Chapter 149: The Power of the Dive
Schmidt had thirty JU87s in his hands, so many planes, it was impossible for him to specifically assign that plane to attack that ship, Schmidt only gave a general order:
"The first group attacked the enemy flagship, the second team dived and bombed the enemy light cruisers, the third team flew close to the sea surface, attacked the enemy light cruisers with air-fired torpedoes, and acted immediately."
Schmidt first aimed at the main warships of the Rutte detachment, and the high command gave this kind of dive torpedo a damage value of one light cruiser that was seriously damaged, losing 60 percent of its combat effectiveness, and two of them were about to be sunk. The one-ton torpedo was accelerated by the dive bomber and smashed into the top deck of the ship's weak armor at a speed of more than 1,000 kilometers per hour.
The five light cruisers of the Lütte detachment were Königsberg, Cologne, Karlsruhe, Lepzig and Ningburg.
Schmidt's first group of ten JU87 dive bombers began to occupy their own attack positions, Schmidt divided his ten planes into two groups, the first group dive bombing from a high altitude, the second group flew close to the sea, and when the distance of one thousand meters from the Cologne was air-fired torpedoes, Schmidt thought that his arrangement was good, and the attack was quickly launched.
"Dada...... Da Da ...... Woowoo"
All the anti-aircraft guns on the twenty ships below the Lüte detachment began to shoot fiercely, the anti-aircraft fire of the German ** ship was not weak, and countless plastic inkjet warheads shuttled in the air, but the speed of the dive bomber was extremely fast at this time, from more than 5,000 meters in the air to about 1,000 meters, it only took a few seconds, although the anti-aircraft artillery fire of the ships below was intensive, but it could not stop the ju87 that was diving down at a speed of more than 1,000 kilometers per hour.
Schmidt was the first person to dive, and countless anti-aircraft shells chased Mister's landline, but when the shells flew away, Mister's landline had already dived far away, and those whip-like anti-aircraft shells chased Mister's landline and strafed, but they did not hit Schmidt's landline.
"Woo woo woo" ju87 made a terrible sound, Mister kept adjusting the dive direction of his plane in the air, because the Cologne below kept taking the Z-shaped route, this method still has a certain effect on the aerial bombs dropped by horizontal bombers, but for the dive bombers of JU87, this is basically ineffective, these pilots under Schmidt have participated in the Flying Eagle Corps, and all the JU87 pilots have also gone to the air to attack Japanese aircraft carriers, These evasive maneuvers of the ships below are doomed to be useless.
"Hoo ......"
When Schmidt dived to a kilometer above the Cologne, he pressed the bomb button, and a thousand kilograms of torpedoes roared and smashed into the Cologne below like lightning, with a loud "bang", the torpedo broke, and red ink splattered everywhere.
All right! Cologne dropped only a more than 100-kilogram plastic inkjet torpedo. Schmidt felt his fuselage light, and quickly pulled the joystick, and Schmidt's landline JU87 roared again and climbed rapidly at an almost vertical angle.
A JU87 dive bomber that followed Schmidt closely but failed to break through the anti-aircraft fire network, and was hit by an inkjet exercise bomb, and the pilot had to shake his wings at the ship below, indicating that he had shot it down, and now it was time to withdraw from the exercise, and his fuselage was recessed in more than a dozen places, and the entire fuselage was covered with blue ink. The ammunition of Li Mo and Raeder are of different colors, the red plastic inkjet bullet used by Li Mo and the blue plastic inkjet bullet used by Marshal Raeder are so easy to distinguish.
On the Cologne that was hit, there was a special staff officer responsible for counting the damage, he was not subordinate to either side of the exercise, the telegram of the Cologne was a heavy torpedo soon he sent to the general command of the exercise, Cologne was immediately judged to be seriously injured, Rutte had no choice, Rutte cursed in his heart: "Why didn't this damn dive bomber find out that it was so powerful!" ”
The air raid continued, after the second JU87 withdrew from the exercise, the next JU87 came one after another, this JU87 successfully broke through the air defense network of the ship below, and a torpedo roared down again, "bang......" This time the Cologne was directly smashed into the middle of the ship, and the red ink flying everywhere splashed the middle of the Cologne.
Rutte happened to be at the aviation command platform, and the red ink also splashed his face, and now Rutte wanted to cry without tears, and muttered to himself:
"It's over, how can I explain it to Marshal Raeder! I hate the ju87 dive bomber...... Damn it...... Ay...... Hang the white flag to indicate withdrawal from the exercise. ”
Schmidt's first team of dive bombers lost one, but the JU87 that flew air-launched torpedoes casually could not break through the defensive circle formed by the destroyers below, this method of sticking to the surface air-launched torpedoes was very traditional, and the destroyers below were able to defend easily, and the flight speed of the JU87 was not very fast, only more than 300 kilometers per hour.
Schmidt's first group, the JU87 dive bombers, were caught in the assault, and the result was tragic, the front three were painted with blue ink all over the fuselage, and they immediately withdrew from the exercise, and the two behind had no choice, and fired two torpedoes at the destroyer from a distance, and as a result, a destroyer of the Rutte detachment was hit, and the result was not bad, three ju87 dive bombers replaced a destroyer of the Rutte detachment, although this replacement was cost-effective, but Li Mo would never dare, Because Li Mo's aircraft carrier formation has a total of only 30 JU87s, and there are also 30 spare JU87s, how can Li Mo replace the aircraft with such a ratio, it takes three destroyers to change it, what about light cruisers, battleships, etc., how many JU87s do you need to replace, that battle damage ratio is definitely not three, and by then the Raeder fleet has not been completely annihilated, I am afraid that Li Mo will replace all his JU87s.
Schmidt, who climbed into the air, soon knew the result, and immediately knew the result that made him frustrated, and Schmidt hurriedly ordered to his flying group:
"All planes can only use the method of dive bombing, and do not use the method of launching torpedoes close to the sea and air unless absolutely necessary."
When Schmidt gave the order, his group had six more ju87s shot down because they wanted to shoot torpedoes in the air, fortunately Schmidt corrected early, all the planes were pulled into the air and carried out dive bombing, which was miserable for the Rutte detachment, the "woo woo" JU87 screams continued, and the warships below were constantly hit by plastic inkjet bombs, and when all the planes finished dropping bombs, Schmidt, who was hovering in the air, looked at the battleships below, and almost eighteen more ships hung up the white flag, They are the ships that were sentenced to withdraw from the exercise.
This result made Schmidt unbelievable, the Rutte fleet only had a total of twenty warships, and eighteen were destroyed at this time, this is the end of the fleet without aircraft cover, especially the precision bombing of high-speed dive bombers like JU87, which is simply a nightmare for warships, and it is simply impossible to prevent it.
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