What do the Germans want to do? Will they blow up their own barrage in a fit of rage?

Quite possibly! With the personality of the Germans, they will never tolerate defeat, and yesterday's defeat was a shame for the Germans, who actually gave up their equipment and ran away.

Why is that?

For the sake of new tactics, of course, they want to flood London!

This is not the first time that Londoners have experienced this: just ten years ago, on January 7, 1928, the water of the River Thames overflowed the embankment and poured into London. The flood inundated much of the city of London.

When the flood broke the levee, it was in the middle of the night, and most Londoners were still asleep. By the time they woke up in the morning, the flood had already flooded into many famous buildings, such as the Houses of Parliament and the Tower of London.

Narrower streets have reached 4 feet of water. Taller buildings, such as Big Ben, are cascading down the city of London.

In the aftermath of this incident, London established a flood warning system and rebuilt the Thames sluice gates to control water levels. Even so, London's geographical location means that they are still vulnerable to flooding.

For example, as mentioned earlier, during floods, the water level of the Thames River is too high to easily flood London, and when the tide is flooding, it is easy for the tide to swim upstream, and even cross London and travel more than ten kilometers upstream!

Needless to say, even in the future, London could be flooded, such as in 2014, when London suddenly became Venice.

Now is not the flood season, if the Germans want to flood London, they can only wait for the high tide, and there are still a few hours before they can quickly set it up!

With Hobart's order, the anti-aircraft artillery unit, was hastily moved around the barrage.

"Quick, quick, unfold! David, the leader of the artillery squad, shouted loudly that his artillery squad was being dragged by heavy vehicles to the side of the barrage.

It is not easy to prevent the Germans from bombing, because the Germans' advanced strategic bombers are enough to fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and what is even more terrifying is that they can accurately drop bombs at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Therefore, Britain must have anti-aircraft artillery that can defend against such heights!

While the development of the heavy 4.5-inch anti-aircraft gun was in full swing, the British also improved their latest 3.7 mm heavy anti-aircraft gun.

Converted to the metric system, it is 94 mm, which is thicker than the 88 mm anti-aircraft gun of the Germans, 50 times the caliber, the maximum horizontal range is 18,800 meters, the maximum inclination is 12,000 meters, and the maximum firing height is 9,000 meters.

It can be said that this kind of anti-aircraft artillery is actually not up to the bombers of the Germans, but this is already their best point.

It took them more than two hours to move this large-caliber anti-aircraft gun, and it took them more than two hours to move from their original positions.

Each gun was equipped with a total of 11 gunners, David was the non-commissioned officer as the gun commander, the second was the aiming man responsible for the horizontal angle, the third was the aiming man responsible for the elevation angle, the fourth was the shell fuse installer, the fifth was the loader, and the remaining six were "ammunition team members".

They all wore standard khaki jumpsuits with standard brown sleeveless leather vests. Everyone wore a Mark I helmet with the straps of the helmets left behind, the biggest emblem of artillery. If the gun approaches the barrel when firing, the force of the impact can lift the helmet, and the neck strap around the neck can lead to serious injury or even death.

Now, a few people moved the cannon legs away, and they were already out of breath.

"Squad leader, don't be too anxious, there is still more than half an hour before the high tide!" One of the loaders said, "We haven't had breakfast yet!" ”

Indeed, they were summoned just as they were about to have breakfast, and now, they were hungry.

"No, you have to set up the cannon first, ready to fire at any time, the Germans, come over at any time."

It is true that it takes more than half an hour to rise at high tide, but the barrage will be blown up by the Germans at any time!

Fried first and then fried, what's the difference? Once the Germans blow up the barrage and rebuild the dam themselves, it will be impossible.

Keep up the work!

Enduring the hunger in his stomach, finally, the anti-aircraft gun was set.

"Squad leader, can you eat now?"

"Okay, eat immediately, and when you're done, set up a bunker." David said.

Although the anti-aircraft artillery has been erected, the anti-aircraft artillery positions have not yet been arranged, and the surrounding area must be built with sandbags, which is still hard work.

Seeing that his subordinates were really hungry, David finally decided to slow down first.

At least now, they have set up the anti-aircraft guns, and as for the bunkers, it is not particularly important whether they have them or not, if the Germans really have a large bomber of the kind, it is useless to have bunkers, that is, it is advantageous to carry a Stuka or something.

Hearing David's order, finally, they relaxed, sat down on the ground, and began to nibble on bread and eat.

"In the past few days, the food has been getting worse and worse." One loader complained.

"Let's stay up for a few more days, and wait for the American reinforcements to arrive, I heard that the Americans have transported a lot of canned food for us to eat." Another said.

In World War II, the United States was the least worried about supplies, and American soldiers often complained that they were tired of eating canned food every day, but what about Britain? Even the British royal family set up a banquet, the only thing that can be done is some canned food, and the noble guests, when they see the canned food, their eyes are straight, regardless of the etiquette of a gentleman, they almost rush up.

Now, with the sea cut off by the Germans, the local food supply is also getting less and less.

"Hey, you say, are the Germans going to blow up our dam?" Asked as he ate bread and filled his hand.

Hearing this, David was also stunned, he looked up and looked at the sky, if the dam was really blown up, then those positions on his side would also be flooded, and the trenches that hindered the passage of German tanks would also become ditches.

However, if so, how could the Germans fight? Their tanks can't get by, at most, the Germans are just venting their anger!

During the war, everything was very fast, and after ten minutes, they hurriedly finished their meal, and went about their work and set up bunkers.

It was also manual work, and soon their backs were soaked, and they took off their clothes, went bare-chested, and continued to work for an hour, and finally, the bunker was built!

Sitting on the bunker, David took out a cigarette from his pocket, and then handed the cigarette case to the people next to him.

One by one, in their mouths, this is also their only time to be quiet.

As soon as he took a puff, David heard the nagging loader beside him shouting again: "Look! ”

See?

As anti-aircraft artillerymen, when they heard this word, they immediately raised their heads and looked into the sky, but now, in the sky, there is nothing?

"Look at the sea!" The loader continued to shout.

All of them turned around and looked at the sea.

Actually, it's not the sea, it's still the mouth of the Thames, but it's already the time of high tide, and the sea water is pouring in, and the river is turning blue.

And on the surface of the river, they saw the most terrible sight.

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