#1339 Escort Aircraft Carrier Hit

"The pylon is faulty, and the bomb cannot be dropped!" the bombardier in front shouted loudly.

In the fierce artillery fire, they swooped down to drop bombs, which was very dangerous. Therefore, the bombardiers were even more concentrated at this moment. Their bombers carried two 500-kilogram bombs. This aircraft carrier can be seriously injured or even sunk!

However, at this critical moment, it was found that the bomb could not be dropped, which was the most unwilling news to hear.

Long live the Soviets!

Alexander shouted loudly, and at this moment, the remaining two people knew what Alexander was going to do.

They have no choice.

The losses of the Black Sea Fleet are quite large. They have paid such a great sacrifice, and of course the enemy has to pay the price.

But what about now?

The German fleet is still unscathed. They are the only aircraft that have entered the airspace of the German fleet. They must achieve victory!

Since you can't throw a bomb, just go down with the bomb!

Alexander's eyes were still firm, and the other two also shouted loudly: "Long live the Soviets!"

The Il-4 bomber quickly dived towards the escort carrier, getting closer and closer to the deck behind.

"Boom!" The 40mm high-explosive grenade hit a wing of the Il-4 bomber. The wing broke instantly, and the Il-4 bomber continued to roll.

"Right full rudder!" the captain shouted loudly.

The speed of the escort aircraft carrier is not high, and the take-off carrier-based aircraft mainly rely on catapults, and now, its steering is not fast enough, and the burning Il-4 bomber falls on the rear deck of the escort aircraft carrier.

"boom!"

The nose of the aircraft touched the deck first, and the navigator inside the nose was squeezed into patties. Then, the fuselage also collided, and the triggered bomb finally exploded.

A huge flame emerged from the tail of the escort aircraft carrier, and quickly burned.

"Quick, damage control!" the captain shouted loudly.

Several high-pressure water jets poured over the deck, and the sailors risked their lives to start putting out the fire for the aircraft carrier. The escort aircraft carrier was unfortunately hit and was the only loss this time.

On the Stuttgart, looking at the fire burning here, Lieutenant General Marshall's eyes flashed with mixed emotions.

A fish that slipped through the net brought such a huge loss to its own side. Even if the escort aircraft carrier was extinguished, I am afraid that it would have to return to its home port for maintenance. If the Soviet bombers overwhelmed the sky, it would be really hard to resist, the other party The timing of the attack was too coincidental.

At the same time, he was also glad that he was right when he first formulated the plan. If he hadn't blown up their bomber's base first, his formation would have been a little too big, and he ran to the door of other people's house to block the door.

Of course, there are other situations. The escort aircraft carrier is not an attack aircraft carrier at all. In order to carry more carrier-based aircraft, its air defense facilities are quite weak. If the other party dares to dive against its own Stuttgart, its own intensive air defense firepower , has long since turned it into a flaming fireball.

The Soviet bomber force has been cleaned up.

"We received a report from the Italian fleet that they did not block the Soviet fleet. After the exchange of fire with the Soviet fleet, the Black Sea Fleet broke through their blockade. Now the remaining warships of the Black Sea Fleet are heading towards our main fleet. "

Hearing the adjutant's report, the expression on Lieutenant General Marshall's face was even more strange, and the blue veins burst out on his hands: "These noodles army!"

A battleship with a displacement of 30,000 tons, with more than a dozen battleships large and small, to intercept the largest Soviet fleet with a heavy cruiser of only 10,000 tons, was still broken by others?

Do these Italians really only eat spaghetti?

Fredberg was immediately excited: "General, it seems that we have to be dispatched. As long as we have one Stuttgart, we can destroy the entire Soviet fleet."

Fredberg has always been looking forward to his 460 naval guns, sending the remaining warships of the Black Sea Fleet to the bottom of the sea. Now, the Italians didn't stop him. Didn't this give him a chance?

However, Machar shook his head: "The carrier-based aircraft on the Hitler aircraft carrier are ready to be dispatched again? Order them to carry anti-ship bombs and torpedoes, and attack again to destroy the remaining warships of the Black Sea Fleet!"

The control of sea power lies in air dominance, and the role of aircraft carrier formations lies in this. The era of traditional naval artillery bombardment has passed.

Marshall knows this well. If there are two Count Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers in his fleet, then he can attack both the opponent's land airport and the opponent's sea fleet.

Fortunately, after several years of operation, the operational efficiency of the German Navy carrier aviation is quite high.

In a short period of time, they completed the recovery of the carrier-based aircraft. At the same time, the lift was lowered to the hangar, and then refueled and mounted bombs. Everything was in order.

When the last batch of carrier-based aircraft was recovered on the deck, the first batch of carrier-based aircraft had already completed preparations for dispatching again.

When he got back on deck, Lieutenant Steinkamp watched with satisfaction at the bomb under his belly.

HS129 is an attack aircraft. Its main weapon is a 40mm Bofors cannon, with 100 rounds of ammunition and powerful firepower, enough to act as a sweeper.

However, it is not suitable for the Navy to only sweep the ground. The Navy also needs aircraft that can attack ships.

The Navy's FW190 is almost an all-purpose fighter. It can fight in the air, throw torpedoes, and dive bombs. However, it does not have thick armor protection. If you want to attack through the enemy's firepower network, of course, the HS129 is more suitable.

Therefore, the Navy's HS129 can also throw bombs. It has weapons specially designed to deal with warships. For example, the PC500RS bomb is now mounted under the belly.

This is a 500kg rocket booster bomb. It is absolutely fine to use it against a 10,000-ton warship. If it hits an enemy's battleship, it will be a thousand-ton bomb.

"Lieutenant, the order has been issued, please take off immediately. The Soviet warship will soon be within sight of us. We are running out of time."

Taking the order, Lieutenant Steinkamp quickly climbed into his plane, started the two engines, and quickly took off from the angled deck.

At the same time, on the deck of the bow, the FW190 fighter with torpedoes also began to take off. The benefits of the angled deck were vividly displayed in this naval battle.

When landing, the bow deck can take off fighters at any time to deal with emergencies. When it is necessary to attack, the angled deck and the bow deck take off at the same time, which greatly improves the dispatch efficiency.

Following the order, the second wave of German naval formations began again.

At this time, the Black Sea Fleet, led by Gorshkov, was less than a hundred nautical miles away from the German fleet.