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The German troops in Monrovia were already nervous, and although they did not receive an order to open fire, as soon as they heard their own artillery fire, they almost subconsciously ordered to fire.

In the blink of an eye, the entire fortress of Monrovia was lit up, countless columns of black smoke erupted, and dense cannon fire followed.

"Damn it, stop it!"

"It's over! Finished! It's all over! ”

"You fools! Don't you know that you have fallen for the enemy? ”

Shi Lifen hung his chest and was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

He tried to stop it, but the cannon roared, and the whole fortress trembled, and no one could hear him. Even if they heard it, it was difficult for the German troops, who were in a state of madness, to stop immediately.

Of course, the most important thing is that the two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the sea will not let each other stop

"Fire! Fire! Hurry up and fire! ”

Lin Yongsheng shouted excitedly, but he didn't expect to anger the Germans so easily, forcing them to take the lead in firing.

Of course, Lin Yongsheng didn't know that there were more unknown secrets behind this matter.

But it didn't matter anymore, Lin Yongsheng only needed an excuse to go to war.

The battleships Shi Huang the Great and the Han Wu Emperor, which had long been ready to attack, quickly launched a battle offensive after receiving the order to open fire.

The twenty-four 461 mm guns of the two super battleships fired a salvo in an instant, and the huge shells, which were calculated in tons, flew in the air at high speed and emitted a piercing roar.

The Germans had heard this kind of voice many times, it was a call from hell, and it would make people's hairs stand on end in an instant.

In a dozen seconds, the huge cannonball whistled and fell.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The cannonballs exploded, and the mountains shook in that instant, and the fortress was shattered and dusty was flying.

Clouds of fiery red mushrooms rose into the sky, and countless German soldiers were shattered and flesh and blood flew sideways.

"This is the power of an eighteen-inch cannon?"

"It's terrifying!"

At that moment, all the German troops, including Schrifen, were stunned by the bombing.

Looking at the fortress city wall, which is claimed to be extremely strong and designed to not be destroyed for a hundred years, in front of the eighteen-inch armor-piercing blasting projectile, the originally straight lines were blown into wavy lines, and some of the city walls even collapsed directly. The Germans there did not die under the shells, but were crushed to death by the bricks of the city wall they built, which can be described as quite aggrieved.

The battle heated up in a minute, and the number of German guns in the fortress of Monrovia was not small, at least more than a hundred, and the largest caliber of the fortress guns also reached 305 mm.

However, these fortress guns, no matter how large their caliber, were too weak for the two Imperial-class battleships to pose a substantial threat at all.

The waves were crashing on the sea, and two Imperial-class battleships shuttled back and forth in a rain of bullets.

Every minute and a half or so, there was a salvo of main artillery fire, inflicting great damage on the Germans in the fortress of Monrovia.

Shi Li gritted his teeth in anger, and he wanted to insist on stopping the fire, but the two sides were already fighting fiercely, and it was impossible to stop easily.

At this time, if Schrienen suddenly shouted to stop firing, it would cause great psychological damage to the German army, and they would no longer have the courage to fight the Chinese Imperial Army.

Therefore, Shi Lifen can only eat coptis dumbly, and he expects the result not to be too embarrassed.

"General Schrifen, these two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy are said to have the most powerful armored defense capabilities among the battleships in the world. My preliminary judgment is that it is at least 460 mm thick, and the caliber of all our current fortress artillery is far below this, and it is impossible to penetrate the opponent's at all. ”

Tirpitz said worriedly, he was Hitler's right-hand man and confidant, and he was also the commander-in-chief of the German Imperial High Seas Fleet, and the Imperial Chinese Navy had served the Reich-class battleships, and the German Gestapo would certainly get some information and let Tirpitz know.

Perrault next to him didn't understand, but he was also shocked when he heard about at least 460 mm armor protection. He was the governor of the fortress, and he knew very well that the maximum caliber of his fortress was only 305 mm, and according to conventional calculations, 460 mm thick armor would have to reach at least 400 mm caliber and 50 times the diameter of the gun to be able to penetrate it.

