The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

The bombing lasted for a full fifty minutes, and then it was daybreak.

When the defenders saw the battleships on the sea, they were completely desperate.

Especially the British governor saw the number of battleships, his eyes were full of fear, and the first one was the Richelieu battleship, a big guy with a displacement of nearly 40,000 tons, and one main gun could destroy their bunkers.

The destroyers staying in the port were stunned when they saw the Richelieu battleship. They were originally planning to go out and fight with others, but now they had only one idea in their minds, that is, not to leave the port, and never leave the port, once they leave the port, they will definitely be beaten.

In fact, even if they leave the port, it is too late, because Marshal Dönitz has discovered several destroyers hiding in the port.

Not to mention, there is a North Carolina-class battleship not far away. Although the flag and paint are standard German, they still recognize this big guy at a glance, the North Carolina class. Although they are curious why the German army has such a battleship, there is no time for them to think about this problem now.

Looking at the British warships in the harbor, Marshal Dönitz decided to send the French warships to attack. The two sides were enemies for generations. The last sneak attack caused heavy losses to the French fleet. Now that they have a chance to take revenge, they will naturally not give up this opportunity.

At this time, the French fleet shared a common hatred of the enemy. Looking at the British warships hiding in the harbor, their eyes were red and they shouted for revenge.

Especially the surviving French navy, they shouted angrily that this day could finally be paid back.

""Boom!" The battleship Richelieu has turned its guns and started aiming at the destroyers hiding in the harbor.

Eight 380mm main guns fired at the same time, and in the first round, a shell successfully hit a destroyer. What was the reaction of the 380mm armor-piercing shell hitting the destroyer? It instantly penetrated the opponent's weak hull, as if tearing a layer of thin paper, and easily tore open the destroyer's hull.

380mm armor-piercing can easily tear open 300 mm thick armor. Now the destroyer on the opposite side has less than 50 mm armor. For this kind of warship, high-explosive shells are actually enough, and using armor-piercing shells is a complete waste.

However, the French fleet was full of anger and didn't care whether it was armor-piercing shells or high-explosive shells. Anyway, it just wanted to blow up the opponent and avenge the battleship that was sunk by the ballista action before.

""Boom!"

A huge explosion was heard, and the destroyer was blown into two pieces. It sank into the sea without struggling.

"My God, they killed a destroyer right away?"Friedrich battleship, Admiral Lütjens said with some jealousy. To be honest, if it was the Friedrich battleship, although it could sink an enemy ship instantly, it would not be so powerful due to its poor accuracy.

Especially when he saw the enemy destroy a destroyer with one salvo, he felt a little jealous. He also wanted to improve his shooting skills, but this thing could not be trained successfully in one day, it needed time to accumulate.

"380mm main gun, and armor-piercing shells, this is simply a massacre."Marshal Dönitz said unhappily.

Having said that, Dönitz was still envious. Although he was a submarine commander, he still yearned for battleships. After all, the cannon is a symbol. Although their 406mm naval gun is also very powerful, the hit rate is not good, it can only scare people.

"Marshal, don't be envious, our warships will be able to reach this level in a few months at most."Lütjens encouraged him.

Hearing this, Marshal Dönitz did not speak, and continued to look at the battleship Richelieu pouring out its anger in the distance.

At this time, the entire Gibraltar was being bombarded by German and French warships, and was trembling under the attack of naval guns.

""Where are the coastal artillery? Why don't we see them fighting back?" The British governor shouted when he saw a destroyer being sunk.

""Your Excellency the Governor, the coastal defense guns were blown up at the first time, and the remaining coastal defense guns did not dare to fight back at all." The chief of staff next to him said bitterly.

The most important thing in the Strait of Gibraltar is the coastal defense guns.

It is precisely because of the large number of coastal defense guns that the German and French fleets dare not cross the line.

But at the beginning, the German and French fleets fired at the coastal defense guns.

Although there are many hidden coastal defense guns inside the rock, and even the caliber exceeds 300mm, the backup generator set has not been repaired yet.

You can't let the coastal defense artillery load it manually, right?

Large-caliber coastal defense gun ammunition is packed separately. A warhead alone weighs almost half a ton. It can be exhausted to stuff it into the gun barrel by manpower. Therefore, the coastal defense guns need to use electricity to drive the winch.

After all, it's not over after firing one shot. It takes a long time to fire. Manpower is limited. Once you are tired, you can't carry it at all, not to mention the explosive packs. Basically, one shell will tire everyone out.

"Damn it, where are the 356mm coastal defense guns in Yanshan? Why didn't they fire?"The British governor was also so angry that he fainted.

"The electricity hasn't come yet, and we can't fire after one round of manual loading." The chief of staff explained in a low voice.

Hearing this, the British governor's face was full of black lines, and he could only roar angrily:"Waste, a bunch of waste, shit, you haven't repaired the backup generator yet?"

"No matter what, open fire immediately, reload manually, and fire as many rounds as you can."

"Yes!"

The coastal artillery officers who received the order were all very upset. Manual loading would be exhausting for them.

However, they also knew that the situation was critical. If the electricity did not come, the defense of Yanshan would be breached.

"Order, manual reload."

The artillerymen waiting on the side were stunned for a moment, but they still followed the order, bare-chested, and used all their strength to shake the winch.

"Damn it, the electricity hasn't come yet." After shaking it a few times, a soldier rubbed his sore shoulders and cursed.

"This bastard has not been fixed yet"

"Stop talking, keep shaking."

Everyone was sweating, and finally the heavy bullet was stuffed into the barrel, followed by the powder bag. The powder bag was divided into full charge, half charge, strong charge, etc. Anyway, an artilleryman needs to learn a lot.

Illiterate people can't learn artillery, which is why artillery is so popular.

"Target, Richelieu-class battleship. It took a long time to finally stuff the ammunition bag into the gun barrel, and the gunner said to everyone

"Adjust the parameters!"

"Adjusting!"

"Adjustment completed!"

"Fire!"

Although it was full of momentum, its accuracy was a bit poor, and it deviated from the target and flew towards the sea not far away.

""Boom!" There was a huge explosion, and many tuna floated up from the sea.

"Damn it, it's a coastal defense gun, the caliber is estimated to be over 300mm."The Richelieu battleship, the observer saw the power of the explosion and shouted loudly!

"Target the rocky mountain, raise your firepower." Marshal Darlang said calmly.