Steel Soviet Union

Before a truck full of German infantry could even get out of the vehicle, they were beaten into a bloody mass by the swooping Il-2 attack aircraft with aviation cannons on its wings. After the orange-red explosion fireball and a loud bang, only the remains of human body and steel were left, and nothing else.

"It's a flying tank! A Russian attack plane!"

The Il-2 was as terrifying to German soldiers as the Allied soldiers on the Western Front were to the Tiger tank.

This flying bathtub-like attack aircraft has an abnormal level of body defense, and is completely "indestructible" in terms of aircraft-level defense. As long as it's not hit in a vital part, it can take more than a dozen machine gun bullets and it'll be fine. At most, it'll have some damage to the skin and stagger, but it can still keep flying.

If a small-caliber anti-aircraft gun is not equipped with an armor-piercing belt, it will be difficult to deal with this thing. For example, a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun high-explosive shell cannot penetrate the front-end protective armor of the IL-2 body at all. There is no other effect except for the sound and sparks. If you can't even wear the protective armor, why shoot down the enemy plane? It’s all nonsense!

If it was just rough skin and thick flesh, that's all. What frightened the German soldiers even more was that this terrible "Black Death" and "Flying Tank" also had terrible weapon mounting capabilities and configuration plans. Machine guns, cannons, aerial rockets, and small-yield aerial bombs are all available. The "full set of services" can directly make the beaten German soldiers doubt their lives, regardless of whether the German targets on the ground are infantry or vehicles. Taking it all as it comes, "Who can withstand this" is the best way to describe the whimpering in the hearts of the German soldiers.

Even with a complete air defense position, it is difficult to take down the Il-2. Don't even think about taking it down now. This is basically no different from a fool's dream. The smarter Germans would have greased their feet and fled as soon as the air raid started. They could slip anywhere, into a ravine on the roadside or behind a wreckage. Anyway, they must not stand still and wait for death, let alone provoke. They looked for weapons as if they were dying and tried to fire at those Il-2s.

First use aircraft cannons to attack at a distance of about one kilometer, then launch a salvo of rockets at a distance of 800 to 600 meters to attack the enemy's ground vehicles, and finally attack the enemy's belly bomb bay at a distance of 300 to 500 meters. The aerial bomb inside the aircraft uses a very low altitude in exchange for higher hit accuracy. Not to mention throwing aerial bombs into a crowd of German troops, some skilled and proficient pilots could even throw 100-kilogram small sweet potato aerial bombs directly on top of the foreheads of German tanks.

The lower the altitude, the higher the accuracy of bomb delivery. Not only the Stukas of the German army are brave enough to do it, but the brave and fearless young attack aviation guys are also talented, bold and competent.

The artillery shells, rockets, and aerial bombs that danced together instantly sent the entire attacked German column into a frenzy. The remains of the corpses of the fleeing German troops that were directly torn apart by aircraft shells can be seen everywhere. The Lightning Opel truck, which was stepped on the accelerator and fled madly, was directly hit by a 132mm air-launched rocket. After a loud bang, only the burning and smoking tires were left. It flew out, and fragments of its original appearance were scattered in all directions.

Don't think that those relatively rough-skinned and thick-bodied German tanks can be used well. The 100-kilogram aerial bombs dropped at low altitudes are directed towards these German tanks.

The Il-2 pilots who kept lowering the bombing altitude were almost able to hit enemy tanks with an accuracy of more than 80%. In order to ensure the effective destruction of enemy tanks and not waste precious bombing opportunities, most pilots will choose to directly drop two aerial bombs at once to ensure that a German tank is taken away.

Although the 100-kilogram aerial bomb is called a small sweet potato, it can only be regarded as a younger brother among aerial bombs that can easily weigh tons. But you must know that even a 100-kilogram aerial bomb contains 50 kilograms of explosives. In later generations, African black uncles can drive a shabby car and pull 50 kilograms of TNT to blow up a US military checkpoint and kill a Humvee on the spot. It's hard to shred and find parts. In terms of explosive yield alone, it's equivalent to the total warhead charge of six 155mm high-explosive grenades.

So don’t underestimate the 100-kilogram sweet potato bomb. As long as you throw it accurately enough, it can blow up a German tank on the spot. The key depends on your pilot’s bomb-dropping skills.

A Panzer IV tank that was driving at full speed towards the roadside became the targeted target. The Panzer IV tank, which had moved coquettishly at the beginning of the air raid, darting left and right, had already dodged several rounds fired at it. aviation rocket. Either it was a near miss or it simply missed somewhere. All in all, this little No. 4 escaped without any danger time and time again and survived catastrophes.

But if you survive a catastrophe, you must be blessed later? This is not necessarily true. Sometimes, a last hit is necessary to survive a disaster, such as now.

Just when No. 4, who had stepped on the accelerator and tried his best to protect the car, was about to hit the accelerator and rush down the road, basically escaping the range of the air raid. No one expected that two big black iron lumps would suddenly fall from the sky at this time, one on the left and one on the right, landing directly next to the left and right tracks of the No. 4 tank, and they took a closer look. It turned out to be two 100-kilogram small sweet potato aerial bombs.

Before the aerial bombs exploded, the IL-2 attack aircraft that dropped the two aerial bombs took the first step and passed by at a low altitude, dragging a huge black shadow at a flying height of less than 50 meters. The violent whistling air flow even rolled up the cold-proof rags wrapped around the dead German soldiers on the ground and blew them into the air. As for the German armored soldiers inside the No. 4 tank, they knew nothing about what was happening outside. They had no idea at all. He felt that Death's scythe was already on his neck.

Boom——Boom——

The two sounds were almost completely connected together, and the sequence of the huge explosions was almost indistinguishable. A large fireball rose up and directly enveloped the poor No. 4 car inside.

Two 100-kilogram aerial bombs, one on the left and one on the right, exploded at close range almost simultaneously. In an instant, the Panzer IV tank was torn into pieces by firing its bow from left to right and from both directions.

No one can see clearly how No. 4 died in the flame storm. Only after the explosion flames and smoke finally dissipated, the two almost connected craters and debris scattered on the ground can be revealed to the unknown. People who want to know the truth will explain some basic situations.

Complete destruction is as simple as this. You can't even find any human remains on this charred land.