Chapter 476: Damn Flare

Bruce's desire to fight was very strong, because he was stimulated again.

In his eyes, the British have completely abandoned them, and they want to kill them all! Even if they get here, it's not enough, and they have to send planes to blow up.

If that's the case, what else is there to say, beat up the British!

Bruce's attitude has completely changed, but his request has not been granted.

At such a time, of course, there can be no accidents. Who knows if he really wants to participate in the battle, or if he wants to do some damage? The less trouble, the better.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

In the formation of swordfish torpedo planes, the two swordfish carrying flares left the formation and began to climb upwards.

Flares, of course, the higher the better, so that they can illuminate longer distances.

After all, they are just flying according to the predetermined route. In front of them, it is pitch black, and they have no idea where the target is.

Must rely on flares! When the flares are lit, the entire sea area will be illuminated, so that the torpedo machines below can find the target and launch an attack!

This kind of attack requires a fairly tacit understanding. After the two planes carrying flares began to climb, the rest of the pilots buckled the goggles in front of their flight caps.

In the dark night, the pupil will dilate to adapt to the weak light. At this time, if there is a sudden strong light, it may cause temporary blindness!

In fact, the use of flares is also an attack technique. Even if the opponent is prepared, the flares can temporarily blind the opponent's anti-aircraft gunners, and they have enough time to throw torpedo attacks, or even fly up and dive to drop bombs.

This is their predetermined tactic.

"Two of the other side are climbing." Here, the radar soldiers were highly nervous.

After all, the radar of this era is still very primitive, and it can only indicate the general orientation of the target. If the radar of later generations is enough to guide the anti-aircraft artillery to attack.

Now, the radar can only roughly detect the target. Even so, this anomaly has attracted the attention of Colonel Stanger. What's going on? Why do they climb?

If Colonel Stanger had experience in the Air Force, he could have guessed it at this time and switched roles. If he was a pilot, how would he conduct a night attack?

It is a pity that the German navy has not yet conducted a large-scale exercise of night combat. They do not know that the danger is approaching.

"Order, 105mm anti-aircraft guns, prepare to target climbing aircraft. Searchlights, prepare to turn on," Colonel Stanger said.

In order to prevent being discovered by the other party, when they learned that there was a plane flying by, the Deutschland turned off all the lights, it was dark, and now, the other party was uncertain and started to climb, making Colonel Stanger feel the danger, they Gotta get ready to fire!

Air defense at night mainly relies on searchlights. As long as the searchlights hit the target, the antiaircraft gunner can fire quickly!

However, as long as the searchlight is turned on, it also exposes its own target. If it can get in, it is better to get in.

The night is still silent, a cruel naval battle is about to start!

The searchlight has been energized, preheated, and turned on at any time. At the rear of the warship, on the 105mm anti-aircraft gun emplacement, the gunner quickly shook the high and low machine, and the gun barrel of the anti-aircraft gun was roughly aimed at the opponent's position, ready to fire at any time. state.

The gunner looked at the dark sky. At this time, they could already hear the rumbling sound of the aircraft engine. The other party was flying towards them!

Fire?

"Turn on the searchlight!" At this moment, the order finally came.

The moment the searchlight was about to light up, the entire sky suddenly became brighter!

At a height of two thousand meters, a small artificial sun suddenly emitted a bright light, which brightened the entire sea surface!

"Damn, my eyes!" I was staring at the dark sky above my head just now, and now it suddenly became extremely bright. In an instant, the gunner's eyes were burned, and he couldn't see anything!

The light of the flare is different from the searchlight. The searchlight illuminates the sky. When it hits the target, it is reflected back. What the gunner sees is only a small amount of beam!

However, the light of the flare was shot directly into the gunner's eyes, and the intensity was many times higher!

(For example, it's like holding a flashlight. Looking from the back, there will be no discomfort to the eyes, but no one can stand it directly with the eyes to the flashlight.)

The entire night sky was lit up, and the Deutsches on the sea was exposed to this light. At this moment, the Swordfish planes below accurately found their target, adjusted their course, and flew over quickly!

Prepare for a torpedo attack!

"Quick, on the spare gunner!" Stanger shouted loudly.

A flare that wiped out all his antiaircraft gunners! Maybe the anti-aircraft gunner will recover after a while and see the target again, but this short period of time is fatal!

Backup Gunner! But, at a time like this, where to go to find a backup gunner? Almost everyone on the gun emplacement had their eyes shaken!

"I'm on!" At this moment, Bruce on the deck shouted loudly: "My eyes can see clearly!"

Bruce is a pilot, of course he knows how the pilots attack at night, just before the other party threw the flares, he closed his eyes, although he wanted to remind others, but he knew that even if he said it now, these people would not believe it .

He opened his eyes slowly, getting used to the light of the flares, and then, in a few steps, he ran to the emplacement of the 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun next to him.

"I'm here, I can see clearly!" Bruce shouted, replacing the pained anti-aircraft gunner who was covering his eyes.

Quickly shaking the high and low planes, Bruce clearly saw on the sea that the closest torpedo plane was already in its final flight before throwing torpedoes!

As a navy pilot, Bruce knew exactly how to throw a torpedo.

Torpedoes are farther away than dive bombing and seem to be safer, but throwing torpedoes requires more skill.

When torpedoes appeared, the use of aircraft to throw torpedoes began. As early as 1917, the United Kingdom and Germany tried to use aircraft to carry ordinary carrier-based torpedoes for experiments. The most effective way to attack.

Just to drop a torpedo, it has to fly in a certain way. The two key factors are the water entry speed and the water entry angle.