Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 34: Firepower

　　When the tarp on the last truck was uncovered, everyone looked at the big guy on the truck dumbfounded.

　　 "This... Isn't this "Mother Junker" fuselage?" Wolfe saw the familiar corrugated skin and square cross section and recognized the cargo on the truck at a glance.

　　 "Yes, isn't this JU52? General, is her the third toy you mentioned?"

　　"This is a transport plane, how can we who drive fighter jets become addicted to this kind of thing?"

　　 "Don't yell, the general naturally has his idea, just listen to it, but it's really strange."

　　 "Yeah, maybe it's a new weapon, but maybe it looks like "Aunt Junker"." Those pilots also started talking about it.

　　 Xu Jun smiled and looked at the pilots. When everyone was talking about it, Xu Jun coughed a few times. Everyone closed their mouths immediately and looked at Xu Jun with wide eyes. All the pilots waited for Xu Jun to surprise or frighten them again. Anyway, after the first two times, they were used to the commander's endless tricks.

　　 "Everyone has seen the third toy I gave everyone, haha, do you recognize what this is?" Xu Jun's tone was thief, like he was coaxing children in the kindergarten.

　　 "It's a JU52 transport aircraft." The pilots replied.

　　 "Haha, everyone has recognized it, but everyone said something is wrong, this is the fuselage part of a JU52." Xu Jun still looked at the pilots with a smile like that. "In the air raid tomorrow afternoon, I will let some of you drive her to fight the British."

　　After Xu Jun's words were finished, the pilots below exploded like a pan of oil dripping into it.

　　 "What! Use this thing to fight the British? Impossible."

　　 "Oh, God, I still want to live. This thing doesn't even have a machine gun. Should I use my boots to hit the British?"

　　 "Haha, it might be more useful to use your socks. Rabbi."

　　 "This thing will become a drone after it goes to the sky. Is it because the general wants to use her to attract British firepower? This is also a way."

　　 "Yes, it's a good idea, you go open!"

　　"It’s not a joke, it doesn’t even have wings."

　　 "With wings, I don't want to drive her. The speed of this thing when it dives is not as fast as when my Stuka was flying in level."

　　 Xu Jun looked at the chaotic pilots below and shook his head. Suddenly all the voices disappeared suddenly, and all the pilots closed their mouths, sitting there with their chests upright, looking at Xu Jun without squinting. They found that they were too uncomfortable in front of them, and they even yelled in front of the general. Now the general seemed a bit dissatisfied. They were deeply afraid that Xu Jun would be transferred to fly this kind of plane because of their previous behavior. It was really miserable at that time. They all prayed desperately in their hearts that they would not be picked.

　　 Xu Jun was also taken aback by the pilots’ sudden change. What happened to these guys? In other words, he stopped the car at once without saying hello. Regardless, since it has calmed down, let me explain to them this great invention.

　　 "Well, now I want to ask you a question, how do you usually eliminate small water targets." Xu Jun pointed to a pilot in the front row.

　　 "Second Lieutenant, you will answer this question for me."

　　 The pilot stood up.

　　"It depends on the size of the boat. If it is a small fishing boat, our fighter jets can attack with bombs or machine guns. Several consecutive attacks may be successful. If it is their Stuka, it will be much easier. Normal The boat can be sunk by one dive bombing."

　　 "Very good, but what if those boats are armed and there are enemy planes covering the sky?" Xu Jun then asked.

　　"If we have a large number, we can entangle the enemy aircraft in half, and use the machine gun to attack the enemy ship outside the range, but the effect may not be very good. Because there are enemy aircraft in the sky, Stu The card cannot safely reach the attack position."

　　 "Very well, Second Lieutenant, sit down."

　　 These few questions asked by Xu Jun made the pilots even more confused. What does this have to do with the JU52? She is not a bomber. They still looked at Xu Jun with doubts.

　　"Gentlemen, this is why I want to use this aircraft. According to the information we have now, the enemy has prepared a large number of small ships on the opposite side of the Dover Strait. These ships are designed to stay in shallow waters and Soldiers on the beach were transferred to large transport ships or warships. At that time, when the enemy's retreat started, they would send these small ships into the port to pick up people.

　　 Now we find that we have not been able to deal with this kind of boats for a while. They are all inland boats, yachts, motor boats, sampans, and fishing boats. These targets are too small, our bombers can hardly hurt them.

