Chapter 386 Swordfish Takes Off

Precision-guided bombs need to be controllable. This control is on the radio system, and the radio system is at the tail of the bomb.

A 12.7mm bullet, whistling, passed through the tail of the bomb.

Ordinary bombs have rudder surfaces at the tail, but they are dead and cannot move, and the current FX2400 bombs have movable rudder surfaces at the tail. It is through these rudder surfaces that the flight trajectory of the bomb is controlled.

This kind of rudder surface is made of lightweight aluminum alloy. After all, the twisting of the rudder surface needs to be controlled. This power comes from the rudder surface motor, and the power of the motor is limited after all, so it is impossible to weld a piece on it like an ordinary fixed rudder surface The iron plate is solved.

And now, the 12.7mm machine gun bullets easily passed through this rudder surface, and under the huge impact force, the entire rudder surface was directly taken away!

The loss of a rudder surface made it difficult to control the bomb in an instant. At this time, it was the final stage of its attack!

The flight path is basically aligned, even if it does not rely on the rudder surface, it is already possible to hit, but the lack of the rudder surface makes it lose its aerodynamic stability, so, in the eyes of everyone surprised, this bomb, Incredibly turned.

The Hood passed by with a two-and-a-half-ton bomb. When the bomb almost rubbed the side of the Hood and fell into the water next to it, it splashed a dozen meters high!

"Boom!" A huge explosion came from underwater.

The Hood, a 40,000-ton warship, trembled involuntarily at the sound of this explosion.

The hull is still wounded! Even with the explosion in the water, the shock wave still hurt the Hood!

"Quick, immediately carry out damage control!" Captain Cole, from the shore, rode a bicycle, galloping over, this was the fastest means of transportation he could find.

Not all of them lived on the ship, Colonel Cole, who slept on the shore, hurried on the first moment the alarm went off.

Rescue the Hood!

At this time, the bombers behind were still throwing bombs, and the entire port was still in a mess.

"Damn Germans, undeclared war and launched a sneak attack on us!"

"Buzz, buzz." A huge roar trembled under his crotch.

Czech stepped onto his motorcycle, and at this moment, his eyes were very firm.

The ground airport of the Naval Air Force is two kilometers away from his residence, and now, he must arrive as soon as possible!

At the port, his own warships are being bombarded terribly, and he must take off to meet them!

There are definitely not so many German planes coming, and there must be more behind them. Maybe, the next moment, the other party will throw bombs on the land airport!

Hurry, hurry!

The motorcycle was speeding on the field. In order to hurry, Jack didn't even take the original cement road, but went directly to a small road.

This BSA M20 motorcycle is far worse than the German motorcycle in performance. The reason why it was selected by the UK is that its production process is simple and the maintenance is convenient. As for the use, it is really not optimistic.

Now, bumping on the field, Jack's butt was still lifted up even though the two large springs on his buttocks were constantly buffering.

Jack is still banging on the accelerator, and for him, time is the most precious thing.

Quick, must be quick!

Generally speaking, the outside of the airport is blocked by barbed wire, but now, there is no threat, so the surrounding barbed wire has long been abandoned, and many places are dismantled. The officers and soldiers inside the base , and also think it is troublesome to walk on the road.

Jack's motorcycle, aiming at a gap, quickly passed through it, he continued to twist the accelerator, and headed towards the tarmac on the side of the runway.

Hurry, hurry!

When he came over, he saw three or five people running towards the plane.

Since they are all resting, there are very few pilots left in the base, and everyone is happy outside. Now, in such a short period of time, a few people can still run back, which is enough to show the loyalty of the Royal Navy Air Force.

"Quick, quick, quick!" While riding the motorcycle, Jack shouted to his companions. When he came to the side of the plane, he threw his motorcycle to the side and ran up to him in a few steps. s plane.

If you look at it from the current point of view, this is a completely outdated aircraft, and compared to the German aircraft, it is like a toy.

The single wing, full metal skin, high-horsepower engine, and closed cockpit are already the benchmarks for advanced fighter jets in this era.

So, what about this Swordfish attack aircraft? The old-fashioned biplane structure, the poor armament, the open cockpit, the speed of only 225 kilometers per hour, and the maximum ceiling of 3,260 meters make it look like the classic aircraft of World War I.

As a carrier-based attack aircraft officially completed in 1935, it was a full era behind the 97 ship attack adopted by the Japanese Navy two years later.

In 1933, Fairley Aviation itself developed a three-seat torpedo attack/observation/reconnaissance aircraft, called the "TSR-I", taking the initials of the three words. The aircraft was developed according to the technical standards issued by the Ministry of Aviation. The aircraft is a metal biplane structure with cloth skin, and uses a 635 hp Bristol "Pegasus" IIM air-cooled radial engine.

After a failure, this aircraft was finally finalized and won the favor of the British Navy. It can be seen that the concept of the British Navy, like their army, is quite backward.

In later generations, it was not until the emergence of Sea Spitfire that the British Navy finally regained its disadvantage.

Of course, this is also in line with the situation at the time. After all, the German Navy at that time did not have a strong aircraft carrier formation. The task of the British Naval Air Force was to attack the German naval formation, not air combat. Although the performance of the swordfish was very backward, throw a Torpedoes are still fine.

The Swordfish attack aircraft is a three-seat attack aircraft, including the driver, the observer, the correspondent and the rear seat gunner. Now, Jack has only one person, his observer and the rear seat gunner, and he still doesn't know where he is.

There is no time, we must take off immediately!

Quickly flipping each switch, the new 750-horsepower "Sagittarius" 30 engine in front made a roar, black smoke spewed out of the exhaust pipe, released the brakes, and Jack quickly rolled on the track.

Behind him, there are four Swordfish attack planes, also in the middle of a start, they are going to take off to meet the enemy!

Almost at the same time, the roar of the engine sounded in the southern sky of the base.

The German bombers have arrived!