Chapter 1960: Above the Strait One
As a country with rich experience in fighting bombers, Germany naturally knows the weakness of bombers in this era. It is true that the K8 bomber also uses folding wings, and the structure is also very fragile, but fortunately, because the load is relatively large, it has enough weight to Increased protection. But now, the additional steel plates installed on the wings still played a role. At least this time, a bomber costing 400,000 marks was saved, and at the same time, the lives of 7 pilots were also saved!
(Actually, because the angle of incidence of bullets and artillery shells is very bad in air combat, sometimes 5 to 7mm steel plates can block large-caliber machine gun bullets, because sometimes the bullets may almost stick to the level. , interested readers can look at B17 and Il-2 aircraft with good defense, in fact, most of the armor thickness is 5 to 7MM.)
Although the British also established an interceptor unit, there is indeed a big problem with the lethality of the British fleet that does not even have a 20MM cannon. The British rushed up hard. In the shooting window of only a few seconds, even if several interceptors attacked at the same time, they could only shoot down bombers like the K6. The huge body of the K8 bomber and the armor set on key parts provided Pretty good survivability. After another round of fierce fighting, the British planes that passed through the German fighter blockade by chance were like stones falling in the tide, splashing a few waves at most!
After being intercepted by the K4 interceptors, the first wave of British interceptors was smashed to pieces, and the German bombers continued to advance like a black carpet unfolding. Debris, at this time, the German fleet had already flown over the British transport fleet, the huge fleet began to disband, and some planes preparing for low-altitude horizontal bombing began to slowly lower their altitude. The aircraft group responsible for lightning strikes was divided into several teams, and they spread out in all directions like a pack of wolves hunting, and then launched lightning strikes on the huge British fighter group below from multiple directions. Before the bomber force was disbanded, German fighter jets once again cleaned up the remaining British fighter groups in the air!
"The road ahead is smooth, it's up to us." At this time, the entire bomber group has gradually descended to 2,000 meters in the air, and the pilot of the bomber can clearly see that there are hundreds of ships of various types in front, stretching for several kilometers. fleet. The British remained in formation, expecting the escorting warships to provide them with cover.
"The elephant fleet is ready to attack the British escort fleet. Those old-fashioned former dreadnoughts and armored cruisers are blocked too well." With the attack order issued, the elephant fleet composed of more than 70 various bombers first The attack was launched, and on the sea, the escort fleet composed of 5 former dreadnought battleships and 3 armored cruisers also lined up, using their bodies and the meager anti-aircraft firepower on the battleships to shoot at the target desperately! "Their performance is not as good as the Russians in the Gulf of Riga." The commander of the elephant fleet commented on the opponent!
"Those demons are coming! Damn it, I have envisioned countless battle scenarios, but I never thought about facing these guys!" said a British reserve officer.
At this time, five Dignity-class battleships lined up on the sea. From front to back, they are Majesty, Noble, Prince George, Victory and Jupiter. The other three armored cruisers followed behind. These five battleships in service after 1895 are now very old, but they are still serving the British Empire at sea. These battleships are almost participating in naval battles for the first time, and most of the personnel on them are temporary supplementary personnel. Seeing the bombers whistling in the distance, under the whip and scolding of the commander, the sailors on the deck controlled the deck guns and tried to aim at the target,
A large number of 12-pound anti-lightning cannons, 6-pound rapid-fire guns, and machine guns pointed at the target not far away like the spikes of porcupines. The five battleships crossed in front of the German fleet like a wall, protecting the transport ships behind them.
"Don't panic, just like we used to shoot targets, have you seen those flying wooden frames? The side projection of these guys is bigger than that of a torpedo boat! Killing them is not much harder than farming at home!" An officer said loudly .
Encouraged by the officers, these candidates who were on the battlefield for the first time excitedly piled up rounds of shells next to the artillery. Some felt that the shield on the 75MM artillery blocked their vision, and even removed the shield and threw it aside. All the battleships were full of restlessness before the battle, they shouted loudly to release their excess energy and excitement. Until the German fighters and interceptors cool them down first!
To be honest, the movement speed of low-altitude bombers with torpedoes in this era is really not much faster than that of torpedo boats. There are still some torpedo boats that can reach a speed of more than 70 kilometers per hour in World War I. And the low altitude speed of the bomber? Now it is estimated that it is close to the three-digit level, about 90 kilometers per hour, and look at the wings with a frontal width of more than 30 meters... Don't say anything, let's think for ourselves.
Therefore, in order to ensure that these expensive and cumbersome guys can successfully launch an attack, the German fighter force once again took on the mission of suppression. At least 40 fighter jets swooped down and fired intensively at the deck of the British battleship !
Three K4M interceptors first aimed at the British flagship Dignity. Three planes entered from the bow of the ship and almost penetrated the British battleship along the direction of the hull. At a height of less than 150 meters, the bullets of machine guns and large-caliber machine guns drew death arcs in the air. It swept across the entire upper deck like a death scythe. These planes were agile and deadly. Thousands of rounds of various ammunition poured down. Amid the flames and smoke, a group of British sailors could not dodge and were covered by bullet rain. The powerful 20MM machine gun shells directly reduced these soldiers to a mass of minced meat, and the lucky ones would be sieved by the flying shrapnel!
"Hurry up and get away!" "Get those guys away!" The hysterical shouts revealed desperation. They had never learned that if they had to deal with these agile guys, the only thing they could do was to hold their heads in the air under the instinct of survival. Find a place to hide before getting hit.
The dense rain of bullets easily destroyed the resistance consciousness of these newbies. The lucky ones can still linger in a corner, while the unlucky ones have already fallen into a pool of blood.
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