Chapter 641： First match after the Battle of Waterloo (1/2)

Wait, Colonel Holland, still on the opposing warship!

Hearing the order from Lieutenant General Somerville, an assistant wanted to say, but then he didn't say anything.

It was no longer useful. Just as Lieutenant General Somerville gave the order, the foremost warship had already opened fire!

The USS Warrior, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, was completed in 1916. Like most other British battleships, it belongs to the Master-class battleship during the First World War.

It is also an old British feudal ship that participated in the Battle of Jutland. This year, it had just undergone a modernization.

Until now, it is the only remaining 30,000-ton battleship of the British Navy. There is no such battleship in the mainland, and it is only retained in the Mediterranean fleet.

It has done all the preparations, and when the order is given, it will start its own shooting.

As a large battleship, it has 8 twin-mounted 15-inch/42-caliber MKⅠ main guns. At this time, it turned to its own side, just enough to make the bow and stern guns all aim at the past. .

When the naval gun fired, thick smoke enveloped the entire battleship. In the huge black smoke, the 381mm armor-piercing projectile flew to the opposite side!

Since the Battle of Waterloo, Britain and France have never fought again. This is the first time Britain fired on French troops after the battle!

With a fierce whistling, eight armor-piercing shells flew to the other side of the breakwater. The main force of the French fleet stopped here!

Along the jetty from northwest to southeast of the port, the ”Dunkirk”, ”Brittany”, ”Strasbourg”, ”Provence” and ”Commander Tuster” docked at the seawall. Official” number.

These battlecruisers and old-fashioned battleships are sternly leaning against the breakwater. Among them, the most deadly are the ”Dunkirk” and the ”Strasbourg”, these two French newest and most combative ships. The battlecruiser is only being beaten now, not fighting back.

This kind of French warship, I don't know what the designer thinks, maybe the brain was kicked by a donkey. They used a 330mm heavy gun. On this 30,000-ton warship, the caliber is definitely not big.

At the same time, the number is not large, there are only 8 doors. The most terrible thing is that this is composed of quadruple double turrets, which is absolutely special. It is rarely seen on other warships in World War II.

The two quadruple turrets are all in the front, that is to say, France's proudest battleship is not capable of attacking the rear.

Of course, the same cannot be said. There are some 130mm secondary guns behind, but it is a pity that such secondary guns are useless in this kind of naval battle.

The stern of the ship is leaning against the Baptist, and the distance from the Baptist is the British warship. In this way, they are equivalent to the British warship. They cannot use the bow main gun, that is, they have no ability to fight back!

In addition to their side, on the other side of the port, destroyers are docked, and on the shore, there are coastal battery turrets equipped with 6.1-inch, 7.6-inch and 9.4-inch shore guns. There are also 52 fighter jets in the nearby airport, and Oran not far away has 10 small destroyers, several submarines and 13 small ships of various kinds.

When the British ship shelled, the entire French fleet broke out in utter anger.

”Boom!” The huge armor-piercing projectile hit the anti-wave board, and the concrete-made anti-wave board was instantly exploded into a large hole of more than ten meters.