Chapter 1181: The Castle Gauge Plan – Damn Wallace, I Hate Him
The Americans have P-61F radar early warning aircraft equipped with S-wave radars, which can detect the Me262HG ambushed in the air in advance, while the Germans also have Me264H equipped with large S-band radars to act as air lookout posts. The www.biquge.info immediately noticed that the American aircraft group was beginning to reduce altitude, and at the same time, he also saw that there were more than 100 fighters rushing towards the Me262HG of the two groups.
The Electronic Eye No. 101 Me264H AWACS aircraft immediately reported the change in the situation in the air to Major Novotny. And the experienced Novotny reacted immediately. Regardless of the American P47 - Novotny has been in Guyana for a long time, and knows too well the performance of the American fighters, and the one that can intercept the Me262 above 10,000 meters is the P47. However, Novotny's flight group has now been reequipped with the Me262HG, which is a high-speed Me262, although it has not yet broken the sound barrier, but the top speed of more than 900 kilometers is still beyond the reach of piston aircraft like the P47.
Eighty jets, painted in light blue and dark green, accelerated abruptly, their engines swooped down from the cloudless sky. These jets split into two large groups in the air, and directly bypassed the two sides of the P47 fighters that tried to block them, as fast as lightning, and before the American pilots could react, these lightning-fast planes swooped down on a large group of American bombers in the air below.
Some skilled American pilots hurriedly maneuvered the P47 to turn and then dived, using energy tactics to accelerate the plane with the help of the P47D's heavy fuselage (more than 9 tons) in order to catch up with the German jet.
But after chasing them, everyone felt a little hopeless. The planes of the Germans were too fast to catch up at all!
Obviously, this kind of volume looks a little larger than the P47, and the big plane with 2 jet engines is also a guy who can punch and fight, maybe it is also very resistant to beating, and it is a jet version of the P47!
However, the P47 knew that it would not be able to catch up, but it was as if it turned around and began to dive, because all the P47 pilots who flew it knew that the German jets were not maneuverable, and if they could bite them and drag them into the fight, the P47 would still be able to shoot them down.
But the German jets in the air ignored the P47 that was chasing farther and farther away, and instead swooped down on the big plane below.
Novotny, who was in the lead, then noticed that some American P-51s had broken away from their large fleet and began to climb against the Me262, apparently attacking the nose of the aircraft. Although the P-51 with six 12.7mm machine guns could not have the Me262HG with four 30mm cannons, there was no other way.
Once these dozens of Me262s were allowed to rush to the vicinity of the huge bomber group to launch rockets, and then bombard them indiscriminately with large-caliber machine guns, it would be a heavy loss, and even the aircraft group would be completely scattered.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that they were about to pass by, and Novotny had already turned on the safety of the cannon, and now suddenly pressed the firing switch. The plane trembled violently, and four thick flames erupted from the head of the plane. The opposite P51 erupted six relatively slender tongues of fire almost simultaneously, which were fired by six 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Browning Aviation machine guns. The Me262HG high-speed jet fighter, which weighs 10 tons, is not a bargain made of inferior materials, but a fairly sturdy heavy (heavy by 44-year-old standards) fighter jet, with armor in key parts of the nose front that can withstand the US 12.7mm aviation machine gun, although the shell has been rained down with bullets, but the Novotny fighter still soars at high speed.
The P51 is very sturdy compared to Japanese fighters, but when it comes to the Me262HG's four 30mm cannons, it is no different from the paper paste. The 30mm shell roared and crashed into the P51, shattering the aluminum alloy fuselage, almost disintegrating the plane in the sky, and the pilot did not have a chance to parachute, so it was planted to the ground with the plane that had become pieces.
However, the P51's desperate blocking still caused most of the Me262HG fighters to lose their best position for dive attacks. Novotny's plane was no exception, and he had to lead three wingmen through a large radius to the back of the American bomber group, ready to launch another dive attack.
Like the earlier Me262A and Me262B, the Me262HG is also a heavy fighter that is not good at fighting. However, its tactics are also slightly different from those of normal heavy machines, with no emphasis on gaining high speed by diving. This is because two Jumo004D jet engines with a thrust of more than 1,250 kg can produce a continuous and stable propulsion. So the Me262HG can achieve high speeds far higher than any piston fighter of its time, whether it is diving, circling or climbing.
