The radio waves passed through the English Channel less than 40 kilometers and reached Bordeaux for a short time, that is, less than a second, after translating the message, all the Bordeaux generals turned black, they did not expect that it would be such a reply, in fact, when the high seas fleet attacked the sea and land-based batteries of Bordeaux, Bordeaux had already taken into account the attacks that would be encountered, and those far from the coast immediately dispersed, withdrew some defensive lines closer to the sea, and evacuated as much as possible, But I don't know how effective this evacuation will be.

Bordeaux is close to the sea, close to the sea because of the protection of the Allied warships, it was basically as stable as Mount Tai before, and there are not many troops here, mainly facing the German side, the most important thing is that in the place of about 10 kilometers near the sea, it is the closest defense line with Germany, the first line is impossible, and even several fronts close to Germany began the top alert, it is impossible to retreat, who knows if the Germans will fight.

Coupled with the large number of people, Bordeaux is relatively small in addition to the battle line, and more than 15 kilometers from the shore, and in this case, there is no place to run. Under the attack of naval artillery, as long as there is a trace of confusion in the defensive line, it is injected into the defensive line by Germany, and if it is divided and surrounded, the losses will be even greater, which is clear to the generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time, which is also the fundamental reason why they urgently asked the British for help, but the feedback from the headquarters, although it was said that let them prevent the shelling, but there was no process of help at all, which means that help from across the strait is almost impossible, even if it appears, in the comparison of naval strength and the other side, Under the premise of being at an absolute disadvantage, at most it is the role of harassment, not allowing the German High Seas Fleet to attack Bordeaux without any scruples, they still have to be artillery, and even have to pay a certain number of casualties, and the size of this casualty depends on luck.

The generals of the army cursed, as if from the return of the Scheer fleet, the Allied navy began to be conservative, at the beginning, it was just a step by step, so that Germany could get out of the Baltic Sea, and even a large number of submarines threatened the transportation of the Entente, so that the balance of the two sides began to tilt, several years of war, especially the offensive and defensive battles of Bordeaux in the past two years, face-to-face confrontation with the German army, the number of the German army, the combat effectiveness of the German army, and even the equipment of the German army, these generals are clear, Even where the German army is stronger than the Allied army, they know that it is not to increase the deployment of artillery, increase automatic firepower such as machine guns, of course, and the German army itself, but the Allied army is not bad, if the rear can meet the logistical requirements, they do not say that all the reorganization is completed, even if about half of the army is reorganized, in the face of Germany, it will not be so passive, and even suppressed and beaten.

For these generals, although the soldiers under their command are often a number, when fighting, there is no need to think too much, but such a vain consumption is definitely a kind of sadness, looking at the stick boys, because they are wrong, one by one in the meat grinder, and even helpless, three or four in exchange for the life of a German person, this difference, they are also very helpless.

Originally, in 1916, with the help of sonar, when the German submarine was attacked on a large scale, the Allied army was ready to accumulate resources for a winter, and strive to prepare for the winter, reorganize about 50 divisions of elite troops for the counterattack on Germany, but unfortunately less than 2 months later, this plan was devastated, Germany came up with a more powerful submarine, not only to avoid the sonar exploration, but also to kill all sides, not only to attack merchant ships, for some warships to escort large ship groups, Not only could the plan of reorganizing 50 divisions of troops not be implemented, but even the logistical supplies on this side could not be put in place, and several efforts and several battles in the middle ensured the basic logistics, but not to mention the spring offensive, and even the summer offensive may not be able to be maintained, if efforts are made, an offensive may be developed in the autumn.

This good mood didn't last long, and now the unexpected attack has come again, the high seas fleet is actually fully dispatched, attacking Bordeaux without scruples, this is something that has never happened, at this moment, the home fleet that should appear here is more likely to retreat, even if it can appear here, a little sneak attack and containment of the high seas fleet, Bordeaux, it will be much better, they will not be passively artillery.

