Chapter 1247 Are You Afraid of Shells?

On the Admiral Graff-Spee, the gun in the middle of the No. 1 turret in the bow has been raised, and the muzzle is facing the distance, ready to fire.

"The target is still escaping at an accelerated rate, requesting an immediate bullet warning." With the sound from the radio, Colonel Langesdorf gave the order: "Fire!"

Fire! Following the order, the No. 1 gunner pressed the button and the shell was fired.

"boom!"

The propellant pack violently released its own energy, and the projectile in front was rapidly pushed forward by the sudden high temperature and high pressure air flow behind it. Out of the barrel.

When it was fired from the muzzle, a flame behind it flew out with huge smoke, and the shell had reached a speed of nearly one kilometer per second, flying towards the distance.

If it was an ordinary shell, the firing process would have ended, but now it is a rocket-assisted extended-range projectile, and the rocket motor at the rear began to ignite at the moment it flew out of the barrel.

After the projectile flew out of the barrel, the tail had a fiery flame, and the flame was reflected in everyone's retinas, and it looked so spectacular.

The shell continued to accelerate forward. Although the rocket engine at the rear only burned for a few tens of seconds, its speed had been increased to nearly two kilometers per second. Therefore, its ballistic trajectory was higher and its range was longer.

Overhead, the reconnaissance plane was still flying nearby, neither came down to shoot, nor issued more warnings, most of the crew on the cargo ship had relaxed, these Germans will scare people, where are the shells? ? Where did the shells come from?

They can't hear a shell coming in at speeds approaching Mach six, and if they look up, their retinas won't catch such a high-speed craft.

So, almost without anyone's attention, the 283mm rocket extended-range bomb flew over like this.

"The ballistic is a bit high, I will miss the target, prepare to correct the ballistic." Ludwig used strict training and instinctive reaction to catch the flying shell, he said to Lucas in the back seat .

"Yes, reduce the elevation angle by five points, adjust two mils to the right, and the next shot will definitely be more accurate." Lucas has already begun to calculate quickly.

At this time, the cannonball had already fallen, and it was located 200 meters from the opponent's port side. When the cannonball fell, a violent explosion occurred.

"Boom!" The loud explosion was enough to shock any eardrums. When the explosion happened, they had covered their ears, and they saw the terrible scene on the port side.

The water wave was lifted more than 20 meters high, and the entire water wave spread rapidly towards the surroundings, forming a terrifying wave. The power of this cannonball is simply amazing!

Along with the waves, a lot of fragments of artillery shells flew up, and those fragments spread to the surrounding space of 200 meters, and some fragments even flew to the sides of their ships, hitting them and making a bang.

With the addition of the cargo, their ship was nearly 20,000 tons, and in this wave of water, it also began to shake violently.

"Large-caliber naval guns, at least 200mm or more in caliber!" The chief mate on the ship had seen the naval guns firing. This momentum was definitely caused by the large-caliber naval guns, which showed that there were Germans nearby. Big warship!

But where? They still couldn't see, which deepened their fear.

The flying of the cannonball completely dispelled their thoughts of escaping. Even Chris's eyes were filled with fear. If the cannonball was shot directly at his own ship, it would only take one shot. can be killed!

In this icy Arctic Ocean, if there were no ships, even if they took a lifeboat, they would definitely freeze to death and would not be able to survive at all.

He was already afraid.

"The last warning. The cannonball just now is a warning. If the ship is not stopped, the next shell will be shot on the cargo ship. The Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Committee will not be responsible for any consequences. Repeat, please stop the ship immediately. Waiting for inspection!" Lucas continued to shout through the microphone.

In fact, at a range of 100 nautical miles, the accuracy is quite poor. If the opponent maneuvers to evade, they may run for dozens of nautical miles and shoot dozens of shells, but they will not be able to hit.

However, the Americans don't know, how could they know that the shells were fired from hundreds of nautical miles away. In their consciousness, the naval guns could only hit a few dozen nautical miles, indicating that the German ships were nearby, maybe in the Behind a floating iceberg.

This shot was just a warning, the next shot was to greet their ships, how could they bear it!

So, Chris had no choice but to give an order: "Stop the boat." When he said this, he was powerless.

Stop the ship and accept the inspection. The result of the inspection is that their ship will definitely be detained. According to the inspection conditions of the Maritime Joint Law Enforcement Committee, any cargo ship is illegal, because all goods are prohibited. of.

As long as they are caught and detained by them, then these crew members have to stay in Europe honestly, and they don't know when they will be able to go back.

Still, better than being a corpse floating in the icy Arctic Ocean?

The black smoke in the chimney became smaller, the ship slowed down, and in the air, Ludwig shouted excitedly on the radio: "They have stopped the ship!"

As a water reconnaissance aircraft, their fuel reserves are quite large. They are constantly hovering over the sky. Almost two hours later, a high-speed S-100 torpedo boat came by the wind and waves.

This is the crystallization of Germany's advanced shipbuilding technology. Relying on three high-speed diesel engines, it can achieve a high speed of more than 40 knots at sea, but it is a pity that its seaworthiness is not good, the displacement of the hull is small, and the turbulence is severe .

The flag of the Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Committee, which was designed only a few days ago, was flying on the mast. This newly painted coast guard vessel came to inspect the American freighter.

Unfortunately, at this time, Chris has some regrets. So far, they have not seen the German heavy artillery battleship coming. What is going on? Maybe, the explosion of the naval artillery shell was the other party's trick?

Unfortunately, he had no chance. The German speedboat approached quickly, and several people with guns came up and completely controlled their ship. When the cargo on board was discovered, the Germans immediately declared the freighter to be illegal. , needs to be detained in a special port in the UK, and can only go back after the ransom is paid.