Battle of the Third Reich

When the last tarp on the truck was uncovered, everyone looked at the big guy on the truck dumbfounded.

"This... isn't this "Aunt Juncker"'s fuselage?" Wolfe recognized the cargo on the truck at a glance at the familiar corrugated skin and square cross-section.

"Yeah, isn't this ju52? General, is she the third toy you said?"

"This is a transport plane. How do we fighter jets get hooked on this kind of thing?"

"Don't bark, the general naturally has his idea, you just listen, but it's really strange."

"Yeah, maybe it's a new weapon, but maybe it looks like "Aunt Juncker"." The pilots also started to talk about it.

Xu Jun smiled and looked at the pilots. When everyone was talking about it, Xu Jun coughed a lot. Everyone shut their mouths immediately and opened their eyes to Xu Jun. All pilots waited for Xu Jun to give them a surprise or a surprise. Anyway, after the first two times, they were used to this commander's endless tricks.

"Everyone sees the third toy I gave you, haha, do you recognize what this is?" Xu Jun's tone was like a thief, like a kid in a kindergarten.

"It's the ju52 transport plane." The pilots answered.

"Haha, everyone has recognized it, but everyone is a bit wrong. This is the fuselage part of a ju52." Xu Jun still looked at the pilots with a smile. "I will prepare some of you to drive her to fight the British in the air strike tomorrow afternoon."

As soon as Xu Jun's words were finished, the pilots below exploded like a pan of water dripping into them.

"What! Fighting the British with this kind of thing? Impossible."

"Ah, God, I still want to live. There is no machine gun on this thing. Do I have to hit the British with my boots?"

"Haha, it might be more useful to use your socks. Rabbi."

"Isn't this a target aircraft after the sky? Isn't the general going to use her to attract the firepower of the British? This is also a way."

"Yeah, it's a good idea, you go!"

"It wouldn't be a joke, this thing has no wings."

"I don't want to drive her with wings. The speed of this thing is not as good as when my Stuka is flying."

Xu Jun watched the messy pilot below shook his head. Suddenly all the sounds suddenly disappeared. All the pilots closed their mouths and sat there one by one with their chests straight, staring at Xu Jun without squinting. They found that they were too disorganized in front of them, and they yelled in front of the general. Now the general seems a little dissatisfied. They were afraid that Xu Jun would be transferred to fly this plane because of the behavior in front of them. It was really miserable at that time. They all prayed desperately in their hearts not to be picked.

Xu Jun was also taken aback by the pilots' sudden changes. What happened to these guys? Whatever I said, I stopped the car all at once, not even saying hello. No matter, since it has quieted down, then I will explain to them their great invention.

"Well, now I want to ask everyone a question, how do you usually eliminate small water targets." Xu Jun pointed to a pilot in the front row.

"Lieutenant, you come to answer this question for me."

The pilot stood up.

"It depends on how big the boat is. If it is a small fishing boat, our fighters can be attacked with bombs or cannons. A few consecutive attacks may be successful. If they are Stukka, it will be much easier to handle. They are once for ordinary boats. You can sink by diving and bombing."

"Very good, but what if those boats are armed and there are enemy planes over the sky?" Xu Jun then asked.

"If we have a large number, we can halve with the enemy aircraft in half, and the remaining cannons attack outside the enemy ship's range, but the effect may not be very good. Due to the enemy aircraft above, Stuka cannot Reach the attack location safely."

"Very good, Lieutenant, sit down."

The few questions Xu Jun asked made the pilots more unclear. This has nothing to do with ju52. She is not a bomber. They looked at Xu Jun with a puzzled look.

"Gentlemen, this is why I want to use this aircraft. According to the information we have obtained, the enemy has prepared a large number of small ships opposite the Dover Strait. These ships are intended to stay in shallow water and on the beach. Soldiers are prepared to transfer to large transport ships or warships. When the enemy's retreat begins, they will first dispatch these small ships to rush into the port to pick up people.

