Chapter 1023: Cannon marks

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"What the are we bombarding? God bless, is Moscow going to be destroyed like Stalingrad?" A soldier responsible for hoisting artillery shells sat bored on the ammunition box and complained to colleagues around him. Although the weather was not so hot, he was already able to take off his upper body with only a vest.
The other soldier was sweating too much. After all, it was a very difficult task to reload the 210mm caliber howitzer equipped by the Germans. They had to use specially prepared artillery pliers to assemble and fill a shell with four people. This is a very dull and boring job, and it's just like a brick-and-mortar laborer in the streets. But in comparison, where they are located is very safe, so even this kind of work is a sought-after job in the military.
In fact, frankly speaking, Germany has not reached the forefront of the world in artillery design. On the contrary, they are still very backward. At least in the field of large-caliber artillery design, Germany stagnate for too many years, so much of their experience comes from World War I design.
But after all, this is a weapon. When the performance of other weapons is good enough, the performance of one or a small part of the weapons is masked, and there is no problem at all. Therefore, when Krupp started to produce artillery of the caliber 210, it was not too entangled in range or other performance indicators.
They were only ordered to produce as many large-caliber artillery pieces as possible in as little time as possible to make up for the embarrassing situation of the German front-line heavy artillery. Because more and more battles began to break out on the entire Eastern Front, in comparison, the German team is not very suitable for this difficult battle.
Most German generals have not yet fully understood what this Soviet attitude of war for war is for. They could not imagine what it was for after scorching their hometown into a scorched soil, and still insisting on the war to the last moment.
In their previous experience, there are a lot of examples, proving that in fact, surrendering when it is unbeatable is the best choice-Paris has basically not experienced war, and it is still one of the most important cities in Europe. First, people have not suffered, nor have they changed much of their lifestyles due to wars. The same city has Leningrad, which has been renamed St. Petersburg ... There are also many examples of the opposite. Stalingrad.
"You may not have heard that one of my buddies is directly under the infantry battalion of the 712th Artillery Corps. He told me that a few kilometers away, there was a giant artillery position, where the shells were so large that they needed to be loaded with cranes, and there Opening fire in the direction of Moscow! "Said another artillery sitting in another ammunition box while fanning himself with his hand.
Hearing this news, other soldiers all showed shocked expressions on their faces. They did n’t quite believe that their country had assembled such a huge artillery force on a frontal face: "My God ... and An artillery position? Just here, I heard that there are more than 40 210-caliber heavy artillery? "
To be precise, the German Wehrmacht assembled 53 210 mm heavy artillery guns transferred from the direction of Stalingrad on the front of Moscow in the east, 6 240 mm heavy artillery guns from France, and 30 280 mm caliber heavy artillery guns of 280 mm caliber— -Nearly 90 large-caliber artillery pieces.
So the disaster of artillery shells in Moscow came like this. The Germans used their long-range artillery to bombard the Moscow city from time to time. This irregular bombardment caused the Soviets to slow down the city and the streets began to end. There was a rotten breath.
The German bombing and shelling of the military parade in Moscow on the same day has passed for two days. In the past two days, the Germans poured a full 890 large-caliber shells of more than 210 calibers into Moscow. These shells exploded in the streets and destroyed buildings one after another.
"Get up! Reload 5 more shells! Come on! This round of shelling is left to us to execute!" A German artillery commander stood in the distance and commanded loudly. He waved his arms vigorously so that everyone could see his gestures.
So everyone stood up from their position. Some people pried open the wooden ammunition box just sitting under the buttocks with an iron braze, and a shell appeared in front of everyone.
Together, the four men set up the cannonball with cannonball tongs, shouted the slogan, and sent the cannonball to the position of the cannon not far in front, and pushed it together into the cannon. Soon the shell would be fired and landed on the head of the Soviets. The explosion was powerful enough to destroy an entire building. These things are exciting to think about.
