Chapter 656 French Navy's Retaliation
The speed of sound is only 340 meters per second, while the speed of artillery shells can easily exceed 7 or 8 hundred meters per second, or even thousands of meters per second.
Therefore, when firing a cannonball, if the distance is far, you will definitely see the fire of the artillery fire first. Even if the cannonball has already exploded on your side, you will not be able to hear the sound of the firing, and the sound has not arrived yet!
And now, in the dark, the flames fired by the opponent's naval guns can be seen more clearly. This can only mean one thing, that is, the French fleet is firing towards itself!
"Alert, siren, it's the French fleet, shooting at us!" the searchlight soldiers shouted, cursing constantly, what's going on, are the French crazy?
If the Germans came, they would have accepted it, but now, it's the French! Britain and France were originally one family, but now the French have just surrendered to Germany, so is it to show their loyalty?
French Navy, you are really ashamed of the Navy!
The British at this time were swearing. They didn't know how much anger the French on the opposite side had. At the same time, the French's first-round firing accuracy was also very high!
If it is a fleet battle, it can be said that it depends entirely on luck, and often dozens of rounds are shot, but they cannot touch the opposite side.
Historically, in the confrontation between Britain and France, the luck of the French navy was very bad, and they did not hit a single shell!
And now, the hated French navy is aiming at stationary targets on land, especially those searchlights, so clear that they will never miss it!
"Boom!" On the Strasbourg, eight 330mm main guns fired together. This scene is extremely spectacular. In the darkness of the approaching dawn, the flames of the naval guns illuminated Halfway up the sea, black smoke enveloped the entire battleship.
Under the huge recoil, the entire warship seemed to tremble. However, the huge hull successfully buffered the recoil. Compared with other battleships, when they fired a salvo, they fired on the broadside. less impact.
The cannonball drew a graceful arc in the air with tracer light. When the arc flew past, the searchlight soldiers on the opposite side were instantly terrified.
These naval guns are actually aimed at them, damn it!
run, run!
Searchlight soldiers are very dangerous. For example, after covering a fighter plane, they must firmly control the opponent. At this time, the opponent's fighter plane can easily dive towards the searchlight and shoot with machine guns.
They are not afraid, they will stand it tenaciously, because they are searchlight soldiers, it is their duty!
However, it is different now, they can not be afraid of machine guns, however, they must not be afraid of artillery, especially heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 300 mm!
"Boom!" The first shell exploded 15 meters away from the searchlight, and this high-explosive grenade lifted the limestone top in an instant! Countless stones flew horizontally, with fragments of bombs, and this searchlight was instantly affected.
Countless people screamed and fell.
Large-caliber naval guns, one shell, lethal enough to cover the area of a basketball court!
A huge rock hit the monitor's head. His head, like a balloon that had been stepped on, exploded in an instant, and his body fell down, rolled a few times, and then fell. To the other side of the almost vertical mountain.
The 330mm high-explosive bomb is so powerful that it can be destroyed even at a distance of 50 meters, needless to say 15 meters!
Moreover, it was not one that flew, but eight!
Heavy artillery has a lifespan, almost a few hundred rounds. If it is a fierce naval battle, it may be scrapped after two or three hits. And now, the French navy, irritated by the sneak attack, doesn't care about the life of its naval guns at all, and beats up these damn British people!
"Boom!" The second shell hit the searchlight accurately. At this time, the searchlight was destroyed by the first shell. When the second shell hit, it was not only the wreckage of the searchlight, but also the searchlight. The base of the base was lifted off, and under the searchlight was a one-meter-thick concrete base, and under the base, another two-meter-thick limestone, when the shot came down, everything was lifted!
And under this limestone, is a dark fort.
Over the years, the United Kingdom has been building fortifications in Gibraltar, and the entire rocky mountain has almost become a huge fortification group.
At the top of the rocky mountain, the view is the widest, and it is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack. The dark fort is arranged here, and you can see the entire flat land in the west of Gibraltar.
Here, lived an infantry platoon with four Maxim heavy machine guns as their main weapon.
And now, they are still asleep.
The first shell woke them up, and just when they got up from the bed and wanted to know what happened, the second shell came.
As a result, their roof collapsed, and huge pieces of stone and concrete fell from the sky and hit them. They screamed and couldn't move.
"Boom!" The third cannonball landed nearby again. In a huge explosion, the entire fortification could no longer be saved. When the shaking stopped, there were no caves left.
When the eight cannonballs all fell, the top of the entire rock mountain was cut off by 15 or 6 meters! With the searchlight as the center, in a radius of about 180 meters, there are no living creatures anymore.
The power of naval guns is such a frenzy, no matter how solid the fortifications are on land, in front of large-caliber naval guns, they are all scum!
Historically, Hitler was a big fan of super cannons, and that's why.
Except for Strasbourg, the other battleships were also firing at Gibraltar. After the first round of salvos passed, there were no more searchlights on the rocky mountain.
The whole sea fell into darkness again, and the defenders of Gibraltar, who were awakened by the huge explosion, looked at the sea tremblingly. There, there was a huge demon-like existence!
"Continue to shoot, and carry out the second round of attacks according to the pre-assigned targets!" General Sur on the flagship continued to shout.
It was originally planned to attack after dawn, but now, since it has been discovered, let's continue the attack!
Let the British know that the French Navy will not be conquered by their tricks!
Now that you have decided to take action against the French navy, you must be prepared to suffer the revenge of the French navy!
Although the sky is not yet bright, Gibraltar is not completely dark. In addition to the searchlights that have been knocked out, as a military base, Gibraltar has many places that are lit, such as the airstrip, such as the pier of the harbor, such as the power plant. , These are the targets that the French Navy wants to destroy!