Chapter 169, Machine Gun to Air

Seeing that the Germans were beaten by them and retreated, Montgomery became more and more unhappy, why when he fought, the Germans were so difficult to deal with, and when these yellow-skinned monkeys fought, the Germans were driven away like chopping melons and vegetables. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But no matter how unhappy it is, it's useless, that's the way it is, it can only be said that the equipment gap is too big.

Watching the expeditionary forces attack, they can't just watch, it will make people laugh when it spreads, and they are ordered to attack from above.

The expeditionary force passed through the desert and continued its attack towards Ajdabia, and as for some German and Italian troops in Benghazi and Derna, they were handed over to the Allies, where there were not many defenders, and it was believed that the Allies should be able to solve it easily.

The gradual increase in the number of airborne troops towards Gaguela cut off the road from Gaguela to Misrata, and the coalition forces behind could not be reinforced, and Gaguela could not retreat without coalition forces.

After the previous carpet bombardment, for the coalition forces in Gaguera, the losses were heavy, the team was almost unable to pull up, how to organize a counterattack, the ammunition depot was destroyed, and there were no supplies except for some ammunition they carried.

The Germans did not give up and continued to organize troops to counterattack, trying to break through the defenses of the airborne divisions, but they were all beaten back.

The coalition airfield in the rear, where a handful of planes took off to support.

Aircraft are not a small threat to the airborne division, they are all lightly armed and do not have any air defense weapons, so when facing the planes of the coalition forces, they can only shrink their heads, hoping that the bombs will not be thrown on their heads.

From time to time, more than a dozen propeller planes in the sky flew through the air and fired a string of bullets at the positions of the airborne division.

Several fighters were hit by bullets, splashed with blood and fell in pools of blood.

Some fighters could not stand the recklessness of the planes in the sky, and they held machine guns to shoot at the planes in the sky.

The range of the 81 class is not enough, it is difficult to hit the German planes, M2: Although the heavy machine gun is okay, the elevation angle is not enough, and the barrel is too heavy, even if you pick it up, you can't lift it.

At this time, ten more planes flew in the sky, it was a B-45 transport plane, which was preparing to be airdropped, but when it saw the planes below, it quickly pulled the fuselage up. The planes were painted with iron crosses, indicating their identities.

The German planes also spotted the visitors overhead, but the other side flew too high for them to reach, so they just circled around in the air at a height of thousands of meters, waiting for the big planes to reduce their altitude.

"What should I do?" In a B-45 plane, the pilot asks the captain.

"Wait and see, contact El Alamein Airport first and ask if the Mustang can take off." The captain of the team leader said calmly.

"El Alamein is too far away, it will take an hour for them to fly over, and after an hour of wandering around here, there is not enough fuel to fly back." The driver said.

"Then what's the solution, the fighters down there are all fighters, and if you go down now, you're going to die." The captain said.

"Wait, wait until you run out of fuel, and then come back." The captain said.

"Okay!" The driver nodded, and that's all there is to it for now.

In the sky, the B-45 transport planes were circling, which made the airborne troops on the ground a little anxious, but the German planes did not go, and they were helpless.

"I've got a way!" Suddenly, a soldier had a flash of inspiration and hurried to find the commander.

"What's the solution, say it quickly!" As soon as he heard that there was a way, the commander said impatiently.

"Find someone to carry the M2." The warrior said.

"Carry it?" The Commander repeated, going through his head and asking, "Do you know how much recoil the M2 has?" Can only people carry it? ”

"This..." The soldier who was asked rhetorically was suddenly speechless, he just took the rifle and never used the M2, so he didn't know the recoil of the M2, when he shot flat, the tripod of the M2 had to be fixed, and then the recoil shook and shaking, and it was easy to deviate.

"But your offer reminds me." The Commander touched the bar and said, then passed on the thoughts that had flashed through his head.

His idea was simple, that is, to tilt the machine gun along with the tripod, and then fix the tripod to ensure normal shooting.

As for how to tilt the machine gun, it's also very simple. The tripod of the M2 heavy machine gun is three-legged, dig a pit in the ground, bury the two feet in the back, leave one foot in front outside, and dig a deeper pit in the position of the machine gunner, so that the machine gunner can lie in it and shoot at the plane in the sky.

But there is a problem, that is, they are all ordinary machine gunners, and the machine gunners who operate anti-aircraft machine guns are trained, they know how to calculate the speed advance of the aircraft, and can predict the next move of the aircraft, while ordinary machine gunners do not, so it is very difficult for them to hit the plane in the sky, so they can only rely on themselves to grope, and it doesn't matter if they waste more bullets.

It took more than ten minutes to set up the machine gun, and the machine gunner, who was fighting for the first time, held the handle and did not know where to start.

In one position, the machine gunners lying in the pit swayed, not knowing where to shoot.

The deputy shooter next to him saw that he was still not firing, and said a little anxiously, "Shoot, why don't you shoot?" ”

"Sad, I'm looking for a target!" The machine gunner shook the machine gun, looking for a target, but saw the planes in front of him flying quickly one after another, and there was no time to fire.

Just as he was in a hurry to burst into flames, he saw a plane that seemed to be flying towards him, gritted his teeth, and pulled the trigger.

"Dada~~"

The bullets were shot out like a splash of water, enveloping the German plane, but it seemed that the amount was not grasped in advance, and the bullets were all hit in the back of the plane.

Seeing this, the machine gunner increased the angle and continued to fire.

The German plane, because of the angle, did not seem to find the machine gun on the ground that fired at itself, and he had been driving the plane here for almost half an hour, and he had not seen any anti-aircraft fire, and even if he did, he would not care.

"Dodo~"

Suddenly, a string of bullets hit the fuselage and made a sound, but it was quickly drowned out by the noise of the propeller, and the pilot did not feel anything and continued to fly.

The German piloted the plane and began to pull up the fuselage, and he was ready to sweep the ground again.

Suddenly, the fuselage slammed, lost its direction, spun and fell to the ground.

"What's going on? What's going on? The pilot shouted in horror and pulled the joystick hard, but it didn't work, because the left wing of the plane was broken.

The previous string of bullets hit the wing, leaving a string of bullet holes, if it was a level flight, it would be fine, but it was because he pulled up the plane and overloaded the fuselage, and the wing could not stand the pressure and broke directly.

This was the first plane to be destroyed. (To be continued.) )