Clarke?? Gable struggled to control his machine gun and fired at the enemy planes that were coming down. But the speed of the enemy aircraft was so fast that the speed of the machine guns was no longer enough, and the bullets fell behind the enemy.

"Damn, these guys are too fast!" He complained.

It's not just Clark who complains that this damn German plane is too fast?? Gable one, and even more than the Americans, some German pilots were complaining that it was too fast to control. For example, Frank, just now he was trying to aim at a B-17 and wanted to hit it directly. However, the main control surface of this aircraft is all on the tail fin, which causes it to not respond well, and as a result, Frank fails to aim at the target, and as a result, his plane rushes past the target, and he temporarily loses the opportunity to engrave his name on the memorial to the fallen soldier.

After missing the first target, Frank sees the second target. But the damn plane was so fast that before he could turn its nose to the target, it rushed over again.

After missing several targets in a row, Frank found himself out of the air phalanx of American bombers. He was tempted to turn around and hit again, but by this time he found that his plane had already run out of fuel, and that it was difficult for him to turn the plane from dive to climb because the control wing surface was too small. Even because of the attack when trying to attack the enemy plane just now, the dive angle was too large and the speed was too high. At such a high speed, the compression effect of the wing surface {1 + 1 {read} novel ybdu greatly reduced the efficiency of controlling the wing surface, and it was difficult for him to even flatten the plane.

Although he was a rookie, Frank also knew that his situation was extremely dangerous: his plane was already traveling at nearly 850 kilometers per hour. Continue to dive like this, and it won't take long for it to hit its head straight on the ground.

Frank stared at the altimeter, 4,000 meters, 3,500 meters, 3,000 meters, 3,000 meters...... He was going to detonate the explosive bolts at an altitude of 1,400 meters to blow the plane off the connection in the middle of the fuselage, allowing the rear fuselage with the engine to land safely on the ground by a self-opening parachute.

By the time the altitude dropped to 2,500 meters, the speed of the plane had risen to 1,100 kilometers per hour, and the plane began to tremble violently. The plane shook so violently that Frank couldn't even reach his finger to the start button of the exploding bolt. In the violent shaking, the left wing of the plane first broke, and then the entire fuselage disintegrated.

Due to the lack of aerodynamic research, this time, Frank, who finally succeeded in carving his name on the memorial (if there is such a thing), did not know that the violent vibration he encountered was called "sound barrier".

The so-called "sonicbarrier" refers to the physical phenomenon that when the speed of an object (usually an aerospace) approaches the speed of sound, it will gradually catch up with the sound waves emitted by itself. As a result of the continuous superposition and accumulation of sound waves, shockwaves are generated, which in turn hinders the acceleration of the aircraft.

On the one hand, the violent shock wave will damage some structures of the aircraft (especially the wings), on the other hand, when the flying object is about to fly close to Mach 1 (speed of sound unit), the air rushing in front of it cannot be dispersed through the fuselage as usual, so the gas is accumulated around the flying body, generating great pressure, and will also trigger an invisible air vortex, commonly known as the "death vortex", which is also called the sound barrier, if the fuselage is not specially reinforced, it will also be instantly smashed into pieces. That's why Frank's plane would suddenly disintegrate in the air.

It's not just one pilot who has suffered a Frankian doom. In addition to him, three pilots suffered the same tragedy as Frank because the dive angle was too high, which led to too high speed.

In general, this virgin attack of the SS aviation was not particularly successful. A total of 24 aircraft sorties, and in the ascent section due to mechanical accidents, the first four were lost. Then, in the attack, 5 more aircraft were killed in the collision with 4 enemy aircraft (one aircraft knocked off one of the tail fins of the enemy aircraft, but the enemy aircraft did not crash as a result). Then four more planes disintegrated in mid-air because the dive angle was too large to pull up. Of the remaining 11 aircraft, one was lost due to a malfunction while using the explosive bolt. In the end, only 10 of the 24 lads at the time of departure made it back alive.

After paying such a price, they also shot down only two B-17s during the rocket attack phase, plus the four that were later knocked down by ramming. Their final result was 6 enemy bombers.

This result was not ideal, especially when attacking unescorted bombers. If this unit belongs to the Air Force, then the Air Force will definitely be so distressed that its intestines will be broken. But this unit was SS. The fanatical SS never cared about the death of a few rookies.

