Chapter 1,394 You Can Become a General

Chapter 1394 You can become a general

"Your Majesty, Major General, this is the analysis of the results of this bombing that you requested, including the damage assessment of each hit bomb." An attendant, Major General Harrell, sent the newly released information. It has the attack locations of all hits and damage estimates from at least two pilots. How about the meticulousness of the Germans? After every battle, the first thing a responsible grassroots commander does after arranging the troops is not to celebrate, but to collect information and summarize experiences and lessons.

Although, this time, in order to destroy the Russian Baltic Fleet, the Bavarian Second Air Force can be said to have sent out all its elite, but what should I say? The senior officials of the Second Air Force headed by Harrer did not maximize the attack output, for example, dropping bombs. Previously, many bombers carried 750KG bombs during air strikes on forts. But this time, the final bomb was only 550KG, which was a full 200KG lighter. This was not only to free up the load for oil, but it was also an experiment! Detect the damage caused by 500KG bombs to warships.

From the perspective of Bavarian senior officials, a total of 8 squadrons and more than 160 bombers of various types were mobilized this time together with the reserves. This output is actually somewhat excessive for the Russian Navy, which has almost no air defense capabilities. Therefore, using such a scale of attack is not just to completely obliterate the Russian fleet. To be honest, if you want to simply kill the Russian Baltic Fleet, whether it is a naval battle, an air strike, or a mine blockade, etc., it will do. This time, one of the most important reasons why the top brass of the Bavarian Air Force required the bomber units to carry 550KG bombs is that the maximum weight of horizontal bombs dropped by carrier-based bombers is 500KG! This was actually done for experiments on later attack aircraft on aircraft carriers.

(Okay, everyone, in order to avoid quarreling, the author will explain something. Don’t take the bomb load of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft in World War II as an issue. It is true that the latter’s technology is definitely higher, but the 97 ship attack can not only load In addition to torpedoes, 800KG-level bombs can also be carried for horizontal bombing. In fact, the bomb load is not a problem. The biggest problem is the attack method. Moreover, the 97 has a large fuel capacity and a long combat range. In this book, the ship-borne The range of airborne bombs is about 350 kilometers. And the flying speed is slow, so the torpedo aircraft in this book can be equipped with 500KG bombs. And because it is a biplane, the take-off speed is very low. It can also be loaded with bombs from Taking off from the aircraft carrier, well, that’s it.)

To be honest, although the current land-based aviation force is powerful enough to threaten the fleet, such force can only be used for defense. After all, the range is limited. In the North Sea, you cannot fly from your home to the British military port and then bomb it. The flight distance and weather conditions in the North Sea will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the bomber force, and the British fighter force is definitely not what the German bomber force is willing to encounter. There is no way, the British aviation technology, pilot quality and quantity are really not Russian Humans can compare. The Germans thought this way, and so did the British. Therefore, after the bombing of the Spey fleet, even Churchill no longer dared to mention the bombing of the German military ports and the mainland. This was not a bombing, but a bombing. I'm going to deliver it!

If Ruprecht really wants to solve the North Sea problem,

Then the only way is to use the main force of the High Seas Fleet and aircraft carriers to kill the British in a fleet battle! This is the only feasible plan and the only chance! If the large fleet cannot be severely damaged in the first battle, once the British emergency "air defense aircraft carrier" comes out, the attack power of the aircraft carrier will be greatly reduced. Therefore, in order to realize this plan, Ruprecht must seize every opportunity to test his tactics!

If nothing else, you at least need to know how effective a 500KG bomb is, right? As for torpedoes? ! Well, torpedo aircraft cannot carry 800KG torpedoes either, but because the torpedoes used for carrier-based aircraft reduce the speed and shorten the range, the weight of the warhead is not much lower than that of a twin-engine bomber. The torpedo lethality of the two aircraft is actually almost.

However, now, when the information was compiled, Major General Harrell found that there was a gap between his expectations and the actual situation!

"An armor-piercing projectile numbered A05 penetrated the three decks of the battleship Izmail, but failed to penetrate the main horizontal armor."

"The armor-piercing projectile numbered A016 penetrated the main horizontal armor of the Gangut. A large amount of flames came out and it was suspected that it hit the ammunition depot."

"Armor-piercing bullets numbered B07, B31, and B25 penetrated the three layers of armor of the battleship Eagle, but failed to penetrate the main horizontal armor." Looking at the list of statistical reports below, Major General Harrell fell into deep thought. Come on, the power of armor-piercing bullets seems to be a bit different from expected!

"The killing effect of our armor-piercing bombs is very limited. The armor-piercing body of the bomb can easily penetrate the 15MM to 20MM horizontal deck, but the lethality for the main armor of the 50MM+25MM back plate is very limited. Very few bombs directly penetrate the opponent's main armor. Record of horizontal armor," Maj. Gen. Harrell wrote in the report.

This is actually normal. In addition to the structure of the bomb itself, the most important factor in the armor-piercing ability of a bomb is the speed and angle when it hits. World War 2 dive bombers can generally penetrate 75MM thick horizontal armor with 500KG bombs because the height of bomb delivery is generally around 1,200 meters, and the speed of the aircraft itself is around 200 knots. The bombing angle is at least 60 degrees! So the power of the bomb dropped like this is naturally amazing.

But what now? The dive angle is 30 degrees, and the flight speed is not even 300 knots, let alone 300 knots... The height of the bomb drop is even more appalling--! Therefore, it is normal to be unable to penetrate the opponent's horizontal armor. As for the occasional penetration? That is to smash and explode simultaneously. By the way, the rolling angle of the ship is favorable, and there is another possibility that there is some problem with the quality of the Russian armor...

"If such bombs are used to attack British battleships, the effect may be greatly reduced." According to reliable information, the British added part of the dome armor to all important battleships. If this news is accurate, even if the British only use dome armor If the armor is 1 inch thicker, bombs dropped from the current height will be almost impossible to penetrate. If you want to increase the penetration, you can naturally increase the height, but the problem is that as the height increases, the bombing accuracy decreases. ..... For current bombers and targeting equipment, high-altitude hit rate has always been a painful problem.

As for increasing the bombing angle? Please, if the bombing angle could be increased, the prince would have already boarded a dive bomber, so why not continue to use shallow dive bombing or horizontal bombing!

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