Of course, Schriefen knew this better, and he was also a diehard battleship loyalist, believing that only battleships could sink battleships, so he asked rhetorically: "Then what can you do?" ”

Tirpitz said, "Why don't you send a Fish Ray Boat to attack!" Our 533-mm blackhead radium, at a distance of five hundred meters, should be able to penetrate its waterline with armor protection. ”

Fish Radium is the nemesis of battleships, and the German army's 533 mm Blackhead Fish Radium is fatal to hit any battleship at close range. Even the most powerful battleship in the world, the Imperial-class battleship can theoretically resist the non-lethal penetrating hit attack of eight 533mm Fish Radium, but in actual combat, no one dares to guarantee the ticket, because any strange and incredible possibility can happen.

"It makes sense, only Fish and Ray can sink those two ugly monsters!"

Shi Lifen nodded and looked at Perrault, which meant that Perrault should dispatch the Fish and Radium Boat troops.

Perrot was stunned for a moment, he did theoretically have a fish and radium boat unit, which was used to defend the fortress port and the nearby coastline, but he had deducted military salaries for many years, and the fish and ray boat force had long been disbanded, and the five fish and ray boats had no money to maintain and were now rusty, and it was difficult to say whether they could be started or not, and even Perrault himself would not dare to sit if he went to sea, for fear of falling apart.

"Report to the general, the Fish and Radium Boat Force was attacked by the submarine of the Chinese Empire some time ago, and it has been completely wiped out!"

As a last resort, Perrault had no choice but to lie.

"What? You shit! Shi Lifen understood as soon as he heard it, he was not deceived by Perrault's lies at all, and directly saw through the other party's lies, and at that moment he had the urge to pull out a gun.

Shi Lifen rolled his eyes, he originally had good intentions, he wanted to ease the tension between Shi Lifen and Perrault, who would have thought that he had done something bad.

"General, I'd better go! The ships I brought with me are equipped with Fish Radium weapons! ”

As a last resort, Shi Li Fen could only attract Shi Li Fen's attention back.

"You're crazy too? How can the cruising fleet you bring with you beat the enemy? You know, only a battleship can sink a battleship, and if you go, you can only be sent to death! ”

Schriefen was shocked, and of course he valued Tirpitz more than Perrault, a famous admiral of the German Empire, and the hope for the future of the German Imperial Navy.

Of course, Tirpitz didn't want to go, but in this case, if the German Navy was allowed to nest in the military port and watch the two battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy block the door and slap their faces, it is estimated that all German soldiers will be cold.

There is a reason to have to go, even if you can't beat the opponent, you have to make a show, this is Tirpitz's usual method, get Hitler's personal transmission, the more this time, the more he has to behave.

"As the commander-in-chief of the German Imperial Navy, I must let the whole world know that our soldiers of the German Empire are not afraid of power!"

Looking at Tirpitz's statement, Schriefen was completely deceived by his performance, so he nodded in agreement.

In the military port, the German sailors of each ship were at a loss, they were very unwilling, and did not dare to go out to compete with the two warships of the Chinese Empire, which made them very aggrieved. Watching the German soldiers on the fortress get bogged down in a bitter battle and suffer heavy losses, the sailors were ashamed of their cowardice.

With a phone call from Tirpitz, the 19th Cruiser Fleet of the High Seas Fleet raised the battle flag, pressurized the boilers, and lifted anchor to leave port.

Tirpitz took the plunge and boarded the flagship Swabian.

This is a battlecruiser, belonging to the 19th Cruiser Fleet of the High Seas Fleet of the Imperial German Navy, which was originally the fourth ship of the Westbach-class battlecruiser that started construction in 1892, was completed and launched in 1896, participated in the world war, and has a record of sinking two warships of the French Imperial Navy.

The battle cruiser Swabian had a combat displacement of 31,200 tons and was equipped with the standard main guns of the Imperial German Navy: eight 14-inch 50-diameter guns, which were originally four triple turrets, but due to the technical blockade of the Chinese Empire, they were forced to be converted into four twin main guns in 1897. There were also 12 150 mm (5.9 in), 45 x diameter single rapid-fire guns, 12 x 88 mm (3.5 in), 45 x diameter high-profile single rapid-fire guns, and four 533 mm Fish Radium tubes, one underwater, one at the bow and one at the tail and one under each of the two port A turrets.

The Wittersbach-class battlecruiser is the last class of battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy, since the world war, all countries know that the so-called battlecruisers of the Chinese Empire have long been transformed into fast battleships, and the United States and Japan Navy are dead, so the German Imperial Military has also canceled all subsequent battlecruiser construction plans.

