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And the team of torpedo planes that were evaded can also take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's evasion to change course and re-cut sideways.

At this time, whether it is the ground air defense force or the anti-aircraft artillery of naval ships, they have experienced a large-scale dive bomber group, and the anti-aircraft firepower has been severely damaged.

At this time, more than 50 torpedo planes entered the battlefield. For the Italian fleet, they were undoubtedly the last few steel nails to nail the coffin board.

However, just when the torpedo fleet was in formation and ready to happily start the feast, the situation changed suddenly.

More than 10 German bf110 night fighters suddenly came out diagonally from the rear of the torpedo fleet like ghosts.

Da da da!

As soon as these German fighter jets showed their vicious fangs, they let out strings of caliber ammunition frantically.

Boom boom boom!

These cumbersome torpedo planes that could only walk in a straight line were unlucky in an instant. One after another, the German night combat planes exploded in the air and turned into balls of fire!

The entire torpedo fleet is facing annihilation in an instant!

It turned out that Rommel predicted that the Allied torpedoes would arrive on the battlefield one step later, so he dispatched the few remaining night fighters ahead of time, in order to intercept and kill the torpedo planes that threatened the fleet most.

Because as long as these torpedo planes can be killed, the Italian naval fleet in the port of Tobruk will suffer serious damage at most, but there will never be a devastating blow.

Obviously, this "broken line" tactic has worked wonders, and the torpedo plane has no resistance against night fighters!

"My God! The damn Germans are ambush us!"

"Come and help!"

"Don't panic! Fight with them! Go ahead and shoot the torpedo!"

The torpedo pilots were all frightened and stupid, and they never dreamed that the Luftwaffe would play such a routine.

However, at this time, the arrow is on the string and they have no choice. Even if the Luftwaffe bites their ass and chases after them, they can only bite the bullet and go up to complete the projection.

"These bastards actually got behind us, hurry back and rescue them!"

"Hurry up and kill!"

"I buy it!"

The Allied fighter pilots cruising around on guard did not expect that the German Air Force did not fly over from a distant land, but would come out obliquely from the sea behind.

After seeing the situation in front of them, all the fighter pilots turned red-eyed, and instantly went into a state of berserk, turning around and killing back at the fastest speed.

However, those German night battle planes were also all red-eyed at this moment, completely ignoring and scruples about the Allied fighter jets that were coming back at full speed, and continued to frantically chase and kill the Allied torpedo fleet.

Chapter 1369 The Legendary Wooden Plane

Just a few seconds ago, the pilots of the British torpedo planes were looking at the fires rising into the sky in front of them with excitement, commenting on the beautiful details.

Well, I have to admit that everyone has a hobby of playing with fire when they are young. It seems that arson is one of human instincts.

However, they didn't know at that time that they would also become the prey of others.

A British pilot saw the last scene of his life very clearly through the transparent glass cabin: an aircraft that did not seem to be his own was approaching from behind.

When he opened his eyes and took a closer look, he was immediately dumbfounded: the German plane was coming!

The next moment, dazzling bullet lines flashed in his retina.

The heavy shadow of death is overwhelming!

"I buy it! Am I going to die like this?"

The sound of exclamation and the roar of the machine gun sounded almost at the same time. In an instant, the entire cabin was covered with flying shrapnel, and the occupants were flying with flesh and blood.

Mechanical parts were cut and destroyed, the main wing spar was broken, and the engine exploded.

In the end, flames spewed out from the fuel tank, and the entire torpedo bomber was wrapped in an ever-expanding fireball, crashed towards the city, and merged with the sea of ​​flames.

"Damn German, where did he come from!"

"Are we all going to die here?"

The voices of the bomber pilots warning each other rang out on the radio, and dozens of pairs of terrified eyes searched every corner of the night sky.But they don't have night vision and cannot see enemies in the dark.

Only every time a dense tracer bullet is suddenly fired from somewhere, they will know where the enemy is.

A torpedo bomber either fell or was directly blown up in the air, and the pilots were all asking the same question with trembling voices; where are our "mosquitoes"?

"Damn Brits, all to God!"

"Haha, I killed another British torpedo plane!"

After blowing up the nearest torpedo plane in front of them, the German pilots left their dead prey without hesitation and continued to pursue frantically.

Boom boom boom, in a short period of time, several more torpedo planes were blown up, and the dazzling flames lit up the sky, which looked extremely colorful.

