Chapter 1941: The Horn of Attack II
The so-called details determine success or failure. Although in theory, the machine gun used by the army can be used as an aviation machine gun by changing the frame, but war is an honest problem. If you deal with war like this, then the war will deal with you so-so!
Even if the performance of the machine gun is not considered, the bomb feeding system of the German machine guns and machine guns uses large drums to feed bombs. The British wanted to be more convenient. The Vickers machine gun used ammunition belts to feed ammunition, and the Lewis machine gun used army drums to feed ammunition. However, there were problems in this way....
What is the difference between the so-called drum and belt feed? The biggest difference is that there is a coil spring inside the drum to provide pressure to press a round of bullets into the chamber, but the belt does not have this function. When used on land, a heavy machine gun still needs a Professional personnel hold the ammunition chain by hand to ensure the smooth feeding of ammunition. When you are flying up and down in the air, can the supply of bullets be smooth.......
Therefore, the British used the Lewis machine gun and the army drum on it most of the time. Then there is no problem with the ammunition supply, but the ammunition capacity is a problem. There are only 47 rounds of ammunition in one drum... . This continuous firepower can only be used as a light machine gun for land battles. Are you using it to fight planes? !
So the British practice is generally like this, two Lewis machine guns are connected in parallel. And experienced shooters rarely let both machine guns run out of bullets at the same time in an engagement, because it means that you will not be able to fire a bullet for the next half minute to a minute. Only when there is a real certainty that the shooter fires both machine guns simultaneously.
But it is a pity that in today's battle, 80% of the British bomber shooters who were in charge of the rear fired their ammunition early in the first round of shooting. Those little British guys howled at 800 meters. The two drums were exhausted in less than ten seconds. When they were in a hurry to replace the drums, the opponent's 20mm cannon and large-caliber The machine gun is already blurred!
"It seems that we are thinking too much!" Lieutenant Colonel Raul couldn't help but feel that his plan was for nothing when he saw the enemy who was already so ineffective. What kind of tactics do you care about at this time! Go straight up and kill your opponent!
The German interceptor approached to a distance of about 400 meters almost without injury. When the center of the sight tightly caught the opponent's huge fuselage, Raul pressed the trigger of the firing! The flames of machine guns and large-caliber machine guns instantly obscured most of the field of vision. The rapid reciprocating motion of the machine gun was transmitted to the body through the spring and stabilizer. The nose of the K4M interceptor firing at full speed would visibly tremble.
Accompanied by the golden shells jumping and flying out of the ejection port, walls of flames retreated quickly, crashing into the formation of British bombers with an unstoppable attitude, accompanied by bursts of explosions and swirling fire Fragments, the 6 British bombers at the tail of the line were smashed to pieces within 3 minutes!
"Brothers, we have a good start today!" Lieutenant Colonel Raul was very satisfied with his results. A total of 12 K-4M interceptors participated in the first round of attack, and they killed 6 medium bombers. If it doesn't sound good, then there are no results today, and the squadron he is directly under has already achieved very impressive results. You must know that the bomber group that attacked the British with 12 planes before was at most destroyed and severely damaged 4 planes, and it may also be destroyed. 1 or 2 interceptors were shot down or seriously injured. After finishing speaking, he also glanced provocatively at the second batch of K-4s interceptors that entered behind him.
"Firing a rocket is no problem, aim at the target, then fire when the target fills almost half the windshield! Boys, you've all been through at least 30 aerial intercepts,
I believe you can do a good job, dive away immediately after the fight, don't climb, otherwise you may hit it! "The captain of the second wave of K-4s interceptors said to his subordinates.
At this time, the 12 K-4s interceptors were divided into two groups, and a group of 6 were arranged in a tight formation. Because the current rocket hit probability is not high, so it is not so much a single-machine kill, it is better to say it is a single-machine kill. Let's cover with rockets together! Therefore, in order to improve the accuracy, the attack distance of the fleet is set at a distance of about 250 meters! At this distance, it takes less than 1 second for the rocket to hit the target from launch!
When the surviving British machine gunners finally loaded their machine guns, these guys were surprised to find that the second wave of German interceptors made up for the small bomb-like weapons under the wings. "My God, are they going to bomb our bombers?" exclaimed a British machine gunner. However, before he could finish his sentence, the flames flashed on the wing of the German plane not far away. Accompanied by the ear-piercing scream of high-speed gas ejection, a series of rockets and dense shells whizzed out and flew towards the British fleet!
"I will never forget the first time I faced aviation rockets. If the close-up shots of the machine guns were like a moving wall of fire, the rocket salvos were like a tsunami! We were like a storm The boats floating in the middle of the sky are generally irresistible at all, the yellow flames of the rockets exploding nearby, the shrapnel like a death sickle, and the planes that were directly torn into pieces! I saw fireballs falling from the sky one by one, and within a few short Seconds later, we have completely lost the battle!" A surviving British pilot said with lingering fear after the war.
Perhaps it was the bold ultra-close-range attack of the user, or perhaps it was luck. In short, the effect of this attack was very good, even better than the previous attack. The flanks of the entire British bomber fleet, A total of 9 bombers, and more than 50 crew members on them, were directly blasted into ash and sparks in the sky by intensive explosions in less than a minute. The effect of this round of attack was so immediate, not only severely damaged the Raven fleet, but also caused the spirit of the British bomber pilots to collapse! Since the emergence of the British tactics of using dense formations to cover each other, there has never been such a quick collapse of a third squadron fleet. Even Colonel Daleon did not realize what weapon he was under attack. His huge fleet It has been washed away!
"I feel that there is no need for us to continue to attack. We must let go of a group of enemies so that they can lead us to the real nest." Looking at the British bomber fleet fleeing in all directions in the distance. Lieutenant Colonel Lauer even had to call off the third attack.
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