Rise from the sword

Chapter 634

"Loading complete."

In the dark, at a certain mainland airport, logistics personnel completed the loading of ten bombers in the vaulted open hangar.

Through the bomber's unclosed bomb bay and the dozens of mounting points under the wings, it can be found that what is loaded this time is not bombs, but chaff jamming bombs.

Yes, chaff flares.

"Prepare."

Waving with the commanding staff's flagpole.

Six huge propellers began to spin, propelling the bomber out of the hangar and onto the runway.

"take off."

The order changed, the huge propellers began to accelerate, the hangar canvas blown by the hurricane rattled, and finally ten bombers disappeared into the night sky.

"Notify Command."

After the tenth bomber took off, the commander of the airfield said to the communications officer:
"The jammer fleet has taken off."

The bombing mission is irresistible. It is foreseeable that while this bombing mission will cause huge damage to the British Isles, the bomber fleet will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

For this reason, the Air Force Staff used their brains and thought of a series of ways to reduce casualties.

One of them is to use the latest chaff jamming bombs in the warehouse to interfere with the British radar system, resulting in the prediction of the number and location of the bomber fleet, and the use of high-altitude precision bombing to reduce the time that the bomber fleet is exposed to the firepower of enemy fighter jets.

While completing combat missions, minimize

"take off."

At the same time as receiving the news of the jamming fleet, Kesselring gave the order for the main force of the bomber fleet to take off.

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After a while.

In the mainland, there is an air defense radar station somewhere.

"Enemy aircraft spotted."

A soldier staring at the radar screen yelled:
"Enemy aircraft found, number..."

When talking about the quantity, he suddenly froze.

In his field of vision, on the radar screen, first a signal point appeared, and then densely packed signal points almost covered the entire screen, making him stunned.

It was the first time he had seen a signal point of this scale after being on duty at the radar station for so long.

Even when our own bomber fleet bombed, it was not on such a scale.

"how much?"

Seeing that his teammates hadn't spoken for a long time, the teammates on the side began to urge them.

"There are many, many."

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"A lot of bombers coming from London?"

Soon, Fatty Qiu received a warning message.

"How much is a lot?"

Fatty Qiu's eyes twitched.

After the English air battle, although the Great Empire has not been bombed since then, the development of air defense and warning technology has not stopped, and radar technology has been upgraded.

After cooperating with the United States, the development speed is faster than that of the English air battle. As far as he knows, the current radar technology can distinguish the number of bomber groups under the interference of chaff.

"Unable to judge."

The air force personnel who reported gave a wry smile:
"The radar station reports that the screen is full of signal points, and even the direction and altitude cannot be judged."

"what happened?"

Fatty Qiu frowned.

If the number, direction, position, and height of the enemy cannot be judged, how can the air force intercept them?

"Technologists speculate that the enemy has used a new type of chaff jamming, which is more effective than our current chaff jamming."

The airman who reported was the answer.

The chaff interference method is the latest development, and it is still in its infancy. It is very simple to throw a pile of chaff directly. The length, density, and delivery method are relatively primitive.

Very poor efficiency.

Technology is primitive.

The radar technology of this era can easily cope, especially the large base radar deployed on the coast of John Bull.

However, the new chaff jamming bombs produced by the system have abruptly improved the level for more than ten years, forming a technological gap. Naturally, it is impossible to accurately separate the jamming, and it is impossible to judge the number or even the height of the attacking aircraft group.

"How to do?"

The corner of his mouth twitched again, Fatty Qiu didn't think about it anymore, and looked directly at the professional.

"I have ordered night fighters to take off for reconnaissance and guide follow-up fighters to intercept."

After all, John Bull is an old hooligan. He has a solid foundation and is not stupid, so he quickly figured out how to deal with it.

"but."

The air force general paused suddenly and stopped talking.

"But what?"

This pause made Fatty Qiu feel very bad.

"Enemy bombers are flying at high altitudes."

The general's tone was awkward:

"Our fighter jets can't reach it."

Even for the most basic model, the flying altitude of the b36 is more than 1 meters. Even at this altitude, heavy bombers can cruise normally.

And this height, although many fighter jets of this era can reach it, it needs to be prepared in advance.

As for attacking at this altitude, it is really a bit embarrassing. At this altitude, there is basically no mobility. Facing heavy bombers with anti-aircraft guns, it will definitely be able to take advantage.

