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The Third Empire - Chapter 1170

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:35:29 AM


Chapter 1170: 1170

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The destroyer whose bow was flooded could have been saved. At this time, the sailors were conducting damage control and wanted to try their best to save the warship, but unexpectedly, a 380mm shell fell from the sky.

The destroyer of more than 3000 tons could not withstand such a blow. The hit deck immediately collapsed and the deck was torn apart. Then, under the deck, the terrible explosion came out.

The explosion caused a larger opening in the side of the hull. Like the fate of the Mara, the destroyer began to sink rapidly.

"Play at a distance, reduce the scale by 500, put four doors together, and shoot two rounds." With the order of the gunner, a more terrible roar came.

On the two turrets, four 380 mm naval guns roared, and black smoke rose at the muzzle, just like the devil in hell.

The firing of battleships has always been the most exciting.

However, the protagonist of the shelling is not the "shanhorst", but the "Strasbourg" two nautical miles away from it.

This is a French battleship. In recent years, it has gone through vicissitudes.

Britain, a former ally, attacked it secretly. Later, it retaliated against Britain and shelled Gibraltar. In the past, it had been wandering in the Mediterranean. This time, it joined the German fleet and followed it to the Baltic Sea.

Although in terms of sovereignty, the French warship belongs to Vichy France and does not accept German orders, everyone can see that Germany is about to rule the world. Therefore, there seems to be nothing wrong with fighting with Germany, not to mention that the enemy is the red regime they hate.

From the caliber of the cannon, Strasbourg is 330 mm, an order of magnitude smaller than 380 caliber, but its turret layout is different.

Unlike other battleships, which have turrets in the front and back, the turrets of this battleship are in the front, and the two quadruple turrets almost occupy the first half of the deck.

There is no turret behind it, which made it suffer from the last British sneak attack. Now, it can give full play to all its firepower in the process of sailing forward.

"Boom, boom!" The gunfire was so constant that people couldn't distinguish it at all. Eight ship guns fired together. This scene is the most spectacular.

The whole sea was red by the fireball from the muzzle. It seemed that the warship was rushing to a sea of fire. Then, the terrible black smoke shrouded the whole warship, and the huge ship body of tens of thousands of tons was forcibly recoiled by more than one meter when firing.

Shells were fired at the opposite Soviet fleet.

On the cruiser Kirov, Captain Alexandrov only had time to open his eyes. His brain was empty because they had no countermeasures.

The main guns equipped on the Kirov are three triple mounted b-1-p 180 mm naval guns. The maximum effective range of this kind of naval gun is less than 20 kilometers. They can't reach the opposite German fleet at all.

However, German battleships can easily throw their large-diameter armor piercing shells. Just like just now, a Tashkent class destroyer was sunk with one shot, which is such an adverse situation.

Now, the smoke rising on the distant sea seems to indicate that a new round of terrible shelling has arrived.

It is impossible to catch the shell that is almost three times the speed of sound with the naked eye, and they can't hear the roar of the shell when it is fired, but they can clearly hear the scream of the shell breaking through the air and the scream of death.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Just then, behind them, the coast guard gun finally opened fire.

Just as the shells of the shore defense gun flew past, the terrible shells also flew towards the Soviet fleet.

A huge 380 mm shell hit the rear armor of the Kirov. The armor dozens of mm thick was torn open, and the shell exploded horribly inside.

Then the second shell hit the bridge again. When the shell came, everyone opened their eyes.

"Boom!"

The whole bridge was blown open, and a huge airflow hit. Alexandrov felt like a light leaf lifted into the air, and then he didn't know anything.

The Kirov was hit by a naval gun, and the warship was sunk in an instant. The cruiser Gorky, less than a nautical mile away, was patronized by 330 mm shells. After a gun rain, the latest warship in service was unwilling to sink.

The main force of the Baltic Fleet is gone.

There are only 3000 tons of destroyers and more than 1000 tons of frigates left. Now, the shore defense guns are finally powerful. Huge shells are projected towards the German warships. Unfortunately, they fall into the sea one nautical mile away from the German warships.

"Damn it, we were fooled, these Germans!" In a 305 mm coastal gun that still survived, the commander shouted, "the Germans fooled us!"

A few years ago, during the friendly and mutual assistance between the two sides, some Krupp experts came to karangstad to improve the medium-term life extension of these shore defense guns according to the agreement reached by the two sides.

They cleaned the rust in the bore and painted a layer of anti-wear agent, which is said to improve the performance and service life of the shore defense gun. At the same time, the gauge changed because of the change in the bore, so they gave a new gun firing gauge.

At that time, after the improvement was completed, they also conducted a test firing, and achieved good accuracy according to the firing table given by the Germans.

But now it seems that it's obviously not the case. They were bitten by the Germans.

"Target, 18 nautical miles ahead, 305 mm shore defense gun, first test firing." At this time, after killing the cruiser Kirov, Alexandrov began to look at the coastal artillery position in the distance. Now, let the Soviets taste the power of German artillery!

It is quite foolish to place our national defense on other countries. After improvement, those shore defense guns can only ensure that they are accurate at that time. Within a long time, the internal anti-wear agent will damage the rifling and make the shell deviate from the expected target.

Moreover, the life of such artillery is limited. When the Soviets test their guns, one test shot is enough. It is impossible to play several rounds every year. So, until now, they found that the shore defense gun had been abandoned, didn't they?

As long as those large-diameter shore defense guns are killed, the rest of our warships can approach and sink those remaining warships with our own naval guns.

The well-trained gunner completed the loading again within one minute, target, shore defense gun!




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