Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 104: The longest one night (6)

No matter how sluggish London is, the command department should have discovered the fact that the German army has landed. The German armored forces have reported that they have encountered at least four or five groups of British troops on the periphery. The prisoners who have taken alive have almost joined a division. Up. If the group of guys hiding in the London burrow are still in the dark, then the Germans can only grit their teeth and admit it. When encountering such a nervous enemy, the command department should start to reflect on why they did not give it. Each soldier sent a bathtub and two spoons across to the other side, maybe they would have occupied Buckingham and burned Big Ben.

The German High Command is now operating at full capacity. The marshals and generals of the Army, Land, and Air Forces and Xu Jun have been in the command room for 24 hours and have not moved their nests. A bunch of old smoking guns are in the toilet, eating, drinking and sleeping. In this command room, Goebbels gritted his teeth and persisted for two hours before he had to turn into the garden outside, pretending to be accompanied by a group of base civilians and the party sticks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and bragging. It was because of Manstein. Go to the front with Guderian, or you will definitely be killed in this command room. The smoke leaking from the crack in the door has choked three or four guards alive.

This group of ambitious war criminals believes that this time they must be able to draw out the British bomber units that have been huddled in the northern base of the British mainland. These aircraft are Churchill's last cards. Although these are just delicious meals in front of German fighters, If there are too many ants, they can still kill elephants. The High Command has always worried that the British will desperately launch large-scale bombings, forming a large swarm of hundreds or even hundreds of aircraft, and assaulting German beachheads at all costs.

Although Kesselring clamored that the German fighters could hit ten each by patting his chest. But even Goebbels didn't believe his nonsense. German fighter jets still need to take off from French bases, and the pilots have a very heavy burden. The early high-intensity operations have caused some first-line squadron pilots to have battlefield fatigue stress. Finally, the number of German reserve pilots is huge and there are enough personnel to replace them. Those pilots who had problems passed the drug-compulsory sleep and forcibly grounded vacations, allowing the precious aces to survive the most dangerous stage.

The High Command estimates that if the British bombers take a continuous wave attack, given their huge base, the German fighter group will be able to intercept about 70% of them at most, that is to say. At least 30% of the bombers can break through the interception and reach the beachhead, enough to cause serious damage to the German artificial port.

Unless you wait until the Luftwaffe fighter squadron is stationed at the forward base. As a regional air defense reserve team, staying on call 24 hours a day, coupled with the cooperation of fighters from French bases, can ensure the absolute security of beachhead positions.

Finally because of a series of mistakes. The most dangerous day was so inexplicably fooled, but the night does not represent safety. The British Air Force bomber unit has very sufficient night bombing experience. Although their radar station has been destroyed, they still retain a part of the radio. The navigation base station can induce bombers to reach the target in the dark to drop bombs. Although the error is quite large, the number can make up for the defect.

In the previous stage of the air battle, the British bomber forces were beaten to the point. However, because the original foundation was too thick, the British still retained at least 600 various bombers.

The Luftwaffe estimates that at least one-third of these bombers can be used for night bombing, and some of them are old Hampton light bombers. This ugly bomber nicknamed flying racket has a very long range and can fly 1,900 kilometers with a one and a half ton of bombs. Historically, this cargo and Whitley have continuously attacked Berlin together, swelling Fatty Ge’s alive. His face was given a Jewish nickname.

But the self-defense firepower of this aircraft is quite weak. The body structure is also very fragile, and once encountered by a German fighter, it is a random target. Even more early in the design era, the cabin space is very narrow, so that once the aircraft is out of control, the crew members cannot climb to the hatch to escape.

In history, the British first stopped using this kind of aircraft for daytime bombing, but found that she encountered German night fighters even more deadly, so they simply banned it from participating in land bombings and changed all to torpedo planes to scare German transport ships. Went with the torpedo boat, but in the end there was no famous record.

There is also the Wellington bomber with the largest number of existing bombers in the Royal Air Force, and the most famous Wellington bomber. This twin-engine medium bomber aircraft is very distinctive. Its body and wing internal structure completely use a country fence. The wall-like double spiral twill mesh structure is similar to the bamboo basket in the Chinese countryside. It is covered with canvas and aluminum skin, so even if it is sieved by machine gun bullets, it is difficult to completely destroy her main structure.

This bomber was once the main force of the British Air Force’s long-range bombing. The Luftwaffe had been dealing with her all day in the sky over Europe. It was a regular customer. The Germans were quite experienced in dealing with it. Her fuel tank and engine were absolute dead spots. The magazine is also unprotected, and the self-defense firepower has a considerable blind spot, so in the event of an encounter, the German pilots can hang her up and beat her in 8,864 ways.

