Chapter 1165: Catapult Parachute Jump (Plus 1)
In the magnificent World War II, there were many singing and crying stories, among which, the most heroic is the Soviet people's ramming tactics, no matter where and when, the Soviets dared to use the ramming method to hit the enemy.
In contrast, there are much fewer in other countries, and as for those kamikaze forces in the island country, most of them are not voluntary, so they can't be counted.
And in this era, Germany also has the same heroes, such as the current German naval pilot Schroeder, his hand pushing the control stick, his body trembling with the bomber's dive, and in his field of vision, the silhouette of the battleship is getting bigger and bigger.
On the battleship, the sailors of the Soviet Navy shot into the sky with their guns in hand, and the opponent nimbly found the blind spot of their own anti-aircraft fire, which only these bolt-action rifles could reach.
Good luck did not come again, and the plane, bravely swooping down on the battleship.
"Schroeder, skydive, skydive now!" In the midst of this rapid dive, Franz's anxious order came over the radio.
After throwing the bombs, Franz climbed high and circled, watching the follow-up attack from a distance beyond the range of the anti-aircraft guns of the opposing warship, waiting for the formation to return.
However, he saw one of his own bombers, and he actually wanted to use ramming tactics, which immediately made him quite anxious and shouted on the radio.
"Don't go against the instructions of Führer Ciric!" Franz's words finally brought Schroeder to his senses.
This fighter is indeed rare, he really wants to have a result, but there is a mechanical failure, rather than parachute into the sea and be rescued when he goes back, it is better to die heroically here, this is his idea at this time.
The pride of being a naval aviation did not allow him to choose the former option.
But now he remembered the instructions of the Führer Ciric.
For Germany, brave soldiers are the pride of the motherland, but they must not be blind, the life of any soldier is precious, and it must not be consumed in vain, especially the experienced naval pilots, it is a rare wealth, and they must not carry out suicide attacks.
At this time, Stuka was still diving down, and Schroeder finally adjusted the attitude of the plane, and then, pulling the tab between his legs hard, and then bringing his legs together.
"Bang!" Under the seat, there was the sound of compressed air, and a huge air current, pushing the entire seat out of the cabin.
At the moment of its movement, the cockpit canopy on the top of the head was thrown off, and the entire seat jumped out quickly, this instantaneous acceleration was difficult for people to bear, and Schroeder, who had good physical fitness, had a feeling of being dizzy.
The ejection seat developed by Germany for its own fighter aircraft was finally used in real combat.
As early as the First World War, airplanes had begun to show their unique role, and air battles were constantly breaking out, and at the same time, in order to survive being shot down, pilots of various aircraft carried parachutes on their backs and could jump out at any time.
However, as the speed of the aircraft increases, it becomes increasingly difficult for pilots to climb out of the cockpit and parachute.
Especially now, many aircraft fly at speeds of more than 500 kilometers per hour, and at this speed, pilots must rely on external forces to evacuate.
If you still climb out as before, then when the pilot goes out, he will be hit by the oncoming strong air current, blow his body back, just blow to the tail of the plane, and then have close contact with the vertical tail, even if he does not cut the pilot in half, it will break the pilot's spine.
This led to the invention of the ejection seat.
Historically, in 1938, the Germans first experimented with ejection seats powered by rubber bands, but did not succeed due to insufficient power. Later, they experimented with compressed air-powered ejection seats, which were successful and became widely used during World War II.
At the same time, the British also began research, only their direction of research was rocket ejection seats, and in 1944 they began this research. After a lot of experiments, the world's first rocket ejection seat was finally successfully created.
Shirek, who crossed over, had long noticed the problem of escape for pilots with the advancement of aircraft technology, so at his suggestion, Germany set up a special institution to conduct research on ejection seats.
Almost as in history, they first used rubber bands as power, found that the power was not enough, and it was impossible to eject at all, and then they used compressed air power, and finally achieved good results, and by now this ejection seat has been installed on all German fighters.
As for the rocket-powered ejection seat, it is the most suitable solution indicated by Ciric, but unfortunately it is very difficult, and it has not been able to break through for several years, until the British problem is solved, and a group of British technical experts joins to make progress.
After the ejection seat is equipped, the biggest problem is training, because the cabin is cramped, and if the pilot does not bring his legs together, his legs will be broken when he goes out. History is because of the poor reliability of the ejection seat, so many veteran pilots would rather drive the plane back than eject to escape.
Now, the German pilots are highly trained and have mastered the steps of ejection and escape quite proficiently, and Schroeder, who is behind his legs, is ejected from his plane with his seat.
At this time, the Stuka bomber was only less than 100 meters away from the battleship October Revolution in the channel, and the Stuka that dived at a large angle was almost vertical, so Schroeder was also ejected almost horizontally.
About fifty meters away from the cockpit, the seat and Schroeder automatically separated, and Schroeder quickly pulled his parachute, almost just after he stretched the parachute, he himself popped and fell into the water.
If it was on the ground, his ejection would be an absolute failure, and if the height above the ground was too low and the angle was not suitable, it would become a tragic ejection.
The sea was cold, and the cold stimulated him, and it was only then that he woke up from the ejection that he had just ejected, and he also saw a scene that he would never forget.
He still got the job done.
The out-of-control Stuka bomber, with bombs under its belly, smashed into the main turret of the October Revolution.
The propeller in the nose first made close contact with the turret, the propeller grazed the turret, and sparks appeared, and then the propeller became bent, and the engine behind it also hit the turret.
The aviation fuel of No. 87 was spilled on the turret, and the entire turret immediately burned, but this was just the beginning.