　　 Although dive bombing can sink them, there are too many of them. Everybody knows that the bombing capacity of a dive bomber can sink up to two or three enemy ships. According to our intelligence, when There will be hundreds of these boats participating in their operations. Besides, there are those British Royal Air Force planes covering these boats in the sky, and those boats themselves have some light weapons, so I also gave up this method, because forcible attacks may cause unnecessary losses to the dive bomber units. .

Not to mention the 　　 fighter planes, your mission is to destroy the enemy planes over Dunkirk, and the rest must be set aside. Because your cannon shells are also very limited, you need to use the most critical places. Therefore, you cannot be used against those boats.

　　The army’s long-range artillery can indeed cover that sea area, but they will have more important targets to destroy, and they cannot take care of these small boats.

　　 As a result, we really don’t have a weapon that can effectively deal with this situation. Are we going to watch the small boats under our noses to rescue the British? "

　　 "Of course not!" the pilots yelled. "We will never let an Englishman and an English ship run away in any case."

　　 "So what can I do?" Xu Jun asked with a smile.

　　 "I think the general has already figured out a way. Is that plane a weapon to deal with those boats? Your Excellency." Wolfe jumped out and asked again.

　　"Hahaha, my combat officer, you are still so impatient. Haha, but this time you guessed it, this is indeed my secret weapon specially prepared for destroying those small boats. Now let me be honored to show you all The super Junker aircraft I prepared for everyone. I call it the air firepower platform, and you can also call it the "air gunboat"."

　　 As Xu Jun’s voice fell, the door of the Junker 52 square cabin was opened. Behind the cabin door, a twin 20mm cannon was stretched out, and the black oil gun barrel was straight. Looking at the group of pilots, the group of pilots was shocked and speechless.

　　"This...this...this...this..." Wolf pointed at the gun and looked at Xu Jun in surprise.

　　"What is this, my combat officer. Hahahaha. Everyone didn't expect it. How about the firepower of this transport plane after the Junker factory modified it in accordance with my requirements? If you think it is not enough. "

　　 Xu Jun snapped his fingers casually. "Plus this is enough." I saw a quick guard on the front fuselage snapped away. A quadruple MG34 appeared in the hole.

　　"How about, everyone is satisfied with this toy. This one is a sample, and right now, the engineers at Junker factory are already making the same improvement on fifty JU52s. I believe you will be able to watch it tomorrow. Here are these special airplanes. In order to deal with the large number of small ships of the British, I specially designed this kind of improvement plan.

　　As you can see now, the firepower of this transport aircraft has surpassed that of ordinary fighters. The 30-type 20mm cannon has been modified to reduce its weight. Now each gun has been reduced from more than 300 kilograms to two hundred and fifteen kilograms, and the MG34 has a correspondingly reduced gun frame. They can break any target within their range into pieces within ten seconds.

　　 This is not the best. Its main power is that it can load a sufficient amount of ammunition to maintain the duration of its firepower, and its ammunition can guarantee the continuous attack of these weapons for half an hour. So when it swept the sea with continuous storms of white phosphorous bombs and armor-piercing bombs, I believe that no small boat can survive its attack.

　　 And the slow speed of JU52 makes it the best weapon platform. The shooters can aim at their targets steadily on the plane, and then steadily pour countless ammunition onto the heads of the British. Moreover, the range of our weapons is farther than that of the British machine guns, so we can kill the small boats one by one like a target outside the enemy's range.

　　The tactics of this kind of aircraft are also very simple. As long as the aircraft flies around the target, the weapon on the side of the fuselage will be controlled by the shooter to find and attack the target, and it will tear the British to pieces without any effort. . "

　　After hearing Xu Jun's words, the pilots' eyes lit up. This is really a good thing, flying gunboat, amazing! How come no one has thought of this before, this kind of thing is simply a nightmare for infantry if it is used to deal with enemy ground targets such as infantry groups. Our commander is really a demon, and even the transport plane will become a weapon of terror when he reaches him. But it seems to be really enjoyable. It is a soldier’s dream to use this continuous fierce firepower to destroy the enemy. I really want to control it myself. Then I can brag about it with others. I have driven all of Germany. There are only fifty aerial gunboats.

