Chapter 736： 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 is moving at a speed of 20 knots, it will take seven or eight hours. This is already the highest speed of many merchant ships.

Plymouth is not a good place for landing operations. The British fleet is stationed there.

Whether it is from the transportation of supplies, the navigation of the fleet, and the assembly, it is unrealistic.

Therefore, the British have never been very alert to Brest. Their attention has always been on the nearest Calais, especially when amphibious tanks were discovered in Calais and a large number of German tanks were assembled. , There is no doubt even more.

Britain regards Dover as the main battlefield to guard against the German attack, and now, the tragic war erupting in Dover seems to have confirmed this result. The German team 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 always dispatched Stuka bombers and a small number of air superiority fighters. Where are those large numbers of f190s? There are a lot of tanks in the port of Calais, but why don’t you see the transport ships?

For example, most of those who are insisting on guarding the beachhead are French volunteers, and there are not many pure Germans.

The battle at Dover was so tragic, so tragic that the British believed that it was definitely the main direction of the German attack. The various troops continued to assemble towards Dover, preparing to push those troops that had just landed on the beach back into the sea. Go inside.

The battle, from the morning and the fierce battle to noon, the remaining troops on the beach are getting less and less, and seeing Dover's victory, it will become a reality.

Plymouth.

The sea breeze here is not strong. Standing on a 1,000-ton frigate "Petunia", a naval officer is lazily locating the names of his subordinates.

The orders that have been issued above require that some skilled soldiers be transferred to receive new warships, but what good things can be received?

From here, you can see the dock of the Royal Shipyard. The latest battleship built in it has not yet taken shape. There are no advanced battleships, no aircraft carriers, and the Royal Navy can only shrink here, leaning against shore defense. Paotang Strait Patrol.

In the sky, there was the roar of a rumble airplane. After he finished naming a name, he raised his head and glanced at it.

Then, he lowered his head again, what's so interesting, it was just an ordinary passenger plane.

airliner?

and many more!

Up to now, the Luftwaffe has used their Junker-290 bombers more than once to disguise passenger planes and bomb the British mainland. This trick is no longer effective. This time, will it be German again? An attack?

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

However, when he raised his head, he saw a big one falling from the belly of the airliner!

Yes, it's the big guy. Although the sun is a bit dazzling, you can still see the tail of the bomb.

"Quick, quick, German bombing!" He shouted loudly: "Anti-aircraft artillery, use our anti-aircraft artillery!"

The group of people who had just assembled quickly dispersed, trying to operate the antiaircraft artillery on their own warship.

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

No, it's a coastal defense gun!

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

As an island country, the United Kingdom has been defending against possible maritime invasions for more than 1,000 years. For example, the main direction of the German offensive is the southern Dover area, where the coastal fortresses have been repaired for more than 500 years since the time of Henry VIII. Never interrupted.

Moreover, when Germany announced that it would attack the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom began to add more coastal guns in Dover, including the newly cast 381mm coastal guns, which were installed recently.

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

Since Germany’s main attack was in the Dover area, all the new coastal defense guns were deployed in Dover, and some people even suggested that the Plymouth’s coastal defense guns should be moved there. Fortunately, highly acquainted senior officers rejected it. .

And now, in the Port of Plymouth, there is only this 356 mm coastal gun, which is the largest. The rest, there are 16 bl9.2233 mm coastal guns, and the rest is a small 152 mm gun.

Many of the new coastal defense artillery fortifications in Dover are very secretive and difficult to find 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 add shore defense fortifications here, and it was quite time-consuming to build a shore artillery position. Therefore, the original shore artillery did not change the position~www .novelhall.com~ This 356mm coastal defense gun was built on a concrete turret. The bottom of the turret can be rotated and the angle can be adjusted. However, the top of the turret is bare.

There is no cover and no turret. Usually, in order to prevent rust, the shore defense gun is wrapped in a cloth cover. Now war will break out at any time, the alert level is increased, and the cover of the shore defense gun here is removed. Perform 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 shore defense gun is still very conspicuous.

At the same time, in order to protect this shore defense gun, there are two antiaircraft guns next to the shore defense gun. The attack of the dive bomber is dangerous. At the same time, in order to completely destroy the shore defense gun, Junker -290 bomber, dispatched again.

At this time, on the nose of the bomber, the navigator and bombardier was staring at the target intently while pulling the handle in his hand.

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

This bomber hovered over the base. After dozens of seconds, the bomb accurately hit the target!

"boom!"

A one-ton bomb dropped from the sky. When it was in close contact with the shore defense artillery, it exploded violently, exploding the entire shore defense artillery position into a large pit.

A big pit with an area of ​​more than a basketball court, the entire coastal defense gun position, no longer exists! The fragments even spread to the nearby antiaircraft artillery positions, and two large-caliber antiaircraft guns were also blown up!

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

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