Chapter 315 Bombing
The British army fleet was hiding towards the fleet in a black way, with fighters and bombers, but mainly bombers. After all, fighters are mainly used for air combat and escort bombers, and have little destructive power to warships.
There are at least fifty aircraft groups... However, Qin Chuan knew that this was just the first wave. Aircraft must take off one on the runway and then gather in the air. In order not to wait too long in the air to consume too much fuel, land-based takeoffs generally cost 50 batches, and aircraft carriers takeoff depend on the situation. For example, the United States and Japan dispatched 30 batches in batches on the Pacific battlefield, which can only be achieved if the aircraft carrier is more advanced and properly dispatched. At this time, the British "Eagle" aircraft carrier can only carry 21 carrier-based aircraft.
"Woo..." The harsh air defense alarm sounded quickly, but unlike usual, the German warship that should have opened fire immediately seemed very quiet.
This shows that the plans and exercises set out before have worked.
Because the situation is as Qin Chuan analyzed before, the British army aircraft group approached the fleet from a high altitude... This altitude is outside the range of the 130MM secondary gun, and the firing of the artillery is basically impossible to hit. Moreover, the "near-fighting fuze shells" used by the German Navy are relatively expensive, so it is unnecessary to waste the shells.
The German Navy took this time to make adjustments, and the First Fleet and the Second Fleet moved side by side at about two kilometers apart.
Going side by side is a must.
"Side by side" is to better exert firepower. The warship faces the air above friendly forces on the side, which means that the artillery fire at the bow and tail of the ship can play a role at the same time.
"Progress" is to be able to avoid movements in emergencies... Staying still will be a good target for enemy fighters.
Then, the British army aircraft group took the opportunity of chasing the fleet and lowered its altitude and dived towards the fleet.
"Gentlemen!" Redel said to Qin Chuan and others: "I think you should go back to the cabin!"
This should be mainly said to Dallang. Radell asked him to board the ship mainly to show off to him. If Dallang had a few shortcomings, Radell's thoughts would be in vain.
"No!" Dallang replied: "Marson, this is my warship, I want to see what kind of combat effectiveness they will have!"
Redel was stunned for a moment, then nodded, then raised his head at the two guards. The two guards understood and stood by Dallang on the left and right... Of course, this was not a concern that Dallang would escape. The warship was surrounded by a vast sea, and there was no place to escape even if he wanted to escape.
Redell was worried that Dallang would be injured or took the opportunity to commit suicide, but these concerns were obviously redundant, because Dallang was more than anyone else wanted to know the performance of French warships.
This is a very contradictory psychology. He does not want the German army to win, but he also hopes that the warship can win, and at the same time he hopes that the warship will be blown up and sink... In short, it is a mixed flavor.
Colonel Angus, who commanded the attack of this group of British military aircraft, ordered to the microphone: "Group A, it's time for you to perform, pay attention to using artillery fire to kill the dead ends!"
"Received, Colonel!"
Group A is a light bomber, mainly composed of "Mosquito" bomber and "Blenheim" bomber... Generally speaking, these two bombers will not be organized to perform missions together because the speed of the "Mosquito" bomber is much faster than the "Blenheim".
From this we can see that for this attack, the British sent out everything that could be brought to the battlefield.
The characteristic of light bombers is that they are more flexible and able to quickly reduce their altitude to attack the target. So amid the whistling of motors, twenty light bombardments fell from the sky.
"Marson!" The staff report: "Enemy planes have entered the artillery fire world!"
"Wait a little longer!" said Redell.
Of course, Redell's choice is correct. Fire just after entering the shooting world will make the artillery fire without the elastic space to aim.
But Redell only waited for a few seconds... This is because the enemy planes are very fast, and in a few seconds, they have met Redell's requirements.
So with Redel's order, "Fire!"
The sound of the deafening cannon sounded quickly.
At this time, the fire was the 130MM caliber secondary gun. This caliber gun was equipped with a large amount of equipment on French warships... It was a secondary gun on battleships and used as main guns on light patrols and destroyers. However, due to the dead corners of the gun and the small-caliber air defense gun, the French fleet's air defense has always been a weakness.
but……
After using different tactics, this is obviously no longer its weakness, especially at this time the fleet also used "near-blasting fuse shells".
Just a burst of "boom" sounds, Qin Chuan and others could clearly feel the vibration of the hull when the artillery fired. Then rows of shells took steam lines and headed straight to the enemy plane... This was because the rain had just stopped, and the air was very humid, and the high-temperature shells evaporated the water vapor all the way, forming a vague trajectory.
Then, the shells exploded around the target fighter as if they had eyes.
This is a 130MM caliber shell. After it explodes, a ball of black mist explodes immediately. What cannot be observed by the naked eye is shrapnel flying around.
The light bomber is very fragile, especially the "mosquito" with wooden structures, so three "mosquito" were blown up on the spot and disintegrated in the air... The plane was divided into more than a dozen pieces, falling from the sky like a scattered flower to the sea.
The "Blenheim" bomber may be better, but for fighters, there is not much difference between breaking into more than a dozen or two pieces. The difference is that some injured "Blenheim" can still hold on in the air for a while, which gives the pilot some valuable time to jump.
"What happened?" Colonel Angus asked: "Do you pay attention to using blind spots, are you clear? Pay attention to using blind spots!"
"But..." The subordinates' nervous answer came from the microphone: "We are indeed taking advantage of blind spots, but they seem to have no blind spots!"
Colonel Angus didn't believe this answer. Could it be that the Germans had replaced the new type of my naval gun?
After thinking about it, Colonel Angus controlled the fighter plane to fly backwards, which allowed him to clearly see the entire battlefield.
Then he discovered the mystery... The German naval guns did not shoot over himself, but over friendly forces.
What made Colonel Angus even more puzzled was that no matter how the British light fighter jets maneuvered and how they changed their altitude, the anti-aircraft gun shells could always explode accurately near the fighter jets.
This is impossible in normal times. The reason is that the fighter planes fly fast and the gunners don’t have time to adjust the delay time of the shells. This is also one of the reasons why warships have weak air defense capabilities in this era.
Chapter completed!