Chapter 424 Landing
Prior to this, Mechlis also made a series of preparations, including the transfer of Shulka and his third company to the battleship to serve as guards.
Of course, this was not said by Mechlis, but by Alexei.
"We are combat troops!" Shulka said with some doubts: "They are actually not suitable for guard work!"
Shulka's words are not an excuse, but the fact.
Although combat troops and guards look the same, they are actually two different things.
Combat troops are used to cooperating with their comrades to fight the enemy desperately, while the guards are to protect someone, so once they fight, there are two ways of fighting... The former pays more attention to charging and killing the enemy, while the latter is to hide the target with the protection target at the first time In a safe place, you should sacrifice yourself when necessary.
Alexei also understood this, but he shook his head helplessly and said: "It's useless to say this, Comrade Shulka, Comrade Mechlis doesn't believe that the guards can guarantee his safety, he named you and the superior The army that saved him for the first time!"
So Shulka understood that this was actually a psychological problem for Mehlis, who lacked a sense of security after being scared once last time.
Or it can’t be completely said to be a psychological problem, because in fact his guards are indeed not good.
"Comrade Mehlis!" At this time, Major General Vladimir reported to Mehlis: "The target has entered the range of our naval gun!"
Mechlis looked around, and the warships were ready to launch horizontally towards Feodosia in artillery formation.
"Shoot!" Mehlis ordered.
"Yes, send the signal!" Major General Frasmeer ordered to the staff.
In the next second, three red signal bombs rose into the sky, and the sound of the guns quickly roared. The flames from the gun muzzle swept over everyone's faces like lightning, and the hull oscillated rhythmically with the sound of the guns. stand up.
The sudden deafening noise frightened Mechlis, and he immediately wanted to escape back to the command cabin. In fact, he had already walked a few steps, but soon realized that this was not an enemy attack but his own. The artillery fire was bombarding the enemy, so he walked back in embarrassment.
Mechlis tried his best to pretend to be calm, but his pale face reflected by the gunfire and his hands clinging to the guardrail mercilessly betrayed him.
But Shulka can understand his feelings, because it is indeed a bit scary, even Shulka is no exception... The main reason is that Shulka is used to the sound of howitzers and tank guns, so he takes it for granted Ship guns are about the same.
If anything, it's louder, not a big deal.
But the feeling of actually being on a warship is not the same.
You should know that the battleship "Paris Commune" has four triple-mounted 305MM caliber naval guns as its main gun, which is several times larger than the 122MM caliber howitzer commonly used by the Soviet Army... It is even more unimaginable if you calculate the volume and ammunition load.
So let alone the scene of being bombed by this shell, just standing on the warship and feeling the sound of its firing is unbearable. When the shell is fired, it will even give people the illusion of no sound, and then " Buzzing buzzing, like the melodious echo of a bronze bell being struck.
Other warships also opened fire together, and artillery fire and smoke rose and fell on the entire sea, and then one after another flames rose on the distant coast.
At the beginning, I couldn’t see anything because there was more smoke and dust. It wasn’t until the raging flames rose high that I could see the illuminated surrounding buildings that were blown apart in the telescope.
Then another row of shells, and then another row, bombarded the German positions alternately.
However, although the naval gun is powerful, its accuracy is appalling.
This is mainly because the naval gun is on the sea, and the whole ship is shaking, especially after the gun is fired... As the saying goes, there is a thousand miles of difference. In this case, it is normal for the fired shell to deviate from the target by a few kilometers.
Having said that, if this were not the case, the amphibious landing battle would not be so difficult, because there is no fortification or equipment that can withstand the bombing of large-caliber naval guns.
Brackets, except for the US military.
The U.S. military can bomb a small island on the Pacific battlefield with naval guns for days and nights.
The Soviet Union had no way to do this, so it could only invest troops to forcibly land.
Fortunately, the weather is very good tonight, except for the waves caused by the warships, it is calm... The Black Sea is an inland sea, and the characteristic of the inland sea is that it is relatively calm most of the time, and there are usually no big waves.
The amphibious landing ships were slowly hoisted one by one from the transport ship, and the soldiers of the Naval Infantry Brigade climbed down along the net ropes beside the transport ship. The amphibious landing ships were quickly filled and drove to the designated area standby.
The gunfire stopped temporarily, and the ship needed a period of time to adjust and wait for the next order.
"Comrade Mechelis! Comrade Mechelis..." Major General Vladimir shouted a few times before Mechelis could react.
"Oh, what?" Mechelis asked in a panic.
I don't know whether it was the shock of the gunfire or the temporary deafness of the ears, and his reaction was a little out of state.
"We are ready!" Major General Vladimir raised his head towards the amphibious landing ship ahead: "They are waiting for your order!"
"Okay, very good!" Mehliswen nodded inappropriately, froze for a moment, suddenly realized what he should do, and then ordered: "Attack!"
"Attack!"
Following an order, the amphibious landing ship broke through the sea amidst the sound of motors and headed towards Feodosia in the darkness.
At the same time, the gunfire rang out again. With a sharp whistling, one round of shells crossed the amphibious landing ship and smashed **** the beach position.
The Germans began to fight back at this time... The artillery fire of the German reinforcement battalion was basically ineffective against the warships. They knew this very well, so they didn't waste shells. It wasn't until the landing craft came into their sight that the guns that survived in the shadows came into play.
However, the firepower is obviously much weaker, and only a few inconspicuous water columns are set off on the sea surface.
Shulka knows that they are not "inconspicuous", but "inconspicuous" compared with the power of naval guns.
Major Weber looked at the densely packed landing ships on the sea through the binoculars, and couldn't help but gasped.
But this was not the only thing that surprised him even more.
In the light of the flares, he vaguely saw that the bows of these landing ships were equipped with heavy machine guns...
The bow is equipped with a heavy machine gun, and it is still a heavy machine gun with baffle armor. Does this mean that the stern of the ship has also been modified? Because this is the way to balance.
(end of this chapter)
