Chapter 659 Naval Guns and Shore Guns Bombarded

After the First World War, although the British won, their national strength was still in decline. Although they were still maintaining colonial rule in various places, their funds had become increasingly tight.

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

But there is no such shore gun. It is mounted on a rotatable chassis and becomes a ring-firing fortification. Everything is exposed and looks quite simple.

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

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

As they shook, the winch was turning slowly.

Before, it was all powered by electricity, and now they have to do it manually due to the loss of the power supply, which is horrendous!

You must know that the propellant packs are almost hundreds of kilograms, and the warheads, which weigh more than half a ton, are all placed underneath.

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

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

A few people shook with sweat for a long time, and the shells below were slowly pulled up.

This is just a bullet!

The heavy warhead was finally stuffed into the gun chamber, and then, there was the propellant pack!

This is different from the sky monkey, just light the twister. The operation of this large-caliber shore gun is quite complicated. In short, it is to choose different warheads, armor-piercing bullets, and high-explosive bullets according to the nature of the target. And so on, at the same time, depending on the distance, choose different propellant packs.

If the distance is long, the propellant will be more, and if the distance is short, it will not be used much, so it needs to be less. According to these, it is divided into full charge, half charge, strong charge and so on.

Now, their shore artillery, the first thing they have to kill is the other party's flagship, that is, the super battleship with eight cannons on the front of the ship.

The group of people just now was exhausted, and a new group of people continued to shake the hoist to lift the propellant pack up manually!

Time is passing little by little.

Here, the French warships also stopped temporarily.

From here, it can be seen that almost all the 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, and the revenge of the French fleet is quite crazy.

Just now, in a short period of time,

Ordinarily, the anger has also vented, and it has also let the British know that their own side is powerful, and it is time to retreat, but General Sur did not order his subordinates to retreat.

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

When I set off, I said that the shells were fired and then withdrawn, but that was just a happy remark, and it was impossible to fire all of them. After all, a gun is prepared with hundreds of rounds. (Some sources say that there are more than 200 rounds?) And the life of a gun is only 200 or 300 rounds. If the spare ammunition is exhausted, the naval gun will pass half of its barrel life.

Just now, each cannon fired about ten shells, and Gibraltar on the opposite side was already destroyed. This is the power of large-caliber naval guns!

However, this is far from destroying the fortifications inside the rocky mountain. After all, those fortifications are not conspicuous, and they can't be seen clearly from 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 planes go to scout first, and they can also play the role of calibrating shooting. The long-distance shooting of naval guns is inseparable from seaplanes.

Following his order, the two carrier-based planes were ejected and took off. Not long after they took off, they saw a stream of black smoke rising from the rocky mountain on the opposite side.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Gibraltar's British counterattack 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, other shore guns are also firing!

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

Countless shells are coming towards the French fleet here!

"Right rudder, two cars, three forwards!" The moment they saw the opponent open fire, the French fleet on this side immediately seemed to be beaten with blood, and the battle that made their blood boil has just begun!

The opponent actually dared to use shore artillery!

It is true that the shore artillery has high precision, but your own warships can be maneuvered! It takes more than ten seconds for the other party's shells to launch. During this time, our own warships have already moved away!

At the same time, the opponent's fire has been firmly captured by the reconnaissance plane, and it has been marked, and then the enemy can fight back!

With the firing of the British shore batteries, the French fleet once again reached the climax of the battle.

One after another, the warships started at full speed, looking for a suitable position, ready to fight back!

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

The 330mm high-explosive projectile flew towards the opposite shore artillery group, and it aimed at one of the largest shore artillery!

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

The shore guns were embedded in the rocky mountains. At this time, the west wind was blowing again. After the guns were fired, the huge black smoke almost all got into the gun positions of the shore guns, filling every corner.

And the British artillerymen in the corner were exhausted in an instant. They breathed in the black smoke and coughed.

Turn on the exhaust fan! In the fortifications, there is a perfect air extraction system, or it is impossible to stay people at all.

However, he heard a depressed voice: "No, no electricity!"

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

Just as they were cursing the power supply, the shells of the French naval guns had come fast!

"Boom!" When the cannonball came into close contact with the rock mountain, the entire fortification shook, as if the end was coming, and the rock ash on the top of the head kept falling down!

"Boom, boom!"

Eight naval guns fired a salvo, and the nearest warhead was 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, but at this moment, he saw that above the target, the cliff collapsed!

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