Chapter 1320: Battle of Tiger and Wolf 2
Because of communication problems, the German reconnaissance aircraft fell into chaos. They were eager to debug the equipment in the hope of restoring communications as soon as possible, but they ignored the Spitfire and Seagull that had just taken off. The Spitfire's powerful engine and light weight gave it excellent
Climbing, it is easy to deal with those bulky reconnaissance aircraft. The Spitfire 5 aircraft is as nimble as a Swift and nimbly flies from it.
Passed through the air and dealt a fatal blow to the opponent. The staggered 20mm artillery shells and 50mm machine gun bullets drew deadly lines of fire in the air, shooting down the clumsy reconnaissance planes one after another. As more and more fighter jets took off,
While driving away the reconnaissance planes, the remaining aircraft also began to climb and seize positions. Because they knew that the Germans would soon solve the guidance problem!
At this time, Rudel was flying towards the target with a group of attack aircraft. He was very puzzled by the sudden loss of information about the reconnaissance aircraft. According to the mission briefing before departure, there were at least 8 or so reconnaissance aircraft keeping a close eye on him.
The opponent, even if the opponent's fighter jets keep driving away the reconnaissance planes, it is impossible to shoot down all 8 aircraft at once! "It must be electronic jamming! Damn it, they launched the jamming when we needed the reconnaissance planes most!"
At this time, the fleet is still flying towards the target in the general direction. Although the general direction is not wrong, there is still more than 40 minutes to the target. This time is enough for a high-speed warship to run more than 30km! Draw with this radius
If it were a circle, it would be really difficult to search such a large area with eyes! In order to find the opponent, the best way is to disperse the search, which will inevitably lead to the dispersion of attack power.
"Let the fighter jets go. They are faster. The main force of the fleet continues to maintain cruising speed and fly in the established direction. If the fighter jets find the target and the communication is interfered with, they will retreat. Distance is always one of the most effective ways to combat interference." Lu
Del ordered, and then six BF109 fighter jets left the formation. They increased their speed to more than 200 knots, which was more than 40% higher than the cruising speed of the fleet. They could quickly reach the target area and start searching.
At this time, it can be described as a race against time. The Germans are looking for the whereabouts of Sumer and others, and Sumer is trying to release as many aircraft as possible before the opponent arrives. At this time, there are nearly 50 fighter jets in the air, but this is still
It was far from enough. The two aviation warships used all their aircraft. Even the torpedo planes were used as interceptors by reducing fuel to improve their maneuverability. Although it was impossible to expect them to compete with fighter jets, they could beat the opponent with full load.
Attack aircraft are still possible.
Depending on their flight performance, Spitfires, Seagulls and torpedo aircraft are on standby at different altitudes. The maneuverable and flexible Spitfire aircraft equipped with pressurization equipment are on standby at an altitude of 6,000 meters. They are ready to dive and attack the opponent's fleet at any time. Heavy aircraft climb more slowly.
Seagull aircraft are on standby at an altitude of 4,500 meters. Their vertical maneuverability is not good, but they have thick skin and thick firepower.
It is ferocious and has decent horizontal maneuverability. When the high-altitude Spitfire pins down the opponent's BF109 fighter jets, the Seagull will launch an attack on the opponent's attack fleet. The innermost layer of defense consists of those torpedo planes that rush to the aircraft. Their mission
It is to try to prevent the opponent from attacking, especially torpedo planes, so their altitude will be relatively low. Generally below 3000 meters.
Although electronic interference caused some troubles for German air guidance, and the fighter jets that took off beat the reconnaissance aircraft to pieces, something finally slipped through the net. An improved JU90 reconnaissance aircraft relied on the cover of the clouds to avoid the opponent's attack.
Chase. And retreated a certain distance in time. Then he found a BF109 fighter jet, "Hurry, let's get closer. Try using short-distance communication. This frequency band is used relatively rarely. Maybe it has not been mastered by the opponent.
!" Reconnaissance aircraft pilot
Bellevue maneuvered the fighter jet closer and ordered the pilot in the back seat to start contact immediately.
Maybe it was already far away from the interference source, maybe the short-range communication frequency band was not controlled by the opponent. But no matter what, Bellevue still contacted the BF109 fighter, and then the BF109 fighter began to try to attack
Fleet liaison attempts to guide the target in the right direction!
