Chapter 1169 Pay Attention to the Clouds

In 1935, the Soviet Navy purchased the M1932 25mm cannon from the Swedish company Bofors, which began the development of the Soviet anti-aircraft cannon.

Before that, the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery also used magazines for ammunition, which could only be called anti-aircraft guns, not machine guns. Its weak burst firepower was insufficient to deal with fast aircraft.

After getting it, the Soviet Navy has tested it and proved that this cannon has excellent performance. However, from the point of view of the Soviet Union who likes to brush the caliber, the caliber of the 25mm anti-aircraft gun is a bit small, which does not meet the needs of the Soviet Union for anti-aircraft artillery. , Therefore, according to the structure of this anti-aircraft gun, they developed a 45mm anti-aircraft cannon, which is called "72-K".

After the caliber is larger, the power is indeed higher, but at the same time, it also means that the weight of the anti-aircraft gun increases and the number of ammunition carried is reduced. Therefore, it was modified again. The caliber of the new cannon was reduced to 37 mm, codenamed "61-k" "type anti-aircraft gun, in October 1938, the first prototype gun of "61-K" was completed.

In 1939, this anti-aircraft gun began to be mass-produced and was named M1939 37mm anti-aircraft gun.

Since 1939, this anti-aircraft gun has been continuously produced from the Kalinin factory and equipped to the Soviet troops. At this time, also due to the stimulation of the Luftwaffe, the classic battle examples of the Luftwaffe are all under the pressure of the Soviet Union. A heavy burden on the shoulders of the army.

This kind of anti-aircraft artillery, the effect of a single gun is not very good, after groping, four anti-aircraft guns are put together to form an anti-aircraft artillery company, that is the most exaggerated. These kinds of firepower can defend the surrounding area of ​​seven kilometers, which is enough to protect the coastal defense artillery positions.

At this time, the anti-aircraft artillery company was staring nervously at the distant sky, where the German Stuka bombers had already flown over.

An anti-aircraft artillery piece requires eight artillerymen, each of which is bound to shoot Zhu Yuan, and if there is a slight deviation, it will be missed. Now, everyone is highly concentrated.

Suddenly, the best sighted shooter noticed: "This Stuka has no bombs!"

The Stuka bomber is light, there is no built-in bomb bay, and the bombs can only be hung outside, and the current Stuka is empty under the belly and has nothing.

Oops, hit the jackpot!

The commander of the artillery company turned his head, and at this moment, a roaring Stuka suddenly emerged from the clouds behind him.

"Quick, quick, quick, turn around!"

With almost no command from the company commander, the first gunner started scrambling to turn the steering wheel.

The whole anti-aircraft gun weighs two tons, and now it needs to be turned by hand on the turntable, of course, the speed will not be particularly fast.

The entire anti-aircraft artillery position is arranged in two places, each with four anti-aircraft artillery, and the firepower density is definitely not low, enough for them to guard the coastal defense artillery here.

But just now, they made a serious mistake. The anti-aircraft guns on these two positions were attracted by the flying Stuka. Now, they want to turn the gun body 180 degrees. , it takes time.

Although the Soviets had good positions, unfortunately they still lacked actual combat experience.

At this time, Franz, who was in charge of attracting attention, pulled the control lever, stepped on the rudder, and flew in the other direction when he approached the opponent's fire area.

While the Soviet anti-aircraft artillerymen were turning their guns nervously, the terrifying Stuka bomber had already dived down.

If it is to attack the enemy's warship, the Stuka bomber must be as close as possible, and even pull up when it is several hundred meters away from the target. Only in this case will the attack accuracy be high enough.

However, the coastal defense artillery is different.

Because the coastal defense artillery cannot move.

The Stuka bomber dived over 1,500 meters of clouds, and when it reached an altitude of 1,000 meters, the pilot pressed the launch button with great confidence.

Under the belly of the aircraft, a one-ton bomb flew off the pylon, dragged a flame, and headed towards the huge coastal defense gun. At this time, Stuka increased the throttle and pulled up, and re-drilled into the clouds. middle.

This is war, the most brutal war. Only after a few battles will these people mature in battle. Don't look at those planes that are flying in a big way, the clouds that hang over their heads are the most terrifying. of.

The gunners were still turning hard, and finally turned the gun body. At this time, the gunner was exhausted and panting. In the sky, the Stuka bomber that dropped the bomb was working hard to drill above the clouds. Go, they didn't even have time to bind and shoot Zhu Yuan, they just stepped on the trigger in a daze.

"Tom tom, tom tom tom." The cannonball was so far from Stuka that it couldn't hit at all.

The terrifying bomb, dragging a fiery flame, swooped down quickly from the sky, it went down almost vertically, with the help of the tail rocket, hardly deviating from any direction, towards the top of the coastal defense gun , hit it hard.

The warhead penetrated the thick concrete shell of the coastal defense gun turret and drilled all the way inside. When the shock of the impact spread to the ground, everyone's face turned pale.

"Boom!" A louder explosion sounded like this. A fiery flame surged up under the base of the entire coastal defense gun, and the airflow carried countless fragments and flew towards this side.

"Ah." A gunner screamed, and a piece of concrete hit his chest. He was surprised to see the piece shot into his body like a bullet. He didn't feel pain, only saw Blood was gurgling out of it.

The entire antiaircraft artillery position was affected, and the coastal defense artillery, as the protagonist of the attack, was naturally not much better.

The 305mm barrel, which was built by Krupp for the then Tsarist Russia before the First World War, has experienced ups and downs for decades, but now, it is in a huge explosion, from the turret. separated on the pedestal.

The bent gun barrel fell more than a dozen meters from the turret and was completely scrapped.

The barrel in the middle was barely supported and did not fall off, but a fiery flame emerged from the inside of the barrel, which looked so weird.

A Stuka attracts attention in front, and another sneaks out of the clouds to make a sneak attack. A successful sneak attack by the German naval aviation killed an important Soviet coastal defense artillery, and also made the Soviets aware of their relationship with the Germans. gap.

The other coastal defense artillery positions immediately changed their tactics in a brief shock. Their anti-aircraft artillery aimed at the clouds in the sky, and even fired mercilessly at the clouds.

There was smoke everywhere.