After entering the Kerch Strait from the Sea of ​​Azov, Kerch Bay is about twenty miles southwest.

Kerchi Bay is a small bay east of the Kerchi Peninsula (the peninsula on the Crimean Peninsula). It is deep and wide at about ten miles. In Kerchi Bay, the originally shallow Kerchi Strait suddenly becomes deeper, with the water depths generally around ten meters, so it is naturally a natural port.

The Crimeans occupied several of the innermost harbors of the bay and built Kerch Fort on the west coast of the coast. Since this place was once the capital of the ancient Bosphorus, the city was quite large. After entering the bay, a small fort with artillery was facing the bay every once in a distance.

But the total length of the cove is more than thirty miles, and with the current ability of the Crimeans, it cannot cover all places.

If it is an outside invader, because the Sea of ​​Azov is very shallow, you can land on any part of the peninsula by taking a flat-bottomed boat. However, if you want to reach Kerch after landing, you need to travel through large swamps and dense forests. If you want to bombard Kerch City with heavy artillery on land, it will take the boss's effort.

This is naturally not necessary for the Han Hai Army.

After the Daxia Kingdom occupied Yalta City, it immediately sent a fleet northward, and almost wiped out ships that could be used for combat near the southeast coastline of the Crimean Peninsula, including Kerchi Bay, which could be used for combat. However, it is unlikely to use the 32-pound cannons on the Golden Eagle or the 48-pound cannons on the Dapeng to bombard the Kerchi Fort. After the castle was destroyed, it was unlikely to be launched by infantry troops in a short time.

So, landing in Kechi Bay, putting an infantry army on it, and then transporting it with heavy artillery from the army after approaching the castle became the top priority.

The innermost coastline of the bay is ten miles long. With the current strength of the Crimeans, they naturally cannot use so much. They just built a pier about three miles in front of the castle, so the coastlines on both sides of this pier became the choice of Han Haijun.

An advantageous news is that after learning that the Han Hai Army had passed the Ottoman Strait casually and captured Yalta City, the entire peninsula was "significantly shocked"!

This time it was a real earthquake. If the former Cossacks had entered the peninsula by sneak attack, the Khanate would definitely not have had a major earthquake, because if the Cossacks wanted to arrive at the peninsula, they either came from the isthmus side or from the Taman Peninsula with ships. The last time they robbed Kafa City was from the Taman Peninsula. That time, they took advantage of the rare icy situation in the Kerch Strait in winter or the thick ice. Otherwise, with the water strength of the Cossacks in the 16th century, it would be impossible to use ships to transport a large number of cavalry to the peninsula.

The "big shock" of the peninsula is of course because of the power of the Daxia cavalry, and the cavalry is precisely the only magic weapon that the Crimeans respect for Eastern European countries.

Therefore, rarely, all the elite troops of the Crimean Khanate were huddled in the four major castles of Dankoi, Port of Serbia, Bekchisarai and Kerch, waiting for the enemy to come and attack when they were tired of attacking.

Not to mention, their choice is really right. For example, the Ottomans attacked Crete and occupied the entire island at least fifty years, because the island is full of stone castles. If they seized one by one, it will not only take a lot of time, but also do a good job of consuming a large number of soldiers.

Compared with the kingdoms that occupied this place in history, the Crimean Khanate was the worst. In the past, the kingdoms also used at least the innermost coastline. During the Roman Empire's rule, the entire thirty-mile coastline was used, but at present, the Crimeans only used three miles.

Based on this, although the coastline of Kerch Bay is broken, it is not an original cliff, but a trace to follow.

Of course, although the Crimeans were from nomadic tribes, they also knew the shortcomings of their ports. They did not have so much strength to take care of both sides of the bay, but they almost took care of them on the innermost ten-mile coastline.

At this time, it would be very easy for the Hanhai Army to land at any side of the bay, but after landing on the land, they would face a broken area composed of swamps and dense forests. Therefore, they had no choice but to break through from the inside.

