When the tarpaulin on the last truck was uncovered, everyone looked at the big guy in the truck in amazement.

"This ...... Isn't this the fuselage of "Aunt Juncker"? Wolf recognized the truck's cargo at a glance at the familiar corrugated skin and square cross-section.

"yes, isn't this ju52? General, is the third toy you are talking about her? ”

"This is a transport plane, how can we who fly fighter jets be addicted to this kind of thing?"

"Don't scream, the general naturally has his ideas, you just listen to it, but it's really strange."

"yes, maybe it's a new weapon, but it looks like "Aunt Juncker". The pilots also began to babble.

Xu Jun looked at the pilots with a smile, and when everyone was almost talking, Xu Jun coughed a few times. Everyone immediately closed their mouths and looked at Xu Jun with wide eyes. All the pilots were waiting for Xu Jun to surprise or frighten them again, anyway, after the first two times, they were also used to the commander's endless tricks.

"Everyone's seen the third toy I gave you, haha, do you recognize what it is?" Xu Jun's tone was thiefy, like coaxing a child in a kindergarten.

"It's a JU52 transport plane." The pilots replied.

"Haha, everyone has recognized it, but what everyone said is a little wrong, this is the fuselage part of a JU52." Xu Jun still looked at the pilots with a smile on his face. "I'm going to have some of you fly her to fight the British in an air raid tomorrow afternoon."

As soon as Xu Jun's words were finished, the pilots below exploded like a pot of oil dripping into a drop of water.

"What! Fight the British with this kind of thing? No way. ”

"Oh God, I still want to live, I don't even have a machine gun on this thing, do you want me to smash the British with my boots?"

"Haha, it might be more useful with your socks. Rabbi. ”

"Isn't this thing a target plane after it goes to the sky, is the general going to use her to attract the firepower of the British? That's a good idea, too. ”

"yes, that's a good idea, you go for it!"

"It can't be a joke, it doesn't even have wings."

"I don't want to fly her with wings, this thing doesn't even dive as fast as my Stuka when it's flying flat."

Xu Jun shook his head as he looked at the chaotic pilots below. Suddenly, all the voices disappeared all at once, and all the pilots closed their mouths and sat there one by one with their chests straight, looking at Xu Jun without squinting. They found that they were too unorthodox in front of them, and they even shouted in front of the general, and now the general seemed a little dissatisfied. They were afraid that they would be transferred by Xu Jun to fly this kind of plane because of their previous behavior, and it would be really miserable at that time, and they all desperately prayed in their hearts that they would not be picked.

Xu Jun was also taken aback by the sudden change in the pilots, what the hell happened to these guys? As he spoke, he suddenly stopped the car and didn't even say hello. No matter, since it has calmed down, I will continue to explain to them this great invention of mine.

"Well, now I want to ask you a question, how do you usually come to destroy small water targets." Xu Jun pointed to a pilot in the front row.

"Second Lieutenant, you're here to answer my question."

The pilot stood up.

"It depends on how big the boat is, if it's a small fishing boat, our fighters can attack with bombs or cannons, and several attacks in a row may be successful. It would be much easier if it were their Stuka, and the average boat they could sink with a single dive bombardment. ”

"Good, but what if those boats are armed and there are enemy planes covering them?" Xu Jun then asked.

"If we have more numbers, we can divide half of them into entanglement with enemy aircraft, and use the rest of the cannons to attack outside the range of enemy ships, but the effect may not be very good. Due to the presence of enemy aircraft overhead, Stuka was unable to reach the attack position safely. ”

"Very well, second lieutenant, sit down."

The questions Xu Jun asked made those pilots even more confused, what does this have to do with ju52, she is not a bomber, they still looked at Xu Jun with a puzzled expression.

"Gentlemen, that's why I'm going to use this aircraft. According to the information we have now, the enemy has prepared a large number of small ships across the Strait of Dover. These ships were prepared for the transfer of soldiers stranded in shallow waters and on beaches to large transport ships or warships. When the time comes, as soon as the enemy's retreat begins, they will first send these small ships into the harbor to pick up people.

