my bright sword career

Chapter 256 Pay attention to air defense
If you want to ask, which is the arm with the shortest survival time in World War II, I guess many people can't answer it or subconsciously think it is infantry. After all, in everyone's impression, the infantry who charged against the hail of bullets with a rifle should be the most dangerous. .

But in fact, everyone is wrong. It may surprise many people. The shortest surviving unit in World War II was actually the pilots of the Air Force. According to post-war statistics, the average life expectancy of pilots during World War II was only 17 days.

Among the pilots, the shortest life is undoubtedly the glider pilots. Their average survival time in wartime is only 17 seconds.

Yes, you read that right, it is 17 seconds. As for why it is so short, the author will not explain it, lest the gentlemen say that the author is pouring water.

Followed by dive bomber pilots, the average survival time is 19 minutes, which is shorter than fighter pilots.

It is precisely because of the danger of dive bombers that Western countries also nicknamed dive bomber pilots...the brave.

And now, Xue Shaogong took eleven brave pilots to fly a Stuka dive bomber to prepare to bomb the Japanese positions.

After giving the order, Xue Shaogong put the flaps to the cruising position, adjusted the elevator and rudder, and adjusted the pitch of the propeller to the cruising position.Then he turned on the power switch of the altimeter and set the bombing altitude. This is an important instrument to ensure that he can get out of the dive before entering a dangerous altitude. It can calculate when the plane should drop the bomb and pull it up. Xue Shaogong set it on the altimeter The height of the bomb is 450 meters, which is the limit height at which he can escape the dive safely. If it is lower, it will be difficult for the plane not to hit the ground before pulling up.

Of course, this height is not the limit of the Stuka’s bombing. It is said that someone in Germany who designed this aircraft can shorten this height to 350 meters, but Xue Shaogong has not dared to try so far.

Then Xue Shaogong turned the switch of the engine supercharger to the automatic gear, then turned the throttle to the minimum, and then he closed the air inlet of the cooler.After completing these preparations, Xue Shaogong pushed the joystick, and the heavy dive bomber began to rush straight towards the ground.

For a professional dive bomber, flight speed and altitude are not particularly important performances. The longitudinal stability and the firmness of the fuselage during the dive are the most important issues that the pilot should care about.And Stuka gave the pilots a satisfactory answer on this question. Its stability when diving is surprisingly high, which is mainly due to the two huge fixed landing gears and the huge dive deceleration under the wings. The plate also acts as the so-called "air brake".

The huge landing gear is equivalent to two vertical stabilizers during the dive, and the dive brake makes this effect even more remarkable.But this also caused another problem. Stuka's longitudinal stability is too good. It is so good that it becomes very difficult to suddenly make a slightly larger maneuver, and this type of Action is often the most common way to avoid the opponent's fighter attack.

Stuka's solid fuselage enables it to withstand unimaginably huge torque compared to other aircraft, enabling it to recover from the dive state immediately after a high-speed dive. During this process, the body must withstand at least six G's of pressure If it were an ordinary fighter, it would probably be smashed to pieces before reaching half of the recovery process.

It is this very excellent performance that made Stuka the best ground support force in the early days of World War II. Its appearance even caused a fundamental change in the combat mode of the German Army. Some old combat methods in the past were abandoned. New close air support tactics were developed based on the use of this aircraft.It can be said that the development of this tactic created by the German Air Force is far ahead of their counterparts in Europe. Now the pilots of the Liantai Militia Flying Brigade led by Gao Hongming are using this most advanced tactic to drop bombs on their allies on the Japanese.

As the Stuka dived, a frightening and sharp siren sounded in the sky immediately, and the sharp siren sounded from mid-air to the ground. At that time, I saw a group of black fighter planes swooping down on the ground at a nearly vertical angle.

The sound of sirens resounding through the sky suppressed the fierce gunfire for a while, and the two sides fighting within a radius of more than ten kilometers all turned their eyes to the sky.

A Japanese commander, who was nervously directing the Japanese army to shoot at the Jinsui Army in front of the position, stared at the bomber that was diving rapidly above his head, looked at the familiar badge of blue sky and white sun, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Baga... yes The fighter planes of the Chinese people are going to bomb! Hurry up and hide!"

