I was a tycoon in World War I: Starting to save France

Chapter 1006 Where did these guys get the courage to challenge Xia Er?
French warplanes launched their attack precisely at the moment when the British aircraft were landing.

Although they outperformed British fighters in every aspect, there was no need to engage in close combat with them at this point.

Even if there is only a 1% chance of being shot down by enemy aircraft, it is not as reliable as 100% guaranteed to kill the enemy aircraft.

They presented the British warplanes with a choice: failure or death.

The British aircraft chased each other in the air for only a short while. When they realized that the French fighters were avoiding combat and waiting for them to run out of fuel, their morale collapsed instantly.

There's no point in chasing; if you're not fast enough, you'll never catch up.

More importantly, the fuel is running out, and if this continues, we will surely perish!

Therefore, there is only one option: a forced landing, which might offer a glimmer of hope.

As a result, British warplanes rushed to land.

An SE5a fighter jet descended to a lower altitude and approached the stern of the USS Furious aircraft carrier.

Perhaps due to the presence of powerful enemies, or perhaps due to insufficient fuel, it landed at a speed exceeding 100 kilometers per hour.

(Note: During World War I, the landing speed of fighter planes was generally required not to exceed 80 kilometers per hour, and the optimal speed should be controlled at around 70 to 75 kilometers per hour. When the speed of the aircraft was lower than 65 kilometers per hour, it was easy to stall, so the room for maneuver was very small.)
Ground crew kept waving signal flags to warn the pilot that the speed was too high and not to land, but the pilot ignored them and continued to descend.

Perhaps for pilots, just feeling the vibration of the landing gear hitting the ground can give them a little more sense of security.

But this is fatal.

The moment the landing gear touched the ground, it bounced back with a "bang" due to the excessive angle and speed, and the fighter jet instantly lost its balance and rolled on the deck.

It was like a piece of junk being demolished on site, crashing into the ground and sending up a bunch of debris, then bouncing back up, hitting the ground again and breaking off the right wing, yet still maintaining its momentum.

Meanwhile, fragments of the aircraft flew around like shrapnel, causing nearby ground crew members to scream and bleed profusely.

Ultimately, the wreckage of the aircraft flew off the bow of the aircraft carrier at a speed of tens of kilometers per hour.

But that wasn't the end of it. As it fell into the sea, the high-speed aircraft carrier immediately ran over it, and the carrier's sharp bow even slammed the fighter jet in half.

The situation on the Argus was even more dire.

Two SE5a aircraft were vying to land on the deck, the pilots shouting at each other:

"I'm almost out of gas, get out of the way!"

"Me too, let me land first!"

……

In the end, neither side backed down.

Because they have no second chance to land, giving way means death.

The two fighter jets collided just a second before landing.

One of the planes crashed into the stern of the aircraft carrier at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, creating a loud explosion that sent debris flying.

Another aircraft lost its balance due to the shockwave and crashed into the island superstructure, causing another loud explosion and bursting into flames.

Colonel Will quickly directed the ground crew to extinguish the fire and rescue people.

But he also knew that this would not be of any use, because the disaster had only just begun.

really.

French aircraft spotted enemy planes scrambling to land in disarray and immediately seized the opportunity to attack the two aircraft carriers.

Colonel Will looked up at the sky with a puzzled expression. He discovered that the enemy was attacking not with fighter jets, but with a type of aircraft he had never seen before.

That was also an aircraft with inverted gull-shaped wings, which made a huge noise as it dove at a steep angle towards the aircraft carrier.

Its sound was like the roar of a giant, or the low growl of a monster, even drowning out the air raid siren.

"My God!" Colonel Will exclaimed, "Are they going to ram an aircraft carrier with planes? This is insane!" The scene did indeed look like an aircraft carrier being rammed with planes, at least that's what Colonel Will thought.

However, just as the plane was about to collide with the aircraft carrier, it suddenly changed its flight path and flew over the carrier. The strong wind under the wings caused the British flag to wave irregularly and rapidly, as if it were trembling in fright.

Almost simultaneously, a bomb was released from the plane and crashed onto the aircraft carrier deck.

"boom"

The "Wraith" swayed as if being pushed by a giant, then billowed black smoke and burst into flames.

Colonel Will then realized that it wasn't a plane crashing into an aircraft carrier, but a bomber dropping bombs.

"It's a new type of bomber invented by Charles." Colonel Will was dumbfounded.

If it were just an ordinary bomber, that would be fine.

But it was a bomber capable of vertical dives and accurately dropping bombs to hit its targets. It hit its target on its first attack, and it even hit the center of the deck.

The next second, Colonel Will realized that the French were not targeting the British aircraft, but the aircraft carrier; they wanted to sink it.

Colonel Will glanced around; the deck in his line of sight was piled with fuel drums and ammunition ready to be added to the fighter jets.

The number of units deployed is even five or six times the amount required for a single attack.

The reason was that ground crew believed they should "prepare in advance" so that the elevators could be given to fighter jets in times of wartime tension.

Colonel Will was terrified and turned pale. He almost roared the order: "Push the oil drums and ammunition into the sea! Push them all into the sea!"

He shouted as he ran, and when he reached the side of the ship, he quickly knocked over an oil drum and pushed it into the sea with all his might.

However, before he could knock down the second oil drum, a terrifying whistling sound came from above.

"Waaah...!"

Colonel Will felt the pressure coming from above; the sound grew louder and closer, and then darkness flickered in the sunlight.

"boom!"

Colonel Will was violently thrown away by a gust of wind and shockwave.

The explosions came one after another, and a fiery red heat wave rose from the aircraft carrier deck.

Colonel Will used all his strength to roll over, only to see flames rushing towards him.

……

The French army only tested dropping some small bombs.

The Jenny B bomber had two loadout modes:

One option is to carry a 250-kilogram bomb under the fuselage and four 50-kilogram bombs on the wings, for a total weight of 450 kilograms.

Secondly, it only carries one 500-kilogram bomb under its belly.

In anti-ship warfare at sea, Jenny B chose the first option, not only because it was easier to take off, but also because it increased the number of attacks.

At this point, seeing that the 50-kilogram bombs could not penetrate the aircraft carrier's flight deck, bombers immediately attempted to use 250-kilogram bombs against the "Furious".

Perhaps due to the smoke, the first two shots missed.

The third shot hit successfully.

With a deafening roar, the "Wraith" exploded from the middle, triggering a series of chain explosions. Soon, the entire ship was engulfed in flames and became a fireball.

Carter, piloting a fighter jet, looked down with satisfaction at the two destroyed aircraft carriers below, a mocking expression on his face: "Where did these guys get the audacity to challenge the Sharl?"

(End of this chapter)