readx;?“ Next we will pass over London, the fleet is preparing to climb to 10,000 meters, and the crews are prepared to prevent frostbite. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The huge fleet of B-17s was approaching London by this time, but their bombing target was not London, but farther away was Birmingham, where there was a near-intact RAF airfield.

The benefits of the B-17 paired with elite pilots who were familiar with the British's various anti-aircraft weapons were on display, and the B-17's flight altitude of more than 10,000 meters could not pose a threat to even the British's most advanced 3.7-inch 94mm anti-aircraft guns.

Although the British Hurricane and Spitfire could reach this height, they could not take off and cross London under the intense fire of their own air defense forces, a task that had always been very dangerous for the Luftwaffe, and with the B-17, it seemed so simple.

The pilot aircraft calculated the time for the group to climb according to the information obtained before, but this time, it was obvious that the pilot plane made a mistake, and the British piled all their 3.7-inch 94mm anti-aircraft guns in front of London, and the group had just begun to make a climb maneuver when it encountered an overwhelming fire attack.

Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang ~

Black clouds spread out in the air, and the shock wave from the explosion of the artillery shells shook each plane, and the fragments formed by the explosion damaged more than a dozen B-17 bombers in just half a minute.

If it weren't for the fact that the B-17 was too durable, I'm afraid it would have fallen apart a long time ago.

Kahn's KG53604 bomber was no exception, the terrifying lethality of the 94mm anti-aircraft gun knocked off half of his vertical tail, the horizontal tail was also mutilated, and the tail machine gunner Sippel was seriously wounded, and several small holes were pierced in the belly, and the cold wind poured into it.

Due to the severe damage to the tail and the rapid decline in the maneuverability of the entire aircraft, Karn restlessly pulled the lever back with great force, hoping to pull the plane up as quickly as possible, away from the death ban. area of general airspace of 8000-9000 meters.

However, his efforts were always ineffective, and the plane climbed very, very slowly, almost unbearably!

"Hard, hurry, let's work hard!"

"I'm struggling! Come on! We can! ”

Co-pilot Otto Kittel, as the only fighter pilot student in the KG53604 crew, was already sweating at this time, his dream was to become a fighter pilot, and he was even infinitely close to realizing his dream, but now, he accidentally became the first officer of the B-17 bomber.

Rumble~~

There was a violent explosion, followed by a violent vibration of the entire plane!

"What's going on!"

"Captain, the right wing was hit, in the middle of the two engines!"

"Cut off the oil circuit, cut the oil circuit quickly! Lyman goes to rescue fuel, the sooner the better! ”

The B-17's fuel tanks were spread across two wings, and a direct hit to the wing meant that there was a high risk of a fire and explosion, and the first task Kahn could take now was to cut off the fuel supply to the right wing to prevent a fire and explosion, and then quickly order someone to divert the fuel to minimize the damage.

But as the so-called house leak happened to rain overnight, the disaster continued!

As the fragment pierced the middle of the two engines of the right wing, the weight of the outer engine was constantly pressing the tear, and at the same time, the strong wind generated by the flight was also pouring into the wing through the tear, and in an instant, the tear became bigger and bigger.

"Captain, the wings can't stand it, we must respond immediately, either slow down or abandon the plane and parachute!"

Kittel looked at the right wing that was obviously starting to deform, and his heart was very nervous, this was his first actual combat mission, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing.

"KG53604, I ask you to quickly withdraw from the formation and return home, quickly exit the formation and return home, reduce the speed to the minimum, and don't continue to pull up."

The pilot's command was delivered directly to the ears of Captain Karn, who knew that he was going to decide the lives of the entire crew of 10 people next!

"Everyone has their parachutes on their backs, the bombardiers are looking for their targets and dropping all the bombs, and we are ready to return."

Kahn's choice was too difficult, he could get out of the range of the anti-aircraft guns if he continued to climb, but the wings would definitely be torn off, so the plane could only crash, but if he didn't continue to climb, at this altitude, they would have to be hit by the British anti-aircraft fire all the time, and basically they would not escape the fate of crashing.

After receiving the order of the captain, the bombardier quickly opened the hatch of the bomb dropping bay, and then the whole person lay on the scope, and gently opened the safety of the bomb dropper with his right hand, he was making a final effort, he hoped to do everything possible to drop the bomb on a worthy target!

Suddenly, a tower-like building appeared in his field of vision, although he didn't know what this building was, but since it could appear in London, it would definitely be a very symbolic target, and it was decided, just blow up this thing!

"Hurry up, there are no bombs, I'm going back!"

The plane was shaking violently, and the fragments kept hitting the fuselage of the plane, and the whole plane was already riddled with holes.

"This is your chance!"

The bombardier quickly pressed the bomb drop button, and a full eight tons of aerial bombs slid out of the belly of the plane one after another, rushing straight to the target!

The bombardier watched from the scope as he dropped bombs burst into golden flowers on the ground one after another, the shock wave was clearly discernible, and at least two bombs hit the tower-like building directly, but he did not see the bombs that hit the tower-shaped building explode, and the building did not collapse......

Bang~~~

The plane was still shaking, and the fuselage kept making noises, which was the sound of the plane being hit by fragments!

Suddenly, just as Kahn was piloting the plane and preparing to turn back, an anti-aircraft shell exploded in the nose without warning, and the fragments directly pierced the glass of the cockpit, cutting off almost half of Karn's shoulder!

"Oh no! Come on, come on! ”

Kittel anxiously called out to the rest of the crew to come and help, watching Kahn dying beside him, but he couldn't help at all, now, he had to take over the plane, he had to return to Germany with the people on board, and now it had become Kittel's mission!

"Everyone should be safe, and they will be ready to abandon the plane and parachute at any time, but I will do everything possible to bring everyone back safely."

Kittel is making a final effort, the condition of the plane is very unoptimistic, because this is the first battle of a brand new bomber, so no one knows what the protective performance of this bomber is, Kittel can only rely on his own feelings to determine whether the plane can continue to fly, whether it needs to abandon the plane and parachute! (To be continued.) )