Chapter 1,187 Bombing 3
Chapter 1187 Bombing 3
"Concentrate firepower on the V1500! The bombs they carry are too deadly!" After seeing these super 4-engine bombers with a bomb load of more than 2,000 pounds, Captain Wolfgang immediately took his 5 twin-engine K-4s. Type seaplane to intercept! Like a seasoned cavalryman, Wolfgang drove the plane past the side and front of the British bombers. Such a route would have too large a horizontal displacement for the British bombers to aim at. At the same time, German fighter jets could also attack the opponent. Huge wings.
Six twin-engine aircraft passed in front of the British bomber formation in sequence. When the two sides were 600 meters apart, dozens of machine guns on the 16 V1500 and FB27 bombers intertwined a dense pattern in front of the German aircraft's trajectory. Fire net!
"We were literally flying through the storm! It's just that the raindrops were all bullets! I saw with my own eyes a J-1 fighter jet that was instantly torn into pieces by dense bullets, and I also personally experienced the dozens of rounds of bullets hitting the armor. The feeling in the cockpit. There is a harsh sound of impact in your ears, and then you can see sawdust flying outside the fuselage with your own eyes. The intensive impact of bullets has deformed the armor plate. I have no doubt that this steel plate will break at any time. !" A German pilot recalled the scene at that time.
The huge size brings extraordinary anti-strike capabilities. Because the K-4S seaplane needs to be equipped with pontoons, in order to reduce weight, the two 12.7MM large-caliber machine guns originally installed on the wings were removed. Come down. The firepower of 4 machine guns is slightly insufficient! Wolfgang and his wingman failed to completely eliminate the monster in front of them in two attacks. The two planes fired at least one forward bullet, removing one-third of the upper wing on the left side of the plane. The aircraft body was also riddled with bullet holes, but the latter still flew firmly towards the target. Faced with a much larger number of bombers than them, Wolfgang was really desperate!
"We feel powerless. We cannot provide enough shielding for our fleet. I feel that we have tried our best, but to no avail. We are ready to give up and hand over the fleet in the distance to the judgment of fate. However, until we See..." Wolfgang described his mood and what he saw after the war.
Just when he was about to give up intercepting the most threatening V1500 bomber, he experienced that a K-1 seaplane quickly approached the opponent from the top of the British bomber, and then almost designed its firepower diagonally towards the opponent. Just push the plane down hard, and the fighter jet dives quickly at an angle of 45 degrees, aiming directly at a V1500 bomber 700 meters away!
"This is a lunatic!" A British pilot looked in disbelief at the German plane, which was on fire and rushed towards the wingman next to him. In just ten seconds, the J-1 seaplane successfully hit the huge nose of the V1500 bomber!
boom! The violent collision instantly smashed the German plane into pieces. The remaining fuel from the ignited aircraft body used the fire to spread towards the body of the British bomber! This V1500 bomber fell straight to the sea like a giant beast with its head smashed! 2 minutes later,
Accompanied by a shocking loud noise. A wide curtain of water rises from the sea.
Faced with an unexpected and violent air attack, the fighting spirit and tactics displayed by the German High Seas Fleet aviation forces in this battle with huge disparity in strength shocked both sides. This collision seemed to be the beginning. After a few minutes, the pilot, Second Lieutenant Paul, He was flying a damaged J-1S aircraft and knocked off half of the wing of an O-400 bomber. But this time he hit it very skillfully.
The pilot got close to the target aircraft and used his wheels to break off the bomber's wing! Although the plane was also seriously damaged, it managed to save its name, right?
"While everyone is fulfilling their duties, we should not and must not retreat! The weaker comrades use their bodies and lives to fight for victory. But we have better weapons, but we are considering retreating. This is definitely What a shame to be a soldier! I swear, this is the first time I have had this thought, and it will also be the last time!" Wolfgang also wrote in his later memoirs.
A large number of aircraft from both sides were fighting desperately in a space covering hundreds of square kilometers and spanning 3,500 meters from the sea to the air. Hundreds of aircraft were fighting crazily, and hundreds of machine guns of various types were roaring desperately. Over a period of time, more than six figures of bullets were fired, and the dense rain of bullets tore those unfortunate guys apart, and they were torn into pieces by the brutal firepower in just a few seconds. From time to time, planes fell from the sky covered in flames. The pilots of both sides used their blood donation and loyalty in the blue sky to interpret the efforts and prices paid by the two empires for victory!
In this battle, about half of the German naval seaplane units were shot down. Although the British losses were not large in terms of quantity, they were much higher than those of the German Air Force in terms of the number of people lost and the value of the aircraft. The cost of an O-400 twin-engine bomber was as high as 9,000 pounds, while a J-1K If converted into pounds, the cost of the fighter jet is less than 2,000 pounds.
Of course, more importantly, through the sacrifice of German pilots in the attack, many British bombers dropped their bombs in a hurry, which in disguise reduced the threat of British bombers to the German fleet. But even so, the German fleet still suffered heavy losses when it was caught off guard.
The first one to break through the defense was an O-400 bomber. When the German aircraft focused most of their energy on the V1500, an aerial giant, an O-400 quickly used the cover of the sea background from an altitude of 200 meters. It was close to the German fleet, and the British were lucky enough that after throwing the bomb, the bomber formed a ricochet effect. The bomb was seen bouncing on the sea and passed by, and then made a final jump. rise. It hit a light cruiser that had no time to dodge!
This 1,000-pound high-explosive bomb was absolutely extraordinary. It was like being hit by a heavy-duty torpedo with a terrifying charge. The entire hull was directly blown into pieces. Viewed from the air, the ship was surrounded by smoke and flames. The side of the battleship seemed to have been chewed by some kind of giant ocean beast! The damage caused by the explosives weighing 270KG rendered any light cruiser's underwater defense system ineffective. Just three minutes later, the 4,500-ton light cruiser sank to the bottom of the sea.
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