If you look at it from the map, the distance between Brest and Plymouth is quite far, with a distance of about 300 kilometers. Even if the ship is moving at a speed of 20 knots, it will take seven or eight hours. This is already the highest speed of many merchant ships.

Plymouth is not a good place to land and fight. It is stationed there, but the British fleet.

Whether it is from the transportation of supplies, the navigation and assembly of fleets, it is unrealistic.

Therefore, the British have never been very wary of Brest. Their attention has always been placed on Calais recently, especially when they discovered amphibious tanks in Calais and the gathering of a large number of German tanks, so they have no doubts.

Britain regarded Dover as the main battlefield to guard against the attack of the German army. Now, the fierce war broke out in Dover seems to confirm this result. The German army did point its main spearhead at Calais.

However, if they can calm down at this time, they should be able to find some clues.

For example, Germany has been dispatching Stuka bombers and a small number of air-control fighters. Where are the large number of F190s? There are a large number of tanks in the port of Calais, but why are there no transport ships?

For example, most of the people who are insisting on guarding the beachhead are French volunteers, and there are not many pure German soldiers.

Dover's battle was so fierce that it made the British believe that it was definitely the main attack direction of the Germans. The troops continued to gather towards Dover and were preparing to push the troops that had just landed on the beach back into the sea.

The battle, from morning to noon, the remaining troops on the beach were getting fewer and fewer, and the victory of Dover was about to become a reality.

Plymouth.

The sea breeze here is not strong. Standing on a thousand-ton frigate, "Petunia", a naval officer lazily lit the name of his subordinates.

The orders already issued above require some skilled soldiers to be dispatched to receive new warships, but what good things can be received?

From here, you can see the dock of the Royal Shipyard. The latest battleship built in it has not yet been formed. Without advanced battleships and aircraft carriers, the British Royal Navy can only retreat here and rely on shore defense cannons as a strait patrol.

The roar of a rumbling plane came from the sky. He lit up his head and glanced at it after he lit a name.

Then, he lowered his head again. What's the best thing to look at? It's just an ordinary passenger plane.

airliner?

etc!

So far, the Luftwaffe has used their Juncker-290 bombers to disguise passenger planes and bombard the British mainland more than once. This trick is no longer useful now. Will it be another attack by the Germans this time?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up and look at the sky. Hope it was a beautiful misunderstanding.

However, when he raised his head, he saw a big guy falling from the belly of the passenger plane!

Not bad, it’s a big guy. Although the sun is a bit dazzling, you can still see the wings at the tail. It’s a bomb!

"Quick, hurry, German bombing!" he shouted loudly: "Urgent cannons, use our anti-aircraft cannons!"

The group of people who had just gathered quickly dispersed, wanting to operate the anti-aircraft artillery on their warships.

Fortunately, it seems that the flying bomb was not thrown on their warships, but on the shore.

Not good, it’s a shore defense cannon!

356mm coastal gun, the entire Plymouth, the largest coastal defense gun!

As an island country, Britain has been defending against possible maritime invasions for more than 1,000 years. For example, the main direction of the German offensive, that is, the southern Dover region, where the coastal fortress was built for more than 500 years since the era of Henry VIII.

Moreover, when Germany pleaded guilty to attack Britain, Britain began to add more coastal artillery in Dover, including the newly cast 381mm shore defense artillery, which was recently installed.

Therefore, if Germany wants to land from Dover, it must take action at night to seize the positions on the coast, and at the same time dive bombers will be dispatched together until the strait is safe, and the merchant ships behind can transport a large number of troops here.

Since Germany's main attack was Dover, the newly built shore defense guns were all deployed in Dover. Some people even suggested moving Plymouth's shore defense guns, but fortunately they were rejected by the senior officers who knew the general.

Now, there is only this 356mm coastal gun at the port of Plymouth, which is the largest level. The rest are 16 bl9.2233mm coastal guns, and the rest are small 152mm guns.

Many of the newly built shore defense cannon fortifications in Dover are very secretive and difficult to find from the air. At the same time, because the entire coast is martial law, it is difficult for German agents to obtain specific information.

However, Plymouth is different. Since this is not the main direction of German offensive, the British did not continue to add shore defense fortifications here at all, and it was quite time-consuming to build a shore artillery position. Therefore, some shore artillery did not change their position.

This 356mm shore defense cannon was built on a cement turret. It can be rotated and adjusted to the angle below the turret, but the above the turret is bare.

There is no cover or turret. In normal times, in order to prevent rust, the shore defense cannons are wrapped in cloth covers. Now wars will break out at any time. The alert level is increased, and the cover of the shore defense cannons here is removed and will be maintained every few days.

At the same time, a covered net was added to the top, but the barrel was so long that it could not be fully covered.

From the air, this shore defense cannon is still very conspicuous.

At the same time, in order to protect this shore defense gun, there are two anti-aircraft guns next to the shore defense gun. The attack of the dive bomber is dangerous. At the same time, in order to completely destroy this shore defense gun, the Junker-290 bomber was dispatched again.

At this time, at the nose of the bomber, the navigation and bomb dropper was staring at the target with all his attention, and at the same time, he moved the handle in his hand.

Yes, it is a guided bomb that can significantly increase the hit rate when used to bomb warships, and it is even easier when used to bomb ground targets.

The bomber hovered over the base, and after a few dozen seconds, the bomb hit the target accurately!

"boom!"

A one-ton bomb fell from the sky. When it was intimately in contact with the shore defense cannon, it exploded violently, blowing a big hole in the entire shore defense cannon position.

A large pit with an area of ​​more than one basketball court, the entire shore defense gun position no longer exists! The debris even affected the nearby anti-aircraft gun positions, and two large-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also blown away!

This explosion also announced the beginning of the Battle of Plymouth!

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