Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 41: Strait fierce battle

　　 "Awesome! It's so spectacular. The scene now seems to be visible only during the Battle of Jutland. Lieutenant Colonel." Muller lay on the observation port of the armored bunker and watched the constant 20 kilometers away. The exploding British battleship shouted excitedly.

　　 "Yes, Colonel. This is what we navy officers and soldiers dream of seeing every day. The collapse of the British battle fleet. We have waited too long for this day." A young German navy lieutenant colonel Standing beside Mueller excitedly replied.

　　 "You won't be angry because they died in the hands of the Army, hahahaha." Mueller said jokingly.

　　 "I'm really afraid that your navy will hold a grudge against me for taking your prey. Lieutenant colonel."

　　"Why? Our navy is in favor of this operation, so we won’t foolishly take our precious warships to fight the British navy for honor. Now is the result our navy wants most. We can solve the main force of the Royal Navy without losing even a torpedo boat. How could we be dissatisfied. Moreover, our navy has also made great efforts in this battle. The artillery command and target determination are all done by our navy. , So you should say that those British warships were sunk by our army, navy and air force. Hahaha.” The Navy Lieutenant Colonel also said happily.

　　 "Yes, haha, that's it, Siegfried. You are right. I take back what I said before. These warships should be the common result of our three armies. Haha, we hit again!" Muller looked away. The fireball from a warship screamed happily.

　　Müller felt that it was worth the hard work he had done in the past few days to see such a scene. Three days ago, Mueller received a notice from the battle headquarters to personally go to a temporary station near the position to pick up a batch of heavy weapons. At that time, he still didn't understand what kind of heavy weapons he wanted the deputy commander of the army to receive in person. .

　　 When we arrived at the station, the train carrying weapons just came in. This train has five locomotives. Although the cargo behind is covered with a thick camouflage net, Mueller recognized it at a glance What are those huge cargoes. Mueller couldn't believe his eyes. The headquarters will send itself four huge K5 (E) 280 mm train guns. It's too exaggerated. Those British people can deal with them with their own artillery, and their mission is just to block the port. Is it necessary to use such a terrifying cannon?

　　After he read the letter written to him by Xu Jun, he realized that the general's final goal turned out to be the British naval fleet. In this case, it is easy to explain. I heard that the steel plates of those warships are thicker than the concrete bunker, and really only this cannon can deal with it. Xu Jun also carefully introduced his plan of action to Mueller in the letter and how the British might react and how they should respond when that time comes. This made Mueller even more admired for the military wisdom of his young commander. He secretly made up his mind to fight this battle well, and never let the general's efforts be wasted because of his own execution.

　　 In the next two days, huge train cannons, supporting hydraulic turntables and the same huge shells were continuously delivered to Mueller's hands. This time, Mueller and his officers were so busy that they had to set up positions, lay railroad tracks, and lay a solid foundation. Installing hydraulic turntables and setting up ammunition depots had to be completed within a specified time. As a result, half of the infantry of the corps became engineers.

　　 Then the navy personnel also arrived. The navy sent a whole regiment, and the leader was the Lieutenant Colonel Siegfried who was standing next to him. Feng. Royan Kram. In addition to target determination, they are also responsible for commanding and coordinating the firing of train guns. What stunned Mueller most was that the Navy brought the giant rangefinders used on their ships. Mueller quickly arranged for personnel to take them around the coast to discuss how to choose the location of the observation station, how to disguise, and so on.

　　In the end, the Legion finally completed all the work within the time specified by Xu Jun. After the position was completed, Muller looked at the large group of train guns of various styles in awe.

　　 A total of forty-six train guns of various calibers were divided into ten groups according to their calibers and ranges. Those huge gun barrels looked up majesticly, and the scene was really spectacular. Except for the six K5 (E) guns produced by Germany, most of these guns were seized from the battlefields in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, but the interesting thing is that they are all French. The caliber ranges from 240 mm to 370 mm, with most of them above 300 mm. There are 20 gates in a distance of 320 mm. The ammunition of these artillery is also very sufficient. According to Mueller, even if the barrels of these artillery are scrapped, they may not be able to finish the ammunition.

　　According to the general’s order, each artillery was equipped with three times the number of personnel, and each artillery was equipped with a mechanical crane and a special drug cart, which increased the rate of fire of those artillery by several times. Some models are now The fastest shelling speed can be one round per minute, and even the heaviest 370mm can now achieve one round in two minutes. According to their precise calculations, the navy formed several shooting groups for the length of time the artillery fired at the firing speed, and prepared to let them fire in turn, so that uninterrupted firepower could be projected on the enemy's head. Now it seems that those naval organizations are really efficient.

