Chapter 392 Jack's Attack
After finally taking off, Jack was so angry that he looked at the warships below being hit and the smoke-filled port.
He had never been able to use his fists and feet, and now he finally had a chance. Jack pushed the throttle and the engine roared and flew towards the injured bomber.
Kill it, kill it!
Although the torpedo attack aircraft is not used for air combat, now, he must shoot down the German plane!
The swordfish attack aircraft gradually flew closer from the opponent's rear. At the same time, the opponent also found him, a 7.92mm machine gun, aiming at him.
"Dadada." Muller fired first, and the machine gun bullets splashed at the plane chasing behind.
But it was useless. Jack pushed the operating rod and the swordfish attack machine and began to dive down.
Mueller's fire just now was just to disperse the other party and let the other party retreat, but now, the position of their machine guns has been exposed.
Jack discovered that the opponent's rear machine gun fired normally, and immediately changed his tactics.
Generally speaking, fighter jets approach bombers at high speed from the rear and run away after hitting. After all, tail chase attacks are the easiest to succeed, and the maneuverability of fighters is good.
Therefore, ordinary bombers will have a machine gun that shoots backwards and arrange a rear shooter to imitate the tail attack.
However, the tail is also divided into the upper and lower hemispheres. Due to the obstruction of the fuselage, the shooters in the cockpit behind can only attack the targets in the upper hemisphere, and the following is a blind spot.
Of course, under normal circumstances, this defect is not too serious, because the aircraft can perform various maneuvering actions in the air. Even if the bomber is slow, it is fine to turn it over and turn it upside down.
After turning over, the machine gunner in the back seat can deal with the targets in the lower half of the ball, which is that simple.
At the same time, it is not easy to attack from the back and bottom. It is never as easy as diving as a dive. Therefore, there are almost no cases of attacking from the back and bottom.
But now, it is an opportunity.
Because this Junker-88 was injured.
Losing one engine and another full-powered engine resulted in a large yaw torque. In this case, it would be good to be able to fly smoothly and you would never do any maneuvering actions. If you are not careful, it would definitely be the end of the plane being destroyed and the person being killed.
As for turning over, it is even more impossible.
Jack seized this opportunity. After he found that there was a machine gunner behind the opponent, he immediately dived down and came to the opponent's lower half of the ball, and launched an attack from behind!
"The target disappeared," Mueller said.
When the opponent dives, he disappears from Mueller's vision. Mueller, who is not experienced, thinks that the opponent's attack will not be given up. He did not expect how fierce the opponent's next attack will be.
Jack pulled up his operating lever, this time, he must kill the opponent!
The biplane was not fast either, Jack was not worried, the other party didn't notice him at all, he was simply too careless!
The swordfish attack plane approached forward little by little, and Jack operated his plane steadily. Now, it was as perfect as an ordinary target shooting, and he had to shoot down the opponent!
At the nose of the aircraft, the 303-inch aviation machine gun with a synchronizer is ready to fire. As long as you get a little closer, you can fire!
In 1928, the famous British military-industrial enterprise Vickers and Armstrong Company cooperated to design and develop a self-defense machine gun for bombers, namely the Vickers K-type aviation machine gun.
This machine gun was adopted in large quantities by the British Air Force, and even the ground troops were equipped with a lot.
If converted into metric system, it is 7.7 mm. This caliber is the main caliber of the UK and there are a large number of bullets for consumption. Therefore, although the caliber of this type of aviation machine gun is not large, it is the main equipment of the UK.
Correspondingly, the range of this type of machine gun is very close and has little power. These disadvantages were later compensated by the .50 machine gun. However, the British were still very stubborn and still equipped with a large number of .303 machine guns. Even if they were used in quadruple-mounted and placed on bombers, they were unwilling to use the .50 to replace them.
The engine was roaring, the biplane was climbing, and at its front, the Junker-88 bomber, had successfully entered his range.
Open fire! Jack pressed the button on the driver's rod without hesitation. He was quite confident that all these bullets would fall on the other party's fuselage, preferably igniting the fuel on it.
Bescher's arms were extremely sore. Originally, Junker-88 was a very easy-to-control aircraft. The hydraulic oil pressure was high and the operating rod was very light.
But now, the operating rod seemed to weigh tens of thousands of pounds, and his arm was extremely sore. Suddenly, his left hand lost strength.
The entire plane immediately deviated to the right!
"Dadadada." At this moment, there was a crisp sound of machine guns below.
There is an attack!
The 7.7mm machine gun bullet was originally aimed at the belly of the Junker-88, but just now, the Junker-88 suddenly deviated, causing the bomber's fuselage to turn in a direction.
As a result, only a dozen bullets of 7.7 mm fell on the fuselage, making small holes, and the rest were all empty!
If it is a 12.7mm bullet or a 20mm machine cannon, then as long as one is shot, a big hole will be tear open. But now, the 7.7mm bullet is too powerful!
"Quick, go down!" Beschel held the operating rod again and said to the navigator in front.
The Juncker-88 is a medium-sized bomber with a cockpit several meters above the ground, so it does not enter directly from the canopy cover like an ordinary fighter, but from the belly of the aircraft.
There is a passage behind the lower cockpit, and then a ladder for the pilots to get up and down.
At the same time, this passage is also a passage to operate the machine gun below.
The Junker-88 is able to protect its lower rear hemisphere area, which is the mg 81z double-tube rotary 7.92mm machine gun on the armored bola pod below the cockpit.
However, the Junker-88 only has four crew members, so this machine gun is basically idle. When needed, someone can climb over and operate it.
Just as he was shot, Bescher judged that the attacker was coming from the rear. He immediately shouted to his navigator that the navigator's position was the fastest to climb over. At the same time, the navigator now has no weapons in his hand, so he is the best candidate.
Protect your own bomber!
The entire crew, while preparing quickly, Jack continued to push the throttle in disappointment.
He could not keep firing after entering the attack position, otherwise the distance would get closer and closer and there would be a risk of collision. At the same time, once the opponent exploded, the fragments would threaten Jack.
However, Jack did not expect that when his bullet was about to hit, the other party turned around!
Too hateful!
Regardless of whether it happened just now, Jack will launch a second attack!
Before re-entering the attack, Jack skillfully glanced at himself directly behind.
No matter what the situation is, don't ignore your back! Jack always remembers what his instructor said.
Chapter completed!