Chapter 738： Playing balloons (1/2)

The Stuka bombers were all fighting over Dover, while in Plymouth, they were all hs129s coming from across the strait!

This kind of aircraft, compared to Stuka, is the most important thing to have adequate armor protection. As a sweeper, with bath armor, it has the strongest survivability in ground artillery fire.

At the same time, the previous aircraft, limited by the engine, could only use the domestic 700-horsepower backward engine, resulting in a lack of power. All this changed after the defeat of France.

Various industries in France, including the aviation industry, have been inherited by Germany. German technicians have turned out the ”Spain-Swiss” 12y31 engine from France. This French-made engine can output 860 horsepower, which is better than the original The 700 horsepower engine is a bit higher.

At the same time, German technicians used their own technology to improve the unreliable heat dissipation system of this engine to increase the output power, so that this engine can stably output 920 horsepower, although it cannot match the Navy’s 1200 horsepower. Compared with the engine, it is much easier to use than the original one.

The increase in power makes this aircraft easier to fly, maneuverability has been improved, and at the same time, the bomb load has also been greatly improved.

In the past, only 12 rounds of the 40mm cannon shells could be carried, which must be used with caution, but now, the shells of this kind of aircraft cannon has been expanded to 120 rounds!

At this time, in the cabin, Captain Weber was driving his own fighter enthusiastically. They had prepared for this attack for a long time. Everyone knew the target he was going to attack by heart!

Captain Weber's target was the large number of low-altitude air defense **** near the headquarters of Plymouth Base!

In this era, there are many methods for air defense. Fighters can be deployed to intercept, ground artillery can also be used, and in key areas, balloons can also be used.

This is the weapon that makes the attackers speechless, it's a bit shameless!

Most of the balloons used in the UK are 62-foot-long 25-foot-diameter low-altitude interceptor balloons.

Each balloon can be filled with 19,000 cubic feet of hydrogen, and its maximum lift-off height is usually up to 1,500 meters.

In order to protect vulnerable locations from low-flying aircraft and dive bombers, balloons will be randomly scattered and deployed over potential targets that may be attacked.

Many planes need low-altitude bombing to increase their hit rate. Now, once they fly at low altitude, it is easy to hit the balloon cable.

Although the balloon is very big, the cable that hangs the balloon is so thin that it is almost difficult for the pilot to see it with the naked eye.

When the rope is hung, the cutting chains at both ends of the rope will separate the rope. So the plane continued flying with the main part of the cable about a mile long. The end of the cable is fixed by a floating canvas parachute with a diameter of about 2.44 meters.

This thing is quite a deceleration parachute, the plane will fully open it soon, and this parachute can generate a combined pull force about 6 times the thrust of the bomber engine.

It was as if it had hit something suddenly, and the umbrella behind opened shudderingly, the plane stopped almost immediately, and the result was that it fell from the air.

After the cable is disconnected from the balloon, a line connected to the balloon can pull a huge patch on the balloon apart. This way the hydrogen can be released and the balloon will slowly descend to the ground. In this way, the balloon can be reused, which is too ironic.

For the assigned task, Captain Weber is quite speechless. He prefers to play something valuable, such as the anti-aircraft artillery positions on the ground, etc., but now, he must obey orders as his bounden duty.

He drove his attack aircraft, flying 1,500 meters above the base, and soon he saw the big air-proof balloons on the opposite side. At this time, the balloons were drifting in the wind.

Aligned his sight with the opponent's balloon, and the 40mm Bofors cannon hung from the belly of the aircraft underneath, also rotated, and then he pressed the red button.

”Hum!” The recoil of the 40mm cannon is quite strong when it fires. This recoil even made this powerful attack aircraft tremble.