"The pylons are malfunctioning and can't be dropped!" The bombardier in front shouted loudly.

In the fierce artillery fire, they swooped down to drop bombs, which was a great danger, so the bombardiers were even more preoccupied at this moment, their bombers carried two 500-kilogram bombs, as long as they smashed down, they would definitely make this aircraft carrier seriously injured or even sunk!

However, at this critical moment, it was found that the bomb could not be dropped, which was simply the most undesirable news to hear.

Long live the Soviets!

Alexander shouted loudly, and at that moment, the remaining two knew what Alexander was going to do.

They have no choice.

The losses of the Black Sea Fleet were considerable, they paid so much for it, and the enemy, of course, had to pay for it.

But what about now?

The German fleet is still unscathed, they are the only planes that have entered the airspace of the German fleet, and they must achieve victory!

Since you can't drop bombs, you can just go down with them!

Alexander's gaze remained firm, and the other two shouted along, "Long live the Soviets!" ”

The Il-4 bombers swooped down quickly towards the escort carrier, getting closer and closer to the back deck.

"Boom!" The 40-mm high-explosive grenade hit one of the wings of the Il-4 bomber, the wing broke instantly, and the Il-4 bomber continued to roll.

"Right full rudder!" The captain shouted loudly.

The speed of the escort aircraft carrier was not high, and the take-off carrier-based aircraft mainly relied on catapults, and now, its steering was not fast enough, and the burning Il-4 bomber fell on the aft deck of the escort aircraft carrier.

"Boom!"

The nose of the plane first touched the deck, and the navigator inside the nose was squeezed into a meatloaf, and then, the fuselage also crashed into it, and the triggered bomb finally exploded.

A huge flame, which came out of the tail of this escort aircraft carrier, soon burst into flames.

"Quick, damage control!" The captain shouted loudly.

Several high-pressure water columns poured over the deck, and the sailors, risking their lives, began to extinguish the fire for the aircraft carrier, which was unfortunately hit by the escort carrier, which was the only loss this time.

On the Stuttgart, looking at the fire burning here, Vice Admiral Machar's eyes flashed with mixed feelings.

A fish that slipped through the net brought such a big loss to its own side, even if the escort aircraft carrier was extinguished, I am afraid that it would have to return to its home port for repairs, and if the Soviet bombers were overwhelming, it would be really difficult to parry, and the timing of the opponent's attack was too coincidental.

At the same time, he was also glad that he had made the plan correctly at the beginning, if he hadn't blown up their bomber base first, his own formation would have really been a little too big, and ran to the door of someone's house to block the door.

Of course, there are other situations, the escort aircraft carrier is not an attack aircraft carrier in the first place, in order to carry more carrier-based aircraft, resulting in its air defense facilities are quite weak, if the other side dares to dive at their own Stuttgart, their own dense anti-aircraft fire, has long made it into a burning fireball.

The bomber forces of the Soviets, already cleaned up.

"We received a report from the Italian fleet, they did not block the Soviet fleet, and after the exchange of fire with the Soviet fleet, the Black Sea Fleet broke through their blockade line, and now the remaining warships of the Black Sea Fleet are coming towards our main fleet."

Hearing the adjutant's report, the expression on Lieutenant General Machar's face was even more strange, and the green tendons on his hands burst out: "These noodle troops! ”

A battleship with a displacement of 30,000 tons, with more than a dozen warships, large and small, to intercept the fleet of the Soviets, the largest of which was only 10,000 tons, was actually broken through?

Are these Italians really only going to eat spaghetti?

Fredberg immediately became excited: "General, it seems that we still have to be dispatched, as long as we have a Stuttgart, we can destroy the entire Soviet fleet." ”

Fredberg had been expecting his 460 guns to send the remaining warships of the Black Sea Fleet to the bottom of the sea, and now, the Italians actually didn't stop him, didn't this give him a chance?

However, Machar shook his head: "The carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier Hitler are ready to go out again, right?" Order them to carry anti-ship bombs and torpedoes, strike again and destroy the remaining warships of the Black Sea Fleet! ”

The control of sea power lies in air supremacy, and the role of aircraft carrier formations lies in this, and the era of traditional naval artillery bombardment has passed.

Machar knew this, and if he had two Count Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers in his fleet, he would be able to attack both the opponent's land airfields and the opponent's sea fleet.

Fortunately, after several years of operation, the operational efficiency of the carrier-based aviation of the German Navy has become quite high.

In a short time, they completed the operation of recovering the carrier-based aircraft, and at the same time, the elevator was lowered to the hangar, and then refueled, hung the bombs, and everything was in an orderly manner.

When the last batch of carrier-based aircraft was recovered to the deck, the first batch of carrier-based aircraft had already completed preparations for another sortie.

When back on deck, Lieutenant Steinkamp looked at the bomb under his belly with satisfaction.

The HS129 is an attack aircraft, its main armament is a 40mm Bofors cannon with 100 rounds of ammunition, and the firepower is strong enough to act as a sweeper.

However, for the navy, it is not appropriate to only sweep the floor, and the navy also needs aircraft that can attack ships.

The Navy's F190 is almost an all-round fighter, which can fight in the air, throw torpedoes, and dive bombs, but it does not have thick armor protection, and if you want to be able to attack through the enemy's fire network, then of course the HS129 is more suitable.

Therefore, the Navy's HS129 can also throw bombs, it has special weapons to deal with warships, such as the one that is now mounted under the belly, which is PC500RS bomb.

This is a 500-kilogram rocket-booster bomb, which is absolutely no problem to hit a 10,000-ton battleship, and if it hits an enemy's battleship, it will be up to a thousand-ton bomb.

"Lieutenant, the order has been given, please take off immediately, the Soviet warships will soon be within visual range with us, we are running out of time."

Armed with the order, Lieutenant Steinkamp quickly climbed into his plane and, after starting the two engines, quickly took off from the beveled deck.

At the same time, on the bow deck, F190 fighters with torpedoes on board also began to take off, and the benefits of the beveled deck were vividly demonstrated in this naval battle.

When landing, the bow deck can take off fighters at any time to deal with emergencies, and when it is necessary to attack, the beveled deck and the bow deck take off at the same time, which greatly improves the efficiency of sorties.

With the order given, the second wave of attacks of the German naval formations began again.

And by this time, the Black Sea Fleet, under Gorshkov, was already less than a hundred nautical miles from the German fleet.