　　The pilots have raised their chests higher, and their eyes all have the same meaning, "Well, I am so spirited, of course I am the number one candidate to drive this fierce new airplane. Don’t look. Someone else, choose me."

　　 Suddenly a pilot raised his hand and asked a question. "General, I don't know how the protection of this aircraft is. What will happen if it is attacked by an enemy fighter?"

　　 After hearing this question, the other pilots were shocked. Yes, the firepower of this kind of aircraft is fierce, but the opponent is not a fool, and they will also fight back. If the light firepower is fierce but the protection is poor, it is not a target with powerful weapons. They all opened their ears and listened to Xu Jun's answer.

　　 "Is this..." Xu Jun answered with a smile.

　　"The protection has indeed been strengthened. In order to be able to withstand the recoil of weapon shooting, even the fuselage frame has been reinforced. The engine and other vital parts are equipped with light armor to resist the shooting of light weapons. But because of the fuselage The weight increases, even if it has been replaced with a larger horsepower engine, its speed still drops. If it encounters an enemy fighter attack, there is still no self-defense ability except for the machine gun on the back of the aircraft, unless The British plane attacked from the side with the cannon, otherwise it was inevitable to be shot down."

　　 "Ah? Why? Didn't you say that there were enemy fighters covering their boats? Didn't we drove this kind of plane to death?" The pilots started talking again.

　　 "Of course it's not going to die. Just listen to me." Xu Jun waved his hands to calm the pilots.

　　"This kind of aircraft must not perform its mission alone. Unless the air dominance there is controlled by us. So when these aircraft strike, our fighters will protect them in the future. I believe our fighters should be able to take the British fighters Leave it to you, especially after I equipped you with that kind of shell."

The fighter pilots below 　　 all nodded firmly. They also believed that no British fighter could fly over their defenses and attack the gunboats.

　　"Very good, so what are you worried about the threat of enemy fighter jets. Even if an enemy fighter jet breaks through the interception of our fighter jets and rushes to attack you at a low altitude, you can immediately fly towards the positions controlled by our German army. I have already Strong anti-aircraft firepower was arranged there, enough to cover your retreat. Another point is that if your shells are out, you can immediately fly to nearby German field airports for replenishment. Your ammunition has been delivered to those airports , You can rest assured.

　　 Last point, your target is only allowed to be small enemy ships. Don’t try to attack warships such as large destroyers. The British navy’s anti-aircraft artillery cannot be carried by such thin armor. At that time, I had another plan for the attack on those large ships. "

　　 "Oh, that's the case, General, you really gave us another wonderful toy, but who are you going to let it drive?" Wolfe asked aside.

　　 All the pilots have raised their ears, and this time the combat officer finally asked the question to the point. And those light fighter pilots know that they have no chance. The general has already said that the mission of the fighter force is to destroy the British air force and cover the attack of this kind of aerial gunboat against the enemy boat, but they still want to know the general. Which unit will be chosen to operate this kind of aircraft.

　　"I want to pick some people from the pilots of the dive bomber to drive it. Because the dive bomber was not very useful in the first two days of combat, and you have also been trained to fly this transport aircraft. I should be able to do the job. I will come for the gunner from the base air defense unit. But if the fighter pilot is interested, you can also sign up to fly this kind of aircraft~IndoMTL.com~ At that time, go to Colonel Wolf to sign up. That's it. Any questions?"

　　 "No more, General."

　　 "So good, you can start preparing for combat now. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, you will attack Dunkirk as the first attack group. Now you can continue to the mission room for meetings!" Xu Jun asked those The pilots saluted.

　　 "Stand up! Salute!" Wolfe ordered loudly. The pilots stood up neatly and saluted.

　　 "Now everyone returns to the task room, don’t forget to bring your own chairs." Following Wolf’s order, the pilots began to carry their chairs and walk towards the task room in twos and threes. Jun's three toys discussed loudly.

　　 "Hans." Xu Jun said to Hans on the side: "What do you think of these pilots?"

　　"Great pilot, great, general."

　　 "I think so too. I hope I can see these brave boys again after this battle."

　　 "Yes, General. I will definitely."

　　 "Hans!"

　　 "Yes, General."

　　 "Let’s go back, this time I’ll drive."

　　 "Okay, General."

　　 "Well, Hans."

　　 "What is it, general."

　　"Where is the first gear of this car?"

　　".... .."