The first shell was a near-lost bomb, which was less than 7 meters away from the Marseille. The violent explosion directly tore a crack of more than ten meters long on the side line of the poor transport ship! Even a large piece of the shell of the hull was lifted off, and the Marseille, which was already under heavy load, was tilted rapidly.

"Inject water immediately! Open the sea valve! Inject water into the cabin full of ammunition. Never let the German shells detonate here!" A French officer roared loudly at the sound transmission tube on the ship, but his orders could never be executed, because in just a few dozen seconds, a 12-inch shell landed accurately on the deck of the warship, and then penetrated all the way, igniting thousands of tons of shells and launching medicine placed at the bottom of the hull!

So, a disaster occurred! The entire port area was instantly shrouded in a flame! A huge fireball rose from the berth of the Marseille and spread rapidly to the surroundings! It expanded so quickly! In less than a second, huge shock waves and flames swept across the surrounding area of ​​more than 100,000 square meters. Everything in this area, whether it is ships, buildings, or mechanical facilities, was blown to pieces in this flame that looked like doomsday, and fragile creatures such as human bodies or horses turned into ashes! Just one third of the port was completely destroyed!

After the shock wave swept across, the entire covered area turned into a sea of ​​fire. The crackling whistle and bright flames made the surroundings a whole lot of day. The upward airflow generated by the fire even made it difficult for aircraft that provided agitated shots in the air to control, so that the pilots had to raise the altitude.

"We completed the task that had been scheduled to take more than an hour to complete in about 10 minutes. The port has been completely abandoned. Even when flying at a height of hundreds of meters, we can feel the heat waves coming from the ground. We must have destroyed an arms ship just now, and the destruction of this arms ship has brought at least three ships around! The entire berth has been destroyed, and even the breakwater and trestle next to it have been blown up." A German seaplane pilot recalled the scene in this way.

"All main guns attack cargo warehouses far away from the port, military camps and French vehicle parking areas, and secondary guns continue to attack units around the port!" With the attack progress caused by accidents, Earl Spey began to adjust the attack target again. The Allied fleets further approached the target so that the 6-inch gun could fully exert their power!

The output of the fleet entering the full-strength shooting is so terrifying. The entire fleet is like an active volcano moving on the sea, thinking of the targets in the distance tilting with destruction. Every minute, more than 10 tons of ammunition is tilted in this area. The Germans guided the fierce artillery into an area with one through precise calculations and precise artillery techniques. The small town and the parking lot next to it are attacked with a focus. Each main artillery shell can make the target within thousands of square meters disappear! Thousands of carriages, cars, and tens of thousands of lives are wiped out under the fierce artillery bombardment. The small town is quickly destroyed.

After half an hour of attacking with high explosive bombs, Earl Spey decisively ordered the fleet to use incendiary bombs to attack. The shells filled with a large amount of combustion preparations fell into the target area, allowing the fire to spread around at a faster speed. At the beginning, the French tried to put out the fire, but soon they knew it was futile. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the fire here chased and died like a large army of flames, swallowing everything they could encounter!

Flying shrapnel, flames and gamblers kept harvesting the lives of the Allied officers and soldiers. In this unexpected attack, the Port of Heresos and the town next to them were almost completely erased. Until the war, the French did not count how many people died in this catastrophe. In the end, they could only come up with a vague number. In this disaster massacre, 9,000 to 12,000 soldiers, auxiliary personnel or other positions of Allied officers and soldiers died on the battlefield, or lost their lives due to severe burns and poisonous gas.

With the passage of these lives, the Allies also lost nearly 9,000 tons of various materials, hundreds of tanks, armored vehicles, as well as more than 700 trucks, tractors and other materials! By the way, there are more than 200 various artillery pieces!

The French thought of counterattacking. A 155MM long-range cannon unit deployed behind a hill began to attack the German fleet outside the port. Faced with the German fleet firepower like a volcano eruption, the firepower of the French more than a dozen 155MM cannons seemed so weak, and it didn't matter even if they hit it, because these cannons were all high-explosive bombs and had no lethality to the main battleship.

"Those French artillery hidden behind the back slope are annoying!" A German officer frowned slightly at the sparkling fire in the distance.

"It doesn't matter, these guys cannot pose an essential threat to us. Don't worry about them." Earl Spee said without caring. The Earl's words were only half right, and the other half was because of the problem of ship cannon ballistics. The artillery of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet could not reach the guys hiding behind!

However, these are trivial matters and do not affect the German fleet's plan to tilt the deadly bomb rain towards the target area. If nothing unexpected happens, the entire area will turn into a sea of ​​fire in one and a half hours. According to the current progress, the German fleet can leave in 20 minutes. Judging from the battlefield situation, it seems that even God cannot stop the Germans from achieving their goals!

"Your Excellency Commander, the farmer sent an urgent call!" Just as Earl Spee was enjoying his own victory, an encrypted telegram suddenly sent a "sudden drop" in the entire command tower! The so-called farmer is the code name of a German airship wandering over the Aegean Sea, and their meaning is to search and locate all radio signals of non-Alliances!

"We seem to be in big trouble! Damn it!" After looking at the telegram, Earl Spey, who was in a good mood, cursed in a low voice!

"Order the fleet to stop the attack immediately, and then evacuate north with Count Lukner's fleet!" the Count ordered loudly.

"Also, according to the frequency band we used before, I sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Harrel of the Bavarian Air Force, saying that at dawn, we must see a plane from the Second Bavarian Air Force above our heads!" A moment later, the Count added.
Chapter completed!