Chapter 738 Battle of Plymouth

If you look at the map, the distance between Brest and Plymouth is quite far, almost 300 kilometers away, even if the ship moves at a speed of 20 knots, it will take seven or eight hours. This is already the maximum speed of many merchant ships.

Plymouth is not a good place for landing operations, but the British fleet is stationed there.

Whether it is from the transportation of supplies, the sailing of the fleet, or the assembly, it is unrealistic.

Therefore, the British have never been on high alert for Brest, and their attention has always been on the recent Calais, especially the discovery of amphibious tanks in Calais and the discovery of a large number of German tanks. , there is no doubt about it.

The United Kingdom regards Dover as the main battlefield to prevent the German army from attacking, and now, the tragic war that broke out in Dover seems to confirm this result. The German army is indeed aiming at Calais. of.

However, if they can calm down at this time, they should be able to find some clues.

For example, Germany has been dispatching Stuka bombers and a small number of air fighters. Where are those large numbers of FW190s? There are a large number of tanks in the port of Calais, but why are there no transport ships?

For example, most of the people who are now insisting on guarding the beachhead are French volunteers, and there are not many pure German soldiers.

The battle in Dover was so tragic that the British believed that it was definitely the main direction of the Germans' attack. All troops continued to gather towards Dover, preparing to push the troops that had just landed on the beachhead into the sea again. go inside.

The battle, from the morning to the noon, the remaining troops on the beachhead, less and less, less and less, seeing the victory of Dover, it is about to become a reality.

Plymouth.

The sea breeze here is not strong, standing on a thousand-ton frigate "Petunia", a naval officer is lazily nodding the name of his subordinates.

The order that has been issued above requires some skilled soldiers to be dispatched to receive new warships, but what good things can be received?

From here, you can see the dock of the Royal Dockyard. The latest battleship built in it has not yet been formed. There is no advanced battleship, no aircraft carrier, and the Royal Navy can only hide here, relying on coastal defense. Gundam Channel Patrol.

In the sky, there was the roar of a rumbling plane. After he had called out a name, he raised his head and glanced at it.

Then, he lowered his head again, there is nothing to see, it is just an ordinary passenger plane.

airliner?

and many more!

So far, the Luftwaffe has used their Junkers-290 bombers more than once to disguise passenger planes and bombed the British mainland. This trick is no longer working. This time, will it be the Germans again? An attack?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raised his head and looked at the sky, hoping it was a beautiful misunderstanding.

However, when he looked up, he saw a big guy fell from the belly of the passenger plane!

Yes, the big guy, although the sun is a bit dazzling, you can still see the wings of the tail, it is a bomb!

"Quick, quick, the bombing of the Germans!" he shouted loudly: "Flair artillery, use our antiaircraft artillery!"

The group of people who had just assembled quickly dispersed, trying to operate the anti-aircraft guns on their own warships.

Fortunately, it seems that the flying bomb was not dropped on their warship, but on the shore.

No, it's a coastal defense gun!

356mm coastal gun, the largest coastal defense gun in Plymouth!

England, as an island nation, has been defending itself against possible maritime invasions for over 1,000 years, for example, the apparent main direction of the German offensive, namely the southern Dover area, where coastal fortresses have been built for over 500 years from the time of Henry VIII Never been interrupted.

And, when Germany said it was going to attack Britain, Britain started adding more coastal guns to Dover, including the newly minted 381mm coastal defense gun, which was recently installed.

Therefore, if Germany wants to land from Dover, it must be carried out at night, seize the position on the coast, and at the same time, the dive bombers will be dispatched together until the safety of the strait is ensured, and the merchant ships behind can transport a large number of troops.

Since Germany's main attack is the Dover area, the newly built coastal defense artillery is all deployed in Dover. Some people even suggested moving the coastal defense artillery from Plymouth. Fortunately, it was rejected by senior officers who knew the general knowledge. .

And now, in the port of Plymouth, there is only this 356mm coastal gun, which is the largest. For the rest, there are 16 BL9.2 233mm coastal guns, and the rest are small items of 152mm guns.

Many of Dover's new coastal defense artillery fortifications are very secretive and difficult to detect from the air. At the same time, because the entire coast is under martial law, it is difficult for German agents to obtain specific information.

However, Plymouth is different. Since this is not the main direction of the German offensive, the British did not continue to increase the coastal fortifications here at all, and building a coastal artillery position was also quite time-consuming. Therefore, the original coastal artillery did not change its position.

This 356mm coastal defense gun is built on a cement fort. The bottom of the fort can be rotated and the angle can be adjusted. However, the top of the fort is bare.

There is no cover and no turret. In normal times, in order to prevent rust, the coastal defense guns are wrapped with cloth covers. Now wars will break out at any time. Maintenance every few days.

At the same time, a covering net was added to the top, but the barrel was so long that it was not completely covered.

From the air, this coastal defense artillery is still very conspicuous.

At the same time, in order to protect the coastal defense artillery, there are two anti-aircraft guns next to the coastal defense artillery. The attack of dive bombers is dangerous. At the same time, in order to completely destroy the coastal defense artillery, Junkers -290 bomber, dispatched again.

At this time, at the nose of the bomber, the navigator and bombardier was staring at the target with all his attention, while flipping the handle in his hand.

Yes, it is a guided bomb. When it is used to blow up warships, it can significantly improve the hit rate, and when it is used to blow up ground targets, it is even easier.

This bomber was hovering over the base, and after dozens of seconds, the bomb hit the target accurately!

"boom!"

A one-ton bomb fell from the sky. When it came into close contact with the coastal defense artillery, it exploded violently, blasting the entire coastal defense artillery position into a big hole.

A pit with an area larger than a basketball court, the entire coastal defense artillery position, no longer exists! The debris even spread to the nearby anti-aircraft artillery positions, and the two large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery were also blown away!

This explosion also announced the beginning of the Battle of Plymouth!