Chapter 1135 First Round
"Damn! They actually accelerated! Can you fly so fast with a bomb?" Suddenly, Parker felt that his calculations had made some mistakes, and the encounter time was faster than the normal estimate! As a veteran, he was confident that he would seize the opportunity.
He was very confident in his ability, so the only problem could be that the opponent accelerated or climbed shallowly! But the opponent was carrying a bomb! Even if the British were against the odds, they couldn't build such an aircraft? Parker suddenly felt that the situation in front of him was subverting his own.
Cognition.
"Turn on the power to the maximum, remember, we only have 3 minutes!" As the throttle was pushed to the bottom, a large amount of fuel was injected into the engine, and a surging power was generated from the engine, pulling the aircraft faster.
The climb is .3 minutes! Parker’s fighter can only maintain this power for 3 minutes.
clock. If the time is longer, it is difficult to say what problems will occur with this BMW-produced engine. (Generally, the maximum power output time of aircraft is not long. For example, the maximum output power time in the manual of the fw190a8 fighter jet is 3
Minutes, if it takes too long, something will happen.)
"Prepare to fight, throw away the auxiliary fuel tanks. When the British launch the first wave of attacks, we will enter the battlefield!" Wang Yue ordered. After turning on the maximum power, Parker Squadron finally entered the interception position, and the altitude was slightly higher.
, and then began a shallow dive attack on
Fang. "Okay, brothers, let's start the dive. If necessary, we can throw away the weight." The British lead plane ordered. "I hope those Haidongqing can cover us to the back. We will encounter more fighters at low altitudes."
." A British pilot said with some anxiety.
The leading British aircraft pressed its nose and began a shallow dive. As the altitude was converted into kinetic energy, the speed of the British reconnaissance aircraft increased to a higher level, but this was nothing to the German aircraft that dived first. At the first
After a round of hasty attacks without success, they can also take advantage of the opponent's height difference to try from behind. After all, the opponent is diving, and dives have a speed limit, so they will have to slow down sooner or later. In this way, Parker and his teammates get an extra
opportunity.
"Damn, there seems to be something behind us!" A pilot's slightly panicked voice reached Parker's ears. He saw a German fighter jet being hit by several tongues of flames fired from the sky and directly smashed to pieces. Then he
When he looked back, he saw several large figures behind him.
"They must have been hiding in the clouds just now. Everyone dispersed and escaped." The most tragic situation in the air battle occurred. I was bitten by the tail. Moreover, the opponent also had a height advantage and speed advantage! My fuel situation was not very optimistic either.
In desperation, Parker began to leave the battlefield, intending to compete with the sneak attackers behind him after regaining energy. Of course, in this way, those British twin-engine aircraft with "bombs" could only be handed over to their comrades.
"This attack by the other party does not pose a great threat to us. With such a huge advantage, their attack only destroyed two fighter jets. It is not that their technology is too poor, but it is for some purpose.
I don’t want to lose too much energy and maneuverability, so I can climb back up after gaining some advantages.
We gained altitude advantage, broke away from the battle, and continued to circle around the fleet. Because of the unsuccessful high-altitude and high-speed attack just now, our fuel consumption was higher than normal, so we must shorten our patrol time and return to the aircraft carrier as soon as possible to refuel.
." Parker concluded after the war.
The second wave of interceptors was a group of Austro-Hungarian fighter jets. If it weren't for the insufficient density of direct guard aircraft in the air, the German and Austrian Air Force would not have had to send such scumbag aircraft to intercept the British's most advanced twin-engine aircraft.
Yes, just like the German aircraft, the opponent can only block it once from the front. If it fails, they will not even be able to smell the exhaust! "This thing is too strong!" 3 equipped on the Austro-Hungarian fighter jets
The 12.7mm machine gun is obviously not powerful enough for a twin-engine aircraft. In just a few seconds, it does not matter even if the bullet hits the opponent. The three 20mm cannons installed on the British twin-engine aircraft are very powerful for the Austro-Hungarian aircraft.
The empire's biplanes can definitely be regarded as the scythe of death. A few shots are enough! As a result, after this round of interception, no British aircraft were lost, but three of the enemy aircraft were killed!
However, after facing two consecutive interceptions, the flight altitude of the Hawkeye team responsible for luring the enemy was reduced to about 3,000 meters. In order to get rid of the chasing opponents, they also flew at high speed for a long time, and the fuel was also somewhat tight (
After all, they were flying back to Sicily.) At this time, it rained all night, and a German twin-engine plane from Crete appeared over the fleet.
Although the engines are inferior and there is no supercharging, the German twin-engine aircraft still have the advantage of long range and fierce firepower. Facing the British twin-engine bombers that broke through two interceptions, the German land-based air force has the dual advantages of height and speed.
