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Most of the Belgian soldiers were so frightened by the German "hell fire" that they abandoned their helmets and fled away. However, there were only a few who insisted on staying to stop the German army. How could they withstand the strong German attack?

Under the cover of artillery fire, the assault boat that crossed the river successfully arrived on the other side of the Maas River. The German soldiers quickly rushed up the river embankment and launched an attack on the Belgian army's position. They quickly drove the remaining Belgian soldiers out of the position.

The engineers began to build pontoons. After all, those rubber boats and assault boats could only transport personnel, and the armored troops still had to rely on the bridge to pass.

In less than half an hour, the pontoon bridge was almost close to the center of the river. Just as General Reichenau stood on the river bank and watched the engineers busy building the bridge, a shrill air defense siren suddenly sounded in the air.

Air reinforcements from the British and French forces arrived belatedly.

The adjutant on the side quickly advised. "General, it's too dangerous here. You should go back to the headquarters."

General Reichenau was completely unimpressed and pointed to the 88mm anti-aircraft gun position not far away. "Is there any danger? I think this is the safest place." As he spoke, there was a burst of engine roar in the sky, and groups of BF-109 aircraft faced the invading enemy planes.

Most of the aircraft of the British and French coalition forces were French 406 fighters and British Hurricane fighters, as well as some Blenheim bombers (British) and Ameo bombers (France).

Soon the fighters from both sides were fighting together.

Heinrich Ehler stared at a British Hurricane fighter jet. As the distance between the two sides got closer, he noticed that there was a strange glass bulge behind the cabin of the Hurricane, which was very weird.

"??" Is it a new and improved type?

But he couldn't allow him to think too much. The Hurricane had already entered his aiming ring and was about to pull the trigger. Heinrich Eheler's eyelids suddenly twitched, and an uneasy feeling came into his heart. Almost at the same time, the air commander's exclamation suddenly sounded in the earphones. "Damn, this is not a hurricane!! Don't bite your tail!!"

"!!" Heinrich Eheler subconsciously swung the joystick to the right with his hand, and the fighter plane rolled violently, barely avoiding the rain of bullets.

Only then did he discover that the strange transparent "bulge" turned out to be a turret with four machine guns.

"Everyone, be careful, this is British fearlessness!"

In the late 1930s, monoplanes and power-operated turrets became two very fashionable trends in aircraft design. At the request of the British Air Force, the Bolton Paul Company, which is famous for the development of aircraft guns, designed a new "Dreadnought" fighter jet. Its only firepower configuration is a hydraulically driven turret mounted behind the cockpit. It is equipped with four 7mm machine guns, which are operated by a shooter sitting in the turret with a handle. The fire range covers the entire upper hemisphere.

Because the appearance of the Dreadnought was very similar to that of the Hurricane, German fighters routinely entered the attack from the rear of the British aircraft. Unexpectedly, this was the best position for the Dreadnought to display its firepower. When the German pilots were secretly delighted about the prey that was about to arrive, they were suddenly hit head-on by four machine guns. This "drag knife tactic" was quite successful. In the first three weeks, the Dauntless shot down a total of 65 German aircraft.

However, Yannick had already distributed information on active fighter jets from various countries to the air force, so the Dreadnought had no chance to use any "drag tactics."

"Fire from the rear and lower part of the Dreadnought. That is its blind spot for firepower!"

Carrying two pilots and a heavy turret, the Dreadnought had extremely poor maneuverability. Even British pilots gave it the nickname "Daffy" (meaning stupid or crazy).

Such a fighter is no match for an extremely flexible fighter like the BF-109.

Soon, Heinrich Eheler bit another Dreadnought fighter and shot it down cleanly from the rear and below.

The battle became more and more intense, and from time to time, a plane could be seen falling from the sky dragging thick black smoke, belonging to the British and French forces, and also to the German army. The fighter jets of the British and French coalition had a numerical advantage, while the German fighter jets were superior to them in terms of fighter performance and pilot experience. Moreover, the ground has been occupied by the German army. The British and French pilots made forced landings or parachuted out and could only become prisoners.

Taking advantage of the inextricable battle between fighter jets from both sides, the British and French bomber groups approached the Maas River and headed straight for the pontoon bridge that the Germans were about to complete.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" What greeted them was the ground air defense position that had been prepared for a long time. The first to fire was the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun group.

Although it has the same caliber as the British Bang Bang gun, the two are worlds apart in performance.

After the end of World War I, Germany, as a defeated country, was restricted by the "Versailles Agreement" and was not allowed to develop any new high-power weapons of destruction. In the 1920s, the famous German company Krupp acquired part of the shares of Bofors and transferred some production technologies. It collaborated with Bofors to design and develop various new artillery pieces in Sweden. Swedish designers have gained new design ideas and valuable design experience from German designers.

However, there are differences in the design concepts of the two sides. Swedish designers have been focusing on the development of light artillery, while German designers prefer the development of heavy artillery. Later, the German company Krupp developed the FlaK-36 88mm anti-aircraft gun, which made great achievements for the German army in World War II, while the Bofors company developed the famous 40mm Bofors L/60 anti-aircraft gun.

The firing rate of the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun is 120 rounds per minute, and the initial speed of the shell reaches 854 meters per second. It can shoot a 9kg shell to a height of 7200 meters, and after the previous shell is fired, the next one The shells will be loaded automatically and will not stop working until the ammunition is used up. It is a completely self-firing weapon.

The ammunition supply mechanism located above the breech has 3 rows of guide rails, each row can accommodate a magazine of 4 rounds. The magazine is automatically removed and only one round is pressed into the barrel at a time. After shooting, the recoil force opens the breech block, throws out the empty shell, another shell enters the barrel, and the breech block closes again, thus achieving fully automatic loading and shooting over and over again. Except for the initial shell, which must be loaded manually by the loader, the other shells are automatically loaded. Even if it is limited by the reloading speed, the actual maximum rate of fire can reach 80 rounds per minute.

All this made the 40mm "Bofors" anti-aircraft gun one of the most outstanding and famous anti-aircraft guns in World War II.

Because Sweden is a permanently neutral country, Bofors can easily sell various weapons to both warring parties. This has led to the production and equipment of both Germany in the Axis Alliance and the United Kingdom and the United States in the Allies. "Bofors ” Anti-aircraft artillery appeared in various theaters of World War II.

This made Yannick quite unhappy, so as early as the beginning of the development of the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun, he spent huge sums of money to buy all the relevant patents and production rights. Therefore, the current Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun has become exclusive to the German army, while Britain and France are still using their own anti-aircraft guns with average performance.

The gunner of the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun stepped on the trigger, and the muzzle roared continuously. One after another, the 40mm anti-aircraft gun shells hit the British and French bomber formation.

Bombers loaded with bombs are quite bulky, and in the eyes of the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, they are simply living targets!