In this way, the Wittesbach-class battlecruiser became the last battlecruiser of the German Imperial Navy, and the original five battlecruisers of this class were assigned to each cruiser fleet as the flagship, only responsible for cruise, escort, alert and breaking combat missions.

This time, Tirpitz did not bring the entire High Seas Fleet to the United States, because he was afraid that if the High Seas Fleet moved, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy would also come with him, and then the war in the entire German Southwest Africa would be unpredictable, and if it detonated a full-scale war between China and Germany, it would be the worst.

Tirpitz ended up bringing only the 19th Cruiser Fleet, and he never expected to collide head-on with the Imperial Chinese Navy, but the plan could not keep up with the change, and this time he had to risk his life.

The 19th cruiser fleet consisted of a total of nineteen warships, the flagship Swabian battlecruiser, and then four Hamburg-class light cruisers with a displacement of 3,756 tons, two-shaft propulsion, two three-expansion steam engines, a total power of 11,750 horsepower, a speed of 23 knots, and an armament of 105 mm single-barreled guns x 10 + 37 mm machine guns x 10 + 533 mm fish radium launch tubes x3.

There are also four Nuremberg-class light cruisers, with a standard displacement of 3,400 tons, a full load displacement of 3,814 tons, two-shaft propulsion, two three-expansion steam engines, a total power of 13,200 horsepower, a speed of 24.1 knots, and armament with 105 mm single-barreled guns x 10 + 52 mm guns x 8 + 533 mm Fish Radium launch tubes x 2

Compared with the Imperial Chinese Navy, the Imperial German Navy did not have destroyers, and directly replaced the role of destroyers with light cruisers.

However, the anti-submarine combat missions of the Chinese Empire were basically concentrated on destroyers, while the anti-submarine missions of the German Imperial Navy were concentrated on frigates.

For example, this time Tirpitz escorted Schrien, playing a game of hide and seek with the submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy every day, and in order to strengthen the defense against being attacked by submarines, Tirpitz's fleet brought as many as ten frigates.

The Buck-class frigate is an anti-submarine escort warship developed by the Imperial German Navy after the World War due to the threat of the Chinese Imperial Submarines.

Its full load displacement does not exceed 1800 tons, speed: 24 knots, the main gun is equipped with 3 single-barreled 3-inch guns, and later the main gun was changed to 2 single-barreled 5-inch high-level dual-purpose guns, as well as 1 triple 21-inch Fish Radium launch tube, 1 double-linked 40-mm machine gun, 1 quadruple 1.1-inch anti-aircraft gun or 4 single-barreled 40-mm guns, and 6-10 single-barreled 20-mm guns.

The anti-submarine weapons consist of 2 depth charge throwing slots, 8 depth charge throwers, and 1 hedgehog projectile launcher.

Aboard the battlecruiser Swabia, Tirpitz ordered the entire fleet to leave the harbor in battle formation and go straight to the two Imperial Chinese Navy battleships.

Five minutes after the start of the war, Lin Yongsheng kept staring at the situation in the German port, and when he saw the German Navy coming out, he was also surprised and puzzled.

In Lin Yongsheng's view, it is a wise move for the German Navy to be a shrinking turtle, if it comes out, in front of the two most powerful Reich-class battleships in the world, these German warships are vulnerable and purely come to die.

"Report, the German fleet has been dispatched!"

"See! Since they seek death, fulfill them! ”

"Pass my order, each main gun adjusts its attitude and prepares to meet it!"

"See the biggest man in the German army? Sink it first! ”

A bridge staff officer hurriedly flipped through the atlas, quickly calibrated the target, and replied: "Report to the captain, the largest is the Swabian battlecruiser of the German Navy, which belongs to the Westbach-class battlecruiser, with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, eight 356 mm 50 times the diameter main gun, and a speed between 26 and 28 knots......"

"It's just a battlecruiser, even if it's more than 30,000 tons, it's just here to give us experience!"

Lin Yongsheng suddenly sneered.

Soon, the artillery department on the First Emperor calculated the course, speed, and relative azimuth of the German battlecruiser Swabia.

I saw that the main gun of the battleship the First Emperor was slowly turning, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the Swabian battlecruiser dozens of kilometers away.

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

The eighteen-inch cannon opened fire, and hundreds of meters of flames erupted from the muzzle.

At that moment, the nearly 70,000-ton giant ship was trembling, and the cannon exploded like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.