"Each type of anti-aircraft artillery has its own fixed characteristics, such as size, range, range, rate of fire, and so on. These features affect where they can be used and where they can be deployed. Therefore, when attacking a fixed target, the locations around the target that are suitable for arranging anti-aircraft guns are actually limited, and in the preparation stage of the mission, you should have a good idea of these potentially dangerous positions. As for the target of the activity, it is simpler, whether it is a convoy or a military column, in order to pursue a better firing range, the positions suitable for arranging anti-aircraft fire are even more limited, and the Germans usually deploy in several ways......"

The students all sat honestly in their seats and took notes seriously. In two days, they will face a small test - a simulated assault on a preset position. Before that, serious preparation is necessary.

……

"General, don't worry, you can definitely give those guys a good look!" Rodman, the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery unit, said to Ron, "I'm afraid that I will beat them too badly and lose confidence." ”

"I'm not worried about that." Ron also smiled, "The war has been fought for so long, and even ordinary people have a lot of ability to bear losses. What's more, our group of cadets are not all novices, half of them are veteran pilots. Although they are not familiar with direct fire support to the ground, their psychological state is absolutely fine to withstand such a defeat. With them, those newbies won't have much of a problem. ”

+One+Ben~Read+Novel+ybdu Ron said as he looked around. A little farther ahead, a few soldiers were busy fastening some branches to the barrel of a twin 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun.

"That's not good enough!" Ron shook his head, "Even if you're a rookie, you'll probably be able to spot it...... Well, no, your cannon is a fake! ”

Rodman laughed: "General, you see, if you are a little careless, even you may be deceived, let alone those guys?" ”

"Your carpenter is good, he does a lot of it!" Ron also smiled, "It's impossible to see that this thing is fake from the sky." If it hadn't been for the fact that the soldiers had wobbled the barrels of their guns, I would have had to get closer to find out. ”

"I also have a crudely cruder fake cannon in my hand, the kind that I think even more experienced pilots can see at low altitudes. Later, in the next drill, I plan to put them in a conspicuous place, and hide a few fake real guys in it. Pit them to death! ”

"You mean those balloon cannons? The Germans don't seem to have that thing, and their false targets are all made of wood. ”

"Since we want to imitate high, we should imitate it, rest assured, it's not a balloon cannon, it's a shoddy wooden product. Speaking of German wood, I think of a joke, I don't know if you've heard of it, General. ”

"Tell me about it?"

"This is what I heard from an Englishman: the Germans had built a fake airport in France, and the towers, the hangars, the planes, and all that were made of wood. When they did it, they were discovered by the British, so they kept an eye on them, and on the day the 'airfield' was completed, the British sent a wooden plane, the Mosquito bomber, and dropped it...... General, what kind of bomb do you think the British dropped? ”

"Molotov cocktails?" Ron asked, "Such a guy could scrap this fake airport in no time." ”

"It's not...... It's not ......," Rodman laughed to himself, "they ...... Those Brits, lost a ...... One...... Oversized wooden bombs go down! ”

……

"The day after tomorrow, we're going to go on a mission to attack simulated targets. The instructors will definitely give us a dismount. In the war room, Arthur was discussing the mission of the day after tomorrow with a group of pilots, "The last time I came to the 'Reverse Cross', the first time I went to the sky, I was completely blinded by the instructors. And this is the result of the instructors' measure. God forbid, when you draw lots, don't draw the first place...... Okay, let's not talk about that, let's look at the map first. ”

Of the 6 pilots in this group, Arthur was the oldest, experienced the most battles, and had the most experience. So, naturally, he became the leader of the group.

"Arthur, you first mark the location where you think those anti-aircraft guns are most likely to be placed, and then we will discuss them together." It was Thordo, who was second only to Arthur in the team.

"Okay!" Arthur nodded in disagreement, then lowered his head to study the map.

……

Arthur sat in the cockpit of a modified version of the P-47, and behind him, five other of the same aircraft followed. The target was near a small grove, and the dense woods were on a flat field, so, according to Arthur's judgment, there would be no anti-aircraft fire points in the woods, as the surrounding trees would block the firing range. But at the edge of the woods it is difficult to say, and the probability of hiding a few cannons there is quite high.

