Chapter 657： Naval and shore artillery

After the First World War, although Britain won the battle, its national power was still declining. Although it was still maintaining colonial rule in various places, their funds had become increasingly tense.

For example, in Gibraltar, although there are 356 mm shore guns, this type of shore gun does not have a turret. Those powerful fortress guns, almost like naval guns, are equipped with powerful armored turrets.

But this type of shore gun does not have it. It is mounted on a rotating chassis and becomes a ring-fired fortification. Everything is exposed outside and looks quite simple.

And now, the lower part can be seen at the same time.

Several soldiers, shirtless, exhausted all their strength, shaking the handle on the side.

As they shook, the winch was slowly turning.

In the past, all of this was operated by electricity, but now, due to the loss of electricity supply, they have to operate manually, which is simply terrible!

You know, the propellant packs are almost hundreds of kilograms, and the warheads, weighing more than half a ton, are all placed below.

After all, the strength of several people is limited. Now, it is even more difficult for them to use their own strength to pull up the bullet.

If you want to save energy, you have to increase the distance. Now, every ten laps they shake is equivalent to one electric drive.

A few people shook their backs in sweat for a long time before the shells below were slowly pulled up.

This is just a warhead!

The heavy warhead was finally stuffed into the barrel, and then there was a propellant pack!

This is different from launching the sky monkey. Just light the twister. The operation of this large-caliber shore gun is quite complicated. Simply put, it is to choose different warheads, armor-piercing shells, and high-explosive shells according to the nature of the target. Wait, at the same time, choose different propellant packs according to the distance.

If the distance is far, there will be more propellant, but if the distance is too close, it will not be used too much, so you need less. According to these, it is divided into full charge, half charge, strong charge and so on.

Now, their shore artillery, the first thing to kill is the opponent's flagship, that is, the super battleship with eight cannons at the head of the ship. The distance is too far, and strong charges must be used!

The group of people just now was exhausted, and a new group of people was replaced. They continued to shake the hoist, and manually lifted the propellant bag!

Time passed little by little.

Here, the French battleship also temporarily stopped.

From here, it can be seen that almost all targets in the flat area to the west have been destroyed.

Fires are burning everywhere, air bases, ports, power plants, and barracks are all surrounded by fires. The French fleet’s revenge is also quite crazy.

Just now, in a short time,

Ordinarily, the anger was also vented, and the British knew that they were great and it was time to retreat, but General Jean Sur did not order his subordinates to retreat.

General Darlan's order has just been issued to destroy the British fortifications inside the Rock Mountain!

When I set off at the beginning, it was said that the shells were lighted up and then withdrawn, but that was just an excitement, and it was impossible to light up all of them. After all, a cannon had hundreds of rounds. (There are also some data that say more than 200 rounds?) And the life of a gun is only 200 to 300 rounds. If all the ammunition is burned out, the naval gun will have half of its barrel life.

Just now, every gun fired about ten rounds, and the opposite Gibraltar had been destroyed. This is the power of large-caliber naval guns!

However, there is a distance from destroying the fortifications inside the Rock Mountain. After all, those fortifications are not conspicuous. They are not obvious at all, more than a dozen nautical miles away, and if they are close... he is also worried about the other side's shore artillery. !

"Fly the reconnaissance plane." General Jean Sur finally gave the order.

Let the reconnaissance plane first, and go over to do a survey. At the same time, it can also play a role of school shooting. The long-range shooting of naval guns is inseparable from seaplanes.

Following his order, the two carrier-based aircraft were ejected and took off. Not long after they had just started flying, they had already seen a puff of black smoke on the opposite rock mountain.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The British counterattack in Gibraltar has finally begun!

After waiting for a long time, they were waiting for their two 356mm main guns to fire. Now, with the firing of these two large-caliber shore guns, the other shore guns are also firing!

There are about thirty in total! These shore cannons formed a powerful group of shore cannons. In an instant, the black smoke enveloped the entire rocky mountain!

Countless shells are coming towards the French fleet here!

"Right rudder, two cars, three forwards!" The moment the other side opened fire, the French fleet here immediately seemed to be beaten with blood, and the battle that made them boiled with blood has just begun!

The other party dared to use shore artillery!

Indeed, shore artillery has high accuracy, but your own warship can be maneuvered! It takes more than ten seconds for the opponent's shell to fire. During this time, our warship has already moved away!

At the same time, the opponent's firing has been firmly captured by the reconnaissance plane, and it is calibrated, and then one's own can fight back!

With the opening of the British shore artillery group, the French fleet once again reached the climax of the battle.

One after another, the warships started to move at full speed, looking for the right position, and preparing to fight back!

"Boom!" The Strasbourg also started to counterattack first. After all, it does not need to change its position. The eight naval guns are all directly in front of it. At this time, it is sailing directly on the other side. , The smallest bomb area is the hardest to be hit.

The 330mm high-explosive shell flew quickly towards the opposite shore gun group, and it aimed at one of the largest shore guns!

"Cough, cough, cough!" At this time, everyone in the shore artillery position was coughing, and at the same time, the commander's voice could be heard: "Quick, turn on the exhaust fan!"

The shore artillery was embedded in the rocky mountain. At this time, the westerly wind was blowing again. After the artillery was fired, huge black smoke almost penetrated into the shore artillery bay and filled every corner.

The British artillerymen in the corner felt bitter in an instant. They coughed as they breathed the black smoke.

Turn on the exhaust fan! In the fortifications, there is a perfect air extraction system, or it is impossible to be foolish However, he heard a depressed voice: "No, no electricity!"

The exhaust fan is also started by electricity. Without electricity, nothing can be done!

While they cursed the power supply, the shells of the French naval guns had already come quickly!

"Boom!" When the shells were in close contact with the rocks, the entire fortification shook, as if the end was coming, and the rock ash on the top of the head was constantly falling down!

"Boom, boom!"

A salvo of eight naval guns, the nearest warhead, is also 200 meters away from this gun position!

On the reconnaissance plane, the pilot in the back seat was preparing to report to the warship to determine the second shot of Zhu Yuan. At this moment, he saw that the cliff above the target had collapsed!

The bombardment of the naval gun was too violent. Although it hit the wrong position and hit the other side, the eight 330mm high-explosive shells successfully caused a landslide!