Chapter 1347: Can't Fire

It's a kind of helplessness.

Battleships are giants of the sea, the most powerful representatives, but at the same time, battleships are extremely expensive to build, and at the same time a symbol of a country, so to speak, if a battleship is sunk by the opposing side in a naval battle, it will be a heavy blow to morale.

Therefore, in history, whether it is Germany or the Soviet Union, the surface ship units of the Navy have been passive and war-avoiding, and this is helplessness.

The Hindenburg-class armor is thick, and it is said that it can withstand the attack of the 305 shore defense gun, but that will also make people worry, if it is hit by a shell and hits a weak position, such as the seat of the turret, such as the position of the ammunition, it will bring terrible results.

Machar has his own considerations.

It can be said that up to now, battleships have been mainly reduced to a tool for showing off, just like the United States in later generations, when it flaunted its force, it dispatched its own aircraft carriers, and now, Germany shows off its force, and dispatches its own battleships.

When there is no danger, let the battleship fire shells, and if there is danger, then let the carrier-based aircraft, especially in this black sea, where the wind and waves are not very strong, the battleship will come out to put on a façade.

Especially now, one of his escort aircraft carriers has been wounded, and a river-class frigate has been sunk, because of the great merit of destroying the Black Sea Fleet, the losses are acceptable in comparison, but if the capital ship receives even the slightest damage, it will make him lose face.

In future naval battles, battleships can only stand aside, and only aircraft carriers are the main force of sorties.

Marcal ignored Fredberg's complaints, and just waited for his own bombers to attack.

On the escort carrier, Stiegler felt the push back of the catapult, and took off quickly from the aircraft carrier, and under the belly of his Stuka bomber, there were PC1000RS bombs, this one-ton bomb, which was specially prepared for battleships with thick armor, and could also tear through the sturdy armored turrets of shore defense guns.

But at the same time, it is already in the state of take-off with the maximum payload, and at this time, the maneuverability of his aircraft has dropped a lot, and he wants to dive to attack the opponent's shore defense guns, which also needs the help of other carrier-based aircraft.

At this time, on the Hitler aircraft carrier, the HS129 fleet also began to take off, Lieutenant Steinkamp piloted his own attack aircraft, took off again, the 40 mm machine gun under his nose was stuffed with bombs, and his task was also very simple, that is, to use the advantage of his sweeper to clean up the opponent's shore defense artillery position.

The Soviets' coastal defense artillery was naturally also a key target, and the Soviets deployed powerful anti-aircraft firepower here, including even 85-mm anti-aircraft artillery groups, with four groups.

In order for the Stuka bombers to successfully dive and attack, they must be cleared by sweeping machine gun positions!

Yesterday when attacking the Red Caucasus, he bravely made the first dive attack by relying on the strong armor protection of his plane, but he was hit, and when he returned, he found that his plane was densely packed with more than twenty bullet holes, and under his cockpit, he had suffered five or six, and if it were not for his bath, he would have been in another world by now.

Therefore, although the space in the cockpit is cramped and complaining, when he sits in the cockpit, he still feels extremely safe, which makes him more comfortable and bold to attack.

He didn't hang a bomb, his weapon was the cannon, so his plane's maneuverability was still good.

So, although he took off almost simultaneously, he was able to climb faster and fly towards the Crimean peninsula in the distance.

The propellers on both sides were spinning at high speed, driving the HS129 to fly, and twenty minutes later, he had followed the coastline of the Crimean peninsula to Severnaya Bay, where the Sevastopol fortress was on one side of the bay, and the shore defense artillery positions were at the mouth of the bay.

It was quiet below, except for the regular shaking of the wind through the trees, and from here, there was nothing.

The battery was there, but nothing could be seen.

They have been prepared for this for a long time.

The first time he flew over, Lieutenant Steinkamp did not notice anything, and when he flew the second time, he lowered the altitude, almost only five hundred meters, and flew over the fortress.

At this time, he was also taking risks, if those 85 mm anti-aircraft guns fired at him, his plane could also be shot down, after all, although this attack aircraft can be bulletproof, that is, against machine gun bullets, 85 mm high-explosive shells, if one shot hits, the plane will definitely disintegrate.

But what's there to be afraid of? How many times he drilled in and out of the opponent's anti-aircraft fire, he had long put life and death out of the way.

At the end of this mission, he will be able to receive at least another Iron Cross, which is what excites him the most, and for this, taking some risks is nothing.

If the other side fires at him, it will reveal the position of the anti-aircraft artillery position, and their shore defense artillery, it must be in the vicinity of the anti-aircraft artillery!

HS129 flew arrogantly through the sky.

"Are we going to open fire?" On the side of battery 30, on an 85-mm anti-aircraft gun position, the gunner asked quietly, as if he was afraid that his voice would expose his target.

At this time, their anti-aircraft guns, covered with camouflage nets, were almost exactly the same as the surrounding turf, and the other party did not need to say five hundred meters, even if fifty meters flew overhead, they might not be able to find it.

There are also a few bushes on the side, which are not tall and do not obstruct the view, but also provide a good view.

The anti-aircraft gunner put his hand on the high and low plane, and just waited for an order, he could quickly shake the anti-aircraft gun and fire.

At this time, the opponent flew very smoothly, and it was simply a good target aircraft.

"No, we can't open fire without an order, otherwise our positions will be exposed." The squad leader of the artillery squad said: "Right now, the planes of the Germans are searching for us, and as soon as we fire, dozens of bombers will pop up to blow up our shore defense guns." ”

After the squad leader finished speaking, he looked in the direction of the coastal defense artillery a kilometer away from his own position, which was more cleverly camouflaged, and if he hadn't known in advance that the coastal defense artillery was there, he would definitely not have found it.

It was surrounded by trees and bushes, and it was too well camouflaged, anyway, for the shore defense artillery, their firing mainly relied on a few observation posts in front to provide ballistic corrections, plus the known firing table, within the range of their own firepower, it was simply to hit wherever they wanted.

If the German fleet dared to enter the range of the shore defense guns, then at least one or two capital ships of the Germans should be killed to avenge their own fleet!

He thought as he watched the HS129 attack plane, flying over their heads, and found nothing.

However, the attack aircraft suddenly dived!