"What should I do?"

Fatty Qiu was dumbfounded again.

"Wait for them to come down."

The general of the Air Force shook his head helplessly.

"Prime Minister, the enemy's bombing target is our place, please enter the air-raid shelter."

Afterwards, the air force general urged.

It doesn't matter that the capital was bombed, it's not that it hasn't been bombed before, and this time our own air defense capabilities are very strong, but if something goes wrong with the prime minister, then the fun will be great.

The blow to the morale of the army is also huge.

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Although the chaff interference bought time for the bomber fleet to reach their destination, but the British Isles are so big, and the Allied forces have too many planes, so the time gained is only a little.

When they finally arrived at the bombing target, Wudu, the bombers were already surrounded by a large number of Allied night fighters.

Huge amount.

Like a group of lions hunting around their prey.

One by one, they waited helplessly for the fleet to lower their altitude and then rushed forward.

"Arrive the target and descend the altitude."

"Machine gunners pay attention to defense,"

Upon reaching the target, the commanding officer of the pilot gave the order to begin the bombing.

Following his command, in the sight of the surrounding Allied fighters, nearly a thousand huge planes began to descend.From 1000 meters, the limit height of a fighter jet reaches [-] meters.

This is already a height at which fighter jets can attack, while enemy bombers continue to descend.

"continue waiting."

Seeing the enemy descending to 9000 meters, many Allied fighters were eager to try, but the commander stopped their thoughts.

According to experience, below 8000 meters is the best attack height. Of course, when the bomb is dropped, it is the best attack time.The moment the magazine is opened, the bomber's maneuverability will be greatly reduced, which is very suitable for attack.

This is, the commander obviously didn't expect that this time the German guy played his cards out of common sense.

At an altitude of 8000 meters, the Allied locust swarms began to attack, attacking the German bomber fleet head-on, but faced with the firepower woven by the 20mm double-barreled turrets for collective defense, they did not take much advantage in the first place.

Fortunately, at this time, the German fleet was inexperienced, and the formation was obvious and reasonable. Soon, the Allied fleet found an opportunity, split part of the fleet, and rushed into the formation to start the massacre.

A heavy bomber fell like a firebird.

But in the face of the [-]mm double-barreled cannon, the Allied night fighters suffered a lot of losses.

7000 meters altitude.

Descending here from an altitude of 8000 meters, the bomber fleet descended at full speed, and it took less than a minute. In other words, the Allied fighters actually only attacked for one minute.

Even if it is an air battle where every second counts, this time is very short.

Besides, it's night now,

Then, in the eyes of all the Allied pilots, the bombers in the distance, like a flock of thorny sheep, opened their magazines and dropped bombs one after another.

"What do they want?"

This scene left all the Allied pilots dumbfounded.

This is 7000 meters.

7000 meters.

At this height, even in the daytime, even with a Norton bomber sight, the accuracy is very low. The Allied forces responsible for the bombing knew this very well, and the Germans who had no reason to be bombed knew it very well.

Otherwise, why did the follow-up Allied forces change the high-altitude bombing during the day to low-altitude bombing at night?
Even bombing during the day should try to reduce the altitude as much as possible?
It is nothing more than that the efficiency of high-altitude bombing is too poor, and the accuracy is too low and too low.

"Keep attacking."

Although they don't know if the Germans are stupid or if there is something wrong with them, the Allied commanders know that the purpose now is to continue the attack and shoot down the enemy bombers.

There was no specific target for this bombing, and the order was to drop the bombs on the heads of the British, so the Germans naturally dropped all the bombs, and then stepped on the accelerator, and returned directly at an altitude of 1 meters.

At this height, you can basically sit back and relax.

Unless it's the newest jet fighters, there's nothing the rest of the fighters can do.

Seeing this scene, all the Allied pilots were dumbfounded.

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the next day.

early morning.

"How's the loss?"

The old fox came to the commander of the air force and asked about the loss.

He doesn't care about the bombing effect, but cares about the loss. Today's Germany has everything except people.

"Within range."

Kesselring said in a relaxed tone:
"Of the 53 bombers, only 5.00 did not return, and the loss rate was 190%. The actual loss of our side was only more than [-] pilots, and the rest were recruited from other countries."

Although flight crews from other countries are used extensively, German military personnel are still needed for the main and co-pilots, navigators, and some important positions.

