Chapter 576： Waste utilization (seeking monthly ticket)

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The whole of Le Havre groaned and wailed under the heavy shelling of the German army. The defense line of the British Expeditionary Force on the outskirts of Le Havre has been repeatedly plowed several times by the German artillery. The fortifications they built were almost destroyed under the heavy shelling of the German army. The trenches were blown up, the barbed wire fences were blown to pieces, and all kinds of firepower points were destroyed almost completely.

Under such circumstances, it is almost hopeless to expect these fortifications to play a big role in the next battle. It can be foreseen that once the German attack officially begins, it will be almost impossible for the British Expeditionary Force to use these fortifications to resist the German attack. They will suffer extremely heavy casualties under the fierce attack of the German army.

As if to ensure the effect of the shelling, the German artillery shelled the British Expeditionary Force's outer line of defense for a full morning. After that, the artillery commander asked Admiral Crook whether the artillery fire could be extended to the city of Le Havre.

Admiral Crook immediately stated that he could shell the city of Le Havre. The thousands of cannons of the German army continued to bombard violently.

For a while, under the heavy bombardment of the German army, the city of Le Havre began to be turned into ruins little by little.

The shells of the German army, as if they didn't want money at all, smashed towards Le Havre violently.

Streets and houses were all destroyed under the heavy shelling of the German army. The British and French allied forces stationed in the city were also under the heavy shelling of the German army, and their casualties began to increase.

The residents of Le Havre almost escaped when the German army was trapping Le Havre. The rest of the city are almost all British soldiers. This made the German army have no worries at all when they started shelling, and only needed to fire violently.

"Damn! The German bombardment is endless. Do they really want to blow up the whole of Le Havre into ruins?" Admiral Haig sat in the office of the headquarters, feeling the ceiling explode It trembled in the middle, and the dust kept falling, which quickly made the entire commander's officers feel ashamed.

"General, the Germans have already destroyed our defense line outside Le Havre with artillery shells. Now, they probably want to use artillery shells to make us pay a higher price!" an officer said.

General Haig nodded. When he fought against the German army in Rouen, he was greatly shocked by the powerful artillery fire of the German army. It stands to reason that this style of play by the German army will consume a lot of shells and put a lot of pressure on logistics. However, the Germans have tried everything. Almost every attack will be adequately prepared for artillery fire. The reason is that a large number of shells can be used to cause damage to the enemy, which will help the troops reduce casualties in the next attack.

However, this is not a good thing for the British Expeditionary Force. Because they happened to be the target of being ravaged by the Germans with fierce artillery fire.

"No, we can't go on like this. If the Germans bombard us endlessly like this, we will suffer heavy losses under their bombardment. This will be very, very detrimental to our defense of Le Havre!" Black Admiral Ge said.

After finishing speaking, he got up directly and went to Sir French's office.

"General Haig, what's the matter?" Sir French's situation is not very good now. In his office, the same dust was flying. The cup of coffee on the table was covered with a thick layer of dust, which made people lose their appetite after looking at it.

"My lord, the Germans bombarded too hard. We lost a lot under their heavy bombardment. I don't think the Germans can be allowed to go on like this. Otherwise, the battle would never have been fought. The Germans can wipe out all our troops directly with shells." Admiral Haig said.

"But, General Haig, there is nothing we can do about it? Although we still have a certain amount of artillery. However, compared with the powerful artillery of the Germans, the gap is not generally large. If we rashly use artillery to launch a counterattack, it will make us The artillery is quickly lost. If this is the case, it is quite uneconomical." Sir French said.

"Yes, Sir. Our artillery can't act rashly. But that doesn't mean we have nothing to do with the Germans." Admiral Hum said. ,

"Oh? General Haig, is there anything else you can do?" If there were other ways to curb the heavy German shelling, he would of course be willing to try it. After all, this is also very beneficial for the British Expeditionary Force to defend Le Havre.

"My lord, the artillery of the expeditionary force cannot fight the Germans. But we can find a way from other places. Le Havre is located at the mouth of the Seine River. We can ask the navy for help. Let the navy send warships to attack the Germans. The troops of Le Havre launched shelling. I believe that no matter how powerful the German artillery is, it will never be an opponent of the navy's large-caliber main guns." Admiral Haig said.

"The navy's large-caliber main gun?" Sir French couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Indeed, the main gun of the navy has a firing rate of more than 300 mm, which undoubtedly possesses devastating power for ground targets. If the British Navy dispatches capital ships to bombard the German Army, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to the German Army.

But then, Sir French thought of it. The main fleet of the Royal Navy is depleted. The remaining capital ships are all preparing for the final decisive battle with the German navy. Where is there any extra force to reinforce them?

"General Haig, the Royal Navy probably doesn't have any warships to reinforce us," Sir French said.

"No, my lord. I think you have misunderstood me. I am not asking the Royal Navy to send those cutting-edge capital ships to reinforce us. There is no need for that at all. As long as the Royal Navy sends some old-fashioned pre-dreadnoughts or armored cruisers Come, it is enough to give us enough fire support. Those former dreadnoughts and armored cruisers are no longer suitable for decisive battles with the German Navy. Their large-caliber main guns can provide us with powerful fire support. Anyway, those former dreadnoughts Ships and armored cruisers are not of much use anymore, why not come to support us, this is also considered waste!" Admiral Haig said.

After hearing this, Sir French nodded repeatedly.