"Damn it, if only this news could come sooner!" Just 20 minutes before receiving the opponent's position report, the impatient Rudel once dispersed the small number of fighter groups! Twice before and after
A total of 12 fighter jets were dispatched for reconnaissance, so the number of fighter jets was only
There are 28 planes left! If the opponent is fully defensive, then the number of our own fighter planes will be at a low level. "Whatever, we have enough attack planes anyway. As long as half of the planes can successfully attack, then we can also attack those planes."
Send all three battleships to the bottom of the sea!" Rudel said harshly!
An hour later, the German fleet finally appeared in the field of view of the outer direct fighter jets. At this time, the interference had no effect, and the opponent would soon be able to detect it visually. And continued interference would also affect some of our own communications.
frequency band. So Su Mo ordered to shut down the jammers and use radar to guide the fleet to attack. At this time, radar guidance can only tell the intercepting force the approximate location of the enemy aircraft, but whether it can actually attack well depends on the quality of the pilots.
"Let's kill those Spitfires first!" Major Jim led all 16 Spitfires to launch the attack first. Their entry altitude was relatively high, and they used the cover of the clouds to silently pick up their opponents from above. The Germans did not expect it at all.
The other party will start to intercept and rob them from 70 kilometers away. When those sprayers
When the Fire Fighter dived from the sky with its huge speed and height advantages, the bf109 fighter with its auxiliary fuel tank was caught off guard! The British major divided the 16 aircraft into three groups and dived and attacked one after another, which made it difficult for the Germans
Organize a defense within a short period of time.
"Rush over immediately. The number of their remaining fighters will not exceed one squadron. We have 70 attack aircraft to completely break through the opponent's defense!" Rudel looked at the surrounding BF109 fighters that were busy abandoning their auxiliary fuel tanks to dodge the opponent's attack without hesitation.
ordered. After he saw that the other party did not concentrate its troops to attack, more
Adding deadly attack aircraft instead of entangled with fighter jets is an obvious mistake! This kind of dispersion of forces will inevitably lead to a reduction in defense power. According to the principles of German naval aviation, attack aircraft are always the first target! But what Rudel did not expect was that
Yes, Su Mo has used this time difference to take off enough fighter jets!
"Our intelligence is wrong! They definitely have more than one aircraft carrier!" After seeing the thousands of densely packed Seagull aircraft, a German pilot said tremblingly on the channel. There were at least 30 Seagull carrier-based aircraft in front of them.
!As the distance gets closer
, they could even see the cold light of the four 20mm cannons on the wings. The Germans didn't know how China did it. But they knew that this time they had hit the iron plate! It came like a wall.
The Seagull aircraft made the Germans completely desperate!
"Disband the formation and launch an attack as a squadron. Each crew can discard ammunition according to the situation!" At this time, all tactical arrangements were ineffective in a close-quarters encounter. Faced with the opponent's attack, Rudel did not dare to give in.
The fleet continues to maintain a box formation
The box formation is only suitable for heavy bombers and medium bombers that are full of machine guns. As for single-engine aircraft, just sleep. A ju90 only has three 15mm machine guns including rear-firing machine guns. With this kind of firepower, it is still a box formation.
Shape? Isn’t this seeking death?
China's pirate pirates finally showed their combat effectiveness in the first air battle! (Okay, although they were massacring fully loaded attack aircraft, it was still an air battle, right?) In cheating (light load state) and high-performance fuel
the joint effect of
The speed performance of the Seagull-type carrier-based aircraft using (100 aviation gasoline) is very outstanding. It is even comparable to the Spitfire 5. The brutal firepower of four 20mm Hispano cannons is coupled with a large ammunition load.
It is simply the nemesis of single-engine aircraft!
At the moment when the two sides came into contact, the roar of nearly a hundred various machine guns instantly resounded throughout the battlefield. High-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs flew out of the barrels alternately, and twisted fire snakes flew wantonly in the air! 500kg was mounted on it.
Attack aircraft with bombs and even 800kg torpedoes awkwardly dodge the opponent's attack, but in the eyes of the attacker,
This so-called maneuver is simply slower than a snail! Even after the German fleet dispersed, they still could not escape the fate of being hunted! A JU90 aircraft carefully controlled the angle of its dive. Just now, a comrade moved too much and exceeded the target.
Under heavy load conditions, the aircraft lost control due to its maximum overload, and eventually spun and fell into the sea.
