Chapter 1477 Ready to Call It a Day? !

Chapter 1477 Ready to call it a day? !

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 to a place only more than 5,000 meters away from the port. Artillery or 88MM anti-aircraft guns for ranging and test firing, and then fire! The entire bombardment did not take long, about 40 minutes or so, but I have to say that the efficiency this time is definitely worthy of the Germans' efforts!

The 3,000 horses and hundreds of vehicles and artillery that the British just brought in were hopeless. Before the British even had time to unload these materials from the ship, these precious materials sank together with their transport ships into the sea. At the same time, there was a warehouse with a large amount of flour and canned food on the shore. After a burst of shelling, the flour and air in the air were fully mixed by the shock wave of the explosion and then 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 allied forces on the shore received the alarm, at most they had to evacuate the personnel. After the fire broke out, they could not rescue them! No one would fight the fire under the attack of heavy artillery. This is courting death, and it is also useless!

The flames spread rapidly and spread to surrounding buildings, berths and villages and towns. After confirming that almost all the battleships in the berth were destroyed, several destroyers did not forget to throw some mines in the port and continued to block it. Then the fleet turned to the northwest, ready to set foot on the way home?

"Although we didn't invest much ammunition this time, and the main guns of all the battleships fired about 20 rounds, we can confirm that we destroyed at least 11 transport ships, warehouses at the port, vehicle yards, and important buildings. If our intelligence is not wrong, then we have killed at least 7,000 tons of supplies and at least 60,000 tons of ships.” The staff officer sent the summarized battle report to the earl, and the earl I didn't look carefully, just glanced at them roughly, and put them aside. He has more important things to do now.

"How much ammunition do we have left?" the count said after thinking for a while.

"Each main gun has about 60 rounds left, including about 25 rounds of armor-piercing rounds. The number of shells for the secondary guns is relatively sufficient. At present, each 150MM artillery has about 80 rounds." An officer said.

"It seems that we don't consume a lot of ammunition?" The count was a little surprised by this result.

"It's like this. Although we ran into a British fleet, except for the three former dreadnought warships used as bait before, our capital ship did not consume much ammunition, because when our super dreadnoughts were put into the battlefield, the battle was very difficult. It's almost over, and many enemy ships were still killed by torpedoes." The officer explained.

"Very well, since that's the case, we can do something else tonight! Tomorrow will be more stable!" The count nodded slightly,

There was also a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Isn't our most important task at present going home?" A subordinate said quite unexpectedly.

"Going home? How can it be so easy? If you guessed correctly, the French fleet should be north of us at present. Our position has been exposed. It is unlikely that the French fleet will go south at night to look for us, because it is difficult to find. When we Unless the French are lucky enough to run into us again after the blackout is reimposed, their best bet is to ambush us near the Dardanelles! It's 3am in the morning! We're unlikely Return to the Dardanelles before dawn!" said the count.

"Fuck, why do I feel like I'm being cheated?! Just because the fleet is fighting against the French fleet in the daytime based on the current state of the fleet, isn't that going to be cheating?" A certain person felt a chill in his heart, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the earl It's a bit weird, although my boss is bold, he can't be so unrestrained, right? !

To be honest, although the current German fleet is in good condition, although the former dreadnought warships that were used to lure the enemy before were focused on fire, they did not receive too serious damage. Besides, there are still 4 super dreadnoughts in the entire fleet. When we really fight, we rely on them to fight output, and we don't rely on those old ships....

Although it seems that each main gun still has about 60 shells, more than half of them are high-explosive shells, and each main gun has more than 20 armor-piercing shells. What does this mean? Don't shoot at full speed, even if it's a half-volley in normal combat, all the super fearless armor-piercing bullets will be exhausted in about a quarter of an hour! However, it took a quarter of an hour to defeat the French fleet? That is not possible at all! Even if God is your godfather!

And it can be expected, but the French fleet must bring a large number of followers when it comes out. There must be more warships above cruisers than the Allied fleet? As for destroyers? Leaving aside the numbers, look at the Destroyer Squadron of the Confederate States that has already fired more than half of the torpedoes, and you can't have any hope for them... . Moreover, the British fleet is also coming quickly now. If you count the time, even if they have not joined the French fleet in the daytime, it is estimated that they will not be far from the battlefield!

"The fleet is sailing northeast. Before dawn, we need to carry out one last mission!" Earl Spey decisively issued an order after contacting the Air Force liaison personnel!

"The goal is Mytilene on the island of Lesvos! Go at full speed! Whether we can return to Constantinople tomorrow and enjoy a big meal and a comfortable bed depends on the next action!" Earl Spey said.

"Your target is the airfield there?" an officer seemed to realize something, so he said.

"That's right, whether we can go home smoothly tomorrow does not depend on us, nor does it depend on the British and French navies, but on the contest in the sky. If we can help the Bavarian Air Force clear the obstacles in the air, then we will return home." The home will be smooth sailing! No matter how blind the British and French are, they will not be able to intercept us with a large number of bombs and torpedoes without air cover." Earl Spey said.

In fact, in this area near the Dardanelles, the British and French Air Forces have only one airfield that can really play a role, and that is Mytilene Airport on Lesbos Island, while Chios Island in the south The combat distance of the fighter jets is a bit close. In fact, it has little impact on the battle situation, so now, on the way back after completing the mission, in order to ensure that the air force can provide better cover for himself, the count must help the air force blow up the Mytilene airport before dawn , not to kill how many planes, at least require them to be unusable in a short period of time. And if this can be done, in the earl's view, it will not be difficult for the German fleet to go back!

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