The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"Marshal, the Strait of Gibraltar is ahead."Friedrich battleship," Admiral Lütjens said to Dönitz. After severely damaging the Royal Fleet, Lütjens was promoted to admiral, and his original flagship was changed from a cruiser to a battleship.

Friedrich battleship, the prototype of the North Carolina-class battleship, can be said to be the most advanced battleship of this era. For this attack, Dönitz spent all his money.

This time, the main forces of the German and French navies were all out, on the one hand to occupy the Strait of Gibraltar, and on the other hand to join with the Italian Navy to form a joint fleet of Germany, Italy and France to look for the Royal Mediterranean Fleet.

As long as the Royal Mediterranean Fleet is destroyed, they can completely control the Mediterranean.

"I never thought that we would occupy the Strait of Gibraltar one day. Marshal Dönitz sighed as he looked at the dark sea.

"Yes, I thought our navy would have to hide in the port for the rest of our lives, but I didn't expect that we would be able to capture the Strait of Gibraltar one day."Lütjens also sighed.

Hearing this, Marshal Dönitz thought of his predecessor, Marshal Raeder, who worked hard for the development of the navy. Although he was finally dismissed from his post, his contribution to the navy was still great. The achievements of the navy today are inseparable from him.

"Stop sighing, order all ships to continue to speed up, and notify all ships to be ready to fire at any time."Marshal Dönitz said

"Yes!"

Let me explain here. The route of the Strait of Gibraltar is only a dozen nautical miles away from Gibraltar, and it can be seen by the naked eye with the help of searchlights.

Therefore, it is impossible to sneak through Gibraltar. It is precisely because of this that Gibraltar has become such an important place.

Especially that rock mountain, there are more than a dozen searchlights on it, and patrols will illuminate it back and forth at night.

Let me explain here why it is called Rock Mountain. Because it is a mountain made of rocks, it is called Rock Mountain.

Through the lights on the battleship, you can barely see the huge outline of the rock mountain. Dönitz once passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, and he was amazed by the defense here every time.

At this time, Marshal Dönitz glanced at his watch. It was already five o'clock in the morning, and the sun was about to rise.

""Order all ships to prepare for battle and open fire at dawn." Marshal Dönitz said loudly.

After entering the Strait of Gibraltar, the German and French fleets changed their formation and formed a straight line. All the main and secondary guns were aimed at the Strait of Gibraltar. This salvo could maximize the firepower of the warships.

"Have you received the army's telegram?"At this time, Marshal Dönitz asked

"not yet"

"Contact us immediately. We must launch a joint attack by land and sea. Otherwise, once the British army has time to prepare, they will have to pay a heavy price to take Gibraltar."Dönitz frowned and said that this operation was very important. Taking the Strait of Gibraltar meant that the Allied forces in the Mediterranean could not escape, and their so-called opening of a second battlefield would be in vain.

"Yes, I'll contact them right away."

This was an attempt at a joint land and sea attack. The navy would be responsible for bombarding the ground with naval guns, creating enormous pressure on the defenders, while the army would take this opportunity to capture Gibraltar in one fell swoop.

The Spanish Army has used 40,000 casualties to prove that they are indeed incompetent, and are not even as good as third-rate countries.

At Ribbentrop's strong request, he finally ordered the front-line troops to retreat and let the German Army Group G, which had just arrived, be responsible for the attack on Gibraltar.

At the same time, Franco also knew that he had lost his last chance to capture Gibraltar. Although Gibraltar nominally belonged to Spain, in fact the Third Reich enjoyed the power of garrisoning troops, which was no different from the British army. The only difference was that it nominally belonged to Spain.

""Commander, the navy sent a telegram asking whether we have arrived at the designated attack position." At this time, the communications staff came over with a telegram and asked.

Hearing this, Admiral Hausser looked helpless and said,"We are infantry, not armored troops. Do you think we are flying?"

They were a newly formed pure infantry army. Not to mention armored vehicles, there were not even many trucks. Relying on the railway in Spain saved a lot of time, but the railway was only built 100 kilometers away from Gibraltar.

According to the British Empire, railways are not allowed to approach Gibraltar within 100 kilometers. In view of the powerful combat capability of the Royal Fleet, Spain had to accept this statement, so the railway was not built to Gibraltar.

"Send a telegram to Marshal Dönitz and tell him that we will reach the attack position in an hour. Admiral Hausser thought for a moment and said solemnly:

"One hour?"The staff officers nearby were a little surprised. They were still 40 kilometers away from the border. Although they could reach the border in an hour by forced march, they didn't know how much combat power they would have left.

"Gather all the trucks together, and then select an elite unit from the First Army. I will lead the team myself, and the rest of the troops will all walk."Admiral Hausser said gritting his teeth.

This battle is very important. Although it is difficult to fight and there may even be heavy losses, if he wins, he will get important honors, and it may even be possible for Army Group G to be reorganized into a mechanized force. Those who can be promoted to admiral have their own circles. He has already heard that a batch of new weapons are waiting to be armed in the secret factory of the Empire.

If his troops perform well, I believe they will definitely be reorganized and re-equipped as a priority. By then, his troops will also be elite, and it will be very easy to gain military merits. He will have the hope of being promoted to general or even marshal. A general who does not want to be a marshal is not a good general. Everyone wants to hold the marshal's scepter, but the marshal is not so easy to obtain. It is impossible without sufficient military merits.

"Marshal, Admiral Hausser called and said they will be at the attack position in an hour. The communications officer on the battleship Friedrich came over with a telegram and said

"One hour?"Dönitz frowned and said,"Then one hour, order all ships to prepare to fire."

At this moment, the battle alarm of the Rock of Gibraltar sounded, and huge beams of light shone over.

Marshal Dönitz saw this scene and said with a hint of disdain,"Found it? It's a pity that it's too late. Order the ship's guns to open fire immediately and destroy those searchlights."

"Yes!"

At night, searchlights are very useful, especially for coastal artillery, which must be guided by searchlights.

As long as the searchlights are destroyed, the enemy's coastal artillery will be blind. Originally, Dönitz wanted to wait until dawn to launch the attack, but who knew that he was discovered in advance, but it didn't matter.

Anyway, this battle had to be fought, it was just a matter of time.