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Text Chapter 1,497 The Navy¡¯s Efforts

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    On the sea surface of the Bay of Astor, 12 battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were cruising at low speed.  After the end of the last world war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire purchased 8 super battleships from China, plus the four ¡®United Forces¡¯ battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself, which gave the Austro-Hungarian Navy 12 cutting-edge battleships.  Among them, the four twin-mounted 381mm naval guns equipped on the battleships 'Queen Elizabeth' and 'Massachusetts' are still at the world's leading level!

    The navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was established entirely under the support of the Kingdom of Austria, which made them very loyal to the Kingdom of Austria.  By now, the Austrian Army was panicking, but the Navy still persisted in resisting.  On the night of January 11, the German army continued to launch an attack on Astre. The Austrian Army suffered heavy losses under the fierce German attack.  Although reinforcements from China will arrive at most tomorrow afternoon.  But no one, including Archduke Karl, the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, was confident enough whether he could survive the night.

    On the battleship Franz Joseph I (formerly the battleship Queen Elizabeth), the flagship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, Admiral Anton House, looked serious.  The current Austro-Hungarian Empire seems to have reached the end of its rope.

    "Your Excellency, Commander. The fleet has reached the designated position. It is ready to launch an attack!" A vice admiral reported to Admiral Anton House.  He was Vice Admiral Lucart, the commander of the battleship squadron of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

    "Command the fleet, open fire, and teach those Germans a lesson!" Admiral Anton House ordered!

    "Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Vice Admiral Lucart said.  However, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.  After Germany invaded the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Navy stayed in the southern waters for safety reasons to avoid being attacked by German naval aviation.  Although the Austro-Hungarian Navy is already the third largest in the world in terms of tonnage.  But they have no aircraft carriers or naval aviation. In this era, they are undoubtedly at a complete disadvantage!  If they are besieged by the German naval aviation, they will be difficult to resist!

    "General Lucart, don't worry! I have already contacted the Chinese side. Early tomorrow morning, they will send fighter planes to provide us with air cover!" General Anton House seemed to know that Lieutenant General Lucart was worried again.  What, so he opened his mouth to comfort him!

    "Okay, Commander!" Lieutenant General Lucart nodded.  he knows.  If the navy did not take action, Astre would most likely be occupied by the German army.  By the time.  The entire Austro-Hungarian Empire will fall, which will be a huge blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  As a naval admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he did not want this to happen!  However, the main force of the Austro-Hungarian Navy appeared in the Bay of Astor, which was very dangerous.  Once the German naval aviation arrived, they had almost no resistance.  As for China providing air cover, Lieutenant General Lukat doesn't believe it.  Placing your hopes on others is obviously irresponsible to yourself.  Besides, the Chinese Air Force's fighter planes took off from Corsica or Sardinia. By the time the fleet arrived at the Bay of Astor, the German naval aviation might have completed the attack and retreated in a swaggering manner!  Astor Bay is too far away from the Chinese air force base and is beyond the combat radius of tactical aircraft. Only heavy fighter jets can get there.  Therefore, Lieutenant General Lucart believes that the main force of the Austro-Hungarian Navy entering the Bay of Astor is no different from seeking death!

    At 1 a.m. on January 12, 12 battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy that arrived in the Bay of Astre opened fire on the German troops attacking Astre less than five kilometers away from the coast!  There are 12 battleships, two of which have 16 381mm main guns, 6 have 60 343mm main guns, and 4 have 48 305mm main guns, for a total of 124 large-caliber main guns.  No army can withstand such a blow!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of continuous shelling echoed in Astor Bay, the orange-red flames shone at the muzzle, and the huge shells roared into the distance under the influence of huge kinetic energy.  According to the coordinates provided by the Austrian Army, the Navy was able to accurately throw these large-caliber main gun shells at the heads of the German troops.  Although in the dark, the error will be a bit large.  But hundreds of thousands of German troops gathered in Astor. As long as the direction is not too far off, a single shell will definitely kill a lot of German troops.

    "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" A shrill roar resounded in the night sky as the German officers and soldiers who were attacking the Austrian Army positionsHe raised his head blankly, not knowing what happened.  Bombers at this time were not yet able to carry out night bombings.  Therefore, it is very safe for the German army to attack at night.  However, this voice made them feel a kind of fear radiating from the bottom of their hearts!

