"Big Eyes, let me raise the cannon at the hot air balloon. If I can't see the cannon at the hot air balloon after 20 minutes, I will put you into the shore defense cannon and shoot out!" Grabbing the microphone of the hand-cranked magnet telephone, the spittle stars flew wildly and roared wildly.

　　 In the 4th Division Division Artillery Regiment Headquarters a few kilometers away, the big eyes holding the microphone also looked excited, spitting stars flying around and shouting at the microphone: "Yes! Guarantee to complete the task!"

　　 Big Eye is the commander of the Artillery Regiment of the Fourth Division. He was also a member of the Crooked Ear Tribe and was the first veteran to form an expeditionary army with Dahe.

　　 Big Eyes has a pair of extremely big eyes, in the words of Joe La Cruz, this guy has a pair of bison eyes. Well, the relationship between Shi Xiong and Big Eye is also good. In Shi Xiong's words, this guy's eyes are bigger than those of Little Swallow in his previous life. But no one can understand Shi Xiong’s evaluation of Big Eyes. They don’t understand why Little Swallow can have such big eyes...

　　 Compared with the other nine divisions of the Grim Bear Army, the divisional artillery regiment is the most powerful existence in the division, and the divisional artillery regiment of the fourth division is not considered the top card in the division. The main force of the Fourth Division is the coastal defense artillery regiment. Although the divisional artillery regiment also has a lot of artillery, it is more of a mobile force.

　　 After all, the main task of the Fourth Division is to protect Norfolk and the surrounding shipyards and industrial bases, so a large number of coastal defense artillery is the focus of the division.

However, the big-eyed divisional artillery regiment has a special artillery sighting hot air balloon, which is different from ordinary observation hot air balloons. The artillery sighting hot air balloon is equipped with a large multiple gun sight, which is specially designed for shore defense artillery and divisions. The artillery belonging to the artillery regiment conducts guided shelling.

　　 Therefore, in order to conduct long-range artillery bombardment, the artillery aimed at the hot air balloon must first be lifted into the air, so that the heavy artillery at the rear can fire more accurately.

"Shui Gouzi, let all your shore defense gunners cheer up. If anyone loses the chain to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will dig a pit and bury your kid so that you can become a dirt dog!" Hang up and Big Eyes After the phone call, Dahe called to the Regiment Headquarters of the Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment.

　　 Now the long-distance communication method within the Yanhuang tribe is radio, but most of the short-distance communication methods have adopted hand-cranked magnet telephones.

　　 There is no difficulty in making this thing, and it is very durable. It is a very good communication device.

　　 It is only a hand-cranked magnet phone for communication, and a communication line needs to be set up. However, the erection of communication lines is not difficult. A log with a diameter of 20 cm and a length of about 5 meters is brushed with asphalt after the outer layer is carbonized.

On the uppermost end of the pole, an eight-wire pole is mounted, and the eight-wire pole is fixed with insulators made of glass, and then eight copper wires are laid up, and the copper wires are crossed at intervals, and one communication line is completed. Up.

　　Because the telephone communication line needs two copper wires to complete, such a communication line composed of eight-wire poles can allow four hand-cranked magnet telephones to communicate at the same time.

　　In fact, this kind of communication line is no different from China’s oldest open-wire communication, but Shixiong does not lack copper in his hands now, so he luxuriously replaced the galvanized iron wire on the open-wire communication line with copper wire...

　　 Such communication lines are now very common in large cities such as Beijing, Norfolk, and Denver, and such communication lines are also available in some larger gathering places.

　　 An army that has been stationed at a fixed location for a long time, like the Fourth Division, also completed the erection of communication lines early. After all, this instant messaging system is much more convenient than radio communication.

　　 At the other end of the call was the regiment head of the Fourth Division Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment. The head of the regiment was a brawny man called "Water Dog" by Dahe.

　　 is different from the people of the Tribe with Big Eyes and Crooked Ears, Shuigouzi is a member of the Red River Water Tribe led by a wild lion. Shuigouzi is what the locals call for North American otters, because this guy was very good at catching North American otters, so over time, he has the nickname "Shuigouzi".

　　Shui Gouzi is a member of the Red River Water Tribe, but when Dahe was the logistics supervisor of the expeditionary army, he followed Dahe and was a powerful subordinate of Dahe.

　　 Later, the Fourth Division was stationed in Norfolk, and the water dog, who was very watery and stable, was promoted by Dahe to the commander of the coastal defense artillery regiment.

　　 The water dog at the other end of the phone took the microphone in his hand a little further away. After Dahe's voice stopped, he asked, "Boss, are you going to do the Vasichu?"

　　 "Yes, if those Vasichu warships are not close to our Norfolk, it's okay, once they are within the range of our cannon, you will hit me fiercely! No one can let go!"

　　 The water dog became excited too, and he repeatedly promised: "Boss, don't worry, if those Vasitchus dare to come over, I guarantee that none of them can run away!"

When the Coast Defense Artillery Regiment dealt with the three French sailing battleships the previous year, its performance was not good at first. The first round of the salvo only hit one shell. Because of this incident, the water dog was often scolded by Dahe afterwards. .

　　 Since then, Shui Gouzi has been rigorously training his opponents. Whether it is a loader or a gunner, the quality now is better than that of the previous year. It's just that they still need to be tested in actual combat.

　　 After putting down the phone, Shui Gouzi immediately shook the phone of the second battalion of coastal defense artillery at Cape Henry.

　　 After so many years of construction, the 4th Division’s coastal defense artillery regiment has a total of 108 105 heavy artillery and 212 76 artillery.

These three hundred and twenty cannons surrounded the entire Norfolk~lightnovelpub.net~ Of course, the largest number of coastal defense guns are located on both sides of the Elizabeth River, but at Henry Point at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay. , A total of twenty-eight 105 heavy guns and 42 76 guns were also installed.

　　Henry Point and Cape Charles, 19 kilometers to the north, guard the mouth of the entire Chesapeake Bay. Geographical location is extremely important. It's just that Cape Charles in the north is now in the hands of the British, while Cape Henry in the south is in Norfolk's range.

　　 Because Cape Henry guards the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the Fourth Division Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment deployed a large number of heavy artillery here. With the effective range of over eight kilometers of 105 heavy artillery and 76 artillery, it can directly control half of the bay mouth.

　　The 105 heavy gun has a longer range and is more powerful, but the 76 cannon has a faster rate of fire. Although it is less powerful, it is not what the current sail battleship can resist.

　　 The combination of these two types of artillery ensured the firepower of the second battalion of the Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment stationed at Cape Henry.

　　 In the previous life, there were two famous lighthouses built at Henry Point. One was an octagonal lighthouse built in 1792, and it was the fourth lighthouse in the United States. The other is because the first lighthouse was cracked later, and a taller lighthouse was built next to it.

　　 There are not those two lighthouses here yet, and the shore defense artillery of the second battalion of the shore defense artillery regiment are all placed on a small hill that is 20 to 30 meters high, about 300 meters away from the coastline. Now, the seventy shore defense guns have been stripped of their shells, and the dark gun barrels have emerged from the shooting ports of the fortress made of thick reinforced concrete...

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