Chapter 1,799 Ambush 1
"General, the interceptor formation commanded by His Excellency the Red Baron and the fighter force led by Lieutenant Colonel Green have entered the designated airspace to prepare for an ambush. Our mobile anti-aircraft artillery unit is also in place. The UK seems to be too comfortable during this time. They The route is almost straight. There is no change." A staff officer sent the latest intelligence to Major General Ross.
"This cannot be entirely their fault. To deal with such a military-level logistics supply center, 72 bombers are still a few, so they must reduce the flight range as much as possible to ensure that they carry enough ammunition, in order to allow every liter of fuel to fly the farthest distance, they need to fly on the prescribed route at the prescribed speed and altitude. We already have a very in-depth understanding of the Type 0 bomber, so all their actions cannot escape our eyes, and today, the clouds are relatively high "It is impossible for them to use the cover of clouds. In front of our ground observation network, the British have nowhere to hide!" Major General Ross said.
"General, the British aircraft fleet has entered our ambush circle." Ten minutes later, a staff officer sent up another piece of information.
"Really? Then let our anti-aircraft artillery troops on the ground give the British the first big gift!" With Ross's order, the first ring of the noose has been opened. What the British did not expect is that here In what was called "the most brutal air battle on the Western Front," the first shot was not a German fighter jet unit, nor a German interceptor unit, but a group of anti-aircraft artillery!
At this time, hundreds of trucks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns had been deployed on the only way the British had to pass. It must be said that the location chosen by the Germans was very good. It was a hilly area covered with bushes and groves. On the surrounding commanding heights, the Germans deployed a large number of observation posts and firing command posts. They also placed some machine guns and 40MM cannons with relatively limited shooting heights on the top of the mountain.
In the distance, a large number of vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft artillery formed artillery positions. An average of 4 to 8 medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery formed a position. A total of 18 medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery positions formed a huge belt-shaped ambush circle. , this ambush circle happened to be on the planned route of the British bomber! These ambush circles, with medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns as the backbone and a large number of rapid-fire cannons and machine guns as the auxiliary, are like a giant beast hiding in the dark, waiting to deal a fatal blow to the British bomber force at any time!
"The British have a quarter of an hour to arrive on the battlefield! Hurry and prepare!" Following the urging of the officers, all the anti-aircraft artillery units adjusted their positions for the last time. Finally, in the selected positions, half-tracks The vehicle stops, and then the engineers will quickly level a piece of flat land at the selected position, and then the vehicle towing the anti-aircraft gun quickly lowers the artillery. The gray-green gun jacket is taken off, and the thick and long anti-aircraft gun points to the sky, while the The gunners removed the boxes of artillery shells from the ammunition cart. The 88MM artillery shells were placed in special wooden boxes, with three shells in one box. The 75MM shells are 4 rounds. The height at which the British fly has been locked. The altitude of fighter jets is about 3,000 meters, while the height of bombers is 2,500 meters.
After the shells were taken out of the packaging, they were placed aside while several professional technical officers were binding the fuses of the shells according to the height of the British bombers. Before there was a proximity fuse, the shooting of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns was more inclined to probability and descent (European Emperor and Feiti)... However, if the opponent's flight speed, heading and altitude information can be captured, it will still be of great help to the hit rate of anti-aircraft artillery. After all, the anti-aircraft artillery group is aimed at the aircraft group. Even if it does not directly hit the target, it will hit the target at the correct location. If it explodes at a high altitude, it will also be quite threatening to a dense fleet of aircraft.
Under the cover of the woods, a fire network consisting of hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers and more than 200 large-caliber machine guns has been deployed.
The entire artillery group is commanded by 8 anti-aircraft artillery command posts. Forming a death trap with a width of 6 kilometers and a fire coverage length of 18 kilometers! Medium-caliber artillery is responsible for attacking bomber groups, while hundreds of machine guns and machine guns are responsible for covering medium-caliber artillery positions and ambushing fighter groups that may enter low-altitude suppression.
"I have already seen the British! They entered the pocket about 6 minutes later. After 12 minutes, all the main targets entered the ambush circle. They did not find us! The bomber group is still in a tight formation!" When the Dora observation post located at the pocket verified for the last time When the target situation was reached, the gunners had already loaded the fuse-bound shells into the barrel, and the machine gunners also checked the additional cooling water bucket and the ammunition chain next to the large-caliber machine gun for the last time.
"There seems to be something on the ground?" A British bombardier was bored and observed the ground through the bomb sight located under the nose of the aircraft. Suddenly, he felt that something seemed to be rotating in the bushes below!
"That's an illusion, just the wind blowing in the woods." The co-pilot in front said without looking back.
"I hope so, but don't you realize that we are going too smoothly? Our large fleet has been flying over the Germans for more than an hour. However, until now, we have not seen an intercepting plane. The German aviation When did the team become so weak?" The bombardier said uneasily.
"It's been like this for the past week. From now on..." Just as the co-pilot answered this sentence, a loud noise like rolling thunder came from the ground. Looking from the air, countless firelights rose from the woods. From the start, the orange muzzle flames and gunpowder smoke even merged into one piece. A moment later, before the British in the plane could react, balls of flames had already exploded in the huge fleet!
"It's anti-aircraft artillery! A lot of anti-aircraft artillery!" A crew member who was new to the battle roared crazily, as if this was the only way to relieve the pressure that almost made him collapse. His ears were filled with violent explosions, and countless shrapnel and flames roared around. The shrapnel collided fiercely with the aircraft skin, and pieces of the aircraft skin were shattered into pieces!
Sufficient preparation made the Germans' first round of anti-aircraft artillery attack very effective. Within 2 minutes after firing, at least 3 British bombers were directly hit. The powerful high-explosive bombs directly knocked these poor bombers into the air. disintegration. And then, like a tidal wave of flames and shrapnel, a fire storm formed and spread quickly around, affecting other aircraft that were closer! The wings of the plane next to it were cut off by flying shrapnel, the body was shattered, and then it plunged down with its body covered in fire.
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