Therefore, the tactics of Me262HG are very simple, which is to charge + fire! When dealing with more clumsy heavy bombers, this tactic worked to the point of being unreasonable.
They tend to use their speed advantage to shake off the enemy fighters they want to fight in formations, and go directly behind the enemy's bombers, without climbing to seize the altitude, just charge at full power and then shoot wildly with 30mm cannons and 24 rockets. Normally, 4 Me262HGs meet together, 16 30mm cannons and 96 rockets equipped with radio proximity fuses can shoot a large barrage, and if the bombers in front still want to maintain formation, they can't even hide, only wait to be shot down.
"Don't mess around, keep in formation, keep in formation, and use the 0.5-inch machine gun in the tail to deal with enemy aircraft!"
The commanders of the US military aviation units who were commanding the formation at the scene gave orders one after another through the airborne radio. It is strictly forbidden for B-17 and B-24 bombers located in the rear of the formation to break away without authorization!
Because bombers flying in formation can cover each other, for fighters trying to attack, the bombers in large formations are a huge flying fortress, and they must brave a dense rain of bullets to attack. In this case, the exchange ratio of fighters and bombers is quite low.
Once the bomber formation is dispersed, the lone bombers will be a dish, and it will be difficult for them to escape the pursuit of enemy fighters.
But it's no joke to be chased and spanked by four jet fighters that can travel at speeds of more than 900 kilometers and have powerful firepower. A 12.7mm machine gun with a tail can't stop the enemy plane, and if the enemy plane gets close, it's a sure death!
Therefore, it is not surprising that the captains of the B-17 and B-24 at the back of the palace had a nervous breakdown and were so frightened that they dropped their bombs and fled for their lives in advance. Although such behavior will be severely punished upon returning to base, lives will be saved.
Novotny was now confronted with this kind of death-fearing American pilot, and just as he was aiming at the butt of a B-17 in front of him and was about to pull the cannon launch button, the plane suddenly shuddered, dropped a string of black bombs, and then slammed down the nose of the plane and dived downward.
"Major, I also ran one here!"
The pilot of one of the wingmen of Novotny reported via radio at this time.
4 Me262HGs aimed at 4 heavy bombers, and now they have run two at once, which is really a bit disappointing.
Novotny and the wingman had no way to fire now, but the remaining two planes encountered a brave enemy, and eight tongues of fire and 48 rockets instantly surrounded the two B-17s in a deadly fire, and the two large planes, known as the Flying Fortress, soon could not support them, and one of the wings snapped, dragging the smoke and tumbling down. The tail of the other plane was blown off, and two engines caught fire, falling headlong to the ground.
"Oh God! My wing was broken! ”
"It's on fire, it's on fire everywhere!"
"No, the plane is going to crash!"
"Damn Wallace, I hate him......"
"Ah, I'm going to die......"
The screams and the curses of the temporary pre-temporaneous reached Lieutenant General Chennault through the on-board radio, and the German jet fighters launched wave after wave of onslaught, and the American bomber fleet was greatly tested, and from time to time heavy bombers such as the B-17 and B-24 were hit and crashed.
However, Chennault's P-61F was 50 kilometers behind his large fleet and was still at an altitude of 10,000 meters, so it was very safe that it was not detected by the Germans.
Still, the screams coming from the headphones gave Chennault the urge to give the order to retreat immediately.
"Stay in formation! Keep moving! God will bless us! Chennault gritted his teeth, but gave the right order.
Luckily, there were only a few dozen of those terrible jet fighters, and although they could inflict some damage on the huge American bomber group, they were not enough to make the operation a failure.
Now all you have to do is hold your formation and keep moving forward to get over Buenos Aires and drop the bombs. More than 500 heavy bombers (plus more than 300 fighters and more than 100 bomb-mounted P-61s) loaded with nearly 2,000 tons of bombs and napalm could definitely turn Buenos Aires into a sea of fire.
Maybe Juan. Peron, that fascist, will really be ousted by the people he rules because of this!