Chapter 197 The Great Destroyer

The 250 kg aerial bomb mounted on the belly of the BF109E3 fighter was thrown directly at the Soviet air defense position after the fuselage shook. These sky eagles born for dexterity and speed urgently need to get rid of these heavy burdens in exchange for the optimal mobility in their prime.

The power of the aerial bomb with a 125 kg warhead charge is naturally incomparable to that of ordinary large-caliber howitzers. The explosion and spread of the aerial bomb instantly swept everything around like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. The few 25 mm twin anti-aircraft guns closest to the explosion center were immediately blown into a pile of steel twists stained with strong blood and gunpowder.

After the dive bombing was completed, the BF109s flew horizontally and accelerated to escape. They planned to show off and run away, but they did not succeed in the end. The Soviet anti-aircraft artillery crews, whose positions were bombed into a mess, were furious. They desperately cranked the steering machine and aimed the black muzzle at the enemy plane at the fastest speed.

"One o'clock, the German's ass! Fire!"

Bang bang bang bang——

The 25mm 72K fully automatic anti-aircraft gun with a twin-mounted arrangement to enhance firepower output has a single-gun firepower projection of 480 rounds per minute, which is a very good data among various small-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the same type in 1941.

The 25mm fragmentation burning tracer bullet barrage rushed straight at the firing distance of less than one kilometer, instantly turning the BF109's fragile tail without armor protection into a hornet's nest and breaking it on the spot.

After losing the entire tail rudder, the BF109 lost control on the spot. Thick black smoke and hot flames dragged the wreckage of the BF109, which was only the front half, and immediately crashed into the ground.

Such a scene is not an isolated case.

After the BF109 fleet was forced to close the firefighting distance due to the dive attack on the anti-aircraft position, no matter how good its maneuverability was, it could not escape the organized firepower barrage at the level of the anti-aircraft position. If you have to say it, it is like the principle of walking by the river often and getting your shoes wet.

After just completing a dive attack, the BF109 pilots were directly covered by the anti-aircraft barrage at an altitude of less than 500 meters from the ground. The body of the BF109 was instantly shattered and suffered irreversible damage. At such a low flying altitude, they did not even have the opportunity to parachute.

In just a blink of an eye, he crashed to the ground along with his vehicle, leaving behind a huge explosion and thick smoke echoing over the battlefield.

The organized and tight air defense positions in the city are obviously not as easy to deal with as the Soviet division-level air defense positions in the field. The BF109s who risked their lives to open up an attack route for their own bomber group must pay corresponding losses and costs.

This has nothing to do with the skills and equipment of the German pilots. It is simply due to the truth of war that there will be casualties in war.

After losing several fighters again, the BF109s immediately turned their noses and adjusted the direction of the noses with their extremely excellent turning radius after opening up a long enough attack distance, and once again rushed towards the Soviet air defense positions.

After experiencing the baptism of the bombs just now, there have been some losses, and the originally dense air defense barrage has suddenly become much sparser.

Although the remaining Soviet 25mm twin-mounted 72K fully automatic anti-aircraft guns had tried their best, the anti-aircraft barrage had become much sparser after losing many firepower support points. The perceptive German pilots immediately rushed through the gaps in the exposed anti-aircraft barrages, aiming two 20mm aircraft cannons and two 92mm aircraft machine guns at the unprotected Soviet soldiers on the gun mounts.

Dongdongdong——

Da Dada——

A series of crackling barrages volleyed the Soviet anti-aircraft guns, causing sparks and blood to splatter. The 20mm aircraft cannons, which were much more powerful than the anti-material heavy sniper rifles of later generations, directly tore the fragile flesh and blood into bloody fragments.

The Soviet soldiers who were hit directly in the chest and torso by the 20mm shells were like watermelons thrown from the fifth floor, and exploded into a pile of blood and flesh and broken limbs on the spot.

After the fully deployed air defense positions suffered damage, there would be a gap in firepower, resulting in a decrease in firepower density. The air defense positions with reduced firepower output due to damage could no longer stop the subsequent second wave of enemy aircraft attacks, and would be hit again, causing further damage and reduction in strength, and the firepower density would become even sparser, until the third wave of enemy aircraft attacks continued to go back and forth.

The Soviet army's outer 25mm anti-aircraft artillery air defense positions in a vicious cycle were soon wiped out by the BF109 fleet, which had lost nearly ten fighters.

After solving the biggest problem, the BF109 fleet became more reckless. The 76mm and 85mm anti-aircraft artillery used to deal with high-altitude bombers were so heavy that they could be ignored in the eyes of the BF109 hovering at low altitude. The more rampant ground machine gun and cannon firepower poured out instantly after turning the nose.

Seeing that the main large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Soviet army, which had been posing a serious threat, were being held back by their own fighters, the German bomber groups that had been struggling to maneuver at high altitudes to avoid the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery fire immediately began to move.

The densely packed Heinkel HE-111 and Dornier DO-217 bomber groups then began to drop the bombs loaded in the belly bomb bay onto the dock that had not yet been evacuated.

In order to cause the most serious irreversible damage to the solid dock made of concrete and masonry, the two German bombers that came to carry out this bombing mission adopted the most powerful weapon mounting scheme. A single heavy aerial bomb weighing up to 1 ton is undoubtedly a powerful killer. It is precisely such a crazy heavy aerial bomb that is now falling straight down towards the dock below at a flight altitude of 3,000 meters like hail.

Although the bombing is carried out in a horizontal flight posture at an altitude of 3,000 meters above the target, the accuracy of the one-ton heavy aerial bombs that are raining down is unambiguous.

Whether it is the Heinkel HE-111 or the Dornier DO-217, these two types of the main front-line bombers of the German Air Force use a transparent frame canopy design that wraps the entire nose. A special bombing sight with a good downward view is placed at the lower position of the nose. The bombardier in the crew performs special aiming and bombing operations to ensure the accuracy of high-altitude bombing.

It would be too easy for these one-ton heavy aerial bombs that dropped from 3,000 meters to hit a huge target like the dock.

The one-ton heavy aerial bombs with 600 kilograms of warhead charge were so powerful that the dock, which was piled with a large amount of materials that had not been transferred in time, was destroyed in the blink of an eye in the huge explosion and fire. The black mushroom cloud of the one-ton heavy aerial bomb rose from the ground and soared to a height of more than 30 meters, releasing destructive power.