There was a plane firing at the disposable Spitfire piloted by Flandersek!

Flandersek looked back, and despair was enveloped in his heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info because he has a Fokker Zero behind his ass, a Fokker Zero D-2 carrier-based fighter to be exact.

This is the low-altitude enhanced version of the Fokker Zero, and it is also the latest model. This model of the Fokker Zero took the route of completely abandoning more than 5,000 meters, opting for a BMW-303A 14-cylinder air-cooled engine with an output of 1,400 hp.

This "small 14-cylinder" (not as powerful as the larger 14-cylinder of the BMW 800 series, but much smaller in weight and volume) air-cooled engine does not have an MW50 system and supercharger, so there will be a rapid drop in output at medium and high altitudes above 5,000 meters. But this design also has the advantage that every bit of the engine's weight can be used to increase the power when used at altitudes below 5,000 meters.

After replacing the engines, Fokker designers also gave the Fokker Zero D series (there are two models, D-1 and D-2, of which D-1 is shore-based and D-2 is carrier-based) to enhance the ability to attack the ground (sea) according to the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield.

In particular, the aircraft's armor, fuselage structural strength, firepower and payload capacity have been strengthened. The firepower has been increased to six 12.7mm MG131 machine guns, and the payload capacity has been increased to a maximum of one 250 kg bomb and two 150 liter fuel tanks.

Therefore, the Fokker Zero D series has a special ability that the previous Fokker Zero did not have - the ability to clear the battlefield in advance.

The so-called advance clearing of the battlefield is, in fact, a fighter version of the "tank tactic". It first appeared on the battlefield of the Eastern Front, aiming at the characteristics of the Soviet fighters' "small short legs", using the FW-190G series and the Fokker Zero, which have excellent endurance and ground attack capabilities, to harass the Soviet airfield. Lure your opponent's planes into taking off, then circle and entangle them until they run out of fuel before sending bombers to drop bombs.

And the Fokker Zero D series seems to have been born specifically for this vile and shameless tactic! The plane can do almost anything below 5,000 meters, hovering, grappling, diving, sweeping the ground, and it can be said that it is good at everything. And the range can reach about 2400 kilometers after hanging the two auxiliary fuel tanks, although it is much worse than the Fokker Zero of previous generations, but it is enough to bully the Soviet Union's small short-legged fighters.

And after this kind of aircraft arrives on the aircraft carrier of the German Navy, although it will not deliberately play "pressure the airfield", it is okay to do it occasionally.

Today the Air Fleet of the Combined European Fleet sent the commander-in-chief of the first assault wave Heinz. Lieutenant Colonel Barr was a very experienced veteran pilot and was very familiar with the situation in the Norwegian Sea. After discovering that there were quite a few Spitfires chasing the Ju288 in the air, he immediately ordered a squadron of Fokker Zero D-2 planes to go around the Faroe Islands -- because the skills of British carrier-based pilots had deteriorated so much that there were no Spitfires on British aircraft carriers that were difficult to land, so Lieutenant Colonel Barr thought that these Spitfires had taken off from the Faroe Islands.

As a result, a squadron of Fokker Zeros, led by Captain Novotny, the ace pilot of the German naval aviation, struck a crooked blow and killed Flandersek, who was about to land, and twenty or thirty other "one-time Spitfires".

And just as Novotny led his team to slaughter over the Faroe Islands, the slaughter on the sea began. Although the "disposable planes" of the American tyrants damaged many JU288s, forcing them to drop heavy bombs and flee for their lives, they also shot down 3 of them. But today the Germans have more than one means of attack, the JU288 dropping remote-controlled gliding bombs.

"Brothers, I'm Heinz. Lieutenant Colonel Barr, today's commander-in-chief of air strikes. "Heinz. Barr drove his Fokker 100 carrier-based dive bomber around the chaotic British and American flotilla on the sea, and then began to give orders to the carrier-based group.

"The priority targets are the enemy's escort carriers, then oil tankers, then large ordinary transport ships, and then small ships."

"Lieutenant Colonel, do you want to attack the battleship? There were a lot of battleships on the sea. At this time, someone asked a question through the on-board radio.

"There is no need," replied Lieutenant Colonel Barr, "we have limited time and bombs, so to attack the most threatening targets, the fuel on the tanker and the weapons and ammunition on the transport ship will cause huge casualties to our army brothers, so it is the most threatening, we will blow them all up now!" ”

This is undoubtedly a very correct decision, and previously the main forces of the combined European fleet "picked up" at sea only grain carriers of low value. Wheat and egg meal will not cause losses to the European forces on the island of Ireland, but weapons, ammunition and high-quality gasoline will be dangerous goods once they reach the UK, so they must all be destroyed!

