As an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar is appointed by the royal family as the governor and commander of the garrison to be responsible for foreign affairs, defense and public security.
The explosion awakened Brigadier General Eddie Walter, Governor of Gibraltar.
When he got up from the bed, before he had time to put on his boots, the door was already pushed open: "General, General, no good!"
Of course it’s not good. Listening to the voices outside, you can know that your side is under attack. Brigadier General Eddie said: “Order, all fighters gather and prepare to turn to counterattack. Is it the Spaniard coming?”
Gibraltar was captured by the British from Spain by force. Therefore, the enemy of Gibraltar is almost undoubtedly the Spaniard. Now, the explosion sound, in the judgment of Brigadier General Eddie, should belong to the Spanish bombing. , Next, the Spaniard will attack, right?
In short, show the bravery of the royal army and resolutely defeat the enemy!
Of course Brigadier General Eddie knew how important this was.
However, the next words made him fall into the ice cave.
"It's not a Spaniard, it's a French, it's a French fleet, come here!"
French? How could it be that the French are crazy?
He put on his boots in a hurry and walked out of his room. Before heading to the headquarters, he saw a scene that he will never forget.
One after another cannonballs slid across the sky, and the sea in the distance was constantly shining. That was the flame when the naval gun fired!
This kind of sight is as if death descends.
"Boom!" A huge shell hit the power station in the northern part of the city. In an instant, thick smoke came out of the power station. A huge flame flooded the sky, illuminating the darkness before dawn. .
The boiler of the power station was blown up! The fiery burning matter even flew into the sky and became a gorgeous firework. This scene actually had a miserable beauty.
With this explosion, the entire Gibraltar was cut off.
"Quickly, start the emergency generator set immediately, quickly!" He shouted loudly, while wearing his military cap, while rushing towards the headquarters. At this time, he needs to take command and deal with this terrible battle!
They built a lot of fortifications throughout the rocky mountain, many of which were inside the mountain. These fortifications require huge blowers to continuously blow in fresh air. Otherwise, the soldiers inside the mountain fortifications will Suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen.
Usually, the electricity provided by the power plant is used. Once such an accident occurs, it must be powered by a generator.
Just at the foot of the rock mountain, there is a high-power generator that uses a large marine diesel engine as power. The electricity provided is enough for all the fortifications inside the mountain, and even an electric oven can be used to make bread.
When the enemy's shelling began, the side was awakened, and several soldiers hurriedly prepared to start.
Large engines have a special starting method. It is a delusion to shake the handle manually, and the electric motor does not have that much driving force. It can only rely on compressed air.
Yes, large diesel engines are almost always started with compressed air.
Turn on the switch, let compressed air be injected into each cylinder, push the pistons in order, the whole engine will start up, and then you can inject diesel fuel and start successfully.
A soldier pushed the switch, but found that the huge diesel engine showed no signs of turning. When he looked at the instrument on it by the bright light of the explosion, he suddenly cursed: "Damn, there is no pressure on the compressed gas cylinder. !"
Compressed air starts, it needs compressed air, but now, there is no air pressure in the huge quadruple cylinder, it was full yesterday!
Without compressed air, the generator cannot be started, cannot start the generator, cannot blow the air, and the soldiers in the fortification are at risk of being suffocated.
Although there are vents, it is far from enough.
How to do?
Brigadier General Eddie didn't care about so much. After giving the order to turn on the backup generator, he immediately turned his attention elsewhere.
Take off the torpedo plane!
As an important port, they have an airport runway here, just to the north, on the side of the port, they have a runway that is more than one kilometer long, enough to take off and land large aircraft.
And now, they have at least one squadron of swordfish attack aircraft here, and immediately let the swordfish take off and attack the French fleet!
Also, the ships in the harbor, although there are no large ships, the largest are destroyers with a displacement of several thousand tons, and they cannot rest! Get out immediately!
His order was passed on, but it was not so easy to execute the order.
The French attacked sneakily.
A sneak attack meant that the enemy had no preparations. The French Navy suffered a loss, and now it was the British's turn.
If you are fighting on the ground, then the swordfish can take off in a few minutes, but now, absolutely not!
Gasoline is volatile. Therefore, aircraft are usually filled with fuel before takeoff. At the same time, they are equipped with weapons and ammunition. This is especially true. According to different targets, different ammunition and torpedoes can be mounted. It is still a bomb, whether the torpedo hits a submarine or a surface ship, whether it hits a large warship or a small warship, all need to be determined before take off before it can attack.
And now, at a critical juncture, the British naval aviation is indeed well-trained, and when the order of General Eddie arrives, they have already begun to prepare.
The fuel truck drove to the side of the plane, the thick fuel pipe was plugged into the fuel tank port of the plane, and the fuel pump rumbled to add fuel to the plane.
At the same time ~www.novelhall.com~ the ground crew was in a hurry, pushing the torpedo out and preparing to mount it. After all, they already knew that the shelling came from the sea, and it must be an enemy warship.
The pilot also ran over to help the ground crew mount it together.
However, they are still too late!
A unique sound, with increasing frequency, attracted everyone's attention. When they raised their heads, they were surprised to see the cannonball flying over, dragging a beautiful arc.
No, I fired on my side here!
The area of Gibraltar is not large, and its strategic objectives are very clear. The fire from the power plant illuminates the neighborhood.
The French navy’s battleship "Brittany" has 10 340mm naval guns. Now, the four naval guns on the bow have aimed at the runway here and fired their own shells.
"Boom!" The 340mm high explosive bomb exploded about 200 meters near the runway. In the huge explosion, the entire ground shook like a magnitude 7 earthquake!
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