　　 After he issued a counterattack order, the first to fire was his 210mm heavy howitzer. This type of gun can only hit more than 18,000 meters in normal times, but that is under normal circumstances. These cannons can actually have a range of up to 22,000 meters with strong charges, but artillery is not allowed to use this way. Because if used like that, the loss of the barrel is too great, in that case the rifling in the barrel will be bald after a maximum of 100 rounds. Under the current circumstances, we can't manage so much. It is worth the price to be able to attack the British navy.

　　The first round of coverage shooting was really exciting. The target was the destroyer outside the British fleet. The first attack on these destroyers was to prevent the British airmen from being targeted when the air force came out. By the way, a standard distance for bombardment could be calibrated. As a result, Mueller was very satisfied. All six destroyers were smashed to the bottom of the sea by 210mm concrete saboteurs. When the huge fireballs of those destroyers exploded, the whole army cheered.

　　 After the distance-corrected train gun began to bombard the British battleships, the entire British fleet was enveloped in the rain of heavy guns. It seems that in at least two rounds of shelling, three British battleships were seriously injured. By the way The eight destroyers at both ends of the ship were sent to the bottom of the sea. Muller was very excited about his results. It was a miracle that the German Army could beat the British Navy like that.

　　 "Lieutenant Colonel, why did they stop again?" Mueller was strange to the British warship that it stopped after two hundred meters before it started.

　　 "I don't understand either. Either they thought it was enough to move this distance and plan to shoot at us again, or they had other problems." Siegfried looked at the warships with the high-powered telescope, suddenly He yelled excitedly: "Colonel, look quickly, the "Rodney" is over, we have sunk a battleship now."

　　 "What? Let me see."

　　Müller quickly looked at the British fleet with another high-powered telescope.

　　 "Oh my god, it's spectacular. This is what you said earlier that the battleship ammunition depot exploded. Good fellow, it's terrible. It's impossible for anyone to survive this explosion. God, god, she turned it over , God, it’s magnificent, look at the huge plume of smoke a thousand meters high. Really, I can’t describe it."

　　 The spectacular and tragic overturn of the "Rodney" made Mueller yelled in admiration.

　　" Colonel, the commander flag on the "Nelson" was lowered. They are changing flagships. It seems that "Nelson" has a big problem. His rear compartment is smoking. Maybe we hit her. The power cabin, if that is the case, can explain why they stopped again. The flagship lost power and stopped, while other warships followed the flagship. Hahaha, we are so lucky. This time the "Nelson" is also over. If she really loses power, then she will be no different from a target ship. Now it’s up to see which battleship replaces her as the flagship."

　　 "Which side of the commander flag do you mean?"

　　 Muller is still looking for the flag.

　　 "It has been lowered, of course you can't find it."

　　 "Oh, I didn't even know it when I saw it. Hahaha."

　　 "I found it. It turned out to be the "Hood". That's right. Among these warships, she is the only one equipped with flagship equipment."

　　 Siegfried hurriedly ran to the phone, picked up the phone and connected to the artillery command post, and then began to loudly order: "The enemy has replaced the flagship, and now we must focus on attacking the "Hood". She has humiliated the German Navy for 20 years, and let her become history today. Yes, just like that, other warships still strike the same way. The firepower for attacking the "Nelson" and "Rodney" can be allocated to other warships. The point is still "Hood." Yes, I saw it, haha, it’s spectacular, you guys did a good job, now you know what to do, haha, ok, that’s it."

Lieutenant Colonel 　　 put down the phone, and immediately squatted back to the observation port and looked at the British fleet with the telescope.

　　"This, Colonel, what's the matter with that group of planes? When did our air force arrive."

　　"It was when you called. It’s really lively now. Those fighters only need to entangle the British fighters to attract all British anti-aircraft artillery. Then the bombers below can come out. I see. It is God blessed that those warships can escape back this time. Oh, our big guy has spoken again." Mueller nagged with excitement aside.

　　 I saw a row of tall water columns rising near the British battleships, and several huge fireballs slowly rising from the decks of those battleships. But the focus of this shelling was on the poor "Hood". A whole group of 210mm concrete destructive projectiles and other heavy armor-piercing projectiles of more than 300 millimeters smashed into the deck of the world's most powerful battlecruiser.