."Okay, our play is over, let's get ready
"Withdraw." Originally, it was just to tire the opponent. In this case, there was no need to risk their lives, so the Hawkeye team decisively gave up and continued to advance, greased the soles of their feet and ran away. But even so, the Germans were swooped down.
The twin-engine fighter unit shot down two aircraft and damaged one.
"If we send more planes, our air defense network is still too sparse. This wave is just a trial attack, and the real offensive may come later." Jordi ordered with a calm face. "In addition, I want to ask,
Is there really nothing we can do against the British fast bombers?"
"We also have a similar planning machine, but it will definitely not be used in this war." Redel also said with some shame. The Germans are still very confident in their own technology, especially after the end of World War 1, the Germans' confidence
It has reached a new level. They never thought that they would be suppressed by the other side's technological superiority in the war. "However, the British do not have many such aircraft. They cannot rely solely on this aircraft to launch a single attack that is enough to threaten the entire country."
Fleet attack."
What Redl said is indeed correct. There are not many such aircraft in the UK. Even if they are all gathered together, apart from the unarmed aircraft that have been responsible for reconnaissance and guidance around the fleet, there are not many remaining aircraft.
Considering the attack accuracy in a hurry under layer upon layer of interception, even if the opponent has some aircraft rushing in, it will be difficult to cause too much damage to the fleet under the interference. If you want to hit a target with a speed of 30 knots
, which is also quite difficult!
An attack that can truly pose a threat to the Grand Fleet must be well-organized and of a certain scale. It is definitely not a harassing attack. Therefore, the opinion of the Allied aviation commanders is to avoid attacking the opponent's large forces.
Before coming up, several aircraft carriers only released a small number of fighter jets to replace the aircraft that had run out of fuel. After discovering the opponent's large fleet, they would do their best to release fighter jets. You know, the Germans also have long-range reconnaissance aircraft cruising in this area, and
Moreover, attack aircraft can only take the shortest voyage from Sicily to ensure sufficient fuel. Therefore, German reconnaissance aircraft can almost wait and wait to search for land-based incoming aircraft. As for the Italian Navy's offensive? German reconnaissance aircraft are in
No trace of the opponent has been found within a range of about 250km around the fleet. Even if the opponent enters this sea area, counting the formation and flight time, the Allies will have more than an hour to prepare a new wave of fighter jets!
While the Allied fleet was resisting harassment from the other side, the Allied aircraft fleet attacking the Benghazi port went relatively smoothly. More than 50 aircraft of various types taking off from the airport near Benghazi faced the cover of 70 Allied fighter jets and had no chance to interfere.
Attack by attack aircraft.
After many air battles, except for some elite units, the quality of pilots in the Italian and Allied Air Forces has also plummeted. According to Tycho, every month of fighting can destroy the 4 years of accumulation of Italian naval aviation! Fighters after fighter jets
was shot down by the opponent, and then
The freed-up Allied fighter units began to use machine guns and aircraft cannons to deal with various anti-aircraft guns on the ground. Although it is a very important port, at the moment, Italy does not deploy too many anti-aircraft guns here. As for the specific reason?
It's more like a fairy tale, because the Allied Powers
He and China's military advisers believed that Tycho's troops lacked sufficient anti-armor firepower and peaceful artillery fire, so they directly decided to use anti-aircraft artillery to make up for it... "Believe me, sometimes anti-aircraft artillery is better at beating tanks than
Planes are more powerful." A Chinese military officer once said.
The first to enter was the German dive bomber formation. After the fighter jets used firepower to suppress the surrounding anti-aircraft firepower, the dive bomber formations dived towards the heavy cruiser Goricia which was being repaired in the berth. These bombers used 2
A 250kg high-explosive bomb was dropped at a speed of 00 knots at an angle of 65 degrees. This wave of attacks did not require the complete destruction of the warship, as long as it could destroy the anti-aircraft firepower of the opponent's ship and prepare for the subsequent horizontal bomber attack.
That’s it.
"The opponent's counterattack was not fierce. There was almost no anti-aircraft firepower on the other two warships, and the 90mm anti-aircraft guns on them did not fire. This incident made us very confused. In the end, we discovered that these two
This battleship was disguised as a civilian ship! Because our two 250kg bombs successfully blew it into two pieces. This is definitely not the defense level of a heavy cruiser!" A German pilot who participated in the battle said after the war.
Only the first wave of 30 dive bombers hit at least 15 bombs. The Allied Navy's ship attack capability was still very strong. 8 of the bombs hit two camouflaged ships, completely sinking them, while several other bombs also
It almost swept across the deck of the Goricia. The horizontal bombers that then attacked dropped the 500kg armor-piercing bomb in a shallow dive, ultimately condemning the Goricia to death!
Chapter completed!