Chapter 410： Naval gun salvo

The 406 mm naval gun has a range of more than 40 kilometers. At this distance, it is difficult to visually find the target.

Therefore, all battleships are equipped with seaplanes, which are mainly used to guide the battleship’s naval gun attacks.

And now, on the ocean, the huge battleship Bismarck is receiving the reconnaissance signal from its seaplane.

"Attention, all 406 naval guns are loaded with shells." Captain Lidman, Navy Colonel, gave orders.

Load the shells!

The Bismarck, since the completion of the construction, the naval gun has not fired a salvo, after all, the naval gun has a barrel life, and a few hundred rounds were scrapped.

And this time, it just happened to be in time!

Inside the triple-mounted turret, the autoloader was busy, and huge shells and cartridges were loaded into the barrel in turn.

Then, the turret slowly turned.

Unlike in history, the Bismarck’s naval gun was changed to a 406 mm caliber. At the same time, the number has also changed. It used to have four twin turrets, but now it has three triple turrets.

There are two in the front and one in the back. All the turrets are turning towards the right side of the warship. The muzzle of the black hole is aimed at the land dozens of kilometers away.

"Cannon 1, test fire." Lindemann shouted loudly.

"boom!"

Following his order, the 406 mm naval gun in the middle of the No. 1 turret on the bow issued a huge roar. With the sound of the gun, a large group of flames emerged from the muzzle. It was a high-explosive warhead weighing several hundred kilograms, which appeared at the front of the flame and flew forward quickly!

When the flames slowly dispersed, the smoke enveloped the entire battleship.

This is a test shot, it's so frantic!

The cannonball made a beautiful trajectory in the air and flew towards Mainland, the British Fleet Command south of Kirkwall.

"Boom!" The shell fell on the open space not far from the headquarters. This is a basketball court. When the bomb came down, the entire ground seemed to have had a major earthquake.

With the sound of a huge explosion, a shock wave was transmitted, wherever it went, the cement on the ground flew up one after another, and the ground in the distance also cracked.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, a large pit with a diameter of several meters appeared in the middle of the basketball court. If there were people on this basketball court, it would definitely not survive!

In the sky, the reconnaissance plane was visually inspecting the impact point, and then sent instructions to the Bismarck to deviate one hundred meters from the target, increase the elevation angle by one degree, and deviate two positions to the left!

The 406 mm naval gun is quite powerful, and at the same time, every gun can not be wasted. As it is now, use one shell to test fire. After confirming the impact point, the next time, it will cover the blow!

All the barrels were erected, and the sight of the Bismarck was quite spectacular.

"Boom!" The remaining eight barrels fired together, and the sound of the interval could not be heard. Although there was actually a sequence, only one sound was heard.

This sound made everyone's eardrums tremble, and within a few minutes, the ears were buzzing.

Almost at the same time, a fiery flame emerged from the muzzle. The flames of the eight naval guns instantly stained the right side of the warship and stretched forward for tens of meters! If you count the volume, the volume covered by these flames is larger than the entire Bismarck.

At the same time, the firing of the naval gun resulted in huge recoil. The Bismarck, which was fully loaded with a displacement of up to 50,000 tons, could not withstand such recoil, and was forced to the left side by more than a meter!

On the right side of the warship, there are splashes, showing the huge lateral movement of the warship. If the displacement of the warship is not enough, the side volleys can even turn the entire warship over.

The flames that emerged lasted more than ten seconds in the sea before disappearing, turning into thick black smoke, which surrounded the entire Bismarck, and in front of the flames, huge grenade flew forward.

The goal is the British fleet base!

"Boom!" With the test fire just now, the aim of this salvo was quite high, and one shell accurately hit the main building of the British fleet base, the four-story command building.

This building has withstood the bombing of the Stuka bomber, and its walls are ruined, but it is still standing upright. Now, this shell has completely changed the fate of this building.

When the explosion happened, only the middle of the entire building was seen, blowing heat towards the outside, and then, like a directional blast, it collapsed from top to bottom, like a domino.

After the explosion, the entire building no longer stood upright, all turned into flat ruins, just swelling up than the ground on the side!

"Boom!" A shell hit a barracks next to the building. In the explosion, the tents in the barracks were like leaves in a typhoon. All were lifted up in an instant! The air wave spread to dozens of meters away!

One shell after another fell from the sky, and the reconnaissance plane in the sky calmly reported to the rear: "The entire headquarters has been destroyed."

In one salvo, more than 30 Stuka bombers were bombed to the ground without leveling the headquarters. This is the power of the 406 mm naval gun!

Lindemann was quite satisfied. Since the start of the war, the main battleship of his side has not yet shown power, and now, a salvo has destroyed the opponent's headquarters, which is considered a good record.

However, Lutjens on the side was obviously not satisfied.

For any German navy, this place is a shame. The original Rainbow Operation made it the grave of the German fleet, but now, the naval guns have only completed a salvo. How is that enough?

"Aim at Kirkwall for the second salvo," Lütjens said.

Hearing this, Lindeman was taken aback, Kirkwall, that's the city, fired at the city, isn't this hitting civilians?

Kirkwall is a city, but it is not an ordinary city. It can be said that the important purpose of the existence of this city is to serve the British naval fleet.

Now, they are going to bomb their cities!

Don't say that the war is military and nonsense that has nothing to do with civilians. Only the most naive pacifists will believe this.

What are the soldiers doing in the front and the rear? We are giving the frontline military artificial weapons and growing food! In the latter part of World War II, the Allied bombers still blew up all the major cities in Germany.

Now, Kirkwall fighting them is to let them know that the German navy is already strong and the British must succumb!

Although Lindemann was the captain, Lütjens was the commander. Lindemann wanted to listen to Lütjens, so he issued an order: "Reload, high-explosive bombs, reconnaissance plane, and instruct the target."