Chapter 351 V3 Cannon

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The Prime Minister's Office in London was in a mess. Except for those that could not be smashed, almost everything else was turned into a pile of rubbish. But Churchill was still not satisfied and kept cursing.

Because of the "New Jersey" passenger ship incident, Britain was condemned by the whole world. No matter how Britain explained and defended itself, it felt that the more it explained, the more unclear it was. After all, the Germans produced a lot of evidence; the distress signal sent by the "New Jersey" passenger ship before it sank, the bodies of the victims and the wreckage of the ship full of bullet holes, and the wreckage and sailors of the sunken British submarine.

There is an old saying that "facts speak louder than words". It is really hard for Britain to convince people with just its mouth. In addition, Britain had done a lot of dirty things before; attacking the French fleet of its former ally, instigating Mussolini to kill the King of Italy, etc. Now it seems natural to attack a passenger ship of a neutral country.

A batch of equipment that the United States was going to sell to Britain was also shelved under the pressure of public opinion. This incident also implicated President Roosevelt. The US Congress will hold a hearing to re-examine the issue of revising the Neutrality Act. The opposition party attacked Roosevelt crazily, saying that his stupid policy killed innocent American citizens.

There were even demonstrations by the families of the victims in Washington, demanding that the United States declare war on Britain and severely punish the damned murderer.

Of course, declaring war on Britain was impossible, but Churchill also knew that he might not be able to buy anything from the United States for a long time in the future.

After venting hysterically, Churchill gradually calmed down. Things have already happened and there is no way to save them; he threw the matter behind his mind like a broken jar, and asked Dowding. "If the Germans really send planes to bomb, can we hold on?" If we listen to the Germans' threats, London, with a population of millions, will be completely messed up, and traffic jams alone will be a big problem.

Dowding assured confidently. "Mr. Prime Minister, we have deployed the latest radar. If the Germans really dare to offend, our pilots will definitely make them come back without return." After the losses and failures on the European continent, the current fighter planes of Britain are more advanced Hurricanes and Spitfires, with higher combat effectiveness.

Churchill was relieved a little and warned. "We must take strict precautions and never let a bomb fall on London."

But they didn't know that Yannick didn't plan to send planes to bomb London, but to use cannons.

This is not a fantasy. At the end of the war in the original time and space, as the Allied air raids on Europe gradually increased and intensified. Germany frantically sought a solution to let the British, who were far away from the war, experience the taste of being hit by terror again.

The V3 super cannon was born. It is a multi-stage artillery. When used, multiple sections of the gun body are assembled together and arranged at a certain elevation angle along the hillside. The best inclination angle is 55 degrees. The gun body is multi-sectioned from bottom to top. There is a gunpowder chamber on the left and right sides of each section of the gun body. Many sections of the gun body are connected together, like a multi-section centipede. When firing, the gunpowder chamber at the bottom ignites first, causing the shell to start moving. As the shell flies quickly through the gunpowder chambers of each section, each section of the gunpowder chamber is also ignited in time, causing the shell to be continuously accelerated. In this way, the initial velocity of the 83 kg shell leaving the muzzle can reach 1800 m/s, and the maximum range can reach 300 km. Bombarding London is naturally a piece of cake. It is said that if the gun is built, 600 tons of shells can be fired at London every day.

In September 1943, the British and American air forces discovered the V3 cannon launch platform. In November of the same year, the 9th Army of the US Air Force carried out a devastating bombing on the launch platform, which stopped the test work for a period of time. However, due to the protection of the 6-meter-thick concrete fortifications, the V3 cannon was not damaged at all.

In March 1944, the US Air Force attacked the V3 launch platform again, and the launch platform was only slightly damaged, and the test could still proceed as usual. After that, the pace of the project accelerated, and the V3 cannon's firing ramp was about 60% completed, and the shell loading machinery was also installed, gradually approaching the live ammunition firing stage.

The Allies did not know what the Germans were doing in the area, but confirmed that the area was a very important military facility of the Germans. For this reason, the British Air Force decided to send Lanchester bombers, carrying the latest super bombs weighing 5.4 tons, to bomb the V3 cannon launch platform.

On July 6, 1944, the V3 launch platform was severely damaged, and a launch ramp was completely blown up. Soon, the Calais area was occupied by the Allies.

After occupying Calais, the Allies discovered the V3 cannon launch platform. They didn't know what kind of new weapon it was and were very surprised. Long before the capture of Berlin, a senior Allied general inspected the V3 launch platform and said with emotion: "If the V3 plan is implemented, London will definitely be destroyed." Shortly thereafter, the launch platform was blown up by the Allies.

"What happened to the defense of the V3 artillery base?" Once the V3 artillery began to pour shells on the British mainland, the British would definitely find ways to destroy the launch base. The most convenient and quickest way is to send planes to bomb it.

"Three anti-aircraft artillery positions have been arranged there, there are four field airports nearby, and 200 fighter planes are deployed. It can be said that it is foolproof."

If the British want to air raid the V3 artillery base, it will become a trap.

Yannick nodded with satisfaction. "Let Dr. Goebbels use the radio to inform the citizens of London that we will start bombing London at 8 o'clock tonight, and let them all leave the city and take refuge elsewhere."

"Yes!"

V3 artillery base in the Calais area.

The communicator hurried into the office of Kunda, the general manager of the V3 cannon, holding the telegram. "Report, His Highness has ordered to bombard London at 8 o'clock tonight!"

Kunda, who was discussing the cannon data with his assistant, pounded the table. "Great, are all the launch preparations completed?"

The assistant was also excited. "It was completed the day before yesterday, and we are just waiting for His Highness's order."

Kunda ordered. "While there is still time, go check it again. I don't want any problems with my years of hard work."

"Okay, I'll go there right away." After the assistant left the office excitedly, Kunda walked to the window and stared at the ten V3 cannons arranged along the hillside in the distance, sighing. "What an outstanding work of art!"

In the original time and space, due to the Allied air superiority, the V3 cannon could only be built in the underground tunnel, and a 6-meter reinforced concrete protective layer had to be built on the launch platform to ensure that the cannon would not be blown up.

Now that the German Air Force can be said to be the best in the world, the V3 cannon no longer needs any protective layer. It is simply placed along the hillside at a certain angle pointing towards Britain without even proper camouflage.