Chapter 1463： The first goal (1/2)
Chapter 1463 the first goal
”The route that the submarine team was looking for was really good. There was no French warship along the way. We can already see the lighthouse on Lesvos Island. According to the map, we can see us after 6 nautical miles southward. Today’s first target is the port of Herezos.” An officer sent the nautical chart job that had just been completed to Count Spey. A trajectory marked with a blue dotted line continued to extend to the southeast, pointing directly at them The first stop tonight!
”Very well, proceed as planned. Prepare to take off the seaplane and let the Prince Eugen take a destroyer detachment. If the intelligence is correct, there will be a patrol fleet outside the port, find them, and then kill them!” Count Pei ordered.
Even if the Allied countries believe that the Mediterranean fleet has no combat effectiveness, but for key ports, the defenses of Britain and France are still in place, for example, outside the port of Herezos, a French armored cruiser squadron and one The destroyer squadron patrols around 15 kilometers around the port. Their task is to deal with small warships and submarines of the Allied powers that may sneak attacks.
Originally, the French planned to deploy two former Dreadnoughts here, but the situation in the port of Naiho was already very crowded, so these former Dreadnoughts were temporarily deployed elsewhere.
Under the command of French Rear Admiral Trasou, the armored cruisers Ernest and Edgar Kine are carrying six destroyers on a fixed track to and fro. However, what the French did not expect was that in the dark, two ferocious behemoths were slowly approaching the target, showing their sharp fangs at a distance of less than 8,000 meters! (Here is an explanation of why not 4 battleships act together. Because it takes time for battleships to change the weight of their ammunition, two battleships attacked French light cruisers, and all other battleships used high-explosive bombs to attack land targets while fighting at sea. better result.)
”We found the French fleet. They were almost fully lit, seemingly to search for submarines that might appear on the sea. The same is true for the destroyers behind, but they have been taking a zigzag course to avoid submarines.”
”The distance between the two parties is 7200 meters! Our rangefinder can clearly observe the target, and the seaplane has broken the radio silence. (When the telegram is very short, for example, it is only a few characters, it cannot be effectively tracked.) It means that they have entered the target. Near the sky!”
”The artillery is ready, the semi-armor-piercing projectile is loaded!” Soon the gunner said that everything is ready. The huge semi-armor-piercing projectile has been sent to the turret. With the help of the servo equipment, a round of cannonball and propellant cartridge are loaded. The slender artillery was finally sent into the depths of the barrel with the help of a push rod. Count Luknar was willing to fight at 7000 meters, because at this distance, the elevation and loading angle of the artillery were the same, and he could shoot at the maximum rate of fire! (In fact, in World War II, most battleships’ main gun loading angles were fixed, except for a device that the French came up with that could be loaded at any angle...)
The huge turret slowly pointed towards the opponent like the fangs and claws of a hidden behemoth in the dark. The two super-dreadnought battleships adjusted their speed and course to almost keep the course of the opponent. The 6 destroyers began to move closer to their opponents after the cover of the night. Compared with these armored cruisers with huge targets, destroyers are more difficult to kill because they are faster and harder to find!
”Each ship is staring at its own target, don't shoot one!” This message was transmitted on the signal light of the destroyer S-85. The short strobe did not attract the attention of the French. According to the plan, when the destroyer detachment approached 2500 meters When the distance from left to right. Two super fearless will launch a total attack!