Now we find that we can't find an effective way to deal with this kind of boat for a while. They are all inland river boats, yachts, motor boats, sampans, and fishing boats. These targets are too small, and the bombing of our bombers can hardly hurt them.

Although dive bombing can sink them, but their number is too much, as everyone knows the amount of ammunition carried by dive bombers, each can also sink up to two or three enemy ships, but according to our information, there will be Hundreds of such boats participated in their operations. In addition, there are those Royal Air Force aircraft covering the boats, and the boats themselves have some light armed, so I also gave up this method, because the forced attack may cause unnecessary losses to the dive bomber forces. .

Not to mention the fighter planes, your mission is to destroy the enemy planes engraved in the sky above Dunkel, and everything else must be put aside. Because your artillery shells are also very limited, you need to use the most critical places. So you can't use you to deal with those boats.

The Army’s long-range artillery can indeed cover that area, but by then they have more important targets to eliminate, and they cannot take care of these small boats.

As a result, we really do not have a weapon that can effectively deal with this situation. Are we going to watch those boats save the British under our noses? "

"Of course not!" the pilots yelled. "We will not let an Englishman and an English ship run away anyway."

"So what is the solution?" Xu Jun asked with a smile.

"I think the general has thought of a way. Isn't that plane the weapon against those small boats? Your excellency." Wolff jumped out and asked again.

"Ha ha ha, my combat officer, you are still so impatient. Ha ha, but this time you guessed it, this is indeed the secret weapon that I prepared specifically for the elimination of those boats. Now let me show you the honor to show you for everyone Prepared Super Junker aircraft. I call it the aerial firepower platform, you can also call it "air gunboat."

As Xu Jun's words fell, the Junker 52 square cabin door was opened, and behind the cabin door a double 20mm cannon was stretched out. The black oil barrel was facing the group straight. The pilots were speechless with open mouths that surprised the pilots.

"This... this... this..." Wolf pointed at the gun and looked at Xu Jun in surprise.

"What is it, my war officer. Hahahaha. Everyone didn't expect it. How about the firepower of this transport plane after being modified by Junker's factory according to my requirements? If you think it is not enough."

Xu Jun snapped his fingers cleverly. "Plus this is enough." I saw a quick guard on the front fuselage snapped open. A quadruple mg34 appeared in the hole.

"How about, everyone is still satisfied with this toy. This frame is a sample, and just now, engineers at the Junker factory have been making the same improvements to fifty ju52s. I believe you can see these special items tomorrow. In order to deal with the large number of small ships of the British, I specially designed this improvement plan.

As you can see now, the firepower of this transport plane has exceeded that of ordinary fighters. The 30-type 20-mm machine gun has been modified to reduce the weight. Now each door has been reduced from more than three hundred kilograms to two hundred and fifty kilograms, and the mg34 has also reduced the gun frame accordingly. They can shatter any target within their range within ten seconds.

This is not the most powerful. Its main power is that it can be loaded with a sufficient amount of ammunition to maintain the duration of its firepower, and its ammunition can ensure that these weapons continue to attack for half an hour. So when it sweeps the sea with continuous storms of white phosphorous and armor-piercing shells, it is believed that no small boat can survive its attack.

The slow speed of the Ju52 also makes it the best weapon platform. Shooters can firmly aim at their targets on the plane, and then pour countless ammunition onto the heads of the British. And the range of our weapons is also farther than the British machine guns, so we can kill the boats one by one like the target outside the range of the enemy.

And the tactics of this kind of aircraft are also very simple, as long as the aircraft is flying around the target, the weapon on the side of the fuselage will search and attack the target under the shooter’s cāo, and tear the British into pieces without waste. "

After listening to Xu Jun's words, the pilots gave light in both eyes. This is really a good thing, flying gunboat, great! No one has thought about this before. If this kind of thing is used against enemy ground targets such as infantry clusters, it is a nightmare for the infantry. Our commander is really a demon, and even the transport plane will become a horrible weapon in his hand. But it seems to be really enjoyable. It is really a soldier’s dream to use this continuous fierce firepower to destroy the enemy. I really want to come to Cāo to indulge myself, and I can also brag about it to others. There are only fifty air gunboats.

