Chapter 121: Fierce Battle in the Sea and Air (Part II)
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This is a plus, in fact, a disadvantage, the entire fleet of aviation alert circles are lost, and Cunningham can hardly see what is happening outside the area of engagement.
Not to mention the British radar, as soon as Andrew's fleet arrived in Gibraltar, Rommel instructed him to send two JU87s first. Two 1,000-kilogram bombs, the radar station erected on the top of the hill in Gibraltar could not even find a shadow.
At such a fatal time, the aviation firepower suddenly weakened, and Cunningham couldn't even care about the demeanor of a gentleman at this time:
"You bastards, quick, shoot in the air, don't fucking cover your ears."
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Squadron Leader Clive of the German 4th Air Division, assigned the task of bombing the "Ark Royal" with twelve JU87s of his squadron.
Andrew had enough JU87 Stuka dive bombers at his disposal to deal with aircraft carriers, the highest priority target of the British Mediterranean Fleet.
The "Ark Royal" is the most advanced aircraft carrier in the United Kingdom, and Andrew sent twelve JU87s to deal with it at one time, which can be regarded as worthy of it.
Clive swooped in search of the target, and the huge body of the aircraft carrier was extremely conspicuous in the entire fleet, and there was no way to hide it.
Clive and the others first flew over the British fleet, and then began to dive from an altitude of 7,000 meters, Clive and they had enough time to find the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.
Located in the center of the fleet, the "Ark Royal", which glowed golden in the sun, was a very advanced aircraft carrier and the pride of the British Navy, and at this time, he was at the bottom of Clive's feet.
Clive began to adjust the angle of the dive, and at the same time gave the command to attack by radio:
"Target the Ark Royal, attack in turn."
Battle orders are very short and clear, with almost no embellishment, and every second will decide a person's life and death, how can it be possible to use bells and whistles to give orders, this is absolutely impossible.
"Number 2 understands...... Number 3 understands ......"
The JU87 pilots who followed Clive's dive reported in turn, but in fact, Clive didn't care about the later reports.
The dive acceleration sent Clive's landline to a terrifying 1,000 kilometers per hour, and Clive felt his body being pushed to the chair behind him, and his brain began to feel dizzy.
This was because the plane dived so fast that the ischemic muscles of the brain reacted normally, and Clive, who had been trained countless times, adapted to this acceleration process in a matter of seconds.
At this time, JU87 had already dived to an altitude of three thousand meters above the sea, and the British began to react, aircraft carriers have always been the priority of the fleet to protect targets, not to mention that the Ark Royal is also the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet.
The three cruisers and four destroyers arranged around the Ark Royal simultaneously aimed all their anti-aircraft fire on the incoming German JU87 dive bombers.
Hundreds of fire whips stirred in the air, which was the small-caliber aviation fire of warships. Clive is very aware of this kind of anti-aircraft fire, and when the JU87 is diving, it rains bullets from the side, and it is difficult for this small-caliber anti-aircraft weapon to hit the JU87 in a high-speed dive.
JU87 is most afraid of a rain of anti-aircraft shells fired from the front, and the faster it dives, the faster it dies. But all anti-aircraft weapons have a firing range, and no matter what anti-aircraft weapons, the firing range will not exceed 80 degrees.
During World War II, there were no anti-aircraft weapons that could shoot vertically into the air, so the biggest threat to Clive was the anti-aircraft weapons on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, but the weapons on the Ark Royal could not shoot vertically.
At this time, a spectacle appeared in the sky, hundreds of fire whips chased twelve JU87 dive bombers, looking thrilling, gorgeous and colorful, but the result was stunned that there was no next JU87.
The anti-aircraft weapons on British warships are not only these small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, but also large-caliber anti-aircraft guns on British warships, which are weapons that pose a deadly threat to JU87.
Countless black smoke bloomed in the air, causing Clive and them unexpected problems, and the shock wave from the explosion caused the JU87 to sway from side to side, which reduced the accuracy of the dive bomber.
And that damn shrapnel, every time an aviation shell explodes, it will launch a golden jet of harvesting aircraft, even if the body of the JU87 is strong, as long as it is hit by shrapnel in a key part, it will also be shot down.
There was a loud "boom", and thirty meters to the left of Clive's plane, which was diving, a large-caliber anti-aircraft bomb exploded, followed by four shots of shrapnel.
Clive felt his plane shudder, and then there was a "clanging" sound, and some shrapnel hit Clive's plane, but fortunately the plane did not malfunction.
But Clive was wounded, and a piece of shrapnel pierced through the body and slashed through his forehead, and if the shrapnel had only deflected back by a centimeter, Clive would have gone to the Grim Reaper to report.
Blood was pouring out of Clive's forehead, and it was a critical moment for the dive bombing, but the blood covered one of Clive's eyes.
Clive didn't dare let go of his grip on the joystick, because his plane had already dived 1,500 meters above the Ark Royal, a distance that he would not dare to be distracted by any way.
Clive endured the great pain in his forehead, endured the trouble of covering one eye, and continued to dive and adjust his direction.
The Ark Royal is not stationary, it is maneuvering at high speed, and Clive's dive bomber group must constantly adjust its dive direction to ensure the accuracy of the bombing.
Although the Ark Royal maneuvered at high speeds, when it was for the JU87, which had a dive speed of up to 1,000 kilometers, the Ark Royal's maneuvering effect was not very large.
The "Woo ......" scream lingered over the Ark Royal, and it was a soul-rending sound that made people shudder with fear.
The British troops on the deck of the Ark Royal began to scurry around in terror, and some of them knew that the ship's anti-aircraft weapons would not be able to hit the diving JU87 at all, but these heroic British sailors were still shooting in the air.
They attacked planes from other directions, and it was their sacrifice and dedication that supported the British Empire's centuries-old sea power, without their bravery and fearlessness, the British Empire would not have been a fart.
Clive dived to 1000 meters, but he didn't drop the bomb, Clive also hated, he continued to grit his teeth and dive for 200 meters, when the altitude siren beeped continuously, Clive pulled the bomb dropper.
With a "clang", a heavy aerial bomb weighing one ton flew towards the Royal Ark under the muscles and abdomen of the JU87 aircraft piloted by Clive.
An aerial bomb accelerated by dive and gravity can reach a speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour, and even a piece of scrap metal weighing a ton will smash a hole in the deck of an aircraft carrier at such a high speed!
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