The sacrifice of his comrades did not allow him to escape. A Seagull aircraft followed from behind. The opponent's speed was very fast, far exceeding his speed in a shallow dive. "I was almost scared to death, but soon I discovered
A BF109 fighter jet followed up from behind this Seagull fighter jet. This
This brother did a great job. He entered the attack position from the 7 o'clock direction, and then the mg151 cannon and two 15mm machine guns on the nose started roaring! The sound of bullets tearing the skin and colliding with the fuselage came from the back! I was
The joy is about to blossom. That damn big guy in the back is finally finished!"
"But the final result was beyond my expectation! The Seagull actually got closer to my plane. After smashing half of my wing and tail rudder with a short burst of fire, it calmly broke away. When it flew over my head
At that time, I could see the dense bullet holes on the tail of the aircraft. Then there was our bf109 fighter, which had tried its best. I remembered the characteristics of this aircraft. When I returned to the ship afterwards,
After the team, I specifically asked the driver why he didn't shoot down that damn guy! The other party's answer surprised me. He said that he had used up all the ammunition, but who knew that the other driver seemed to be made of steel?
It works, but it just can't be shot down!" After the war, the testimony of the pilot of the JU90 attack aircraft became the Allied Powers' first understanding of the Seagull aircraft - this type of aircraft is difficult to be shot down by light fighters.
The Seagull aircraft, which is fast, fierce in firepower and has a strong body structure, showed its prowess in this chicken-slaying battle. Many Chinese pilots even used the fragile firepower of the BF109 fighter to kill the attack aircraft, and from time to time there were sounds in the sky
explode
The sound of the shells streaking through the air and the sound of shredding metal made the Germans shudder. Before the Germans launched the attack on the ship, most of the attack aircraft squadrons had been scattered, and the remaining attack aircraft that were lucky enough to not be shot down could only
Launch scattered attacks!
But even so, the high quality of the German attack aircraft pilots still caused certain losses to Sumer's fleet. The extremely excellent diving performance of the JU90 bomber surprised the Allied anti-aircraft artillery troops who were facing the battle for the first time! One JU90 after another
The aircraft dived at an angle of nearly 80 degrees. Viewed from overhead, they were almost
The attack was carried out in a vertical manner. The two-string anti-aircraft guns of the Persian aircraft carrier had to be almost at the maximum elevation angle to barely cope with it. The intensive firepower composed of dozens of anti-aircraft guns on the two strings formed a funnel-shaped barrage and threw a large amount of ammunition into the air. 127mm
The high-level and high-level dual-purpose guns and the 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun formed a two-layer interception network, far and near, to prevent the opponent from approaching.
Four bombers launched the first threatening attack from the starboard side. Two aircraft began to dive from an altitude of about 2,000 meters, while the other two aircraft entered from an altitude of 500 meters to conduct shallow dive bombing. This greatly dispersed Persia.
No. 1's sideline fire, four aircraft flew through the sky full of gunpowder smoke and shrapnel. One of them
An aircraft was hit by a near-missile bomb, and the metal storm formed by thousands of shrapnel smashed a JU90 attack aircraft into a sieve. Another JU90 attack aircraft was hit by a 40mm Bofors when it entered the last 500 meters.
The cannons were torn to pieces, and eventually two planes dropped bombs, but neither hit directly.
Boom! With a loud noise, a huge water column rose from the right side of the battleship, and a high-explosive bomb weighing 500kg exploded near the starboard engine room. The high-explosive bomb was filled with at least 300kg of high explosives. This
It is no less than the charge of a torpedo. Although it is not a direct hit, the explosion point is only more than ten meters away from the battleship, and the depth is relatively large.
A large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles pushed countless debris and riddled the underwater defense system of the hull's side strings. The outer hull plate and the two inner layers of high-elastic steel plates could not withstand such a powerful impact, directly forming
A huge breach was about 5 meters long and about 2 meters wide. In just a few minutes, hundreds of tons of water entered the starboard side of the battleship, and the hull also tilted slightly.
"The situation is very bad. Our heavy fuel consumption is too great. The heavy oil tank in the power compartment is almost empty. The underwater tank defense is almost useless. There is also a bulge in the bulkhead of the power compartment." A moment later, a person in charge of damage control said
The officer report reported that at this time, the maneuverability of the huge USS Persia aircraft carrier dropped sharply, which provided an opportunity for the remaining attack aircraft. After the Air Force dispersed several waves of attacks, six more bombers launched an attack.
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