stonecrandall Chapter 642
Chapter 642
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: 0.138s Scan: 0.087sEveryone knows the truth, but what can we do even if we understand it?
Stop it, but what can we do?
“How many fighters do we have left in our air force?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George turned his head and looked at the general in charge of the air force and asked him.
When the man heard the prime minister’s words, his face twitched slightly, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he knew that he could not escape, so he gritted his teeth and said:”The German army is very cunning.
Before bombing the Fog City, they had already targeted our airports near the capital and carried out targeted destruction of the airports.
At least half of our fighter planes were blown up on the ground before they could take off!
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This result made everyone present gasp. More than half of the planes were blown up on the ground. How could they deal with the German army?
“This is not the worst. The worst is that our fighters are not as good as the Germans. The German bombers are escorted by a large number of fighters. Most of these fighters are BF-109 fighters, and a small number are BF-108 fighters. Although our fighters were finalized in 1924, they were far behind the German fighters in performance. Therefore, the few fighters that took off could not hold out for too long under the siege of the German fighters and were defeated one after another.……”
The voice of the air force general became lower and lower. Because he lost the battle, he must take the blame.
In the past few days, the scope of the German bombing has become larger and larger, and the frequency of the bombing has become faster and faster, resulting in almost the entire southern part of the sun never setting being heavily bombed.
In this case, people from all over the country, including officials, did not blame the brutality of the German army, but turned around and insulted their air force, insulting them for being incompetent and unable to protect their airspace, letting them be bombed in vain!
Although it is true, it is not pleasant to hear such words. The air force feels very aggrieved by the scolding of the people.
It is not that they do not have the courage to fight the enemy, but that their weapons and equipment are too different from the enemy, which makes it impossible for them to fight. In just five days, the British Air Force has been completely lost. In addition to more than 1,000 fighter planes being destroyed on the ground, 500 fighter planes were blown up by the Germans in air battles.
Although the battle took place in their homeland, these pilots were generally not in danger of death if they parachuted in time after their fighter planes were shot down, but they still lost more than 150 excellent pilots. The
German fighter planes were not only powerful, but also had very fierce firepower.
According to the descriptions of the pilots who escaped from the German fighter planes, the German fighter planes were divided into two types.
One was equipped with 4 fighter planes on both wings. This fighter plane belonged to the standard model of BF-109, which was in large numbers and most of the German fighter planes belonged to it.
They had many machine guns, which could form a very open fire belt when fired together, with a large range of casualties, which made the evasion methods learned by British pilots during World War I almost useless, and a large number of fighter planes were shot down by this belt-shaped fire network.
However, although the firepower range of this aircraft is large, the power of their machine guns is not strong. Although the 7.92mm machine gun can shoot down their aircraft, it is difficult to directly destroy their fighter planes as long as they do not directly hit the key positions such as the fuel tank. Most pilots have time to parachute to escape after being attacked, and a few lucky aircraft can drag the fighter planes that are hit and emitting black smoke back to the airport.
However, if they encounter the second type of German fighter planes, it will be completely different!
Compared with the first type of fighter planes, although the second type of fighter planes are also fighter planes of the BF-109 type, they are different from ordinary fighter planes. They have added a double-barreled 20mm machine gun under the belly.
The power of this machine gun is far greater than the 7.92mm machine gun bullet. Most of the British fighter planes are still wooden fighter planes at this time. Only a few key positions use metal, so they are not resistant to fighting at all!
When encountering this kind of 20mm machine gun strafing, as long as they are hit, there is only one result-explosion in the air!
Although there are not many fighters of this type, about less than 120, this type of aircraft has caused more damage to the British army than another type of aircraft!
Most of the British pilots were shot down by this type of aircraft equipped with machine guns. Because the machine guns are so powerful, once they are hit, the pilots on board have no time to parachute, so most pilots are buried with the aircraft.
For the Air Force, it is very difficult to train a qualified pilot. It may take several years, and it is even more difficult to train an excellent pilot with rich combat experience. So in their eyes, the value of pilots is greater than that of aircraft!
This situation not only occurred during World War I and World War II, but also in the 21st century!
When the world’s mainstream fighters have entered the fourth generation of stealth fighters, the value of a fighter can easily exceed 100 million or even hundreds of millions of US dollars!
But even though these planes are so expensive, the value of pilots is still higher than them, so the air forces of various countries attach great importance to the escape and life-saving training of pilots.
Not only are there perfect ejection escape systems in the cockpits of the aircraft, but also in the training for pilots, it is clearly required that in some cases, if the fighter plane cannot be saved, the pilot must be decisively abandoned to escape!
In that case, even if the plane cannot be saved, at least the pilot can be saved, and the man and the machine will not be destroyed!
Originally in World War II, Goering’s air force and the British army fought fiercely over Britain, and both sides suffered heavy losses. It stands to reason that the German army, as the attacking party, should have an advantage.
But the result was just the opposite. Because the British army was fighting at home, most of their pilots could survive after parachuting from their planes. After surviving, they could continue to fight as long as they changed planes. The German army fought away from home. Once they were shot down, they would become prisoners of the enemy even if they parachuted, and it was impossible for them to return to their homeland to continue fighting.
This means that the British side has an additional recovery system to minimize losses. Although the loss of fighter planes is greater than that of the German army, the loss of pilots is smaller than that of the German army. Therefore, as long as they can ensure the number of aircraft, they will be the ones who laugh last!
In this case, the most important thing for the German army is not only to bomb their airports, but also to bomb their factories in various places, so that the British army loses its blood-making ability, so as to win.
As a result, the ambitious little mustache chose to bomb the foggy city blindly, resulting in the British army’s factories being unable to be destroyed.
In the end, the British army became stronger and stronger, and the German army couldn’t stand it, so they had to end this air battle!