The waves slapped the warships. It was dusk now, and the sunset shone on the Black Sea, and the sea was filled with shimmering waves.

Gorshkov stood on the bridge of the Red Caucasus, and he still remembered the battle just now.

In fact, they did not win. When they rushed over with their unyielding spirit, they had a fierce exchange of fire with the Italian warship. After that, the Italian warship got out of the way after being shot.

So, their warships were raising their own posture and penetrated through the Italian warship queue. When the two sides crossed, the shelling almost stopped.

The Soviet warships mainly because their guns fired too slowly. After a volley, it took half a day to complete the loading again. At this time, the Italian Navy had already run away.

After the two sides intersected, the Black Sea Fleet's warships did not intend to turn around and continue to fight with them. The Black Sea Fleet's target was the German fleet, not these Italian warships.

Therefore, they continued to sail at high speed, and the warships rushed to a high speed of nearly 30 knots. Italian warships were also chasing them from behind, but they were chasing farther and farther away. Italian battleships were designed to sail in the Mediterranean, without considering the long voyage. The area of ​​the Mediterranean is not very large, and they do not need high speed. Therefore, the maximum speed of Italian battleships is only more than 20 knots, and they cannot catch up with them at all.

In this way, there was the Italian Navy behind. The Black Sea Fleet warships continued to sail forward without any fear. The seaplanes released in advance had even observed the German Navy's fleet position.

"We will meet the German fleet in a hundred nautical miles." Ghihonov said: "When we see the German fleet, it will definitely darken, which is good for us."

With a sense of anger, they were not afraid of the huge difference in the power gap between the two sides, so they chased them out directly, but along the way, Gorshkov had already had a plan in his mind.

They could not defeat the German fleet. The German naval guns were accurate and ruthless. They could kill the British navy in naval battles and were quite powerful. Not only were their own poor, but their own naval guns were not large enough.

So, if you want to achieve results, you can only fight for bayonets at sea!

Relying on their spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, they must move to each other, and bombard the other one or two kilometers, or even hundreds of meters, with ship guns, or even hit the bow of their own ship, so that they can sink the other party!

During the day, they had no chance. Now, when they encountered the German fleet, it was getting dark. In this way, it would be difficult for both sides to aim, and they would have a chance to get close to each other!

His idea was very good, but unfortunately, the news that followed broke his dream.

"The German fleet took off a large number of carrier-based aircraft, about 30, and is approaching our fleet. Pay attention to air defense!" Just after these calls came from the radio, the pilot's tone became quick. It is conceivable that the pilot was doing a large overload maneuver at this time, trying to avoid being hit by the opponent.

Unfortunately, it was useless. A few seconds later, the roar of air cannons came from the radio, and then it could no longer be contacted.

At such a distance, both sides could quickly see that now, the German carrier-based aircraft have been attacking them in large numbers!

"Order our anti-aircraft gunners to protect our warships!" Gorshkov shouted, and just after he gave the order, the sound of the lookout whistle came: "Note, German bombers!"

For a plane that can fly to four or five hundred knots, the distance of this hundred nautical miles is simply too close. After taking off, it was almost time to climb to a high altitude and cruise for a few minutes.

Lieutenant Steinkamp flew in the front. When he saw the Soviet fleet from above the clouds, he suddenly found his target: the largest warship, the Red Caucasus!

That is my own target. This time, I will destroy this Soviet largest cruiser!

Pushing his operating lever, hs129 begins to dive down from the clouds.

On the Red Caucasus, the anti-aircraft gunners were ready.

The Soviet Union was good at learning. When the Germans used their air superiority to kill British warships in Scapa Bay, the Soviet Navy was shocked unparalleled.

They looked around and found that their warships could not stop such bombings at all, so they were also making rapid improvements.

Therefore, since the Red Caucasus has been in service, it has been equipped with a variety of air defense weapons.

It was originally equipped with the 1914/1915 76mm anti-aircraft gun, and later replaced it with the Italian 100mm "Minizny" anti-aircraft gun, and also equipped with the 1935 34-k 76mm anti-aircraft gun.

At this time, in the middle of the hull, the Italian 100mm "Minizny" anti-aircraft gun had already begun to fire in the sky.

This type of artillery is the main force of high-altitude air defense, and is an Italian-produced type that introduced the K10 and K11 artillery in the Skoda Arsenal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The maximum range is 19,570 meters and the maximum shooting height is 10,000 meters. You can kill or drive the opponent's plane from a long distance.

"Boom, boom!" Two streams of black smoke appeared alternately in the double-mounted gun barrels, and two high-explosion bombs flew out of the gun barrels and flew towards the target in the sky.

As the fire was opened, the gun sat behind him, looking quite imposing.

At the same time, it also fired intermittently.

"Boom, boom!"

The turret fine-tuned angle, and the second round of shooting began before the first shot reached its target. At this critical moment, the Soviet anti-aircraft gunners burst out with the greatest potential and used the performance of this anti-aircraft gun to the extreme.

12 shells can be fired in one minute, every five seconds. Each time it is fired, two shells are fired. And such anti-aircraft guns are arranged on the Red Caucasus!

If you look at it from the air, the Red Caucasus at this time is like a hedgehog, with thorns all over his body, and the shells that are constantly shooting out seem to kill any enemy plane that dares to dive.

However, in Lieutenant Steinkamp's eyes, this was simply a bluff.

For an excellent attack aircraft pilot, they are not afraid of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Although they fire tall, the fire rate of these anti-aircraft guns is slow, and the distance is far, so the amount in advance must be large. The aircraft's maneuver can easily avoid it.

Unless there is a killer like a near-blast fuze, its hit rate is quite low. In contrast, a small-caliber rapid-fire cannon has a greater threat. For example, today's pilots are unwilling to dive at the Bofos anti-aircraft gun. They must cooperate tactically to eliminate it.

Continue to dive!

In the firepower net of the Red Caucasus and other warships' anti-aircraft guns intertwined, hs129 moves forward.

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Chapter completed!