Chapter 598

On the shore of the Black Sea, the crimson peninsula can be said to be the home of the Soviet Black Sea fleet. The whole Black Sea fleet of the Soviet Union, a new Soviet class battleship and three cruisers constitute the core of the Black Sea fleet. Although the fleet was blocked in the Black Sea by Turkey, it was not as honest as it thought.

A few days ago, the fleet also stormed into Odessa Bay, an important Ukrainian port city occupied by German forces, shelling buildings and civilians there. Because of the support of the crimson regional road planes, the fleet safely returned to Sevastopol after 10 minutes of shelling.

This is absolutely challenging the German commander's bottom line of patience. Although the German army is preparing for the war in the Balkans, it must not allow the Soviet Navy to wreak havoc on the Romanian coast and the Ukrainian coast. Since the ground attack could not be launched for the time being, the retaliation was put on the agenda. The navy was obviously powerless, so this time the task was given to Catherine's air force.

So this time, Dick was ordered to carry out the attack mission, and the troops carrying out the attack mission were the butcher bomber troops that had not appeared for a long time. After two months of accumulation, the scale of the butcher bomber force has become even larger. The German army now has a total of 600 such long-range strategic bombers, which can be said to be a very large group of strategic bombers.

"This bombing mission looks unusual." One ground crew member sighed to the people around him as he hung one 500 kg air bomb after another into the bomb compartment of the plane with a bomb hanging machine.

"Well, it's said that all 40 butcher bombers in the base are going to take off. Apart from bombing Leningrad a few days ago, we haven't sent out so many bombers for a long time." A ground service apprentice nodded with approval: "I don't know where I'm going to have bad luck again. The same 500 kg air bomb."

The ground commanders nearby are identifying their bomb dropping targets from the photos brought back by the long-range reconnaissance plane. There are ship maintenance factories, various fortresses and battery, airports and anti-aircraft gun positions, and even water plants and power plants in several nearby areas. The butcher reconnaissance plane can bring back reconnaissance photos at an altitude of 15000 meters, but these photos are not easy to identify and can only provide general terrain analysis. German pilots will fly low to 8000 meters to take photos when they feel safe. At this time, the photos are clearer, but they are easy to be attacked by the enemy's air defense artillery.

"It's impossible to guarantee the accuracy of dropping a bomb at an altitude of 9000 meters. Our bomb may miss the target for hundreds of meters, and it doesn't pose any threat at all." A bomber's bomber is discussing the attack procedure with the commander: "after aiming at the target, it's better to drop the bomb at an altitude of about 7000 meters, so that more than half of the bombs can hit the target."

"No, victor. The scale of bombing is much larger than you think. You only need to attack the target with the most accurate bomb. As long as you destroy about half of the target, the subsequent bombing mission can deal with these enemies who have escaped your attack. " The commander waved his hand and said, "the bombing should be in a dense formation and try to ensure the accuracy of the attack. Do you understand?"

"Sir, how many planes do we use to bomb Soviet targets on the crimson Peninsula this time? How do you feel mysterious? It sounds bigger than the bombing of Leningrad? " The captains of several planes looked at their ground Tower Commanders with questioning eyes.

"Only general Dick knows the specific scale. I only know that all the butcher bombers in the four nearby airports have to take off to carry out their missions. So far, there are at least 150?" The commander didn't know the specific scale, but when he went to the combat mission deployment meeting, he saw commanders from several nearby airports, so he knew that the German air force was quite large this time.

"That's quite a lot." Several captains went to their own planes. Some bombers had already started the four huge engines on the engine wings. For a moment, the whole airport was full of mechanical roar. The pilot was reporting his fuel quantity, checking the fuel tank pressure and confirming that the communication was smooth.

"Tower! This is 141. All right! Can you hear me? " The captain pressed the mouthpiece to confirm to his ground commander whether his radio equipment was working properly.

"Aircraft 141, I can hear your voice very clearly. Everything is normal. Your take-off sequence is in the first place. Please taxi to the stand-by runway." On the ground tower, the commander, holding the phone, issued various orders loudly. The planes began to slide one by one. Soon, the first plane flew on the long runway, followed by the second and the third. In the end, all 40 bombers at the airport took off successfully, forming a spectacular formation in the sky.

