The targets of the formation attack are actually very close to each other, just to be safe, they will not enter from the same route, so that even if they are intercepted on the way, as long as one formation successfully enters, it is possible to blow up the dam. There were only three bombers left in Wu Linyan's formation, that is to say, all three bombers had to drop their bombs accurately in order for their bombing to succeed, and there was no room for failure.

The first four bombers entered from the upper reaches of the river, so they had to go around to the north first. The next four groups entered from the lower reaches of the river, and they were the first to break away from the formation and turn to the southeast. Wu Linran's group of planes flew directly towards the target, because it was necessary to ensure that the three groups of planes entered the bomb at the same time, so Wu Linchan and the others began to reduce their flight first.

At 6:15, the bomber piloted by Wu Linyan had reached the vicinity of the river. At this time, the forward O5 bomber had reached the sky over the river and turned on the nose of the plane> which accurately determined the bomber's flight altitude and prepared to drop the bomb. Bombers O1 and O9 have also reached the river, and O5 is flying side by side, and all three bombers have already entered the road.

"Hurry up, it's slow, hurry up!"

The degree of O5 is a little slower, and the refueling capacity of the heavy bomber is not the opposite, O1 and O9 because there is no reduction in the middle, so if O5 wants to drop the bomb on the target point, it can only shorten the bomb delivery At that time, the bomber's ground bombing sight has been improved a lot. The bomber does not need to maintain a fixed flight, and the sight is directly linked to the degree table, and the location of the bomb drop point can be calculated according to the actual flight of the bomber. That is, no matter if the bomber is within the range of the bomb drop and drops the bomb at the drop point calculated by the sight. Then the probability of the bomb hitting the target is more than eighty percent.

Just when Wu Linchan and the others were nervously watching the first batch of three bombers, suddenly several pillars of light appeared on the embankment on the opposite riverbank, and just when Wu Linchan judged that it was a searchlight, dozens of flashes appeared on the riverbank, and the anti-aircraft guns of the US army opened fire.

The fighting entered the most critical phase, and the main anti-aircraft guns deployed on the river dams were small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, while large-caliber anti-aircraft guns were deployed on the southwestern bank of the river. Other than that. When dealing with low-altitude bombers, because the angle of turning of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns is limited, and the degree of firing is also limited, their combat effectiveness is not high, but the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns with blazing fire are more powerful when dealing with low-altitude fast-flying bombers.

Wu Linfang, a battle-hardened pilot, also understands this truth, and they can flicker from the muzzle flame of anti-aircraft guns. As well as judging the category of anti-aircraft guns in terms of brightness. If it encounters a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun, the bomber does not even need to make evasive maneuvers. Unless the American anti-aircraft gunners were lucky enough, it was impossible to hit the bombers. On the contrary, the most dangerous is the continuous spraying of artillery shells, even the strongest bomber, as long as the shell hits the motive, the main load-bearing parts, and the cockpit, will not be spared.

Less than five seconds after the U.S. anti-aircraft guns opened fire, the O1 and O9 bombers dropped the bomb first. Immediately, the two bombers changed their bombing routes and quickly withdrew from the battle along the river. The bomber O5 dropped the bomb only about 2 minutes late. At that time, O1 had just turned to the right in its upstream direction, that is, it was going to follow the river and if O5 also turned right, it would be O1|: coming, staggering the altitude and then turning. This is definitely a fatal mistake.

When facing anti-aircraft guns, the bomber had a relatively small bomb area. It is not easy to be concentrated, but when the bomber climbs to the ground. The belly of the aircraft was completely exposed in front of the muzzle of the anti-aircraft gun, and the area of the shell increased considerably, making it an ideal target for the anti-aircraft gun. When the O5 bomber pulled up, at least two pillars of light covered the bomber, and then batches of shells flew over.

Wu Linfang saw that the O5 bomber was hit by a shell and opened in the air: +. It must have been that the fuel tank on the bomber was hit by an anti-aircraft shell with an incendiary agent. The fuel tanks of the "Peng" bomber have the ability to self-seal, that is, if they are only hit by a few holes, there will be no problem, but this structure cannot deal with shells above 2o mm, as long as they are directly hit by shells, not shrapnel, or bullets, then the fuel in the tank may still be ignited. And the captain of the O5 bomber is an old friend of Wu Linyan, this bomber is impossible to fly to the open sea, and the crew members do not even have a chance to escape.

There was no time for Wu Linfang to grieve, just when the O5 bomber was shot; It has followed into the bomb drop course. According to the plan, the interval between the dropping of bombs between the two bombers was one minute. When the O6 entered the bomb drop channel, Wu Linyan drove the O7 bomber and had to make preparations for the bomb drop.

"Check the bomb, put on the insurance!" Wu Linyan gave an order, "Brothers, we will try our best to fly back, but before that, we have to drop the bomb, let the son of a son know how powerful we are, and avenge the old king!" ”

The crew members moved into action, and the bombardier, who was also the gunner of the forward self-defense gun, checked the status of the sight. At the same time, the navigator began to check the state of the bomb. The "Peng" bomber has canceled a special bomb loader, but the navigator is concurrently the navigator, generally when dropping bombs, the navigator has nothing else to do, moreover, the navigator is also the only crew member on the bomber other than the pilot, who does not use self-defense weapons. Soon, the safety on the bomb was lifted, and the navigator also used a special instrument to check the state of the depth fuse on the bomb, and after confirming that there was no problem with the fuse, he reported the situation to the bombardier, that is, the bomb was ready, and the bombardier only needed to open the bomb bay and press the bomb button, and the bomb could be dropped.

The whole inspection took about a minute, at which point the bomb was dropped by the O6 bomb, and the anti-aircraft guns of the American army were evaded, and the bombing of the 1O flew downstream.

