The Third Reich

Chapter 740

The Stuka bombers were all fighting over Dover, and in Plymouth, they were all HS129s flying over from across the strait!

Compared with Stuka, the most important thing for this kind of aircraft is to have sufficient armor protection. As a sweeper, it has a bathtub armor, which makes it the most powerful survivability in ground artillery fire.

At the same time, the previous aircraft, limited by the engine, could only use the backward domestic 700-horsepower engine, resulting in insufficient power. All of this changed after the French was defeated.

Various industries in France, including the aviation industry, have been inherited by Germany. German technicians have turned out the "Spain-Swiss" 12Y31 engine from France. This French-made engine can output 860 horsepower, which is higher than the original engine. The 700-horsepower engine is a tad higher.

At the same time, German technicians used their own technology to improve the unreliable cooling system of this engine and increase the output power, so that this engine can output 920 horsepower stably, although it cannot match the 1200 horsepower of the Navy. Compared with the original engine, it is much easier to use than the original.

The increase in power makes the aircraft fly more easily, the maneuverability has been improved, and at the same time, the bomb load has also been greatly improved.

The shells of the 40mm cannon that could only carry 12 rounds in the past must be used with care, but now, the shells of this cannon have been expanded to 120 rounds!

At this time, in the cabin, Captain Weber is happily flying his fighter jet. For this attack, they have been preparing for a long time, and everyone has memorized the target they want to attack!

Captain Webb's target is the large number of low-altitude air defense balloons near the Plymouth Base Command!

In this era, there are many methods for air defense. You can dispatch fighter jets to intercept, you can also use ground anti-aircraft artillery, and in important places, you can also use the ancient equipment such as balloons.

This is the weapon that makes the attacker speechless the most, it's a bit shameless!

The balloons used in the United Kingdom are mostly low-altitude interceptor balloons 62 feet long and 25 feet in diameter.

Each balloon can be filled with 19,000 cubic feet of hydrogen, and it typically has a maximum liftoff altitude of 1,500 meters.

To protect vulnerable sites from low-flying aircraft and dive bombers, balloons are scattered randomly over potential targets that could be attacked.

Many aircraft need low-altitude bombing to improve their hit rate, and now, once they fly at low altitudes, it is easy to hit the balloon's cable.

Although the balloon is large, the cable that hangs the balloon is so thin that it is almost impossible for the pilot to see it with the naked eye.

When the cable is hooked up, the cut chains at both ends of the cable will separate the cable. The plane then continued its flight with the main part of the cable about a mile long. The end of the cable is fixed with a floating canvas parachute with a diameter of about 2.44 meters.

This thing is quite a deceleration parachute. The aircraft will soon fully open it, and this parachute can generate a combined pull of about 6 times the thrust of the bomber engine.

As if it had hit something suddenly, the umbrella behind opened with a swish, the plane stopped almost immediately, and the result was a fall from the air.

After the cable is detached from the balloon, a wire attached to the balloon can rip apart a huge patch on the balloon. This allows the hydrogen to be released, allowing the balloon to slowly descend to the ground. In this way, the balloon can be reused, which is quite ironic.

For the task assigned, Captain Weber is quite speechless. He prefers to fight some valuables, such as anti-aircraft artillery positions on the ground, etc., but now, he must obey orders as his duty.

He was driving his attack aircraft, flying towards the base at an altitude of 1,500 meters. Soon, he saw the large air-defense balloons on the opposite side. At this time, the balloons were fluttering in the wind.

Aligning his sights with the opponent's balloon, the 40mm Bofors cannon hanging from the belly below also turned, and then he pressed the red button.

"Boom!" The recoil of the 40mm cannon when firing is quite powerful, and this recoil even made this powerful attack aircraft tremble.

The 40mm incendiary bomb easily shattered the balloon in front, and then, a huge flame appeared in the sky.

Once, the airship was brilliant for a long time, and then it fell. The hydrogen filled in it was prone to explosion!

This flame, nothing to see, he turned his muzzle, and then hit the second balloon.

In the sky, the blossoming red fireworks looked a bit gorgeous.

This is simply the most boring target mission ever!

When the last air defense balloon was knocked down, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted on the radio: "Airspace 8 has been cleared for bombing."

As soon as he finished shouting, he saw around him, and there were small black flowers, which were artillery shells!

It's so good, and there are anti-aircraft artillery positions below!

"Find the anti-aircraft artillery position, dive and attack." Captain Weber shouted on the radio, he had just shot these balloons, and only used less than 20 shells, and hundreds more!

British, here I come!

The engines on both sides were turning at high speed, the nose was down, and Captain Weber's attack plane began to dive down. Soon, he saw an anti-aircraft gun inside the circular sandbag fortification on the ground, shooting at a high elevation angle. way, fire at yourself!

That anti-aircraft artillery is the same Bofors anti-aircraft artillery, this is simply a showdown of the same weapon!

If there is a whistle like Stuka at this time, the sound will be very loud, because its dive has exceeded 500 kilometers per hour! At this speed, the projectiles flying from the other side would not be able to hit at all!

In the field of vision, the anti-aircraft artillery position was getting bigger and bigger. It accurately caught the opponent and adjusted the cannon to the burst mode. Captain Weber pressed the button.

"Tom tom, tom tom tom." The 40mm Bofors cannon under the belly of the machine was constantly ringing, and the shells shot down!

"Boom!" The first cannonball hit the soldier who was pulling the cannonball, almost from the head, and the brain was smashed in an instant, and then the upper half of the body exploded!

The second shell hit the open space next to it, and the entire ground seemed to be shaking!

The third shell penetrated into the muzzle of the Bofors anti-aircraft gun even more magically!

"Boom!" At this moment, a cannonball was fired in the cannon barrel, and the two cannonballs met in the cannon barrel. In an instant, a huge explosion sounded, and the entire cannon barrel was blown into two pieces!

Countless fragments flew, and the surrounding soldiers fell screaming!

When pulled up, Captain Webb was not very satisfied. He leveled the plane and started to shoot frantically towards the small building in front.

Sweepers do just that.

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