A few minutes later, a new round of shelling began again. Everyone covered their ears and squinted at these. Although they were slightly behind in design, they did not catch up with the Krupp of the American cannon at all. The company's heavy artillery was shocked by the strong recoil and raised dust. They felt the deafening sound and watched the flames and smoke from the muzzle. The last time the Germans dumped ammunition on such a large scale against a city, it was the first world war.
Several photos were spread out and placed on the desk of Marshal Lundstedt's combat command. Compared to the dim basement, this temporarily requisitioned house has bright glass windows, exquisite chandeliers and a whole cabinet of wine and vodka. I heard here that it was a country house for high-ranking Soviet officials. When the Germans occupied it, there were two maids cleaning it.
When Lundestedt ’s army headquarters requisitioned here, the two good-looking maids had already been
used
by many Germans, so Lundstedt could only continue to clean the place with guards. That's why it looks messier than when it was just occupied.
"My Excellency Marshal! This is an aerial photograph taken during the last investigation before the bombing. Because of the height problem, here, here, and here, these blocks are all blurred ..." The Air Force staff pointed out A few blurry places on the aerial photo, and then pointed to a map of Moscow on the table: "But we can still find some corresponding locations by comparing the map."
Lundstein nodded his head, took a magnifying glass, compared a few times on the photo, and then agreed: "This height is already the lowest height that the reconnaissance aircraft can drop. Although the military aerial camera we purchased may have already It ’s the best in the world, but it should still be improved with some precision. "
As a front-line general of a German army commander, Lundstedt is also a veteran of the battlefield. He often compares the aerial photos in his hand and analyzes the intelligence inside. For a long time, even if he was not an Air Force commander, but he knew the height of the shot when he looked at the picture, and he could almost guess the type of reconnaissance aircraft used.
There is a sense of superiority that you can guess the vintage by drinking a sip of wine. The Air Force staff officer beside him nodded with a smile, as if agreeing with the Marshal ’s speculation:
This is a photo we took at a low altitude the day before These blocks can be found. "
Then he pulled out a few of the pictures he had just gotten from the back, lowered his height this morning, and pointed at the unrecognized place above, saying to Marshal Lundsteith: "Our bombardment destroyed these The neighborhood, as seen from the photos, is probably the building before the bombing, which is now completely gone. "
"In the photo, some of the spires of the Kremlin have disappeared by half, some of them collapsed, and some were directly broken ..." From a professional perspective, the Air Force staff officers one by one against Lundsch Tate introduced the photos in which the Germans had confirmed their achievements.
"Then these huge craters were caused by 280mm caliber railroad guns, right?" Lundstadt picked up one of the photos and asked the air force officer around him: "They are better than others. The craters are bigger and more concentrated ... "
"Yes, Marshal!" The Air Force staff officer nodded, then picked up several other same photos and put them together, then pointed to the top, middle, and bottom rows of photos to compare: "The top is bombed by the Air Force. Traces, the middle is the crater of 210 mm and 240 mm caliber artillery, the bottom is left by the 280 mm train gun. "
"The head of state means that another bombing of the Air Force will completely destroy Moscow's defense system." Lundstedt pointed to a few relatively intact blocks on the map, and then ordered the Air Force staff officer around him: "Inventory Here, there are more reserves of napalm incendiary bombs, use these blocks, try to see the effect. "
The officer was stunned for a moment, then nodded and stood upright and replied: "Observe the order, Lord Marshal! I will start preparing for the bombing when I go back. Then I will say goodbye, Marshal! Long live the head of state Akado Rudolph ! "
"Long live Akado? Rudolf!" Lundstedt returned a military salute, and then looked at the war zone map hanging on the wall. There, in the northern part of Moscow, the e-group army has The position was firmly occupied; while on the front of Moscow, the a group army and the f group army were like Taishan pressing the top, in front of the Soviet army-now, as long as Guderian ’s g group army reaches the designated position, then Moscow will fall into the German army Several large group armies were in a huge encirclement.