Now we find that we have not yet found an effective way to deal with these small boats, they are all river boats, yachts, motorboats, sampans, fishing boats. These targets are too small for the bombing of our bombers to hurt them.

Although dive bombing can sink them, there are too many of them, and the bomb load of dive bombers is well known, and each of them can sink up to two or three enemy ships, but according to our intelligence, there will be hundreds of these small ships participating in their operations at that time. Besides, there were those RAF planes in the sky covering these small boats, and those small boats themselves were lightly armed, so I gave up on this option, because a forced attack might bring unnecessary losses to the dive bomber troops.

Not to mention the fighters, your mission is to destroy the enemy planes over Dunkerke, and the rest must be put aside. Because your cannon shells are also limited, you need to use them where they are most critical. So I can't use you against those boats.

The Army's long-range artillery could indeed cover that area, but when the time came, they had more important targets to destroy, and they couldn't take care of the boats.

As a result, we really don't have a weapon that can effectively deal with this situation. Are we going to watch those little boats get those British people out under our noses? ”

"Of course not!" The pilots shouted. "We're not going to let a single Englishman and a British ship run away anyway."

"So what's the solution?" Xu Jun asked with a smile.

"I think the general has already thought of a way, is that plane a weapon against those small boats? Your Excellency, General. Wolf jumped out again and asked.

"Hahaha, my combat officer, you're still so impatient. Haha, but this time you guessed it, this is indeed my secret weapon for destroying those boats. Now let me have the pleasure of showing you the Super Junkers that I have prepared for you. I call it an aerial fire platform, and you can also call it an "aerial gunboat". ”

As Xu Jun's words fell, the Junkers 52 square cabin door was opened, and a twin 20-millimeter machine gun stretched out behind the cabin door, and the black barrel was straight at the group of pilots, and the group of pilots were shocked to open their mouths and couldn't speak.

"This ...... This...... This ......," Wolf pointed to the cannon and looked at Xu Jun in surprise.

"What is this, my combat officer. Hahahaha. You didn't expect it. What about the firepower of this transport plane after it was modified by the Junkers factory according to my requirements? If you don't think that's enough. ”

Xu Jun snapped his fingers in a dashing manner. "Plus that's enough." I saw a fast guard on the front fuselage pop open. A quadruple of MG34 appeared in the hole.

"Well, everyone is happy with this toy. This is a sample, and right now, engineers at the Junkers plant are already working on fifty JU52s, and I'm sure you'll be able to see these special planes tomorrow. In order to deal with the large number of small ships of the British, I specially designed this improvement.

As you can see now, the firepower of this transport aircraft has surpassed that of ordinary fighters. The Type 30 20mm guns have been modified to reduce their weight, and now each gun has been reduced from more than 300 kg to 215 kg, and the MG34 has also reduced the gun carriage accordingly. They can smash any target within their range in less than ten seconds.

And that's not even the most powerful. Its main power lies in the fact that it can be loaded with a sufficient amount of ammunition to keep its fire power alive, and its ammunition can guarantee that these weapons will continue to attack for half an hour. So when it swept the sea with a continuous storm of white phosphorus and armor-piercing shells, it was believed that no small boat would survive its attack.

And the sluggish speed of the Ju52 makes it one of the best weapon platforms available. The shooters could aim at their targets on the plane, and then steadily pour countless ammunition on the heads of the British. Moreover, the range of our weapons is also longer than that of the British machine guns, so we can take out those small boats one by one like targets outside the range of the enemy.

Moreover, the tactics of this aircraft are also very simple, as long as the plane flies around the target, the weapon on the side of the fuselage will find and attack the target under the archer cāo, and tear the British to shreds without any effort. ”

After listening to Xu Jun's words, the eyes of those pilots lit up. That's a really good thing, flying gunboats, amazing! No one had thought of this before, this kind of thing would be a nightmare for infantry if it was used against enemy ground targets such as infantry swarms. Our commander is truly a demon, and even the transport plane becomes a terrifying weapon in his hands. But it seems that it will be really enjoyable, it is really a soldier's dream to destroy the enemy with this continuous and fierce firepower, and I really want to come to Cāo in person, and when the time comes, I can also brag to others that I have driven only fifty aerial gunboats in the whole of Germany.

