Chapter 1755 Shelling on the Other Side (Plus 2)
Gotthob is the capital and largest city in Greenland, and this city built by the sea has a large number of beaches. In winter, the beach is directly ice. In summer, with the ice Melted, revealing the beach.
On this beach, the island's guards built various facilities to block the landing, such as bunkers on the edge of the city, artillery positions, and even many forts disguised as seaside villas, although there is no particularly large shore. Anti-guns, with a caliber of more than 200 mm, are zero, and there are only more than 100 mm of coastal defense guns, which is also a huge damage to the landing troops.
Due to various considerations, they did not lay mines. When the war is over, it will be extremely difficult to remove the mines. As long as one winter passes, the ground will become frozen, and no one knows when they will be able to dig them out.
Although there are no landmines, they have made a lot of obstacles to slow down the landing speed: such as barbed wire, anti-tank horses welded by steel bars, demon cubes with hollow triangular cones, and anti-tank trenches for armored vehicles, " "Dragon's Tooth" type obstacle, the wooden stakes on the beach have blades that can cut through the landing craft...
These will cause great difficulties to the landing troops, making their landing difficult. At the same time, because they are worried that there will be a large number of paratroopers airborne to assist them, they will also vertically insert wooden stakes in the open space slightly farther from the beachhead on the coast. If the paratroopers come down, it will definitely be a problem death zone.
These measures are well established. Now, the two infantry divisions of the 2nd Army are guarding here, and together with a part of the local volunteer army of Greenland, they are preparing to fight the German invasion.
However, the first round of shelling made them feel the end of the world.
"Boom!" As the huge 330mm battleship's artillery shells fell, the moment it touched the ground, the violent flames began to spread from the center to the surroundings. The orange-yellow light represented absolute death.
The rays of light spread rapidly towards the surroundings, black smoke rose from above, and a powerful shock wave rushed towards the surroundings.
The huge anti-tank refusing horses and all kinds of obstacles were immediately blown away at this moment. Those located in the center of the explosion were immediately set on fire. Like leaves in a storm.
The huge shock wave was also shaking everyone's body. In the fortification not far behind, the throats of several soldiers were foul, and then, with a wow, blood spit out.
The sound of the explosion stimulated the eardrums, and many people only heard the sound of this explosion. Then, all kinds of sounds could not be heard, and the world seemed to be silent in an instant.
They were deafened.
The 330mm high-explosive projectile was already so powerful. When the smoke cleared, a deep pit with a diameter of ten meters appeared at the impact point, the dust was flying away, and the ground was shaking.
The ground attack of the battleship's naval guns is so cruel!
This is only a 330mm naval gun. If it is a Hindenburg-class 460 naval gun, the scene of shooting is even more magnificent.
Everyone felt fear. At this moment, the earth was shaking and burning, just like the land of death. They were so close to death, it seemed that it would be their turn in the next moment.
Not far from Gotthob, Green Valley Naval Port.
More than a dozen patrol ships of the Greenland Coast Guard docked at the port, the largest displacement was less than one thousand tons, and at the port, the captain of the Greenland Coast Guard, Thomas, was anxiously looking at his own signal soldiers.
"What's the matter? Can't reach the Governor yet?" Thomas asked.
All had to fight, fought bravely to defend Greenland, but now, just as the battle had begun, they had suddenly lost news of their superiors.
It was as if they had all disappeared.
Gotthob's headquarters was taken out, and all the senior officials were taken away. The news did not spread, only the chasing troops knew about it. Unfortunately, this troop was wiped out by helicopters outside the city, and the remaining The news has not gone back, and in this age without the Internet, news spreads very slowly.
"We couldn't get any contact, we couldn't find the governor, we couldn't find an American general, we couldn't find an American consul, we couldn't find anything."
Hearing this news, Thomas slammed his fist on the table fiercely: "These bony guys have been talking about coexisting with Greenland all day, but now, when the danger really comes, they all run away It's gone!"
Thomas was quite disappointed.
"Then what do we do?" the subordinate asked.
"Although we are the coast guard, we also want to protect our islands. Now, I order all our coast guard patrol ships to set off and attack the enemy!"
Using some 1,000-ton boats to attack a battleship force of tens of thousands of tons is definitely a brain drain, and now, Thomas also knows that his side will face the end of the annihilation, but he is not afraid.
The enemy is attacking you. If you can't protect your territory, why are you wearing this uniform?
Ready to sail!
The ignition of heavy oil boilers is very laborious, and diesel is needed to support combustion. Therefore, if it is stopped for a short time, the boiler will maintain a minimum level of combustion. When needed, it is enough to increase the firepower.
At the same time, the water in the boiler is always under pressure, as long as the power of the boiler is increased, it can be dispatched.
Following Thomas's order, the patrol ships and heavy oil boilers emitted black smoke and began to burn faster. The violent combustion in the boiler made the steam begin to restore pressure, the steam turbine started, and the warship was about to leave the port!
"It was found that the Greenland Coast Guard's warship has started to set sail and is preparing to go to sea." At this time, in the sky, on a reconnaissance plane, the pilot immediately reported by radio.
Yesterday's sea and air battle seemed to have completely crippled the Americans. Today, the entire fleet released dozens of carrier-based aircraft to search for the enemy. It turned out that the Americans did not dare to take off to fight.
In this way, air supremacy has completely fallen into the hands of the German fleet. A plane is responsible for reconnaissance of the port here, and it turns out that these weak patrol ships want to be dispatched?
Isn't this looking for death?
As the radio waves returned to the fleet, a group of HS129 carrier-based attack aircraft quickly rose from the deck and slammed into the air.
If these Greenland native patrol ships stay in the port obediently and don't come out, then they can keep them after the war and continue to patrol nearby. If they plan to come out to make trouble, let them know that the man's arm is a car ending.