Chapter 1463： The first goal

Chapter 1463 the first goal

"The route that the submarine team was looking for was really good. There was no French warship along the way. We can already see the lighthouse on Lesvos Island. According to the map, we can see us after 6 nautical miles southward. Today’s first target is the port of Herezos.” An officer sent the nautical chart job that had just been completed to Count Spey. A trajectory marked with a blue dotted line continued to extend to the southeast, pointing directly at them The first stop tonight!

"Very well, proceed as planned. Prepare to take off the seaplane and let the Prince Eugen take a destroyer detachment. If the intelligence is correct, there will be a patrol fleet outside the port, find them, and then kill them!" Count Pei ordered.

Even if the Allied countries believe that the Mediterranean fleet has no combat effectiveness, but for key ports, the defenses of Britain and France are still in place, for example, outside the port of Herezos, a French armored cruiser squadron and one The destroyer squadron patrols around 15 kilometers around the port. Their task is to deal with small warships and submarines of the Allied powers that may sneak attacks.

Originally, the French planned to deploy two former Dreadnoughts here, but the situation in the port of Naiho was already very crowded, so these former Dreadnoughts were temporarily deployed elsewhere.

Under the command of French Rear Admiral Trasou, the armored cruisers Ernest and Edgar Kine are carrying six destroyers on a fixed track to and fro. However, what the French did not expect was that in the dark, two ferocious behemoths were slowly approaching the target, showing their sharp fangs at a distance of less than 8,000 meters! (Here is an explanation of why not 4 battleships act together. Because it takes time for battleships to change the weight of their ammunition, two battleships attacked French light cruisers, and all other battleships used high-explosive bombs to attack land targets while fighting at sea. better result.)

"We found the French fleet. They were almost fully lit, seemingly to search for submarines that might appear on the sea. The same is true for the destroyers behind, but they have been taking a zigzag course to avoid submarines."

"The distance between the two parties is 7200 meters! Our rangefinder can clearly observe the target, and the seaplane has broken the radio silence. (When the telegram is very short, for example, it is only a few characters, it cannot be effectively tracked.) It means that they have entered the target. Near the sky!"

"The artillery is ready, the semi-armor-piercing projectile is loaded!" Soon the gunner said that everything is ready. The huge semi-armor-piercing projectile has been sent to the turret. With the help of the servo equipment, a round of cannonball and propellant cartridge are loaded. The slender artillery was finally sent into the depths of the barrel with the help of a push rod. Count Luknar was willing to fight at 7000 meters, because at this distance, the elevation and loading angle of the artillery were the same, and he could shoot at the maximum rate of fire! (In fact, in World War II, most battleships’ main gun loading angles were fixed, except for a device that the French came up with that could be loaded at any angle...)

The huge turret slowly pointed towards the opponent like the fangs and claws of a hidden behemoth in the dark. The two super-dreadnought battleships adjusted their speed and course to almost keep the course of the opponent. The 6 destroyers began to move closer to their opponents after the cover of the night. Compared with these armored cruisers with huge targets, destroyers are more difficult to kill because they are faster and harder to find!

"Each ship is staring at its own target, don't shoot one!" This message was transmitted on the signal light of the destroyer S-85. The short strobe did not attract the attention of the French. According to the plan, when the destroyer detachment approached 2500 meters When the distance from left to right. Two super fearless will launch a total attack!

"Well, the time is up, we can't wait anymore! Fire and attack!" Count Luknar issued an attack order!

The 16 350MM main guns were placed almost horizontally. The thick and long muzzle was aimed at two distant ships whose fate was unknown. The two armored cruisers were still cruising leisurely on the surface. The destroyer’s hydrophones did not hear anything. Abnormal sound, no periscope emerging from the sea, everything is so beautiful tonight, until a huge fireball suddenly rises in the night not far away!

A deafening sound came from a distance, and then the speed of the artillery shells and the light of the ship were much faster than the sound. A French officer and soldier on duty at the watch post happened to see the direction of the German fleet, and the flames suddenly appeared so The dazzling, so that soldiers who are already familiar with low light brightness feel a flower in front of them, too bright light makes him temporarily lose his vision!

Before 99% of the French navy officers and soldiers could react, the attack like a steel storm had swept over! A shell directly hit the armored cruiser Edgar 6900 meters away. The position of the shell was very good, and it directly hit the power cabin in the middle of the hull! However, the 6-inch steel plate was unable to block the attack of the large-caliber semi-armor-piercing projectile at this distance. This projectile easily smashed the outer armor and the inner dome into pieces like butter, and then plunged into the burning boiler. in!

boom! A soaring firelight rose into the air from the middle of Edgar's hull, and the huge pillar of fire rose to a certain height and spread to the surroundings, forming a huge mushroom cloud. The flames and thick smoke spread quickly from the shot to the surrounding area, accompanied by the downtime of boilers. This armored cruiser quickly lost powerWhite high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor, flames, and thick smoke spread all over the narrow cabin. Soldiers who were on a shift were caught by the heat and water without knowing what was happening outside. The poisonous gas took away the life.

"Damn, what happened?! Send an emergency telegram immediately! We are under attack! The German battleship has come out!" While there were still bursts of violent explosions on the Edgar, the flagship Ernas Major General Trasu on the special ship immediately ordered his subordinates to send a report for help.

However, all this seemed a bit late. Just halfway through the transmission of the telegram, the Prinz Eugen finally got its first hit tonight! A 350MM shell hit directly below the main mast of the Ernest. The huge mast fell amidst the explosion, and then directly smashed the radio room at the front of the bridge!

In the gap between the firing of the main guns, the side-string secondary guns of the two Austro-Hungarian battleships also started firing. Relying on the super-high rate of fire, a series of high-explosive shells hit the armored cruiser, the towering French cruiser originally "Various illegal buildings" became the best target under the light of fire. The explosion sounded continuously, really lighting the deck of this battleship!

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