Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 53: Paper-bound line of defense (3)
British people have big brains and Germanic people have a wide range of ideas. Throughout the history of the development of weapons in World War II, you will find that both are actually quite joyful. Both of them like to climb the technology tree very much, although they sometimes get out of it. Achievements, but more often, they produce a bunch of weird things. The British guys are brainstorming and research dead, and the Germans have their heads in the water to study flying saucers, 300-ton tanks, and 100,000-ton aircraft carriers. The technology tree does not know at all. Give me a bit of a crooked place.
bf110 is a work that was born after a Germanic brain opened up. From the very beginning, it was a product of the science and technology tree. Strategic fighter. . . . Aviation destroyer. . . . It's really thanks to the German Aerospace Science and Technology Agency that it has compiled a term for bombing destroyers. However, whether it is from the strategic theories on which it was born or the tactical positioning as well as the delineation of its use and the formulation of performance indicators, the entire plan from the beginning of the development to the birth, the whole process of high energy, the entire development process is full of complaints from various airline designers: Don’t know, don’t know, don’t understand, impossible.
The air combat in the First World War was direct, violent, rough and bloody. The two major warring groups both worked out a bunch of practical air combat tactics and theories on the corpses of countless enemy pilots. Then a bunch of "military theorists" and "war technology scientists" appeared in the short period of prosperity after the war. At that time, various brain holes exploded, and a bunch of them were based on high-definition 3D brain supplements and sci-fi works. The air combat theories on the above have sprung up like mushrooms, all claiming to have "solid" "scientific data" as the basis, and they can casually lead the trend of the entire air power development.
The Germans who squatted in the dark and grinded their claws were of course unwilling to be willing to stay. They secretly developed technical equipment, trained personnel, and reserved technology. At the same time, they have never stopped researching on tactics and strategy. They desperately absorbed Those "advanced ideas", the worst thing is, the person who judges whether these ideas are the essence or the dregs is called Goring.
The stereotyped character of the Germans leads to this. If the first node is crooked, this group of hard-hearted people will still move forward along the crooked road. If they hit the south wall, they will try their best to get on the south wall. Drill a hole up, and if the whole body cannot be drilled through, then cut off the body, whether it is crawling or rolling, as long as you can finally reach the end point, you will complete the task.
So in history, even if the Germans distorted the science and technology tree, he basically always came up with a finished product that at least looked like that to show you. For example, the mouse tank whose name is full of amusement. This group of guys can even come up with a prototype that can be driven before the end. . . . But without looking at the parameters of this thing, when this thing opens to the beach of Normandy, I am afraid that the Vietnam War has been over.
The bureaucrats of Nazi Germany never consider the process. As long as they can achieve the results they are satisfied with, they can completely ignore how much manpower and material resources will be wasted, how many detours, and how much time it takes, even the next day. The result was shelved.
Speaking of which, the purpose of the Germans for creating the bf110 is not a weird one. What the Germans actually want is an F18. A dual-engine, fast, long range, fierce firepower, capable of air combat, capable of bombing, capable of escorting, capable of patrolling, capable of reconnaissance, capable of climbing, turning, capable of attacking and accepting. On the basis of modern technology, this is not too obtrusive, but in the era of World War II, it was a bit too advanced.
When the Luftwaffe sent the tender data to the aviation manufacturing companies, Messerschmidt and Fokwolf, the giants actually wanted to throw the tender on Goering's face. What is bombing? Destroyer! Where does this guy want a heavy fighter? It's basically a light high-speed bomber that can fight single-engine fighters in air combat. Does this guy have water in his mind? Then he will go to toss the navy, bastard!
But being seduced by the Luftwaffe's order, and being coerced by Ge Fatty's power, now that his brains have been opened up, given their professional ethics, they must find a way to fill him in. If all the standards cannot be met, at least some of them must be met.
Finally, the German Air Force thought for a long time and felt that these requirements were too unreliable. The final solution was to cut off the bombing function and put it out for a separate bidding, and then came up with the high-speed bomber ju88. In terms of fighter functions, it specializes in high speed, range and firepower. Dornier and Henschel were out there because of their professional mismatches. Falkwolf didn't figure out the situation, but the prototype he produced was even bigger than the he-111.
So in the end Messerschmitt succeeded, and Goering was satisfied. A huge, two-seater, fast, fierce firepower, moderate range, but not sure what to use for heavy fighter was born Up. Not only was it born, but more than 600 aircraft of three models were built vigorously in a short period of three years. The Luftwaffe also specially selected excellent pilots from the fighter wing to serve as the pilots of this new type of aircraft. A new organizational unit was established, the Destroyer Wing.
The sun is shining and the weather is rare in the English Channel, but for the pilot of a reconnaissance aircraft, the weather is really bad, because the visibility like today can be seen by a British pilot from five kilometers away See him.
