The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 753

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: 0.063s Scan: 0.029sThe safest place is the most dangerous place!

If there were no bunker-buster bombs, then perhaps the British army was right to hide in these turrets, but after the German army was equipped with bunker-buster bombs specifically for them, this behavior was simply seeking death!

Boom, boom, boom!

25 ground attack aircraft flew low, and because almost all the British soldiers ran into the bunkers to hide, the British army’s already pitiful anti-aircraft firepower suddenly dropped sharply. After the German army lost the pressure of threats on the ground, the pilots could focus all their energy on ground attacks!

So, one bunker-buster bomb after another hit the target accurately. After rotating at high speed, the bomb drilled into the enemy’s bunker, and then made a shocking explosion in the bunker!

1 of the 25 bunker-buster bombs hit and destroyed the target, and 5 bombs hit the target but failed to completely destroy it, but also blew up the enemy’s bunker outside.

Two bombs also deviated from the target and fell outside the target and exploded!

The number of British artillery batteries is not bad. There are only 15 356mm coastal defense guns and 381mm coastal defense guns in total. As a result, 9 guns were killed by the Germans in the first round of air raids, and 6 guns were left alone trembling in the wind!

The British army was completely stunned!

Why! ?

Why can the enemy’s bombs easily penetrate their strong fortifications?

Their fortifications have been specially reinforced. Even if they encounter the attack of the enemy’s 40mm naval guns, they may not be destroyed. As a result, when facing the enemy’s air attack, they are as fragile as paper and are blown up in an instant!

This makes the British army very puzzled. They have no idea what is going on?

The British army has only more than 3,000 troops in the Gibraltar Fortress. With so few people, they dare to guard here and don’t worry about the attack of other countries. Isn’t it because they think that their fortifications in the fortress area are indestructible?

As a result, such fortifications were as fragile as paper under the enemy’s air attack. Not only did they not protect them at all, but they also implicated a large number of soldiers who were avoiding air raids and hiding in the forts!

The British suffered heavy losses in the first round of air raids. 18 forts were destroyed, more than 500 soldiers were killed, and 9 of the most critical 15 large-caliber coastal defense guns were lost. They had lost most of their firepower against the sea!

In this case, can they still defend this fortress?

The sun never sets and the people suddenly lost confidence. The fortress that was originally thought to be impregnable seemed to be no longer safe at this moment!

Just when the British soldiers were in turmoil and low spirits, the second round of German bombing began again!

After the first experience and lessons, the British army chose to flee immediately after hearing the sound of the German bombers. No one dared to stay in the fort, because it had just been proved that hiding in the fort was not only unsafe, but also more dangerous, because the main target of attack was their fort!

The British army’s speculation was correct. The German army did come for their artillery, so during the second air raid, the German army still launched an air raid on the remaining British artillery.

This time, the remaining six large-caliber coastal defense guns could no longer fire. They were targeted in this round of air raids. Almost every gun was hit by two bunker-penetrating bombs. As a result, not only were the artillery guns blown to pieces, but the cannons inside the artillery guns were also blown to pieces, completely turned into parts and lost their function!

After removing the British artillery guns on the periphery, Dönitz waved his hand, and the German fleet immediately began to approach.

Before, there were large-caliber coastal defense guns on the Gibraltar Fortress that could threaten them, so they gave the defenders a face and did not approach the defenders’ positions, but now that the fortress guns were gone, the Germans naturally had nothing to worry about!

Moreover, without the fire suppression on land, the German army can get very close and make full use of the firepower advantage of its fleet to carry out targeted elimination of bunkers and fortifications outside the British position!

So, rounds of artillery fire began to sound, and dozens of large-caliber naval guns on the German battleships began to fire in unison!

The British soldiers in the fortress were frightened and huddled together!

The scene of dozens of large-caliber naval guns firing in unison can be described in one word – the end of the world!

From the perspective of the British army, the entire position outside was almost completely covered by artillery fire and gunpowder smoke. The explosions and the constant vibrations on the ground made every soldier tremble with fear!

Such fierce artillery fire made them feel a sense of despair!

I am going to die here today!

The British soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they collapsed on the ground. Some of them shouted for their mothers, some were crying, and some were kneeling on the ground to pray, praying that the bombardment, which seemed to be the end of the world, would end soon, and praying that Jesus would protect them and save their lives!

It seemed that God heard their voices and responded to their prayers. The sound of artillery outside began to gradually stop.

The British soldiers who survived the disaster breathed a sigh of relief, and then crawled out of the bunker carefully in fear!

Looking around, the entire fortress was now a sea of fire, with smoke everywhere, and huge craters several meters deep could be seen everywhere on the ground!

Needless to say, these craters must have been left behind by the previous German bombardment. Some of them were dozens of meters in diameter and three or four meters deep, which were obviously much larger than other craters. These should be the craters made by the 406mm main guns of the German Bismarck and Tirpitz!

When the British soldiers saw the craters on the ground, they felt a tightness in their chests, difficulty breathing, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads!

Fortunately, these shells were off target and did not hit them directly, otherwise, even steel bones would be blown to pieces by such a shell!

Woo!

Just as the British soldiers carefully left their positions and looked around curiously, a long whistle sounded from the dock.

This whistle sound attracted the attention of the British army, and they all looked up at the shore.

You don’t know until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you see it!

On the beach on the shore, groups of fully armed German soldiers have successfully landed on the beach and have even begun to attack their position!

Make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and conceal the truth from the world!