Chapter 1186 Stuka Attack

The request for an attack was quickly granted. In fact, before it was approved, Franz had already driven his Stuka bomber in a circle in the air and came to the end of the opponent's formation.

No flares were released, so Franz couldn't be sure how many bombers there were. Now, take advantage of the fact that the other party doesn't know where he is, and fight the next one!

When it was just in service, the Stuka bomber had good mobility and could even abuse some opponents' biplanes, but now, the Stuka's performance has fallen behind and can only be used as a professional bomber.

It is mainly used to mount bombs through belly pylons. At the same time, in order to help ground troops eliminate opponents, like other aircraft, it is also equipped with a Bofors 40mm cannon and a 7.9mm machine gun.

To deal with bombers, of course, machine guns are more suitable, especially its machine gun shells, which are alternately armor-piercing incendiary shells, tracer shells, and high-explosive shells. This kind of shells are more suitable to deal with bombers.

Franz felt that his breathing was a little short. In the past, the dive bombing was so exciting, and it didn't make him nervous. After all, the target of the attack was different. It used to be a ground attack, but now, it is an air attack, or The biggest bomber of the Soviets.

The bleak moonlight shone down, and the Stuka bomber was a blurry shadow, slowly approaching towards the larger shadow in front.

The distance is gradually approaching, Ye Jinni can't see more than 100 meters. At this distance, he has the confidence to hit the opponent, but at the same time, it is easy to collide, so he must be fast.

Taking another breath, he adjusted his position and pressed the cannon button.

"Tom tom tom!" The Bofors cannon hanging in the turret on one side of the wing roared, and the gun muzzle burst out with gunpowder smoke, accompanied by a strong cannon flash.

Ordinary planes like to use shaft guns, which makes it easy to aim, but for night fighters, this is definitely a disaster. The flash of the gun's muzzle can blind people instantly.

Therefore, night fighters all use cannons on the wings or on the belly, and now, when the cannons are firing, Yejinni turns his head slightly to the side, and after only three shots, he quickly pulls Take up your own plane.

With a tracer, the shell accurately drilled into the rear of the fuselage of the Pe-8 bomber behind, and the 40mm armor-piercing incendiary bomb first opened a large hole in it, and then burned.

For machine guns, in fact, the power of 20mm caliber is not small. After all, many planes in this era are still using machine guns. Now, as long as a 40mm cannon shell hits one, there is no possibility of survival. !

The Pe-8 shook for a while, and then the rear fuselage was torn apart. The plane continued to fly forward for a second, then rolled and fell, and the fuselage caught fire.

At this time, the radio kept exclaiming: "Night fighters, we were ambushed by night fighters!"

In the darkness, they didn't see anything, just heard the sound of machine guns, and then their own bomber was shot down, which made them immediately judge that it was the enemy's night fighter!

Hearing this news, Major General Mikhail immediately frowned. He was still over the Baltic Sea. He didn't expect to be ambushed by the German night fighters here?

"According to plan two," Mikhail shouted over the radio. "Lower the flight altitude, we enter low altitude flight. Change course, enter the coasts of Estonia and Latvia, cross the Baltic Sea, and then turn to Berlin!"

In this era, due to technical limitations, radar can only be used at high altitudes, and bombers must fly as high as possible in order to increase their range and reduce fuel consumption.

Now, since it was discovered by the German night fighters, it is necessary to lower the altitude immediately! Flying to a low altitude, neither their ground radar nor the airborne radar on the plane will be able to detect them.

The previous DB-3 bombers couldn't do this because they only had enough fuel for high-altitude round trips, but the Pe-8 bomber, with its fuel-efficient diesel engine, was more than enough.

Even if they took off from Petersburg, that would be within reach.

At the same time, this tortuous route can also avoid the interception of German fighter jets. According to their existing reconnaissance, the Germans did not deploy night fighter troops in these areas.

Now, with one bomber downed, they immediately changed tactics, the pilot pushed the stick, and the bomber began to bow forward, change course, and go low.

"No, they're going to go down low!" said the machine gunner in the rear cabin.

"Throw the flares," Franz said. "Let's determine how many Pe-8 bombers there are."

The machine gunner threw the flares down, and two seconds later, the flares took on the parachute and began to release brilliance, illuminating the surrounding night sky and illuminating the dive bombers.

"Ten more," said the Heavy.

"Now, let's catch up and show the Soviets some awesomeness!" Franz pushed the lever, and Stuka began to dive down.

Franz immediately climbed to prevent a collision with the Pe-8 he was attacking, and now, the Soviet bombers were lowering their altitude, and Stuka could skillfully descend. dived.

During the dive, the whistle rang on Stuka's landing gear.

"God, it's actually a Stuka bomber!" Lieutenant Warisi raised his head in surprise as he lowered his altitude. He heard the sound of the sharp whistle, and at the same time, under the illumination of the flares, he had already seen the front of the plane. The plane that came to attack was actually the most familiar Stuka with inverted seagull wings!

Could it be this type of bomber that shot down his own bomber? What is this called?

The swooping Stuka dived towards a bomber ahead of him and was about to open fire. Lieutenant Varissi immediately shouted: "Captain Alexander, quick, turn right!"

Thanks to the flares thrown by the other side, he could clearly see the direction. Now with his call, the bomber in front is turning quickly, and the trajectory of the tracer bombs swept past Captain Alexander's plane. , must have been shot down!

Just when the light of the flare was about to go out, Lieutenant Varissie's pupils dilated, and the Stuka bomber turned in a chic manner in the air, charging its back towards him, and then the Stuka bomber's On the back seat, the machine gunner aimed skillfully, and the 7.9mm machine gun bullets flew towards him like a splash!

The opponent's movements were not sloppy at all, and they were done in one go. Even as an opponent, he couldn't help but applaud the opponent. However, those bullets flew towards Lieutenant Varisy's plane.

The bullets shot over and covered the entire plane. Lieutenant Varisi had no choice but to pull up his plane again to avoid the barrage.

Just as he was circling upwards, he heard the sound of bullets colliding on his fuselage, and then, on the dashboard in front of him, several red lights flashed.