As if anticipating a plane swooping down behind him, Varisi pushed the lever, and the plane swerved to the left, flicking off three 40mm cannon shells, and then he pushed the lever back to the correct course.

A distance of a few kilometers is almost a blink of an eye for an aircraft in the sky, he must carefully observe the ground, and the target may appear at any time!

Sure enough, when his plane continued to fly forward for a kilometer, his eyes suddenly opened up, and the huge cannon didn't look like it could be made by humans!

That's definitely the most evil weapon in the world!

With the flip of a switch, Varisi switched his weapon to the two 250-kilogram bombs under the wings, and now that he had found the target, his next task was to destroy the other side!

At this moment, there was a violent shaking of the rear fuselage, he didn't look back, anyway, this kind of plane doesn't have any rearview vision, and he doesn't have time, he needs to enter the attack route, even if he hits the plane himself, he has to crash the cannon on the ground!

But, then, his plane was completely out of control, the fire in the rear fuselage spread forward, and he took one last look at the cannon in despair, and his mouth was still shouting: "Attack plane, attack, destroy that cannon!" ”

The Soviets are the ultimate adversary!

Looking at the plane circling and falling, Werner also kept admiring in his heart, compared with the soldiers of those countries on the Western Front, the soldiers of the Soviet Union were even more terrifying, and their fighting courage made the Germans admire.

It's a pity that although they have the courage, they are not equipped, and at this time, the battle in the sky is still one-sided.

One after another Il-2 attack planes were blown up under the attack of the F190, while the remaining planes were still stubbornly flying in the direction of their own artillery, this momentum won the respect of the German pilots, they are also the bravest soldiers, and the best way to deal with them is to destroy them in the air!

The battle in the air is not over yet, and the battle on the ground has finally begun.

KV-1 and T-34 tanks were the lead, and a large number of Soviet troops launched the first wave of charges towards the fortress!

If you look at the number of people, the Soviet army is quite a lot, tens of thousands of people, the scale is large enough, but the objective geographical location limits the number of people they invest too much in the offensive.

For example, the main body of the fortress, the main barrier, was the Volyn Fortress and the Terespol Fortress, the latter of which was built on the bank of the Bug River, which included many churches and monasteries of the Old Tsarist era, and these buildings were an important part of the entire fortress fortifications. The Kobrin Fortress in the north is the former Old Brest City, which is densely populated with streets and many fortified buildings built of early stone.

The most important fortifications of the fortress were built at the central fortress, and on the outer side of this central island fortress was a ring of fortified barracks with walls two meters thick and about 500 turrets.

In the center of the central fortress stands the Basilica of St. Nicholas, designed by the famous architect Gurimia, the tallest building in the central fortress and an exceptionally strong point of fire support.

The central fortress was connected by gates and bridges with three other auxiliary fortresses, of which the Kobrin fortress in the north was connected by the Bright Bridge, and the Terespol fortress on the west bank of the Bug River was connected by the Terespol Gate and a huge rope bridge; The Warren Fortress in the south is connected by the Holm Gate and a drawbridge that can be opened and closed.

It can be seen that between these fortresses, there are only rope bridges to connect them, and the road leading to the fortress outside is only five meters wide, and it is very difficult for two tanks to stand side by side, so that the attack of the Soviet army cannot give full play to their firepower superiority, and the troops cannot be deployed!

Fortunately, the Soviets had plenty of troops, and they could attack all the fortresses at the same time, and at this time, the roads leading to each of them were crowded with troops.

Especially outside the Terespil fortress were the officers and men of the 44th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division of the Soviets, who were absolutely energetic at this time.

Their regimental commander, who had been taken by the Germans and tied to the top of the central church, and one of their scouts, who had also been beaten by the Germans, was also locked up in it, which was a great shame for them!

Now the command of the infantry regiment was Nikolai Nesterchuk, a political instructor of the rank of captain, and there was no need for him to do any ideological work, and the fighters were indignant and waited to rush forward.

The rounds of artillery fire just now finally stopped in front of a German super cannon, and they suspended the shelling and hurriedly shifted their positions, otherwise they would all become the target of German attacks, and it was possible that the artillery units would be completely annihilated.

And even so, the shelling lasted for twenty minutes, and the entire Terespil fortress was subjected to at least a thousand shells, and those at the top of the church were still intact.

Major Zavrilov was extremely melancholy, he looked at the troops below, who were rushing up to die, and he felt his heart twisted, but he was speechless, he had just kept shouting, his voice was hoarse, he couldn't make any sound, he could only watch here, look at his troops, and experience a terrible death.

Below, the big killers in those fortresses are ready.

The Karl cannon, also designed to deal with the "Maginot Line" built in France, was developed by the German company Rheinmetall.

Initially, the new mortar had a caliber of 800 mm and fired shells weighing 4 tons.

As a result, it was denied by the military, so the designers revised the scheme, the caliber of the gun was reduced to 600 mm, the shell weighed 2 tons, the charge was 350 kg, the muzzle velocity was 243 m / s, the maximum firing range was 4 km, the high and low firing range was -10 ° ~ 75 °, the standard firing angle was 55 ° ~ 75 °, and a tracked self-propelled chassis was adopted.

Although some designers insisted that it would be easier to disassemble the gun into several parts for transportation, the assembly time was quite long, so in the end the gun was equipped with a tracked self-propelled chassis.

At this time, it happened that the chassis of the mouse tank was also designed, so this gun was based on the mouse chassis in the design stage, and its dead weight was lighter than that of the mouse type, and the mobility was also good.

The short, thick cannon on top is quite unusual.

The Dora cannon, which was eventually cut down, was too large to be suitable for a large number of equipment, and this Karl cannon was different.

Self-propelled chassis, easy to come and go, easy to enter and withdraw from positions, so, this cannon was not cut.

In particular, in production, artillery general Karl Beck had high hopes for this heavy artillery. He believed that once several heavy artillery pieces were used intensively, it would definitely be unstoppable.

Because of his persistence, this heavy artillery was eventually named "Karl".

Now, the same is the first real combat firing of the Karl cannon.