meter thick layer of soil at the end of the breast wall, and then moved on and hit the soil wall. On the armored train behind!

  This time, God helped the Boers again! Let’s not talk about how difficult it is to hit a moving target from 4 kilometers away, nor how much the ballistic changes after penetrating the earth wall. The British simply lost the luck of hitting the first locomotive with this gun. There is no temper at all!

The so-called armored train is just blocking machine guns and shrapnel. Cannonballs are absolutely unstoppable, and 57MM guns can't stop them. Therefore, British talents will build a breast wall to block the view of the opponent's artillery and the firepower. The Boers use 75MM high. Even though explosive bombs can penetrate theoretically, they will most likely be detonated, but the 120MM heavy artillery is different, and even more so with armor-piercing bombs! After piercing the breast wall, it easily pierced the boiler with only 10MM steel plate protection!

  Boom! The boiler in front of the entire car body exploded like a volcanic eruption. A large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor and flame fragments sprayed out ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ sweeping the entire armored train, and the two adjacent cars were directly destroyed by the steel storm. The remaining carriages also derailed under the huge shaking! A few minutes ago, it was still flaunting its might, as if the indestructible behemoth of steel has completely lost its combat effectiveness, lying on the rails like a corpse!

  When the armored train was destroyed, the British army no longer had the power to stop the Boers from attacking! The Boers pulled the artillery to the front, and almost set up the artillery on the opponent's forehead! Accompanied by a slightly hoarse firing command, artillery of various calibers spewed out fire snakes to clean the target very efficiently!

  Cannonballs of various calibers fly out of the muzzle with various ballistics, drawing arcs in the air that herald death. They accurately hit the British bunkers that were still resisting, and blasted these civil structures to pieces. Under the cover of machine guns and artillery, the Boers divided their forces and rushed towards the core fortifications of the town.

  The two troops started to outflank. The left-wing troops attacked various trains parked in the parking lot. A hand grenade can paralyze a locomotive, and a single explosive package can turn the locomotive into a pile of fragments! The Boers did not spare the explosives in their hands. They methodically crossed the ravines and broken barbed wire fences, and then blasted all the trains and facilities that could be destroyed to pieces, even the water towers. In just 2 hours, 30 various locomotives and more than 200 wagons in the entire station turned into a pile of scrap iron in the fire!

  Thanks to the book friend and fisherman, the sea is bound to give a reward~~~! It seems that the subscription is more sad today........