Chapter 626 Georgia (17)

In fact, according to safety regulations, shells cannot be piled up on the gun positions. Moreover, the artillery positions and ammunition depots cannot be too close, and the ammunition depots must be set up in the safest place. In order to prevent the explosion of ammunition during the battle, which would lead to catastrophic consequences.

Now the anti-aircraft positions are full of shells. Because the war is imminent, the gunners spontaneously transported boxes of shells to the positions, preparing to strike the invading enemy faster at that time. This was agreed by the commander Captain Alexander and the political commissar Captain Sloviev, who also praised the soldiers for their fighting enthusiasm.

As a result, these piled-up shells not only failed to shoot down enemy planes, but also blew up their own anti-aircraft positions into the sky, which was a bit ironic.

Captain Alexander clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Now that there is no anti-aircraft gun, there is no doubt that the German fighter planes will bomb the 305mm coastal defense guns next. After all, these large-caliber cannons pose the greatest threat to the German fleet.

Political Commissar Captain Sloviev also thought of this problem. "Comrade Alexander, what should we do now?"

"We can't just sit there and wait for death!" Captain Alexander made a prompt decision and picked up the phone and ordered. "High-charge fire, fire at the German fleet!"

Do the Germans know the exact location of the 305mm coastal defense? Even if they don't know, it's only a matter of time before they find it out. Rather than being destroyed without firing a single shot, it's better to give it a try now!

"High-charge fire?" Political Commissar Captain Sloviev couldn't help but open his mouth. He knew what high-charge meant for the cannon.

The so-called high-charge is to use a charge that exceeds the standard measurement to increase the range and penetration of the artillery shells. But it will also bring greater recoil, thus challenging the strength of the artillery barrel and gun mount; and this will undoubtedly increase the wear of the artillery and reduce the life of the barrel.

In normal times, this operation is absolutely not allowed; and he is worried about another situation. Since 1934, the four 305mm guns of the No. 30 battery have fired an average of 430 to 450 rounds of artillery shells, which far exceeds the standard service life of 205 rounds of the gun. In other words, these guns should have been retired long ago, and it is unknown whether the gun barrels can withstand the firing of high-charge.

But thinking about the situation at the moment, Captain Sloviev had nothing to say.

"Boom!" Max Bastian frowned slightly as he watched the shells that fell a thousand meters away stir up a huge column of water. "High-charge firing?" The German army has been equipped with rocket-assisted range bombs, which can also be used for ultra-long-range shooting. However, the accuracy of this rocket-assisted range bomb is not very good, so the captains don't like to use this kind of shells. The Soviets don't have this technology, so they can only use high-charge to increase the range.

"Commander, should we retreat a distance?" After all, the power of 305mm shells is no joke.

Max Bastian smiled contemptuously. "It seems that these Soviets have realized that their doomsday has come and are struggling to survive. But they only have two more shots." Unless God is blessed, it is impossible to hit a target at this distance without three or four corrections; and another A-1 attack aircraft formation has taken off, and these attack aircraft are equipped with earth-penetrating bombs specifically for fortresses.

After a long period of operation, Sevastopol had become an almost impregnable fortress when World War II broke out. On this No. 30 turret, four 305mm naval guns formed two twin turrets, with 406mm armor attached to the outside of the turrets.

Manstein, who had been unable to attack for a long time in the original time and space, finally transferred the 600mm Karl mortar and the 800mm Gustav cannon. During the battle, a 2-ton concrete armor-piercing shell fired by the Karl mortar hit the No. 2 turret of the No. 30 turret, making the turret unable to rotate due to the deformation of the armor and losing its combat capability.

Now, a formation of A-1 attack aircraft carrying 2-ton bunker-penetrating bombs also flew over the fort. This time, there was no need to look for them specifically, as the firing cannons would expose their positions.

One after another, A-1 attack aircraft dived down and rushed towards the target on the ground.

The coastal defense gun has many advantages. It has a firing table, high accuracy, and fast firing rate; the only disadvantage is that it is fixed there and cannot move. As a naval attack aircraft, the targets of the A-1 attack aircraft are usually those enemy naval warships moving at high speed. At this moment, the pilots are full of confidence to attack the immobile cannon.

When diving to an altitude of 700 meters, Snyder pressed the bomb button, and the 2-ton bunker-penetrating bomb under the belly of the aircraft broke away from the rack and went straight to the turret below.

Boom! The two-ton bomb hit the gun barrel on the left side of the turret squarely, and the huge impact force directly bent the originally extremely straight gun barrel! The bunker-buster with a delayed fuse did not explode, but rolled under another gun barrel.

Almost at the same time, the gunner in the turret stepped on the firing pedal.

"Boom!"

It was impossible for the shell to turn in the curved gun barrel, and there was only one result, that is, the barrel exploded. The whole gun barrel was instantly blown into a pigtail!

"What happened?!"

"It exploded!"

Fortunately, they had a twin-mounted turret, and if one barrel exploded, there was still another one. Just as the gunners were loading shells and propellant bags into the other gun barrel, the bunker-buster outside the turret exploded, and the vibration caused by the explosion shook the gunners in the turret to the ground.

Then, a muffled sound resounded inside the turret, and everyone's eyes instantly focused on the top of the turret where the sound came from. Obviously, an aerial bomb hit it.

Although they were extremely nervous, most people still had confidence in the turret's protective ability, because their superiors often boasted that the top of the turret could block a one-ton aerial bomb attack.

Unfortunately, this confidence could not last even for a second. A tiny crack appeared on the steel plate on the top of the turret. As if in slow motion, this crack quickly spread to the surroundings and turned into cracks that became larger and larger. Finally, it was torn into a big hole, and a huge bomb drilled into the turret and hit the ground hard.

"!!" Everyone stared at this terrible bomb in amazement, and their brains fell into a short state of freeze.

Before they could recover, the delayed fuse on the bomb was detonated, and the violent energy swept everything around with a devastating attitude.

The propellant bags piled up on the side were instantly ignited. The two energies intersected and turned into an extremely powerful shock wave that blew the top plate of the turret dozens of meters away. The thick smoke mixed with the flames rose hundreds of meters high.

At the same time, the No. 2 turret on the other side also lost its combat capability. Just as Captain Sloviev worried, the aging gun barrels could not withstand the challenge of the strong charge firing and exploded one after another; thus, the four 305mm coastal defense guns of the No. 30 turret were completely paralyzed.