Chapter 582 Washington

At the end of World War II in the original time and space, B-29 "Super Fortresses" began to appear in groups over Japan, and more and more cities and industrial areas were destroyed.

In order to resist these terrible bomber groups, Japan built a 150mm anti-aircraft gun in 1945. During the test, the initial velocity reached 930 meters per second, the maximum firing height reached 20,000 meters, and the firing rate reached 15 rounds per minute.

However, due to high manufacturing requirements and insufficient wartime conditions, only two 150mm anti-aircraft guns were manufactured until the surrender, and all were fixedly deployed around Tokyo.

On the morning of August 2, 1945, the 150mm anti-aircraft gun ushered in its first and only actual combat. After precise observation and calculation, it opened fire at an elevation angle of about 50 degrees. After 15 seconds, smoke from the explosion appeared in the middle of the US military fleet. It was later confirmed that only one shot injured three US B-29 bombers flying at an altitude of 9,800 meters and caused the fleet to turn. Since then, US aircraft have never passed through this area again.

Therefore, an interesting saying was born later, that is, if Japan could manufacture 150mm anti-aircraft guns in advance and deploy them around the mainland archipelago, it would be able to prevent the B-29 fleet from launching air raids on the mainland.

Let alone whether Japan has enough resources to manufacture such heavy anti-aircraft guns under wartime conditions, even if they are really manufactured and deployed, at that time, the carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy can attack any area of ​​Japan at will, and heavy anti-aircraft guns lack sufficient response capabilities against tactical aircraft that raid at low altitude and high speed. Even if they are not destroyed by the B-29 fleet, they will be attacked by these mobile and flexible carrier-based bombers; defeat is still inevitable.

Hearing Arnold's proposal to build a 150mm anti-aircraft gun, the Vice President of Ghana couldn't help but brighten up. Just hearing this caliber, he felt that its power was very considerable. The only question now is, "How long will it take to build it?"

Arnold thought about it. "About two years, at least one and a half years." They have no experience in manufacturing such a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun, and need to explore from scratch.

The Vice President of Ghana could not help but roll his eyes. It seemed that he didn't have to worry about it. "So now we can only watch the German bombers bomb Washington?!" The most terrible thing is that although the population of Washington at that time was less than one million, there were not many air-raid shelters, and even the ground that could temporarily serve as air-raid shelters was not opened. "Let the people hide in underground passages or basements as much as possible."

The funny thing is that they had no experience in dealing with such a crisis, and directly spread the news that Washington was about to be bombed.

As a result, the whole city fell into panic.

People rushed to escape from this city that was about to be bombed, and the most convenient means of transportation they used was naturally their own cars. At this time, the number of civilian cars in the world was still the United States, and almost every household had a car. As a result, so many cars rushed onto the road at the same time; the road was crowded with vehicles, and no one gave way to anyone, and soon the city's traffic was paralyzed.

Just when most people were stuck on the road and couldn't move, the bombers flew over Washington.

Thompson, who "escorted" the German bombers all the way to the sky over Washington, felt his heart almost jump out of his throat. His crazy prayer in his heart was just as Miller said, the Germans just circled over Washington and left.

Unfortunately, there is a saying that things go against one's wishes. He suddenly saw the bombers in the sky slowly open the bomb bay. "God! They are going to drop bombs!"

Miller also noticed the movement of the bombers and couldn't help but screamed. "How is this possible? How can their bombers fly such a long distance and still carry bombs?!"

And Thompson finally reacted that the Germans were not going to bomb a specific target, they just wanted to bomb the city. For a target as big as a city, the Germans didn't even need to lower the altitude, and the bombs dropped would definitely fall into the city.

The bombers dropped bombs one after another, but Thompson also noticed that Miller was right. Although the Germans dropped bombs, each bomber dropped only a few bombs. Judging from the size of the bombs, they should be 500 kg bombs, which means that the bomb load of each bomber does not exceed 3 tons.

Just when he was worried about how much damage these 30 tons of bombs would cause, he suddenly saw the shells of the bombs cracked, and countless black balls fell down. The shells of the balls were divided into two petals, which looked like an oversized butterfly from a distance.

Miller's voice trembled slightly. "Oh my God, what is this?"

During World War II, Germany invented the world's first cluster weapon bomb-the SD-2 bomb. Because its appearance after being dropped is very similar to a butterfly, it is also called the "butterfly bomb." After the war, Americans developed a similar bomb-the M83 "butterfly bomb" based on this.

The United States has made more new developments and improvements in the structural design of small anti-personnel bombs. The new small-caliber anti-personnel bombs have removed the traditional arrow-feather or box-type fixed stabilizers and adopted retractable stabilizers, which greatly reduced the geometric size of the anti-personnel bomb and became a small aviation anti-personnel bomb.

After the butterfly bomb is dropped, because the two wings are at a certain angle, the shell will open under the action of air resistance, and the two spring-hinged rotating wings (i.e. butterfly wings) will pop out to stabilize the bomb body. During the falling process, the rotating wings will gradually release the insurance of the warhead and reach the combat state. The fuse detonates the bullet charge, generating fragments, killing the enemy's manpower and destroying weapons and equipment.

The fuse of the small bomb is located in the center of the bomb body. The mechanical delay and back-discharge detonation time of the fuse are set when it is manufactured in the factory. Different fuses can be selected to meet the required delay and back-discharge detonation requirements, which can kill people within a range of 100 meters.

Now the German bombers dropped the M83 butterfly bomb, which was improved from the previous German SD-2 bomb. The 20,000 butterfly bombs dropped by ten bombers seemed to fall like flowers from the sky, and there was even an indescribable beauty.

However, this beauty is the hellfire that brings death to the people on the ground, and it is the coming of the god of death.

"Boom!"

A butterfly bomb happened to fall on the hood of a Ford car that was stuck in the middle of the road and could not move. Accompanied by a series of loud noises, several cars squeezed around seemed to have a chain reaction, and they were detonated one after another.

Needless to say, the passengers in the car were swept by the shock wave of the explosion. The screams and wails frightened the people around them. They screamed and scrambled to escape.

Another butterfly bomb landed in the crowd of people who were in a panic.

"Boom!"