The Stuka piloted by Xue Shaogong has already entered the attack state, the nose of the plane sank suddenly, and the Stuka instantly entered the dive state.The flight safety control system is activated by the linkage, the dive recovery system is now active, two small red identification bars protrude from the upper surface of the wing, this is a hydraulic auxiliary mechanism, it will It starts to work at the moment, it can limit the angle of the aircraft when it is pulled up, and avoid damage to the body or permanent damage caused by the overload gravity that the body cannot bear due to the steep pull-up.

Xue Shaogong slowly and steadily pushed the joystick, and the corner of his eye kept scanning the windshield in front of the right, and carved a series of lines on the glass. These lines are an effective tool to help the pilot judge the dive angle. Each line represents a dive angle, starting from 30 degrees to 90 degrees, because the pilot's psychological perception of the dive angle is much steeper than the actual dive angle during the dive, and the hit was often affected by the insufficient dive angle in the past The accuracy, and now you only need to see which line is parallel to the ground to know at which angle the Stuka is diving.

This time, Xue Shaogong conducted a dive-bombing at a large angle of eighty degrees. Although such a dive angle does not require the Stuka to maximize the performance of the aircraft, for Xue Shaogong, who has less than [-] flying hours, Said it was already very strenuous, he nervously controlled the plane while observing the wingman behind him from the rearview mirror.

For dive bomber pilots, the most important thing is always the test of skills and courage. Xue Shaogong still clearly remembers that Gao Hongming told them in a meeting that only the bravest pilots are qualified to fly the best dive. Bomber, if you don't have the guts, you should switch to ground crew or fly a transport plane as soon as possible.

But fortunately, from the rearview mirror, Xue Shaogong can clearly see that his wingman is closely following his tail as if tied by a rope, and the same is true for other Stukas, they use it as a knife The sharp point stabs the enemy tightly like a dagger.

At this time, the pneumatic bagpipe installed at the engine air intake began to make a shrill whistling sound, which indicated that the speed of the plane had reached and exceeded [-] kilometers per hour at this time. , For the enemy on the ground, the psychological pressure it causes even exceeds that of bombs hung on the wings.

The Stuka uttered a shriek and strange cry, falling from the sky like a strange bird from the region. At this time, the driver must concentrate on staring at the scale and not relax for a moment, otherwise, if he hesitates for a moment, the plane will crash and people will die.

In fact, it is not only Xue Shaogong, but the eleven and two pilots who followed him were also drenched in sweat. Seeing the thick ground rush towards the cockpit, this kind of sensory stimulation is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Yes, this also makes their bodies start to secrete a large amount of adrenal hormones.

Xue Shaogong stared at the scale, and the time between life and death made him feel that his sensitivity and strength were many times greater than usual, and the plane continued to dive. Without looking at the speedometer, he knew that the speed of the plane must have exceeded 550 kilometers per hour. At this time, the plane was less than 200 meters from the ground, and Xue Shaogong could already see the panicked Japanese soldiers running around on the ground and the machine gun tracer bullets fired at him.

He tried his best to control the fighter plane to aim at an artillery position on the ground, waiting for the time to drop the bomb.

"Dangdangdang..."

A string of bullets hit the Stuka's engine located under the nose, but the bullets from the Japanese light machine gun were not even scratching the engine casing as thick as eight millimeters. disappeared.

Stuka's speed is getting faster and faster, Xue Shaogong sitting in the cockpit can only feel the thick earth rushing towards him like a thick wall, at this time the red light in front of him suddenly lights up, this is the plane's reminder It's bomb time.

Xue Shaogong ruthlessly pressed the bomb release button on the joystick, and a 250kg bomb broke free from the hook on the belly of the aircraft and fell quickly towards the ground. After doing all this, Xue Shaogong immediately pressed the automatic leveling control button on the side , the nose of the plane began to lift rapidly, and at this moment, the gravity of six Gs pressed him firmly into the seat, and the plane changed from the dive state to level flight and then to level flight at a speed of ten degrees per second. Start slowly climbing towards the sky.

