The Third Reich

#1737 Torpedo Machine (Plus 10)

Major Thatch's blunder is unforgivable.

If he continued to climb upwards, the two planes should have stalled almost at the same time. If he could hold on a little longer, maybe the FW190 below would fall first.

However, Major Saatchi couldn't hold back at first. Air combat is measured in seconds, and in this fierce air battle, every second must be awake enough. Any mistake may bring catastrophic consequences. as a result of.

Like now.

Major Saatchi, who dived first, suddenly had a few more holes in the fuselage, and the 20mm shaft artillery shells ripped apart the pirate's fuselage at once, and then it burned.

A victory!

Alcatel's heart was very excited, but he deliberately remained calm. The battle is still going on, and they have to try their best to prevent each other's fighters from crossing the interception line.

Alcatel looked towards the surrounding airspace, and soon discovered that there were several special targets on the sparkling sea.

Want to sneak in? It's not that easy!

Alcatel pushed the lever, and the FW190 began to dive down sharply.

Getting closer, getting closer, Alcatel could already see clearly, it was several US Navy TBF "Avengers" torpedo attack aircraft.

In this era, the use of torpedoes to attack enemy warships is also a common way, and the characteristics of torpedo aircraft are also obvious.

It requires a three-person crew compartment.

The throwing of torpedoes is not that simple. It requires a special person to operate and has a responsible process. Therefore, it is necessary to add a bombardier sitting in the middle, the pilot in the front, and the gunner in the back.

The torpedo plane is bulky. In order to protect its own safety, like other bombers, it needs a machine gunner at the tail to protect its rear hemisphere.

The current Avenger torpedo machine is the latest model, designed and produced by Grumman, and has just been in service.

In the chaotic air battle, this team of torpedo planes skillfully avoided the smoke on the battlefield and flew low on the sea level. At this time, they could already see the terrifying fleet on the sea in the distance.

Everyone is shocked at what the Germans have achieved in a few years. After the First World War, Germany had lost its navy, and now their navy has grown to a terrible extent.

"Prepare to throw torpedoes, target, destroyer ahead," said the commander of the torpedo plane.

Although they also want to attack the aircraft carrier at the core of the formation, or the battleship in front of the formation, the commander of the torpedo plane is clear in their hearts that their ultra-low-altitude aircraft cannot fly to the core of the opponent's formation. go in.

They want to break through the layers of interception of the outer warships, and they will definitely be shot down in the middle.

Their task is to smash the openings and destroy the outer escort warships, so that their own dive bombers can approach the inner aircraft carrier and blow up the most important warships of the other party.

Although the battleships are also outside, the battleships have thick armor protection, and the same is true underwater. It is impossible for them to cause damage to the battleships at all.

Take out the anti-aircraft destroyers on their periphery!

Just then, suddenly, the machine gunner behind shouted: "German fighter jets!"

In the sky, a FW190 whizzed and rushed over. The machine gunner's heart was highly nervous, his eyes were fixed on the sight, and then he pressed the button, the electric tail turret began to rotate, and then he stepped on the firing device.

"Da da da." The 12.7mm machine gun roared wildly, raining bullets into the sky. The machine gunner was too nervous. At this time, he was not within the range of the machine gun, but he did so to a certain extent. When the tail gun was found, the fighter behind it flew away.

To be kicked out so easily?

This torpedo squadron had never participated in combat before, and most of the personnel above were newbies, even the squadron leader had not experienced combat in his several years of service.

Now, seeing the opponent flying away, the squadron leader is also relieved, and continues to move forward, ready to throw torpedoes!

The bombardier in the middle is preparing quickly, setting the depth, setting the route, and then, please God bless, the torpedo must be able to touch and then explode, and no duds will appear.

At this moment, the top of the head suddenly became dark, and the bombardier in the middle raised his head, and instantly shouted in horror: "There are enemy planes above the head!"

The FW190 actually swooped down from above their heads at a nearly vertical angle. This terrifying plane attacked from a very tricky angle, and there was no protection at all.

"Tom Tom Tom!" The axis cannon was roaring, and with just three shots, the torpedo machine in the middle exploded into the air.

When Alcatel got up, he saw that the remaining torpedo planes had hurriedly dropped the torpedoes and began to accelerate backwards to escape.

Is it okay to drop the torpedo? Waiting for you to continue to make up the knife!

The attack just now was quite dangerous. If Alcatel pulled up for a second late, he would be in close contact with the target. At the same time, it was too exciting.

Just as Alcatel was about to rush up, and then follow suit to kill a fight, the corner of his eye swept casually toward the sky above his head, and he was suddenly shocked.

Just when he was chasing these torpedo planes at an ultra-low altitude, in the sky above, several seagull-wing planes had already flown over, only a dozen kilometers away from his own fleet!

Too dangerous!

With the pilot's vision, Alcatel could easily see that the gull-wing aircraft was different from the one just now. Under the flat belly, there were two bombs mounted, which was about to dive bomb!

The torpedo planes are at low altitude, and the dive bombers are in the middle of the sky, approaching from different airspaces. Although the aircraft carrier formation has released almost all fighter planes, it is still impossible to completely parry in front of the US Navy fighter planes that are surging like a tide, and there will be slippage. of fish.

This is all in the plan. There are a large number of anti-aircraft ships on the periphery of the aircraft carrier formation. Those 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns will make them realize what the imperial navy's barrage protection is.

However, whenever possible, try to eliminate the opponent on the periphery.

So, Alcatel could only abandon those torpedo planes that escaped, pull the operating lever, and the fighter planes began to climb upwards. Soon, he confirmed visually that it was the same type as the fighter plane he just intercepted, a pirate fighter plane.

Any advanced fighter can be multi-functional, such as FW190, which can hang bombs, which is heavier than Stuka, and can also hang torpedoes.

The Corsair fighter is also such an advanced aircraft. It mounts two 1,000-pound bombs, which is better than many light bombers.

At this time, the two pirate fighters were struggling to fly towards the German naval fleet. With the help of their brothers, they successfully penetrated the defense. Now is the final stage.

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