The Rise of the Empire

"Damn it, how did this happen?!" Scheer frowned, seeing that the tower crane as a reference was destroyed in the first round of salvo, feeling depressed in his heart! But it's normal when you think about it. This tower crane was prepared for Garibaldi's outfitting, so it's not far from the target. Judging from the artillery's walk, one shot destroyed something next to the target. It shows that the hit accuracy is high! \u003c/p\u003e "Wait, something happened?" If a tower crane with hundreds of tons falls into the water, the splashed water column will definitely be observed by the range finder. But it's a pity that there is no water column, but there seems to be a huge collision sound in the distance! If someone is standing in the port and watching the outfitting berth at this time, they can see that this tall tower crane hit the hull of the unfinished Garibaldi armored cruiser next to it like a sharp sword,\u003c/p\u003e This is a warship that has not even installed its superstructure and armor. The drop of hundreds of tons of metal parts can completely describe this unborn warship as destruction, even worse than hitting a shell! Accompanied by a loud noise, tons of steel collided with each other. The violent impact caused the rear hull of the battleship\u003c/p\u003e to break and twist directly. cut in half! The stern of the hull lifted under the impact, while the forward half of the hull also list heavily. And serious water ingress occurred. For this warship, it is his best result to finally sink to the bottom of the sea! \u003c/p\u003e "It seems that we have solved a goal..." Although the specific situation in the distance cannot be seen clearly, the sudden disappearance of the mast that was slightly exposed from the breakwater can also let the Germans understand what happened. The collapsed steel beam in the distance did not hit the mast, but the mast still fell, which means it hit the battleship... \u003c/p\u003e "Okay, let's attack the next target!" Then the rangefinder was aimed at another reference object, the tower crane that was outfitting the battleship Admiral DuPont and a building next to it. This time the German attack was slightly offset to avoid knocking out the reference object prematurely. After all, it is impossible for the tower crane to destroy the warship to happen repeatedly. \u003c/p\u003eThis battleship has survived much longer than its companions, but it only means that it has suffered longer than Garibaldi! In the third round of salvo, two 10-inch high-explosive bombs successfully hit the target, and one high-explosive bomb fell straight into the hole reserved for the chimney. The fire caused by ********** rushed to other compartments along with the passages and pipes inside the hull. \u003c/p\u003eAnd another shell landed not far away, directly stripping a large area of ​​the deck from the hull. With the influx of a large amount of air, the fire inside the hull became more and more serious. At the beginning, the panicked Italians tried to save the warship. Firefighters rushed into the fire with water dragons, but soon, dense shells covered the entire area! The flying shrapnel and flames will instantly tear the few brave firefighters into pieces. The splashed blood evaporates instantly in the scorching air, and the broken limbs are quickly turned into a pile of carbides. . \u003c/p\u003eThis battleship that could have been at sea is even more fragile than a ship. Although everyone has no armor, the watertight compartments of the ship are closed, and all the watertight doors of this ship are open of! And for this reason, the fate of this battleship under the guns of Prince Albert has been decided! \u003c/p\u003eThe continuous bombardment continued to destroy the battleship, and also affected the nearby buildings and warehouses. Outfitting a battleship is very troublesome, requiring cranes, power plants, warehouses, and various means of transportation. There are also flammable and explosive products such as paint. The violent shelling turned the entire area near the berth into a sea of ​​​​flames.

So much so that from the rising black smoke and the flames rushing through the breakwater, it can be concluded that this battleship must not survive! \u003c/p\u003eIn the end, the battleship was hit by at least 10 or more 227kg shells, and sank to the bottom of the sea after breaking into 3 sections. After destroying a total of more than 120 shells, Scheer decided to suspend the shelling after seeing that the fire had already burned half of the port in the distance. After all, his remaining shells had to deal with the Italian fleet, and this time, the Germans did not want to send the Italians to Offended to death. \u003c/p\u003e "Ask, how is the swordfish's mine-laying operation going?" Scheer ordered. \u003c/p\u003eAt this time, the conscientious swordfish attack ship had already completed the action of throwing the captured three transport ships near the roadway, and then felt that it was not enough, and dropped no less than 150 rounds of each ship near the waterway. After planting mines, he finally decided to slap his ass and leave. The entire attack process lasted less than 90 minutes, but according to Italian estimates, Italy lost at least 11 ships of various types in this attack, with a total tonnage of 45,000 tons! And it caused more than 3,000 casualties, (a large part of which was affected by the bombed ammunition ship.) As for the economic loss, it is conservatively estimated to be about 5 million pounds! \u003c/p\u003eOf course, what distressed the Italian Navy the most were the two battleships that had entered the final outfitting stage and could be completed soon. The cost of the two warships was 1 million pounds and 680,000 pounds respectively. The rising star of the navy, used to replace the old fleet. But who would have thought that these warships sank into the sea forever before they were completed.\u003c/p\u003eThe German bombardment was devastating, and the two ships were completely destroyed. The so-called salvage operations were at most recycling some scrap steel. . And the facilities on the shore were burned, and many port facilities did not consider facing the attack of large-caliber artillery! The black smoke and flames produced by the shelling can be seen even dozens of kilometers away. \u003c/p\u003e "If I didn't know that it was a port instead of a volcano, I thought it was a volcanic eruption." Afterwards, an Italian said. \u003c/p\u003eThe Italians living in Taranto were even more deeply touched by this shelling. \u003c/p\u003e"Everything was very calm that morning. We knew 2 weeks ago that the Kingdom had declared war on the Turks, but our lives have not changed much, except that the government has started to buy food and transportation in large quantities, and the price level has risen somewhat. In addition, there is no other impact."\u003c/p\u003e"But today, I suddenly found that the war is very close to us, the enemy's warships are attacking outside the port, and the sound of every artillery salvo can be heard in the city Clearly, the distant port quickly turned into a sea of ​​flames. I don’t know how many people died, but I know that in our community alone, 7 people never came back! The first time I discovered Italy was So weak, to be hit by a country lying on its sickbed!" Said an Italian living in Taranto. \u003c/p\u003eThanks for the book. Friendly books are hard to find, slowly travel to K, 2013, Wu Yue, and the sea is bounded\u003c/a\u003e~~~! And the \u003c/a\u003e support of book friends tiger-1, Xiaoan♂, Haitian Yiou, Zhuzhu Ronnie, Da Daban~~~! The subscription has been good recently, the author is full of confidence, and I will continue to update three times today~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e