"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "In the Strait of Dover, five 'Bavaria-class' battleships, five 'King-class' battleships, five 'Deutschland-class' battleships and five 'Braunschweig-class' battleships of the German Navy are shelling Canterbury with 380 mm guns and 280 mm guns.

Although, the main guns of the 'Deutschland-class' battleships and the 'Braunschweig-class' battleships were both 280 mm guns, which were of limited power. But reaching Canterbury, which is 10 kilometres away, is not much of a problem. The British troops who could also be stationed here inflicted heavy casualties. The 380 mm guns of the 'Bavaria-class' battleships and the 'King-class' battleships, not to mention, have a maximum range of more than 20 kilometers, which is enough to cover the entire Canterbury and its surroundings in their maximum range. The power of the 380 mm gun is also more powerful.

In addition, five 'Wichersbach-class' battleships, five 'Caesar?' that were supposed to provide fire support for the 3rd Army Corps and the 3rd Marine Division, five 'Caesar? The Frederick III-class battleships and four Brandenburg-class battleships were also joined. After the retreat of the British to Maidstone, it was already far beyond the maximum range of the main guns of these former dreadnoughts. So, they can only shift the target. It just so happened that the main forces of the British southeastern theater were concentrated in Canterbury, and the Germans just needed to hit them with powerful artillery fire and inflict greater casualties on them.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The sound of explosions continued to ring out in Canterbury. The German Navy's warships fired high-explosive shells, and each shell exploded, leaving a huge crater in the ground. Buildings or animals within a kill radius will pay a heavy price for this.

"Boom!"

A 380-mm shell, which hit one of the anti-artillery holes of the British troops. The powerful 380-millimeter shells directly collapsed this anti-artillery hole, and hundreds of British soldiers were buried inside. The British soldiers outside hurriedly began to dig, trying to save their comrades inside. However, in the absence of sufficient mechanical equipment, the difficulty of digging by hand is undoubtedly very large. By the time the buried British soldiers were excavated, they were largely silent.

"Boom!"

A 280-mm shell hit a five-storey building inside the city of Canterbury. The building collapsed in an instant, and a group of British soldiers who were passing by the street below were stoned to death.

In the continuous heavy shelling of the German Navy, it has already caused a lot of casualties to the British army. At the same time, this also made the morale of the British army continue to decline.

Many British soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to leave the barracks, and even shrank directly into the anti-artillery holes. Although, the anti-artillery holes they dug were not very defensive in front of the large-caliber naval guns of the German army. If you are hit, there is a good chance that you will be blown down. However, this gives them much psychological comfort.

"Buzz!"

Fighter planes of the German Army Air Corps once again visited Canterbury. More than two hundred bombers, under the cover of hundreds of fighters, bombed the loss of Canterbury.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”

One after another, the aerial bombs, like dumplings, roared and smashed into the city of Canterbury.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Dense explosions rang out, and a whole city was reduced to rubble in the bombardment. The buildings were completely destroyed, as were the barracks and defensive positions of the British troops there.

"Da Da Da!"

The fighters, who had completed the cover bomber operation, began their slaughter operation after the bombers returned. These fighters searched everywhere for traces of British soldiers. If you find it, you can immediately strafe them with an aerial machine gun and kill them. This kind of killing game has become the favorite thing for fighter pilots in the German Army Air Corps.

Almost every time the Army Air Corps launched an operation, it caused considerable losses to the British army.

"Bastard! How so? "Admiral Hamilton is going crazy looking at the losses that are being collected every day.

On the 28th, the Germans began to advance towards Canterbury. However, the German army advanced very slowly, and it seemed that it was going to adopt a steady and steady tactic. But the shelling of the German Navy and the bombing of the planes were very violent. On the 28th alone, more than 20,000 British soldiers were killed by the German Navy's shelling and aircraft bombardment.

On the 29th, the number rose to 30,000. It can be said that within two days, they lost an army. This was undoubtedly an unacceptable result for the British army.

"Your Excellency, two days have passed, and the Germans have advanced only three kilometers. They seem to want to destroy our living forces with naval guns and aircraft! Admiral Haig's face was ugly. The development of the battle situation seems to have deviated greatly from what they had expected! This made their generals a little hot on their faces.

"Why don't we take the initiative and attack?" Admiral Benson proposed.

"No, if you take the initiative to attack, you will also be hit by the strong fire of the Germans. In addition, taking the initiative to attack will also cost us more losses. Admiral Haig shook his head.

"So, what are we going to do? Do you just keep waiting? Admiral Hamilton's face was about to turn grim with rage.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have no choice but to wait. No matter how slow the Germans were, they would have advanced towards Canterbury. The longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them. It's already the end of August, and in three months, the cold winter is coming. At that time, it will be even more difficult to supply the Germans. Admiral Haig explained.

Admiral Hamilton was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, that's it!" Command our troops, take cover, and suffer as few losses as possible. I'd like to see how long the Germans can drag! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." Admiral Haig and the others replied.

"Your Excellency, Commander, if you can, I hope that the Air Force will be able to compete with the Germans for air supremacy. The German air raids inflicted on us even much greater losses than their naval guns. If the air raids of the Germans could have been stopped, our losses would have been reduced. Admiral Haig suggested.

"I'll be in touch with the Air Force!" Hamilton nodded. That's what he's been paying attention to. However, it doesn't seem to be going well.