In fact, they really thought wrong, even at this moment, the home fleet is dispatched, and it will not be able to sneak attack the high seas fleet, after the appearance of reconnaissance aircraft, Germany is not afraid of sneak attacks at all, although the attack is 5 o'clock in the morning, but after cleaning up the periphery of the offshore fleet and land-based batteries, it is already 50 minutes later, the sky is already dark, at most more than 30 minutes, the sky will be bright, under the reconnaissance of lookouts, airships, and even aircraft, if the British support fleet can still sneak attack the high seas fleet, That's really out of magic, for the current commander of the High Seas Fleet, Scheer, if the British really come out, it would be great, they can just take this opportunity to have a decisive battle with the British fleet at sea, even if they hold the cost of losing seventy or eighty percent, they must also annihilate the current living forces of the Entente, after losing 12 capital ships, after developing the maximum power of the two Chinese-made warships of the Emperor class and the Chancellor class, Germany has this confidence, even in the case of good luck, It is possible to lose no more than half, and the task can be completed.

Unfortunately, according to the results of reconnaissance, the military port with battleships, the battleship in the military port, did not make the slightest move, as for the British submarines, there have been some exchanges before, not to mention compared with the current German submarines, even compared with the German submarines before the outbreak of the war, there is a relatively long distance, not to mention the Chinese submarine forces currently guarding under the high seas fleet, even if they are dispatched, they cannot have any effect.

Scheer sat in the emperor-level control tower, and the information from all sides, especially the information sent back by the reconnaissance plane, was so comfortable in the first battle, and now, the large warships of the entire Entente countries were almost not moving, at least within two or three hours, there would be no force that would threaten the high seas fleet, as long as the location of the minefield was avoided, the high seas fleet would be free to attack, as long as it did not get too close to the shore.

The location of the minefield in Bordeaux was almost reconnoitred, they advanced along the main channel, but they did not get too close, although it was the main channel, no mines were arranged, it did not mean that the mines did not float over, in case one or two mines floated over, in the dark night, if they did not see particularly clearly, it would be fun, maybe one or two ships would be attacked, and in the case of eliminating the battleships of the coastal defense, as well as land-based batteries, and then there would be losses, it would really be a matter of Scheer's ability.

At a distance of about 3 km from the coastline, exactly the outermost part of the minelaying area, near the fairway, several options were added together to avoid mines, and even when the sky was not fully bright, destroyers were specially dispatched, on the outside, on the one hand, it played a protective effect, on the other hand, it was minesweeping on the periphery, although the destroyer was not a professional minesweeper, but it could shoulder the role of minesweeping, even if there were losses, it was acceptable, one or two destroyers, in exchange for a full-scale attack on Bordeaux, such an exchange, It's still more cost-effective.

After everything was ready, after forming a relatively stable formation, all the capital ships, heavy cruisers and battleships, began to pour artillery fire on Bordeaux, and the other battleships were basically spare, even the heavy cruisers, after an hour, they also stopped pouring down, after all, the range of the heavy patrol was not enough, at most a range of about 10 kilometers, which was equivalent to only covering the shore, a distance of about 7 kilometers, in the middle, there were not many vital parts, and many places also retreated, at sunrise, After the lookout post could see the situation on the shore of Bordeaux without hindrance, Scheer decisively stopped the offensive of the heavy patrol, and hit the artillery fire on the battleship, and did not popularize the command system, only one above the Scheer fleet, which was still under the control of the Chinese soldiers, but the tacit understanding formed over the years, coupled with the well-trained German army, they could ensure that they could attack the approximate target at more than 15 kilometers, with an error of about 400 meters.

On land, an error of 400 meters, you may not know where to fly, even if it is for a battleship, not to mention whether the other side is moving or not, even if it is not moving, 400 meters is also wrong The length of a multi-hull is wrong, between the warships traveling at high speed, how lucky it must be to be able to be blinded, but for Bordeaux, this dense to the extreme battlefield, just on the side of the Entente, there are 6 million troops here, the density is beyond imagination, layers of trenches and anti-artillery holes, 400 meters away, There is really no deviation, and they don't just finish with one shot, they keep fighting, and when there are a large number of them, the results achieved are not less than accurate shooting, and mistakes abound.

Firing at a distance of 15 kilometers, plus most of the warships of the High Seas Fleet are 3 to 4 kilometers from the shore, which is equivalent to saying that Bordeaux is close to the shipping lane, and the area of about 11 kilometers is all within the range of the battleships. In the end, the High Seas Fleet poured 48,000 shells on Bordeaux in just one and a half hours, an average of 800 rounds per ship, which is not a large number, but the damage caused to Bordeaux is shocking. (To be continued.) )