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The Third Empire - Chapter 925

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:41:30 AM


Chapter 925: 925

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M1910 / 34 152mm howitzer is a kind of howitzer used by the Soviet Union during World War I. on the basis of this kind of howitzer, the military workers of the Soviet Union improved the m1937 howitzer. This heavy howitzer looks very powerful and spectacular.

The first thing you can see is its huge wide off-road tires. Each tire looks like a monster with deep off-road patterns. On top of it, the thick and long howitzer makes people feel in awe.

God of war!

Now, the Soviet howitzer troops are ready. They have calibrated all firing data and only wait for the final order.

This order did not come slowly.

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

"High explosive grenade, load!" At each gun position, the monitor of the artillery squad shouted loudly and waved the small flag in his hand: "target 3, calibrate according to the predetermined data."

Two loaders, carrying dozens of kilograms of shells, stuffed them into the gun chamber: "loading is over!"

"Firing data calibration."

"Fire!"

The monitor waved the small flag in his hand fiercely. At the same time, the gunner pulled the gun rope hard.

"Boom!" The huge gunfire made everyone's ears rumble. When shooting, except for the Gunners pulling the gun rope, almost all the other Gunners squatted and covered their ears with their hands, including the squad leader.

This has nothing to do with courage. This kind of large caliber howitzer is so fierce when shooting!

At the muzzle, there was a huge flame. In the smoke, the shell flew out at a speed of 655 meters per second.

The huge recoil force forced the gun body of more than seven tons to retreat by half a meter. The whole gun body flew up in vibration, the tire left the ground, and the shovel behind deeply pierced into the soil.

The whole position was shrouded in gunsmoke. In the gunsmoke, 152 mm grenades flew past and flew to the fortifications of Brest fortress!

The Soviets fired first. They fired the first shot!

The maximum range of this kind of shell is 17 kilometers. They thought it was the safest at the back of the whole position. Up to now, no heavy artillery has been found in Brest fortress, but they don't know that they will die in the most heroic way.

Behind Brest fortress, Gustav cannon.

"High explosive warhead, load! Range 33 kilometers! " More than a thousand officers and men worked closely together.

Bolt stood in the open space outside, looking at his own cannon, carrying out his first mission before launch, while Wolfgang was meticulously directing.

The 4.8-ton warhead was stuffed into the bore by the automatic loading mechanism, and then there was the propellant weighing up to 8 tons.

Yes, that's the order of magnitude!

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

Its shell is several meters long! This is still a high explosive bomb. If it is an armor piercing bomb, the weight of the warhead reaches an appalling 7.1 tons!

Its firing charge is determined according to the range. When the maximum charge is used, the grenade can be hit 48 kilometers away!

Everything is going on in a tense and orderly manner, and time is passing little by little. It takes at least ten minutes to load this cannon!

During this time, Brest fortress is experiencing a storm like blow.

"No!"

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 twenty seconds for the shell to fly here. He just felt a burst of fear.

He is not afraid of death. He is just worried that as long as his own shells start shooting, the conflict has escalated, and the prepared Germans must have various ways to deal with his own side!

At this time, at the top of the church, there were only two Germans except major zavrilov and Akim Qijin, who had been beaten. At this time, they were carefully observing the opposite side with instruments and using microphones to report to the rear.

When they came here, Akim Qijin and others also understood major zavrilov's shouting. They can't fight. The Germans are ready!

Look at others. They are leisurely giving directions to their artillery! Your howitzer position will soon be covered by the other party's artillery!

Artillery firing looks natural and unrestrained. In fact, they are more dangerous, because their opponent is the other party's artillery!

In this era, it is still mainly towed artillery. They withdraw from the battle, but it is not so fast. It is easy to be covered by the other party in front of the prepared opponent!

It's too late. It's too late!

In the sky, there came the unique Doppler roar of the shell cutting through the sky. When they opened their eyes, they looked at the shell, which had flown over!

"Boom!" The shell hit the lower part of the church. On the third floor, the whole church was shaking. However, the Germans continued to observe as if nothing had happened. For them, the shell was not terrible.

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

As the first shell passed, the second, third and one after another shells flew to the whole fortress. There were explosions and smoke everywhere.

Everything here, three kilometers away from the new Brest City, can be seen clearly. When he put down his telescope, Khrushchev was very excited: "this is the end of fooling our Soviets, Germans, tremble!"

At this time, the people present did not know that there was only five minutes left for them to tremble.

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

The power of this cannon is against the sky, but its operation is also extremely cumbersome.

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

It's not easy to hit a target of tens of kilometers. Its shooting table contains a large amount of data. For example, accurately measure the temperature of the surrounding environment, measure the wind direction and speed in the highland, and measure the temperature of each package of propellant!

This is a series of tedious processes. Generally speaking, the firing speed of large caliber howitzer is once a few minutes, while its firing speed is 14 a day!

This speed is good for an 800 mm cannon. Its fastest firing speed can reach 1 shot in 15 minutes, but usually the interval between two launches is much longer.

Now, after 14 minutes of preparation, finally, the elevation of the cannon was raised to the appropriate height, and the azimuth was fixed in advance.

"Firing data calibration, verification, request firing." Wolfgang shouted.

"Fire!" Bolt gave orders.

"Boom!" The whole earth trembled violently!




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