Chapter 1172 It Is Stupid to Rely on Others for National Defense (Plus 1)

The destroyer whose bow entered the water could have been saved. At this time, the sailors were carrying out damage control and wanted to try their best to save the warship, but they did not expect that a 380mm artillery shell would fall from the sky.

A destroyer with more than 3,000 tons could not stand such a blow at all. The smashed deck collapsed immediately, the deck was torn apart, and then, under the deck, the terrible explosion sounded.

The explosion ripped open the sides of the hull, and, as was the fate of the Mara, the destroyer began to flood rapidly and sink.

"Long-range bullets, the watch gauge is reduced by 500, the four doors are fired, and two rounds of fire are fired." Following the commander's order, a more terrifying roar came.

On the two turrets, four 380mm naval guns were roaring, and black smoke rose from the muzzle, as if they were demons in hell.

The shooting of battleships is always the most exciting.

However, the protagonist of the shelling now is not the "Scharnhorst", but the "Strasbourg" two nautical miles away from it.

This is a French battleship, which has also experienced vicissitudes in recent years.

The former ally, the United Kingdom, attacked it. Later, it retaliated against the United Kingdom and bombarded Gibraltar. In the past, it had been wandering in the Mediterranean Sea. This time, it joined the German fleet and followed it to the Baltic Sea.

Although sovereignly speaking, this French warship belongs to Vichy France and does not accept orders from Germany. However, everyone can see that the current general trend is that Germany is about to rule the world. Therefore, there seems to be nothing wrong with fighting with Germany, not to mention that the enemy is the red regime they hate.

In terms of cannon caliber, Strasbourg was 330mm, an order of magnitude smaller than the 380, however, her turret layout was different.

Unlike other battleships that have turrets at the front and rear, this battleship has turrets in the front, and two quadruple turrets occupy almost the front half of the deck.

There is no turret in the back, which made it suffer from the last British sneak attack, and now, it can use all its firepower in the process of sailing forward.

"Boom, boom!" The sound of the guns was so constant that people couldn't tell the difference. Eight naval guns fired together. This scene was the most spectacular.

The entire sea was reddened by the fireballs shot from the muzzle, as if the warship was rushing towards a sea of ​​fire, followed by the terrifying black smoke that enveloped the entire warship, and the huge hull of tens of thousands of tons, in the When the fire was fired, it was recoiled more than one meter back.

The shells were fired at the opposite Soviet fleet.

On the Kirov cruiser, Captain Alexandrov only had time to open his eyes, his brain was empty, because they had no countermeasures.

The main guns equipped on the Kirov are three triple-mounted B-1-P 180mm naval guns. The maximum effective range of this naval gun is less than 20 kilometers, and they cannot reach the opposite German fleet at all.

However, the German battleships can easily throw their large-caliber armor-piercing projectiles over, just like just now, a Tashkent-class destroyer was smashed and sunk with one shot.

And now, the smoke rising from the sea in the distance seemed to herald something, a new round of terrifying shelling had arrived.

It was impossible to catch the shell that was almost three times the speed of sound with the naked eye, and they couldn't hear the roar of the shell when it was fired, but they could clearly hear the hiss of the shell cutting through the air, the howl of death.

"Boom, boom, boom!" At this moment, behind them, the coastal defense artillery finally opened fire.

Just as the shells of the coastal defense artillery flew past, the terrifying shells also flew towards the Soviet fleet.

A huge 380mm shell smashed into the rear armor of the Kirov, the armor of tens of millimeters was torn apart, and the shell exploded terribly inside.

Then, the second cannonball hit the bridge again. When the cannonball came flying, everyone's eyes widened.

"boom!"

The entire bridge was blasted open, and a huge airflow hit, and Alexandrov felt as if he was a light leaf that was lifted into the air, and then he didn't know anything.

The Kirov suffered a coverage blow from a naval gun, and the battleship was sunk in an instant, and the Gorky cruiser, which was less than a nautical mile away, was also visited by 330mm artillery shells. The newest warship in service also sank unwillingly.

The main force of the Baltic Fleet is gone.

There are only 3,000-ton destroyers and more than 1,000-ton frigates left. Now, the coastal defense artillery is finally showing its power. Huge shells are projected towards the German battleship. Unfortunately, there is still one nautical mile away from the German battleship. , and fell into the sea.

"Damn, we've been fooled, these Germans!" Inside a surviving 305mm coastal defense gun, the commander cursed loudly: "The Germans have fooled us!"

A few years ago, when the two sides were friendly and mutual aid, some Krupp experts came to Kronstadt to carry out mid-term life extension improvements to these coastal defense guns according to the agreement reached by the two sides.

They cleaned the rust in the barrel, and at the same time brushed a layer of anti-wear agent, which is said to improve the performance and life of the coastal defense gun. A new gun firing table has been added.

At that time, after the improvement was completed, they also conducted a test firing. According to the firing table given by the Germans, they achieved good accuracy.

But now it seems that it is obviously not the case, they were trapped by the Germans.

"Target, 18 nautical miles ahead, 305mm coastal defense gun, the first test firing." At this time, after killing the Kirov cruiser, Alexandrov began to look at the coastal defense in the distance Artillery positions, now, let the Soviets taste the power of German artillery!

It is quite stupid to entrust the national defense of one's own country to other countries. After those coastal defense guns have been improved, they can only be guaranteed to be accurate at the time. Over a long period of time, the internal anti-wear agent will cause damage to the rifling. , so that the projectile deviates from the intended target.

Moreover, the lifespan of such cannons is limited. When the Soviets tested the guns, one test shot was enough, and it was impossible to play several rounds every year. So, until now, they found out that the coastal defense artillery has been abolished, right?

As long as those large-caliber coastal defense guns are killed, the rest of the warships of their own can get close and use their own guns to sink those remaining warships.

A well-trained gunner, within a minute, completed the reloading, target, and coastal defense guns!