Chapter 1162 sinking the Mara
The 47mm shell flew towards the sky, but it was still a distance away from the Stuka bomber.
If it is a near-explosion fuse, it will explode as soon as it gets close, and its power will greatly increase. However, the Soviet Union now does not have such weapons. Only the most ordinary warheads need to be collided to explode. As long as it is not touched, there will be no power.
Franz felt the trembling of the cockpit. At this time, his plane was diving downwards and as a pilot of a dive bomber, this was the most bloody moment.
Adrenaline was being secreted rapidly, stimulating Franz's body. His whole body was excited, and his eyes were staring at the huge battleship in front of him.
In fact, they had already flew for five minutes, but they hid in the clouds and did not immediately launch an attack.
They are waiting for opportunities.
If all the Stuka bombers take off together, dozens of large aircraft flew over, and one wave of attacks would be enough to send all the Soviet warships to hell.
But no, they only have these dozen aircraft, so they must make plans. When their attack is completed and their main fleet behind them has not arrived, they cannot let the Baltic fleet run away.
In this way, sinking the opponent into this narrow waterway and blocking the waterway is the most effective solution.
So, they circled in the clouds above, and until now, they dived down and entered an attack state.
As naval carrier-based aircraft pilots, diving to attack the opponent's warship is one of their most common subjects. As long as they enter the dive state, there is no situation that can make them give up.
Either blow up the enemy's ships or be shot down by themselves, it's that simple.
Stuka continued to dive down, and the whistle on the landing gear made a horrifying whistle. Under the belly of the machine, the one-ton bomb was extremely dazzling.
"Quick, continue to increase the elevation angle by two degrees, launch for five consecutive times, and release it!" The squad leader of the anti-aircraft artillery continued to command loudly.
With his orders, the anti-aircraft artillery continued to shake the directional aircraft.
As the opponent dives lower, their anti-aircraft guns need to adjust the higher the firing angle so that they can reach it. However, no matter what anti-aircraft guns, there are always dead spots for shooting.
For example, now, the anti-aircraft artillery is shaking the high and low aircraft quickly, and their heads are also moving upwards. Their heads are raised and they are looking up to the sky.
The dazzling sunlight shone into their eyes, damn it, I can't see anything.
No matter when or what kind of battle, using the sun is the best way. From the current perspective, Stuka just hides in the sun.
When the gunners blocked the sun with their hands and barely saw clearly, they saw a black thing that had already flown down. It was not an airplane, and the other party had already dropped a bomb.
Then, they saw the flames dragged at the tail of the black thing. This was a rocket-boosted bomb, a special weapon for the Germans to attack large warships!
This kind of bomb has made great achievements many times, but so far, surface ships have no effective way to deal with it. The best way is to intercept the opponent's dive bomber before the arrival of the other side.
Just after the cover of the sun, Franz dropped a bomb. He had no time to see the results of the bomb attack, so he quickly pulled it up. While pulling the rod, he avoided the right side so that the other party could hit him in the belly.
The machine gunner behind his cockpit fully appreciated the whole process.
What he saw was the tail flame of the bomb that was thrown down. The rocket-boosted bomb attack was so rapid that the Mara below had no chance to dodge.
The Mara had no way to hide, it was sailing on the narrow waterway of Kronstadt. If it had a rudder full on the left or right, it would definitely hit the defensive fortress on both sides.
It can only continue to accelerate, and then hope that its anti-aircraft guns can beat these annoying planes down.
No use.
The rocket booster bomb plunged into it at a very high speed from the position of the No. 4 turret at its tail.
The Mara has four triple-mounted 305mm main guns, all distributed on the axis, two in front and behind. The turret of the main gun has 254mm armor, but this is the side armor of the turret. After all, in the era of the rise of battleships, the most threat to the opponent's cannon was the opponent's cannon, which was a side strike.
The armor on the top is only 127 mm. For a rocket booster bomb weighing a ton, the thickness is as thin as paper.
He easily tore the armor on the top of the turret, and the bomb continued to fly inside, smashing everything along the way until it hit the shells that were spinning around the base of the turret.
Any naval gun layout is the same. The above is a cannon and the below is a shell. The 305mm naval gun shell explodes. It is definitely quite powerful.
"Boom!" When the huge explosion sounded, the entire Mara battleship was trembling violently, just like the desperate neighing of the warhorse before death. The Mara battleship at this time seemed to indicate something.
The sound of explosion was spreading to every cabin along the steel of the hull. The new recruits were pale and the veterans had already reacted, run away, run quickly!
The veteran ran up and didn't want to be drowned, so he at least ran to the deck.
Inside the bridge, Captain Peter poked his head out of the glass on the side, and could only see thick smoke rolling behind him.
"Quick, report on damage to the tube." Peter shouted loudly, just after he finished speaking into the microphone, he felt that the soles of his feet had begun to tilt.
From the sky, when the explosion occurred, hot flames emerged from the turret area, and the turret of thousands of tons equipped with triple was lifted open, and the explosion air wave instantly teared open everything around.
From this position, the warship with a full load displacement of 35,000 tons was disconnected. The fire did not burn, and the surging sea water poured in. The explosion and broken position quickly sank, and the bow of the ship in front rose up.
One shell killed the Mara. It was not because the Soviet Navy did not work hard, but because the gap in weapons left the Soviet Navy without a chance to win.
When he learned that Stuka had killed the Mara, Rudel, who was instructor in the rear, specially gave his students a day off and held a lively celebration party at the training base. It seemed that he also had a premonition that if he had not been forced to move to the rear, sinking the Mara would have been his result.
Chapter completed!