The Hanhai Army chose the area between the two stone forts there. Although it was also within the blockade of the castle artillery, the focus of the Crimean defense was the main castle. It was impossible for the small fort outside the city to set up heavy cannons. Most of them were small short-barrel cannons with very short range. Only in front of the castle were cannons.

Despite this, the thickness of these small forts is quite considerable, but it is not as conspicuous as the Spanish in overseas colonies, otherwise the Cossacks would not have broken through such a castle.

The time is now to test the Dapeng.

At this moment, the Great Xia Kingdom has not had a real siege. If it were either siege the city to attack aid, or use thermal bombs to burn the city in a fire, or take advantage of opportunities, it is no longer possible. The enemy has made up his mind that the cat will not move in the tall and thick castle.

Parked near the coast, all the artillery on the side of the Dapeng were exposed, and a new Golden Eagle was parked near him, which also exposed all the artillery on his side.

On the ship, if you want to attack the shore target or the ancient shore target, it is unlikely to use the lowest-level heavy artillery to attack, because the altitude of the shore target is at least ten meters, and the artillery needs to be raised significantly to a higher elevation angle. In this way, the effect will be greatly reduced. So, after careful observation, the Dapeng decided to use the 32-pound cannon on the middle deck to bombard the small fort.

This is because the Dapeng is 18 meters high, five meters underwater, thirteen meters above water, and the middle deck is exactly about ten meters, which is just right for the target on the shore. The normal angle of the cannon is five degrees, and the distance between the two sides is about three hundred meters. According to the level of the cannon in the Daxia Kingdom, when the cannon is fired at a five-degree angle, when the shells fly 300 meters, the shells drop by about two to three meters, which can hit a small fort about five meters high!

"boom!"

The bombardment of fixed targets on the sea is different from on land. Due to waves, wind and other factors, at least five rounds of artillery are required to be tested. After the test, the accuracy of the formal bombardment is at most 50%.

In any case, a lead weighing 32 kilograms was ejected!

Thirty-two pounds are equivalent to the combined weight of three shot puts for men in the official competition in later generations. The shell drops by two meters at a distance of 300 meters, and to the naked eye, it is almost direct shot!

Unfortunately, the shell passed the small fort and fell to a distance.

After five consecutive rounds of test shots, only one shell hit the upper part of the small fort. This situation was not expected by the gunners on the ship, because the Kerch Strait was not the Black Sea and the wind and waves were very small. In this case, a distance of only 300 meters reached the effect of one out of five, which was not an ideal result in the Hanhai Army.

"Commander-in-Chief"

This time, Yang Chengen led the team here in person. He also served as the captain of the Dapeng. After the test firing, the gunner on the ship said to Yang Chengen.

"The ocean currents in the Kerch Strait flow from the Black Sea with higher salt content and deeper water to the Azov Sea, but the ocean currents are not as obvious as the Ottoman Strait. Due to the role of the bay, when the sea water reaches the Kerch Bay, the swelling waves are just towards the castle. At this time, the wave height is only about one meter. The port side of the Dapeng is catching the moment when the waves fall. But now the strong winds on the Azov Sea are playing a role, which causes the arrival of each wave to be irregular, but in any case, the ocean currents coming from one side of the strait are working."

"Since the height of the waves is certain, I suggest that you just wait until the waves are at the highest point to use the forty-eight kilograms of heavy artillery on the bottom deck to attack. You have seen just now that our army's test firing is generally high, and we will use the artillery on the bottom deck to attack. One meter of waves, plus the flying height, when it falls, it will digest the drop of two or three meters. At that time, these forty-eight kilograms of shells are almost aimed at the target at a direct angle."

Yang Chengen nodded. What the cannon leader said just now was indeed a routine of the Hanhai Army. Because of the existence of the flintlock, you need to catch the moment when the waves fall. This is how you train normally. Over time, you will develop a habit. After hearing what the cannon leader said, you can actually adapt.

"boom……"

A new round of test shots began, and a giant shell weighing 48 kilograms, equivalent to four shot puts in later generations, took out the chamber!

