Chapter 2050: Deep Assault 3
"I never thought that these wooden frames with an engine hanging on them could be so majestic." A Junker officer looked at the K8 bombers flying in the air and let out an admiration. As a traditional Junker aristocrat, especially a military aristocrat, , he was somewhat hostile to everything that was not the army, but now, he had to admit that these new gadgets could do a lot for the German troops on the ground!
"It's a German bomber! Oh my god, how come they have so many bombers!" At the same time, the French's perception was terrible! When the German bombers flew over like dark clouds covering the sky, there was no cover in the French sky! Hundreds of German fighter jets have been deployed around, forming a defensive shield over the battlefield. All Allied aircraft want to penetrate this shield and threaten the bombers, but they will have to pay a very high price! And now? The German bombers' attacks were unscrupulous!
"Let us fly over the heads of the French! I'm going to blow off the French's hats!" A German pilot said arrogantly while looking at the ant-like French troops on the ground, and he did exactly that. With the exception of some anti-aircraft guns and almost no effective air defense, the German air strikes were very arrogant! Most of the bombers actually flew over 200 meters in the air, and then dropped their bombs horizontally. Naturally, the first targets were artillery positions in the rear, transportation hubs, and troops and vehicles maneuvering on the highway.
Before the bombers dropped the tons of bombs, the French troops on the ground were baptized by a hail of bullets! Hundreds of machine guns on hundreds of bombers flew through the sky with the planes, and tens of thousands of bullets fell from the sky like raindrops. They defeated the groups of reinforcements in an instant, and drove away the carriages and carriages. The truck reached the burning box. The incendiary bombs fired from the large-caliber machine gun ignited everything they encountered like flame elves flying in the air! The most unexpected thing is that a group of bombers flying over the heads of the French armored forces actually destroyed several tanks with machine guns!
"We flew through a bush, and I suddenly spotted a French tank hidden in the bush. It seemed to be a Renault light tank. They were very close to me. They seemed to be only 300 meters away in a straight line. I subconsciously moved my hands with both hands. The Lian 12.7MM machine gun was aimed at the opponent, and then the trigger was pulled. However, unexpectedly, a series of incendiary bombs hit the middle and rear of one of the tanks directly. I should have hit the engine compartment at the back. The upper heat dissipation cover! The aluminum powder burning agent in the ammunition ignited the engine compartment of this tank, and besides me, several tanks were killed by other comrades!" A German machine gunner recalled the situation at that time.
Since the machine gun successfully destroyed armored targets this time, the Luftwaffe subsequently began to study the possibility of using small-caliber or medium-caliber anti-tank guns mounted on aircraft to completely destroy tanks. Of course, this is something for later, let’s not mention it for now! These Renault tanks are just desserts before the meal, the real meal is about to begin!
"It's a French heavy artillery position! I saw it! It's a GPF194MM heavy cannon! I saw this thing at a trophy exhibition! It's so beautiful, look at the thick and long barrel and the full Mechanically beautiful chassis!" A German pilot said, pointing to a GPF194MM heavy cannon battalion spread out in the open area ahead! At least 12 heavy cannons were lined up in a wide position, and not far behind them were piles of ammunition and transport vehicles!
Of course, the French considered that such an important position might be attacked by air. When the German aircraft group approached, the anti-aircraft guns modified with 75MM rapid-fire cannons deployed on the periphery began to shoot into the air. However, the muzzle velocity of the 75mm rapid-fire cannons in this era was Still too low,
Moreover, the rotation is not flexible, which results in the actual anti-air efficiency of this weapon being inferior to that of the 2-pound machine gun. So much so that the Germans didn't pay them any attention at all. The machine guns on the side and lower part of the bomber's body were suppressed, but dozens of bombers still flew towards the French heavy artillery positions!
Dozens of tons of bombs fell from less than 150 meters in the air. Huge columns of smoke rose into the sky. Flames and smoke instantly covered the entire position. A 194MM heavy cannon was directly hit by a 150KG high-explosive bomb. The 80KG explosive directly blasted the steel behemoth weighing more than 20 tons into parts. Other artillery pieces were affected even if they were not hit directly.
As long as a 150KG bomb falls within 10 meters of the artillery radius, the shock wave generated by this bomb can cause fatal damage to some fragile parts of the gun mount and the artillery chassis. As for the French next to it? The bomb with a lethal radius of up to 50 meters can completely tear apart any flesh and blood creature exposed to it! You know, the shell charge of a 155MM heavy howitzer is only about 6KG!
As the fleet moved, tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs fell one after another, leaving a road full of flames and smoke on the ground, and the end of this road was the ammunition piled behind the artillery position! And when a series of bombs fell on the ammunition dump and the nearby vehicles, the entire artillery position was blown into the sky by a violent explosion!
A powerful shock wave quickly swept across an area of tens of thousands of square meters. Even the K6 bomber flying in the air was constantly shaking due to the strong updraft! A white wave visible to the naked eye swept across everything on the ground, and the violent explosion could even feel the vibration of the earth 2 kilometers away!
"It is estimated that nearly a hundred tons of artillery shells exploded." A French officer said afterwards.
"Remember, the next time you bomb the ammunition dump, the plane must fly higher!" Looking at the scars on the aircraft body, the captain said to the pilot.
However, no matter what, this important pillar of firepower for the French army was finished. However, in other places, both the Holy Diamond 220MM heavy artillery and the ordinary military and division-affiliated 155MM heavy artillery suffered heavy damage in this sudden air attack. Some of the faster ones escaped the bombing, but they did not dare to show their faces anymore. They just wreaked havoc. Within a few minutes, the long-range firepower of the French army suddenly weakened a lot, and at this time, the German Armored Corps, after a short rest, rushed forward again!
In the following battle, the Germans witnessed the last conscience and bloody spirit of the French Legion! In an already critical situation, Gallieni invested all his armor power! Under the attack of German bombers, he rushed forward to face the German armored spearhead!
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