The speed of sound is only 340 meters per second, while the speed of a shell can easily exceed 7,800 meters per second, or even thousands of meters per second.
Therefore, when launching a cannonball, if the distance is far away, you will definitely see the fire from the artillery first, even if the cannonball has exploded on your side, you can't hear the sound of the launch, the sound has not yet arrived!
But now, in the dark, the flames fired by the opponent's naval guns can be seen more clearly. This can only explain one thing, that is, the French fleet opened fire on its side!
"Alarm, alarm, it's the French fleet, shooting at us!" The searchlight soldiers yelled and cursed constantly. What is going on, are the French crazy?
If it is a German, they can still accept it, but now it is a French! Britain and France originally belonged to one family, but now the French have just surrendered to Germany, do they just show their loyalty?
French Navy, you are really ashamed of the Navy!
At this time, the British were cursing. They didn't know how much anger the Frenchman was facing. At the same time, the Frenchman's first round of firing was very accurate!
If it is a fleet battle, it can be said that it is entirely due to luck, often dozens of shots are fired, and they can't touch the opposite side.
Historically, in the battle between Britain and France, the French navy had very bad luck. They didn't even hit a single shell!
And now, the hateful French navy is aiming at stationary targets on land, especially those searchlights, so clear, they will never be empty!
"Boom!" On the Strasbourg, eight 330mm main guns fired together. This kind of scene is extremely spectacular. Just in the darkness when dawn is coming, the flames fired by the naval guns illuminate After half a sea surface, the black smoke enveloped the entire battleship.
Under the huge recoil, the entire warship seemed to tremble. However, the huge hull successfully buffered the recoil. Compared with other battleships when they fired from the side, they shot forward, against the hull. The impact is even smaller.
With tracers, the cannonball drew a beautiful arc in the air. When this arc flew over, the searchlight soldiers on the opposite side were frightened.
These naval guns were actually aimed at them. Damn it!
Run, run!
Searchlight soldiers are very dangerous. For example, after covering a fighter, you must firmly control the opponent. At this time, the opponent's fighter can easily dive into the searchlight and use a machine gun to shoot.
They are not afraid, they will stand up stubbornly, because they are searchlight soldiers, this is their duty!
However, it is different now. They can't be afraid of machine guns, but they absolutely can't help but be afraid of artillery, especially heavy guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm!
"Boom!" The first shell exploded at a position 15 meters near the searchlight. This high-explosive grenade blasted the limestone mountain top instantly! Countless rocks flying horizontally, with fragments of bombs, this searchlight was immediately affected.
Countless people screamed and fell.
A large-caliber naval gun, one shell, is powerful enough to cover the area of a basketball court!
A huge stone hit the head of the squad leader. His head, like a balloon that was stepped on, exploded in an instant. His body fell along with it. After a few rolls, it fell. To the other side of the mountain that was almost vertical.
The 330mm high-explosive projectile is powerful, not to mention 15 meters, even at a distance of 50 meters, it can be destroyed!
Moreover, it was not one that flew, but eight!
Heavy artillery has a lifespan, almost a few hundred rounds. If it is a fierce naval battle, it may be scrapped after being fought two or three times. And now, the French navy, irritated by the sneak attack, doesn't care about the lifespan of its naval guns, beating these **** British people!
"Boom!" The second shell accurately hit the searchlight. At this time, the searchlight was already destroyed by the first shell. When the second shell hits, it was not just the remains of the searchlight, but also the searchlight. The base was lifted off, and under the searchlight, there was a one-meter-thick concrete base, and under the base, there was another two-meter-thick limestone. After the shot came down, all were lifted!
And under this limestone, there is a hidden fort.
Over the years, Britain has been building fortifications in Gibraltar, and almost the entire rock mountain has become a huge fortification community.
On the top of the rock mountain, the view is the widest, and it is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack. The dark fort is arranged here, and you can see the entire flat land in western Gibraltar.
Here, there lived an infantry platoon with four Maxim heavy machine guns, their main weapon.
And now, they are still asleep.
The first shell awakened them, and just when they got up from the bed and wanted to know what happened, the second shell came.
As a result, their roof collapsed, and huge stones and concrete fragments fell from the sky and hit them. They screamed and couldn't move.
"Boom!" The third shell again fell nearby. In the huge explosion, the entire fortification could no longer be saved. When the shaking stopped, there were no more caves.
When all the eight shells fell, the top of the entire rock mountain was cut off by fifteen or six meters! With the searchlight as the center and a radius of about 180 meters, there is no longer any living creatures.
The power of naval guns is such a frenzy, no matter how strong the fortifications on land are, they are scum in front of large-caliber naval guns!
Historically, Hitler has highly praised the super artillery for this reason.
Except for the Strasbourg ~www.novelhall.com~ other battleships were also firing at Gibraltar. After the first round of salvos passed, there were no searchlights on the rock.
The entire sea was plunged into darkness again, and the defenders of Gibraltar, who were awakened by a huge explosion, looked at the sea shiveringly, where there was a huge demon-like existence!
"Continue shooting, according to the pre-assigned targets, carry out the second round of attacks!" Let General Suer on the flagship, continue to shout.
It was originally intended to attack after dawn, but now that it has been discovered, let's continue the attack!
Let the British know that the French Navy will not be conquered by their tricks!
Now that you have decided to take action against the French Navy, you must be prepared to endure the French Navy's revenge!
Although it is still dark, Gibraltar is not completely dark. In addition to the searchlights that have been knocked out, as a military base, Gibraltar is still lit in many places, such as airstrips, docks in harbors, and power plants. , These are the targets that the French Navy wants to destroy!