The pilots raised their chests higher, and they all had the same meaning in their eyes, "How, I am so spirited, of course, the number one candidate for this fierce new aircraft, don't look at others, Choose me."

Suddenly a pilot raised his hand and asked a question. "General, I don't know how protective this type of aircraft is, what happens if it is attacked by enemy fighters?"

The other pilots were stunned after hearing this question. Yes, the firepower of this aircraft is fierce, but the other party is not a fool, they will also fight back. If the light and fire power is strong but the protection is poor, then it is not a target with a powerful weapon. They both raised their ears and listened to Xu Jun's answer.

"This..." Xu Jun answered with a smile.

"The protection has indeed been strengthened. In order to withstand the recoil of the weapon, even the fuselage beam has been reinforced. The engine and other vital parts have been equipped with light armor to resist the shooting of light weapons. However, due to the increased weight of the fuselage, Even if it has been replaced with a more powerful engine, its speed is still reduced. If it is attacked by an enemy fighter, there is no ability to defend itself except the machine gun on the back of the aircraft, unless the British The plane attacked from the side with the cannon, otherwise it would be inevitable to be shot down."

"Ah? What's the matter? Didn't you say that there are still enemy fighters covering their boats? Didn't we drive this plane in the past and die?" The pilots started talking again.

"Of course not to die, you listened to me." Xu Jun waved his hands to calm down the pilots.

"This type of aircraft can never perform its mission alone. Unless we have control over the air there, our fighters will protect them in the future. I believe our fighters should be able to entangle the British fighters. Yeah, especially after I equipped you with that kind of shell."

The fighter pilots below nodded firmly. They also believed that no British fighter could fly over their defense line and attack those gunboats.

"Very good, then what are you still worried about the threat of enemy fighters. Even if an enemy fighter breaks through our fighter interception and rushes to attack you at low altitude, you can immediately fly to our German Army-controlled position. I have arranged there The powerful anti-aircraft firepower is enough to cover your retreat. Another point is that if your shells are exhausted, you can immediately fly to the nearby German field airfield to supplement it. Your ammunition has been transported to those airports, this point You can rest assured.

Finally, your target is only allowed to be small ships of the enemy. Never try to attack warships like large destroyers. The British Navy’s anti-aircraft artillery is not such thin armor that can be carried. I have other arrangements for the attack of large ships. "

"Oh, that's what it is, General, you really gave us a wonderful toy, but who are you going to let it drive?" Wolf asked on the side.

All the pilots raised their ears, and this time, the combat officer finally asked the question. Those light fighter pilots know that they have no chance. The general has already said that the task of the fighter force is to destroy the British Air Force and cover the attack of the air gunboat on the enemy boat, but they still want to know the general Will choose that unit to go to the plane.

"I want to pick some of the dive bomber pilots to fly it. Because the dive bomber is not very useful in the first two days of the operation, and you have been trained to fly this transport plane, it should be competent. This job. I will find the gunner from the base air defense unit. However, if the fighter pilot is interested, you can also sign up to fly this kind of aircraft, and then you can sign up to Colonel Wolff. What else? Question?"

"No, general."

"So good, you can start preparing for combat now, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, you will attack Dunkel as the first attack group. Now you can continue to go to the mission room for a meeting!" Xu Jun saluted the pilots A gift.

"Stand up! Salute!" Wolfe ordered loudly. The pilots stood up and saluted neatly.

"Now everyone return to the mission room, don't forget to bring your own chair." With Wolfe's order, the pilots began to move the chair toward the mission room in twos and threes. A toy was talking loudly.

"Hans." Xu Jun said to Hans on the side: "How do you like these pilots?"

"Great pilot, great, general."

"I think so too. I hope I will see these brave young men again after this battle."

"Yes, general. Certainly."

"Hans!"

"Yes, General."

"Let's go back, I'll drive this time."

"Okay, general."

"Well, Hans."

"What is it, general."

"Where is the first gear of this car?"

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