The night was dark.

In the distance, there was a buzzing sound on the sea, and with the sound, a fleet gradually revealed its silhouette in the darkness.

The leaders are two destroyers, followed by some big guys, and the middle one is the most distinctive.

The two quadruple naval guns are the biggest feature of this warship, which occupies almost the main part of the front of the hull, and this warship is the flagship of the current fleet, the Strasbourg.

On the bridge, General Jean Suer, who had not slept all night, had been looking ahead.

The sea breeze blew in through the porthole, and the old general felt a little cool, not only on his face, but also psychologically.

Historical grievances aside, now that the British have actually taken action against the French Navy, this return fire by the French Navy is completely normal.

But, no matter what, he always felt something unusual.

This time, it is definitely not as simple as firing a few shots on your own side.

Germany will not give up this opportunity, then, the next one, almost conceivable, Spain will take advantage of this opportunity to recover Gibraltar?

No matter what, these have nothing to do with your side, now, you are only fighting for the honor of the navy!

"General, we are about to reach Gibraltar in front of you." The deputy on the side said to him.

They had come from the Mediterranean Sea in the east, and now, as they approached Gibraltar, they could not attack immediately, because they were blocked by tall rocky mountains, and they had to go around it.

And this bypass implies a risk, in case it is discovered by the British on the shore, what will the other party do?

"Keep accelerating." Jean Sur said: "All warships, be ready, fire at any time!" ”

What are you afraid of! In the dark, the accuracy of the opponent's shore artillery is also very poor, and if it is not good, it will not be able to detect these warships of its own side, and it is just blindly firing the cannon, and once the opponent fires the cannon, it will expose the position and provide target data for its own shooting.

Getting closer and closer, he could see the huge outline of the rocky mountain in the darkness, and every time he passed by here, General Soule would be attracted by the majestic mountains here, and at the same time, he also knew how tightly the British army, which was still an ally at the time, defended this place very tightly!

Nearer, closer, in the center of the fairway, less than ten nautical miles from the southern tip of Gibraltar, and in the nervous breath of all they had rounded it!

Let General Sur look at his watch, it is now, it is more than four o'clock in the morning, and in an hour, the east will be white.

"Order the troops, prepare for battle, and when dawn comes, let us greet the British with heavy artillery fire!" It reminded General Souls that just a day ago, his own navy was blocked by the British Navy at the door and then attacked by a sneak attack.

At that time, his warship did not start, it was simply a hasty response, which eventually led to his flagship being hit and stranded, and now, retribution is really fast!

British, let you taste it!

That Colonel Holland, who had been temporarily imprisoned, made General Sur realize that his temper was really getting better and better, and he didn't shoot his old friend immediately.

That's not what a general should do, now, it's the right way!

After bypassing the southern tip of Gibraltar, the fleet changed its formation and continued to approach the west coast of Gibraltar in a horizontal formation.

Anyway, the Strasbourg had eight cannons all in front.

At this point, their speed has been reduced, speed is no longer important, adjusting their angle is the most important thing.

"Damn it!" At this moment, suddenly, there was a curse from inside the bridge.

I saw a huge light shining on the top of the rocky mountain in the distance.

The searchlight of this era is also quite far away, especially this kind of large searchlight that searches the sea surface, which can shine more than ten nautical miles!

Moreover, the searchlight is still searching for them!

Moreover, there is more than one!

On the top of the entire rocky mountain, there were more than a dozen searchlights, all of which were shining towards them, and with the illumination of the pillar of light, this side was shaken so that they couldn't see anything clearly.

It is a matter of minutes to be discovered.

Now, half an hour before dawn.

"Naval guns, fire at once and kill those searchlights!" Let General Sur shout loudly.

In night battles, searchlights are a good helper, for example, to deal with air raids at night, it is the cooperation between searchlights and antiaircraft artillery units, searchlights catch planes, as if they are stars on the stage, they are always shining, and anti-aircraft artillery can fire.

It's the same now.

If you let these searchlights illuminate your own warships, then the shore guns here will be able to aim at your own side and shoot, which is absolutely not allowed! So, just blast all these searchlights out!

It was an accident. The shelling, which was planned to be launched again at dawn, was forced to be brought forward.

And for the British, it was also an accident.

They originally deployed the radar, but unfortunately, because of the interference on the other side, they thought that the radar was broken, so the radar soldiers were already asleep, waiting for the engineer to repair it.

However, that doesn't mean they don't have any defenses.

The Strait of Gibraltar is a strategic location, and here, they have to always be on guard against German submarines slipping in, after all, now, whether the sea power in the Mediterranean can be guaranteed depends on this gatekeeper.

Therefore, in addition to radar, they also arranged underwater listeners in the sea water to listen to the sound of submarines under the surface.

As a result, the sound of the submarine was not heard, but the noise of the propellers of the ships on the surface was heard.

At first, they didn't care, but it turned out that the noise was getting louder and louder, so the British defenders finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to search the sea with searchlights to see what was on it.

This kind of searchlight deployed on the top of the mountain, more than one person high, is in charge of a searchlight squad, and the pillar of light is like a treasure knife, splitting the dark night sky and heading towards the opposite side.

The pillar of light finally fell to the surface of the sea, moving slowly, and on the base of the searchlight, there were two soldiers, slowly turning, this thing, completely manually controlled.

One tube pitch, one tube position, the two of them slowly turned, the squad leader with the best eyesight, through the telescope to capture the situation on the sea, even if it is a periscope, he has to find out!

"Stop!" Suddenly, he shouted loudly.

In the field of vision, a big guy appeared.

It wasn't a submarine, it wasn't an ordinary freighter, and inside his pupils, he saw a terrifying huge battleship! What the searchlight shone on was a huge naval gun, with a quadruple barrel and a black hole barrel, pointing to his side!

"Quick, report to the company commander and discover the French warship!"

Quadruple naval guns, except for the French ones, there is no other! And just after he said this, his retina was full of blazing flames.

The other party, fired!