As the so-called cannon fire is golden, every torpedo plane is blown up in the air, which not only represents the death of a young life, but also means that the torpedo worth tens of thousands of dollars has been wiped out.

What a heart-wrenchingly extravagant rain of fireworks, it's really a joy for loved ones and enemies!

"Damn German, die!"

In less than a minute, Huben Army fighter pilot Song Liangqing drove a DH1 "Mosquito" fighter back at the fastest speed. After locking on a German bf98 night fighter, he frantically pressed the fire control switch.

Da da da!

Strings of caliber ammunition blasted out with endless anger at extreme speed.

A moment later, a series of metal impacts sounded.

Immediately afterwards, the bf110 night fighter, which was trying its best to kill the torpedo plane, was directly blown up, turning into a blazing fireball.

The DH98 Mosquito aircraft is one of the most successfully designed aircraft in World War II. It is an all-wood light bomber designed and manufactured by de Havilland Company. It is regarded as an innovative work in the history of British aviation. reputation.

That's right, this is an aircraft with an all-wood structure, which was very rare in aircraft in the 40s.

Using an all-wood structure was the most far-sighted decision made by De Havilland. It fully foresees that there will be a shortage of aluminum alloys in wartime Britain, and there will be a shortage of workers who master aircraft metal structure manufacturing technology.

Wooden airplanes can be produced by any skilled carpenter, and British piano factories, cabinet factories, and furniture factories can all be put into mass production of airplanes.

It was this decision that made the "Mosquito" aircraft have several advantages from the beginning, such as low price, good performance, saving raw materials, and lightness like a swallow, and became a distinctive and outstanding model.

Although it is an all-wood structure, it makes people feel that it is no different from paper, but in fact it is not the case.

During the entire war, the "Mosquito" bombers in the Royal Air Force Bomber Corps alone dispatched 39795 sorties and dropped more than 254 bombs, of which only [-] were shot down.

That is to say, only 2000 aircraft is lost for every 1 sorties, creating the lowest damage record for air raids over enemy territory. The battle loss rate is only [-] per thousand, which is less than one-third of that of ordinary bombers. Best record for survival.

In addition, the DH98 "Mosquito" aircraft has many modifications, and has the functions of bombing, combat, reconnaissance, training, communication, and anti-submarine.

"kill!"

"Fake oil!"

Immediately afterwards, DH98 "Mosquito" fighters joined the battlefield one after another, aiming at the German fighters who were frantically chasing and killing torpedo planes and opened fire!

There is no doubt that in the face of DH98 "Mosquito" fighters that are several times larger than itself, only 12 bf110 night fighters exploded in a short period of time, and were all shot down by the extremely angry Allied pilots!

However, in this short period of one or two minutes, the Allied torpedo fleet has suffered extremely serious casualties, and as many as 2 aircraft have been destroyed.

There were no tears on the battlefield, and the pilots of the torpedo fleet who suffered heavy losses had no time to mourn and pray for their dead comrades. Just after they were out of danger, they rushed towards the enemy warships in the port of Tobruk under the cover of fighter jets. .

"Aim and shoot!"

"Don't let these bloody Brits come near us!"

At this moment, there are raging fires burning everywhere in the port of Tobruk, causing the originally pitch-black night to be scattered far and wide. Naturally, the torpedo planes flying in a low-speed straight line cannot escape the sight of the sailors.

In the face of these menacing super killers, they all gave their lives, completely ignoring the fighter jets above their heads that were still strafing wildly, and concentrated all their firepower on the torpedo fuselages.

Because they deeply know that although those bombers and fighter jets can deal a lot of damage and kill them, the damage to ships is negligible.

Conversely, once the torpedo planes adjusted the bombing angle, no matter how rough and thick the warships under their feet were, they would not be able to withstand the fatal damage of a few torpedoes.

If the warship is sunk and exploded, they will naturally have no eggs under the nest, and they will also sink to the bottom of the sea, turning into cold corpses!

In this case, they can only choose the lesser of the two powers, and give all the output firepower to the British torpedo fleet!

As a result, these torpedo planes that had just escaped from death faced a great test of survival again, and dense caliber ammunition was poured on them crazily without money.

Intensive dragging bullets flickered wildly in the field of vision, as if everything around was cut and cut off by these death-like metal storms!

Chapter 1370 A Contest of Courage and Decision

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Before the torpedo fleet entered the harbor, the British reconnaissance plane dropped three flares at a height of more than 100 meters, which immediately illuminated the entire harbor brighter, which can be described as vivid.