First, these positions require high technology, and second, to prevent enemy spies from infiltrating.

Nearly two hundred flight crew members were lost.

This number greatly relieved the old fox.

This loss is still acceptable.

Although the 53 bombers were actually a loss of nearly 800 people, the situation in the empire is now stable, the supply of supplies is sufficient, Mark's purchasing power is strong, and it is easy to recruit cannon fodder, which can continue to be consumed.

"When is the next wave of bombing?"

The old fox continued to ask.

"tomorrow."

General Kesselring said:
"The head of state urged very tightly. He said that within this year, 200 million tons of bombs would be dropped on the British Isles. '

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Day three.

at dusk.

Fatty Qiu called the person in charge of air defense.

"How's the loss?"

He immediately asked the question he was most concerned about:
"How about the casualties?"

He knew for a long time that the Germans had retreated, and the bomber fleet did not continue to bomb, but the loss took time to count, and it could not be calculated in an hour or two.

But the movement of the Germans throwing the bomb before was outrageous, which made Fatty Qiu a little scared.

"The loss is not large, and the casualties are also very small."

Hearing the person in charge's answer, Fatty Qiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The person in charge continued:
"On the day of the bombing, there was wind on the ground. A large number of bombs were blown down in the suburbs, and only a few landed in the city. Although the detailed loss has not been released, the loss will not be too great. The people are hiding in the air-raid shelters, and there are not many casualties. "

Just three days, coupled with the height and quantity of the enemy's bombs, is not enough to completely count the losses, so the person in charge here used the word "not too big", and he knows how to speak.

"A few factories were hit by bombs, and one of them provided parts support for the Spitfire, which affected Spitfire production."

"Several airfields were also hit by bombs, a dozen aircraft were lost, some warehouses were damaged, and some soldiers were killed or injured, but very few."

"Oh, by the way, there is also a lot of damage to farmland in the suburbs, and many fires have been caused."

"It's all the little things."

Fatty Qiu felt more and more relaxed.

As long as the loss is small, other problems are not major. As long as the supply of materials can be guaranteed, I believe the public will not have much opinion.As for farmland, it doesn't matter, anyway, Americans have plenty of food.

"However, Prime Minister."

The person in charge continued:
"The scale of the enemy's bombers this time is very large. According to the forecast of air force experts, there are more than a thousand."

"I just got the news, from the intelligence I got from the capture of the pilots of the enemy's forced-landing planes, that the German planes can carry [-] tons of bombs at a time."

"A thousand!"

"Thirty tons each."

Fatty Qiu suddenly felt dizzy.

A thousand planes, each with [-] tons, is [-] tons at a time.

No wonder there was so much commotion that day. The Germans actually dropped seven times as many bombs as their thousand planes bombed. Fatty Qiu felt a little dizzy.

At this moment, a secretary ran in:
"Enemy bombers have taken off, only two hundred kilometers from London, the number is unknown."

'It is estimated that the scale is the same as above. '

After being bombed once, the two big gangsters of Britain and the United States also learned their education, deployed warships in the English Channel, strengthened the detection of the mainland, and gave early warning through intelligence personnel lurking in the mainland.

So the German plane was quickly discovered, but because the technology that could not solve the chaff interference was not available, it was still impossible to judge the number.

However, relying on the last experience, I still judged something.

"Intercept immediately."

Fatty Qiuqiu's complexion changed drastically.

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Fourth day.

The faces of both sides are not very good-looking.

This time, the British and American hooligans have gained experience from last time, strengthened the size of the interceptor fleet, and dispatched the latest jet aircraft, so the number of shots shot down was even greater.

But in the face of the 7000-meter cruising fleet and the means of bombing at [-] meters, it is not too big.

But this time, the loss was very large. Because the weather was fine and there was no wind, most of the bombs fell in the city. Even if they were not accurate, the loss caused by the [-]-ton bomb was still terrifying.

A large number of buildings, houses, factories were destroyed.

And the German guy also realized that the situation was not good.

Because this time, the bombing loss was twice as high as before, reaching triple digits, and the loss rate was as high as one-tenth.

But the order of the head of state is still to continue the bombing, don't stop!Don't care about a little casualties, and drop 200 million tons of bombs on John Bull in the shortest possible time.

Then, the heavy bombers on the warehouse list still showed [-], not one missing!
(End of this chapter)