Chapter 427 M Forty-Six Cannon

"You want a cannon to hit a warship?" Lena Fox wondered if Zhou Qingfeng was crazy at first? But after carefully inquiring about the details, she felt that it would be more appropriate to consult professional artillery personnel.

The 'Aurora Legion' is now the dominant force in the Caribbean Sea. Its subordinates are not to mention full of talents, but at least they have all kinds of people. Especially after the "Enclave" military advisory group that originally aided Diego's forces was captured, it made up for the last shortcoming.

In fact, Marshall, the head of the advisory group, was born as an artilleryman. He used to be a technical officer specializing in artillery. The head of the legion asked him a strange question - how to use artillery to hit an 'Arleigh Burke' class destroyer.

Cannons hit warships? This kind of thing hasn't happened for many years. There are so many strange things going on in this Aurora Legion! The last confrontation between large-caliber artillery and warships dates back to World War II, which is an anecdote many years ago.

However, Marshall still uses the attitude of a professional to solve the problem of His Excellency the Legion Commander. First of all, he has to ask one thing: how far is the battle distance?

Singapore's White Reef blocked the channel in and out of the Singapore Strait, which is only about ten kilometers wide. The White Reef happened to be stuck five kilometers in the middle, which meant that the 'Larsen' would not be more than two and a half kilometers away from the White Reef when it entered the strait.

"No more than 2.5 kilometers? Then you need a gun that is big enough and can shoot directly. In this case, mortars and howitzers are not considered. It can only be a cannon type. And to cause enough damage to warships Damage, the caliber should not be less than 100 mm. There are not many artillery that meet the requirements. Well..., tank guns are actually quite good."

Marshall gave the first choice, but Zhou Qingfeng rejected it without hesitation. Tanks are not low-value items. He gave another request, "It must be a relatively old-fashioned artillery, the kind with very low value."

"Older cannons?" This posed a problem for Marshall, as cannons were all but obsolete these days. Military attacks were either launched from the air or bombarded by large-caliber self-propelled artillery. But the large-caliber self-propelled artillery is obviously not old-fashioned.

However, the Cuban Army is a relatively old-fashioned army equipped with a large number of antique weapons. Marshall actually found Zhou Qingfeng a large-caliber cannon that met his requirements in the arsenal—a Soviet-style m46 130mm cannon.

This thing is a classic artillery produced and equipped in the 1950s. It has a long range, high precision, high power, and a variety of ammunition. Many countries in the world have equipped and used it. The most important thing is that this kind of artillery in the Cuban arsenal has been stored for decades, and no one has touched it for more than half a century. It is absolutely antique and of low value.

"Attacking an 'Arleigh Burke' class destroyer sailing on the sea is a very dangerous thing, even if it is unsuspecting, be careful.

It is an extremely terrible thing to anger this kind of war machine with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons. Its revenge is carried out in seconds.

Since it is an attack at night, the flares need to be fired first. Because although the m46 has an infrared night vision device, it has been broken for decades, and the gunner can't see anything at night.

The next step is to remove the resistance capability of the destroyer 'Arleigh Burke'. As an air defense destroyer, it has powerful anti-aircraft firepower, but its mk45 127mm naval gun for ground attack is not a joke.

Therefore, after the flare bomb hits the sky, it is necessary to immediately use the anti-explosive grenade to destroy the fire control radar used by the naval gun, which is the few bulging and disc-shaped things on the bridge. These electronic devices are quite fragile. Basically, as long as they are touched, they will be finished.

As long as the radar is knocked out, the entire destroyer will become blind, and the people on board basically can only watch you beat it. Modern destroyers do not have thick armor, so armor-piercing projectiles can be fired casually, and there is no doubt that they must be worn. It's best to destroy its engine room first, and then you can fight as you want! "

"Can the anti-aircraft firepower on the destroyer intercept the shells?" Zhou Qingfeng was afraid that he would manage to get an artillery to go there, but it would be blocked by others.

Marshall shook his head in affirmation and said, "Although it is an anti-aircraft destroyer, 'Arleigh Burke' cannot intercept shells flying at high speed at close range. The radar does not have such a fast response speed, so don't worry about that!"

After listening to Marshall's explanation, the whole attack process didn't seem difficult. But an m46 cannon should be equipped with a nine-man gun crew. Now it is not easy for Zhou Qingfeng to complete the loading, aiming, shooting, ejecting, and reloading work by himself.

"Intensive practice is all it takes. I believe I can still do this job." Zhou Qingfeng was eager to try and asked to learn how to shoot immediately. So a special artillery squad was formed, and the most experienced gunners in the entire "Aurora Legion" were transferred to teach the regiment commander His Excellency.

Thanks to Zhou Qingfeng's 'innate talent' ability, the process of theoretical study went smoothly, and repeated drills were soon carried out. After getting familiar with the complete artillery shooting process, he started high-intensity live ammunition shooting.

In order to improve Zhou Qingfeng's actual combat ability, Lena Fox even specially ordered someone to use a small steamer to transform a bridge model of an 'Arleigh Burke' class destroyer, allowing him to conduct shooting training at different distances and in different environments.

Zhou Qingfeng practiced for about five days. Relying on his super physical strength and recovery ability, he forcibly knocked out seven or eight hundred shells. Sometimes his arms became red and swollen after high-intensity practice all night, and he had to rest for half a day during the day to recover.

And it's really puzzling that Your Excellency the Legion Commander is so careless about his job. Even though it was strictly kept secret, the head of the legion like Katerina still knew about Zhou Qingfeng's weird behavior. Hun Niu couldn't bear the curiosity in her heart, so she ran to the seaside shooting range where Zhou Qingfeng was shooting to find out, "Bastard, you must be hiding some secret from me?"

Zhou Qingfeng was sweating profusely from the artillery training, and fell to the side of the artillery frame and waved his hands to signal other artillery crew members to leave first. He smiled lazily and said, "I already knew that I couldn't hide it from you, and I've been thinking about when you will come to ask me?"

There are too many weird things about Zhou Qingfeng, at least he has demonstrated the ability of 'smartness' in front of his companions many times, and the sudden burst of firepower is absolutely abnormal. Seeing that he seemed willing to speak, Katerina corrected her posture and waited for him to continue.

"After I finish this mission, I will explain to you, okay? Including you, the butcher, and Minsk. You are all my best friends, and I cannot survive in this world without your help." Zhou Qingfeng said.

Katerina snorted coldly, and said unhappily: "That means Lena Fox already knew your secret?"

"Uh... yes, Miss Fox is smarter, she is the first person who thinks I'm abnormal."

"You mean I'm stupid?"

"I didn't say that."

"But that's what you mean."

"I'm very wronged,..."

After promising many unequal treaties to Hun Niu, Zhou Qingfeng returned to Baijiao in the real world with an old antique cannon in good condition and fifty rounds of shells of various types.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning, the night was dark and the sea breeze was blowing. The Aegis destroyer USS Larsen of the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy escorting the Ocean Princess is approaching quickly. An unexpected battle is about to start. (To be continued.)