In the French war, the HS129 has already shown its edge, it has armor protection, can not be afraid of the threat of anti-aircraft fire on the ground, and dive bombing or strafing, can bring heavy casualties on the ground.

Therefore, this aircraft has become a hit, which makes the Air Force very satisfied, but unfortunately, the Air Force still can't find a suitable high-horsepower engine to replace.

After all, for the Air Force, the first thing to ensure is the production of air supremacy fighters, and the second is bombers, so only the original engine can be used, which leads to its poor maneuverability and insufficient number of shells to carry.

After the victory over France, a suitable engine was finally found from France, and after the rearmament, the maneuverability of the HS129 was finally greatly improved, and at the same time, the cannon in the belly could also carry more shells!

How many?

100 rounds of 40-mm armor-piercing incendiary shells! This aircraft is a special tank opener!

Now, when the British tank forces below were spotted, the HS129 fleet swooped down from the sky.

The British tank crews are brave, they are ready to deal with the German Panther tanks that may appear at any time, they are also ready to sacrifice, even if it is three for one, they are worth it!

However, they absolutely did not expect that the first thing they encountered was actually the attack aircraft of the Germans!

The initial Sherman tanks had no anti-aircraft firepower, no anti-aircraft machine guns, and no protection.

If they had come out a little later, they would have been able to hide in the mountains and forests behind, but now, they were bare!

Chloe, the commander of the 7th Panzer Regiment, was the first to spot the German plane overhead, and at this moment, he was faced with a difficult choice.

What to do, what to do?

"Rush, keep rushing, rush to the opposite position!" Chloe shouted loudly over the radio.

At this time, he was not in the turret, half of his body was exposed, just like riding in an open-top car, with an omnidirectional field of vision, which is why he was the first to spot German planes!

As long as you rush to the opposite position, the other side will not dare to open fire in order to prevent accidental hits, this is the only way!

At this moment, his ears were attracted by the increasingly sharp Doppler sound, and an HS129 was diving towards him!

Fight the one who is not afraid of death first!

In the air, with the outstanding eyesight of the pilot, Captain Webb had already seen the special tank on the ground, and the other party actually showed half of his body outside, wearing headphones and holding a microphone in his hand, looking chic, but in fact very stupid.

So Webb swooped down, his fuselage shaking with excitement, and he steadied his lever and the aiming ring firmly lassoed the tank on the ground.

The speed of the dive became faster and the distance became smaller and smaller, and it was only at a height of three hundred meters that Captain Webb pressed the trigger.

"Tom tom!" Don't be stingy with shells, he directly fired a three-point shot, three shells, flew out of the muzzle one after another, and at the same time, he pulled the lever back, opened the throttle wide, and in the roar of the engine, the fighter easily pulled up!

With a new engine, the performance of this aircraft has been completely changed!

Just as he was climbing, he flipped over and looked down.

The 40-mm shell hit the underneath accurately, the first, hit the exposed guy, and in an instant, his body exploded, the flesh splattered, and the whole tank turned blood red, the second, drilled through the turret, and the third, hit the engine in the back.

The fire spread, and the whole tank, blazing!

The regiment commander died in this way, and on the tank on the side, the deputy regiment commander James watched the regiment commander's tank being blown up, looked at the raging fire, and looked at the black smoke rolling into the sky, and he suddenly came to his senses.

Deal with the plane overhead, you can use smoke!

In fact, smoke has been used in ancient wars, and smoke was used as a warning in the early days, and then it was discovered that smoke can also conceal its whereabouts.

In later generations, all tank turrets had smoke generators on both sides, and during World War II, many tanks also had this kind of thing, such as the historical Tiger, which was available on both sides of the turret, and the Matilda tank, which also had this kind of thing.

However, the Sherman has not yet, at least not for now this batch of Sherman tanks that the United States has come to the aid of the British!

How do you put smoke out of the absence of a smoke generator?

"Quick, turn off, restart the engine, release the black smoke!" It was the only way for James to do it.

Later generations pay attention to environmental protection, and the engine cannot emit black smoke, but in this era, it is not normal for the engine not to emit black smoke, such as the star engine behind the current Sherman tank, when it starts, it is a big black smoke!

James's order, radioed, was passed to every tank, and although it was a somewhat peculiar order, they did so.

Anyway, relying on inertia, the tank can still run forward, and with the outstanding power system, this tank can also soar to more than 30 kilometers per hour, change neutral, turn off, and then restart!

The roar of the tail disappeared, and then, the electric current stimulated the motor, and the engine in the tail trembled, and puffs of black smoke kept rising outward!

It has nine cylinders, and in the process of starting, not all cylinders can be started well, many times, one or two start first, and then drive the others.

This start-up process can even take up to a minute, and during this minute, black smoke is constantly emitting outward.

The engine was trembling and emitting black smoke, this scene was quite spectacular, and the tank at this time was still running forward by inertia, so that a black smoke was pulled out.

Now it is a westerly wind, and they are attacking westward.

Therefore, the leading tanks were still exposed, but they managed to fill the tank units behind them with black smoke!

When hundreds of tanks emitted black smoke together, the scene was extremely spectacular.

The pilots of the HS129 attack aircraft in the sky couldn't help but scold the Britishmen below for being shameless, when there was smoke below, their attacks were meaningless, the cannons had to hit accurately, and now, they couldn't see it.

"Attack the front! Inside the smoke give it to Stuka! Undeterred, Captain Webb shouted over the radio and swooped down.

Anyway, the Stuka bombers were carrying bombs, so simply let them cover them with bombs.