Chapter 202 Bombarding Barcelona

"On the night of April 13, our German Navy was attacked by an unknown fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. Forced to defend ourselves, we rose up and destroyed two other warships." In the early morning of April 14, Radio Berlin published A justifiable statement: "We strongly condemn this outrageous behavior. Any action that provokes our navy will have to pay a price!"

"We warn some people not to challenge our bottom line! Do not try to expand the dispute, so that there will be no good results!"

In the early morning in the Mediterranean Sea, there was still some fog. On the coastal defense positions in Barcelona, ​​the artillerymen of the Republican Army rubbed their eyes, it was a new day!

They crawled out of their tents, washed their faces, brushed their teeth, and prepared to eat breakfast for the day.

For them, the riots in the west are all very far away. Last year, a military coup d'état here resulted in bloodshed and some soldiers died.

It has been quiet here since then.

Spain already has a powerful fleet, and, with nearby countries, there is almost no maritime conflict, mainly with France, which is a feud and borders on land.

Therefore, the Spanish coastal defense forces already belong to the World War II troops, and their equipment is only the old 155mm coastal defense guns.

Every day's task, watching the sunrise and sunset, until you are discharged from the army, this is the mission of these artillerymen.

But today, everything has changed.

A soldier who was squatting on the fort and was brushing his teeth with a toothbrush suddenly stood up and looked at the sea in the distance.

In his mouth, foam continued to flow out, and in his eyes, there was incredible.

There, two warships were approaching, and they were far away, so they could only roughly see the outline. However, there was no particularly thick black smoke coming out of the other side, just faint blue smoke. What kind of warship was that? How have never seen?

So, with the toothbrush in his mouth, he put his eyes on the telescope beside him, and adjusted the focus of the telescope with his foamy hands. Soon, the clear outlines of the two warships appeared in the telescope. .

At this time, the other party was turning left, exposing the side of the hull to the vision of the coastal defense artillery position. In an instant, the soldier froze in his heart.

How does this warship look like a German Deutschland class? Continue to focus again, this time, I finally see clearly, the German flag is hanging on the other side's mast!

"Watch out, the Germans are here!" he shouted loudly. "Quick, raise the alarm!"

Unfortunately, before the alarm sounded, black smoke came from the muzzles of the two German warships on the opposite side, and the other side had already opened fire!

Fire!

Two Deutsche-class ships, sideways, two 283mm naval guns, all turned around, six gun barrels, facing the coastal defense position here, and opened fire violently!

This 283mm naval gun can have a maximum range of 40 kilometers! Now, it is launched 20 kilometers away from the coastal defense artillery, which is already outside the range of the opponent's artillery!

The scene of the salvo of naval guns, in the daytime, is a different scene.

Amidst the deafening sound of the cannon, a white flame emerged from the muzzle. This flame rapidly expanded, expanded, and turned into a fireball with a diameter of several tens of meters!

The edge of the fireball turned yellow, and the color from the inside to the outside was so gorgeous!

The surrounding sea water was stirred by this fireball, and it turned violently, forming waves that spread from the inside to the outside!

After a few seconds, the flames began to slowly dissipate, and then black smoke filled the air.

This black smoke is bigger than the fireball just now! It spread quickly, covering the nearby sea!

When all the naval guns fired together, you could even see the huge hull. Under the powerful recoil, they were all pushed back half a meter sideways!

This is the salvo of naval guns! If not considered in the design, side fire can even capsize the warship!

Two warships, twelve 283mm high-explosive grenades, flew to the artillery position here!

The toothbrush in his mouth had been thrown aside, and the soldier of the Spanish Republican Army who had found the enemy was scrambling quickly and running towards the bunker behind.

How can a weak body be compared with the shells of naval guns?

It's a pity that no matter how fast he runs, he is not as fast as a cannonball!

When the shells roared and flew, this kind of sound would make people feel a huge fear in their hearts!

He turned his head back and saw the cannonball, which had already hit the cannon behind him with a surging momentum!

"Boom!" The high-explosive shell exploded violently, the concrete fort was smashed, the 155mm coastal defense gun fell to the side, and countless fragments flew. Among these fragments, he felt his body being lifted stand up.

The ground was getting higher and higher from him, and at the moment he lost consciousness, he saw that the place became a sea of ​​fire everywhere!

Bombing Barcelona!

In retaliation for the Spanish Republican Army's sneak attack on German warships, Germany launched a crazy revenge!

Yes, the two sides did not declare war. In the absence of a declaration of war, they dared to attack German warships. If they did, they would have to pay the price!

The Spaniards attacked the Italian warship and threw a few bombs. As a result, the Italian farts were not released. Therefore, they thought that as long as it was an accidental bombing, they could not do anything about it.

Unfortunately, Germany, not Italy!

Germany destroyed the sneak attack bombers and killed the Spanish Republican warships. It was not enough. They moved to the northern coastline and launched artillery bombardment against Barcelona on the opposite side!

Barcelona, ​​located in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, is the second largest city in Spain, the capital of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia, and the capital of the Province of Barcelona.

As a port city in Catalonia, in addition to being a tourist destination and a world-famous historical and cultural city, it is also the most important trade, industrial and financial base in Spain. The Port of Barcelona is also the largest port on the Mediterranean coast.

Almost all the materials that the Soviet Union supported Spain were transported through here!

Now, the German Navy, bombarded this place!

The whole world is watching here.

At this critical moment, as the planner of this operation, Cyric secretly came to a military camp.

"General Cyric, welcome to the Northern Army." A tall Spanish general greeted Cyric the first time he got off the bus.

"General Mora, uninvited, I hope you don't take offense." Cyric said.