After the First World War, although Britain won the war, its national power was still declining, and although they were still maintaining colonial rule in various places, their funds were becoming more and more tight.

In Gibraltar, for example, although there are 356 mm shore guns, they do not have turrets. The powerful fortress guns, almost like the naval guns, had turrets protected by strong armor.

But this shore gun did not, it was mounted on a chassis that could be rotated, and it became a ring-firing fortification, everything was exposed to the outside, and it looked quite simple.

And now, at the same time, the lower part of it can be seen.

Several soldiers, shirtless, used all their strength to shake the crank on the side.

As they swayed, the winch slowly turned.

Before, it was all done on electricity, but now, due to the loss of power supply, they have to do it manually, which is nothing short of fatal!

You know, the propellant pack, almost a few hundred kilograms, and the warhead, weighing more than half a ton, are all placed underneath.

After all, the strength of a few people is limited, and now it is even more difficult for them to use their own strength to pull up the warhead.

If you want to save energy, you have to increase the distance, and now, every ten turns they shake is equivalent to one electric drive.

Several people shook in sweat for a long time, and the shells below were slowly pulled up.

That's just the warhead!

The heavy warhead was finally stuffed into the barrel of the gun, and then, there was the cartridge!

This is different from the release of the monkey, just light the twist, this kind of large-caliber shore artillery, the operation is quite complicated, in short, according to the different nature of the target, choose different warheads, armor-piercing shells, high-explosive shells, etc., at the same time, according to the different distances, choose different propellant packs.

If the distance is long, there will be more propellants, and if the distance is close, it will not be used too much, so it needs to be less, according to these, it is divided into full charge, half charge, strong charge and so on.

Now, the first thing their shore guns have to kill is the opponent's flagship, which is the super battleship with eight huge guns in the bow, which is too far away and must use a strong charge!

The group of people just now, who were already exhausted, replaced a new group of people, continued to shake the winch, and manually lifted the propellant bag!

Time passes little by little.

Here, the French warships also stopped for the time being.

From here, it can be seen that almost all the targets in the flat area to the west have been destroyed.

Everywhere there are fires, air bases, ports, power plants, barracks, are surrounded by fire, and the retaliation of the French fleet is also quite crazy.

Just now, in a short period of time,

It is said that the anger was also vented, and the British knew that they were powerful and that it was time to retreat, but General Jean Soulr did not order his men to retreat.

General Darlan's order, which has just been given, is to destroy the British fortifications inside the rocky mountain!

When I set off, I said that I would withdraw after running out of shells, but that was just a remark, and it was impossible to run out of them all, after all, a cannon has hundreds of rounds of ammunition in reserve. (There are also sources that say more than 200 rounds?) And the life of a cannon is only two or three hundred rounds, and if all the spare ammunition is exhausted, half of the life of the naval gun will be over.

Just now, every cannon fired about ten shells, and Gibraltar on the opposite side had already been destroyed. This is the power of large-caliber naval guns!

However, there is a distance between this and the destruction of the fortifications inside the rocky mountain, after all, those fortifications are inconspicuous, and they are not visible at all from a distance of more than a dozen nautical miles, and if you get close... He's also worried about the other side's shore artillery!

"Fly the reconnaissance plane." General Jean Sur finally gave the order.

Let the reconnaissance planes go over to reconnoitre, and at the same time, they can also play the role of calibration, and the long-distance shooting of naval guns is inseparable from seaplanes.

With his order, the two carrier-based planes were ejected and took off, and not long after they took off, they already saw puffs of black smoke rising from the rocky mountains opposite.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The counterattack of the British army in Gibraltar has finally begun!

After waiting for a long time, they were waiting for their two 356-mm guns to fire, and now, with the firing of these two large-caliber shore guns, the other shore guns are also firing!

In total, there are about thirty doors! These shore guns formed a powerful shore artillery group, and in an instant, black smoke shrouded the entire rock mountain!

Countless shells, coming towards the French fleet on this side!

"Right hand drive, double car, forward three!" The moment they saw the other side firing, the French fleet on this side immediately seemed to be beaten with chicken blood, and the battle that made their blood boil had just begun!

The other party actually dared to use shore artillery!

It is true that the accuracy of shore artillery is high, but your own warships can be maneuvered! It took more than ten seconds for the opponent's shells to be fired, and during this time, their own warships had already maneuvered away!

At the same time, the opponent's fire has been firmly captured by the reconnaissance aircraft, calibrated and calibrated, and then the own side can return fire!

With the opening of the British shore artillery group, the French fleet again reached the climax of the battle.

One by one, the warships are moving at full speed, looking for the right position, ready to fight back!

"Boom!" Strasbourg, too, began to counterattack first, after all, it did not need to change its bearing, eight naval guns, all in front of it, at this time, it was sailing directly against the other side, so that the bomb area was the smallest, and it was the most difficult to hit.

The 330-mm high-explosive bomb flew quickly towards the opposite shore artillery group, and it aimed at one of the largest shore guns!

"Cough, cough, cough!" At this time, in the shore artillery position, everyone was coughing, and at the same time, the commander's voice could be heard: "Quick, turn on the exhaust fan!" ”

The shore cannon was embedded in the rock mountain, and at this time, it happened to be blowing the west wind again, and after the cannon was fired, the huge black smoke almost all got into the gun position of the shore gun, filling every corner.

And these British artillerymen in the corner were instantly miserable, they breathed in the black smoke, and they all coughed.

Turn on the exhaust fan! In the fortifications, there is a perfect pumping system, or it is impossible to stay alive at all.

However, he heard a depressed voice: "No, there is no electricity!" ”

The exhaust fan is also started by electricity, and without electricity, nothing can be done!

While they were cursing the power supply, the shells of the French naval guns were already coming quickly!

"Boom!" When the cannonballs came into close contact with the rock mountain, the entire fortification shook with it, as if the end had come, and the rock ash above the head kept falling!

"Boom, boom!"

Eight naval guns fired a salvo, and the nearest warhead was also two hundred meters away from this gun position!

On the reconnaissance plane, the pilot in the back seat was about to report to the warship to determine the second shooting of Zhu Yuan, but at this moment, he saw that above the target, the cliff collapsed!

The bombardment of the naval guns was too fierce, although it hit the wrong position and hit the opponent's top, but eight 330-mm high-explosive shells successfully caused a landslide!