Of course, after the attack is over, it is indispensable to learn lessons learned. When the day's fighting was over, both sides summed up the battle. Moreover, both sides attach great importance to this battle.

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"In this attack, a group of young heroes emerged from our ranks, whose exemplary deeds are worthy of learning from the people of the whole country. The Führer was deeply moved when he learned about their deeds. He told me that it was these young people who gave him the courage to overcome all difficulties. The Führer asked me to tell you that he believed that with such a valiant warrior, the Third Reich would be victorious. ”

At the summary meeting of the 1st SS Air Force, the Minister of Propaganda Goebbels made an unexpected appearance.

Along with Goebbels appeared the commander of the SS aviation, Hermann?? Goring.

Marshal Göring announced that the Iron Cross would be awarded to those brave men who died with enemy aircraft. Such an honor has made the eyes of some young people red.

After round after round of speeches by the senior leaders, the meeting was able to return to the really important topic -- summing up lessons and lessons.

"Second Lieutenant Husserl, you participated in this operation, what do you think we need to improve on this operation?" Colonel Thomas said.

"Hello Commander! Hello Mr. Minister! Hello sir! Husserl was somewhat flattered to be able to speak in front of such big figures as Goering and Goebbels. He stood up and saluted the high-ranking officials.

"This lad shot down a B-17 with a rocket." Colonel Thomas explained to Goering and Goebbels.

"Good lad!" Goering said, "What a good boy! Don't be nervous, just talk about what you think. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Husserl immediately stood upright and straight.

"There are some other ...... in this attack Some of the problems, for example, are that we are too susceptible to clouds and whatever, and we are prone to getting lost. And also...... There is a problem of insufficient coordination, for example, after liftoff, we were unable to form an overall formation, which led to our failure to form a joint force when attacking, resulting in a decrease in attack efficiency. In addition, there were problems with the line of attack we chose, our dive angle was too large, which also brought unnecessary losses. I think we should improve on these areas in the future. Husserl was a little nervous at first, but then his statement became clear.

"Very good, young man!" Goering praised the boy again, and seemed to admire him.

"How do you think we can solve this problem?"

"Your Excellency, I think we should have a longer training period. Otherwise, these problems will be difficult to solve. ”

"Very good, very good, we'll think about it." Goering replied very sincerely.

……

After the meeting, Goebbels asked Goering: "Do you intend to increase the training time of these pilots?" ”

"How is this possible? With the urgency of the war, how can we waste too much time and supplies on these disposables? However, it is possible to consider using them in good weather if possible. ”

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Almost at the same time, the daily routine meetings of the US military were also taking place. It's just that compared to the lightness of the previous days, the atmosphere of this meeting is a little heavier.

"You have seen the briefing just now. The Germans began to adopt a fundamentally new combat weapon and adopted a new way of fighting. What do you all think? General Doolittle asked after seeing that everyone had put down the materials in their hands.

"General, I'll talk about it first." Li Mei spoke.

"Judging by the information just now, the weapon used by this new aircraft when attacking is rockets, and the higher the density of our aircraft, the greater the threat it is. So I wondered if we could just make the bombers a little bit more spaced apart. This, of course, reduces the ability of the bomber to defend itself in the event of conventional interception. So whether this can be adopted, I also have to listen to General Ron's opinion. In addition, in this attack, it is clear that enemy planes have begun to intercept us en masse. We need to think about how to deal with the enemy's ramming tactics. Finally, there was a technical problem, the enemy aircraft were too fast, and the machine guns could not keep up with the speed of movement. We need a weapon for self-defense that turns faster. ”

Li Mei mentioned Ron in her speech just now, and Ron followed him to speak.

"The distance between the bombers could be stretched a little wider. I am sure that the Germans do not have the ability to launch large-scale conventional interceptions in the near future. At the same time, I agree with General Li May about the new weapons of self-defense. I think that this weapon should have a longer range to accommodate the increased bomber spacing, and the rotation and pitch of this weapon should be electrically actuated to ensure a higher speed of rotation. We should set targets as soon as possible and let the country get this stuff out. ”

"In addition, I noticed the peculiar way of climbing this aircraft, and I had some conjectures about it. Based on these conjectures, I came up with a new escort tactic. It's just that I need more fighters ......"