Then, German fighters from the surrounding field airports joined the formation of butcher bombers and formed their own cover formation not far away. With the bombers, they began to fly towards the target. It wasn't long before the German pilots saw another batch of butcher bombers taking off from the nearby airport, also escorted by a huge fighter force.

After the long baptism of the British war, the brutal drills of the British air war, and the accumulation of experience in bombing Leningrad and other regions, the strategic bombers of the German air force now have the capability of long-range large formation bombing. This time, they have gathered more than 400 butcher bombers, There are also 350 fighters escorting.

There are more and more airplanes gathering in the sky, which is beyond everyone's imagination. The pilots flying on the far left can't even see how many airplanes are flying on their right, while the pilots flying in the middle can't see the edge of the fleet in their field of vision. Fighter pilots were stunned by the dense formation of bombers, and some even found cold sweat oozing from their palms. Hartman, the fighter pilot who carried out the escort mission for the first time, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. Until now, he realized that in addition to the feeling of flexibility and freedom, he could also have the feeling of solemnity and heaviness, and the feeling of flexibility and elegance had nothing to do with it. He could only use the hard and thick weight that seemed to have nothing to do with it. The huge flying formation in his eyes at this moment reminds him of the words of steel and invincible. The shrill air defense alarm sounded over the crimson peninsula. When the crimson soldiers came out of their barracks and looked up at the sky, they were completely shocked by the scene. For the first time, the Soviet Red Army saw such a large-scale air raid. For the first time, they saw the planes flying in the air in two layers, It seems that we can't see the end of the formation. Unfortunately, these planes are here to deal with them. Just above their heads, countless bombers have begun to give orders to open the bomb drop door full of bombs. One bomb after another was bathed in the cold air high above, and the sounding device on it had begun to make a sharp sound“ I found the target area! It's very clear. Let's start dropping bombs The most forward observer reminds his comrades in arms loudly, and then there is a continuous response command from the bomber in the earphone“ Start dropping bombs on 144! Start dropping bombs on 142! The first bomb has been dropped! The second bomb was successfully dropped With the dropping action of the catapult one after another, the bomb body made a slight click, and the air bomb left the bomber's cabin like a raindrop, and began to rush to the Soviet target on the ground by gravity“ Boom Compared with the overwhelming German bombers, the anti-aircraft gun positions near Sevastopol fort are no different from moaning and groaning. Their shells are very few. Facing the bombs falling like raindrops in the sky, they are as helpless as a rifle facing dozens of machine guns. The butcher bombers arranged by the German army to bomb airports, anti-aircraft gun positions and urban civil facilities were loaded with 125 kg air bombs, but they carried more air bombs to cover the attack, which had better effect. They also mixed a lot of napalm bombs to enhance the bombing effect. The German bombers attacking the ports, military facilities and fortresses are basically 500 kg class air bombs, which are enough to destroy the target area with solid protection, mainly destroying the military targets near Sevastopol and chek'e. There are also two formations of butcher bombers specially carrying a large number of napalm bombs, covering several large fortresses attacking the Soviet army. For a moment, the whole city on the crimson Peninsula seemed to be a hell. Buildings were destroyed and collapsed by bombs, barracks were ablaze, and huge craters were blasted out of the streets. The anti-aircraft gun positions were covered and attacked. After the butcher bombers passed by, the formation composed of 110 stuka-2 attack planes once again visited these air defense facilities, completely turning one Soviet anti-aircraft gun after another into a pile of scrap iron. The huge crane in the port was hit by a bomb, which ignited a fire and collapsed, hitting a destroyer moored in the port. In an instant, the destroyer broke into two parts and sank to the bottom of the sea, while the oil depot on the shore was also detonated by the bomb, which set off a fire blocking the sky and emitting thick smoke. Because the Black Sea Fleet was near chek'e, it escaped this unprecedented bombing. However, the bases of the Soviet Navy near the Black Sea were basically doomed. Sevastopol military port was almost in ruins and lost its ability to be a port in a short time. The power of strategic bombers was reflected once again. In this intensive attack alone, the German army basically destroyed the air defense system of crimson, forced back the arrogant Soviet Black Sea fleet, and laid a very solid foundation for the German army to control the air supremacy of crimson peninsula.