Chapter 1940 Horn of Attack 1
Just after the front-line alert system discovered the raven aircraft group entering the German airspace, in less than two hours, the Luftwaffe General Command located at least five large offensive aircraft groups! These aircraft groups were marked with different color marks on the huge map on the wall. The first raven aircraft group was found called the blue aircraft group!
"The reconnaissance aircraft group has locked the position and direction of the other party. Their targets are the supply convoy currently advancing on Highway 3. The British reconnaissance aircraft have entered the vicinity of the convoy. Some enemy fighters have begun to climb to a height of 4,000 meters to carry out warnings. The group of alerts forms a 60-degree arc cordon in front of the target area. The British bomber troops are expected to enter the field in 30 minutes! The opposing aircraft group is large, and there are more than 100 aircraft." Soon, the staff members summarized the British army's intelligence.
"Very good. If the large-scale aircraft group that was located before was of this size, then calculate the British sporadic aircraft group. Today they can be said to be elite troops. Immediately inform the Crown Prince and say that a storm is coming." Harrell said.
At this time, in the vast area extending from the German front to the eastern Belgium, more than 3,000 aircraft from more than 200 airports were ready. They were waiting for a British to launch a large-scale attack and exposed most of the frontier airports, a storm was brewing. The British launched the first large-scale attack since the lightning operation. What the British did not expect was that this attack was their first, and probably the last attack. More than 3,000 bombers were just the first wave today, and the second wave of about 1,400 aircraft will continue to launch attacks in the afternoon!
The various fighter jets with more than 700 aircraft were the storm before the storm! Under the guidance of the ground, these aircraft used the terrain and clouds bypassed the reconnaissance fan in the front of the British aircraft group and approached the opponent from the side and behind! Before the fight, the German squadron leader also received an order not to attack the British bomber group too badly...
"Sentinel confirmed that there is no German fighter fleet on the front." Colonel Delan, the commander of the Raven aircraft fleet, finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this information. The situation was much better than he thought. The Germans seemed to know nothing about their situation at the moment. The fleet had dropped to an altitude of 2,000 meters. At this time, Colonel Delan could see the German convoy more than ten kilometers away. They were moving on the highway in an orderly manner, and seemed to know nothing about the upcoming strike?
"I found the British bomber group. Apart from about 10 fighters next to them, there was no escort force! Moreover, their fighter planes were low, probably to suppress ground air defense firepower! We entered from their six o'clock direction! No one could stop us!" At this time, the captain of the Executioner Interceptor Brigade who arrived on the battlefield, Lieutenant Colonel Raul had clearly seen the British bomber group. He estimated that the number of the opponent was about 40 to 50, and he had a total of 36 k-4m and k-4s interceptors!
"I hope these new things won't disappoint us." Looking at the k-4s interceptor next to it, which looks very similar to the k-4m. Lieutenant Colonel Raul said in his heart. To be honest, he is now very satisfied with the performance of the k-4m interceptor. In his opinion, the three 20mm machine guns on the nose and two large-caliber machine guns can completely tear any target apart. It will take 3 seconds for a relatively large single-engine aircraft such as DH9. The dense shells form an elliptical drop-off area 300 meters away, and then the tracer bullet and high-explosive bombs are fired alternately, which can easily tear the target into pieces.
Even if you deal with bombers like FB27, you can generally get shot down with up to three shots, and the ammunition consumed is about 300 rounds. However, some people in the Air Force still believe that this efficiency is not high enough... Their pursuit of firepower has even reached the point of being crazy! (At least in Lieutenant Colonel Raul's opinion.) So some people tried to put heavier 2-pound cannons on the plane, and some people planned to bring small bombs on the wings and throw them down when passing over the opponent's bomber group...
In the end, some more reliable people came up with a method of using rockets. This method is said to have been supported by Crown Prince Ruprecht, so some k-4m interceptors were converted into rocket launchers. The specific improvement measures were to install some wooden guide rails on the lower wings and a launcher was installed on the guide rails. A rocket was installed in the launch tube, and the method of electric shock was used, with rifled in the launch tube. After the rocket was launched, the wings folded at the tail would also be opened to ensure the stable flight of the rocket.
These things that have become R1 rockets weigh about 4kg and have a length of 0.9 meters. The warhead diameter is 50mm. The initial flight speed is about 300 meters per second. In fact, the accuracy is very limited. However, the power is huge. The high-explosive warhead is filled with at least 600 grams of explosives. It is the kind of thing that enters the soul! It is estimated that if you hit one shot, it will be almost done. The v1500 may be stronger, but if you hit three shots, it will still be hung. The most important thing is that a K-4s interceptor can shoot out all 24 R1 rockets in 3 seconds...
"We attract the attention of the opponent's machine gunners and let the k-4s slaughter them!" Lieutenant Colonel Raul ordered. The accuracy of the rockets itself is not high, and the hit distance is even closer than the machine gun. In addition, the huge load brought by the 24 rockets and the launching device make the k-4s interceptor move slowly. Therefore, these powerful melee weapons need to be well protected.
However, relying on good intelligence and cloud cover in the air, when the interceptors of the executioner brigade entered the final shallow dive attack stage, the British bomber group who were ready to enter the bombing route discovered the killer who was following!
"Damn it, it's the German Black Death!"
"We are surrounded! Where is the fighter unit?" A series of screams showed a strong fear. There were few experienced crew members now, and the so-called machine gunners were even a group of newcomers. Some of them had not even received complete machine gun shooting training! The roar of the Lewis machine gun broke the calm battlefield, but this time the bullet rains were dense, but not fatal!
"They actually drained all the ammunition at once... Poor rookie! Has the Royal Air Force fallen to this level?" A German pilot looked at the British bomber that suddenly became silent after approaching, silently observing a silence for the Royal Air Force's predecessors.
Chapter completed!