Chapter 657： Naval and shore artillery (1/2)
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. !