Chapter 407 Come on, Hurt Each Other (Plus 4)
Biplanes are good.
Britain is conservative. In this era when monoplanes and fully enclosed cockpits have appeared, they still hold on to the Swordfish torpedo plane. In their eyes, biplanes have two wings and are safer when flying. , and once there is a problem with one wing, there is another wing that can continue to fly.
Like now.
This swordfish torpedo plane was lucky, because it was only the upper wing that was smashed, the engine, and the propeller were all in good condition. At this time, Charlie couldn't care too much and got the plane out. take off!
Seeing that Charlie insisted so much, the other ground staff had to follow suit.
A ground handling vehicle was driven over, which was actually an ordinary truck. Several ground staff tied ropes to the plane and then started the truck.
Normally, as long as a few ground crews push, the plane can come out of the hangar.
But not now, because the hangar has collapsed, and there are several ruins, blocking the front, use a shovel to clear the slope, and then pull it out with a truck.
The exhaust pipe of the truck was smoking black smoke, the engine was roaring, and the swordfish torpedo machine behind was being pulled out little by little.
This is the largest slope, and after pulling it, you can enter the runway.
Although the runway was full of potholes, Charlie had no other choice, he had to take off!
"Quick, work hard!" Charlie walked a few steps, came to the side of the fuselage, and pushed the plane together. This slope is too big, and it can't be pulled even by a truck. It has to rely on everyone to work hard together!
The wheel was stuck on a large brick, and a dozen people shouted to push the plane over.
Once, twice, the fuselage became more and more swaying, and finally, the fourth time, the wheel successfully rolled over the stone!
Everyone was sweating profusely, and Charlie wiped the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly his ears stood up.
what sound?
In the distance, there is a dull humming sound, this sound is so familiar...
Looking down the sound, Charlie saw a bright spot in the southeast sky, shining with silver light.
airplane!
"Pay attention to air defense!" Charlie shouted loudly. The plane flying at a very low altitude in the distance is definitely a plane. The plane that appeared at this time must be German!
The airport here was attacked by a sneak attack. When the Junkers-88 dived and dropped bombs, there was a panic here, and there was no effective air defense at all.
But now, they have reacted, all the personnel are in place, rescue the fighter plane, put out the fire, and at the same time, they are also preparing.
The anti-aircraft artillery positions were destroyed immediately, so they could only rescue a few anti-aircraft machine guns from the warehouse.
Near Charlie is an anti-aircraft machine gun emplacement.
Watching the other party approaching, Charlie knew that if he wanted to fly his own plane, he had to kill the incoming German plane!
So, while shouting, he ran towards the machine gun position.
"Quick, load the bullets!" Charlie shouted loudly. There are not enough people. There are only two people in the machine gun position here. Now, Charlie ran over and immediately acted as the machine gunner, letting the people next to him load the bullets.
This is the Vickers MKIII machine gun, which is the naval version of the 0.5-inch Vickers anti-aircraft machine gun. It is also the most successful model of the three versions of the gun.
The air-cooled barrel, with its heat dissipation holes on the outside, looks a bit hideous, and four such barrels look even more terrifying.
Yes, this machine gun is a quadruple mount.
After careful comparison, the British Navy finally chose this weapon, which is quadruple-mounted, and its firepower is crazy. It can provide a firepower coverage of 18m wide and 15m high at a distance of 914m. It can be said that as long as it is aimed at, there is absolutely no escape.
At the same time, the machine gun uses drums to feed the ammunition. There are two large drums on both sides of the machine gun mount. Each drum can provide 200 rounds of ammunition for the corresponding machine gun. The four drums can be used in total. Reload 800 rounds.
The plane on the opposite side is quite strange. It is not like other planes in the air and then diving down to attack. It was originally flying at an ultra-low altitude, probably to search for a target in the thick smoke.
This is even better. Our own machine guns are the best at eliminating ultra-low-altitude flying targets. According to the technical manual, this 4-mounted Vickers MKIII machine gun can deal with aircraft flying at altitudes of 1371m and below.
That plane was approaching quickly. As a naval pilot, Charlie was quite familiar with any kind of plane the Germans had equipped, but now, this flying plane was far beyond his knowledge.
never seen it.
A single wing with engines on both sides. This layout should have been a bomber. However, looking at the size of the opponent, it is much smaller than a bomber. What kind of aircraft is this?
On the nose, a shark's big mouth is drawn, which looks a bit hideous.
He doesn't care what plane he is, open fire and kill each other!
This place is very secret, and behind it is the Swordfish torpedo plane and the truck towed. The attention of the pilots of the other party must be on it. They didn't see it, and they just fired suddenly and killed the other party!
The opponent was rapidly approaching, and when the distance reached a thousand meters, Charlie pressed the trigger hard.
"Tom tom tom," the quadruple-mounted machine guns are extremely powerful, flames erupted from each muzzle, and bullets formed a huge barrage, just like the rain of arrows in ancient times. , flew towards the opposite plane.
This machine gun has a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, and now, in order to kill the opponent, Charlie has almost no pauses, holding down the trigger, he is expecting the opponent to smoke.
The pouring bullets fell on the plane in the air. At this time, the pilot in the cabin, Lieutenant Steinkamp, realized that he had made a mistake.
There is actually a hidden anti-aircraft machine gun position on the ground, but I didn't find it! When I saw the swordfish torpedo machine, I put all my attention on it!
How could you make such a low-level mistake!
This is a 12.7mm machine gun bullet, which is also mixed with armor-piercing bullets. If it is an ordinary aircraft, surrounded by this rain of bullets, it will definitely be shot down.
Almost at the same time, Lieutenant Steinkamp heard the sound of bullets colliding with his own plane. The sound from the bathtub was so crisp, but he was fine!
This kind of aircraft is a tank flying in the air, and even a bang can't hurt it, let alone an ordinary anti-aircraft machine gun!
If it were an ordinary plane, it would definitely have to climb away immediately, and when it climbed, the weakest belly was exposed, and Second Lieutenant Steinkamp was even quicker when he found out that he was being attacked.
Of course not pulling up to escape, but diving down!
Pushing the operating lever, the nose is down, the HS129 at this time is facing the four-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun, and then Lieutenant Steinkamp pressed the red button on the operating lever.
Come on, hurt each other!