1802 Ambush 4
"What's the situation?" Suddenly, Lieutenant Colonel McCarden found his plane trembling suddenly. Then, a series of red photoelectrics flew up from under his feet. Because of his vision problems, he couldn't see the direction of the attack. He could only speed up and pull the plane to try to get out of contact. According to his experience, the effective range of air machine guns is very close, and as long as they run fast, it is not a big problem. But unfortunately, this time, the Germans deployed two 40mm machine guns and four machine guns around. After throwing away the long whip behind him, they were caught by the 40mm guns coming towards him!
This time, the British Royal Ace pilot who shined in history was unable to turn decay into magic again. A shell happened to hit the cockpit. The violent explosion also smashed him and his plane into pieces. The German pilot who escaped by chance did not know that he had "pied" a British ace to death!
The worst thing in the war was that without knowing it, it stepped directly into the opponent's preset battlefield without knowing it. Every step was calculated by the opponent and targeted by the opponent. The four seemingly large-scale fighter squadrons of the British were almost gone under the attack of Bavarian air and ground forces. At this time, the Red Baron's interceptor troops would directly face the British bomber troops, and the remaining more than 40 large bombers shrank in the air like fat sheep surrounded by wolves. When they saw the k4m interceptors approaching from a distance, the British felt that their blood was frozen! The spearhead of the entire aircraft group was a fighter jet painted in gold and red!
"It's the red demon! He came to the Western Front!" Although Richterhoven was in the Eastern Front and the Balkans most of his time, his name was spread throughout the Allied pilots, especially his cool painting, which became synonymous with death in the eyes of Allied pilots!
"This is my easiest hunt in three months." Seeing the scattered camel fighter jets around him being entangled by his own battle, and looking at the bomber group that was struggling to regroup with blockbusters in front of him, Richthofen said comfortably. And the four 20mm machine guns at the nose of his plane were already hungry!
Compared with the maneuver between fighters, the battle between bombers and interceptors pays more attention to protection, firepower and speed. It gives people a head-on feeling. In fact, before the end of World War II, the confrontation between bombers and interceptors was like this. The American B17 will be equipped with a large number of armor plates and control more than a dozen machine guns through unified internal fire control. The German interceptors will also add hundreds of kilograms of armor protection, and at the same time, they will put more large-caliber naval cannons or even 280mm rockets on the plane as much as possible! Generally speaking, if there is no fighter cover, it is very scammed for the bomber to face the interceptor...
For example, now! The k4m interceptor after comprehensive optimization is like a fire hedgehog full of fire! The 4 20mm machine guns on the nose are also 2 12.7mm machine guns on the fuselage, and in the rear driver's position, there are 2 12.7mm machine guns on the back seat, and in the position of the rear seat driver, there are 2 12.7mm machine guns on the back seat driver (radio) to control! Although such firepower is not as good as a fw190a8 charger in two battles. (In addition to the 4 20mm machine guns and 2 machine guns on the 190a8 charger, you can also hang two double 20mm machine gun pods.) But now, such firepower is enough to tell the British what it means to be crushed!
The first wave of impact was formed by a formation of more than 20 interceptors forcibly breaking through the front of the British bomber force. When both sides approached 600 meters, the British could clearly see a tide-like flame coming from the front of the German aircraft group. A steel storm composed of thousands of shells easily knocked the British bomber in front into pieces. Accompanied by a series of explosions, countless fragments and flames jumped up and down in the British bomber group. The powerful firepower instantly disintegrated the British resistance and psychological defense line. British pilots desperately operated the plane and tried to escape from the aircraft group.
What does it mean? When facing a lion, you just need to run faster than your teammates. So some people hope to avoid the hunting of their opponents by luck, but unfortunately, this time they are not facing a lion, but a German. The opponent's goal is not to fill their stomachs, but to beat the opponents all in one go!
More than 20 interceptors successfully shattered the entire British bomber group in the first wave of attacks. After the interceptor, there were a path of destruction extended by flames and debris. In just the first round of collision, at least 8 British bombers were directly destroyed, and at least 10 British bombers were injured to a moderate degree.
However, no matter how hard the British bombers were struggling in the air, their ending had been decided. Most of the members of the British bomber troops, which had penetrated into the German defense line, could never go back alive! Such a long distance was enough for the "trackers" to kill them several times!
"It seems that the bait on our ground is also white, and the British bombers can't fall on our heads at all." Looking at the sky that had been chubby in the distance, listening to the sound of gunfire coming from afar, and watching the flowers of flames blooming from time to time in the sky, a German ground air defense officer said relaxedly.
When the British bomber group finally collapsed, another squadron's interceptor also entered the battlefield. They were hunters, responsible for chasing the British bomber troops who fled in all directions. Under the attack of the k4m interceptor with a maximum speed of more than 220 kilometers, even if the bomb was dropped, most British bombers were doomed. These vicious air hunters easily chased after them, and then easily killed the British bomber worth tens of thousands of pounds in a few seconds at a distance of about 500 meters!
In the end, in this battle called the "Torch Massacre" by the British, only 8 of the 72 bombers finally returned safely. The remaining bombers were either shot down or injured and forced landing and became prisoners of the Germans. A small number of bombers struggled to fly to their own side. Some members were saved, but the planes were completely destroyed. The nearly 80 camel fighters accompanied by the cover finally returned only 20, and three fighter squadrons were wiped out! The British lost more than 430 crew members throughout the battle!
This is nothing in the army. Maybe an hour, a small battlefield is enough to make both sides pay such a heavy price. It is nothing in the navy. It is just the number of personnel in a cruiser. But this is the Air Force! Every pilot is very precious! This is equivalent to almost all the air cover power of at least two armies!
Chapter completed!