The decisive battle against the Third Reich - Chapter 934

c931 ME163 (asking for monthly ticket)

Soon, the bomber group crossed the English Channel and entered the Dutch coastline.

Colonel Roy looked down, not knowing whether it was the clouds or the smoke from the battle below, it was gray and nothing could be seen.

“Very good!” Roy said to himself: “The German anti-aircraft guns will not be able to see us, but it would be better if it is not the case when we reach the Ruhr, otherwise we can only lower the altitude to identify the bombing target!”

Colonel Roy was worried about the German FLAK40 128MM caliber heavy anti-aircraft gun, which has a firing height of between 10,000 and 14,000 meters and is specially designed for high-altitude bombers.

However, the Allies basically did not take this anti-aircraft gun seriously.

The reason is simple. Anti-aircraft guns will never be an effective method to deal with aircraft. It inevitably has several fatal flaws:

First, the larger the anti-aircraft gun, the more obvious the target.

For example, the FLAK40 heavy anti-aircraft gun, its barrel alone is 7.8 meters, plus the base and rear loading system is 9.13 meters, which is as high as several floors… This is undoubtedly a nightmare when the German army has no air superiority. The bombers and fighters escorted by the Allied forces can easily find them and destroy them.

Secondly, anti-aircraft guns are difficult to deploy in the right place.

Ground anti-aircraft guns are always slow units, especially heavy anti-aircraft guns, with a total weight of 12 tons. Such a stupid guy can’t be deployed according to the route and direction of the enemy aircraft. They can only stay in a certain position and “wait for the rabbit”.

This defense method is passive. Unless the Germans can densely deploy a circle of heavy anti-aircraft guns on the entire line of defense, it is difficult to pose a threat to the flexible and mobile bomber group that can choose its own breakthrough direction at will.

Even so, Colonel Roy is still worried that there will happen to be a few German heavy anti-aircraft gun positions below.

But now it seems that they can rest assured, because even if there are heavy anti-aircraft guns below, their gunners can only see a gray sky.

At least one thing Colonel Roy is right, he doesn’t need to worry about large-caliber heavy anti-aircraft guns.

The bomber group continued to approach the target direction, and soon the sky gradually became clear. The buildings below could be vaguely seen with the telescope, and the target seemed to be clearer as they went forward.

A pilot exclaimed: “Colonel, whatever you wish for is what you wish for!”

“Today is our lucky day, guys!” Colonel Roy said.

The pilots laughed happily at the same time. Nothing could be more fortunate than hearing the word “lucky” on the battlefield.

But they soon found out that they were wrong…

Because at this moment, a flying object with a long tail “whooshed” past everyone’s eyes.

“Enemy, enemy!” Colonel Roy shouted: “Get ready for battle!”

“God, what is that?”

“I don’t know, it’s too fast, I can’t see what it is?”

“It didn’t hit us, did it?”

…

Roy quickly changed his position and raised the telescope to another observation hole, and then he was horrified to find that the “thing” was turning.

“I doubt it!” Colonel Roy said: “It’s not a shell, because it is turning and flying towards us again!”

“Oh my God? Is that a plane?” The pilot responded tremblingly: “This is impossible, I have never seen such a fast plane! And if it is a plane, why doesn’t it open fire…”

“I don’t know either, Adam!” Colonel Roy was a little disgusted with his subordinates who kept nagging because of fear: “Shut up and concentrate on flying the plane, understand?”

“Yes, sir!” Adam replied, but his eyes couldn’t help looking around.

Generally, pilots should have better psychological qualities than ordinary people, but as mentioned before, the US military has too many types of aircraft, especially those mass-produced for war, so many pilots cannot meet the standards.

For example, Adam was just a farmer who flew a small plane to spray pesticides before training.

Adam once protested against this:

“I have only flown AT400, sir! I don’t think I am suitable for flying a bomber!”

AT400 is an early model of US agricultural and forestry aircraft. It is characterized by low technology content, easy driving, and large load capacity. Although it has the disadvantage of slow speed, it is not a disadvantage but an advantage for agriculture and forestry, because only in this way can the pilot have more reaction time.

“Have you sprayed pesticides?” the instructor asked.

“Of course, sir!” Adam replied: “I did it for two years!”

“Very good, Adam!” The instructor raised his eyebrows: “Then you are already an experienced bomber pilot, because you have been flying the plane to drop pesticides on pests again and again in the past two years!”

Adam was speechless.

The instructor continued, “Now, all you have to do is replace the pesticides with bombs and drop them on the enemy!”

The instructor patted Adam on the shoulder: “Do a good job, I’m counting on you!”

With a “boom”, a ball of fire came out of a bomber next to him, and the shock wave generated by the explosion shook the bomber Adam was driving.

Adam looked at the bomber in horror, dragging black smoke and making a hoarse, unpleasant whistle like a dying old man, falling down.

“Sir!” Adam couldn’t help but scream again: “It hit the ‘naughty kid’, it hit it…”

“I saw it, Adam!” Colonel Roy replied impatiently, grabbed the phone and ordered: “All units, if you discover the enemy’s unknown air defense equipment, be prepared to respond!”

“But…sir!” The confused voices of other officers came from the walkie-talkie: “How should we respond?”

Roy couldn’t answer this question because he didn’t know.

Adam said next to him: “I hope they only have one of these!”

But before he finished speaking, something “swish” appeared below with long tails flying at high speed. There were at least a dozen of them.

Colonel Roy looked at Adam helplessly and said, “I told you to shut up, Adam!”

At this time, Qin Chuan is looking at the sky with a telescope below. This completely asymmetrical battle scene…

ME163 flew into the air one by one, and then hit the target accurately.

Those bombers known as “Flying Fortresses” have become targets at this time. Some were hit on the wings and lost their balance and fell. Some caught fire in the air and then exploded. Some were even blown up and disintegrated in the air. It broke into several pieces and fell from the sky.

The German soldiers cheered loudly. They had been bombarded by US B17s for many years and had nothing to do. Seeing the B17s being beaten in such a mess, they all felt the pleasure of letting out a loud breath.

Colonel Slain said to Qin Chuan from the side: “It seems that the era of Americans bombing us at will is over!”