Chapter 508: The cannon is roaring

After disarming the weapons of the US Marines and the Sailors, in order to further control them, Eun asked these people to be stationed in two parts, respectively, at the west and east barracks, so that Eun's infantry division could control the US Marines and the sailors.

Of course, the US Marines and sailors strongly resisted Eun's absurd order. But facing Eun's soldiers' black guns, their resistance seemed so powerless. In the end, they could only follow Eun's orders.

Yoon, who had mastered the power of life and death in St. Paul's city, was in a good mood and immediately rewarded his soldiers. He immediately divided the 20,000 women he had prepared to go to the west military camp, so that the army soldiers stationed in the west military camp and the east military camp could fully enjoy the fruits of victory. McCain and George's women were also accepted by Yoon without hesitation.

However, now is not the time to relax, and the French team is still eyeing the city outside Sao Paulo! Only by resisting the French team's attack can Yoon's action be considered a real success. For this reason, Yoon made a series of deployments. The main force of the army was not on the east and west of Sao Paulo. He judged that these two places should be the focus of the French team's attack.

On the evening of October 10, the 1st French Marine Division and the 1st Iberian 2nd Corps held a strategic meeting. Kirkbrad also attended the meeting, after all, he was the commander-in-chief of the attack.

After two hours of discussion, the two sides determined their offensive strategy against Sao Paulo. This attack will be the 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Iberian Army. After all, as infantry divisions, they have a large number of heavy weapons, including 155mm howitzers. Although the Marine Corps has strong combat power, they lack heavy weapons, and they do not have the professionalism of infantry divisions for attacking the enemy's heavy troops.

According to the terrain of Sao Paulo, the main direction of the attack is determined to be on the west and east of Sao Paulo City. Only a small number of troops were deployed in the other two directions to ensure that the US team did not escape from Sao Paulo. Among them, the west side would be the main attack direction, and the east would be the feint.

"I have nothing else to say about this battle against St. Paul, and only one requirement, that is, the battle must be ended as soon as possible. We don't have much time left, so I can only give the two of them up to 5 days. Within 5 days, we must take St. Paul and build a complete fortification. Because, in the future, St. Paul will definitely become the key target of the US team's attack. If there is anything that needs my fleet's help, even if it is said, as long as it can be done, I will not postpone it." Kirkbrad said.

"Mr. Kirkbride, I think it's enough to win St. Paul in 5 days. Of course, if the Navy can provide us with artillery support, I think there should be no problem for us to win St. Paul 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 naval gun range, 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 possible to accurately hit military targets, which may cause accidental injury to civilians." Kirkbrad said with a frown.

"Enough, Marshal Kirkbride. As long as you can hit St. Paul, it will be enough. If we have the support of the Navy's 305mm naval gun, our attack will definitely be much smoother." The commander of the 1st Division of the 2nd Iberian Army said with a smile. He had heard of the Navy's 305mm naval gun's power for a long time, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. According to legend, the shells of that kind of naval gun weigh half a ton. The power is many times stronger than the most powerful 155mm howitzer in the Army. If you shoot one shot, it will be a big pit with a diameter of dozens of meters. Although he thinks this may be a bit exaggerated, even if it is exaggerated, it will not be exaggerated.

"But this will inevitably cause casualties to civilians." Kirkbrad frowned. Although he seemed a little cruel and ruthless on the battlefield, he was still better for civilians. Without any necessity, he would never allow his combat plan to endanger innocent people, even the people of the enemy country, that would be the same. In his opinion, war is the business of soldiers and has nothing to do with ordinary people.

"Marson, you can do this. On the way we came, we had already obtained information. Before the war began, the people in the city of St. Paul were driven out of the city. Now, except for a few people who served the US team, the rest were US teams. We can rest assured and boldly bombarded Sao Paulo." said the commander of the 1st Division of the 2nd Iberian Army.

"If that's the case, it's fine. During the battle, I'll let the 305mm fleet on the Elysee and the Duille bombard the city of St. Paul." Kirkbrad's brow stretched out as soon as he heard that it would not hurt civilians. As for those who served the U.S. team, Kirkbrad also placed them within the U.S. team.

"Marson, but in that case, even if we take the city of Sao Paulo, the city of Sao Paulo must have been seriously damaged. I'm afraid we will spend a lot of time in the future to repair it." said the commander of the 1st Division of the French Marine Corps.

Yes, this is indeed a problem. If the city of St. Paul is completely destroyed, there is no point in occupying him. 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 if we destroy the city of St. Paul. At worst, we can take some time to rebuild it. But if our soldiers lose their lives in large numbers, they will never be able to find them again."

"Yes, the lives of soldiers are the most important, and the lives of every soldier are very precious. We must put the protection of soldiers' lives first." Kirkbrad also said firmly. Compared with the lives of French soldiers, the city of St. Paul seems a bit insignificant.

The battle plan was established in this way. From tomorrow, the French army will begin a large-scale attack on the city of St. Paul.

The 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Iberian Army is the ace force of the 2nd Iberian Army. The entire division has about 17,000 people, including a maximum 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 2nd Iberian Army launched the attack first. At 8 o'clock in the morning, all the cannons of the entire division were pushed out. The black muzzle pointed diagonally at the walls of Saint Paul. After 5 minutes of preparation, the shelling began. A large number of shells roared at the city of Saint Paul. In the walls of Saint Paul and the city, huge pieces of smoke and dust were caused.

The walls of St. Paul are still extremely strong. After all, the Americans were planning to build this place into the center of American invasion in South America, so the defense of St. Paul was carefully built. The cannons with smaller caliber will not cause any damage to them at all. Only large caliber can cause substantial damage to St. Paul's walls. However, this kind of damage is extremely limited.

Half an hour after the artillery bombardment of the 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Iberian Army, the navy also began to attack. The "Elysee" and "Duillary" anchored on the Atlantic Ocean also began to launch artillery on the city of Sao Paulo. The power of the 305mm naval gun was indeed not covered. With one shot, the diameter formed a no-man's land with a diameter of more than ten meters. All the construction and life inside were wiped out. However, there were two 305mm naval guns.

A very obvious flaw is that the loading time is too long, and it often takes 5 minutes before a single fire can be carried out. The army's 155mm howitzer takes only 1 and a half minutes at the fastest. The second flaw is that the accuracy is too low. When the error is the maximum, it almost reaches hundreds of meters. Therefore, when the navy is launching artillery, even the 1st Marine Division has to retreat and dare not send troops near the city wall to avoid accidentally hurting itself.

The large-scale artillery attacks of the French army made the US army very panic. In order to reduce casualties, Yoon had to order all soldiers to withdraw from their positions and retreat into the anti-aircraft artillery hole. However, in the solid anti-aircraft artillery hole, Yoon could clearly feel the whole earth trembling. He knew that this was caused by the French large-caliber cannon. Although he could avoid it for a while, when the French army began to attack, his troops still had to face the fierce artillery fire of the French army. Almost now, he could have predicted that kind of tragic situation.
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