Chapter 1,224 Interception 1
Chapter 1224 Interception 1
The B fleet that attacked Constantinople and the C fleet that attacked Count Luckner's fleet were much more convenient in terms of navigation, because their night voyage was along the Dardanelles Strait! Under relatively sufficient moonlight conditions, the entire Dardanelles Strait looks like a silver ribbon. Flying along the Dardanelles Strait, there will naturally be no big holes, and after dawn, as long as you don't deviate too much, you can see the huge Constantinople, a natural landmark, so Group B is almost invisible. There is a possibility that the target cannot be found, and the same is true for the C fleet. And because the flight range is closer, they take off later. Group B took off at 3 am. The C fleet is 1 hour earlier.
"A huge fleet of aircraft shuttled through the night. Apart from the roar of the engines, we could hardly hear any sound. It was pitch black outside, with only the reflection of the seawater and some light in the villages and towns along the way. These lights like fireflies dotted the black On the ground like a curtain. We are the masters of the sky, floating by when they are sleeping, and then bringing death to them!" Lieutenant Colonel Sauers, who was in charge of commanding the B group, described his night flight like this. The 27 bombers were organized into three nine-plane formations and spread out in an irregular shape in the air. They quickly passed from an altitude of 3,500 meters and flew towards the distant target.
And when the clock reached 5 o'clock in the morning, at the abandoned airship transfer station northwest of Constantinople, which is now the temporary base of the Night Scythe Squadron, Captain Harley walked out of the pilot lounge after drinking the last cup of coffee. Now, It's time for them to act. It took off at 5:30 and arrived over Constantinople around 6:30. At 7:00, when the sun rose, all the aircraft groups should have entered the predetermined ambush position. Well, that’s it for now! The captain checked the mission briefing one last time.
There are a total of 36 K-4J interceptors on hand, and the number that can be dispatched is 30, which are exactly organized into 5 teams. Captain Harley directly commands the fourth team, and the take-off order is relatively late. When his fleet took off, the sun had already risen from the east, and its red halo filled half of the sky. With the help of two Daimler-Benz engines with an output of up to 300 horsepower, the K-4J Tracer easily climbed to an altitude of 4,000 meters and cruised at a speed of 130 kilometers per hour.
"Oh my God, what did I see?" The exclamation from the back seat made Captain Harley's heart tighten! Just to the northeast of them, at an altitude of about 3,500 meters, a huge fleet of aircraft was flying due north. If the telegraph operator in the back seat hadn't glanced unconsciously, in a few minutes, these things would have passed from the Harley The field of vision disappears!
"This is at least the size of a squadron! It's a bomber! Mader, I'm sure this is definitely not ours!" Captain Harley also saw these British bomber groups more than 10 kilometers away from him. More than 12 bombers formed two triangle formations. And this was part of the C fleet that the British were responsible for bombing Burgas Port! According to the plan, they should arrive near Constantinople around 7 o'clock, then enter the sea, avoid detection on land, and go straight to the Bulgarian port city of Burgas. However, due to an unexpected combination of circumstances, in At this sensitive time,
They collided with Captain Harley's team!
"Boss, what should we do? There are too many planes on the opposite side, and we can't eat them." Hess said, wiping a cold sweat in the back seat.
"Notify the tower immediately! Report our position and situation. Something big may happen today! Then hand over the command to Lieutenant Suler and let him take charge!" Captain Harley took a deep breath. "Then, let's kill these guys!" After saying this, Harley shook the wings of the plane to signal other planes to follow him, then turned into a shallow dive and flew towards the rear of the British fleet.
"Today will be the moment when I become an ace! I still beat this old guy Wolfstein!" The excitement before the battle made Captain Halley feel that he was superfluous. He had never felt this way before when he fought against British and French fighters on the Western Front. There were none when he was in the army, nor were there any bookshelves when fighting the Russians. He could feel that this time, he had met an opponent worthy of his seriousness!
Captain Harley chose a very good angle. The entire squadron flew out of the clouds behind the British aircraft group. Relying on the acceleration provided by the shallow dive, the entire aircraft group approached at a speed of more than 190 kilometers per hour. Almost as soon as they emerged from the clouds, they were flying in an instant. Appeared in the sight of the British rear-firing machine gunner.
"God, what is this?!" The huge nose of the K-4J interceptor instantly filled the British machine gunner's field of vision, and the four 12.7MM machine guns on the front of the German aircraft were like the sharp horns of a giant dragon. Normally it would make people feel frightened, but caught off guard, Captain Harley easily cut in less than 500 meters away from the opponent, and then pressed the shooting button!
Six 12.7MM machine guns can eject more than 80 rounds of bullets every second. In just ten seconds from the beginning of the attack to the time it passes over the target, Captain Harley easily fires hundreds of bullets to reach this aircraft. The tail of the O-400 bomber! The powerful incendiary bombs easily tore the entire tail of the aircraft into pieces along with a machine gunner and two Vickers machine guns like a storm, and the incendiary bombs in the bullets ignited the wooden fuselage of the aircraft. Driven by the wind, the yellow-green flames began to spread to the middle of the body!
"Drop the bomb immediately! Let's go!" Listening to the crackling sound of burning behind him and smelling the poisonous gas, the captain of the British plane who was hit threw away the hanging 1,000-pound bomb in panic. And operated the plane to prepare to escape, but it was too late! Another K-4J aircraft easily caught up with the heavily damaged giant. Six fire snakes spurted out at the same time, like a fiery red chain saw, cutting off the left engine of the aircraft and most of its wings. Removed from the plane!
"The first kill just flew away!" Captain Harley looked at the wingman who had just picked up the peach with some resentment. But soon, Captain Harley adjusted his mood and started hunting other prey. There were many targets today, which was enough to achieve his ace career! (Kill more than 5 aircraft cumulatively)
"All planes, concentrate! Back to back, fight them back!" The British responded quickly. Just after Captain Harley's first wave of raids ended, the remaining British planes quickly approached, like bison threatened by a pride of lions. Usually just hugging each other, dozens of 7.7MM machine guns are aimed at the waiting German aircraft group like the sharp horns of bison. Now, the battle has just begun!
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