Before traveling to the war-torn Soviet-German battlefield, Malashenko, a military fan of later generations, had imagined and speculated countless times about the power of air raids on the real battlefield.
But no matter how those war movies that pursue extreme realism perform extremely exaggerated interpretations, or how those veterans who have experienced that cruel war vividly describe it, for Marat, who has never experienced a real air raid before,
For Schenke, the power of these heavy aerial bombs dropped by German Stuka dive bombers obviously far exceeded his expectations.
boom--
There were explosions and howling sand and dust.
The first 250-kilogram aerial bomb dropped straight down from mid-air and hit the Soviet tank convoy with precision. It quickly turned into a scorching fireball in less than a moment in the blink of an eye.
The explosion power equivalent to 125 kilograms of TNT with a charge coefficient of up to 50% is naturally full of stamina. The scorching flames are accompanied by billowing air waves and spread out from the center of the explosion like a flood in an instant.
Several BT7 light tanks that were only a few meters away from the center of the explosion were directly reduced to parts under the strong explosion power. Another T34 tank that was slightly farther away was also not spared from the rolling explosion.
It only took the blink of an eye for the shock wave to overturn this medium tank, which had a total combat weight of 28 tons, to the ground.
On the other side, Malashenko, who had just jumped off the turret to warn his troops, was not spared either.
The raging shock wave of the bomb explosion was like a strong wind rolling up a plastic bag, directly blowing Malashenko, who was running forward, away from his face. The strong body of more than 100 kilograms and 1.83 meters was blown away by the shock wave of the aerial bomb.
Looking like a scarecrow in front of him, Malashenko flew backwards for dozens of meters in mid-air and then plunged into the soft grass with his life and death unknown.
After losing the commander Malashenko to command the battle, the Soviet troops, which were already in chaos under the German air strikes, were even worse.
Facing these screams of death rushing down from the sky and their comrades falling one after another around them, the remaining Red Army soldiers who realized that simple escape and avoidance were futile simply became violent.
With a fierce attitude of fighting to the death, the Red Army soldiers began to pick up all the weapons in their hands that could shoot in the air, aimed at the sky, and fired back at the weird and ugly Stukas.
Among them, the ones with the most ferocious anti-aircraft firepower are naturally those GAZ AAA anti-aircraft trucks at the back of the queue.
In addition to the function of an ordinary truck for transporting goods and personnel, this type of anti-aircraft truck is also equipped with a Maxin 1901M4 7.62 mm quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun in the rear cargo compartment, which can carry out a maximum elevation angle of 45 degrees and omnidirectional
Anti-aircraft fire attack with 360-degree rotatable field of view.
Although this anti-aircraft truck consisting of only four 7.62mm Maxin machine guns sounds a bit shabby in terms of firepower, it was undoubtedly the most common and basically the most powerful field mobile anti-aircraft firepower of the Soviet Western Front in the summer of 1941.
Da da da da——
Accompanied by a burst of splashing gunshots and a barrage of crimson tracer machine guns piercing the sky, the Stuka dive bomber, which was still in a dive posture and plunged towards the Soviet troops on the ground, immediately seemed to be a frightened one.
His bird-like wings swung in time to avoid this anti-aircraft machine gun barrage that might threaten his own safety.
The B2 Stuka dive bomber, which only has bulletproof steel plate protection in the pilot's cockpit, is not as strong and durable as future successor models of Stuka. If you are not careful, you may be hit by the 7.62mm machine gun barrage.
The German pilots flying this Stuka bomber were obviously unwilling to try this risk that could lead to the aircraft crashing and killing people due to the fragile engine nacelle on the nose.
After shaking the heavy and fat fuselage like a pregnant seagull and climbing up for a certain distance, the German pilot who had just passed through the gate of hell was obviously very dissatisfied with the Soviet anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground that dared to challenge him.
"Bedbugs should have the consciousness of bedbugs. It is brave to dare to challenge the sky, but it is very stupid!"
Finally, while silently reciting the curse in a bad tone, he turned his head and determined the position of the Soviet anti-aircraft truck that was still firing at him. The German pilot, who was obviously not very good-tempered, immediately drove his beloved aircraft in a kind of way.
The almost vertical attack angle of more than 80 degrees fell straight down towards the Soviet anti-aircraft truck that was firmly locked on the ground.
Facing the Stuka dive bombers that dived straight down from the sky at a nearly vertical attack angle, this Red Army soldier who was full of enthusiasm but had only received some basic anti-aircraft weapons training was obviously a little panicked.
The maximum anti-aircraft depression angle of the four-unit Maxin anti-aircraft machine gun in his hand was only 45 degrees. Even if the muzzle of the gun was raised to the extreme position and stuck, it would not be able to reach the German fighters in the sky and would be in a blind spot.
Faced with the hopeless impasse in front of him, his mind and hearing system were completely enveloped in the "death scream" caused by the Stuka bomber's dive. Finally, the Red Army soldier could no longer bear it.
Under tremendous psychological pressure, driven by instinct and inner fear, he immediately dropped the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine gun in his hand and ran away.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz——
In order to enhance the psychological oppression caused by the Stuka dive bombers on the enemy when attacking the ground, the ingenious Luftwaffe also installed another small sound-producing device on the tail fin of the aerial bomb mounted on the Stuka bomber.
This small sound-producing device equipped on the bomb's tail fin is similar to the Jericho trumpet device used on the Stuka dive bomber.
You can use the airflow to emit the same harsh and terrifying scream when the bomb leaves the belly pylon and sprints towards the ground target. When mixed with the Stuka bomber's original Jericho trumpet device, the decibels soar and increase.
Extremely terrible.
Amidst this shrill scream like the howling of ghosts in hell, the Soviet anti-aircraft truck that had been parked just now and poured out its fury towards the German fleet was turned into wreckage parts in a burst of explosions in almost the blink of an eye. The raging
The truck tires that were blown off by the shock wave during the burning process even flew nearly a hundred meters in the air before coming to a stop, which shows the terrifying power of the explosion.
However, for this mechanized mixed team led by Malashenko, a long nightmare has just begun.