Chapter 565 Power Station

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Now Qin Chuan had nothing to say.

Manstein is right, even airplanes and tanks are powerless against such a fortress, let alone the MP43.

Of course, Manstein eventually won the battle, but its breakthrough method was a bit stupid, which was to bring in a larger cannon... This gun was a train gun called "Dora", which was used It is mobile on rails and has a caliber of 800MM. The shell alone weighs 7 tons and can penetrate 24 feet (8 meters) of concrete.

There are also three siege mortars named "Karl" with a caliber of 533MM and a siege gun named "Gamma" with a caliber of 533MM.

The weight of the former shell is 1.5 tons, and the latter shell is 1 ton.

You must know that the cannon in the turret of the Soviet Sevastopol Fortress was only 305MM, but the German army moved more than ten cannons larger than it and also brought a bunch of artillery shells with the train... and then headed towards The fortress was bombarded hard for five days.

After five days, most of the Soviet forts were disabled, and the Germans were able to capture the fortress.

However, it is obviously inappropriate to still use this method now.

Because this means that the German army still needs to wait for these giant artillery to be transported from Germany to launch the attack, and then it will be a month before the battle is completed.

This can be called a victory, but it can also be called a failure.

Because this delayed the German attack on the Soviet army for more than a month... The German army was ready for a counterattack, but was unable to launch it because all air power was devoted to covering Manstein's attack in the Crimea.

More than a month may not be long for ordinary people, but for a battle, it is fatal... Just as the German army was about to capture Stalingrad and achieve final victory, the severe cold of winter came again. (Note: The Battle of Stalingrad was from June 28, 42 to February 2, 43)

Therefore, Qin Chuan must rule out this option.

Colonel Slain took a few photos from the file, then frowned and said: "General, maybe we are more suitable to attack the Kerch Peninsula!"

"I think so too!" Manstein nodded and said: "Four armies of the Soviets are assembled on the Kerch Peninsula. They have built three lines of defense there, and from time to time they launch a tidal wave of counterattacks towards us. You The new equipment will be more effective there..."

"No, general!" Qin Chuan said, "I think we should attack the fortress!"

"Huh?" Manstein looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"Their cannons have a range of 44 kilometers!" Qinchuan said: "And Sevastopol is a port..."

"Yes, you are right!" Manstein nodded: "They can transport a large number of artillery shells from the Caucasus. This is also a headache for us. In other words, the artillery of the fortress can not only defend Sevastopol , they can also provide fire support for Kerch, especially when we attack Kerch...these artillery blasts almost from our back!"

"But what can we do?" Colonel Slain looked at Qinchuan: "We can only choose Kerch!"

"Perhaps we can play a greater role in Sevastopol!" Qin Chuan said.

"What's the purpose?" Colonel Slain asked, "Charge those fortresses?"

Qin Chuan did not answer. After reading the documents, he asked Manstein: "General, I want to know a few questions: the role of the small railway under the fortress; the driving method of the small train on the railway, and... the Soviet Union The weight of a 305MM artillery shell!”

Manstein couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. He had indeed not asked for this information. He flipped through the documents and then raised his head to the staff officer.

The staff officer understood, said yes and turned around to leave.

"Captain!" Manstein asked, "What's the use of knowing this?"

"Of course it works!" Qin Chuan replied: "I think the size and weight of the 305MM caliber artillery shells should be quite large!"

"Yes!" Manstein replied: "The shell is about one meter long and weighs 387 kilograms. I can answer you because we have a few of their unexploded shells!"

With that said, Manstein found a few more photos from the file and handed them to Qin Chuan.

When he saw that big Mac-like shell, Qin Chuan was thinking... what the German 800MM train gun shells would look like. This world is so crazy.

"So!" Qin Chuan said, holding the photo: "Such a large and heavy artillery shell will have big problems in transportation and filling, and the turret is a narrow underground fortification, so I'm afraid it won't be able to store many shells!"

Manstein couldn't help but said "Oh": "That's why they built a small underground railway?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "In addition to transporting troops, the underground small railway may be more used to transport artillery shells. And, because it is underground, I believe it will use electricity!"

"That's right!" Manstein said: "Because if coal or fuel oil is used, a lot of waste gas will be created underground and cannot be discharged!"

At this time, the staff officer came back, and his report verified the guesses of Qinchuan and Manstein: "General, the role of the small railway is mainly to transport artillery shells from the 'Kurabe' ammunition depot to the turrets! The railway uses Electricity is converted from a small mining train!”

Manstein then turned his attention to Qin Chuan and asked, "But what does this have to do with our offense?"

"General!" Qin Chuan said, "Then I want to know where their electricity comes from!"

Manstein couldn't help but say "Oh", and immediately looked for it on the map, then pointed to a point and said: "Sevastopol Power Station!"

"Can it be bombed?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We bombed it!" Manstein replied: "But it didn't have much effect. The Soviets obviously considered this, so they built the power station on the reverse slope of the high ground, and at the same time did a good job of camouflage and protection!"

"So!" Qin Chuan pointed to the location of the power station on the map and said: "It is our target!"

"We?" Colonel Slaine was stunned when he heard this: "But this power station is in Sevastopol!"

"I know!" Qin Chuan replied.

"We can't pass through their defense line!" Colonel Slaine was a little anxious.

"We don't need to pass through!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Don't need to pass through?" Colonel Slaine asked: "What do you mean?"

"We can go around it from the sea!" Qin Chuan drew a line on the map.

"You're crazy!" Colonel Slain said, "The sea is full of Soviet warships!"

"So!" Qin Chuan looked at Manstein and said, "Our target should be the enemy navy first. What I mean is... first use the air force to drive the enemy's Black Sea Fleet out of this area, and then we will have a chance!"