Although their superiors had already issued identification manuals for Allied aircraft in advance, to be honest, Wittmann and Enschel were both big soldiers fighting on the ground in Iron Bastards, and they had no sense of the sky when they were separated by mountains.
The ability to distinguish the same type of aircraft is really limited.
Although they have the ability to distinguish between twin-engine and single-engine aircraft, it is really difficult for the two brothers to specifically distinguish the models of small single-wing single-engine aircraft.
It was only after those British planes in the sky were flying close enough that Enschel, who had already got off the car to avoid the air attack, discovered that almost all of these single-engine, single-wing British planes had black weapons hanging under their bellies.
Iron bombs, these aircraft are dive bombers that can directly open tanks!
"Damn it! The British bombers, these bastards have bombs! Spread out and avoid the air attack! Those who have not got off the vehicle should get off quickly and find cover on the spot, quickly!"
There were no Allied aircraft carriers involved in the Normandy landing in the existing history, but this timeline that was tampered with by Comrade Ma's butterfly effect is slightly different.
Eisenhower's reputation was indeed big enough. Roosevelt not only brought him a sufficient number of landing ships for support, but also sent several newly built refitted escort aircraft carriers. These ships were originally allocated to the Ni
Miz's.
Having ships is certainly a good thing, but the problem that comes with it is that there are no carrier-based aircraft on these newly built escort aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy is reluctant to transfer the share of carrier-based aircraft used in the Pacific Theater to those that are far less powerful than the Pacific Theater.
It's important to support the British people. What kind of bicycle do you need when a boat is good?
As a result, Eisenhower once again visited Churchill, the "politician with a thousand faces", and proposed that Britain would be responsible for the configuration of carrier-based aircraft when the United States shipped ships. This was a fair cooperation.
Churchill immediately became happy when he heard the request. Eisenhower was addicted to finding trouble for himself. If he didn't get enough things from one visit, he would come a second time. This Yankee could really take advantage of the place and he would never suffer any losses.
I was complaining in my heart. Churchill, who did not want any more changes when the war was about to begin, still sold it to Eisenhower to save face. The Royal Navy did have a batch of newly arrived carrier-based aircraft waiting to be allocated, and used them to give the Yankees this small-capacity escort aircraft carrier.
It should be enough.
Based on the cooperation framework of the Lend-Lease Act, the U.S. escort aircraft carriers were eventually manned by British Royal Navy sailors, coupled with British pilots and British carrier-based aircraft, becoming the only small aircraft carrier force that participated in the Normandy landings.
The British carrier-based aircraft that came to bomb the 101st Battalion at this moment were from these escort aircraft carriers. The small fleet of eight aircraft in total were all Barracuda bombers of the British Royal Navy.
This bomber used to replace the Swordfish is a complete battlefield all-rounder, capable of dive bombing and torpedo attacks.
Logically speaking, Wittmann and his party should not have encountered these evil stars in the sky. Unfortunately, the small team of Barracudas that came out to perform the air strike mission did not catch up, and before they could reach the airspace of the combat zone, the ground
The German army had collapsed and its defenses were overwhelmed by the Allied forces.
Seeing that the sun was about to set and there was not much time left, these Barracudas immediately turned around and returned. However, the British captain who led the team wanted to see if he could catch a group of unlucky Germans on the way back. Even if it was
It doesn't matter if it's a group of beaten German infantrymen who have lost their armor and are in a state of panic. It's better to throw bombs on their heads than to throw them into the sea and hear the sound.
People are in high spirits when happy events happen, and whatever they want will bring them good luck.
The British leader, who was about to see the coastline, suddenly noticed a string of "ants" moving slowly on the ground in the distance. Judging from the experience of fighting in North Africa, it was basically certain that they were the marching vehicles of the brigade.
The sun was almost setting. There should not be a large group of Allied troops marching so far from the coastline and very close to the enemy's actual control area. The British leader, who had a keen sense of battlefield smell, realized that he could not protect all the troops and caught one.
Unexpected big fish!
Upon closer inspection, sure enough, the convoy on the ground actually had some tanks with Nazi flags on their heads for identification by the air force.
Whether it was intentional or forgotten, this is enough to confirm that the identity of the unknown convoy on the ground is the Germans.
The fishermen will never be in the air force, and I, the Royal Navy, cannot return empty-handed.
If nothing else, let’s blow him up first!
The Barracudas, loaded with aerial bombs under the wings and belly of the aircraft, moved their rickety bodies and plummeted towards the target immediately.
This design is not very advanced, and can even be called an outdated carrier-based bomber. The speed is not very fast, and it is only slightly better than the old-fashioned Swordfish. Wittmann on the ground
, it is almost visible to the naked eye that the group of British planes are falling straight down.
"I hope those Corlians can be put to some use. This thing must not be out of sight or useless!"
Just when Wittmann was a little confused as to why he hadn't seen those Corlians firing yet, a loud crackle of continuous fire suddenly exploded in his ears like a continuous thunderstorm.
Dong dong dong dong dong dong——
The twin-mounted 37mm spit out fiery tongues of tracer flames at a dense rate of fire, instantly pulling out a dazzling barrage that shot straight into the sky.
This crimson river of sky fire carries full destructive power, but it arrives suddenly and so unprepared.
The British leader, who was obviously frightened, reacted quickly enough. He subconsciously shook the joystick tightly in his hand, and the fat and heavy diving fuselage immediately deflected to one side.
And the crimson 37mm tracer bullet barrage whizzed past less than half a meter away from the fuselage. The frightened British leader could almost feel it even through the cockpit glass.
That extremely hot temperature.
"Shit! These Germans actually brought anti-aircraft guns!? Is the deployment speed so fast?"
Realizing that saving one's life was more important than achieving victory, the British leader made a decisive decision. Without any time to think, he immediately dropped all six 250-pound aerial bombs of his leading aircraft Barracuda, abandoning the parasitic resistance and extra load in exchange for
An immediate improvement in mobility.
As for whether this aerial bomb can hit the German guy's head...
Come on, your life is at stake, who the hell cares about this at a time like this? Just throw it away and leave the rest to God.
The British leader who abandoned all the aerial bombs on board did not hesitate. He knew that his fat Barracuda was not good at maneuverability. He did not dare to be careless. He used fancy maneuvers to fly into the air immediately.