Chapter 1970 Lessons Learned II
Well, in fact, at this point, it can already be seen that using the Gotha GV bomber to attack London is actually close to child's play. There is no way, the performance of the bomber itself is too limited, it is said that the bomb load is 500KG, but it is slightly increased For some armor and fuel tanks, the 500KG bomb loading capacity cannot be guaranteed at all.
In fact, the KG3 bomber formation that the Germans used to bomb London in history was not only unable to guarantee the quality of the bombers, but also quite poor in terms of quantity. When KG3 was first established, there were only 36 Gotha bombers. If the bomb load of the bomber is calculated as G, then the Germans will dispatch all the bombs at once, and the number of bombs dropped will only be between 11 tons and 18 tons...
And then, as the war continued, the KG3 bomber unit ushered in the pinnacle of Germany's World War I aviation power, the Zeppelin-Stark four-engine heavy bomber, which was the largest of the German World War I aircraft, carrying Compared with the bomber with the most ammunition, the Gotha bomber has nothing to compare with this bomber! It's like the difference between a goat and an elephant.
The body length of this bomber is 22.1 meters, and the wingspan reaches a record-breaking 42 meters! The height is 7.2 meters! Empty weight is 7921KG. The maximum take-off weight is 11848KG. This bomber has used two engines, one of which is a 245-horsepower engine, and the other is a 260-horsepower engine. The top speed is slightly lower than the Gotha, and the top speed is 137 kilometers per hour.
It has to be said that this bomber has made an essential leap compared to Gotha! At least the maximum take-off weight exceeds 10 tons, close to 12 tons, and it has the longest wing among the bombers of World War I. Well, it is gratifying. However, if you compare it with the most advanced V1500 of the British, forget it.
The latter is slightly shorter than Zeppelin in length, less than 20 meters. The wing length is also only 38 meters. The take-off empty weight is about the same as that of Zeppelin, which is also 8 tons, but the maximum take-off weight is as high as 30,000 pounds, which is 14 tons! The load is 2 tons higher than Zeppelin! And the most unbearable thing for the Germans is the engine. The V1500 uses four horsepower engines, and the maximum flight speed of this bomber is even faster than its predecessor O-400 bomber! The top speed is 159 kilometers per hour.... The Germans once again fainted in the toilet!
Therefore, even if the KG3 bomber unit is replaced with Zeppelin Stark bombers later, the bombing intensity of London, England is definitely not high, and when the war is about to end, the size of the KG3 bomber unit is only 43 aircraft. You really can't expect much output from these bombers!
Well, how many bombs did the KG3 bomber unit drop on the British in the year from May 1917 to May 1918? Reality is crueler than theoretical figures! In history, the KG3 bomber unit has carried out a total of 22 missions, and the number of bombs dropped on the British mainland is only 93 tons! Not even three digits! In the previous missions, a total of 61 bombers of various types were lost, half of which were due to weather reasons and mechanical failures of the bombers. (From this data, the British interception level is not good.) An average of 1.5 tons of bombs were dropped A plane is about to be lost.... Along with the loss of these aircraft, the Luftwaffe lost 94 personnel. The British also paid the price of 28 casualties in the volley operation. (If you consider the number of crews, it seems that the exchange of Gotha bombers and British fighters is not bad? Is it true that the B25 is the best fighter according to the legend in a magic thunder game?)
As for the human and economic losses in the UK? A total of 836 people were killed in the bombings,
The property damage caused was 3 million pounds, which seems to be a lot, but because many of them are private houses, it is useless if only from the military significance of the bombing.
To be honest, Ruprecht looked down on the so-called mental shock bombing, especially for the hard-headed British of this era. You must know that in history, the Dutch fleet has hit the Thames estuary and killed all it encountered. The towns and forts we visited were burned, but what happened? Didn't the British push the Netherlands to the ground in the end? Do you really think that dropping a few tons of bombs can make the British feel intimidated? What are you thinking? At least the tonnage must exceed 4 digits, right?
Fortunately, in this plane, the prince has the K8 heavy bomber that the KG3 bomber unit did not have in history, and the number of various bombers that can be used is more than 10 times that of the KG3 bomber unit in history! And what about your opponent? It seems that judging from the current situation, the British air defense force on this plane is not even as good as in history in some respects!
That's right, it's not as good as it is! This is not to say that the absolute strength of the British is not enough, but because the British are not prepared. You must know that in history, before the German bombers came to the British mainland in May 1917, the Zeppelin had been dangling in the British mainland for nearly 2 years! In the past two years, the British have established a complete set of capital air emergency response system, not only the hardware, but also the software equipment can keep up. And at that time the British also came up with an early night air defense system!
Starting from the seaside, the British set up lookout posts to observe the position of the German bombers, and after discovering them, they notified the prevention and control headquarters by phone. If the incoming plane was in the daytime, they would guide the plane to intercept it. This system is said It's very simple, and it seems to have an effect, but in reality? The effect is not very good, because it is difficult to equip a single-engine aircraft with a radio in history, and searching for the enemy depends more on luck than eyes... And the speed of the plane was not fast. Counting the take-off time and the time to arrive at the battlefield, the time is a little tight. But after a period of running-in, the effect can also be.
If it is intercepted at night, it will be much more complicated. After all, bombers are much smaller than airships. Even if they are spotted by searchlights, it is difficult to track them stably. The target is a bit small and the speed is a bit fast! However, the British still worked hard. They set up a cordon consisting of listeners and searchlights on the outside, and some obstacles in the air suspended by balloons. Further inside is the interception network composed of aircraft. Although it is still difficult to kill the German bombers at night, it is enough to rely on ground-to-air firepower to force the German bombers to drop their bombs early or give up air strikes.
If we say that in history, the British practiced how to deal with it through Zeppelin air strikes in the two years after the start of the war, then in this plane, at least in the UK, the British really did not consider how to deal with Germany. Human bombing, because there has been no threat before!
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