In the past, the main force of dive bombing in German air power was the Stuka, a bomber that could make a howling roar, bringing death to the skies of the whole of Europe, but when the HS129 came out, Stuka quickly became the second line.

The reason is very simple, because Stuka has no armor protection, this effective dive bomber, in the face of enemy anti-aircraft fire, still has a certain danger, not every time can escape with its whole body.

And the HS129's heavy armor protection, so that the pilot can be safer when performing the mission, now this kind of anti-aircraft fire dive attack against the enemy, that is the HS129's unique job, from the role point of view, just like the American A-10 in later generations, no matter how violent you are below, I will throw bombs safely above.

When Lieutenant Steinkamp continued to dive, the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns all opened fire along with them.

8 70-K 37-mm guns, 8 20-mm "Erikon" guns, all of which are firing at the sky, are intertwined into a dense network of fire, so that any aircraft that tries to cross this network will be hit!

In addition, there are an unknown number of Maxim 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine guns and four Mk3 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns. The whole Red Caucasus, as if it were a hedgehog.

There was a fire everywhere, and when he saw it, Lieutenant Steinkamp knew he couldn't take any more risks.

He had already chosen the most tricky angle, and he would still be patronized by a lot of firepower, and in order to avoid unnecessary risks, it was impossible for him to dive a few hundred meters and bomb the target.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the altimeter, which was now fifteen hundred meters.

"Boom!" A 37-mm high-explosive bomb, exploded right near his plane, rising a small black flower that slowly dissipated in the air, and Lieutenant Steinkamp continued to hold on, while counting down in his mouth.

"Ten, nine... Launch! ”

When the last countdown reached zero, Lieutenant Steinkamp pressed the red button.

As soon as the fuselage was light, the bombs on the pylons could be felt to have separated from the pylons, and Lieutenant Steinkamp jerked his lever into his arms, and he had to pull the nose of the plane quickly.

Unlike other aircraft, the HS129 has the iconic 40mm Bofors gun under the nose, along with 100 shells, which gives it a bulge under the nose.

Therefore, the use of HS129 for dive bombing, that is limited, the dive angle is too large, such as the current dive of nearly 90 degrees, if he does not pull up, then maybe the bomb will meet the bulge in front, this bomb is a collision fuse, a touch will explode.

So, Lieutenant Steinkamp had to pull it up, and the bomb just brushed off with the nose of his plane and fell down.

At this moment, he felt his fuselage tremble again, it seemed that he had been hit, but he was not worried, he did not need to be afraid of a few shells, he was confident in his plane.

PC500RS bomb fell from the sky, and the lookout post spotted it as soon as possible.

"Attention, there are bombs!"

The captain Tikhonov was very calm.

Due to the fierce interception of their own anti-aircraft artillery, this German dive bomber did not dive to a few hundred meters before dropping bombs as before, and now it is still at an altitude of one thousand meters from its own side.

Wouldn't it be too unlucky to rush to the left or right rudder in a hurry, in case it collides with the opponent's bomb?

Don't worry too much about it now, his battleship is sailing at a high speed of nearly 30 knots, and he is confident in the direction of his battleship.

However, at this moment, the lookout post realized that the situation was not good.

The moment the bomb fell, it was superimposed on the speed of the plane's dive, which was not slow, but just a second after it fell, suddenly, a blazing flame appeared in the tail, and the bomb soared in an instant!

"Alert, that's a rocket-booster bomb, it's expected to arrive in three seconds!" The lookout shouted loudly.

No weapon can be kept secret, and the weapons used by Germany in the sneak attack on Scapa Bay in Britain may be top secret, but after several years, it has long been known, and even the islanders have imported this kind of rocket-booster bomb to fight the American fleet, how could the Soviet Union not know?

It's just that they have always thought that this kind of big bomb can only be mounted in a large bomber, but they didn't expect that the Germans could also mount such a carrier-based light bomber!

The lookout post was right, it took about three seconds to arrive, but it took at least a second for him to give this alarm!

Then Tikhonov reacted, and he shouted loudly: "Right full rudder!" ”

From the time he gave the order to the helmsman began to turn the steering wheel, a second was probably not enough, and at this time, the huge body of the Red Caucasus, under the influence of the steering gear in the tail, was just about to start turning, and the bomb with flames dragging the tail had already flown in!

The position it is aimed at is the rear of the warship.

At this time, the rocket-booster bomb had accelerated to 400 meters per second, and the speed brought huge energy, and when it hit the rear deck of the Red Caucasus, it almost effortlessly pierced its 20 mm thick deck armor, and a large hole appeared in the center, and the steel plates around it were twisted towards this big hole, and when it got in, only a huge explosion was heard.

"Boom!"

Billowing black smoke came out of the tail of the Red Caucasus, and the location of the hit was exactly the location of the boiler room and the turbine unit, and this shell instantly made the Red Caucasus lose power, and it could no longer continue to sail at high speed!

On the bridge, Gorshkov had an unwilling face on his face.

He was ready to lead this warship to ram the enemy's main battleship, and it was his last fate to die on the battlefield, but now, the German fleet had not yet appeared in his field of vision, and his flagship had lost power!

"There is a lot of water in the engine room, and our sailors are rescuing it, but if the situation is not good, it is expected to sink in ten minutes." Tikhonov, having received a report of the damage to the pipe, said to Gorshkov: "General, please move to the lifeboat immediately. ”

Transfer to a lifeboat? Gorshkov looked at the fire in the tail, listened to the roar of the anti-aircraft artillery around him, and looked at the bombers that were still diving down in the sky, the expression on his face calmed down: "I want to be with my flagship." ”