The bomb dropped by the O5 bomber hit the dam body of the dam before, because it only exploded when it sank to the surface of the water, so the pilot could only see the explosion

Post. At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and the vision was much better. o5 Boom B; The diameter of the water column produced by the explosion exceeded 2o meters, and it was more than 2oo meters in the air. When Wu Linfang drove the bomber into the bombing channel, the bomb dropped by the O6 bomber also hit> the hit points basically coincided, the water column generated by the first bomb had not completely dissipated from the air, and the water surface had not completely calmed down, and the second bomb exploded under the water.

Wu Linchan didn't have the energy to consider whether the two bombs hit the same position, to be precise, as long as the deviation of the hit point was within 1o meters, they could achieve repeated strikes. All he had to do now was to drop the bombs carried by the bombers and try to hit the target!

The final flight altitude of the bomber is 22 meters, which is the best bomb dropping height to be determined, and the bomber must be controlled at the most ideal flight degree as much as possible. By the last ten seconds, Wu Linfang no longer controlled the bomber, but the bombardier used the sight to control the bomber's flight and course. The sight is directly connected to the piloting system of the bomber, and at this time, the degree and course can only be adjusted in a small range, and the maximum deviation of its course will not exceed 5. At this stage, the bomber is basically in level flight and cannot maneuver to evade. This is also the most dangerous stage, but luckily it only lasts ten seconds.

At this time, the bombardier on the bomber was the most nervous, flying thousands of kilometers, whether he could finally drop the carrying bomb. Making their efforts worthwhile depends on whether the bombardier's judgment is accurate. At that time, there were no automatic aiming bomb delivery instruments, and the quality of the bombardier directly determined the accuracy of the bombing.

"Lao Wu, the 'parcel' has been thrown, and now I'll hand it over to you!"

Wu Linfang already felt that the bomber was beginning to rise upward. After the bomb is dropped, the bomber is much lighter, and the rise exceeds its own gravity, so the bomber will rise. Wu Lin quickly switched to manual driving, and at the same time pressed down the joystick with the co-pilot. At this time, the bomber must not climb, otherwise it will enter the strike range of the enemy's anti-aircraft guns, and the most effective way to retreat is to turn at a low altitude. Keep your flight altitude as low as possible and fly along the river towards the downstream estuary.

It took a great deal of effort for the two to finally control the bomber, and at the same time avoid the anti-aircraft artillery attack. When the bombers gradually got out of the coverage of the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, Wu Linfang wiped the sweat off his face, and at the same time glanced back at the effect of his attack, and the last two bombers to enter.

Before Wu Linfang turned back. He dropped a ground bomb that bounced three times on the surface of the water before crashing into the dam's body. Because the bomb has been improved in design. As a result, the bouncing height is controlled, and it is rare to jump too high and cross the crest of the dam. After the bomb was stopped by the dam, it rolled and sank. After reaching the calibration depth of 15 meters, the directional explosion system was first activated, and several ejected tentacles were used to control the rotation of the bomb, so that the bomb stopped rotating, and then the pressure fuse was activated, which detonated the shaped charge inside the bomb. The electric fuse was simultaneously detonated into hundreds of 4.5-ton pieces of high-energy explosives. These explosives after the explosion. Because of the various constraints and the interaction of the explosion jets, eighty percent of the energy generated by the explosion is released in the same direction, that is, in the direction of the dam body. This doubles the power of the bomb!

The explosion points of the bombs dropped by the O7 bomber were quite accurate, just between the previous explosion points. Of course, this is the land that Wu Linfang can't see. The previous two bombs had already damaged the foundation of the dam, and the third bomb had expanded the damage area. The dam was dealt a fatal blow. First, the upper part of the dam began to collapse under the natural action of gravity, and then the internal structure of the dam that had been blown loose began to collapse under the action of water pressure. The dam began to add to the collapse. This effect will last for a few minutes, and during this time. There is no way to stop the dam from collapsing! However, in a few minutes, they will be over the ocean, which means that it is practically impossible for these pilots to see the results of their bombing.

Finally, the O4 and 12 bombers also hit, but did not fall. In the end, the bomber, which had only three motives left, returned to the airfield with great difficulty and did not make a forced landing halfway, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

It can be said that the formation where Wu Linfang was located was the most unlucky, and the O8 bomber broke down after takeoff, so it could only make a quick landing. The only bomber shot down in the bombing was the O5 bomber, which crashed behind the dam in less than 2o seconds, leaving none of the nine crew members spared. But it was Wu Linchan and their formation that really completed the task.

The bombs of the first formation were a little too far apart, so they were not able to destroy the basic structure of the dam. The third formation dropped four bombs, but the four bombs were scattered into two hit points, and only two bombs were hit at each hit point, although in the end these two hit points also collapsed, but if there was no fatal blow from Wu Linfang and their formation, these two hit points would not have collapsed. And the three bombs dropped by Wu Linyan's formation all hit, and the error of the hit points of the three bombs was within 1o meters, that is, it was repeating the blow|||Inside.

The engineers' theoretical calculations were formalized that the gravity dam on the Mississippi River could be destroyed if only three bombs hit the same location. The dam collapsed at around 6:28 a.m., about seven minutes after the evacuation of Wu Linran. The initial breach was less than 5 meters, but after half an hour, the gap had expanded to the point where the bombers of the third formation had struck. By about 9 a.m. that day, there had been a 12o dam collapse on this section of the dam. The river flooded nearly half of New Orleans that morning, and more than two citizens were drowned because they could not evacuate in time.

Wu Linyan only learned about this result in the afternoon of the same day, he did not grieve for the tens of thousands of Americans, he only felt sad for the comrades who could not come with them, there will be sacrifices in the war, which no one can avoid!