The driver and the rear seat gunner sit in a long ridiculously flower-like cockpit. The distance between the two sides is up to two meters. There is a radio station and two high-performance cameras between them. The communication between the two can only rely on the internal cable. Call system or call out loudly. The reconnaissance aircraft wears the same blue-gray paint as ordinary fighters. The front section of the fairing of the two engine nacelles is painted bright yellow. From the side, it looks like a yellow-nose bf109, which is blue-gray between the front and rear seats. The fuselage is painted with a line of swashes "Hanssburg".
Taking off from the front-line airport on the French coast, the plane did not climb to cruising altitude as usual, but maintained an ultra-low altitude of 30 meters and flew towards the British coast against the sea.
"There is no enemy aircraft in the middle of the strait, everything is normal." The dispatcher of the front-line ground command post notified the latest air situation with a stiff voice.
"Break through the center line of the strait in three minutes and turn to 090." The rear seat gunner, correspondent, navigator, camera operator and watcher, Luftwaffe Corporal Hans reported to the front seat pilot Luftwaffe Sergeant Hans To.
"Understood, it seems to be going well at the moment, but the visibility is great." The pilot pressed the aviation meter, slightly increased the throttle, and prepared to turn on a slope.
"In this way, we can take very clear photos. If the information obtained by the squadron leader is correct, then we may not encounter British fighters from beginning to end." The machine gunner drew on the route node A hook recorded the time, and the reconnaissance plane began to turn slowly.
"Keep the height of thirty meters, the British radar station will not be able to detect, I hope it is correct, who knows, I have never heard of the British have long-range radar before." The pilot returned the stick and straightened the fuselage.
"I have seen this thing once, and I can see it with a high-powered telescope from the shore of Calais. I always thought it was a radio tower."
"Where was I?"
"In the bed of the tavern lady Janet."
"Did you go to the beach alone?"
"To observe the enemy's movements."
"There is fighter activity in area No.4, pay attention to it." The dispatcher from the ground command post inserted a rigid voice.
"Region No. 4... is 50 kilometers away from our target area, on the right...right, pay attention to the right."
The pilot squinted his eyes and looked into the air ahead of him. "Nothing."
"Attention, I saw the coast. Change the altitude to two hundred meters." Messerschmidt began to accelerate toward the gray-green coastline ahead.
Flying is as perfect as a textbook. It is completely in line with the flight path on the route map, passing the wave traces on the coast, and the pilot saw the goal of the mission at a glance.
"Shore-based defensive positions, trenches...Bunkers...Firepower points...Watchtowers...They were completely unguarded, and they all shot them." The pilot gently brought down the joystick and the plane began to move along. Along the coastline, the fuselage passed by the front of the British defensive position.
"Shooting... keep steady, five seconds, four seconds, three seconds, two seconds, one second... and then go around. Go to the left." The machine gunner turned on the camera's automatic camera switch, and then Picked up the handheld camera and started shooting at the position.
He could clearly see the flurry of jumping on the British position. The German's low-altitude breakthrough caught the British by surprise. Although the anti-aircraft sentry was arranged and the sentry heard the sound of aircraft engines that were mostly covered by the waves, he focused his attention on the high altitude and did not expect that the enemy plane would actually Flew close to the sea level.
This defensive position is obviously for the defense of the landing forces~IndoMTL.com~ was built on a coastal cliff close to the beach. The British dug four rows of curved-tooth trenches 50 meters apart along the cliff and cut off the cliff. A lot of square shelters and material stacks were dug between the trenches to shield the bushes from the shooting boundary. Camouflage nets and log roofs were placed on the trenches. The trenches had a recessed roof every ten meters away. In the anti-aircraft bunkers, many semi-arc or circular machine gun fire spots were built on the front and sides of the position, and the fire spots were surrounded by a circle of solid soil hemp bags. Wicker walls, pine wood floors, and drainage ditches are all available. A circle of barbed wire piles are laid on both sides of the position. Four traffic trenches turn around the ground and pass through a small forest behind the position. Obviously there are other arrangements inside.
"Medium defensive position, but..." The machine gunner put down the movie camera in his hand. "Go around again and go to the left side of the position. Let's take another film."
The reaction of the British on the ground was really ugly. A group of soldiers in khaki denim uniforms and pot-shaped helmets scurried around. The air defense bunker was crowded with people. The German pilot saw a guy just got in. A certain bunker was kicked out from inside. Machine gun bunker, but no machine guns, artillery bunker, but no artillery, soldiers, but no officers with rifles. . . Uh. . . There are no officers. () "The Battle of Resurrection in the Third Reich" only represents the author Fengrui's point of view. If it is found that its content violates national laws and conflicts, please delete it. It is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform. 【】,thank you all!