Chapter 683 High-level bombing
Enter the bombing route!
The pilot aircraft was the pilot, and the bombers behind them all lowered their flight altitude. In order to complete the bombing of this factory, there were a total of 30 Juncker-290s, which was enough to carry out a carpet bombing in a completely sense!
If it is during the day, in order to avoid ground artillery fire, they can fly at an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, which is not even reachable to anti-aircraft guns. Now, since it is at night and the other party has no defense at all, they boldly lowered the altitude to four thousand meters.
After entering the bombing route, Ludwig became even more nervous, which means that the bombing was about to begin. You must know that the bombing was always carried out during the day, but now, they changed it to night!
There is only one chance. After this bombing, the British will definitely be vigilant. It is impossible for them to bomb the aircraft factory easily again.
Light control has been implemented in London, but the factory in Brownwichburg is still brightly lit.
Let the workers work in the dark? That is impossible! Moreover, no one expected the German bombing opportunities to visit, and even the street lights on the roads inside the factory were shining. After all, the factory needed to continuously transport various components during the production process.
"Where is the idiot who installed the street lights in the opposite direction." A trailer carrying the wings was passing through the factory road and wanted to transport it to the assembly factory area. He didn't know how many times he would take this one thousand-meter-long factory road in a day.
There are not many street lights, but several of them are actually installed in reverse! Other street lights are reflected on top and bulbs are underneath so that they can shine on the ground. However, this street light is actually reflected on bottom and bulbs are above. How stupid is it to be done by someone!
While cursing, the driver thought to wait until the daytime to find an electrician to repair it. The electrician has been very tired recently. Moreover, there is danger of live operations at night, so he has to wait until the street lights are powered off before using them.
He didn't know that the anti-installation street light was intentional. German agents ambushed in this factory deliberately turned the street lights back. If all the street lights were reversed, it would definitely attract attention. Now, there were only a few reversed in the factory area.
It doesn't look any different on the ground, but it looks famous in the air.
On the dark earth, there was a trace of light in that factory area. Now, the light of the street light was seen very clearly on the bomber. Moreover, these street lights vaguely formed a cross mark!
Next, it's up to you!
After confirming again that the route was not a problem. The British Spitfire factory was ahead, Ludwig carefully adjusted the bombing sight in front of him and aimed at the light.
Now, he can rest for a while and leave it to the bombing sight completely!
During World War II, the United States' B-29 bomber had two secrets, the most important of which was the novel bombing sight invented by Dutch-born engineer Carl Norton.
This set includes stabilizers and sights.
The stabilizer is a working platform that uses a gyroscope to maintain a level. Its function is to provide a stable working platform for the sight. Moreover, the stabilizer will work in conjunction with the bomber's autopilot, so that the aircraft can be directly controlled to maintain a horizontal flight. The most precise one is the sight, which includes a mechanical simulation computer for calculating the bounce point, a small telescope and a precision system composed of a motor and a gyroscope. This system can move the telescope and ensure that the aiming point on the ground is always in the field of view.
It is precisely because of this advanced bombing sight that the US b-29 bomber can conduct unscrupulous bombing at an altitude of 10,000 meters when bombing the island country, fully reflecting the effect of high-altitude bombing.
Now, German bombers are equipped with similar bombing sights. They have been studying in Libya bases for five or six years, and have only been fully practical recently. They have only provided a few to equip each Junker-290 bomber unit's long aircraft.
Next to the bombing sight is a ball of aluminum thermal agent. If the bomber is shot down or forced to land on enemy territory, the first thing the crew does is to destroy this sight, which is even two or three years ahead of the current United States!
The interior is assembled from more than 2,000 precision parts and uses a large number of precision gears and ball bearings. This instrument is quite advanced and is also very simple to use.
Use telephoto lenses to find the target, that is, the light of the light that is facing the air on the ground that is out of line in advance. Although it looks very weak, it can determine the location.
Next, place the target in the middle of view and turn on the power switch of the bombing sight.
After that, everything is automatic. The telescope servo motor will ensure that the eyepiece is always aimed at the selected target. At the same time, the entire aircraft is controlled by the bombing sight, and the final bomb drop is also automatically completed by the sight.
The bombers behind are enough to follow up and bomb together.
Leaving everything to the machine would be unsettling. After completing the aiming step, Ludwig was still staring at the sight.
As we got closer and closer, two of them adjusted their directions, and finally, before reaching the target, the cabin door slammed open.
One bomb after another fell down. The eight-ton bombs were all 500 kilogram free-fall bombs, a total of 16, installed on two sets of wheel mounts in front and rear.
As the bombs fell one by one, the plane was obviously lighter. Ludwig shouted: "The bombing is completed, and you are in the airspace ahead, ready to turn around and return!"
Upon hearing the news, the pilot pulled the operating lever and the bomber began to climb, which is also an auxiliary measure to avoid collisions with the back.
At the same time, the bombers behind also began to drop bombs one after another.
At this time, the first bombs dropped were flying forward and downward.
The poor accuracy of horizontal bombing is caused by various reasons. Simply put, even the shape of the bomb and even the paint on the surface will have an impact on its aerodynamic performance. In this era without electronic computers, no one could accurately calculate the trajectory of a bomb falling at a speed of sound.
Therefore, the German bomber fleet's plan is carpet bombing. Even if the accuracy error is three square kilometers, it will cover your area of three square kilometers!
Moreover, they lowered their height and landed at a speed of almost close to the speed of sound. The first bomb, which was only fifty meters away from the target, the street light!
When he heard the sound above his head, the driver poked his head out and looked into the sky. Then, he saw a black shadow, which fell rapidly from the darkness. In an instant, he felt terror. The anti-installed street light shone on the black shadow and entered his retina.
That was a big bomb!
Chapter completed!