The appearance of this low-altitude reconnaissance aircraft was considered by the military and civilians to be a provocation, and military officers believed that it was a harbinger of future air strikes. In short, this aircraft must be shot down.
However, the Soviet army with a total strength of 15,000 troops is distributed over a large area. Although the current troop in Blacksmith Village has the largest strength, it only has more than 5,000 troops.
The current troops are also in a level three combat readiness state, that is, bullets and firearms are separated. Only some troops conducting live-fire training have ammunition in their hands.
The appearance of the plane alarmed too many people. Soldiers went to the ammunition depot to collect bullets, especially the machine gunners. They went to collect the MG34 magazine box containing 300 rounds of ammunition. In this situation, it was the MG34 that came into play.
Good timing for its anti-aircraft machine gun nature!
The strange noise in the sky made Podovic very angry. Now he can only look at the blue sky and stamp his feet and curse!
Since his car crashed, he has been completely unemployed. Such an excellent pilot cannot be used as an ordinary soldier. However, the army has no new aircraft for him to operate, so he and several technicians were transferred to the blacksmith village. Bodovi
Qi also has some abilities other than flying airplanes, such as repairing machinery and perfecting machine guns. He even knows how to drive a truck, so he temporarily serves as a technical consultant for the arsenal, doing what he can.
Doing these tinkering things is not what he likes at all. This is a man who longs for the blue sky.
"Since forty-nine comrades have fallen, I have to shoot down forty-nine enemy planes to avenge you!"
These dreams of his became almost impossible to realize as the car became a wreck.
Standing in the empty field outside the arsenal, he raised his arms and made a shooting motion, shouting "ta da da da".
His behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of the former aircraft maintainer who smoked.
"Hey! What are you yelling about! Stop dawdling, let's go to the weapons store and get the machine gun!"
"Nothing! Damn it, if my fighter plane hadn't been destroyed, this enemy plane wouldn't have dared to make another mistake."
"What's the point of talking about this?! Is it possible that we still need to build a plane?!"
"Forget it! It might be possible to build a wooden glider that can fly, but I don't want a fighter jet anymore." Bodovich spat, and then looked at the buzzing black figure: "I am a pilot, but I have
A few achievements! What use do I have now? I really live a miserable life."
The pilot Sergey heard his complaints clearly: "Forget it, at least you are still alive. As long as you are alive, you have a chance. When our army counterattacks across the board, sooner or later you will be able to fly a plane to fight, and even
Neng Cheng is the squadron leader!"
"It depends on the ability of our commander Berekov. Maybe I can really be the squadron leader of our 63rd Army Army Aviation?! The premise is that I can live to see that day."
The arsenal is responsible for modifying a large number of captured MG34s, that is, modifying the barrel structure and spring strength, thereby reducing the rate of fire and maintaining longer firepower continuity in actual combat. Today, the arsenal still has more than a hundred to be modified, and they are just used as
Anti-aircraft machine gun.
The arsenal also reserves some standard heavy machine gun ammunition, which is used to test the shooting effect of the modified firearms.
Podovich and his men quickly obtained the weapon. He quickly inserted the bullet chain into the gun chamber, propped the bipod on a wooden shelf, pulled the bolt, aimed at the target, and started shooting.
The sound of the machine gun was like tearing linen, and the short and sharp bursts of fire were actually more than ten bullets flying. There were also some green tracer bullets in the bullet chain. Even in the morning, these "green lasers" were clearly visible.
At this moment, the Soviet anti-aircraft firepower had been greatly enhanced. Facing increasingly fierce resistance, the German pilot Paul also began to run away.
After all, this is a reconnaissance aircraft. It is set to a slow flight speed, and its climbing speed is even more unsatisfactory.
Most of the bullets whizzed past the plane. When Paul saw the green flash around him again, he suddenly panicked. "Oops, these are our weapons. If I get hit by these, I'm really finished!"
Suddenly, the aircraft body shook abnormally, and Paul knew that he must have been shot. He looked at the wings on both sides in horror, and saw more than a dozen horrifying holes on the left wing! The only thing that comforted him was that the plane's fuselage
After all, the wing is made of aluminum alloy skin, and the bullet can only drill a hole like a punch, but cannot cause much damage.
He knows that the most vulnerable part of the aircraft is the nose, where the engine and fuel tank are located!
"Oh! God, protect me! These damn Russians, don't even think about hitting me!"
Compared to the frenzied firing of other machine gunners, Podovic maintained a rhythmic burst of fire. This was what he did when flying a fighter jet, and he believed it was the key to his ability to shoot down enemy planes. In fact, it was indeed him who caused this in the first place.
Damage to a reconnaissance aircraft.
As the plane moved further and further away, Podovich's shots gradually failed.
"Damn! This is a new type of aircraft. Maybe it is equipped with armor. Our bullets cannot penetrate it yet! Unless we have a real anti-aircraft machine gun with a caliber of 14.5 mm here!"
His complaints could only become a complaint. The pilot Sergey inserted a cigarette into the heat dissipation hole of the gun barrel, and soon bursts of green smoke came out. "Stop complaining, have a cigarette to calm down. Look around you,
They are all bullet casings! And there is this gun barrel, this cigarette was burned by the gun barrel!"
During this era, the Soviet air defense forces achieved great results in shooting down enemy aircraft in the battle to defend Moscow. In the end, of the 8,000 bombers used by the German army to bomb Moscow, only 300 flew over the city of Moscow.
During the battle, the air defense forces shot down 900 German aircraft!
Such results were achieved thanks to the Soviet army's relatively excellent anti-aircraft weapons. This was an era when the VT fuze was about to be invented. Although anti-aircraft guns could kill a bomber instantly with one hit, the rate of fire was still too slow. Soviet equipment
Four or even eight 12.7mm Deshka heavy machine guns can achieve fatal damage to enemy aircraft.
Some modified anti-aircraft guns with calibers as high as 14.5 mm can even use the same ammunition as anti-tank guns. In war, there is nothing wrong with using anti-tank guns for anti-aircraft shooting.
And this is exactly what Natasha is currently doing.
When a strange buzzing sound appeared in the sky, the children in the youth camp who were training paused their shooting. They looked for the sound and raised their heads, looking for suspicious targets in the blue sky.
"This looks like an airplane. Could it be an enemy reconnaissance plane?" Kharkiv guessed vigilantly.
Natasha was even more vigilant: "Maybe it's a reconnaissance plane! Oops, the enemy wants to use bombers to blow us up!"
Upon hearing this, Kharkiv immediately panicked.
"We...we must shoot down the enemy plane! Everyone gather and prepare to shoot in the air!"
The youth battalion responded very quickly. When the reconnaissance plane appeared, the air-to-air shooting began. The scene was a bit chaotic. A large number of young soldiers relied on the training bullets they loaded in the barrels to shoot. They did not achieve any results.
, the bullets passed behind the target one after another, and finally just heard a sound.
Natasha remained calm. The only weapon that could knock someone off the plane now was that weapon.
The girl glanced at the strong Igor, and then at the anti-tank gun that had been put aside for the time being, with the barrel covered with a cloth sheath...