Next are the two ugliest bombers in the history of World War II. One is Whitley. No matter what era it is put in, it is an ugly twin-engine bomber. The British Air Force brazenly called her a heavy night bomber. Of the eight versions before and after this cargo, only the last one has a radar. It is still a 43-year-old transport model. The previous versions are all equipped for day bombing, and they are inexplicably classified as night bombers.

The actual situation is that the British Air Force knew that sending this cargo out during the day was purely to die. After the first night bombing of Germany after serving, she never sent her out during the day. All pilots received night flight bombing training. Because of the wartime propaganda needs, the British government literally boasted of becoming a professional night bomber. As for the specific performance, it is very clear that she was assigned to tow gliders by paratroopers after more than a year of work.

There is also a Stirling bomber, which is famous for its poor takeoff and landing quality. Because it is a monoplane, the wing is located close to the middle of the fuselage. As a result, in order to ensure that the belly does not touch the ground, it can only be extended desperately. Landing gear, so this bomber became the most proud of all aircraft in World War II. The cockpit was seven meters above the ground, and the field of vision was very good.

Similarly when landing, the pilot must also make sure to land in that high-elevation attitude, because this can achieve three-point landing at the same time. Of course, if you want two-point landing, you can, but because the landing gear is too slender, once There is a ditch on the runway, and the landing gear will suddenly break if it cannot withstand the force of the landing. At this time, you have to pray that there are no bombs in the magazine and there is not much fuel left in the fuel tank.

Because it is heading up into the field, the pilot needs to adjust the engine throttle near the critical point of the stall to maintain the lift of the aircraft, and at the same time maintain the normal heading when the front runway is almost invisible, and finally bring the pile of steel to the runway on. Yes, yes, this thing basically has no lift when it is two meters above the ground, and it hits the ground completely by gravity.

Drive Stirling to take off is also a nightmare for the British Royal Air Force pilots. The pilots must always control the throttles of the four engines. Due to the large elevation angle, the aircraft cannot feel the aircraft for a long distance during taxiing. The tail wing rudder effect, plus the four propellers are all rotating in the same direction, once the horsepower is slightly greater, the aircraft will suddenly deflect to the right, at this time the pilot is completely unable to control the aircraft, and then encounter the fragile landing gear and magazine The bombs and fuel full of fuel, once slipped off the runway, it was basically directly cremated.

In general, driving this bomber tests the pilot's driving skills and perseverance very much, and is a novice butcher. In the end, the British Air Force was really scared. As a result, it set up a special driving test for it. Only after passing the test to obtain certification can drive this thing. This is equivalent to asking the pilot to take the license test for suicide. But many pilots didn't know this. They thought they were driving an advanced gadget, and only elites could drive them, and they even flocked to it.

Finally, due to the emergence of a series of new bombers, this seriously flawed aircraft was naturally eliminated, retired from the ranks of bombers, and changed to paratrooper transport aircraft and Whitley to harm the Red Devil together.

The above four bombers are the final cards of the British Bomber Command. There was originally a batch of Blenheim’s, but due to heavy losses in the early stage, most of them have been disbanded. Now there are at most about 30 to 50. In a battle of this scale, it can only be considered a drop in the ocean, and there is no point at all.

In addition, the German intelligence agency Odin’s Eye has learned that the British Air Force has recently equipped a large bomber. The specific performance parameters have not been figured out yet, but the preliminary appearance drawings and photos have been sent to Xu Jun’s desk.

Xu Jun recognized this new type of bomber at a glance. Isn’t this the Manchester predecessor of Lancaster~ IndoMTL.com~ This kind of waste wood is not enough to be afraid of. Due to the lack of power, the lift is insufficient. She might play herself to death with more drastic maneuvers. In just one year of service, she lost more than 60% of the total, of which 40% were shot down by the Luftwaffe, and the remaining 25% died. There are many tricks, mostly related to the two **** Rolls-Royce liquid-cooled engines.

Looking at the number again, there were not even twenty of them. In view of the respect for this legendary model, Xu Jun ordered the Luftwaffe to remind the pilot to strike her engine as soon as they met this target, and only need to destroy one. Just leave her alone. The plane couldn't even fly normally with a single engine, let alone land.

This makes the worship of Xu Jun in the Eye of Odin suddenly rise to the height of a god, and even looking at the photo can point out the weakness of the other party. Is this still something humans can do? This is obviously an oracle. The oracle, there must be angels behind it, and it must be so. Those who dare to have questions will be dragged out and burned with blasphemy. (To be continued)

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