This time, the gunner personally controlled the flintlock. What is gratifying is that this one hit the central part of the small fort. The thickest part of the small fort built by the Crimeans was only three meters. Although it was also a stone fortress, it could still be bombarded by heavy artillery and long-term bombardment on a stone castle connected by clay.

Sure enough, after the five rounds of test shots, another shell hit the middle of the small castle, with two out of five. It was already quite ideal during the test shot. During each bombardment, the trainee gunner would record the height of the waves, wind direction, and the degree of shaking of the ship at that time, and compare the actual effect of the bombardment.

After five rounds, I probably had a question in my mind. They all graduated from the artillery department of the Navy School. After working as an artillery for a year, several people entered the internship gunners due to their excellent grades. Based on their opinions and their own experience, the gunners quickly had the best time to press the trigger of the flintlock in their hearts.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

“…”

“…”

The official five rounds of bombardment were soon over. In the five rounds, the Dapeng port side mid-deck four 32 kilograms cannons and four 48 kilograms cannons on the lower deck were bombarded one after another. The entire bombardment process took about half an hour.

After the bombardment, Yang Chengen picked up the telescope again.

In the camera of the Hanhai Jun Tenfold Telescope, the stone castle as thick as ten feet long naturally could not collapse in an instant, but Yang Chengen was surprised to find that several parts of the castle had been trapped in!

This is quite good!

If such a bombardment lasts for one day, the small fort will undoubtedly collapse!

The situation was even more ideal than he expected. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, under the continuous bombardment of heavy artillery, the city wall on the side of the small fort near the bay collapsed with a "boom", revealing a large gap about fifteen meters long!

Under the bombardment for nearly a whole day, the shocking movement caused by heavy shells hitting the city wall at close range was estimated that the soldiers in the castle could not stay inside, and they must have hid in other parts of the castle.

As mentioned earlier, the range of cannon shots in the Hanhai Army is as high as 400 meters. At this time, it is time for them to come in handy. A small fort on the shore is only 200 meters in radius, with a maximum of dozens of meters on each side. So the three heavy artillery in the lower and middle layers of the Dapeng were loaded with shots.

"boom……"

After six packs of shotguns snatched the chamber, they immediately turned into a rain of bullets all over the sky. The density of bullets fell near the gap was the highest. When they arrived there, they still had strong kinetic energy and cleaned everything with a heart-wrenching scream. When they hit the stone wall, they would form a violent rebound. At that time, the rebound angle was strange. If there was no accident, an indiscriminate secondary blow would be formed in the small castle again!

Such a tactic is something that the poor Crimeans have never seen before.

After three rounds of shotguns, there should be very few enemies left in this small fort, and an albatross approached the coast!

A battalion of infantry has arrived!

...

Three days later, all the small forts near Kerch City were cleared!

During this period, about 3,000 cavalry came out in Kerch City to attack the infantry that were camping, but at this time it was Sun Degang's infantry army regiment, and there was also a cavalry brigade inside.

Sun Degang, who was born in Uzha, personally served as the brigade commander of the brigade. A jaw-dropping cavalry battle began under the city of Kerchi. The power of the Hanhai cavalry, the dragon cavalry and the tiger cavalry were once again appreciated by the Crimeans. In the end, Sun Degang defeated the cavalry, but due to the cover of artillery on the top of the city, about half of the cavalry retreated to the city smoothly.

However, Nikan transferred the general who was the first principal of the Lishu City Cavalry School as the commander of the legion here, not to let him take the cavalry to fight the enemy. There were so many people like that, and there was only one purpose for him to come here.

Sun Degang's legion is the only legion among all the infantry corps of the Hanhai Army that is equipped with heavy field artillery, and is also the only user of the heavy artillery escorted from Sun Xiuning and Adrian to Xin Tianjin from Linhuang Mansion.

On the fifth day, ten land battles used 48 kilogram heavy artillery to set up their formation outside the west gate of Chicheng!

However, the outer wall of Kerchi City is ten meters thick, and even a cannon of 48 kilograms is difficult to easily knock down. Can the Hanhai Army do it?
Chapter completed!