Chapter 946: Sea and Air Battle
The speed of a fully loaded torpedo machine is naturally lower, and in order to have enough fuel to go back, only the most economical cruising speed can be chosen. What's more, the British Navy did not find those seaplane carriers hiding behind the capital ships, they began to meet too far away, and under the cover of the smoke screens generated by the capital ships and the fleet, the British did not find 3 seaplane carriers 15km behind the rear of the capital fleet. And after the official engagement, these seaplane carriers did not participate in the war, the reason is simple, the German aircraft carrier load is extremely limited, except for two machine guns to fight air combat, there is no use, and even if they fight in air combat, they can only hit bombers with full loads, and professional fighters can't beat them.
"Stop them!" Scheer soon realized that the most aggressive offensive was about to be launched, and a large number of torpedo boats sprang out of the gaps in the British fleet. They rushed towards the German fleet like a pack of wolves, led by light cruisers. The capital ships of the British roared again...... Nearly 100 tons per minute of various shells whizzed and smashed into the German fleet in the distance. The combat power of the Grand Fleet exploded at this moment, and the attack from the air and the sea unfolded at the same time. In the face of this fierce wave of attacks, Scheer could only lead the huge high seas fleet to open the distance, the number of auxiliary warships of the high seas fleet was seriously insufficient, and the main fleet had no advantage, in the face of this wave of attacks, Scheer chose to avoid it reasonably, but he did not dare to retreat. Once they choose to evacuate, the formation is likely to be chaotic under the enemy's dense lightning strikes, and at this time they are still within the attack range of the Grand Fleet. In a battle line of equal strength, the side with a disorganized formation is not far from death! …。
Fortunately, the Sailfish bombers flying the torpedo were flying too slowly, and in order to maintain formation and identify the main German battleships under the smoke screen for attack, the Sailfish needed to slow down further, which gave the Germans time to take off the seaplane. The Fokker DR3 fighter with a pontoon staggered and took off. They formed a three-plane formation in the air, and then launched an attack without waiting for all the men to arrive. The Kaiser still valued this battle very seriously, and he did provide the best for the High Seas Fleet, and the battleships were like that. This is true of supplies, even of planes and pilots! Among them were the Luftwaffe's number one ace, the Red Baron Richtfen, and the Blue Marx Medal Oswald. Burke, and his younger brother Owen. Well, but there is another person who is not very famous now, but who is very famous in history, and this person is called Goering.
"Damn it. They have escort planes! Burke cursed under his breath. Burke and his team had barely climbed to a certain altitude when they spotted several DEH10 Sailfish planes suddenly rushing out from the opposite side, even though they were originally designed to be used as bombers. The issue of air combat was not considered at all, but in the case of the range of a single-engine aircraft not being caught, these crews, who had not learned how to attack the sea, took up the escort mission by the way. Don't think about maneuverability, how high maneuverability does a twin-engine three-man aircraft from World War I want to be? However, the British made other enhancements, ..........
Firepower and protection! The British made this type of aircraft into an air tank of the same period!. They rarely installed armor near the cockpit in the first place, protecting the front crew because he was the pilot, and adding armor to the last crew because the average experienced adversary likes to go around the rear to attack. As for the telegraph man and navigator caught in the middle? I'm sorry. Pray to God for yourselves. In the nose of the aircraft, the British installed 2 machine guns. The telegraph operator in the middle also had 2 detachable light Vickers machine guns. And the rear machine gunner who sat at the end also had 1 machine gun, which was terrifying compared to the German aircraft that only had two machine guns at that time! …。
"These big guys are like a porcupine. The whole body is covered with spikes. It's hard to find their firepower, especially when these planes are huddled! Burke recalled after the war. Of course, he doesn't know that these Swordfish are just as troublesome in air combat when they are not equipped with torpedoes. Burke led his group fearlessly towards his opponents, and everyone in his group was an ace pilot, even the best of them had shot down seven planes on the Western Front. As experienced pilots, they know that it is extremely irrational to clash head-on with the opposing side. This kind of play of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 is really not worth emulating these aces. For these huge birds of prey soaring in the air in front of you, it is the best choice to kick their butts hard behind the side! The three planes dodged the sailfish that were rushing head-on with a nice dodge, and in a matter of seconds they appeared diagonally above each other! …。
When Burke had just stabilized the fighter and was ready to dive to attack the enemy below...... Several tongues of fire suddenly swept from below, and it appeared that at least 5 or so machine guns were aimed at him. Burke immediately evaded, but a little brother to his left was a little slower and was bitten hard by the fiery snake below, missing a small piece of the wing. Three planes waddled over each other's heads. Then roll around again and circle behind the opponent. The three ace pilots were actually bitten back when they hit the bomber, which made Burke and the others very unhappy, so they decided to teach these clumsy big guys a good lesson, well, at least to fight down! And from the position, they are in the direction of 7 o'clock on the other side. Very nice angle.
