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The Third Empire - Chapter 1169

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:35:30 AM


Chapter 1169: 1169

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When the German fleet came up, the whole red flag Baltic Fleet was stunned.

The bombers in the sky are terrible, but the number of bombers is insufficient. If the Germans fly dozens of bombers, they can destroy their fleet.

Now, you can count them with both hands. The sporadic bombers are going to deal with large targets, and they can't see small targets at all.

On one side of the formation, a Tashkent class destroyer immediately drove at full power and tried to squeeze past the narrow channel.

Tashkent class destroyers are also evidence of the friendship between Germany and the Soviet Union, because these destroyers were completely built by the Germans. The Soviet Union used agricultural products and iron ore in exchange for them from Germany.

The performance of this destroyer is quite excellent. The warships made in Germany are better than those made by the Soviet Union. Due to the excellent engine performance, this warship can soar to a high speed of 42 knots.

Originally, it was behind the fleet. Now, after driving at full power, it moved forward quickly, surpassed warships, crowded into the channel in the bell mouth, and drove over the sunken Mara.

German warships come up. Only through the channel can they be absolutely safe. Germans can't pass here quickly. The waterway here is the passage of life and death.

Anyway, there is no commander of the fleet to command now. It is not illegal for them to flee like this.

Thick black smoke came from the chimney at the top, and Tashkent class destroyers moved quickly towards the channel, which attracted the dissatisfaction of the surrounding ships.

"No, stop, you fool!" On the cruiser Kirov, the captain Alexandrov shouted, "the water depth of the channel is only 20 meters. You will hit the sunken Mara!"

As an experienced cruiser captain, Alexandrov knew that the purpose of the German attack was to block the channel. Unexpectedly, there were people on his side to exacerbate the chaos.

The water depth of the channel is insufficient, and the Mara has sunk. However, if you look carefully, you can find that the Mara has almost never passed. If you drive again at this time, it will hit the Mara like hitting a reef.

"No, we'll pass from the side." The Tashkent captain said, "right rudder, let's go around."

"Bang!" Just then, a heavy crash came, and the bow had hit the stern propeller of the Mara.

Mara was bombed and sunk in two sections. Its tail bulged, and its propeller was almost one meter deep under the water. Now, the bow collided with it at a speed of more than 40 knots. It couldn't bear the blow at all, and a big hole was opened in the bow.

The German fleet had already started the first round of shooting. No one could see that in the sky far above the head, a shipborne seaplane flew over, which was responsible for the artillery calibration mission.

Shankhost, a warship of outstanding merit, once sank the British aircraft carrier in the naval battle, but now it is completing another mission to destroy the Soviet Baltic Fleet.

On the bridge, Captain Claude looked at the Soviet warship in the distance with joy in his eyes.

"Target, the Soviet cruiser directly in front, after the test firing, two rounds of volley." Captain Claude's orders were quite detailed.

Before becoming the captain, he was the gunner of the warship. He was most familiar with how to operate the warship's artillery. Now, they are moving towards the Soviet warship, 15 nautical miles away.

If it is in the fast pursuit, the accuracy of the artillery at this distance will not be very high, but now it is different.

Those Soviet warships are gathering towards the narrow channel. Unfortunately, the channel has been blocked, so those warships can only stay there. In this way, it's like waiting in line for shooting.

When they decided to attack with the main force and solve it with ship guns, the Admiral ordered the airmen to destroy the shore gun position, which was a very wise decision.

For them, the current Soviet Baltic Fleet is a piece of fat. The only threat waiting for them is the shore artillery position.

At the same time, they are now shooting at a distance of 15 nautical miles. Although the maximum caliber of the Soviet shore guns is 305 mm, those shore guns have gone through too long. They are the guns of Krupp decades ago. This kind of cannon has no ability to attack from a long distance.

At present, the warship is still sailing forward, so the four 380mm naval guns in front are used. At this time, the naval gun in the middle of No. 1 turret pulls up the elevation angle, and then a loud bang and a black smoke filled the whole warship.

The first test firing has begun.

The shell flew with a sharp roar towards the Soviet warship opposite.

The 380 mm naval gun is used to deal with the enemy's tens of thousands of ton battleships. Now it is used to fight cruisers with a displacement of less than 10000 tons. It is like an ox knife to kill chickens.

What's more terrible is the high accuracy of this naval gun. Once, there was a hit record in moving to moving shooting at 25135 meters. Now, its first test shell is even more magical.

The target is stationary.

The Soviet fleet has no way out.

In front, the German fleet lined up in an arc to form an encirclement circle and came towards Kronstadt. In their encirclement circle, near the waterway, there were nearly 20 Soviet warships, large and small. They were trembling.

At this time, if the Baltic Fleet has enough courage, they can actually rush out.

The German encirclement has terrible battleships and thick gun barrels, which makes people feel numb, but at the same time, they also have destroyers and frigates. There are many weak places in their half encirclement.

At this time, if they have made up their mind to fight for the death of the fish, they can rush out part of it and even save half of the warships.

But they didn't. They just leaned on the channel, hoping to drive away these terrible German fleets by relying on the shore gun community.

It was like a group fight at school. A group of people surrounded several junior brothers, and the rest was beaten.

The first shell broke through the air and made a terrible scream. Because the Soviet fleet was too concentrated with each other, although the shell hit far away and did not hit the target cruiser, it hit the Tashkent class destroyer in front of it, which was blocked on the channel.

"Boom!"




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