Chapter 92 Stuka Attack 2

Autumn is the harvest season, but the farmland in Mercadal is barren. It's not that the land here is not fertile, but in such a turbulent period, who would have the heart to sow crops and wait for the harvest? In recent years, the domestic system in Spain has been constantly changing. Farmland has been nationalized and divided among farmers. Who dares to continue farming?

Now, the runway on this barren land has long been rolled flat, and a military airport and military camp have been built.

At this time, the military camp was eating breakfast. Because of the air battle defeat in recent days, the atmosphere here was a bit depressing, and everyone swallowed the food silently.

Major Alexei was the person in charge of this base. At this time, he had no appetite at all. Standing in front of the window of the tower, looking at the half-assembled I-16 not far away, he couldn't help shaking his head.

These fighters were just transported here last night to make up for the new fighters lost in the past few days. For this, he was also reprimanded by his superiors, saying that his poor command led to the loss of so many precious pilots and fighters. If he hadn't lied about his combat record, saying how many enemy planes he had shot down, he would have been in prison by now. And once the lie about combat record was exposed, he would not have a good ending.

Thinking of this, Major Alexei couldn't help cursing the fighter designers in his country. They were just a bunch of good-for-nothings. Why couldn't they design an excellent fighter that could completely overwhelm the opponent in terms of performance? You know, Germany was suppressed by the Treaty of Versailles for more than ten years, and only started to develop fighters in recent years. But the fighters built in just a few years can crush them in terms of performance.

Thinking about it, he sighed with great melancholy. If even this batch of fighters were lost, he wouldn't have to go back and explain, and he would just shoot himself in the head.

At this time, the engineers and ground crew who had finished breakfast continued to assemble the fighter.

"Install the wings!" an engineer shouted. The fuselage had been fixed properly. The next step was to install the wings!

Several people were in a hurry to lift the wings and aim at the position. This type of aircraft is mainly made of wood and is quite light.

Woo! Woo! Woo!

At this time, the piercing air defense alarm rang over the base, and Major Alexei's face suddenly changed. Because along with the alarm, he faintly heard a low-frequency roar from a distance. This roar was familiar to everyone. It was the sound of a high-power engine and the whirring propeller!

This meant that the enemy plane was close at hand, and he didn't care about anything else and shouted loudly. "Take off the fighter plane to fight the enemy! Anti-aircraft gunners, get into the position quickly!!" The airport is a high-value target. In order to prevent enemy air strikes, anti-aircraft artillery positions will be deployed around the airport. But since the airport was built, no enemy planes have come to harass, and these people are a little loose. At this time, there is no duty personnel on the anti-aircraft artillery position.

The barracks were in chaos in an instant. The pilots quickly ran to their fighter planes, and the anti-aircraft gunners also ran to the anti-aircraft artillery position at the fastest speed.

"All crews, pay attention, prepare to attack." Edelman, who had already flown over the airport, calmly gave the order.

He made the final preparations in an orderly manner, first put the flaps in the cruise position, adjusted the elevator and rudder, and adjusted the propeller pitch to the cruise position.

Then he turned on the altimeter power switch and set the bombing altitude. This is an important instrument to ensure that he can get out of the dive before entering the dangerous altitude. It can calculate when the aircraft should drop the bomb and pull up. Edelman set the bombing altitude on the altimeter to 500 meters, which is the maximum altitude for the aircraft to safely get out of the dive. If it is lower, it will be difficult to ensure that the aircraft will not hit the ground before pulling up.

"Children's No. 2, set your bombing altitude to 800 meters!" Edelman specifically instructed Chick No. 2, worried that this ignorant guy would set the bombing altitude too low and hit the ground directly.

"Understood, sir..." Chick No. 2 answered loudly, but in Edelman's ears, he seemed to be a little unhappy. He couldn't help thinking that if this guy dared to lower the bombing altitude below 800 meters, he would definitely put him in solitary confinement when he returned.

Through the window, he could see the chaotic crowd below, which was as small as ants.

And their primary target was the six anti-aircraft artillery positions deployed around the airport.

"Launch attacks according to the targets assigned to each of you, the attack begins!" With a roar, Edelman released the dive speed brake, the nose of the plane sank sharply, and the Stuka automatically entered a dive state.

The flight safety control system was activated by the linkage mechanism, and the dive demobilization system was now in an activated state. Two small red marking rods protruded from the upper wing surface of the wing. This is a hydraulic auxiliary mechanism that will start working at the moment the aircraft drops the bomb. It can limit the angle of the aircraft when it pulls up, avoiding overload gravity that the aircraft cannot withstand due to pulling up too steeply, causing damage to the aircraft or leaving permanent damage.

Edman pushed the joystick steadily, his eyes glancing at the windshield in front of him on the right. There was a series of lines engraved on the glass. This was an effective tool to help pilots judge the dive angle. Each line represented a dive angle, ranging from 30 degrees to 90 degrees. This was because the pilot's psychological sense of the dive angle was much steeper than the actual dive angle. In the past, the accuracy of the hit was often affected by the insufficient dive angle. Now, you only need to see which line is parallel to the ground to know at which angle the Stuka is diving.

He was going to make a 80-degree dive to ensure the accuracy of the bomb.

His target was the 85mm anti-aircraft gun in the upper left corner of the airport. The gun was surrounded by sandbags as a shelter, so it was best to throw the bomb into the shelter. Fortunately, the excellent dive performance of the Stuka enabled it to accurately drop the bomb on the top of the target.

Edelman saw that the anti-aircraft artillery soldiers on the ground had already run to the gun position. He even saw the operator shaking the anti-aircraft gun frantically, trying to stand it up. The loader had already disassembled the ammunition box and was ready to stuff the shells into the gun barrel.

However, Edelman knew that these guys were too late.

The pneumatic bagpipes installed on the landing gear began to emit a heart-wrenching whistle, indicating that the current speed had exceeded the maximum speed during level flight. This terrible whistle was soul-stirring, and the psychological pressure it exerted on the enemy even exceeded that of the bombs hanging on the plane.

With the shrill beeping sound, Edman's spirit became more and more excited, and his body began to secrete a large amount of adrenaline, which made his reaction almost twice as fast as usual.

All his attention was focused on the target, and only a small amount of peripheral vision was used to pay attention to the readings on the instrument panel. The plane continued to dive, and the speed had reached 560 kilometers. Now the plane was only more than 1,300 meters from the ground. The elevator had become very heavy and required a lot of strength to operate it. He began to use the differential of the aileron to adjust and maintain his aiming point, and fixed the nose of the plane firmly on the 85mm anti-aircraft gun, waiting for the moment of bombing.