Chapter 454 Target drone
Major Jaden's plan was soon recognized by Menzies. After all, Menzies dared not expect to make the German secret weapons clear through just one action. This is not only unrealistic but also too risky, and it is very likely that the commando will be wiped out and nothing can be obtained.
So three 40MM caliber Bofors anti-aircraft guns were airdropped to Major Jaden's hands a few hours later.
Major Jaden made a detailed plan for the interception.
The first is to intercept the position.
It is not suitable for the position too far, and it is not suitable for the position too far.
Too far forward will make the anti-aircraft gunner have no time to prepare... You should know that something can be more than 600 kilometers per hour, and the anti-aircraft gunner still doesn't know when it will be launched. The result of being too forward is that the gunner has already flew over the air before he can react.
Too far behind is not conducive to the development of follow-up operations. Through the previous observation of a test-fire of the German army, Major Jaden noticed that the German army had very few troops 100 kilometers ago, with only three people in each group (one of which was a driver, one was an observer, and the other was an ambulance).
But the section after 100 kilometers is relatively dense and the number of people is several times that of the previous ones.
If the intercepting section is far behind, it means facing many enemies and will also surround them from all directions.
After careful consideration, Major Jaden believed that the most suitable thing was to set the interception point at about 60 kilometers. They only needed to secretly kill one of the German teams, which would create a blind spot of about 30 kilometers.
At the same time, because the anti-aircraft gun is 60 kilometers away from the takeoff of the German aircraft, this has bought about 7 minutes of preparation time for the anti-aircraft gunners.
Major Jaden divided his troops into several groups:
The first group is the observation group. There are 8 people in this group who divide two lurking points into two sides of the trajectory, one left and one right, and one takes turns to observe with telescopes... This is a very painful task that also tests patience.
They must be vigilant at all times and ensure that communication equipment is unobstructed, and at the same time, they must also be careful to hide themselves from being discovered by the German army... They are the closest group to the German army.
The second group is the anti-aircraft gun group.
Theoretically, Bofors anti-aircraft gun only needs three people to operate: two gunners sit on it to operate the artillery. Among them, the deputy gunner on the right is responsible for controlling the rotation mechanism, and the main gunner on the left is responsible for controlling the high and low mechanism and stepping on the pedal to fire the artillery. A loader is also needed next to the anti-aircraft gun.
In addition, a correspondent must be on the phone... so that he can know in advance whether the aircraft in the direction of the camp has been launched and cooperate with other troops.
Calculate it: each cannon requires 4 people, and three cannons require 12 people.
The third group is the action group.
It's a bit troublesome when laying out this group because they don't know where the aircraft will fall when it is shot down.
Jaden guessed that the speed of the aircraft was about 600 kilometers per hour because he found in the last test flight that its flight speed was similar to that of the Spitfire fighter (the actual speed was 645 kilometers per hour. Jaden and his group were the army after all, and their estimates of the speed of the aircraft were not very accurate).
If you calculate at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour, hit the aircraft at 60 kilometers and then fall along the parabola... Dalei will fall around 70 kilometers.
Jaden spread 20 people in two groups between 70 and 80 kilometers. Their mission is to arrive as fast as possible when the aircraft falls and complete close-range and internal photography. If possible, remove its key components and bring them back to study. It is more ideal to capture living pilots.
Finally, the intercept group.
It is foreseeable that after the operation was initiated, the Germans would quickly come from the other side to reinforce.
In order to ensure that the commando had enough time to complete the photo and retreat into the mountains to hide, a team must intercept the German army.
This interception team is the last 16 people, including the command center.
What Major Jaden didn't expect was that after being injured by anti-aircraft artillery, the aircraft did not fall as he calculated, but continued to glide for a distance after being turned off in the air... That is, near the interception group where Major Jaden was located, and the car Qin Chuan was riding arrived here, and the aircraft fell between the enemy and us.
Major Jaden rushed towards the aircraft without saying a word... He did not take the three surviving German soldiers seriously.
"Captain!" Dominic shouted, "What should we do?"
"Walkstone!" Qin Chuan shouted at the first time: "Call for artillery fire rescue!"
"Yes, Captain!" The rifleman lying next to the wheel of the car responded, stepped forward and opened the door under the cover of the wheel, dragged down the bloody walkie-phone on the correspondent's back.
After a while, the rifleman shouted: "Captain, the walkie-talkie is broken!"
Before he finished speaking, a mortar shell roared and exploded next to the jeep. The rifleman was thrown to a few meters high in the air and then fell heavily back to the ground, leaving only one leg twitching.
Qin Chuan and Dominic looked at each other not far away, and both of them saw fear in each other's eyes.
Not everyone can do the mortar shell just now. It can accurately hit the first shot without a test shot... This can only be done by taking a mortar for a few years by just taking a look at it and accurately calling out the mortar gunners based on their feelings.
This means that the enemies they face are all veterans.
Qin Chuan picked up his rifle and looked towards the enemy through the sniper lens. It was one kilometer away, and the position of the "target aircraft" was 300 meters on the flank.
"Let's go and rescue Hannah!" Qin Chuan ordered.
"Captain!" Dominic opposed: "She may be dead!"
"No!" Qin Chuan replied: "She is not dead!"
"Even so, we can't save her!" Dominic replied.
While speaking, another shell exploded nearby, and then another row of machine gun bullets flew over the heads of the two.
Dominic may be right. Although the "target aircraft" is closer to Qin Chuan and others, there are enemy machine guns and mortars blockade along the way.
On the other hand, when Qin Chuan and others ran to the "target aircraft", the enemy was almost in front of them, and at that time, they were afraid that no one would escape.
"We have an easier way, Captain!" Dominic added.
Qin Chuan knew what Dominic said was the "easier method"... The fuel of the "target machine" was extremely unstable and highly toxic. Just shoot it at the tail of the fuel, and everything will be over.
Chapter completed!