Chapter 692: The Bomber's Nightmare
Ahead, the characteristic rumbling sound of the opponent's bomber could already be heard, and at this time, the opponent still did not know anything.
If it was daytime, the other side might have spotted the fighter jets following behind, but now, it was pitch black.
The darkness provided good cover and made the British think that they were well concealed, they did not know at all, and their every move, they were watched by the Germans.
At the same time, the Blenheim bomber was just a medium bomber with a crew of three, with a pilot above the nose, a bombardier below, and a man in the turret behind the plane.
They can see their upper and front hemispheres, but from the bottom of the back, it's a completely blind spot.
So, as the German night fighters approached, the British were unaware of it, and at this time, they were making a final alignment, hoping that they would succeed in discovering Paris and then bombing it.
The bombing of civilians was forbidden in the Geneva Conventions, but Germany had broken this rule, so why should Britain abide by such a damn binding convention when Germany could bomb London, the capital of the United Kingdom, regardless of civilian casualties?
Bomb Paris!
If there were infrared imaging night vision devices in this era, you could see such a scene, above, the British bombers, and directly below the bombers, the German skilled pilots, had drilled into their abdomen.
Yes, the German pilots, by sight, in the event of a collision at any moment, got under them!
One fighter after another, all ready.
"Start the oblique music system." Werner shouted loudly.
The button was pressed, and in the middle of the fuselage of the HE219 night fighter, a device suddenly rose.
From the outside, you can only see two heel barrels, very thick, it is a 30mm MK108 cannon!
These two cannons, arranged diagonally upwards at a 65-degree angle, each equipped with 100 rounds of ammunition, are also specially tailored to the enemy's bomber forces!
You know, the contest between bombers and fighters has always existed, especially in the late stage of World War II, when there was a huge cargo like the B-29, it was simply a flying fortress in the air, which could shoot in almost all directions, and it was difficult to attack from the side and from above.
However, no matter what kind of plane, there is always a shooting blind spot underneath. You know, it is difficult to deploy one lower turret, and it is even more impossible to arrange several.
As now, the bombers of the British, with almost nothing in their belly, were completely the most vulnerable places.
Therefore, at the suggestion of Ciric, German technicians developed this oblique music system that is specially aimed at the opponent's belly! They used a 30mm cannon directly! You know, this kind of cannon can even penetrate the top cover of the tank, even if the opponent's bomber has armor protection, it will completely bomb the opponent!
Now, it's the first time you've used the system!
"Attention, the countdown is about to be counted, ready to fire and slow down the sideways." Werner continued to give orders over the radio.
"Three, two, one, fire!"
Fire!
The moment the order was given, each captain pressed his finger the red button of the operating stick.
"Tom tom!" 30mm shells poured out of the oblique music system on the back of the plane, and directly hit the fragile belly of the British bomber above!
Ten night fighters, aiming at ten targets, at this time, they fired together, and the dark night sky was lit up in an instant!
It was only then that the British found out that they had been attacked!
What's going on? Hord nervously looked out of his porthole, and from here, he happened to see a bomber on his right, turning into a fireball in the air!
Raids, there were fighter raids from the Germans! At this moment, he immediately understood.
If it is anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, in the absence of searchlights, it will not be accurate at all, and now, the opponent is hitting accurately and very, it must be fighters!
Damn, how did the other party find out?
His train of thought ended here, and almost at the same time, there was a huge noise on his fuselage, and a heat wave swept over from the middle of the fuselage!
The 30mm cannon directly hit the British fighter jet and exploded in the air!
The sky bloomed with brilliant fireworks, and this scene was extremely exciting.
It's a pity that no one in the night fighter units at this time paid attention to such a sight, for them, danger was just coming.
Attacking from the belly, this is what they are best at, with the highest success rate, after all, it is not the belly, or the rear, if you attack from the rear, the opponent's projection area is small, and once you miss, the opponent will definitely make a move to get rid of.
And attacking under the belly of the plane is definitely a nirvana.
However, when the opponent is blown up, the attacking fighter is in considerable danger.
The downed bomber must have fallen downward, so if the fighters below did not make a change in time, they would have been smashed down!
Almost at the same time as the fire was fired, the pilot began a skillful maneuver to get rid of.
Push the throttle of the engine to the front, the slowest position, the speed of the aircraft, as it decreases, follow, press the lever, push the rudder, and the fighter begins to turn sideways to the right.
Can't dive, after many drills, they feel that the dive is more dangerous, in case the enemy's bomber falls, the dive can't get rid of, what's even more terrible is that because it's night, you can't see the ground visually, if you don't pay attention to the instrument, maybe you will dive directly to the ground!
The performance of the aircraft is not taken into account, and the HE219 attaches too much importance to high-speed performance, resulting in its lack of steering ability, even if the area of the vertical tail rudder surface is doubled, it still has the defect of understeer.
Like now.
A bomber turned into a fireball and fell downward, and below it, the HE219 fighter jet, was rolling rapidly.
Even so, it fell so fast that it almost brushed off with the bomber's fireball before it got out.
The pilot's face turned a little pale, just now, he was a little in love, he was supposed to get rid of it at the same time as he fired, but he had to wait for two seconds and shoot dozens of 30-mm shells to get rid of, just like that, almost died!
Fireballs in the sky shone one brightly, and the remaining British bombers were in a hurry.
"Quick, quick, drop the bomb!" A captain said anxiously, now, there are explosions all around, their bomber force is definitely going to be finished, this is an ambush!
Only by dropping the bomb and reducing the weight will they be able to escape.
The bombardier in front was also in a hurry, no matter what was below, opening the bomb bay and letting the bomb fall in one go.
Drive at full speed and run back!