Chapter 384: The Swordfish Takes Off
Precision-guided bombs must be controllable, and this control is on the radio system, and the radio system is on the tail of the bomb. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A 12.7mm bullet, whizzing, passed through the tail of the bomb.
Ordinary bombs, although the tail also has a rudder surface, but it is dead and can not be moved, and the current FX2400 bomb, the tail rudder surface is movable, and it is through these rudder surfaces that the flight trajectory of the bomb is controlled.
This kind of rudder surface is a lightweight aluminum alloy, after all, the rudder surface is torsional, it is necessary to control, this power comes from the rudder surface motor, and the power of the motor is limited after all, it is impossible to solve it like an ordinary fixed rudder surface, welding an iron plate.
And now, the 12.7 mm machine gun bullet easily passed through this rudder surface, and under the huge impact force, the entire rudder surface was directly taken away!
The loss of a rudder surface made the control of this bomb difficult in an instant, and at this time, it was already the final stage of its attack!
The route is basically aligned, even if it does not rely on the rudder surface, it is already possible to hit, but the lack of the rudder surface makes it lose its aerodynamic stability, so, in the surprised eyes of everyone, this bomb turned incredibly.
The Hood, with a two-and-a-half-ton bomb, brushed by, and when the bomb almost grazed the side of the Hood and fell into the water next to it, it splashed more than ten meters high!
"Boom!" A huge explosion came from underwater.
The Hood, a 40,000-ton battleship, involuntarily trembled at the sound of this explosion.
The hull of the ship is still wounded! Even if it was an explosion in the water, the shock wave still injured the Hood!
"Quick, damage control now!" The captain, Colonel Cole, came from the shore on a bicycle, and this was the fastest means of transportation he could find.
Not all of them lived on the ship, Colonel Cole, who slept on the shore, and at the first moment the alarm sounded, he came in a hurry.
Rescue the Hood!
At this time, the bombers behind continued to drop bombs, and the entire port was still in a mess.
"Damn the Germans, they actually launched a sneak attack on us without declaring war!"
"Buzz, buzz." A loud roar, trembling under the crotch.
The Czech stepped on his motorcycle, and at this moment, his eyes were extremely determined.
The ground airfield of naval aviation was two kilometers away from his residence, and now he had to be the first to arrive!
In the harbor, his own warship is suffering from terrible bombardment, and he must take off and meet it!
The planes of the Germans will definitely not come so few, there must be more behind, and maybe the next moment, the other side will drop bombs on land airfields!
Hurry, hurry!
The motorcycle, speeding over the field, in order to hurry, Jack did not even take the original cement road, but went directly to a small road.
This kind of BSA M20 motorcycle, the performance and German motorcycles are a lot worse, the reason why it was selected by the United Kingdom is that its production process is simple, easy to maintain, as for the use, it is really not optimistic.
Now, tossing and turning on the field, although the two big springs on the ass are constantly cushioning, Jack's ass is still raised high.
Jack is still banging on the accelerator, and for him, time is the most precious thing.
Quick, must be fast!
Generally speaking, the outside of the airfield is blocked by barbed wire, but now, there is no threat, so the surrounding barbed wire fence has long been abandoned, and many places are dismantled, and the officers and soldiers inside the base are also troublesome to take the main road.
Jack's motorcycle, aiming for a gap, quickly interspersed and continued to twist the throttle towards the tarmac on the side of the runway.
Hurry, hurry!
When he came over, he saw three or five people, also running towards the plane.
Since they are all resting, there are very few pilots left in the base, and everyone is happy outside, and now, in such a short time, a few people can actually run back, which is enough to show the loyalty of the Royal Navy aviation.
"Quick, quick, quick!" While riding his motorcycle, Jack shouted at his companions, and when he came to the side of the plane, he threw his motorcycle aside and ran into his plane in a few steps.
If you look at it from the current point of view, this is a completely outdated aircraft, and compared to the aircraft of the Germans, it is simply a toy.
The lower single wing, all-metal skin, high-horsepower engine, and closed cockpit are already the standard of advanced fighters in this era.
So, look at this Swordfish attack aircraft? The old-fashioned two-wing structure, the meagre armament, the open cockpit, the speed of only 225 kilometers per hour, and the top ceiling of 3,260 meters make it look not much different from the old aircraft of World War I.
As a carrier-based attack aircraft officially completed in 1935, it was a full era behind the 97 ship-based attack adopted by the Japanese Navy two years later.
In 1933, Fairley Aviation developed its own three-seat torpedo attack/observation/reconnaissance aircraft, known as the "TSR-I" type with the initials of the three words. The aircraft was developed in accordance with technical standards issued by the Ministry of Aeronautics and is a metal biplane structure with cloth skin, and uses a 635 hp Bristol Pegasus IIM air-cooled star engine.
After a failure, this aircraft was finally finalized and won the favor of the British Navy, which shows that the concept of the British Navy, like their army, is also quite backward.
In later generations, it was not until the advent of the Sea Spitfire that the British Navy finally regained its disadvantage.
Of course, this also coincided with the situation at that time, after all, the German Navy at that time did not have a powerful aircraft carrier formation, and the task of the British naval aviation was to attack the German naval formations, not air combat, although the performance of the Swordfish was very backward, it was still no problem to throw a torpedo.
The Swordfish attack aircraft is a three-seater attack aircraft, including a pilot, an observer and a communicator and a rear-seat machine gunner, and now, Jack has only one person, and his observer and rear-seat machine gunner do not know where they are.
There's no time, you have to take off right away!
With a quick flip of the switches, the new 750-horsepower Sagittarius 30 engine in front of it let out a roar, black smoke spewed out of the exhaust pipe, and the brakes were released, and Jack quickly slid down the runway.
Behind him, there are four Swordfish attack planes, which are also in the process of starting at once, and they are going to take off and meet the enemy!
Almost at the same time, the southern sky of the base resounded with the roar of engines.
German bombers, already arrived!