"Damn it, why is this happening?!" Schell frowned, and saw that the tower crane as the reference was destroyed in the first round of volleys. He felt so depressed! But it was normal to think about it. This tower crane was prepared for Garibaldi's outfit, and was naturally not far from the target. According to the cannon's walk, he destroyed something next to the target with one shot, which just means that the hit accuracy is high!

"Wait, something happened?" If the hundreds of tons of tower crane fell into the water, the splashing water column would definitely be observed by the rangefinder. But unfortunately, no water column appeared, but there seemed to be a huge collision sound from a distance! If someone stood in the harbor to watch the outfitted berth at this time, you could see that the tall tower crane hit the hull of the unfinished Garibaldi armored cruiser next to it like a sharp sword.

This is a warship that has not been installed even in the superstructure and armor. Hundreds of tons of metal parts have been smashed down. This unborn warship can be described as the word "destruction", even worse than hitting a shell! With a loud bang, tons of steel collided with each other, and the violent impact made the rear hull of the warship

It was directly broken and twisted, and the heavy steel frame opened several layers of decks, and almost cut the warship in half! The tail of the hull was lifted under the impact, and the front half of the hull also had a severe inclination. There was a serious water inflow. For this warship, the final sinking to the bottom of the sea was his best result!

"It seems that we have solved a goal..." Although we can't see the specific situation in the distance, the sudden disappearance of the mast that was originally slightly exposed on the breakwater can also make the Germans understand what was going on. The collapsed steel beam in the distance did not hit the mast, but the mast still fell, which means it hit the warship...

"Okay, let's attack the next target!" Then the rangefinder aimed at another reference object, and was installing the tower crane on the battleship of Admiral DuPont and a building next to it. This time, the German attack was slightly offset to avoid knocking out the reference object too early. After all, the tower crane smashed the warships and could not happen again.

This battleship survived much longer than its companions, but it only meant that it faced longer than Garibaldi! In the third round of volleys, two 10-inch high-explosion bombs successfully hit the target. One high-explosion bomb fell straight into the hole reserved for the chimney. With a loud bang, the fire caused by more than 30 kilograms of ******* instantly rushed to other cabins with the passages and pipes inside the hull.

Another shell landed not far away, peeling off the large deck from the hull. As a large amount of air inflowed, the fire inside the hull became more and more serious. At the beginning, the panicked Italians also tried to save the warship. The firefighters rushed into the fire with water dragons, but soon, dense shells covered the entire area! Flying shrapnel and flames instantly tore the few brave firefighters into pieces, and the splashed blood evaporated instantly in the scorching air, and the broken limbs quickly turned into a pile of carbides.

This warship that could have been on the Yang Wei sea is more fragile than a steamer at this time. Although everyone has no armor, the watertight compartment of the ship is closed, and all the watertight doors of the ship are open! For this reason, the fate of this battleship under Prince Albert's muzzle has been decided!

Continuous shellings destroyed the warship, and also affected the buildings and warehouses nearby. It was very troublesome to install a warship, which required cranes, power plants, warehouses, and various means of transportation. There were also paints such as flammable and explosive products. The violent shelling turned the entire area near the berth into a sea of ​​fire, so that from the rising black smoke and the flames passing through the breakwater, it can be concluded that this warship would definitely not survive!

In the end, the warship was hit at least 10 more than 227kg shells, and after being cut into three sections, it sank into the seabed. Scher, who had knocked out more than 120 shells in total, saw that the fire had burned half of the port in the distance, decided to suspend the shelling. After all, his remaining shells needed to deal with the Italian fleet, and this time, the Germans did not want to offend the Italians to death.

"Ask, how is the Swordfish mine operation going on?" Schell ordered.

At this time, the diligent swordfish attack ship had completed the operation of throwing the captured three transport ships near the tunnel. Then, it felt that it was not enough. After throwing no less than 150 rounds of mines near the channel, it finally decided to slap the butt and leave. The entire attack process lasted less than 90 minutes, but according to the Italians' estimates, Italy lost at least 11 various ships in the attack, with a total tonnage of 45,000 tons! It also caused more than 3,000 casualties (a large part of which were affected by the ammunition ships that were killed.) As for economic losses, it is conservatively estimated that it would be about 5 million pounds!

Of course, what made the Italian Navy most sad was the two warships that had entered the final installation stage and could be completed soon. The cost of the two warships was 1 million pounds and 680,000 pounds respectively. They were originally the stars of the Italian Navy to replace the old fleet. But who would have thought that these warships would sank into the sea forever before they were completed.

The German shelling was devastating, and the two ships were completely destroyed. The so-called salvage operation was at most just recycling some scrap steel. The facilities on the shore were even burned, and many port facilities did not consider facing large-caliber artillery attacks! The black smoke and flames generated after the shelling can be seen even dozens of kilometers away.

"If I hadn't known it was a port rather than a volcano, I would have thought it was an eruption." An Italian said afterwards.

The Italians living in Taranto were deeply moved by the shelling.

"It was very calm that morning. We knew two weeks ago that the Kingdom had declared war on the Turks, but our lives had not changed much, except that the government began to purchase large quantities of food and transportation, and the price level had risen a little, there was no other impact."

"But today, I suddenly realized that the war was very close to us, and the enemy warships launched an attack outside the port. Every sound of artillery volleys could be heard clearly in the city. The port in the distance quickly turned into a sea of ​​fire. I don't know how many people died, but I know that just in our community, there were 7 people who never came back! For the first time, I found that Italy was so weak that it would be hit by a country lying on a sickbed!" said an Italian living in Taranto.
Chapter completed!