Chapter 2208： Calm before the storm (1/2)
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Because K8T has almost abandoned its ability to attack the sea, the load originally used for weapons is used to strengthen the collective structure and strengthen the body armor! The abdomen of the fuselage, the roots of the wings, and around the engine are all equipped with armor in the cockpit. Is this a British fighter with only one 14.5MM machine gun and two 7.7MM machine guns that can be easily shot down?
The two K8T long-range patrol planes adopt a staggered formation. The two planes gather about 150 meters horizontally, with a height difference of 80 meters, covering each other's fragile abdomen and back. All the machine gun shooters were standing by, with red-marked incendiary bombs, blue-marked high-explosive bombs and yellow-marked tracer bullets alternately inserted on the metal bullet chain. Like sharks with dense teeth, waiting for prey to come!
”Damn it! The German plane is too high, we can't get on it!” The single-engine plane also carries a heavy float. The air combat capability of the seaplane in this era can be described as tragedy, unless it is facing at low altitude. Attack aircraft carrying torpedoes and bombs (because the latter is more bulky.) Otherwise, it will not have an advantage against any opponent. And this time, the other party’s K8T was waiting for itself at high altitude. The engine power was increased to its maximum. When the seaplane finally climbed to the vicinity of the target with a very small climb angle, it took them as long as 20 minutes. It's a large-caliber machine gun bullet like a rainstorm!
”It is impossible for us to have the kinetic energy to find the opponent's defensive loopholes like fighters. We are as heavy as a weight above 3000 meters, and the opponent is like a hunter using a shotgun to kill a duck with a broken wing. It took only ten minutes from the time when the first shots were fired by both sides to when we gave up the attack. Six aircraft were shot down and three were shot down, but we only left some insignificant bullet holes on the other side.” The plane pilot complained.
”Almost all of the British slow-speed battleships are here. They are sailing in a rectangular formation. I saw Jericho’s flagship Iron Duke, George V-class battleships, Orion-class battleships, and British former dreadnoughts. It’s here, but without Thomas’ fast battleship.”
After getting rid of the entanglement of the British seaplanes, the two K8T bombers calmly flew over the British main fleet for reconnaissance. The height of 3,500 meters was enough for them to avoid the threat of the British fleet's air defense artillery. So that observers can take pictures of British battleships one by one and then perform detailed identification.
With the transmission of radio waves, the whereabouts and organization of the large fleet are almost without secret to the Germans. When the two K8T long-range patrol aircraft were forced to return due to fuel problems, the other two new K8Ts flew to the British fleet again. Reconnaissance operations in the sky. Until Betty's two aircraft carriers appeared in the sight of the Germans!
Betty quickly took off 16 fighter jets from the two aircraft carriers. Their arrival means the end of the German long-range patrol aircraft's approach to reconnaissance. No matter how powerful the heavy bombers of this era are, you must always give the opponent's absolute number of superior fighters a face. At the edge of the British fighter's combat radius, the German long-range patrol aircraft flew cautiously, maintaining contact with the British fleet, and at the same time, it would not let the opponent's fighters bite!
”Our actions have no secrets in the eyes of the Germans. If we fight against the German fleet in this situation, we are almost completely at a disadvantage.” Lieutenant Admiral Duff said, looking at the distant sky.
”Yes, we are very passive due to the disadvantages in detection, and we are running out of time. The German High Seas Fleet can travel nearly 500 nautical miles in a day, which is more than 900 kilometers, and the Spey Fleet in the east. Slowly, but they are still trying to get closer to the high seas fleet, they will soon be close to the red line distance.” Jericho said calmly.