Chapter 508: The Cannon Is Roaring
After disarming the U.S. Marines and sailors, in order to further control them, Youn asked all of them to be divided into two parts. They were stationed at the West Barracks and East Barracks respectively, so that Ewan's infantry division could control the US Marines and sailors.
Of course, the U.S. Marines and sailors strongly resisted Ewan's absurd order. But facing the black muzzles of Youn's soldiers, their resistance seemed so weak. In the end, he could only follow Youn's order.
Yun, who had mastered the power of life and death in the city of St. Paul, was in a good mood, and immediately rewarded his soldiers. The 20,000 women prepared before were immediately divided into half and sent to the west military camp. The army soldiers stationed in the western barracks and the eastern barracks can fully enjoy the fruits of victory. The women of McCain and George were accepted by You En without hesitation.
However, now is not the time to relax, the French army is still eyeing outside St. Paul! Only by resisting the attack of the French army can Eun's operation be regarded as a real success. To this end, Eun carried out a series of deployments. The main force of the general's army is not in the east and west of St. Paul. He judged that these two places should be the focus of the French army's offensive.
On the night of 10 October, a strategic conference was held between the 1st Division of the French Marine Corps and the 1st Division of the 2nd Iberian Army. Kirkbride also participated in this meeting, after all, he was the general commander of this attack.
After two hours of discussion, the two sides determined the offensive strategy against Sao Paulo. This attack will be undertaken by the 1st Infantry Division of the Iberian 2nd Army. After all, as an infantry division, they have a large number of heavy weapons, including siege weapons including 155mm howitzers. Although the Marine Corps has strong combat effectiveness, it lacks heavy weapons, and there is no infantry division professional for attacking the enemy's heavily fortified cities.
According to the terrain of Sao Paulo, the main direction of the attack was determined to be west and east of Sao Paulo, and only a small number of troops were deployed in the other two directions to ensure that the US army would not flee from Sao Paulo. Among them, the west will be the main attack direction, while the east will be a feint attack.
"For this battle against Sao Paulo, I have nothing else to say, only one request, that is, the battle must be ended as soon as possible. We are running out of time, and I can only give the two of you a maximum of 5 days. Between 5 days Inside, we must take Sao Paulo and build a complete fortification. Because, in the future, Sao Paulo will definitely become a key target of the US military. If there is anything that needs my fleet's help, just say it, as long as you can If it is done, I shall not delay," said Kirkbride.
"Marshal Kirkbride, I think it is enough to take Sao Paulo in five days. Of course, if the navy can provide us with artillery support, I think we should have no problem taking Sao Paulo as soon as possible." Said the commander of the 1st Division of the 2nd Iberian Army.
"Although St. Paul is not far from the coast, it is also outside the range of most naval guns. Judging from the current range of naval guns, only 305mm naval guns can cause damage to the city of St. Paul. However, at this distance, The accuracy will be greatly reduced, it may not be able to accurately hit the military target, and it may cause accidental injury to civilians." Kirkbride frowned and said.
"That's enough, Marshal Kirkbride. As long as we can hit St. Paul, that's enough. With the support of the navy's 305mm naval guns, our attack will go much smoother." 1st Iberian Second Army The teacher said with a smile. He had heard about the power of the navy's 305mm naval guns, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. According to the legend, the shells of that kind of naval gun weighed half a ton. Compared with the army's most powerful 155mm howitzer, its power was unknown how many times stronger. pit. Although he thinks this may be a bit exaggerated, even if it is exaggerated, it will not be exaggerated.
"Marshal, you can give directions on this point. On the way here, we have received information that before the war started, the people in St. Except for the people of the American army, the rest are the American army. We can safely and boldly bombard St. Paul." said the commander of the 1st Division of the Iberian Second Army.
"If that's the case, it's fine. During the battle, I will let the 305mm fleet on the 'Elysee' and 'Tuileries' bombard the city of Saint-Paul." No civilians will be harmed upon hearing , Kirkbride's brows relaxed. As for those who served in the United States Army, Kirkbride also included them in the United States Army.
"Marshal, but in that case, even if we take the city of St. Paul, the city of St. Paul must have been severely damaged. I'm afraid we will spend a lot of time repairing it in the future." The commander of the 1st Division of the French Marine Corps said.
Yes, this is indeed a problem. If the city of St. Paul was completely destroyed, there would be no point in occupying it. The atmosphere fell silent.
After a long time, the commander of the 1st Division of the 2nd Iberian Army gritted his teeth and said, "It doesn't matter even if the city of St. Paul is destroyed. If it is destroyed, we can spend some time rebuilding it. But if a large number of our soldiers die because of this If you lose your life, you can never get it back.”
"That's right, the lives of the soldiers are the most important. The lives of every soldier are very precious. We must put protecting the lives of the soldiers first." Kirkbride also said firmly. Compared with the lives of French soldiers, the city of St. Paul is a bit insignificant.
The battle plan was established in this way. Starting tomorrow, the French army will start a large-scale attack on the city of St. Paul.
The 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Iberian Army is the ace unit of the 2nd Iberian Army. The entire division has about 17,000 people, including an independent artillery regiment and heavy artillery battalion. Among them, the artillery regiment has nearly 200 artillery pieces of various calibers, while the heavy artillery battalion has 15 powerful 155mm howitzers.
On the morning of the 11th, the First Infantry Division of the Iberian Second Army took the lead in launching an attack. At 8 o'clock in the morning, all the cannons of the whole division were pushed out. The black muzzle pointed obliquely at the city wall of St. Paul. After 5 minutes of preparation, the shelling began. A large number of shells roared and smashed towards the city of Sao Paulo. On the walls and inside of St. Paul's, huge clouds of smoke and dust were caused.
The walls of St. Paul's are still extremely strong. After all, the Americans planned to make this place the center of American aggression in South America, so the city defense of Sao Paulo was also carefully built. Small-caliber cannons can't do any damage to it at all. Only large-caliber cannons can cause substantial damage to St. Paul's city walls. But this kind of damage is also extremely limited.
Half an hour after the bombardment of the 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Iberian Army began, the navy also began its attack. The 'Elysee' and 'Tuileries' moored on the Atlantic Ocean also started shelling the city of Sao Paulo~www.mtlnovel.com~ The power of the millimeter naval gun is really not covered, one shot down, the diameter becomes a diameter A no-man's land of more than ten meters. All the building and life within have been obliterated. However, the 305mm naval gun also has two very obvious defects, that is, the loading time is too long, and it often takes 5 minutes before a shot can be fired. The Army's 155mm howitzer only takes one and a half minutes at the fastest. The second flaw is that the aiming head is too low. When the error was the largest, it almost reached hundreds of meters. Therefore, when the navy was shelling, even the 1st Marine Division had to retreat, and did not dare to send troops near the city wall, so as not to accidentally injure itself.
The large-scale bombardment of the French army made the US military very panic. In order to reduce casualties, You En had no choice but to order all the soldiers to withdraw from their positions and retreat to the anti-gun holes. However, in the solid blast hole, Youn could clearly feel the whole ground trembling. He knew it was caused by the large-caliber artillery of the French army. Although he can escape for a while now, when the French army starts to attack, his troops still have to face the fierce French artillery fire. Almost now, he could already foresee that kind of tragedy.
After an hour of shelling, the 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Iberian Army launched an attack on São Paulo. This attack was nothing more than a tentative attack. Therefore, only a regiment of troops was invested. Under the cover of artillery fire, a regiment of the 1st Infantry Division of the Iberian 2nd Army formed a skirmish line and launched an attack on the city of Sao Paulo.