Chapter 402 Landing

Prior to this, Mechlis also made a series of preparations, including the transfer of Shulka and his third company to the battleship to serve as guards.

Of course it was not from Mechlis, but from Alexei.

"We are combat troops!" Shulka said with some doubts: "They are actually not suitable for guard work!"

What Shulka said was not an excuse, but the fact that it was so.

Although combat troops and guards seem to be the same, they are actually two different things.

Combat troops are used to cooperating with their comrades to fight the enemy desperately, while the guards are to protect someone, so once they fight, there are two ways of fighting... The former pays more attention to charging and killing the enemy, while the latter is to hide the target with the protection target at the first time. Go to a safe place, and sacrifice yourself when necessary.

Alexei also understood this, but he shook his head helplessly and said: "It's useless to say this, Comrade Shulka, Comrade Mechlis doesn't believe that the guards can guarantee his safety, he named you and the superior The army that saved him for the first time!"

So Shulka understood that this was actually a psychological problem for Mechlis, who lacked a sense of security after being scared once last time.

Or it can't be completely said to be a psychological problem, because in fact his guards are indeed not good.

"Comrade Mechelis!" Major General Vladimir reported to Mechelis at this time: "The target has entered the range of our naval gun!"

Mechelis looked around, and the warships were ready to launch horizontally towards Feodosia in artillery formation.

"Shoot!" Mahlis ordered.

"Yes, send the signal!" Major General Frasmeer ordered to the staff.

In the next second, three red signal bombs rose into the sky, and the sound of the guns quickly roared. The flames from the gun muzzle swept over everyone's faces like lightning, and the hull oscillated rhythmically with the sound of the guns. stand up.

The sudden deafening noise frightened Mechlis, and he immediately wanted to escape back to the command cabin. In fact, he had already walked a few steps, but soon realized that this was not an enemy attack but his own. The artillery fire was bombarding the enemy, so he walked back in embarrassment.

Mechlis tried his best to appear calm, but his pale face reflected by the gunfire and his hands clutching the railing gave him away mercilessly.

But Shulka could understand his feelings,

Because this is indeed a bit scary, even Shulka is no exception... The main reason is that Shulka is used to the sound of howitzers and tank guns, so he takes it for granted that naval guns are similar.

If anything, it's louder, not a big deal.

But the feeling of actually being on a warship is not the same.

You must know that the main gun of the battleship "Paris Commune" is four triple-mounted 305MM caliber naval guns, which are several times larger than the 122MM caliber howitzers commonly used by the Soviet army... If you calculate the volume and ammunition, it is even more unimaginable .

So let alone the scene of being bombed by this shell, just standing on the warship and feeling the sound of its firing is unbearable. When the shell is fired, it will even give people the illusion of no sound, and then " Buzzing buzzing, like the melodious echo of a bronze bell being struck.

Other warships also opened fire together, artillery fire and smoke rose and fell on the entire sea, and then one after another flames rose on the distant coast.

At first I couldn't see anything, because there was more smoke and dust. It wasn't until the raging flames rose high that I could see the illuminated surrounding buildings that were blown apart in the telescope.

Then another row of shells, and then another row, alternately bombarding the German positions.

However, although the naval guns are powerful, their accuracy is appalling.

This is mainly because the naval gun is on the sea, and the whole ship is shaking, especially after the gun is fired... As the saying goes, the difference is a thousand miles away. In this case, it is normal for the fired shell to deviate from the target by a few kilometers .

Having said that, if this were not the case, the amphibious landing battle would not be so difficult, because there is no fortification or equipment that can withstand the bombing of large-caliber naval guns.

Brackets, except for the US military.

The U.S. military can bombard a small island with naval guns for several days and nights on the Pacific battlefield. When the infantry goes up, it almost collects most of the corpses.

The Soviet Union had no way to do this, so it could only invest troops to force the landing.

Fortunately, the weather is fine tonight, except for the waves caused by warships, it is calm... The Black Sea is an inland sea, and the characteristic of inland seas is that it is relatively calm most of the time, and there are usually no big waves.

The amphibious landing ships were slowly hoisted one by one from the transport ship, and the soldiers of the Naval Infantry Brigade climbed down along the net ropes beside the transport ship. The amphibious landing ships were quickly filled and drove to the designated area standby.

The gunfire stopped temporarily, and the ship needed a period of time to adjust and wait for the next order.

"Comrade Mechelis! Comrade Mechelis..." Major General Vladimir shouted a few times before Mechelis could react.

"Oh, what?" Mehlis asked a little panicked.

He didn't know whether he was shocked by the sound of the guns or his ears were temporarily deaf. His reaction was a little out of state.

"We are ready!" Major General Vladimir raised his head towards the amphibious landing ship ahead: "They are waiting for your order!"

"Okay, very good!" Mehliswen nodded inappropriately, was stunned for a while, and suddenly realized what he should do, and then ordered: "Attack!"

"attack!"

With an order, the amphibious landing ship broke through the sea amidst the sound of motors and headed towards Feodosia in the darkness.

At the same time, the sound of the cannons rang out again. With a sharp whistling, the shells crossed the amphibious landing ship and smashed hard on the beach positions.

The Germans only started to fight back at this time... The artillery fire of the German reinforcement battalion was basically ineffective against warships. They knew this very well, so they didn't waste shells. It wasn't until the landing craft came into their sight that the guns that survived in the shadows came into play.

However, the firepower was obviously much weaker, only a few inconspicuous water columns were set off on the sea surface.

Shulka knew that they were not "inconspicuous", but "inconspicuous" compared with the power of naval guns.

Major Weber looked at the densely packed landing ships on the sea through the binoculars, and couldn't help but gasped.

But it wasn't just this that surprised him even more.

In the light of the flares, he vaguely saw that the bows of these landing ships were equipped with heavy machine guns...

The bow is equipped with a heavy machine gun, and it is still a heavy machine gun with baffle armor. Does this mean that the stern has also been modified? Because this is the way to balance.