Chapter 87: Big Cannon Ranking! They are all monsters!

[After the deployment was completed, the Paris Cannon was immediately fired and hit the direction of the Paris city. ]

[Since the distance is too far, the accuracy is naturally not high, and it is basically up to chance to hit something. 】

[But when the citizens of Paris were bombed even though they did not see any German planes in the sky.]

[It did cause a period of panic.]

[The key point is that the French official media explained that it was a small-scale bombing by German aircraft. This could not fool the eyes of the French citizens at all! ]

[Many French citizens thought that the front line had collapsed and the German army had reached the outskirts of Paris.]

[Over a period of more than half a year, the Paris Cannon fired more than 300 shells. ]

[More than half of them fell in the urban area of ​​Paris, causing some casualties.]

[Other shells fell on the outskirts of Paris and had little effect.]

[In the end, the Paris cannons killed more than 200 people and injured more than 600 people.]

[This record can only be described as average.]

[But from the perspective of intimidating the enemy, the Paris Cannon has accomplished its mission of intimidating the people of the enemy's capital. ]

[It’s just that France during World War I would not lose its will to resist just by a few rounds of bombing.]

【Don’t call it the Paris Cannon. 】

[Even if thousands of artillery shells were fired simultaneously, it would not have shaken the French people's determination to resist! ]

The video of the Paris Cannon was very exciting for the ancient people.

And the new sky curtain is also a related video.

This video has attracted a lot of attention from the audience.

【Super Cannon Ranking! 】

【Take a look at the performance of these battlefield monsters! 】

I just showed the ancients a video about how artillery was the god of war.

Interest in artillery is at its peak.

Now that I see there is a video of the giant cannon ranking, I am naturally more looking forward to the content.

Canopy.

【As we all know, artillery is the god of war. 】

[So, among the God of War, which artillery is the most powerful? ]

【Let’s take stock today! 】

[Of course, the cannons we are going to review today have all been used in actual combat on the battlefield, rather than just being discussed on paper in a testing ground.]

[Let's take a look at the super cannons among these battlefield gods! ]

【Fifth place: Big Bessa heavy howitzer! 】

[Big Bertha, nicknamed Fortress Killer.]

[Made by the German Krupp company during World War I, with a total weight of 420 tons and a caliber of mm. ]

[The shell weighs up to 900 kilograms! ]

[One shot hitting the ground can create a hole with a diameter of ten meters and a depth of four meters! ]

[This unprecedented Big Bertha cannon required two hundred men to operate properly.]

[It can be said that the cost is quite high. ]

[But its performance on the battlefield is indeed worth the money. ]

[After the outbreak of World War I, Germany first attacked Belgium, but encountered strong resistance from the Belgian fortress defense line. ]

[In order to break through the Belgian fortress, the German army spent hundreds of people to transfer Big Bertha. ]

[Its powerful firepower instantly broke through the Liege Fortress in Belgium. ]

[Although the Big Bessa cannon is only a small one among the cannons, its terrifying caliber played a huge role when it first entered the battlefield.]

【Not only did it destroy the fortress walls. 】

[He even bombarded Belgian soldiers to death at any time, and made great contributions to the German army's capture of the Liege fortress in Belgium.]

The people outside the canopy.

The first time I saw the Big Bertha cannon, I was shocked by its powerful caliber and extreme weight.

And that's not all!
Because this is only the fifth place in the cannon rankings!
It was hard for ancient people to imagine that the fifth place was so strong that it could destroy a fortress with one shot. What about the top four?

In addition to the Paris Cannon introduced before, are there any other masters?

Which countries manufacture it?
[Fourth place, Carl Mortar! ]

[It was manufactured by the German Rheinmetall company during World War II. ]

[Germany was keen on making giant cannons during World War I, and achieved good results.]

[This tradition also continued into World War II.]

[In order to conquer the strong Maginot Line, although the German army attacked from the north and did not intend to storm the Maginot Line, they also made plans to prepare. ]

[Because what if we have to attack the Maginot Line? ]

【With this idea in mind, the Karl mortar came into being. 】

[The caliber of the Karl mortar reaches 124 mm, the total weight is 2 tons, the shell weighs 4 tons, the maximum range is kilometers, and it uses a tracked self-propelled chassis. ]

[The Karl mortar is the largest and most powerful mortar in history. ]

[The key is that it is equipped with a tracked chassis that can operate independently, which greatly improves the mobility of the artillery. ]

[A Karl mortar, equipped with a gunner, two drivers, and eighteen gunners. ]

[As a professional super giant mortar, its ability to destroy a solid fortress is quite terrifying. ]

[Once it hits, it often means that the fortress is destroyed. ]

[Although the firing rate of the Karl mortar is relatively slow, it can only fire four rounds per hour at most. ]

[But its power is enough to completely make up for its shortcomings. ]

I saw two German-made giant cannons come out in succession.

From the barrage to the ancient people outside the sky, everyone was guessing.

Next it is France's turn.

Because many modern audiences have heard of the fame of the French cannon.

The ancient people outside the sky had just seen that France was the country in the world that developed artillery earlier and better.

The world's first modern artillery was also invented by France.

There was also a Frenchman named Napoleon. Judging from the sky screen, he was very good at commanding artillery.

So the ancients also believed it.

The artillery powers of later generations were France and Germany.

Tianmu continued, naming the third-ranked cannon.

[The third place is the K5 railway gun, also known as the Leopold cannon. ]

[This is a 283mm railway gun, which was developed by Germany before World War II.]

[Also designed to deal with France. ]

[The Leopold Cannon is 21.5 meters long and weighs more than 218 tons. ]

[The shell weighs 255 kilograms and has a range of 80 kilometers. After adding a propeller, it can reach 120 kilometers. It can fire eight rounds per hour.]

【Manufacturer: Krupp, Germany. 】

[The heavy cannon, towed by two railway trains, can move quickly along the rails for mobile operations.]

[In 1940, railway guns were driven to the seaside and bombed the British mainland across the English Channel.]

[During the Italian campaign, the German Leopold cannon was usually hidden in the train tunnels, and as soon as the Allied planes left, they would slide out and start shooting.]

[After shooting, they immediately retreated back to the cave to hide.]

[Its power is huge, with a range of more than 80 kilometers and even higher shooting accuracy, causing a huge blow to the Allied soldiers on the front line.]

[At one point the Allied forces were suppressed on the beachhead for as long as 4 months! ]

The ancient people outside the sky were surprised at the power of the three giant cannons that appeared.

I am also a little puzzled.

The three giant cannons that have appeared so far are all made in Germany.

Then the Paris giants introduced before will definitely be on the list no matter how you look at it.

This means.

Are four of the top five artillery pieces from the God of War German-made giant cannons?
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