Only then did Xue Shaogong feel that his forehead was wet, and he wiped it casually and found that his hands were covered with sweat.At this time, he retracted the dive speed brake and adjusted the engine power to the maximum takeoff state.After opening the cooling plate and pushing the throttle valve to the maximum, the Jumo 211J-1 engine made a crazy roar at the maximum thrust of 2600 rpm, pushing the six-ton ​​heavy body of the Stuka towards the sky. , and at this time behind him is a group of scorching flames soaring into the sky, followed by another group of flames...

On the starting position of the attack more than 500 meters away from Weijiazhuang, a company commander of the Jinsui Army watched a series of thick smoke accompanied by flames rising into the sky in front of him, and even he could feel the strong shock wave.

Behind him, more than 100 Jinsui Army soldiers looked at Weijiazhuang, which had been engulfed by flames, and their eyes became dull.

For Xue Shaogong and the others, he just dropped a 250-kilogram bomb, but for the Japanese army on the ground, it seemed like the end of the world. A total of twelve aerial bombs with a total weight of 3000 kg exploded together. very amazing.

When these bombs exploded together, the entire Weijiazhuang was shrouded in the explosion range. The bunkers and fortifications carefully constructed by the Japanese army were blown into the sky like children's toys, and the huge shock wave shocked all the Japanese troops within a radius of more than 200 meters on the spot. After that, huge columns of black smoke rose from the center of the explosion.

Looking at Weijiazhuang, which was almost engulfed by thick smoke and flames, a soldier swallowed his saliva and muttered, "My mother, do we still need to fight this ghostly place?"

"Company commander... what shall we do now?"

"What to do? Of course it's an attack!" The company commander who recovered from the shock glared at the soldier, waved the pistol in his hand, and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "What the hell are you still doing? , Brothers in the Air Force have already helped us blow up Weijiazhuang, and now it is our turn to attack, brothers, let me attack!"

"Go on!"

"Tick tock..."

With the sound of the charge, a soldier of the Jinsui Army jumped out of the trench and rushed towards the Japanese position.

The results of this attack also surprised Shi Jinwu, the brigade commander of the [-]th Brigade who served as the commander-in-chief of the attack. Less than an hour after the attack, his troops successfully captured Weijiazhuang.

"Commander... overjoyed... overjoyed, Weijiazhuang has been captured!" Zhang Guangzhong, the commander of the [-]th Army, rushed to the observation post excitedly and reported to Wang Jingguo who was observing the battle situation.

"I saw."

Wang Jingguo put down his binoculars, looked at him calmly, and said, "The bombs dropped by the planes of the Liantai militia have razed Weijiazhuang to the ground. If the [-]th Brigade can't take down Weijiazhuang, Shi Jinwu should go home too. Hold the baby."

"This one……"

Zhang Guangzhong scratched his head in embarrassment. He had clearly seen the bombing of the Liantai Flying Brigade just now. After more than a dozen heavy bombs were bombed indiscriminately, the defense system of the entire Weijiazhuang completely collapsed. Almost all were razed to the ground.

Under such bombing, the Japanese army in Weijiazhuang suffered heavy casualties, and even those who survived were stunned by the bombing. The [-]th Brigade dealt with the remaining Japanese army almost without spending too much effort.

Wang Jingguo was right. If the [-]th Brigade couldn't hold down the Japanese positions even like this, he wouldn't be worthy of being brigade commander.

Zhang Guangzhong was really convinced about this, "Commander, Commander Yan still has the foresight. If he hadn't invited the Liantai Flying Brigade to help out, our army group alone would never have taken Nanhuaihua, Caijiagang and Weijiazhuang so smoothly. I don’t know how many brothers will die if I can take it down.”

"Well……"

Wang Jingguo nodded. Just as he was about to talk about flowers, he heard another roar in the sky. He looked up and saw a group of black spots appearing from the south.

"Not good...the devil's plane is coming..." The observer in charge of observation shouted loudly, "Pay attention to air defense!"

(End of this chapter)