While the Liberty Wheel, which was loaded with American Expeditionary Force artillery, tanks, ammunition, and aircraft, was being sent to the bottom by German and Italian bombs, the 108,000 American Expeditionary Officers and Men had arrived at Scapa Bay, which was heavily protected by armored batteries, anti-aircraft guns, torpedo boats, and submarine nets.

In a luxuriously decorated cabin on the Normandy cruise ship with a displacement of more than 80,000 tons, several leading figures of the American Expeditionary Force, Vice Admiral Eisenhower, Lieutenant General Stilwell, Major General Fredendel, Major General Patton, and Major General Bradley were gathered.

They were discussing the war on the island of Ireland over coffee with Admiral Alexander, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Irish Theater, who had come to meet the American Expeditionary Force, and Major General Hobert, who commanded the British 11th Panzer Division to fight the German Panzer Corps on the island of Ireland.

"Mr. Commander, we have not encountered Tiger tanks on the island of Ireland, perhaps they are limited in number and too heavy for sea. On the island of Ireland, the most formidable German tank we encountered was their Type 4H. It has very strong armor on the front, and it also has a powerful 75mm cannon. It's a tough weapon to deal with, but we already have a way to defeat it, and we now have weapons that can take on the 4 or even the Tiger, such as the Churchill 4 and the assault gun based on the Churchill 4. ”

Talking was Major General Hobert, a rare expert in armoured corps in the British Army. Because he was too old and his official luck was not very good, he once retired from active service. Later, he became the commander of the 11th Panzer Division under the intervention of Churchill, and led his troops to fight in Ireland in June this year, and won several small victories, so he sat firmly in the position of division commander, and was also regarded as the right-hand man of Marshal Alexander.

The Churchill Type 4 tank, which Major General Hobert is talking about, is now the best British tank, not only very strong in armor, but also has a powerful 6-pounder gun, which is enough to fight the German Type 4H tank.

In addition, the British developed the Churchill 4 assault gun on the basis of the Churchill 4 tank. This is an emergency weapon, which has not been seen in history, in fact, it is to remove the turret of the Churchill No. 4 tank, and directly stuff a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun into the body of the Churchill No. 4 tank, turning it into an assault gun.

With the Churchill 4 tank and the Churchill 4 assault gun, the British Army in Ireland was theoretically equipped with weapons that could theoretically counter the German armored forces. However, the problems that Britain now encountered were insufficient numbers and lack of air superiority.

"The question of numbers and air superiority is not a difficult problem for us." Eisenhower replied with a smile, "What we lack now is the available models and tank guns...... If your 17-pounder gun is really penetrating, we can also mount it on the body of the M4 tank. We brought a lot of M4 tanks and M10 tank destroyers this time, a total of 1,000 units, and half of them can be converted to the half. As for the aircraft, we have brought a lot of them, there are P51s, P38s and the P47 that has just entered service, and as long as the deployment is completed, the air supremacy of Ireland will definitely return to our hands. ”

Eisenhower brought only 2 armoured divisions to Ireland, with a maximum of 500 tanks/tank destroyers in the pipeline, but the Americans felt that if there was a tank in formation, at least one reserve tank should be prepared. So the number of tanks/tank destroyers shipped to the UK is 1,000!

And considering the strong armor of the German Army, these tanks/tank destroyers are M4 and M10, and their bodies are fully capable of carrying 17-pounder anti-tank guns.

And with 500 M4 and M10, plus 500 assault guns with 17-pounder anti-tank guns installed, plus the British's own Churchill Type 4 tanks and Churchill Type 4 assault guns. Ireland's chances of winning this battle seem to be very large.

Admiral Alexander and Major General Hobert both laughed, and were about to say a few words about the flowery scene. A liaison officer of the U.S. Navy suddenly burst in in a panic, forgetting to give a military salute and shouting to report.

"Having just received an urgent telegram from the New York, the NR21 fleet was besieged by hundreds of German planes, and the losses were very heavy, and most of the oil tankers, ammunition ships and equipment delivery ships were sunk. This includes 10 Liberty wheels for transporting tanks/tank destroyers! ”

What the? Several American and British generals were dumbfounded. The free wheels of 10 transport tanks sank! Most of the oil tankers, ammunition ships and equipment delivery ships also sank! So...... What are the 108,000 American GIs here in Scarpa Bay going to fight the Nazis? With the rifle they carry with them?

This is obviously unrealistic, so what can they do now? It seems that it is enough to help the British people consume food that is not enough! (To be continued.) )