Chapter 927 Gustav Fires

The M1910/34 152mm howitzer is a kind of howitzer that the Soviet Union began to use during World War I. The Soviet military engineers, on the basis of this howitzer, improved the M1937 howitzer. This heavy-duty howitzer looks like a Very majestic.

The first thing you can see is its huge wide off-road tires. Each tire looks like a monster, with deep off-road patterns, and on top of it, the thick and long howitzer, just It's even more awe-inspiring.

God of War!

Now, the Soviet howitzer troops are ready, they have marked all the shooting elements, and are only waiting for the final order to arrive.

This order did not come slowly.

Two hours after dawn, before nine o'clock, the order came down.

"High-explosive grenades, reload!" At each artillery position, the squad leader of the artillery squad shouted loudly, waving the small flag in his hand: "Target No. 3, calibrated according to the predetermined data."

Two loaders, carrying dozens of kilograms of shells, stuffed them into the barrel: "Filling is complete!"

"Shooting Yuanyuan Calibration."

"Fire!"

The squad leader waved the small flag in his hand violently, and at the same time, the gunner pulled the gun's rope fiercely.

"Boom!" The huge sound of the cannon made everyone's ears rumble. When shooting, except for the gunner who pulled the gun rope, the other gunners were almost all squatting, covering their ears with their hands. , even the squad leader is no exception.

This has nothing to do with courage. This large-caliber howitzer is so violent when it is fired!

At the muzzle, a huge flame emerged, and in the smoke, the shells flew out at a speed of 655 meters per second.

The huge recoil force made the seven-ton gun body retreat half a meter abruptly. The entire gun body flew up in the vibration, the tires left the ground, and the shovel behind it pierced deeply into the soil.

The entire position was shrouded in gunpowder smoke. In the gunpowder smoke, 152mm grenades flew over and flew to the fortifications of the Brest Fortress!

The Soviets, fired first, they fired the first shot!

This kind of shell has a maximum range of 17 kilometers. They thought it was the safest at the back of the entire position. Until now, no heavy artillery has been found in the Brest Fortress, but they do not know that they will Sacrifice in the most heroic way.

Behind the Brest Fortress, the Gustav Cannon.

"High-explosive warhead, reload! The range is 33 kilometers!" More than a thousand officers and soldiers cooperated closely.

Bolt stood in the open space outside, looking at his cannon, which was on the first mission before launching, while Wolfgang was meticulously commanding.

The 4.8-ton warhead was stuffed into the barrel of the gun by the automatic loading mechanism, followed by the eight-ton propellant.

Yes, it is this order of magnitude!

The Soviet 152mm howitzer, in front of this behemoth, is the pediatrics!

Its shells are several meters long! This is still a high-explosive projectile. If it is an armor-piercing projectile, the weight of the warhead reaches an astonishing 7.1 tons!

Its propellant pack is determined according to the range, and when the maximum charge is used, the grenade can be hit 48 kilometers away!

Everything is going on in an orderly manner, and time is passing little by little. This cannon needs at least ten minutes just to reload!

During this time, the Brest Fortress was experiencing a violent storm.

"Do not!"

At the top of the church, Major Zavrilov looked at the boiling smoke in the distance. It was his own howitzer position firing! It took more than 20 seconds for the cannonball to fly here, and he just felt a burst of fear.

He is not afraid of death, he is just worried that as long as his own artillery shells start firing, the conflict will have escalated, and the Germans who are well prepared must have various ways to deal with them!

At this time, there were only two Germans at the top of the church, except for Major Zavrilov and Akimchikin, who had been beaten to death. At this time, they were seriously using instruments to observe On the opposite side, the microphone was also used, reporting something to the rear.

When they came here, Akimchikin and others also understood the words of Major Zavrilov, not to fight, the Germans are ready!

Look at people, they are leisurely giving directions to their artillery! Your own howitzer positions will soon be covered by the opponent's artillery fire!

The artillerymen look very dashing, but in fact, their danger is even greater, because their opponents are the opponents' artillerymen!

In this era, towed artillery is still the main thing. They withdraw from the battle, but not so fast. In front of a prepared opponent, it is easy to be covered by the opponent!

It's too late, it's too late!

In the sky, there was the unique Doppler whistle of the cannonball piercing the sky. When they opened their eyes, they looked at the cannonball and it had already flown over!

"Boom!" The shell hit the bottom of the church. On the third floor, the entire church was shaking. However, the Germans continued to observe casually. For them, the shell was not terrible.

Moreover, the church only shook a few times, and there was no other reaction. This shows that the entire church has been reinforced, and the 152mm grenade of our own may not cause too much damage here!

As the first cannonball passed, the second, third, and one after another, flew towards the entire fortress, explosions everywhere, and smoke rising everywhere.

Everything here, the city of Novi Brest, which is three kilometers away, can be seen clearly. Putting down the telescope, Khrushchev is extremely excited: "This is the end of fooling our Soviets, Germans, trembling Bar!"

At this time, the people present didn't know it, and there were only five minutes left before they trembled.

The preparation of the Gustav cannon was still going on. After the shells were loaded, the barrels began to stand up slowly.

The power of this cannon is sky-defying, but its operation is also extremely cumbersome.

"Wind speed, 3, air temperature, 6, propellant pack temperature, 12." An officer in charge of the scene was constantly preparing data.

It is not easy to hit a target with a distance of dozens of kilometers. Its shooting table contains a lot of data. For example, to accurately measure the temperature of the surrounding environment and measure the wind direction and wind speed in high places, it is also necessary to launch each package. Medicine for temperature measurement!

This is a series of cumbersome processes. Generally speaking, the rate of fire of a large-caliber howitzer is a few minutes, and its rate of fire is 14 rounds a day!

That's not bad for an 800mm gun. Its fastest rate of fire can reach 1 round in 15 minutes, but usually the interval between two firings is much longer.

Now, after 14 minutes of preparation, finally, the elevation angle of the cannon has been raised to a suitable height, and the azimuth has been fixed in advance.

"Shooting Zhu Yuan is calibrated, verifying that it is correct, requesting fire." Wolfgang shouted loudly.

"Fire!" Bolt ordered.

"Boom!" The whole earth trembled violently!