Chapter 1229： Lightning strike at sea (1/2)
Chapter 1229
”Suddenly.” The smooth shooting sound of the large-caliber machine gun stopped abruptly. Accompanied by the sound of the machine gun being locked, Captain Halley shook his head helplessly. Just after he shot down today's third British bomber, the ammunition of six 12.7MM machine guns finally ran out. All 3000 rounds of bullets were consumed. Under the attack of him and his brothers, the bomber formation was almost destroyed. Even if it occasionally escaped by chance, the bomb was thrown away early.
However, just as Captain Halley was about to report his results to the station, another small group of planes quickly passed by from a distance. ”Damn! There are so many British people here today. All aircraft with remaining ammunition can attack on their own.” Captain Halley gave the order to attack freely, but the entire team of 6 aircraft, two of them were injured and forced to attack. Returning, there are only 2 planes and a little ammunition.
”Their direction seems to be towards Burgas Port. The British seem to be aiming at our navy this time,” said the telegraph operator in the back seat.
”No matter what, the fighting here has nothing to do with us. We have already sent out their movements. It depends on how Count Luknar responds. If you are lucky, your colleagues in Bulgaria may provide support. If If I remember correctly, the Panthers squadron should be at the border of Bulgaria and Romania.” Halle sighed. However, what Captain Halley did not expect was that the battle this morning was just the beginning for him. After flying back for an hour, he had not had time to return to the pilot’s lounge for a cup of hot coffee and have a meal. Supper. Two burgers and a bottle of water were stuffed by the staff next to him, and then a group of ground crew rushed up to refuel and refuel the aircraft while overhauling it at the same time. Harley, who had only been on the ground for less than 50 minutes, once again I was pushed on the plane and participated in another aerial battle. Of course, this is something to say, not to mention it, let us first focus on the British C fleet.
The C group was very sad. When ”smuggling” north, it ran into the night sickle squadron patrolling the air. The C group was divided into two parts. One of them happened to collide with Captain Halley’s group of 15 bombers from the raven squadron. The other one was lucky and slipped past the 12 bombers of the Seagull Squadron.
”I lost more than half of his attack power before starting the fight, and there is no one!” Lieutenant Colonel Weilun, the commander of the C cluster, now felt like thousands of beasts rushed past. The opponent's interception forces were not strong, and they looked like 6 interceptors one after another. As a result, these guys shot down at least 9 bombers, wounded 2 and forced the remaining 4 to throw away their bombs and run away! Haven't encountered the enemy yet, and lost half of the output, this TM is still a shame! Lieutenant Colonel Vincent is bleeding!
But the only thing that comforted Velen was that after Captain Halley's fleet left, until they encountered the fleet of Count Luknar who was sailing on the sea, there was no aircraft to interfere during this period. Maybe it's the so-called Nojitailai. In fact, there were some deviations in their routes, and because of this deviation, the British fleet happened to catch the German fleet not long after leaving the port...
”It seems that our luck is not bad, brothers started!” Lieutenant Colonel Weilun issued an attack order, and the 12 bombers were divided into 4 teams and launched an attack formation.
”It's a bomber! The British are here.” Earl Luknar, who has learned of the British Air Force's attack through radio waves, is not nervous about the arrival of the British. After all, there are only 12 aircraft. If you want to use this aircraft to damage his fleet, I think too much. After spotting the British bomber at the lookout, the Earl’s flagship Sultan Osman I had time to release the 4 aircraft from the deck! The latter two armored cruisers do not have this ability, because there are fewer seaplanes, so there are only two on the Rechadia and none on the Redbeard Valedin.
The 88MM anti-lightning guns, 50MM rapid-fire guns, and machine guns on the battleship were quickly mobilized, and the three battleships opened a distance to facilitate dodge. The Piaget’s flagship is at the front, followed by two armored cruisers. The situation of the British is really bad. There are only 6 torpedoes and 6 bombs out of the 12 planes. In the face of moving targets, the bomb hit rate is rather sad. The only thing that can be relied on is torpedoes.