The pilots held their chests higher, and their eyes all showed the same meaning, "What's the matter, I'm so spirited, of course I'm the number one candidate to fly this fierce new plane, don't look at others, choose me." ”

Suddenly, one of the pilots raised his hand and asked a question. "General, I wonder how well this aircraft is protected, what will happen if it is attacked by enemy fighters?"

Hearing this, the other pilots were stunned. That's right, the firepower of this kind of plane is fierce, but the other party is not stupid, they will also shoot back, if the light fire is fierce but the protection is poor, it is not a target with a powerful weapon. They all pricked up their ears and listened to Xu Jun's answer.

"What's this......" Xu Jun replied with a smile.

"The protection has indeed been strengthened, and even the fuselage girders have been reinforced in order to withstand the recoil of the weapon's shot. The engine and other vital parts are equipped with light armor to resist small arms fire. But due to the increase in the weight of the fuselage, its speed has slowed down, even after it has been replaced with a more powerful engine. In the event of an attack by an enemy fighter, there was no self-defense other than the machine gun on the back, and unless the British plane attacked from the side with the cannon mounted, it was inevitable that it would be shot down. ”

"Huh? How so, didn't you say that there are still enemy fighters covering their boats there? Didn't we fly this kind of plane to death? The pilots started talking again.

"Of course it's not to die, you listen to me." Xu Jun waved his hand to silence the pilots.

"Such an aircraft must not perform a mission alone. Unless air supremacy there is in our hands. So in the event of a sortie from these aircraft, our fighters will protect them in the future. I'm sure our fighters will be able to entangle the British, especially since I've equipped you with those shells. ”

The fighter pilots below nodded firmly, believing that none of the British fighters could fly past their lines to attack the gunboats.

"Very well, so what other enemy fighter threats are you worried about? Even if an enemy fighter breaks through the interception of our fighters and rushes to a low altitude to attack you, you can immediately fly towards the position controlled by our German Army. I've put in place a lot of anti-aircraft fire, enough to cover your retreat. Another point is that if you run out of shells, you can immediately fly to a nearby German field airfield to replenish them. You can rest assured that your ammunition has been delivered to those airports.

Finally, you should only target the enemy's small ships, and do not attempt to attack those large destroyers or other warships, the British Navy's anti-aircraft artillery fire is not something that can be carried by such thin armor, and I will make other arrangements for the attack on those large ships at that time. ”

"Oh, I see, General, you really gave us another wonderful toy, but who are you going to let drive it?" Wolf asked.

All the pilots pricked up their ears, and this time the combat officer finally got the question to the point. The light fighter pilots knew that they were out of chance, and the general had already said that the task of the fighter unit was to destroy the British air force and cover the attack of the enemy boats by the aerial gunboats, but they still wanted to know which force the general would choose to carry such planes.

"I wanted to pick some of the dive bomber pilots to fly it. Because dive bombers are not very useful for the first two days of operation, and you have been trained to fly such transport planes, you should be able to do the job. Gunner: I'll look for it from the air defense forces of the base. However, if the fighter pilot is interested, he can also sign up to fly this kind of aircraft, and then he can sign up with Colonel Wolf. Still have questions? ”

"No, General."

"Well, then, you can now begin to prepare for battle, and at three o'clock in the afternoon you will attack Dunker as the first strike group. Now you can go back to the mission room for meetings! Xu Jun saluted the pilots.

"Stand up! Salute! Wolf commanded loudly. The pilots all stood up in neat order and saluted.

"Now let's go back to the mission room, don't forget to bring your chairs." With Wolff's order, the pilots began to walk towards the mission room with chairs in twos and threes, discussing loudly over Xu Jun's three toys along the way.

"Hans." Xu Jun said to Hans on the side: "What do you think of these pilots? ”

"Great pilot, great, General."

"I think so too. Hopefully I'll be able to see these brave lads again after this campaign. ”

"Yes, General. Definitely. ”

"Hans!"

"Yes, General."

"Let's go back, I'll drive this time."

"Okay, General."

"Yes, Hans."

"What's the matter, General."

"Where's the first gear for this car?"

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