Arthur chose a route that was more difficult to attack. He planned to dive over the woods from a high altitude and then level it down, while using the high speed of the dive to hit the target. This not only allowed for the avoidance of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns that might be deployed at the edge of the woods, but also as far as possible from the positions where Arthur thought anti-aircraft fire was most likely to be placed. At the same time, the window of time left for a high-speed assault to counterattack is also very short. Arthur felt that this was the safest, but of course the attack effect might be greatly reduced, because his attack time would be much less. In order to achieve the maximum surprise effect in a short time, Arthur and his plane were hung with a full 12 rockets and two 500-pound aerial bombs. According to Arthur's idea, all the rockets and bombs were thrown out in the first assault. In any case, you can always hit some targets, right?

Now Arthur's fleet has flown over the woods, and now his altitude is 3000 meters, at which small-caliber anti-aircraft guns pose little threat to him, so the opponent, of course, will not open fire blindly. The entire target area was silent, and there was no movement.

"Start attacking!" Arthur gave the command, then made a roll and took the lead into the dive. At this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Right below in the woods, centered on certain points, the surrounding trees quickly fell in the direction of the radiation. From the air, it looks like lotus flowers slowly opening their petals, revealing their stamens - several quadruple Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns!

"Damn, you're in the trap!" Blood rushed to Arthur's head, he knew too well how powerful the quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft guns were. This guy has a high rate of fire, good ballistics, high accuracy and great power. If you want to rank the anti-aircraft guns that appeared in World War II, the best large-caliber anti-aircraft guns are, of course, the 127-mm anti-aircraft guns with radio fuses of the US army; And the best small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns are undoubtedly the Bofors 40-mm anti-aircraft guns. Because of its performance, you can see it in both the Allied and Axis powers, whether it's the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, or Germany and Italy. In the South Pacific, he saw more than once that a single salvo of this thing could directly smash a Japanese plane to pieces. Although his P-47 has been modified and is much stronger than the original, it will not be able to hold up if it is hit by the Bofors 40 anti-aircraft gun.

Almost completely subordinate, Arthur threw all the rockets and bombs out to lighten the plane. At the same time quickly made a downward barrel roll and a low-altitude leveling. The sequence of movements was so decisive and swift that Arthur was sure that none of the anti-aircraft guns would hit him in the process.

He leveled the plane less than 50 meters from the treetops, and at this altitude, the range of fire that the anti-aircraft guns had just gained by bringing down all the trees around him was no longer enough, so Arthur was safe again. But Arthur's companions didn't react so quickly, and now that the 8 Bofors anti-aircraft guns below had begun to fire, looking up and seeing his companions hanging heavy ammunition and trying to dodge, Arthur knew that they were afraid that they would be more than lucky.

"Drop the ammo! Rush to the super low altitude! Arthur shouted over the radio.

As a result, several planes began to hurriedly drop their ammunition and dodge into the ultra-low-altitude airspace......

……

To say that the efficiency of the 'Reverse Cross' is much higher now than when it was first built, and that afternoon, Arthur's results were read out. According to the records of the camera gun, the result of the reading was that in just a few tens of seconds after falling into the trap, Arthur and his team lost 4 of the 6 planes. With the exception of Arthur and Toldo, all other planes were judged to have been shot down! And Arthur and Toldo threw away all the external ammunition when they were dodging the fire of the anti-aircraft guns, so their attack ability was also greatly reduced, and the attack mission naturally could not be completed.

Although Arthur's team suffered a big defeat in this exam, Arthur was not too upset, first, he was abused in the first small test of "Reverse Cross", isn't it a normal thing? If you can't even abuse the students, then why do you have to "reverse the cross"? Second, even if the "Reverse Cross" set such a trap, even if he fell into the trap, he not only escaped unscathed, but also brought out Toldo, who was following him. If he hadn't fallen into such a trap, Toldo would probably have died. So, he's proud. What the? You say, he was the one who led his brothers into the trap? This one...... This is really not to blame Arthur for being incompetent, it's because the gang of "Reverse Cross" guys are too cunning!

However, to Arthur's surprise, Arthur was still severely criticized.

"Any idea why you fell into the trap?" The instructor in charge of summarizing the summary said something like this, "Because everyone knows that you will choose the least risky route, and in order to reduce the risk, you don't care if you can hit the target or not!" ”

"This is slander!" Arthur was furious.

"In fact, if you have enough spirit to attack, you are not incapable of fighting back after being ambushed." The instructor said coldly, "You still have two planes and four 37-mm guns." It may be too risky to use it for assault on a predetermined target, and it is not worth it. But what about those eight 40 anti-aircraft guns exposed in the woods? Their range of fire is severely limited. You have every chance to knock them all out. But what about you? Just leave! ”