"Why can't you die?" Burke and the others saw the tail machine gunner of the Sailfish bomber. In aerial combat, the Heavy is the only threat to the attacker, and killing him gives you a 90% chance of winning. And the experienced Burke and others did exactly that. Burke locked a Sailfish in the center of the sighting ring. Then the trigger of the machine gun was pulled. Yellow-orange-orange shells flew out of the shell ejection, and the fiery red bullets flew towards the opponent like locusts. The tail heavy was clearly taken by surprise. I saw that he quickly lowered his head, hiding behind an iron plate, and the bullets clanged on the iron plate. Although the rear heavy was suppressed, it did not seem to kill him ..........
"This plane can actually concentrate the fire of 3 machine guns in the back?" The two tongues of fire made Burke fail, and instead of killing the Heavy in the back, he put himself in a passive position. However, his rich experience still freed him from the entanglement of death. Although he and his squad did not lose anything, they did not take advantage of this encounter either. For the first time, they encountered an enemy armed to the teeth, which left them a little confused. In the end, I had to give up.
It's different from Burke's hard-hitting style of play. The Red Baron and his group were much more cunning, "Our mission is to prevent the opposing planes from lightning striking the battleship. So our first target is a torpedo machine, the second is a torpedo machine, the third is still a torpedo machine, and a direct fight with a fighter is not only unnecessary but also a waste of time! "Before leaving, the Red Baron repeatedly told his team to avoid unnecessary battles, so when they took off, they did not have too much entanglement with the British planes that served as escorts, and after maneuvering around the other party, they locked the target on a Sailfish three-plane formation that was preparing to try a lightning strike." Let's bite off their left wing first! ”
The dense fire king of 6 machine guns instantly beat the tail of one of the sailfish planes into a sieve, although the cockpit has some protection, but the rest of the place is wooden, under a random shot, the entire tail was slashed off, and then staggered into the sea. "We've got our first results!" A German pilot yelled excitedly. "But it's not enough." Looking at the large formation of more than a dozen planes rushing in the distance, the red baron shook his head helplessly. …………。
How can a bomber formation that covers each other and is equipped with a large number of self-defense weapons fight without large-caliber cannons and long-range rockets? Answer: Fight for luck! In World War II in history, even when the American and British air forces did not escort the aircraft, the Luftwaffe fought with a 20mm cannon alone, and the dense firepower made it difficult for the pilots to exert their skills...... Someone counted the pilots who were knocked down in the 2 wars (if he was still alive. More than half didn't know where the attack came from until they were shot down. The real aces are all veterans who are well versed in the way of sneak attacks, and a play style like that of frontal bull may appear more in a game in Xu Jie's era. But it's not the same when it comes to bombers, especially guys like the US imperialists, who have machine guns all over their bodies, and they have almost no dead ends. And even if one plane has a dead end, other aircraft will help defend, no matter what kind of skill is faced with the B17 fleet of flying boxes, it will become a frontal attack. And because of the size of the bomber, it is indeed more resistant. So before having rockets to break up the opponent's formation, the Luftwaffe also fought a very hard ..........
Although at this time the aircraft was far from being comparable to the fire hedgehogs such as the B17 and B25 of the 25 war. But the two machine guns on the German planes were also clearly far from the MG151-20, MK108 and rockets of later generations. Although everyone is an ace, these aces soon find that no matter where they charge, they will be attacked by self-defense machine guns, and because of the hasty takeoff, the whole battle is a bit like adding fuel. Although the elite of the Luftwaffe tried their best, the effect was only half of it!
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