Chapter 200: The Bombardment of Barcelona

"On the night of April 13, our German navy was attacked by an unknown fleet in the Mediterranean, and in self-defense, we resisted and destroyed two warships. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 In the early morning of April 14, Radio Berlin issued a stern statement: "We strongly condemn this outrageous act, and any action that provokes our Navy will come at a price!" ”

"We warn certain people not to challenge our bottom line! Don't try to expand the dispute, so that nothing good will come of it! ”

In the early morning in the Mediterranean, there was still some fog, and on the coastal defense positions of Barcelona, the artillerymen of the Republican Army, rubbing their eyes, it was a new day!

They crawled out of their tents, washed their faces, brushed their teeth, and prepared for breakfast for the day.

For them, the riots in the west are very far away, that is, last year, there was a military coup here, there was bloodshed, and some soldiers were killed.

Since then, it's been quiet.

Spain already had a powerful fleet, and, with the neighboring countries, there were almost no naval conflicts, mainly with France, and the land border.

Therefore, the Spanish coastal defense troops already belong to the World War II troops, and their equipment is only the old 155 mm coastal defense guns.

The daily task, watching the sunrise and sunset, until they are discharged from the army, this is the mission of these artillerymen.

But today, everything has changed.

A soldier, who was squatting on the turret, brushing his teeth with a toothbrush, suddenly stood up and looked at the sea in the distance.

His mouth was still foaming, and his eyes were full of incredulity.

There, two warships are moving over, the distance is very far, and you can only roughly see the outline, but the other party does not emit particularly thick black smoke, just a faint green smoke, what kind of warship is that? How come you've never seen it?

So, with a toothbrush in his mouth, he put his eyes on the telescope on the side, and adjusted the focus of the telescope with his foamy hand, and soon, in the telescope, the clear outline of the two warships appeared.

At this time, the other party was turning left, exposing the side of the hull to the field of vision of the shore defense artillery position, and in an instant, the soldier chuckled in his heart.

How does this warship look, like the German class of the Germans? Continue to focus, and now, I finally saw clearly, on the other party's mast, it was the German flag that was hanging!

"Attention, it's the Germans coming up!" He shouted loudly, "Quick, pull the alarm!" ”

It's a pity that the alarm has not yet sounded, and the two German warships on the opposite side, on the muzzles, black smoke came out, and the other side has already opened fire!

Fire!

Two German-class ships, sideways, two 283-mm naval guns, all turned around, with six gun barrels, fired fiercely at the shore defense positions on this side!

This 283-mm naval gun can have a range of up to 40 km! Now, firing at a distance of 20 km from shore defense artillery is already out of range of the opponent's artillery fire!

The scene of the salvo of naval guns was, in the daytime, a different scene.

In the deafening sound of the cannon, a white fire came out of the muzzle, and this firelight quickly expanded, expanded, and turned into a fireball with a diameter of dozens of meters!

The edge of the fireball turned yellow, and the color from the inside to the outside was so gorgeous!

The surrounding sea water was stirred by this fireball, and it churned violently, forming waves that spread from the inside out!

After a few seconds, the flame began to slowly dissipate, and then black smoke filled the air.

This black smoke is bigger than the fireball just now! It spread out quickly, enveloping the nearby sea!

When all the naval guns fired together, you could even see the huge hull, which was pushed back half a meter to the side under the strong recoil!

This is a salvo from naval guns! If you don't think about it in the design, firing from the side can even capsize a warship!

Two warships, twelve 283-mm high-explosive grenades, flew to the artillery positions on this side!

The toothbrush in his mouth had been tossed aside, and the Spanish Republican Army soldier who had spotted the enemy was running towards the bunker behind.

How can a weak body be compared with the shells of a naval gun?

It's a pity that no matter how fast he runs, he can't fly as fast as the cannonballs!

When the cannonballs are whistling and flying, this kind of sound will make people feel great fear in the depths of their hearts!

He turned his head back and saw that the cannonball, which had already smashed into the turret behind him with surging momentum!

"Boom!" The high-explosive shell exploded violently, the concrete battery was shattered, the 155-mm shore defense gun fell to the side, and countless fragments flew, and in these fragments, he felt his body, being lifted.

The ground was getting higher and higher from him, and the moment he lost consciousness, he saw that this place had turned into a sea of fire everywhere!

Shelling of Barcelona!

In retaliation for the Spanish Republican Army's sneak attack on German warships, Germany launched a crazy revenge!

Yes, the two sides did not declare war, and in the absence of a declaration of war, they dared to come and attack the German warships, and since they did it, they had to pay the price!

The Spaniards attacked the Italian warship and dropped a few bombs, but the Italian farts were not released, so they thought that as long as they said that they had bombed by mistake, they could not do anything.

It's a pity, Germany, not Italy!

The Germans destroyed the bombers and took out the warships of the Spanish Republican Army, but this was not enough, they drove to the northern coastline and shelled Barcelona on the opposite side!

Barcelona, located in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula and bordering the Mediterranean Sea, is the second largest city in Spain, the capital of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, and the capital of the province of Barcelona.

As the port city of Catalonia, in addition to being a tourist attraction and a world-famous historical and cultural city, it is also the most important trade, industrial and financial base in Spain. The port of Barcelona is also the largest port on the Mediterranean coast.

Almost all of the supplies that the Soviet Union supported Spain were transferred through here!

And now, the German Navy, shelling is carried out here!

The whole world is watching here.

And at this critical moment, as the planner of this operation, Ciric secretly came to a military camp.

"General Ciric, very welcome to the Northern Army." A tall Spanish general greeted Ciric as soon as he got out of the car.

"General Mora, uninvited, and I hope you don't be surprised." Ciric said.