The torpedo fleet locked on the Italian ships in the port more accurately, and divided into several teams to launch a formal attack.

During World War II, the speed of torpedoes can be made relatively fast, at least much faster than that of warships, but at this speed, aviation torpedoes only have a range of 4-5km.

Moreover, in order to improve the hit rate and reduce the reaction time and evasion distance of warships, torpedo planes often need to reach in and throw.

So choosing an appropriate angle and bombing point is crucial.

Generally speaking, the torpedo will choose to drop bombs at a distance of 1000 meters. At this time, the reaction time left for the warship is very short.

An ideal bombing point, no matter whether the warship is fully ruddered to the left or to the right, it cannot avoid torpedo hits.

Of course, it is difficult to achieve this in practice, so there is a more secure way to release torpedoes from the two sides of the torpedo aircraft formation, so that the target cannot escape.

However, it is also very dangerous for torpedo attack aircraft, because the speed of torpedo attack aircraft is very slow before the torpedo is released, and the altitude is very low. At this distance, small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber machine guns can be easily hit.

Therefore, the loss rate of torpedo bombers during World War II was astonishing. Those who can serve as torpedo bomber pilots are naturally elites and daredevils in the army.

In short, whether it is the party that launches the torpedo or the party that evades the torpedo, it is a contest of courage and determination!

Only by keeping calm and facing the threat of the enemy can we fight for a way to survive!

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The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the British torpedo plane pilots who are determined to die all risk their lives and bravely fight against the dense metal storm all the way.

One man desperately tried to be invincible, and after paying the price of several torpedo planes being blown up again, the remaining 22 torpedo planes finally managed to escape, and successfully dropped a fatal torpedo into the sea water.

After launching the torpedoes, the torpedo planes began to quickly raise the nose, and when they reached a certain height, they turned the nose at the fastest speed and began to return.

At this moment, torpedoes were advancing rapidly in the sea, and their targets were directed at enemy ships in the harbor.

"Damn it!"

"Shet!"

"Quick turn the rudder to avoid!"

"It's over! It's over!"

The officers and soldiers of the Italian navy could only watch the waves of water rushing towards them, but they had no way to stop what was happening in front of them.

When the torpedo is thrown into the water, there will be a stage of descending first and then climbing, so the bombing distance should not be too close.

At this time, torpedoes generally sail at the waterline or a depth below the waterline, and the fuze located on the head of the torpedo is triggered by direct impact.

Because of this, the torpedo track is visible to the naked eye.

Therefore, after being attacked by a torpedo, the warship can yaw with full rudder in the direction of the torpedo for emergency avoidance, so that it may miss the torpedo.

But it is a pity that the bombing points of these torpedoes in front of them are very close, and they are traveling very fast, while the moving speed of the extremely cumbersome ships is too slow in comparison.

If you want to avoid these torpedoes by turning with full rudder, the degree of difficulty is not so high.

The only thing they can imagine is that these damn torpedoes made mistakes that failed to hit the target, or that the fuze suddenly failed and turned into dumb mines that would not explode after hitting them.

This is not wishful thinking of these Italian naval officers and soldiers. In fact, during World War II, there were a large number of torpedoes that missed the target and hit the target but did not explode.

When the torpedo and the torpedo plane were first invented during World War II, there was no essential difference except that the firing rate was higher and the range was slightly longer. .

Moreover, after the torpedo is thrown into the sea, it will have a certain distance to sail at a deep depth, and there will be a process of slowly climbing. Sometimes the torpedo will fail to hit because it is too close to the bomb.

However, a simple aiming device appeared in the torpedo bomber at this time, which can help bombers to easily aim at the target during relative movement.

This greatly improves the hit rate of aviation torpedoes, reduces the difficulty of operation, and no longer relies solely on the pilot's experience.

In addition, there are two main types of fuzes for torpedoes in World War II: impact fuzes and magnetic fuzes. However, both fuzes are currently unstable and have a certain probability of failure.

Unlike today's torpedoes, which generally use a combination of trigger fuze and magnetic fuze, this can not only ensure that they explode when they hit the target, but also explode according to the most effective killing range of the target.

The pilots of the Italian Navy ships tried their best to turn the rudder to evade, while the rest of the navy could only pray to the sky, hoping for a miracle to appear.

It's just that a miracle is a miracle after all, and it is not a normal state. The scenes in the minds of Italian naval officers and soldiers are not so easy to appear, after all, those are only small probability events.