Braving the fierce giant artillery fire, the coalition forces of the 11 countries in the West Sea advanced five nautical miles again, fifteen nautical miles from the coast.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

At this distance, the coast's defensive artillery fire became even more fierce. The shells shot from the sky almost flipped over twice. Every second, dozens of large and small shells fell into the sea, exploding large swaths of water columns, and warships were constantly hit by shells, or exploded a large hole, or directly exploded into debris.

Fortunately, although the enemy's shells were several times denser, except for the shore defense giant cannons at the beginning, the power of the new artillery was not so terrifying. They were all heavy artillery from 203 mm to 280 mm. The number of giant cannons above 350 mm has not increased.

Although the power of these heavy artillery should not be underestimated. If you are hit by a shot, the wooden warship will almost be scrapped. However, there is no such power as the shore defense giant cannon that can smash a warship if you hit it, leaving no one in the entire ship to survive. If you are hit by these heavy artillery behind, at least half of the people can survive, and the warship will not be smashed by a shot.

Warships were destroyed by artillery bombardment, and more than a thousand warships lost nearly 300 in artillery fire, and the remaining seven or eight hundred warships were once again close to the five nautical miles of the coast of Xinguo.

"There are ten miles left. Everyone hold on. We can rush to the island soon. As long as we defeat the enemy, everything in the new country will be ours. Wealth and beauty, let you seize it." In the artillery fire and waves, the captain and generals once again loudly encouraged the morale of the soldiers. This time there was no great righteousness, only interests.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

The captain and generals had just fallen, and more shells began to pour over, almost tripling the rain of shells.

This time the shells have a smaller caliber, all of which are 150mm howitzers.

More and more warships were bombed out of flames, and the coalition soldiers of the 11 countries in the West Sea began to extinguish the fire in a hurry.

"There are so many cannons."

Seeing the explosion of water on the surrounding sea several times more, the general and the captain immediately gritted their teeth.

"Everyone hold on, and if there are another five miles of miles, our cannons can fight back. At that time, our 1,000 ships and tens of thousands of cannons will completely razed the coast of the new country. As long as we go to the coast, we will be the heroes of the country and we will be inseparable from the wealth of beauties."

Looking at the soldiers who were panicking again, the general and the captain once again cheered up the soldiers.

As for the soldiers whose warships were blown up, they had no time to take care of them and did not dare to stop the ship to rescue them. The soldiers who fell into the sea could only report the wreckage of the bombed ship and left it to fate.

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"At most, there are five nautical miles, and the enemy can fight back. Let the soldiers in the trenches enter the bunker to guard against enemy artillery." In a coastal defense artillery fortress on the coast, Arthur looked at the West Sea Alliance fleet rushing in with artillery fire in the distance and ordered loudly.

"These people are really looking for death." After giving the order, Arthur sneered and continued to use a telescope to watch the 11-nation coalition forces in the West Sea that were coming under the fire. The crushing of weapons made the enemy pay an extremely heavy price just by approaching. They had been invincible from the beginning of this war.

The distance of five nautical miles was as dangerous as wading through a strange swamp to the warship fleet of the West Sea Alliance. Under the bombardment of dozens of giant cannons, hundreds of heavy cannons and 150 mm howitzers, the number of fleets was decreasing. When they finally rushed to five nautical miles from the coast, their fleet was only ordinary warships, and the remaining soldiers on the ship also suffered casualties.

As the warships of the West Sea Alliance rushed to a distance of five nautical miles from the coast, they finally began to fight back.

Unfortunately, their old-fashioned naval guns had a furthest range of only ten kilometers (a ri 1, ri 2, and a ri 15 nautical miles away) and they could only fight back with artillery fire.

For a moment, flames began to emerge from the warships, hundreds of cannons flickered, and round shells were fired from the warships, and they walked against the current under the rain of shells, landing on the coast of Xinguo, and suddenly burst into flames on the coast of Xinguo.

For a time, the coast of Xinguo was filled with soil and shrapnel. Although it was an old-fashioned artillery, its power should not be underestimated. The power of the naval guns was comparable to that of the 150mm howitzer.

Unfortunately, there are solid concrete fortifications and anti-aircraft holes on the coast of Xinguo, and there are also deep underground passages. The soldiers of Xinguo have undergone special anti-aircraft training. Apart from blowing up mud, the coalition's artillery shells have not made any achievements and have not injured a single person.

"They finally started to fight back. If they won the war without shooting, I wouldn't be able to do anything." Arthur's mouth smiled in the shore defense gun fortress.

If the invaders won the war without a shot, although it was still a war, in the eyes of the people, could this still be considered a war against invasion? He didn't know, and I'm afraid no one knew it. But he knew that what Wang Han wanted was a defensive war that could mobilize the people's anger, and also a defensive war that made the people have confidence in the country.

Arthur thought a lot in his mind, and the enemy finally approached the coast in dense artillery fire. Small wooden boats began to fall on the huge warships. Amid the roar of the engines, wooden landing craft loaded with soldiers began to rush towards the coast.

(The engine was sold by Wang Han when he was on Pegasus Island, and other countries and forces also imitated it. The technology level in the Pirate World is not low, but it just went astray.)

"Lieutenant General, the enemy is still one nautical mile from the coast. Will the soldiers in the bunker attack?"

Seeing that the enemy was about to rush to the coast, and Arthur seemed to have no response, the messenger next to him couldn't help but remind him.

"Wait until they are closer." Arthur thought for a while and said, "Now fire is a waste of bullets."

"Yes." Hearing this, the messenger stopped talking and stood quietly beside Arthur, waiting for Arthur's orders at any time.

Time passed by minute by minute, and two minutes later, the enemy's landing craft finally approached 500 meters from the coast.

At this moment, Arthur immediately issued an order: "Send the order, and the troops will start to fight back, letting them know that this coast is their hell."

With the issuance of Arthur's order, the soldiers on the coastal defense line quickly took action. They had practiced more than a dozen times and knew clearly what they should do after the order was issued.

A soldier came out of the anti-aircraft hole in the trench and quickly carried a heavy machine gun, or resisted the mortar to enter the machine gun shooting position and mortar launch position that had been prepared. More soldiers were standing on the edge of the trench with rifles and stepping on the stairs, and quickly began to aim at the guns in their hands.
Chapter completed!