Chapter 2084： Assault on Calais III

The British fighter force could not save their Strait Fleet. At least five squadrons of fighters consisted of air defense shields that blocked most of the British fighters from the battlefield, while British battleships and armored cruisers on the sea were beaten up.

What made the British and German pilots unexpected is that at this time German submarines also came up to grab the head! A British armored cruiser panicked past a German submarine. When its slender hull appeared on the front of the U589 submarine at a distance of less than 900 meters, the German submarine officers and soldiers were overjoyed and did not hesitate. He shot 4 heavy shipborne torpedoes, so the Luftwaffe pilots in the air looked dull! Their torpedo hadn't been thrown, so why did the battleship on the opposite side suddenly explode?

Attacking the British Strait Fleet was only part of the mission of the German bomber force, and not even the most important part. When the sea had become a mess, hundreds of German bombers began to bomb the British positions near Calais, and at the same time , The German army on the ground also launched a breakthrough immediately!

Boom! Huge plumes of smoke rose above the front line of the British army, and the entire position was like a heavy hammer hitting the ground! When the gun smoke dissipated, a huge crater with a diameter of only more than 20 meters appeared on the British army's position, and outside the crater, British corpses were everywhere. There are no traces of shrapnel on these bodies, but the seven orifices are bleeding and their faces are distorted. Obviously they were shaken to death by the shock wave generated after the explosion!

"It's a siege artillery! This is at least the power of an artillery over 10 inches!" A British soldier exclaimed. The large-caliber artillery was extremely deterrent and powerful even before the end of World War II! Even if there are only a few guns with a caliber of more than 10 inches, they can shake the entire front without being suppressed. This has been verified in the Lushun offensive and defensive battle in the Russo-Japanese War in history or this plane. After that, no matter how strong the bunker is, it cannot withstand the repeated blows of a large-caliber siege gun!

And this time, the large-caliber siege guns that appeared on the battlefield were not a few, but dozens of them! 2 complete Austro-Hungarian army siege artillery regiments have arrived on the battlefield and are deployed! This 12-inch L18 heavy siege gun produced by the Skoda military factory is definitely considered a fine product of this era. The artillery is deployed on a four-wheeled chassis and can be disassembled into two parts: a barrel and a carriage for transportation. The total weight is only 24 tons!

uses two kinds of shells, one is heavy shells. The projectile weighs 384KG and has an effective range of 14 kilometers. The other is a light bomb, which weighs 287 kg and has an effective range of 18 kilometers. And this artillery has a much higher elevation angle and curved trajectory than normal artillery. When the British fleet was still there, these short-range heavy artillery could not do much. But now, when the British fleet is overwhelmed by itself, 36 12-inch heavy siege guns are enough to let the opposite British army know what. Called Thunder Wanjun!

"I feel that the whole position is like an earthquake. Not far away, German siege artillery fired several hundred kilograms of shells at us. One shell fell and the entire trench was wiped off the ground. Leaving a huge dirt pit and weapon parts or charred corpses scattered around tells us that there used to be British positions."

"The firepower and support points of the civil structures we built on the periphery were knocked to pieces like eggs under the impact of the Skoda hammer. The entire line of defense became fragmented under the continuous German attacks, and our heavy artillery troops were destroyed by the Luftwaffe. Suppressed, in the rear, the explosions and machine guns never stopped. As soon as you look up, you can see German planes hovering above us like a swarm. Our fighting spirit is quickly hit by the massive German bombs and shelling. It was exhausted, and we could only watch the German infantry follow the tank over our defense line."

"When the German shelling was suspended, and when we could see the faces of the German soldiers on the opposite side, the first reaction of most people was not to raise their guns and shoot, but to throw their weapons out of the trench, and then hold their heads in both hands. Waiting to be captured by the other party, the long battle has exhausted us. Every day watching our comrades we know or don’t know turn into corpses or pieces of meat has brought us to the brink of collapse. This time, the concentrated bombardment of the Germans’ heavy artillery made us We completely collapsed, and I became one of the prisoners." A British officer after the war wrote in his diary.

When the British artillery positions in the distance were completely suppressed, the front was bombarded by a large number of heavy artillery, and the moment the tanks poured into the British defense line, it was only a matter of time before the British were defeated. However, what the Germans did not expect was that this time, the Germans encountered a large number of British forces directly surrendering in the first wave of attacks. After two years of war The British Army, known for its elite, has lost its prestige, and in the current desperate situation, the British army’s will to resist has collapsed. The seven British divisions defending the entire periphery of Port Calais continued within a day. After surrendering, in addition to the two British divisions still remaining in the city, the British army with more than 80,000 people finally entered the German prisoner of war camp!

"Don't fight the streets with the British, we go around the edge of the city, and just occupy the port!" Lieutenant General Hall kept giving orders to the German troops who were assaulting. After tearing open the British defense line with heavy artillery, hundreds of tanks and a large number of infantrymen circled outside Calais and rushed directly to the seaside port area. By this time, the British army remained outside the city. It was no longer possible to defend the most critical port for the British Expeditionary Force. Before four o'clock in the afternoon, the German armored forces finally rushed into the port area and took control of the port facilities and the remaining British fleet in the port. And began to build defensive positions and blast the key facilities in the port area!

The Germans did it very thoroughly. Lieutenant General Hall didn’t know what the British would do next. They might concentrate their forces to regain it. For the British Navy, which had a large number of former dreadnought battleships and more than 2 dozen old cruisers, daytime Although the attack was tragic, it was not without the strength to fight back. If they came back at night and the supporting British troops continued to want to seize the position, then Lieutenant General Hall would still have some trouble. Therefore, in the end, the Lieutenant General came up with a solution once and for all. , Directly block the entire port area through blasting and shipwreck! In this case, even if the British army retakes it, it doesn't make any sense.

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