Chapter 1,183 Hunting Giants 1
Chapter 1183 Hunting Giants 1
As an aviation veteran, an elite who has experienced nearly three digits of combat but has never been shot down once, the Captain is quite sensitive to all things that can fly! He doesn't evaluate an aircraft by how many engines it has, like some rookies do. The more engines it has, the more powerful it is. What's the difference between this and Africans who evaluate the performance of a battleship by how many chimneys it has? !
This was the first time he had seen the O-400 bomber entity up close. When he saw this guy for the first time, he could feel the evil intentions of the other person! He was not complacent about his Izmail bombers, which had massacred Russians on the Eastern Front. For a veteran who had fought on the Western Front and then fought on the Eastern Front for half a year, he knew that the British on the other side of the North Sea should never be underestimated!
"We are attacking the British flanks head-on! With the two-plane formation as the action unit, everyone is ready." The frontal defensive firepower of the bomber is the strongest. Taking the O-400 as an example, the frontal firepower is 3 machine guns. If attacking from behind or from the side, it would only have the firepower of 1 or 2 machine guns. However, considering that he was flying a seaplane version of the K-4S with floats, the weight was not low, and he could clearly feel it. The O-400 on the opposite side flies very fast, and attacking from behind may delay the fighter plane.
Like medieval lancers, Holt and his teammates launched the first round of charge against the larger enemy aircraft. They first climbed to a position 500 meters higher than the opponent, and then began a shallow dive when they were about 1.5 kilometers apart. The six K-4S aircraft were divided into three groups and attacked the British flanks one after another! The British on the opposite side seemed to be an experienced force. 12 aircraft formed four three-machine formations, and they were not scattered even if they died. A dozen Vickers machine guns sprayed a stream of fire at the German warships swooping down from the sky. The fiery serpent of the Tao.
Ding-ding-ding-ding. Holt could clearly see several bullets hitting the front of his plane, but fortunately, the bulletproof steel plate on the front provided the cockpit with a 120-degree frontal defense range. within a short period of time. These ordinary 7.7MM machine gun bullets are not very lethal to K-4 aircraft, and Holt only needs a short window period to kill the opponent!
When 600 meters away, Holt lowered the nose of the plane again, and the four 12.7mm machine guns on the nose sprayed out four fire snakes crazily. Tracer bullets flew up and down like fireflies in the night sky. The O-400 bomber on the far left was bitten by three fire snakes at the same time. Hundreds of bullets fell like raindrops. The powerful bullets easily tore apart the aircraft. The wooden wing of an airplane is cut into two sections directly from the middle! Under normal circumstances, the plane could still struggle, but after carrying two 500-pound bombs, the plane, which had lost half of its wings, fell down like a weight.
Just when Huot leveled off and was about to pull up again, two other colleagues also made gains. The crossfire of two K-4S fighters directly turned an O-400 bomber into a ball of fire, accompanied by With a loud bang, the plane was blown to pieces by the ignited gasoline.
Tons of debris spread in all directions driven by the shock wave of the explosion, and even left another plane's fuselage riddled with holes. As a result, this poor plane was left alone, and was randomly picked up by comrades in the third group.
Killing three O-400 bombers in one attack was already a pretty good record. However, there are not many interceptor crews with specialized equipment and experience. Just when Holt successfully drove away the British bomber detachment, more and more British bombers were flying in, gradually covering the sky above the German fleet like dark clouds!
Although the entire German High Seas Fleet brought out more than 100 seaplanes this time, the largest number were single-engine seaplanes modified from J-1 aircraft. Although these were named fighter jets, they had two twin-engine seaplanes under their feet. The combat effectiveness of the pontoons is really not worth expecting. Especially when facing the O-400 and FB27 bombers, which are at the same level as Ilya, and even the larger V1500 bomber, the J-1 fighter, which generally only has one 12.7MM machine gun and one 7.92MM machine gun, is not a professional fighter. The role that the pilot can play is really not worth looking forward to...
"Damn, why is this guy so strong?" Two J-1 seaplanes almost followed a V1500 bomber and burned out all their ammunition. In the distance, this guy's tail was already full of bullet holes. Still flying leisurely, the nearly 20-meter-long body and wings spread out to 38 meters, and the huge figure flew towards its target like a king in the air. Under its belly, 3 The firing of a 1,000-pound bomb makes people shudder. The black shell exudes a deadly light.
Four huge Eagle VIII engines produced by Rolls-Royce provide extremely abundant power for this aerial behemoth. Each engine provides a huge output of 375 horsepower. So much so that when carrying three 1,000-pound bombs, it could actually fly at a speed of more than 120 kilometers per hour!
"We don't even need strong self-defense firepower. Our huge body, our strong structure, and flight speed are already the best defenses. The German 7.92MM machine gun is too weak, and even special ammunition can only Just leave a fist-sized hole in the fuselage, and then go back and replace it with a wooden board. The Germans wanted to use a 7.92MM machine gun to shoot down a behemoth with a maximum take-off weight of more than 12 tons. I can only say that they were too fanciful." A V1500 bomber captain described it this way after the battle.
As time went by, the situation of air interception became worse and worse, because soon the Germans discovered that there were more bombers coming than fighter jets stranded in the air! On the one hand, there are indeed many British people in total, and on the other hand, the endurance of single-engine seaplanes is terrible! Imagine a wolf pack facing a herd of elephants. Except for those professional K-4 bombers that can effectively threaten the British "air fleet", most of the aircraft are lucky and can shoot down a few with the cooperation of their comrades. Even if you are unlucky enough to be counter-attacked, it is possible. The average of more than 5 machine guns on British bombers can definitely be considered to have fierce firepower.
These giant figures were like walking in the back garden. After losing more than a dozen aircraft, a group of O-400s, Vickers FB27 bombers, and N2B bombers broke through the German air defenses and flew towards the German fleet. , this time, the German Navy really felt the threat from the air. This is not what the prince showed on the exercise ground, nor is it fanning the flames by some people. Those huge figures in the air and the bombs carried under them hang high above the heads of the German fleet like the Sword of Damocles!
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