    "Damn it! Large-caliber heavy artillery! Get down quickly! This is the large-caliber naval gun of the Austro-Hungarian Navy firing!" Some experienced officers' faces changed drastically, they yelled crazily, and they were the first to lie down on the ground.  In the absence of solid defenses, and being bombarded by the enemy's large-caliber naval guns, if you want to survive, you may have to rely on God's blessing!

    The well-trained German soldiers quickly fell to the ground one by one.  But it's too late!  Violent explosions sounded around them, and the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell made the human body as easily as a leaf, being easily thrown high and then thrown to the ground.  The soldiers who were even more unlucky were those at the center of the explosion, who were torn to pieces.  The shells used by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in this bombardment were all high-explosive shells. Each shell exploded, leaving no living thing behind at least within a radius of hundreds of square meters.  Huge craters were left on the ground.

    ??Although, the German troops are outnumbered, and victory is already certain.  But the sudden attack from the Austro-Hungarian Navy still made them dizzy, and they paid a heavy price for it!  The quality of German Army soldiers is first-rate in the world, and even the soldiers of the Chinese Army cannot keep up.  But at this time, they are still afraid!  The human body appears so fragile in front of the shells of large-caliber naval guns.  The explosion of a cannonball weighing hundreds of kilograms can easily tear a human body into pieces. This is simply not something that human beings can resist!

    "Retreat! Damn the Austrians, they are so despicable, they actually used naval guns!" The German frontline commanders had no choice but to issue a retreat order.  If this continues, they will pay greater casualties.  Although time is very tight, they cannot risk the lives of the soldiers.

    The German army retreated, and the Austrian army holding on to Astre burst into loud cheers.  Since Germany invaded Austria-Hungary, they have been retreating, and now they finally won a victory.  Although this victory was hard-won, and much of the credit belongs to the Navy.  However, this also improved their morale a lot!

    After that, the German army launched several attacks.  But every time they attacked, the Austro-Hungarian navy opened fire on them.  This caused heavy casualties to the German army, and forced the German commander to give up the attack on Astre!

    "Contact the headquarters immediately! We were intercepted by the main fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy! If we cannot sink their main ship, we will not be able to take Astor!" German Commander Carl von Einem entered  Jiang almost gritted his teeth and issued the order.  Seeing that they were about to succeed, they were about to drive those Austrians into the sea.  But the appearance of the Austro-Hungarian Navy made them fall short!

    After receiving the news from the front line, the German high command was also shocked.  Kaiser Wilhelm II had previously been optimistic that they would be able to completely capture the Maritime Province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before Chinese reinforcements arrived.  In this case, the Chinese Army will lose its best opportunity to intervene in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  But in my heart, an accident happened!

    Kaiser Wilhelm II immediately issued an order to the Minister of the Navy, Marshal Tirpitz, asking him to find a way to drive away the main force of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and create opportunities for the army to capture Astre.

    Marshal Tirpitz urgently ordered that the German naval aviation mobilized hundreds of dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft from the west and transferred them to airports in southern Germany.  We will launch an attack early tomorrow morning on the main fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Bay of Astor.  If the main fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy retreats, then the army can capture Astre in one go.  If the main fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy does not retreat, then they will send all these battleships to the bottom of the sea!

    At 5 a.m. on January 12, 120 dive bombers and 120 torpedo attack aircraft of the German Naval Air Force took off from the air base in Bavaria, southern Germany, and headed straight for the Bay of Astor.  Escorting them were hundreds of Hurricane 4 fighter jets!  There is only a distance of 300 kilometers from Bavaria to the Astor Bay.  The heavy fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force depart from Corsica, which is 600 kilometers away, and their range is almost twice as far!  In addition, the Chinese Air Force did not expect that the German Navy would invest so many bombers.  At 5 o'clock in the morning, only one wing, 120 F10 "Lightning" heavy fighter jets, took off from Corsica!  At the speed of the F10 'Lightning' heavy fighter, it would take an hour and a half to reach Astor Bay.  It only takes an hour for the German naval aviation to arrive at the Bay of Astor!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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