Chapter 200 The bombardment of Barcelona
"On the evening of April 13, our German Navy was attacked by an unknown fleet in the Mediterranean. In self-defense, we rose up to resist and destroyed two warships from the other side." On the morning of April 14, Berlin Radio issued a righteous statement: "We strongly condemn this shameless behavior. Any action that provoked our navy will have to pay a price!"
"We warn some people not to challenge our bottom line! Don't try to expand the dispute, so that there will be no good results!"
There was still some fog in the Mediterranean in the early morning. On the shore defense positions in Barcelona, the Republican artillery soldiers rubbed their eyes. It was a new day!
They crawled out of their tents, washed their faces, brushed their teeth, and prepared to have breakfast for the day.
For them, the riots that occurred in the west were very far away. Last year, a military coup here broke out in bloody conflicts and killed some soldiers.
After that, it has been quiet.
Spain already has a powerful fleet, and there is almost no maritime conflict with nearby countries. It is mainly a feud with France and borders on land.
Therefore, the Spanish coastal defense forces are already World War II troops, and their equipment is just old 155mm coastal defense artillery.
The daily mission, watching the sunrise and setting, and being discharged from the army, is the mission of these artillery soldiers.
But today, everything has changed.
A soldier squatting on the fort and brushing his teeth with a toothbrush suddenly stood up and looked at the sea in the distance.
There was still foam flowing out of his mouth, and there was incredibleness in his eyes.
There, two warships were moving over, and they were far away, so they could only roughly see the outline. However, the other party did not emit particularly thick black smoke, just a faint blue smoke. What kind of warship was that? Why have you never seen it before?
So, with a toothbrush in his mouth, he placed his eyes on the telescope beside him, and used his hands with foam to adjust the focal length of the telescope. 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 view of the shore defense cannon position. In an instant, the soldier felt a little shocked in his heart.
Why does this warship look like a German German-class? Continue to focus, and now, I finally see clearly that the German flag is hung on the other party’s mast!
"Note that it's the Germans coming up!" he shouted loudly, "Come on, get the alarm!"
Unfortunately, before the alarm sounded, black smoke came out from the muzzles of the two German warships opposite, and the other party had already opened fire!
Open fire!
Two German-class ships, facing each other, turned their bodies, and turned around, and six gun barrels opened fire violently at the shore defense position here!
This 283mm naval gun can have a maximum range of 40 kilometers! Now, it is fired 20 kilometers away from the shore defense gun, which is already outside the range of the opponent's artillery fire!
The scene of a volley of naval guns is a different scene in the daytime.
Amid the deafening sound of cannons, a white flame appeared at the muzzle. The flame quickly expanded and expanded, turning into a fireball with a diameter of dozens 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 turned violently, forming waves that spread from the inside to the outside!
After a few seconds, the flame began to slowly dissipate, and then black smoke filled.
This black smoke was even bigger than the fireball just now! It spread rapidly, covering the nearby sea surface!
When all the naval guns fired together, you could even see the huge hull, which was pushed back half a meter from the side under the strong recoil!
This is the volley of the naval gun! If the design is not well considered, firing from the side can even overturn the warship!
Two warships, twelve 283mm high-explosive grenades, flew towards the artillery positions here!
The toothbrush in his mouth had been thrown aside. The soldier of the Spanish Republican army who discovered the enemy was scattering quickly and running towards the bunker behind.
How can a weak body be compared with the shells of a naval gun?
Unfortunately, no matter how fast he ran, he did not fly as fast as the shells!
When the shells roar, this sound will make people feel great fear deep in their hearts!
He turned his head back and saw the shell, which had already hit the turret behind him with a surging momentum!
"Boom!" The high-explosive bomb exploded violently, the concrete turret was smashed, the 155mm shore defense cannon fell aside, and countless pieces flew. Among these pieces, he felt his body being lifted up.
The ground was getting higher and higher from him. When he lost consciousness, he saw that it turned into a sea of fire everywhere!
Bombing Barcelona!
In order to retaliate against the Spanish Republican army's sneak attack on the German ship, Germany launched crazy revenge!
Yes, both sides did not declare war. Without declaring war, they actually dared to attack German warships. Since they did, they would have to pay the price!
The Spanish sneak attacked Italian warships and threw a few bombs, but the Italian fart was not released. So they thought that as long as they said it was a mistaken bomb, they would be unable to do anything about them.
Unfortunately, Germany is not Italy!
Germany destroyed the bombers that attacked the enemy and killed the Spanish Republican warships. This was not enough. They moved to the northern coastline and launched artillery bombardment towards Barcelona opposite!
Barcelona, located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the second largest city in Spain, the capital of the Catalonia Autonomous Region, 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 along the Mediterranean coast.
Almost all the materials that the Soviet Union supported Spain were transported here!
Now, the German Navy has launched a shelling here!
The whole world is watching here.
At this critical moment, as the planner of this operation, Cialek secretly came to a military camp.
"General Cialis, welcome to the Northern Army very much." A tall Spanish general came up as soon as Cialis got off the car.
Chapter completed!