Chapter 552: Naval Bombardment of the Port (Added 15)
The 406 mm naval gun, if you use the strong charge mode, can fire a grenade, and it can hit a distance of 50 kilometers!
At this distance, the commander of the ship's guns is already ineffective, because he cannot see the opposite side and cannot aim.
On land, it is possible to carry out aimed shooting on the basis of predetermined shooting elements, and now, seaplanes are needed!
The AR196 water reconnaissance aircraft can not only help the warship to reconnoiter the water surface in advance, determine whether the nearby waters are safe, and detect the enemy's warships in advance, it also has a mission, that is, artillery calibration!
Now, for example, it is going to direct its naval guns to attack a French army camp in the harbor!
At this time, in the back seat of the sea reconnaissance plane, the observer Ike was nervously busy, and in front of him was a chart with a ruler, marking the chart, and at the same time, constantly looking down.
"In the 091 direction, the elevation angle is 31 degrees 43 minutes and 2 seconds, and I request a test shot." Ike shouted over the radio.
Even if he calculated accurately in advance, he couldn't make his own warship hit at once, so let's try to shoot one first.
"Boom!" With his call, the Bismarck here, the middle of the ship's gun, opened fire violently, and a huge grenade flew out of the muzzle, shrouded in flames.
Ike stared closely at the grenade's trajectory as it swept through the sky, and at the end of a graceful arc, it pointed at the target barracks.
"Boom!" It took almost a minute for the shell, which was flying at a speed of 820 meters per second, to hit the ground with a bang, and a huge crater was blown out on the ground.
"The bearing is correct, there is still a kilometer away from the target, and the elevation angle is increased by 1 degree and 2 minutes. All naval guns fired a salvo. Ike continued to shout.
This shot gave him a lot of certainty, and next time, he would definitely hit all of them!
"Boom, boom!" This time, the salvo of nine naval guns roared over the entire sea, as if even the sea water was trembling, black smoke enveloped the entire battleship, and nine 406-mm high-explosive grenades flew towards the military camp opposite.
At this time, there was already a panic in the barracks.
When they found the cannonballs flying from the opposite side, they subconsciously lay down, but in this way, they can only die faster!
"Boom!" A 406 mm grenade accurately hit the barracks, and when the grenade exploded on the ground, it directly exploded a large crater several meters deep, and the explosion made the ground shake violently.
The soldier who was on the ground, in an instant, felt that his chest was slapped hard, just like his belly touching the water surface when diving, no, it was even worse!
His stomach churned, and then, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and he had already been shattered in his internal organs.
406 mm high-explosive grenades, each one landed, bringing an apocalyptic feeling, you know, each shell, weighs more than a ton!
What does it feel like to have a one-ton warhead hit the ground?
And one salvo, that's nine such warheads!
A cannonball hit a three-story small building, almost instantly, this small building, it collapsed directly, before it exploded, it was directly smashed by the kinetic energy of the collision, and then, in the huge explosion, the entire small building, all shattered!
This is the power of large-caliber naval guns, in history, Hitler has always been keen on super artillery, this is the reason, the power of this cannon is crazy, it can be said that if the Maginot Line is close to the sea, 406 mm naval guns can still bombard the Maginot Line, frontal assault can be, there is no need to carefully arrange other plans to attack France.
When a salvo of 406 mm naval guns passed, the barracks here became a ruin and lost its value of existence!
And on the reconnaissance aircraft in the sky, the observer Ike continued to make radio contact: "Turn to the right 1 degree 13 minutes 6 seconds, elevation angle raised 3 minutes, target, shore fortifications near the barracks. ”
With his call, the guns of the battleship Bismarck slowly turned their angles, and then, with a new salvo, began again, accurately blowing up the shore fortifications on this side into ruins.
In addition to the Bismarck, other warships of more than 10,000 tons also poured their firepower on the shore.
In war, people always die.
The whole of Brest was crowded with people who were ready to flee, and now, German artillery fire inevitably injured some civilians.
It is not good to stay at home, waiting to accept the leadership of the great Germany, only to know that it is their own life to run around like this, to be injured, or to be blown up.
One of the great functions of the battleship is to use its own naval guns to carry out shore attacks!
After this operation, Germany trumpeted the outstanding contribution of battleships in this landing operation, and the carrier-based aircraft of aircraft carriers were far less efficient than battleships, and the huge guns of battleships were still the key to dominating the sea and dominating the land with the sea.
Moreover, Germany advertised its own plan for the construction of a series of battleships, and even more than 80,000 tons of plans to use 800 mm naval guns.
Of course, all this is to fool the Western world, especially the US military.
While constantly promoting the advantages of battleships, Germany began to build a large number of aircraft carriers, using the French industry it had acquired, increasing the construction of aircraft carriers, and starting construction of several aircraft carriers at the same time.
Of course, that's all for later.
Now, the warships were pouring their own fire, and in the naval base on the shore, the commander of the base was very frightened, listening to the howling outside, he made contact on the outskirts of Brest. After all, there is the Chief of the General Staff of the entire Navy, and now in this case, only the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy will be in command.
The port of Brest, which was bombarded by the German fleet, the battleships of the Germans, approaching to the shore, carried out a constant shelling of the port!
By the time he got the news, Darlan had already realized that something was wrong. He had come down from the front line and returned to his command.
In the morning, the Germans only sent bombers to bomb the military facilities in Brest, which Darlan could accept, after all, they had carried out airborne operations here, and their bombing was to relieve the pressure on those airborne troops.
Therefore, Darlan did not care about the bombardment of the Germans, he just had to concentrate his forces and strangle the German paratroopers who had landed.
But now, the Germans even came up with battleships, which is very bad.
This shows that the Germans have new intentions!
Don't? Darlan thought of a possibility, and immediately denied it in his heart, impossible, impossible, how could these Germans do such an action?
"Report, the 48th Division was ordered to come to support." Just then, a voice sounded outside.