The Rise of the Empire

"Damn it, they surrendered too quickly! We didn't even have a chance to fire!" Major Staff said angrily. Just when the cruiser Marco Polo was still struggling on the sea and the Italian navy hadn't given up protecting its army colleagues, the transport ship Zara carrying 3,000 Italian troops first lowered its national flag and raised the white flag! \u003c/p\u003e"Captain, what should we do? We can't take thousands of captives to Turkey, can we? If we release them, then maybe in the afternoon, they will take another ship to North Africa." An officer next to him was also a little depressed. After the warships loaded with supplies, artillery and horses were sunk, all the supplies on them were gone, but what about the 3,000 Italian troops? Just sink the ship and shoot it to death? This matter must not be done like this! \u003c/p\u003eActually, during the First World War, the sea battlefield was still very gentlemanly. It is enough not to reveal the count's whereabouts while at sea. Another example is that some German assault ships even gave an extra salary when they released the captured personnel.... \u003c/p\u003eSo, it is absolutely impossible to put these people directly in the water, but if you put them back like this, doesn't that mean that your work is in vain? Staff felt so unwilling! \u003c/p\u003e "We always have to make these Italians pay something!" Staffor said to himself. \u003c/p\u003e "They seem to be engineering troops, maybe they can't fight, but if we can take some people away, then we can build a port in Turkey faster!" Said an officer next to him. \u003c/p\u003e "Let's do it. Let's hurry up." Just when Major Stave agreed to this suggestion, Scheer sent another signal. A warship transporting arms and supplies had sunk, and the other three A ship gave up resistance when the resistance was hopeless, and these ships naturally cannot be wasted. Scheer intends to use these ships and mines to seal the port of Taranto! \u003c/p\u003e "Arrange personnel to take over the ship, the Prince Albert will provide fire cover, and we will sink these three ships into the channel of Taranto port!" Scheer conveyed an order by telegram. \u003c/p\u003eMost of all the captured Italian personnel left in lifeboats, some were taken to the Swordfish, and the other part operated three transport ships back to Taranto under the threat of German soldiers, blocking the port with sunken ships , although this method is old, but it works really well! \u003c/p\u003e "Busy port of Taranto! It seems that we are right this time!" When the morning fog completely dispersed, Scheer's fleet also arrived at the outskirts of Taranto port. At this time, another fleet sailed out of the port under the leadership of the guiding ship, and this time they just hit the muzzle of Scheer! \u003c/p\u003e"It seems that we don't need to sink the ship ourselves, just sink them! Now fire!" Under the amazed eyes of the Italians, the Scheer fleet launched the first round of attack! The armored cruiser Prince Albert was responsible for suppressing the turrets on both sides of the port, while the Swordfish rushed directly to attack the fleet struggling to leave the port at a distance of less than 2000 meters! \u003c/p\u003e"We started shooting from 1800 meters, and then gradually approached, even to a distance of 500 meters! In the end, our 150mm artillery basically fired on the opponent's forehead! The Italian ship is very weak, the first ship The ship is a collier, it is a big ship with about 8000 tons of deadweight tons, it has a deep draft and insufficient reserve buoyancy, it took us less than 5 minutes to solve it. It is only on its side Two holes were drilled in the top, and it capsized quickly, leaving only half of the stern above the water."\u003c/p\u003e"The second target should be a ship transporting ammunition,

After he found us, he tried his best to avoid it, but unfortunately, a shell that flew from nowhere directly hit the ammunition on the ship, and the loud noise like thunder resounded through the entire battlefield. The shock wave generated by the explosion formed a wave of air visible to the naked eye and spread around! The scene at that time was terrible, the violent explosion even tore a troop carrier behind into pieces! It was a horrible scene, and God, you will forgive us for our carelessness, won't you? "\u003c/p\u003e"The fourth and fifth ships did not try to rush out of the port. They retreated into the port, but when they returned, they just blocked the torpedo boat that wanted to come out. There was chaos on the entire channel. "In Stave's diary, a few simple strokes outlined the chaotic scene at that time. The Italians were completely unprepared and were blocked at the door of their house and were beaten up.\u003c/p\u003e The chaotic battlefield situation made The balance of victory is more inclined to the German fleet. There are no large warships in the port of Taranto, and the torpedo boats can't get out, so the only thing you can rely on is the coastal defense battery!\u003c/p\u003e Right in the sword The attacking ship Fish blocked the port of Taranto and killed the transport fleet that was about to leave the port. When it was ready to go supernatural, the cruiser Prince Albert was also suppressing the forts outside the port of Taranto. The Italians He never expected that the war would break out in front of his house, let alone that the "Turk" fleet would directly attack the military port. The naval battery garrison could not be full, and there were very few who could rush to the artillery positions in a hurry. \u003c/p\u003eThe result is that the really powerful large-caliber coastal anti-corrosion guns failed to play a role, and those 6-inch guns and 4.7-inch guns were the main force of resistance. Although the shells fired by these artillery guns have no actual effect .Scattered shells fell into the water, and some unlucky gun positions were suppressed by fierce naval guns before firing a few shots.\u003c/p\u003e "Forget it, save some shells, we directly attack the two outfitted ships Battleships attack! "Scheer was very disappointed with the performance of the Italians. Their shore artillery was not worth wasting precious shells to suppress. The two battleships being outfitted were blocked by the breakwater, and only one or two exposed masts could be seen. The tower crane marked the opponent's position.\u003c/p\u003eThe main range finder slowly rotated, and the appearance of the tower crane was clearly printed in the field of vision. After calculating the distance based on the height of the tower crane, the eight 10-inch main guns slowly rotated and started According to the pre-investigation situation, the two warships next to the tower crane were covered and shot! The distance between the two sides is 8,500 meters. Although the distance is a bit farther, this time it is a fixed target!\u003c/p\u003e "Fire! "The four gun barrels shrank back sharply, and the shells with a total weight of 1 ton flew out of the gun bore at a speed of nearly 800 meters per second, and accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, they fell around the target like a doomsday meteorite! The shell directly hit the bottom of a tower crane, blowing up the tower crane with a height of more than 30 meters like a hot knife cutting butter!\u003c/p\u003eThe third update is here~~~! Please subscribe\u003c/a\u003e~ ~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e