SB, in later generations, belongs to the well-known national scolding, but the current bomber has nothing to do with this national scolding. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

SB is an acronym for Soviet fast bomber, that is, this is a bomber! At the same time, also from the Soviet design bureau for large aircraft, the Tupolev Design Bureau.

In the early thirties, the Soviet Air Force put forward the need to develop a light fast bomber, and the experienced Tupolev Design Bureau quickly came up with a proposal and approved it, and mass production began in 1934.

In appearance, this bomber is very similar to the bombers in World War II, with a single wing, two engines at the wing roots, a glass navigation and bomber in the nose, and a crew compartment for two pilots.

This is a medium-sized fast bomber, with a theoretical bomb load of 600 kg, and in practice it is often carried to 900 kg, with a maximum range of 980 km.

At the same time, in terms of protection, this bomber has a certain armor defense capability at the beginning of its design, and the fuselage and key internal parts are made of high-strength manganese-silicon steel with all-metal skin.

In this era, the SB-2 bomber can be regarded as a bomber with excellent performance, it flies faster than many biplanes!

At the same time, its firepower is also strong! The self-defense weapon has four Soviet-made 7.62mm machine guns, which can effectively form a self-defense fire network.

In the actual combat of later generations, in the sky of Eastern China, SB-2 often shot down Japanese fighters with low defense, and once shot down 5 Japanese fighters.

The Spanish Civil War was a brutal war, in which the Soviet Union, as an international column behind the scenes, fought hard battles in Spain.

Madrid, on the other hand, is the focus of contention!

SB-2 bombers from the Soviet Union were deployed to the airfield in the suburbs of Madrid, along with the Fly 1 squadron of the Spanish Republic Air Force.

(I don't know how the Spaniards came up with that name, but it's a real name in history.) ）

It had been more than a week since it had been deployed here, and at noon on this day, Colonel Kozlov, the captain of the bomber group, received a message that made him angry.

At a front-line airfield in Badajoz, they were attacked by the Condor Legion, and all the warplanes in the entire airfield were blown up!

This is simply unacceptable, how many rubles were wasted in this batch of supplies, and how long the transportation went through on the way, and now, they are all blown to ashes!

And the air force of the international column also lost hundreds of people as a result.

And now, one of their missions is to bomb the base of the Condor Legion and return blood for blood!

After receiving this order, Colonel Kozlov, without any hesitation, immediately ordered his aircraft group, load bombs, fill them with fuel, and go to bomb!

In the past few days, they have familiarized themselves with the airspace of the whole of Spain, and the target positions they were going to bomb have been marked on the flight map, and after a simple assignment, Colonel Kozlov first stepped into his own plane.

In this era, air operations don't seem to be so exquisite, flying over, throwing bombs, and then coming back, isn't it that simple?

The engines on both sides rumbled, and the SB-2 bomber propellers turned, dragging the plane, aimed at the runway centerline, and slid to the end of the runway before pulling up.

Following behind Kozlov, one bomber after another also took off, a total of sixteen bombers, forming a cluster in the air.

Behind them, the Fly No. 1 flight team also took off sixteen fighters, all of which were biplane I-15 fighters.

Thirty-two planes, forming a large group, flew towards the predetermined target to avenge their comrades!

For the SB-2 bombers, it was just enough for them to make a round trip, while for the I-15 fighters, they flew almost one-way, and when they completed their escort mission, they would fly to the base in Calsada and land.

In the afternoon, the sky was a little yellow, and the whole formation, with a dull atmosphere.

After more than an hour of flight, gradually approaching the target, Kozlov in front, first descended altitude.

Why lower the height? After all, the lower the altitude, the closer it will be found!

According to the front, at this time, the Germans were celebrating their victory, so their base must be unguarded, and the surprise attack could easily succeed!

The I-15 fighters behind also lowered their altitude, and the large group continued to fly towards the target at an altitude of several hundred meters.

Drop bombs on the heads of the Condor Legion and let them know how good you are!

Until now, there are still no warplanes from the Condor Legion taking off, and it seems that they must be in a carnival!

In front of the bomber, the navigator has put his eyes on the rudimentary bombing sights, which is a common way for bombers to bomb horizontally, so they must be prepared in time to enter the bombing state at any time.

The bomber was still flying smoothly, and the bomber behind followed the pilot plane in front of it to enter the bombing route together, and it was getting closer and closer to the target!

Closer, closer!

"Damn, who notified the target coordinates?" The navigator took his eyes off the bombing sights and shouted: "There is nothing down there!" ”

The cockpit above, you can't see directly below, and the navigator has a wide field of vision, and below are villages, farms, manors, where there is an air base!

If it weren't for the flight error along the way, it could only be misinformation!

The navigator is quite depressed, there is no fart below, and what are you bombing!

It is not easy to observe the ground from the air, there will be various occlusions, and the speed of the aircraft is quite fast, which adds to the difficulty.

Now that the navigator has reported that nothing has been found, Kozlov is also chuckling in his heart, is it going to be in vain?

"Pull up the bomber, we'll fly higher." Kozlov said.

The more you fly, the farther you can see, and maybe the target is nearby?

Following his order, the pilot on the side pulled the steering wheel, and the 12-meter-long bomber raised its nose, and the belly of the plane looked extremely clear on the ground.

"Hit me hard!" On the ground, a young general, crouching in a bomb shelter with a camouflage net on his head and observing the sky with a telescope, shouted loudly.

A 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun removed the camouflage net, and the barrel shook with a swish.