Chapter 1395: Divine Soldiers Descending from the Sky (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Fort Ernebe is located on the Olympic Peninsula on the south bank of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is located at the top of the Olympic Peninsula. In order to curb the expansion of the empire in the north and prevent the empire from supporting the Governor's District of the North Sea during the war, the US military built a powerful fortress in Ernebe.
The core of the fortress is six 305mm and three 356mm cannons, whose artillery firepower can control the entire strait. The fortress is built on the granite highlands of the Olympic Peninsula. Its northeast and southwest sides are almost vertical cliffs on the coast. The southeast side is separated by a wide obstacle trench and a several-meter-high protective wall. All sides of the fortress are surrounded by "trench belts" and reinforced concrete bunkers are built, equipped with searchlights, artillery of various calibers and heavy machine guns. The fortress is guarded by 2,300 US military officers and soldiers.
The fortress is known to be "the strongest line of defense in the American continent", which is not an exaggeration but a fact.
The Imperial Military acknowledged this, and even stated that "given the current level of technology, it is impossible for our army to take it down at the beginning of the war", so it recommended preparing for the strait to be blocked for one to one and a half years.
In other words, the imperial military had no confidence in taking this place.
This fortified city, known as the "Sevastopol of the Pacific", has always been a powerful weapon for the United States to control the northern part of the empire. The imperial military has been thinking about various ways to capture this vital fortress. In the end, the military adopted the suggestion of a glider pilot and used gliders to carry troops to attack the fortress quietly!
At 4:26 in the morning, Will, who was on duty at the sentry post in front of the No. 6 armored turret as usual, paced back and forth bored. Just as he took out a cigarette, lit one, and before he could take two puffs, he vaguely heard a sound coming from the air.
Looking up into the sky, Will saw a somewhat blurry black shadow.
"Is it... a seabird? But it's too big..."
In doubt, the huge black shadow passed silently over the distant rocks and flew quietly towards Will. Will, who was holding a cigarette, saw a scene that he would never forget - the black shadow passed over his head and directly hit the ground, making a loud crash when it touched the ground.
With a "bang", it slid straight towards the armored turret. Its wings even hit a nearby observation post. After sliding for dozens of meters, it finally stopped.
“Oh my God, what is this?”
Before Will could figure out what was going on, several dark shadows slid from the sky to the ground.
At the same time, some noise came from that strange-looking thing, as if someone was shouting there.
"What? Someone?"
"Quick! Quick! Quick!"
Amid the shouting, groups of human figures jumped out from the monster.
Are they human?
Or the devil?
In confusion, Will looked at the figures rushing towards him, his lips slightly opened in shock, and he even forgot to shoot or to sound the alarm. He just stood there, staring at the figures rushing towards him with a dull expression. Even when he was knocked down, the cigarette butt was still stuck on his lower lip.
After being thrown to the ground, Will finally came to his senses and asked in a puzzled tone.
"You...are from Ming country?"
Ming people?
The Ming Kingdom is calling?
Will was still a little confused. Didn’t the Ming Dynasty... declare war on Britain? Why did it come here?
Fifty-two gliders landed silently above the fortress from three directions. The entire process was completely silent, with only the dull and loud sound when the gliders landed and hit the ground.
The landing was not perfect, as three gliders collided and disintegrated. One glider crashed into the turret. However, the gliders still landed on time and accurately, with only minor casualties.
Thanks to the precise landing of the glider pilot, the commandos occupied the surface of the fortress in just one minute without firing a shot, but this was only the first step in completing the entire plan.
When the glider landed, the sentry on duty above the fortress was stunned by the monster that suddenly dropped into the fortress from the air.
What kind of monster is this?
As soon as the glider landed, commandos holding submachine guns rushed out of the glider. The sentries on the fortress posts watched all this in amazement - watching a group of people rushing out of the belly of the flying monster.
Perhaps, it was because he was too shocked that he was unable to come back to his senses. Although it was very short, it was only a minute or two or so.
While they were still in a daze, they were knocked to the ground by the people who rushed over. When some people wanted to resist, they were knocked to the ground by the commandos with submachine guns before they could even raise their rifles.
"Quick, quick, follow me, No. 3 coastal artillery..."
Sun Qichen shouted as he ran towards the edge of the cliff. When he reached the edge, he immediately threw down the rope on his back - the No. 3 coastal artillery was built into the cliff, with the muzzle extending from the cliff, pointing directly at the sea. No matter whether it was bombing from above or shelling from the sea, it was impossible to destroy the coastal artillery located in the cliff.
This is also the reason why this fortress is so difficult to capture. If conventional tactics are used, it is difficult to capture this fortress either from land or sea.
It is for this reason that many Americans describe this fortress as a fortress that will never fall. In their view, this fortress built on a cliff is impossible to be conquered. It will always guard the American sea and block the expansion of the empire.
But the strongest fortress is conquered from the inside. This fortress may have been built with attacks from the sea and land in mind, but they never considered that one day the enemy would fall from the sky!
After throwing out the rope, Sun Qichen slid down directly along the zipline. At the same time, his comrades also followed him down. The distance of more than 20 meters only took a few seconds. When they slid into the muzzle of the giant cannon, it was still pitch black here - the American artillerymen were still asleep.
Under the light of the stars and the moon, several commandos quickly ran to the tail of the gun and placed the explosives directly on the recoil mechanism and elevation device - destroying the gun barrel could replace it with a new one, but after the recoil mechanism and elevation device were destroyed, the giant cannon became useless.
"Detonate!"
Amid the shouts of his comrades, Sun Qichen rushed to the armored door and bent down. At the same time, explosions were heard behind him. At the same time, explosions continued to sound above their heads.
When the explosion sounded, they pushed open the heavy armored door. The moment they pushed open the armored door, they saw groups of American artillery rushing towards the gun position.
The American coastal artillery were stunned when they saw these invaders, and everyone looked surprised as to where they came from.
But the next moment, gunshots rang out.
"shot!"
Sun Qichen raised his submachine gun and fired a burst of bullets. The American soldiers who had just been awakened by the explosion and were rushing to the artillery positions died in the hail of bullets before they even knew what was going on. They had never dreamed that this sturdy fortress would be destroyed in such a way.
"What happened? How did the enemy get into the fort?"
The awakened American military officers pulled the people around them and asked loudly, but no one could answer their questions. Facing the submachine gun fire, these artillerymen who rushed to the gun position were even unarmed. In all their plans, they never thought that one day someone would break into the gun position and block them in the corridor between the dormitory and the gun position. Their guns were all in the gun cabinet in the dormitory. When they heard the explosion, they only thought that they were attacked by the sea. They only wanted to rush to the gun position and teach the invaders a lesson with their cannons. They never thought that they would be killed at home.
"Grenade!"
The commandos shouted and threw grenades into the corridor. Amid the deafening explosions, large groups of American artillerymen were blown to the ground. In the smoke-filled corridors, the screams of the wounded were everywhere.
Under the cover of gunpowder smoke, Sun Qichen led his comrades forward, first with a burst of gunfire, followed by several grenades.
"Surrender, surrender, we surrender..."
Soon, a white flag was raised. Even until the time of surrender, the unarmed American artillerymen were still looking at the enemies with oil paint on their faces in confusion. Everyone had one question in their mind - who are they?
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(End of this chapter)
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