Chapter 1477： Ready to call it a day? ! (1/2)
Chapter 1477 !
Under the order of Earl Spey to save shells, the German fleet carefully calculated every shell. After confirming that there were no minefields on the periphery, the German fleet approached a place only more than 5,000 meters away from the port. Before the main gun fired, it first used 150MM. The artillery or 88MM anti-aircraft gun conducts ranging and test firing, and then fires! The whole shelling took a short time, about 40 minutes, but I have to say that the efficiency this time is absolutely worthy of the Germans' efforts!
The 3,000 horses and hundreds of vehicles and artillery that the British had just transported were unsaved. Before the British had even had time to unload these supplies from the ship, these precious supplies sank with their transport ship. Into the bottom of the sea. At the same time, there is a warehouse on the shore with a large amount of flour and cans. After a burst of shelling, the flour and air that were thrown into the air by the blast wave fully mixed and exploded. Thousands of tons of flour suddenly became the same weight. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the flames quickly spread to the surroundings. Although the British and French coalition forces on the shore received the alarm, they were at best to evacuate the personnel. After the fire broke out, it was impossible to rescue! No one will fight the fire under the attack of heavy artillery. This is death-seeking and useless!
The flames spread rapidly and spread to surrounding buildings, berths and villages and towns. After confirming that they had destroyed almost the warships in the berth, the several destroyers did not forget to throw some mines in the port and continued to blockade here, and then the fleet began to turn to the northwest, ready to embark on the way home?
”Although we don’t have much ammunition this time, the main guns of all battleships have been fired for about 20 rounds, but we can be sure that 11 transport ships, warehouses at the port, vehicle yards, and important buildings have been destroyed. The berths have been swept away by us. If our intelligence is correct, then we have killed at least 7,000 tons of materials and at least 60,000 tons of ships.” The staff officer sent the summary report to the earl, and the earl He didn't look closely, just glanced around and put them aside. He has more important things to do now.
”How much ammunition do we have?” The count thought for a while and said.
”There are about 60 shells left for each main gun, of which there are about 25 armor-piercing shells. The number of shells for the secondary artillery is relatively sufficient. At present, there are about 80 shells for each 150MM artillery.” An officer said.
”It seems that our ammunition is not consumed a lot?” The earl was a little surprised by this result.
”That's it. Although we encountered a British fleet, except for the three former dreadnought warships that were used as decoys before, our battleships did not consume much ammunition, because when our super fearless was put on the battlefield, the battle was very high. It's almost over, and many enemy ships were killed by torpedoes,” the officer explained.
”Very well, in that case, we can do something else tonight! Tomorrow will be more stable!” The earl nodded slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
”Isn't our most important task going home?” a subordinate said unexpectedly.