Chapter 93 Stuka Attack 3

The operator of the 85mm anti-aircraft gun was shaking the anti-aircraft gun frantically and erecting it. The loader had already opened the ammunition box and was ready to put the shells inside into the gun barrel.

At this moment, they heard a terrible scream coming from the sky, like a death warrant from hell, strangling their hearts and making them almost breathless!

The early models of the Stuka in World War II were equipped with a special buzzer called the "Jericho Horn", which could produce a terrifying scream. The purpose was to cause great psychological pressure on the enemy, coupled with the precise and fierce attack of the Stuka. At that time, all countries fighting against Germany knew that the Stuka would bring death to their heads as long as they heard this sound, which frightened the enemy soldiers and indeed achieved the purpose of psychological warfare. However, in the later period, because it affected the flight posture and speed, the special "Jericho Horn" was cancelled in the later model.

The loader held the shell in his hand, but he seemed to be fixed and unable to move. Several people could only watch the bomber that made a strange noise drop a big bomb and climb rapidly.

The bomb happened to hit the barrel of the anti-aircraft gun, and a violent explosion occurred instantly, sweeping everything around.

The Stuka is known as the strongest dive bomber in World War II. Its solid structure can withstand rapid and large-angle dive operations. At the same time, the aircraft is extremely stable during dives, with basically no shaking, which greatly increases the hit rate of bombing. Some people even say that highly skilled pilots can drop bombs into chimneys.

However, this almost abnormal stability has brought some troubles to the pilots' operations. In sharp contrast to its excellent dive performance, its maneuverability has gone to the other extreme.

The maneuverability of the Stuka can be described as terrible. Although the huge ailerons can make it get rid of high-speed dives, the resulting sluggishness sometimes makes the pilots crazy.

When encountering enemy fighter attacks, the pilot's manipulation cannot get a timely response on these two ailerons. Each action will be delayed by one or two seconds before it can be responded to, and one or two seconds is enough for those light fighters to drill dozens of holes in the Stuka.

The Stuka's longitudinal stability prevents it from making large maneuvers in time. Even the slowest fighters are more flexible than it. Although its sturdy fuselage makes it more resistant to damage than fighters, it can only prolong its survival time. It is only a matter of time before it is shot down.

In addition, its speed is so frustrating that although its design speed can reach a maximum of 410km/h, it can only reach 190km/h when fully loaded with bombs. Not to mention advanced single-wing fighters, even biplanes can abuse it hundreds of times. It is simply the enemy's most ideal prey.

Especially when it dives, any external interference will make it lose control. At that time, a fighter only needs to give it a light blow to turn it into a burning metal fragment on the ground.

Its performance makes it an unquestionable excellent weapon and an indisputable excellent target on the battlefield. This is the Stuka, a weapon full of contradictions.

But no matter what, Yannick will not abandon it based on its extremely excellent ground support capabilities.

At this time, the Stuka driven by Edelman had descended below 1,000 meters, and the speed had reached the upper limit of 600 kilometers. The solid ground was like a wall.

A few seconds later, the warning indicator on the altimeter finally lit up, indicating that the plane had reached the bombing altitude. Edelman pressed the bomb button on the joystick fiercely, and a 250-kilogram bomb hanging under the belly of the plane immediately broke away from the plane, and then rushed towards the 85mm anti-aircraft gun on the ground as if it was attracted by the ground.

Edelman pressed the automatic leveling control button on the joystick, and the nose of the plane began to rise rapidly. The six-g gravity pressed him tightly in the seat, and the plane changed its dive at a speed of ten degrees per second.

As soon as the nose of the plane returned to the horizontal state, Edelman immediately retracted the dive speed brake, adjusted the propeller pitch to the take-off position, opened the cooler baffle and then pushed the throttle. The engine made a huge roar under the maximum boost of nine kilograms, dragging the bulky body of the Stuka slowly climbing to the sky.

Edelman sighed softly and began to circle and rise to observe the results of the bombing.

The result made him very satisfied. His bomb hit the target accurately and blew up the anti-aircraft gun.

The other Stukas had basically completed their respective tasks and were leveling out from the dive. "Each crew report their own situation, are there any losses?"

After listening to the reports of his subordinates who were unscathed, Edelman breathed a sigh of relief. This mission was relatively simple. If there was any loss, it would be really embarrassing. "The mission continues. The first formation will follow me to bomb their planes, and the second formation will destroy the surrounding buildings, especially the three-story building that looks like a warehouse."

At this time, someone suddenly interrupted. "Wait, there are enemy planes taking off. Wait until we have cleared them before you continue." It was the Bf109 above. Before the words fell, one Bf109 after another swooped down and attacked the I-16s that had just taken off.

Because the Stuka's primary target was the anti-aircraft artillery positions, they did not have time to bomb the airport runway. As a result, the I-16s and even I-15s on the apron all rushed into the sky, as if they were ready to fight them to the death.

Edman was a little depressed and smacked his lips. If they had a few more Stukas, they could easily destroy the runway and destroy these enemy planes on the ground. Then he denied his naive idea. You know, most propeller planes do not have high requirements for runways. Flat and solid ground can allow planes to take off and land.

Even if they really blew up the runway, the enemy planes could still take off through the flat ground next to them. After all, they were not jet planes of later generations, which required asphalt or concrete runways. There was a row of people patrolling almost every day, and there could not be even a screw.

The six Stukas could only hover and watch the air battle below.

Because most of the newly arrived I-16s had not been assembled yet, only thirteen could take off and fight, and the rest were 17 I-15s.

This number was only enough for ten BF109s to fill the gaps. Soon, thirteen I-16s were shot down one after another, followed by I-15s that had no ability to fight back.

These brave Soviet planes made it easy for the German pilots to achieve 30 victories. It also made Frank enter the ranks of ace pilots as he wished.

Without these troublesome guys, the Stuka bombers dived down again and blew up all the visible buildings on the ground.