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The Third Empire - Chapter 1338

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:31:25 AM


Chapter 1338: 1338

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The waves beat the warship. Now it is dusk. The sunset shines on the Black Sea, and the sea surface is sparkling.

Gorshkov stood on the bridge of the red Caucasus. He still remembered the first World War.

In fact, they did not win. When they rushed forward with indomitable strength, they had a fierce exchange of fire with the Italian warship. After that, the Italian warship stepped aside after being hit by shells.

As a result, their warships, holding their posture high, passed through the queue of Italian warships. When the two sides crossed, the shelling almost stopped.

On the side of Soviet warships, the main reason is that their naval guns fire too slowly. After a round of volley, it takes half a day to complete the loading again, and at this time, the Italian Navy has run away.

After the two sides crossed, the warships of the Black Sea Fleet did not intend to turn back and continue to fight them. The target of the Black Sea Fleet was the German fleet, not these Italian warships.

Therefore, they continued to sail at a high speed, and each warship reached a high speed of nearly 30 knots, while Italian warships also chased them behind, but they chased farther and farther. 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 can't catch up with them at all.

In this way, there was the Italian Navy behind. The warships of the Black Sea Fleet did not have the slightest fear. They continued to sail forward. The seaplanes released in advance have even observed the position of the German Navy's fleet.

"With a hundred nautical miles left, we can meet the German fleet." Gihonov said: "when we see the German fleet visually, it will certainly be dark, which is good for us."

At the beginning, with an angry momentum, they were not afraid of the great difference in the balance of power between the two sides and directly chased them out, but along the way, Gorshkov had a plan in his mind.

They can't beat the German fleet. The German naval guns are accurate and ruthless. They can kill the British navy in naval warfare. Their strength is quite strong. Their own side is not only poor in economy, but also their naval guns are not large enough.

Well, if you want to win, you have to fight bayonets at sea!

Relying on the spirit of fearing no sacrifice, they have to drive all the way to the other side, shelling with ships or even hitting with their own bow in a place of one or two kilometers or even hundreds of meters, so as to sink the other side!

During the day, they have no chance. Now, when they encounter the German fleet, it happens to be dark. In this way, it will be difficult for both sides to aim, and their own side will have a close chance!

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

"The German fleet has taken off a large number of carrier based aircraft, about 30, approaching our fleet. Pay attention to air defense!" After these calls came from the radio, the pilot's tone became urgent. It can be imagined that the pilot was making a large overload maneuver to avoid being hit by the other party.

Unfortunately, it didn't work. A few seconds later, there was the roar of aerial guns on the radio, and then we couldn't contact again.

At such a distance, the two sides will soon be able to see visually. Now, a large number of German shipborne aircraft have attacked them!

"Order our anti-aircraft gunners to protect our warships!" Gorshkov shouted. Just after he gave the order, the voice of the lookout came: "attention, German bombers!"

For a plane that can fly to four or five hundred knots, the distance of 100 nautical miles is too close. After taking off, it almost just climbed to the high altitude and cruised for a few minutes, and it should descend.

Lieutenant steinkamp flew in front. When he saw the Soviet fleet from above the clouds, he immediately found his goal: the largest warship, the red Caucasus!

That's my goal. This attack is to destroy the largest cruiser of the Soviet Union!

Pushing its lever, hs129 began to dive down from the clouds.

On the red Caucasus, anti-aircraft Gunners are ready.

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

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

Therefore, the red Caucasus has been equipped with a variety of air defense weapons since its service.

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

At this time, in the middle of the ship, the position of the Italian 100mm "minizni" anti-aircraft gun had begun to fire on the sky.

This kind of artillery is the main force of high-altitude air defense. It is an Italian production type that introduces K10 and K11 artillery from Skoda arsenal of Austria Hungary.

The maximum range is 19570 meters and the maximum shooting height is 10000 meters. It can kill or expel each other's aircraft from a long distance.

"Boom, boom!" The double mounted gun barrel alternately emitted two streams of black smoke. Two high explosive bombs flew out of the gun barrel and flew towards the target in the sky.

With the fire, the gun body sat back and looked quite powerful.

At the same time, it continued to fire intermittently.

"Boom, boom!"

The turret fine tuned the angle. The second round of shooting started before the first shot reached the target. At this critical juncture, the anti-aircraft Gunners of the Soviet Union broke out their greatest potential and used the performance of this anti-aircraft gun to the extreme.

12 shells can be fired in one minute, one in five seconds, and each time, two shells are fired from the double barrel. Such anti-aircraft guns, on the red Caucasus, are equipped with four!

If you look from the air, the red Caucasus is like a hedgehog. It is covered with thorns. The continuous shells seem to kill any enemy aircraft that dare to dive down.

But in the eyes of lieutenant steinkamp, it was a bluff.

For an excellent attack aircraft pilot, they are not afraid of large caliber anti-aircraft guns. Although they shoot tall, the fire speed of these anti-aircraft guns is slow, and the distance is long, so the advance must be large. The aircraft's maneuvering avoidance is easy to avoid.

Unless there is a proximity fuze, its hit rate is quite low. In contrast, the threat of small caliber rapid fire guns is greater. For example, today's pilots are unwilling to dive into bofoss antiaircraft guns. They must cooperate tactically to eliminate it.

Keep diving!

In the fire network intertwined by the anti-aircraft guns of the red Caucasus and other warships, hs129 is indomitable.




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