However, the speed is only 200 kilometers per hour, and it is changing from a dive state to level flight. How can it be so easy to pull up the nose of an aircraft weighing 3 tons? Moreover, it is still the slowest speed of the aircraft, and it is only 150 kilometers per hour. It is necessary to
If you want to speed up and change your flight attitude, it will take at least a minute or two.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Bullets flying wildly from the ground continued to fly around the cabin cover.
At this time, the altitude of his plane had dropped to 400 meters. Even if he could pull up the nose of the plane now, due to the inertia of the previous dive, the plane would inevitably continue to drop dozens of meters before it could climb.
However, the plane full of bombs was too bulky. It was not easy to change its flight attitude immediately. Masato Hirota almost broke the control column but was unable to stop the plane from continuing to decline.
"Hurry up and drop the bombs." Masato Hirota reacts quickly. There are still four 250-kilogram bombs hanging on the aircraft's magazine and pylons. The bombs must be thrown away immediately to reduce the weight of the aircraft so that the aircraft can be lifted up faster.
, escape from the killing range of enemy anti-aircraft fire.
Bombardier Hide Ogura couldn't care less about aiming now. He pressed the bomb release button with his thumb, and the four bombs instantly detached from the pylons and fell towards the ground. Masato Hirota clearly felt the plane tremble slightly, like
It feels much lighter as if some kind of shackles have been removed, and even the joystick that usually feels stiff has become more flexible.
He was now exerting all his strength, pushing the throttle, pulling the control stick, and lightly stepping on the rudder with his right foot. The operation was smooth and smooth, but the sweat on his head showed his inner nervousness.
This bomber, which represented the most advanced technology of the Japanese army, finally began to turn and speed up.
However, an aircraft weighing more than 2 tons only has 400 horsepower, so how powerful can it be in terms of instantaneous acceleration?
Therefore, in what Masato Hirota felt was the most perfect operation since he became a pilot, the plane only awkwardly turned to the right by less than 20 degrees, and the speed increased from 150 kilometers to 180 kilometers.
At this moment, Masato Hirota suddenly saw sparks coming out of his right wing, and a clanging sound was heard from under the belly of the plane. Hearing the sound, Masato Hirota knew it was a machine gun bullet.
He could no longer worry about it now. He could only pray that the plane would be raised as quickly as possible. If it were raised a little higher from the current altitude of 350 meters, his plane and life would be saved.
At 400 meters, as long as the bullets do not hit the fuel tank and engine compartment, the steel plate under the bomber's belly is enough to withstand the machine gun bullets whose kinetic energy is greatly attenuated. At more than 500 meters, unless it is an anti-aircraft gun, ordinary machine guns cannot threaten the safety of the aircraft.
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Unfortunately, while the plane was still climbing slowly, a string of bullets caught up from behind and hit the tail of the plane.
"Baga! The tail fin was hit." Bombardier Hide Ogura shouted angrily.
Masato Hirota suddenly felt the plane tilt suddenly to the right, and knew that the situation was seriously messed up.
At this time, the angle of the tilt allowed him to see a burning plane on the lower right, plummeting with thick smoke, and falling rapidly downwards.
Masato Hirota knew that the crashed plane was the squadron leader's car, and now it was his turn.
Masato Hirota used all his strength to pull the control stick that seemed to be stuck, and finally controlled the aircraft. He knew with rich experience that there must be something wrong with the horizontal rudder, and it was impossible for such an aircraft to fly back to Chengde.
It's the airport.
"We can't parachute here, we will be caught by the Chinese army." Ogura reminded with a trembling voice.
"Shut up! You idiot!" Hirota Masatomo yelled at Ogura Hide for disturbing his mind, while trying hard to control the plane to continue to accelerate and rise crookedly.
Of course he knew that he couldn't parachute here, and the altitude was too low. He would be easily hit by the fierce machine gun bullets on the ground after parachuting.
At this time, a burning smell came into his nostrils. It was a fire somewhere in the plane.
But Masato Hirota did not panic. He knew that as long as the engine did not catch fire, the plane could still survive for a while.
At this time, Zhou Wen on the ground saw that the Japanese plane, which was smoking thickly, had escaped from the shooting distance, and couldn't help but cursed: "Your sister! This can still make him escape."
At this time, a young major officer next to him was using an air observation scope to evaluate the height and distance of the Japanese army. Hearing his curse, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Scholar, you are too greedy. The Japanese only have 4 aircraft."
, we have achieved a very good result of destroying one aircraft and damaging three aircraft. If you buy me a few anti-aircraft guns, I guarantee that none of these Japanese will be able to escape."
"However, I observed the smoking Japanese plane. Its tail was shot and its wings were on fire. It must not be able to fly back to the airport. Don't even think about it as a Japanese pilot. You don't know where he will parachute to.
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"Alas! Our MG13 machine gun is used for air defense, but its power is still low. After returning from this war, I will find a way to replace the weapons of the two machine gun companies." Zhou Wen sighed.
Wang Lizhi, commander of the 1st Machine Gun Company, his eyes lit up when he heard the sound and asked: "Do you really want to buy an anti-aircraft gun?"
Zhou Wen rolled his eyes at him angrily and said: "Anti-aircraft guns, do you want to be pulled by a car or a horse-drawn carriage? With the terrain in our country, it would be great for you to fly with an anti-aircraft gun, but when the Japanese planes come to blow you up,
How can you run away? Do I need to equip you with a transport company?"
Wang Lizhi immediately explained: "I'm not talking about a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun. Just use the 20mm rapid-fire gun recommended by your German friend, which only weighs a few hundred kilograms."
Zhou Wen knew that what Wang Lizhi was talking about was the Swiss 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun that Mandel recommended to Zhou Wen last year.
In fact, the 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun was designed by the Germans. However, due to the "Versailles Peace Treaty" after World War I prohibiting Germany from producing large-caliber weapons, the development of this medium and low-altitude anti-aircraft gun had to go underground and came to Switzerland.
This small-caliber anti-aircraft gun has undergone many actual combat and experimental tests and is considered a powerful air defense weapon at medium and low altitudes. Many countries in the world, including Japan, have purchased production licenses.
"It's a few hundred kilograms. We can't just fire a few cannons and then move to another place. It's easy to be targeted by Japanese planes. If the cannons are blown up, it won't be a big deal, but I can't afford the loss of soldiers."
"As for what weapons we will buy, I'm still thinking about it. Anyway, it will definitely satisfy you."
In fact, Zhou Wen already has a favorite weapon in his mind, and has asked Mandel to find channels to purchase it. However, there has been no definite news for a while now.