"Shut the engine." The atmosphere inside the Junker-88 bomber was a little nervous.

Just now, in order to drop the bomb, they had to continue advancing under the fire of British warships. As a result, a 40mm shell hit the engine on the right!

If it was a 40mm shell of the Bofos anti-aircraft gun, this cannon might directly explode the engine or even tear apart half of the wings. In that case, the bomber on your side should not be expected to fly back.

But now, the power of the British pounding cannon is quite limited.

Just by comparing the shell, you can know that this kind of shell is much smaller than that of Bofos, and it emits less medicine, so its power is correspondingly small.

This shot just destroyed the engine, but the wings were still intact.

First, turn off the engine and prevent the fuel from leaking out. It ignites the fire and burns half of the wing, and then it will not fly back.

The engine was successfully turned off. At the same time, the fire extinguishing device had been automatically started. Soon, the small flame inside disappeared, and a small stream of blue smoke continued to emerge from it.

Looking out from your cabin, you can see the three-blade propeller. One blade is bent and the entire propeller is fixed.

Bescher pushed his operating lever hard. Since the engine on one side had stopped, the plane had severe yaw. He had to use the torque of the tail rudder to keep the plane in balance.

"We're going home now." Beschel's calmness infected the people around him.

A Juncker-88 has four crew members, and they now belong to a whole.

If an engine is destroyed, can they still fly back? From here to the base, there is a long flight of thousands of kilometers on the sea. Once there is a problem in the middle, they will definitely die.

But, now jump down and escape? Of course not. This is still the territory of the British. If they go down, they will be prisoners!

Bescher was quite calm at this time. The bomb had been thrown and his mission had ended. Now, the rest of him was to take his crew back.

If he was given a chance to make a new choice just now, he would continue to attack. That was his mission. Even if the bomber was beaten to explode in the air on the spot, it would be worth it. The warship below was much more valuable than his bomber.

As a bomber pilot, this is what he has to do.

Now that the bombing mission has been completed, his new mission is to fly the plane back.

Can it be? He is not 100% sure, but he must show off and give his companions confidence!

Only one engine was left, and his flight speed suddenly slowed down. Now, he carefully pulled the operating lever to let the plane climb up at a very small angle.

The higher the height, the thinner the air, and the smaller the resistance. It has to rise to at least two thousand meters before it can use the existing fuel to return to the base.

The Junker-88 bomber became slower, as if he was an old man.

The jumo 211 engine is rotating at full speed. At this time, the advantages of the liquid-cooled engine are fully demonstrated.

This engine is a 12-cylinder, V-type engine designed by Junkers Engine Company, which was established by Junkers Aircraft Company in 1923. Compared with Mercedes-Benz's DB601 series, it is slightly larger in size, but has low fuel consumption and reliable performance. It is very suitable for medium-sized aircraft such as tactical bombers.

If it is an air-cooled engine, it is easy to overheat at low altitude and at low speeds, especially when the flight speed is relatively low. Even the b-29 was also caused by the problem of overheating the engine.

But now, it doesn't matter if the liquid-cooled engine is. The cooler constantly dissipates heat, and the cooler is right behind the propeller, which has a very good effect.

There is no problem with the engine's full power operation for a long time.

In the back seat, machine gunner Mueller looked vigilantly at the rear half of his bomber.

This kind of medium-sized bomber cannot have multiple gun positions like large bombers, and like light bombers, it can only provide simple protection. For example, ordinary bombers are equipped with a machine gunner at the back.

However, this is a medium-sized bomber after all, and it is very large, so more machine guns can be set up.

If you look from the outside, you can see that there are machine guns in front and behind the cockpit.

On the front windshield seat A, there is a mg 81j single-tube rotary 7.92mm machine gun, which shoots forward from the main cockpit windshield glass.

On the rear of the main cockpit, there are two single-tube rotary 7.92mm machine guns, installed in two different positions to cover the rear upper hemisphere area.

At the same time, there is a mg 81z double-tube rotary 7.92mm machine gun on the armored bola pod below the cockpit, covering the lower rear hemisphere area.

In addition to these, when performing other tasks, plug-in machine guns can also be replaced.

Mueller is a novice. He has just joined the Air Force for half a year. After passing the complicated test, swaying many circles on various rollers, and still being able to aim at the target and shoot, he became a machine gunner.

This is his first time on the battlefield.

During the bombings just now, he was just a spectator, and there was no enemy plane here. Now, his side has started to return. He should have relaxed, but for some reason, he always had an ominous premonition.

This premonition became reality the next moment. From the rolling smoke, a biplane jumped out and rushed towards its own plane from behind!

"There is a target behind!" Mueller shouted loudly, and then he stared at his eyes tightly on the sight. As long as the other party approached, he would immediately open fire!

At this moment, he held his breath.

In the distance, the target was getting closer and closer. It was a biwing swordfish attack aircraft. At this time, a pilot was flying over in the open cockpit.

Yes, Jack is here.

The entire base was bombed by Germany, but in this case, Jack, as a naval aviation, felt a deep sense of powerlessness. His plane was too backward and could not catch up with any German bomber and launched an attack!

The German bombers almost all flew at a speed of 3,400 kilometers per hour. The swordfish attack aircraft started to fly at full speed and flew to 225 kilometers per hour. The speed gap made Jack only hover on the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity.

No one noticed him, and the bomber group focused their attention on their targets, and they didn't take this small plane seriously.

Jack's heart was suffering. After continuing to fly for a few minutes, he finally found the target. The injured bomber was already very slow!

Chase and attack!
Chapter completed!