On the evening of October 8, the Royal Navy once again dispatched a huge transport fleet, departing from the mainland of the Empire where the sun never sets, heading for Dunkirk, preparing to rescue the soldiers who were defeated by the Third Reich Army. The encircling expeditionary force.

In view of yesterday night's heavy losses, the Royal Navy further strengthened the escort fleet this time.

Before the transport fleet arrived, a large number of destroyers went to the sea off Dunkirk to look for Third Reich submarines that might appear underwater. However, what surprised the Royal Navy was that they found nothing at all.

This time, the Third Reich did not send many submarines into the strait. Only a few submarines entered the strait, and they all stayed far away from Dunkirk.

The destroyers and submarines of the Third Reich Navy have already received orders. The army's heavy artillery brigade is the protagonist tonight. They only need to watch the show.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the huge fleet arrived at Dunkirk.

The expedition officers and soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, began to board the ship.

It is still necessary to ferry to the sea in a small boat and then board the ship. This makes them very inefficient.

However, this time the Royal Navy came prepared. Under the call of the Royal Navy, a large number of merchant shipowners actively participated in the withdrawal plan.

This brings the number of merchant ships and transport ships joining today to a full one hundred and fifty. If everything goes well, they will be able to take away 50,000 to 60,000 officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force tonight.

However, it was obvious that everything could not go as smoothly as the Royal Navy expected. The Third Reich had already thought of ways to trick them.

About six or seven kilometers away from the coast is the position of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Third Reich. A total of one hundred and eight 210mm heavy howitzers are distributed in several artillery positions.

The other two heavy artillery brigades were deployed in other directions.

The maximum range of the 210-meter heavy grenade is up to twenty kilometers. Fired a few kilometers away from the coast, the range is enough to cover half of the Sunless Strait.

It can be said that at present, the escort fleet and transport fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy are all within the firepower range of the three heavy artillery brigades of the Third Reich.

When the transport fleet of the Sun Never Sets Empire arrived, these heavy artillery brigades did not open fire immediately, but were waiting for the opportunity. Wait until these transport ships are almost loaded before firing. In this way, not only can those transport ships and merchant ships be destroyed, but also a large number of expeditionary soldiers can be sent to the bottom of the sea.

Although this method is a bit cruel. But this is war.

In a war, the two warring parties naturally use all possible means and try their best to put the other party to death.

This time, the three heavy artillery brigades of the Third Reich also had their own division of labor. Among them, the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade gave priority to attacking the transport fleet of the Empire on which the sun never sets. The 4th Artillery Brigade's target is the Royal Navy's escort fleet. Especially the heavy cruisers in the escort fleet also posed a huge threat to the heavy artillery brigades of the Third Reich.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the X39 destroyer of the Chinese navy hidden in Ghatang sent a telegram, notifying the army's heavy artillery brigade of the position of the Imperial Royal Navy's escort fleet and the position of the fleet.

On the heavy cruiser HMS Ropeshire, the flagship of the Royal Navy's escort fleet, electrical officers detected this radio wave.

"Your Excellency, Commander, a radio signal has been detected. A warship from the Third Reich has entered the strait."Reported by Major General Arthur

"snort! Damn the Germans, are they still planning to do the same thing again? Order the fleet to prepare for battle. Destroyer formation strengthens underwater monitoring!" Lieutenant General Algernon ordered

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"Rear Admiral Arthur immediately conveyed the order. The huge escort fleet immediately took action.

One Hunter-class destroyer was cruising on the sea, and the sonar soldiers were concentrating on monitoring the underwater situation, hoping to The submarines of the Third Reich were found.

The surface fleets of the escort fleet were also dispersed to protect the transport fleet, preparing to guard against the possible appearance of the naval fleet of the Third Reich.

Unfortunately, the Royal Navy always They were all mistaken. What they had to face this time was not the naval fleet of the Third Reich, but the heavy artillery force of the Army of the Third Reich.

"General, this is the location of the escort fleet and transport fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy reported by the Navy as the sun never sets!"An officer reported to Major General Kurzeitzler, commander of the 1st Heavy Brigade.

"Very good, report to the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 4th Artillery Brigade immediately. Adjust the shooting angle and fire in ten minutes!"Reported by Maj. Gen. Kurt Zeitzler

"Yes, General!"The officer replied.

Immediately, the 108 210mm heavy howitzers of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade began to adjust the shooting angle and prepared to fire in the predetermined direction.

At 9:08 pm, Major General Kurt Zeitzler issued the order to fire

"boom! boom! boom!"

The 108 210mm heavy howitzers of the 1st Artillery Brigade started firing fiercely.

Orange-red flames flashed at the muzzle, and shells weighing more than 100 kilograms flew out of the gun barrel, roaring and hitting the intended target. The sea area.

The heavy artillery of the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Artillery Brigade immediately started bombarding. At one time, more than three hundred 210mm heavy howitzers opened fire fiercely.

The dense artillery shells hit the Sun Never Set Strait like raindrops.

In the strait, the Royal Navy escort fleet and transport fleet did not seem to realize that the crisis had arrived.

"call out! call out! call out!"

A shrill and piercing whistling sound resounded over the Royal Navy escort fleet. The experienced officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy naturally knew what it was.

This was clearly the sound made by artillery shells flying at high speed and causing violent friction with the air.

"Enemy attack! We are under enemy attack!"

"Oh, God! The enemy has launched an attack on us!"

Countless sailors of the Royal Navy exclaimed.

Vice Admiral Algernon and Rear Admiral Arthur also changed their expressions.

"boom! boom! boom!"

The explosions sounded continuously, and the shells smashed into the sea one after another, splashing water columns into the sky.

"boom!"

A transport ship was hit on the spot. The violent explosion blew a big hole in the transport ship and ignited a raging fire.

Immediately, more and more transport ships and merchant ships were hit. These civilian ships simply could not resist Unable to withstand the bombardment of such large-caliber heavy artillery, they began to catch fire and even sink._Feilu reminds you: three things about reading - collection, recommendation,

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