coobybook Chapter 802: Explode! Explode hard!
Chapter 802: Explode! Explode hard!
"Thunder God! It's Thunder God who is angry! He's striking the Japs!" The superstitious old soldier knelt down in the trench with a thud, kowtowed to the sky, his face full of awe and fanaticism.
This scene was too bizarre and did not resemble any weapon that should exist in the human world. It could only be attributed to divine punishment.
More soldiers were completely stunned, with their mouths wide open and their heads tilted back, as if they were watching an unprecedented, extremely luxurious and deadly "meteor shower".
Their faces were filled with pure, incomprehensible shock.
Confusion and fear first surged into their hearts. They didn't know where these attacks came from, what kind of divine creatures they were, and whether they were friends or enemies?
The fear brought by the unknown itself even temporarily overwhelmed the fear of the Japanese army.
Even the officers in the trenches, those company commanders and battalion commanders who had attended military academies and seen some of the world, were equally shocked.
They managed to remain calm, but their hands holding up the telescopes were shaking uncontrollably.
They looked through lenses to try to find the origin of these "light shuttles", but found nothing.
They could only clearly see that those "things" with long tail flames, with an accuracy that they could not understand, were like they had eyes, and they plunged into the most densely populated core area of the Japanese fleet!
Immediately afterwards, a real hell on earth unfolded on the distant sea.
Huge, orange-red fireballs suddenly rose into the sky, as if countless lotus flowers of destruction suddenly bloomed on the sea!
The violent explosion was so loud that it could be heard like muffled thunder even from a long distance. The ground beneath one's feet could feel a faint but continuous vibration, as if the God of Earth was also trembling.
The destructive power of missiles was unimaginable to people in 1937.
It wasn't just the sheer force of the explosion, but the manner in which it happened.
The overpressure and fragments produced by modern high-energy explosives were devastating to the Japanese soldiers and stacked supplies densely packed on the deck and in the hold.
Every missile hit means the instant evaporation and tearing apart of all life in an area.
The burning fuel spread across the sea, engulfing the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water. Their shrill screams could be faintly heard even from far away on the shore.
Off the coast, on the heavy cruiser "Ashigara", flagship of the Japanese 10th Army.
When the first explosions ripped through the transport fleet, the officers on the bridge were initially bewildered.
The huge fireball and deafening roar did not come from the expected aerial bombardment or sea mines. The sound and power were both weird.
"What happened? Did we hit a mine?" Chief of Staff Major General Moritake Tanabe held the side of the ship and looked at the thick smoke and flames that suddenly rose from the sea in shock and doubt.
Before he finished speaking, more intense and terrifying screams cut through the sky again!
This time, everyone saw clearly that a series of "light shuttles" with blazing tail flames were roaring from the direction of the land in the west at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye, and slammed into the huge fleet!
boom! boom! boom!
Violent explosions sounded one after another.
A transport ship "Shenzhou Maru" loaded with soldiers and supplies was hit directly in the middle. The huge explosion almost tore it in two. Flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and screams and explosions mixed together, which was horrifying.
Fragments of the warship and human body parts were thrown high into the sky and fell onto the sea like rain, quickly dyeing the surrounding sea water a strange pink color.
"Damn it! It's artillery fire! It's the enemy's coastal defense artillery!" Lieutenant General Heisuke Yanagawa, commander of the 10th Army, suddenly drew out his command knife and pointed it towards the coast, his face distorted with extreme anger and astonishment.
"Unprecedentedly fierce bombardment! Those idiots in the intelligence department! Idiots! Didn't they say that the Jinshanwei defenders were weak and had almost no serious heavy firepower?!"
The bridge was in chaos, and the radio was filled with panicked reports and calls for help from various ships.
"Report! The Yoshino Maru has been hit, the hull is severely damaged and may sink at any time!!!"
"The third wave of landing craft was bombarded and suffered heavy losses!"
"The artillery fire is coming from inland! The trajectory is extremely strange, and it's impossible to determine the exact position of the artillery! Our naval guns can't fire back!!"
"This isn't an ordinary bombardment! The shells are moving too fast! The power is too great!"
Heisuke Yanagawa was so angry that he was shaking all over after listening to these reports. He simply couldn't understand what kind of weapon this was and why the shell had a tail?
How could it be so fast? The accuracy was far beyond his understanding of the Chinese army.
"Damn it! Intelligence error! Serious error! The Shanghai Expeditionary Force and the secret service should all commit seppuku! Seppuku to apologize!" Yanagawa Heisuke roared and slammed his fist on the command desk.
He could never have imagined that there was something called a "short-range surface-to-surface missile" in this world that could carry out precise saturation strikes from tens of kilometers away.
In his opinion, only the most powerful and concealed coastal artillery clusters could cause such a terrifying strike effect.
However, shock and anger could not prevent the disaster.
Missiles came in wave after wave. Although the launch intervals were long, each wave landed precisely in the most densely packed area of the fleet, causing greater chaos and casualties.
Transport ships and landing craft were constantly being hit, burning, and capsizing. The sea was littered with struggling soldiers who had fallen into the water, floating supplies, and wreckage.
On the sea, the Japanese landing formation instantly fell into extreme chaos and fire.
The originally orderly attack arrows were smashed into pieces, and the ships turned to avoid in panic, but often collided with each other or hit the burning wreckage.
The soldiers who fell into the water struggled desperately, but were engulfed by the oil fire or dragged to the bottom of the sea by heavy equipment.
The Chinese defenders in the trenches slowly came back to their senses from their extreme shock and confusion.
When they saw with their own eyes that the once-mighty Japanese fleet suffered such heavy damage in an instant, burning, exploding, and sinking, a sense of ecstasy of surviving the disaster, great shock, and an awe that was almost superstitious suddenly gripped everyone!
"Hit it! Hit another one! Oh my God! Great job! Great job!" A soldier jumped up excitedly, pointing at the sea and shouting excitedly, tears flowing down his face unconsciously, mixing with the mud on his face.
"They are heavenly soldiers and generals! They must be heavenly soldiers and generals sent by the Jade Emperor to help us fight the Japanese devils!" The old soldier who had knelt before became even more convinced and kowtowed even louder.
"Whatever it is! Blow these sons of bitches to death! Blow them up! Blow them up hard!"
More soldiers began to cheer, shout, and curse wildly, venting the humiliation, anger, and despair that had accumulated over the past three months at this moment.
Although they didn't know the reason, the scene of destruction before their eyes was real. It was the destruction of the enemy and their hope of survival!