　　 In an instant, the dense water column covered the entire battlecruiser with a length of 260 meters and a length of more than 40,000 tons. When the water column fell, the battlecruiser, known as the most elegant in the world, had become completely unrecognizable. How could her horizontal armor, which is only more than 30 millimeters thick and only 70 millimeters thick, in its thin place can withstand the bombardment of heavy armor-piercing projectiles falling vertically. The superstructure of the battleship was blown up and down, and the four 380mm turrets that she was proud of were also overturned by three. The entire battleship was removed from the British Navy in an instant. Pride became a pile of burning scrap iron floating. The newly appointed flagship was ousted by the German artillery before she could play its role.

　　 In just fifteen minutes, all the warships of the British fleet received a terrible blow. One battleship was sunk, two flagships were completely deprived of combat effectiveness, the destroyer lost 70%, and the entire fleet was completely Lost command.

　　Without the commander's presence, the captains began to think about preparing to escape. Now they don't care about any honor, they just want to quickly take their warship out of this trap, this trap, this shelling hell. Those remaining warships began to increase their horsepower, abandoning the two flagships that were still burning and a colleague who was now covered with overboard crews with the bottom of the ship facing the sky, abandoning the civilian boats, and the risk was still continuous. The falling shells of various calibers, against the huge water column rising all around, began to flee towards the other end of the channel.

　　 But their action was still a step late. With the roar of engines coming from the sea, the last escape door of the main fleet of the British Royal Navy's home fleet was closed tightly.

　　The captains of those warships were horrified to see that there were at least hundreds of German bombers lined up in a neat formation on the sea, and they were rushing towards their sideboard. Most of these bombers It is a medium-sized HE111, and many of them are JU88. The captains could clearly see the gray torpedoes hanging under the bellies of the bombers from their telescopes.

　　 This is not a joke. Although their warships have thick armor, they can't stand the continuous bombardment of so many torpedoes.

　　 They hurriedly called the Air Force fighter jets to intercept the bombers, but the **** wing over the fleet had long been broken up by the German fighters, and they were now in the air behind the fleet and the German fighters were flying up and down. . The fighters in the sky above Dunkel were entangled in the high altitude by the German fighters there, and now it seems that they are too busy to take care of themselves, there is no time to take care of these naval warships.

　　 Now only their own anti-aircraft guns can be relied on. Those captains are as confident in their own anti-aircraft guns as their commanders who died in action.

　　 The usual rigorous training of the British Royal Navy finally saw the effect. The remaining destroyers rushed to the front of the battleship array without command, and then began desperately firing at the distant sea. , Prepared to use dense barrage to intercept those German bombers rushing over the sea like crazy.

　　 But they forgot one thing. The reason they have survived until now is that they had always stayed on the right side of the fleet before. The huge battleships covered them with their hulls, so the Germans did not shell them. Now that they rushed to the front from behind, the Germans are of course not welcome. Two minutes later, the remaining six destroyers were covered by a large number of shells of various calibers, and the luckiest among them was only 30 seconds longer than their colleagues on the sea. With the destruction of the destroyer fleet, what is now between the battleships and the German bombers is only a large piece of floating debris and oil, burning rescue equipment and hundreds of British sailors struggling in the sea. ~IndoMTL.com~ Those battleships can only fight back with their own anti-aircraft guns, but to the frustration of the captains, they have only now discovered that due to the previous German shelling, most of the air defenses were erected on the deck. The guns were all damaged or damaged by shrapnel. The air defense firepower that a battleship can organize is not as fierce as a destroyer.

　　The German bombers suddenly dispersed their formation three kilometers away from the battleship. They were divided into small formations, and then each selected a British warship for the final charge.

　　The British battleships also began their final struggle. They fired at the bombers with all the weapons they could still use.

The bomber group headed by 　　 swayed back and forth to avoid the British shells and bullets. As long as the bomber that was hit hadn't landed in the sea, it would insist on dragging its smoking body to move on towards the target.

　　 When the first row of planes dropped a batch of torpedoes toward the front of the British warship, they immediately pulled the plane up fiercely, and then turned its nose and flew toward the coast. They gave way for the bombers behind to launch. position.

　　The Germans basically don’t need to do anything to aim. They used a sufficient number of torpedoes to weave a net. In such a dense torpedo net, British battleships won’t even have a chance to evade. No matter how these battleships are Struggling can't avoid their final destiny.

　　 With those huge water columns rising from the waterline of the British battleship, the Battle of the Strait of Dover also entered its climax.

　　The pride of the Royal Navy is gone forever.