Chapter 1197 Suggestions From the Air Force II

Chapter 1197 Advice from the Air Force 2

"Not only that, if such a long-distance attack is carried out, I suggest that the bomb load of the O-400 bomber should not exceed 350KG, and the FB27 bomber should not exceed 425KG. The maximum bomb load of the V1500 bomber It should be limited to less than 1 ton," the lieutenant general said.

"If this is the case, the strength of the strike will drop a lot. We flew over in one night, but we can only throw one 12-inch shell. This..." Sir Fisher said with a slap in the face .

"Uh, I'm talking about performing this task during the day. If it's at night, IMHO, such a plan is not operational at all." Lieutenant General Trenchard said in shock.

"However, isn't your aviation unit launching air strikes to attack the German rear at night from a distance of 200 or even 300 kilometers from the front line? Although the distance is a bit far this time, it can be implemented after our careful planning. Could it be me Is there a problem with your night attack report?" Sir Fisher was about to step down, and at this time, he had nothing to worry about, so his words were a bit rushed.

"You can try to drive at night in the city, or you can try to drive in the wilderness by the way. On land, we can determine our orientation based on the lights on the ground and some iconic landmarks, but what about the sea? You don't want to Let the pilot bring a sextant to navigate? Night raids over 200 kilometers and night raids over 500 kilometers are completely different concepts. Maybe a deviation of one degree is enough to make you come to Amsterdam in the Netherlands instead of Wilhelm the Germans. port."

"If the navy rashly implements your plan, then I can guarantee that in addition to harming the Royal Navy Fleet, your charges in the court-martial will also include harming the Royal Navy Air Force!" Lieutenant General Trenchard retorted.

If you want to ask if there was a night air strike in World War I, there must be! Not long after the war started, the Russian Ilya bomber bombed the German station at night, but the flight distance was only less than 80 kilometers... I want to ask if there was any night-time bombing of the British mainland across the Channel in World War I? Of course there are, such as the airship bombing and the later Gotha-style disaster. These are all successful examples, but the fact that the Germans can easily bomb London, England does not mean that the British can easily bomb Wilhelmshaven...  

The reason is very simple, the distance and the tool are not the same! Let’s talk about the distance first. Germany wants to bomb Britain. That’s easy. It can take off from the occupied French territory. There is an English Channel between the two sides. But what if the British wanted to bomb Wilhelmshaven? Take a map by yourself and measure it according to the scale. Whether you start from France or from the UK, the distance is very far!

And the airship that started to bomb the UK has a very large endurance. The 17-hour endurance of the V1500 is terrifying, right? But in fact, there is no problem with the airship flying for a week....

As long as the people above can solve their own physical problems, even if they deviate, they will deviate. Just fly back, but it is not so easy for the aircraft, V1500 may be able to, but the quantity is too small and the price is too expensive, the real main force is bombers such as O-400 and FB27. Therefore, it is possible for the British to bomb the rear of the German front at night, but it is too difficult to bomb Wilhelmshaven.

"We are only discussing technical issues, and don't fall into other aspects. We should respect the technical officers from the Air Force, but at the same time, our navy also has the right to choose." At this time, Churchill came out again to be a peacemaker.

"If it is bombing Wilhelmshaven, I suggest that in addition to using armor-piercing projectiles against warships, high-explosive projectiles can be used against port facilities." Lieutenant General Trenchard said. To be honest, the lieutenant general thinks that it is not reliable to use aircraft to fight ships. After all, the targets attacked by bombers are generally surface targets and not too hard targets....

For example, bombing an artillery position, such as a bombing station, the target is relatively large and soft. Once the high-explosive bomb is fired down, even if it is not a direct hit, it may cause serious damage, but it is different when hitting a warship. High-explosive bombs can damage a battleship, but it is difficult to destroy. As for the armor-piercing bomb? The dive angle of the aircraft is limited, and the speed is also limited, so the horizontal penetration of the bomb is also more problematic according to the basic laws of physics. And there is another problem with fighting a warship in the port. Even if it is sunk, people can still pick it up....

"If you calculate the amount of bombs carried by the bombers provided by you, I am afraid that the number of bombers we need will rise in a straight line. The original scale is not enough for us to completely destroy the largest military port of the German Navy in the direction of the North Sea." Churchill thoughtfully. He said that he has now considered "borrowing" another batch of bombers from the Air Force through the relationship of high-level government officials.

"Dear Mr. Churchill, I personally think that it is unrealistic to severely damage Wilhelmshaven solely by aviation power. The technical limitation of the Air Force itself is a problem. The loss of bombers is a more important problem. The speed of bomber replenishment is an unsolvable problem. Question, do you think that the Luftwaffe has no air defense force for this important port?"

"From the information we have collected so far, the Luftwaffe has already equipped an interceptor aircraft specially designed to deal with twin-engine and four-engine bombers, and it has been used on the battlefield on a large scale. This is how the Russian Ilya bomber force was A unit was severely damaged, and this time we also encountered such a powerful twin-engine aircraft in the battle in the North Sea. Because of the way it was carried, the German seaplane aircraft carriers did not carry many, but the ones next to the port The airport, there should be a lot of this kind of aircraft, right?" Lieutenant General Trenchard said.

"Maybe there are various problems, but I want to say that we have no better way in the short term, right? Maybe we can't hit our opponents hard, but as long as we can temporarily drive them from Wilhelmshaven to Kiel. Judging from the current battle damage situation, the German Air Force's lethality to our large and medium bombers is very limited, whether it is on the Western Front or in the North Sea, this is a fact, isn't it?"

Churchill said that in fact, in his mind, Lieutenant General Trenchard only provided a technical suggestion, and had no right to decide what the navy should do, or in other words, no matter how many difficulties this matter faced, Churchill believed that the British Royal Navy All bomber units should circle around Wilhelmshaven as much as possible.

"It seems that we need a brand new attack platform. Perhaps an opinion from General Betty may open the deadlock for us. Even if we cannot solve the problem of long-range bombing intensity, we can at least provide some air cover." Jericho Said.

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