Chapter 932 Carl Cannon

As if anticipating a plane diving down behind him, Varissi pushed the lever, and the plane turned to the left with difficulty, throwing off three 40mm cannon shells, and then he pushed the lever again to return to the correct heading come up.

The distance of several kilometers is almost a blink of an eye for the plane in the sky. He must carefully observe the ground, and the target may appear at any time!

Sure enough, when his plane continued to fly forward for one kilometer, his eyes suddenly opened up. That huge cannon was simply not something that could be made by humans!

That is absolutely the most evil weapon in the world!

Varissi flipped the switch and switched the weapon to the two 250kg bombs under the wing. Now that the target was found, his next task was to destroy the opponent!

At this moment, there was a violent shaking from the rear fuselage. He didn't look back. Anyway, this kind of plane doesn't have a rear view field, and he has no time. He needs to enter the attack route, even if he hits the plane himself. Go up, and also crash the cannon on the ground!

But then, his plane completely lost control, and the fire on the rear fuselage spread forward. He took a last desperate look at the cannon, and was still shouting: "Attack aircraft, attack, take that Cannons destroyed!"

The Soviets are the ultimate opponents!

Watching the plane hovering and falling, Werner kept admiring in his heart. Compared with the soldiers of those countries on the Western Front, the soldiers of the Soviet Union were even more terrifying, and their fighting courage was admired by the Germans.

It is a pity that although they have the courage, they are not equipped. At this time, the battle in the sky is still one-sided.

One after another Il-2 attack aircraft was blown up under the attack of FW190, but the remaining aircraft were still flying tenaciously towards their own cannons. This momentum won the respect of the German pilots. They are also the bravest soldiers, and the best way to deal with them is to destroy them in the air!

The battle in the air is not over yet, and the battle on the ground has finally begun.

KV-1, T-34 tanks were the forerunners, and a large number of Soviet troops launched the first wave of charges towards the fortress!

Judging from the number of people, the Soviet army is quite large, tens of thousands of people, and the scale is large enough, but the objective geographical location has limited them to invest too many people in the offensive.

For example, the main body of the fortress, the main barrier, is the Warren Fortress and the Terespol Fortress. The Terespol Fortress was built on the bank of the Bug River, including many churches and monasteries in the old Tsarist Russia era. These buildings were an important part of the entire fortification of the fortress. The Kobrin fortress in the north is the original old city of Brest, where the streets are densely populated and there are many solid buildings of early stone construction.

The most important fortifications of the fortress were built in the central fortress. On the outside of this central island fortress, a ring-shaped fortress was formed by solid barracks. The walls of the fortress were two meters thick and contained about five hundred turrets.

In the center of the central fortress stands the St. Nicholas Cathedral designed by the famous architect Gurimi. It is the tallest building in the central fortress and an exceptionally strong fire support point.

The central fortress is connected to three other auxiliary fortresses by city gates and bridges, of which the Kobrin fortress in the north is connected by the Bright Bridge, and Teresi on the west bank of the Bug River is connected by the Terespol Gate and a huge rope bridge. Fort Spohr; connected to Fort Warren in the south by the Holm Gate and an openable and closable drawbridge.

It can be seen that there are only rope bridges connecting these fortresses, and the road connecting the fortresses is only five meters wide. It is very difficult for two tanks to line up side by side. In this way, the attack of the Soviet army cannot give full play to their firepower advantage. Come on, the force cannot be deployed!

Fortunately, the Soviet troops were abundant, and they could attack each fortress at the same time. At this time, the road leading to each fortress was crowded with troops.

Especially outside the Terespol fortress were the officers and soldiers of the 44th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division of the Soviet Union. They were definitely full of energy at this time.

Their regimental commander, captured by the Germans, was tied to the top of the central church, and one of their scout units, beaten up by the Germans, was also held on top. For them, this What a shame!

Now, commanding the infantry regiment is the lieutenant-ranked political instructor Nikolai Nestorchuk. He does not need to do any ideological work. The soldiers are indignant and wait to rush forward.

The rounds of artillery fire just now stopped in front of a German super cannon. They suspended the artillery and moved their positions quickly, otherwise they would become the target of Germany's attack, and it is possible for the artillery to be wiped out. .

Even so, the shelling continued for twenty minutes. The entire Terespol fortress suffered at least a thousand shells, and the people at the top of the church were still intact.

Major Zavrilov was extremely melancholy. He looked at the troops below, who were rushing up to die, and he felt like a knife was twisted in his heart. However, he was speechless. He kept shouting just now. His voice was hoarse, and he couldn't make any sound. He could only watch here, watching his troops experience a terrible death.

Below, the big killers in those fortresses are ready.

The Karl cannon, also designed to deal with the French-built "Maginot Line", was developed by the German company Rheinmetall.

Initially, the new mortar had a caliber of 800 mm and fired shells weighing up to 4 tons.

As a result, it was rejected by the military, so the designers revised the plan again, the artillery caliber was reduced to 600 mm, the shell weight was 2 tons, the charge was 350 kg, the muzzle velocity was 243 m/s, the maximum range was 4 km, and the high and low firing range- 10°～75°, standard firing angle 55°～75°, using crawler type self-propelled chassis.

Although some designers insisted that it would be more convenient to disassemble the gun into several parts for transportation, the assembly time was quite long, so in the end the gun used a tracked self-propelled chassis.

At this time, the chassis of the rat tank was also designed. Therefore, in the design stage of this gun, it was based on the chassis of the rat, with lighter weight and good mobility.

The short and thick cannon above it looks very different.

The Dora cannon, which was eventually cut down, was too bulky for mass equipment, and the Karl cannon was different.

The self-propelled chassis is easy to come and go, and it is easy to enter and withdraw from the position, so this cannon has not been cut.

In particular, in production, artillery general Karl-Baker had high hopes for this heavy gun. He believes that once a few heavy artillery is used in a concentrated manner, it will definitely be stubborn.

Because of his persistence, this heavy artillery was eventually named "Karl".

Now, it is also the first actual combat firing of the Karl Cannon.