Chapter 798： Flooded London (1/2)

What do Germans want? Will they blow up their own barrage in a fit of anger?

Probably! With the German personality, failure will never be tolerated, but yesterday's failure was a shame for the Germans. They actually gave up their equipment and ran away.

Why is this?

Of course it is for new tactics, they want to flood London!

In fact, it is not the first time that Londoners have experienced it. Just ten years ago, on January 7, 1928, the water of the Thames overflowed the dam and poured into London. The flood flooded most of London.

It was in the middle of the night when the flood broke the dam, and most of the citizens of London were still asleep. When they woke up in the morning, the flood water had poured into many famous buildings, such as the Houses of Parliament and Tower of London.

The narrower streets have accumulated water up to 4 feet. Higher buildings such as Big Ben, the water pours down, forming a series of small waterfalls in the city of London.

After this incident, London established a flood warning system and rebuilt the Thames lock to control the water level. Even so, the geographical location of London determines that they are still vulnerable to floods.

For example, as mentioned earlier, during the flood, the water level of the Thames is too high, and it is easy to flood London, and when the tide is flooding, the tide is also easy to go upstream and can even pass through London and head upstream. Travel more than ten kilometers!

Needless to say, now, even in future generations, London may be flooded. For example, in 2014, London suddenly became Venice.

It is not a flood period. The Germans want to flood London, so they can only wait for the rising tide. There are still a few hours before they can quickly arrange it!

Following Hobert's order, the anti-aircraft artillery unit was hurriedly mobilized around the barrage.

”Quick, quick, quick start! Artillery squad leader David, shouted loudly, his artillery squad is being dragged by heavy vehicles to the side of the barrage.

It is not easy to prevent German bombing, because the German advanced strategic bombers can fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and what is even more frightening is that they can actually drop bombs at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Therefore, the UK must have anti-aircraft artillery capable of defending against this height!

While the heavy 4.5-inch anti-aircraft artillery was being developed intensively, the British also improved their latest 3.7 mm heavy anti-aircraft gun.

Converted to the metric system, it is 94 mm, which is thicker than the German 88 mm artillery, 50 times the caliber, and has a maximum horizontal range of 18,800 meters, a maximum tilt of 12,000 meters, and a maximum shooting height of 9,000 meters.

It can be said that this kind of anti-aircraft artillery, in fact, can not reach the German bombers, but it is already their best.

This kind of large-caliber antiaircraft artillery is very difficult to move. It took them more than two hours to relocate from the original position. At this time, the antiaircraft artillery deployment again was quite laborious.

There are 11 gunners for each gun. David is a non-commissioned officer as the gunner, the second is the sight for the horizontal angle, the third is the sight for the pitch angle, and the fourth is the fuze installation. Hand, the fifth is the loader, and the remaining 6 people are ”members of the ammunition team.”

All of them wore standard khaki jumpsuits and standard brown sleeveless leather vests. Everyone is wearing a MarkI helmet, and the neckband of the helmet is left behind. This is the biggest symbol of the artillery. If the artillery is close to the barrel when it fires, its impact can lift the helmet. At this time, the neck strap may cause serious injury or even death.

Now, several people removed the gun legs, already panting.

”Squad leader, don't worry too much. It's more than half an hour before the high tide!” said a loader: ”We haven't had breakfast yet!”

Indeed, they were summoned when they just wanted to eat breakfast, and now they are very hungry.

”No, you have to set up the cannon first, ready to fire at any time, the Germans will come at any time.”

The high tide does take more than half an hour, but the Germans will blow up the barrage at any time!

What's the difference between fried first and fried? Once the Germans blew up the barrage, it would be impossible for them to rebuild the dam.