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The Third Empire - Chapter 474

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:52:54 AM


Chapter 474: 474

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Bruce had a strong sense of war because he was stimulated again.

In his eyes, the British abandoned them completely and wanted to kill them all! Even if they get here, they can't. They have to send planes to blow up.

In that case, there's nothing to say. Beat the British hard!

Bruce's attitude had completely changed, but his request was not agreed.

At this time, of course, there can be no accidents. Who knows whether he really wants to participate in the battle or engage in any destruction? Less is better than more.

More than ten minutes passed quickly.

In the formation of swordfish torpedo machine, two swordfish with flares left the formation and began to climb up.

Of course, the higher the flare, the better, so that it can illuminate a longer distance.

After all, they just fly according to the scheduled route. It's dark in front of them. They don't know where the target is.

You have to rely on flares! When the flare lights up, the whole sea area will be illuminated. In this way, the torpedo below can find the target and launch the attack!

This attack requires quite tacit cooperation. After the two aircraft carrying flares began to climb, the other pilots fastened the goggles in front of their flight caps.

In the dark, the pupil will enlarge to adapt to the weak light. At this time, if there is a strong light suddenly, it may lead to temporary blindness!

In fact, the use of flares is also an attack skill. Even if the other party is on guard, flares can make the other party's anti-aircraft Gunners temporarily blind, and your side will have enough time to throw torpedoes, or even fly up and dive.

This is their predetermined tactic.

"Two of the other side are climbing." This way, the radar soldiers are highly nervous.

After all, the radar of this era is still very primitive and can only indicate the general direction of the target. If the radar of later generations was enough to guide the anti-aircraft gun to attack.

Now, radar can only roughly find the target. Even so, this abnormal phenomenon has attracted Colonel stanger's attention. What's the matter? Why did they climb?

If Colonel stanger has experience in the air force, he can already guess at this time and change roles. If he is a pilot, how can he make a night attack?

Unfortunately, the German Navy has not conducted major exercises in night operations. They do not know that the danger is approaching.

"Order, 105 mm anti-aircraft gun, ready to aim at the climbing aircraft. Searchlight, ready to turn on. " Said Colonel stanger.

In order to prevent being discovered by the other party, when it learned that a plane was flying, the German turned off all the lights and was in darkness. Now, the other party's whereabouts were uncertain and actually began to climb, which made Colonel stanger feel dangerous. They must be ready to fire!

Night air defense mainly depends on searchlights. As long as the searchlights shine on the target, anti-aircraft Gunners can fire quickly!

However, as long as you turn on the searchlight, you will also expose your goals. If you can muddle through, it's better to muddle through.

The night is still silent. A cruel naval battle is about to start!

The searchlight has been powered on, preheated and turned on at any time. At the rear of the warship, on the 105mm anti-aircraft gun position, the gunner quickly shakes the high and low aircraft, and has roughly aimed the gun barrel of the anti-aircraft gun at the other party's position and is firing at any time.

The Gunners looked at the dark sky. At this time, they could hear the rumbling sound of the aircraft engine. The other side was flying to their own side!

Fire?

"Turn on the searchlight!" Just then, the order finally came.

The moment the searchlight was about to light up, the whole sky suddenly turned on!

At a height of 2000 meters, a small man-made sun suddenly emitted a bright light, which brightened the whole sea!

"Damn it, my eyes!" Just staring at the dark sky overhead, it suddenly became extremely bright. In an instant, the gunner's eyes were burned and couldn't see anything!

The light of the flare is different from the searchlight. The searchlight shines on the sky. When it shines on the target, it will be reflected back. What the gunner sees is only a small amount of light beam!

However, the light of the flare directly enters the gunner's eyes, and the intensity is many times higher!

(for example, if you look at a flashlight from the back, you won't have any discomfort with your eyes, but no one can stand directly facing the flashlight.)

The whole night sky was lit up. The German on the sea was exposed to this light. At this moment, the swordfish aircraft below accurately found the target, adjusted their course and flew over quickly!

Prepare for torpedo attack!

"Come on, spare gunner!" Shouted stanger.

A flare destroyed all his anti-aircraft Gunners! Maybe the anti-aircraft gunner will slow down and see the target again in a while, but this short time is fatal!

Backup gunner! But where can I find a backup gunner at this time? Almost everyone on the gun position was shocked!

"I'll go!" Just then Bruce on the deck shouted, "my eyes can see!"

Bruce is a pilot. Of course he knows the pilot's way of attacking at night. He closes his eyes just before the other party throws a flare. Although he wants to remind others, he knows that even if he says now, these people won't believe it.

He slowly opened his eyes and got used to the light of the flare. Then he ran to the position of the 40mm bofoss antiaircraft gun next to him.

"I'll come, I can see clearly!" Bruce shouted and replaced the antiaircraft gunner who was covering his eyes in pain.

Quickly shaking the high-low plane, Bruce clearly saw that the closest torpedo plane on the sea was already flying for the last time before throwing the torpedo!

As a naval pilot, Bruce knew the essentials of torpedo throwing.

Torpedoes are farther away than dive bombing and seem safer, but throwing torpedoes requires more skills.

After the emergence of torpedoes, the use of aircraft to throw torpedoes began. As early as 1917, Britain and Germany tried to use aircraft to carry ordinary shipborne torpedoes for launching experiments. During World War II, the use of airborne torpedoes has developed into the most effective way for aviation to attack the sea.

Just to drop torpedoes, there must be a specific way of flying. The two key factors are water entry speed and water entry angle.




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