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Chapter 930 Carl Cannon

As if he had expected an aircraft to dive behind him, Varissi pushed the operating rod. The aircraft turned left with difficulty, and shook three 40mm cannon shells. Then, he pushed the operating rod and returned to the correct course.

A distance of several kilometers is almost a blink of an eye for the plane in the sky. He must carefully observe the ground, and the target may appear at any time!

Sure enough, after his plane continued to fly forward for a kilometer, his eyes suddenly became bright. The huge cannon was not like a human being able to make!

That is definitely the most evil weapon in the world!

Varissi tossed the switch and converted the weapon to two 250-kilogram bombs under the wings. Since he discovered the target, his next task was to destroy the opponent!

At this moment, a violent shaking came from the rear fuselage. He did not look back. Anyway, such an aircraft had no back view and he had no time. He needed to enter the attack route. Even if he hit the plane himself, he would crash into the cannon on the ground!

But then, his plane completely lost control, and the fire in the rear fuselage spread forward. He looked at the cannon in despair for the last time, still shouting: "Attack plane, attack, destroy that cannon!"

The Soviets are the ultimate opponent!

Looking at the plane circling and falling, Werner kept admiring in his heart that compared with the soldiers of the countries on the Western Front, the Soviet soldiers were even more terrifying. Their fighting courage was admired by the Germans.

Unfortunately, although they had the courage, they had no equipment. At this time, the battle in the sky was still one-sided.

One by one, the Il-2 attack aircraft were blown up under the attack of the fw190, while the remaining aircraft were still flying tenaciously towards their own cannon. This momentum won the respect of German pilots, and they are also the bravest soldiers. The best way to deal with them is to eliminate them in the air!

The battle in the air was not over yet, and the battle on the ground finally began.

The kv-1,t-34 tanks were as the pioneer, and a large number of Soviet troops launched the first wave of charge towards the fortress!

In terms of the number of people, there were a lot of Soviet troops, tens of thousands of people, large enough, but their objective geographical location limited the number of people they invested too much in the offensive.

For example, the main body of the fortress, the main barriers are Warren Fortress and the Terespool Fortress. Among them, the Terespool Fortress was built on the bank of the Bug River, including many churches and monasteries from the Old Tsarist era. These buildings are an important part of the fortifications of the entire fortification. The Kobrin Fortress in the north is the original old city of Brest, with streets densely packed with many solid buildings made of stone in the early days.

The most important fortifications of the fortress fortress were built in the central fortress. On the outside of the central island fortress, a ring-shaped battalion consisted of a strong barracks. The walls of the battalion were two meters thick and contained about five hundred turrets.

In the center of the central fortress stands the St. Nicholas Cathedral designed by the famous architectural designer Gurimi. It is the tallest building in the central fortress and an extremely strong fire support point.

The central fortress is connected to three other auxiliary fortresses through the city gate and bridge, among which the Kobring Fortress in the north is connected through the Bright Bridge, the Terespol Fortress in the west bank of the Bouge River through the Terespol Gate and a huge cable bridge; and the Warren Fortress in the south is connected through the Holm Gate and a shut-off suspension bridge.

It can be seen that these fortresses are only connected by cable bridges, and the road connecting the fortresses outside is only five meters wide, and it is difficult for two tanks to line up side by side. In this way, the Soviet army's attack could not exert their firepower advantage at all, and the troops could not be deployed!

Fortunately, the Soviets had sufficient troops and they could attack various fortresses at the same time. At this time, the roads to each fortress were crowded with troops.

Especially outside the Fortress of Terespol were the officers and soldiers of the 44th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division of the Soviet Union. They were definitely full of energy at this time.

Their regiment commander was captured by the Germans and tied to the top of the church in the center. One of their scout troops was beaten up by the Germans and locked up on them. For them, this was simply a great humiliation!

Now, the commander of the infantry regiment is Nikola Nesterchuk, the captain-level political instructor. He doesn't have to do any ideological work anymore. The soldiers are full of righteous indignation and are waiting to rush forward.

The rounds of artillery fire attacks were finally stopped in front of a super cannon in Germany. They suspended the artillery and quickly moved their positions, otherwise they would become targets of Germany's attack, and it is possible that the artillery troops were wiped out.

Even so, the shelling lasted for twenty minutes. At least thousands of shells were hit by the entire Fortress of Terespol, and the people at the top of the church were still intact.

Major Zafrilov was extremely melancholy. He looked at the troops below and were rushing up to die. He felt his heart was as if he was shattering, but he could no longer speak. He was shouting and his voice was hoarse and he could not make any sound. He could only watch here, watch his troops, and experience a terrible death.

Below, the killing weapons in the fortress are ready.

The Carl cannon was also designed to deal with the "Magino Line of Defense" built by France. This cannon was developed by the German Rheinmetallurgical Company.

At first, this new mortar had a caliber of 800 mm and the shells fired weighed 4 tons.

As a result, it was denied by the military, so the designers revised the plan and reduced the caliber of the gun to 600 mm, the shell weighed 2 tons, the charge was 350 kilograms, the initial velocity was 243 meters per second, the maximum range was 4 kilometers, the high and low firing boundaries were -10°~75°, the standard firing angle was 55°~75°, and the crawler-type self-propelled chassis was used.

Although some designers have insisted that it would be more convenient to disassemble the cannon into several parts for transportation, the assembly time is quite long, so the cannon eventually uses a crawler-type self-propelled chassis.

At this time, the chassis of the mouse tank was also designed. Therefore, in the design stage, this gun was based on a mouse chassis, with a lighter weight than the mouse chassis and good maneuverability.

The short and thick cannon above seems very alternative.

The Dora cannon was eventually cut off. This cannon is too large and not suitable for a large amount of equipment, but this Carl cannon is different.

The chassis is easy to come and go, and it is easy to enter and withdraw from the position, so this cannon has not been cut off.

Especially, in production, artillery general Carl Baker had high hopes for such heavy artillery. He believed that once several heavy artillery were used in a concentrated manner, he would definitely be urged.

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

Now, it is also the first actual combat shooting of Carl's cannon.
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