Chapter 1643 Leopard splits the sky (Part 1)

Although their superiors had already issued identification manuals for Allied aircraft in advance, to be honest, Wittmann and Enschel were both big-headed soldiers fighting on the ground in Iron Bastards. 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 the British planes in the sky flew close enough that Enschel, who had already got off the car to avoid the air attack, discovered that almost all of these single-engine and single-wing British planes had black weapons hanging under their bellies. Iron bombs, these aircraft are dive bombers that can open tanks directly!

"Damn it! The British bombers, these bastards have bombs! Get out of the way and avoid the air attack! Those who haven't got off the vehicle should get off quickly and find cover on the spot, quick!"

The Normandy landing in existing history did not involve Allied aircraft carriers in the battle, 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 over several newly built refitted escort aircraft carriers. These ships were originally allocated For Nimitz.

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 not willing to transfer the share of carrier-based aircraft used in the Pacific Theater to those that are far less important than the Pacific Theater to support the British. When having ships is good, what bicycles do you need?

Ever since, 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 looking for 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 didn't want any more variables 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 for distribution, and gave them to the Americans with this small capacity. It should be enough for escorting aircraft carriers.

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 involved in the Normandy landings.

The British carrier-based aircraft that came to bomb the 101st Battalion at this moment came from these escort aircraft carriers. The small fleet of eight aircraft were all Barracuda bombers of the British Royal Navy.

This bomber used to replace the Swordfish is a complete battlefield all-rounder, good at dive bombing and torpedo attacks.

Logically speaking, Wittmann and his party should not have encountered these evil stars in the sky. Unfortunately, the small group of Barracudas that came out to perform the air strike mission did not make it. Before they could reach the airspace and ground of the combat zone, the German troops collapsed, and their defenses were overwhelmed by the Allied forces.

Seeing that the sun was about to set and time was running out, the 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 is a group of beaten German infantry who have lost their armor and are in a state of disarray, it is better to throw bombs on their heads than to throw them into the sea and listen to 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 can basically be determined that it is a marching vehicle 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. An 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.

Don’t say anything else, let’s blow it 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 carrier-based bomber, which is not very advanced in design and can even be called outdated, is not very fast and is only slightly better than the old-fashioned Swordfish. Wittmann on the ground could almost see with his naked eyes the group of British planes swaying and falling straight down.

"I hope those Corians can put it to some use. Don't be fooled by this thing!"

That was when Wittmann was a little confused as to why he hadn't seen those Corlians firing yet. A loud crackling sound of continuous fire suddenly exploded in the ears like continuous thunder.

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 preserving life was more important than achieving victory, the British leader made a decisive decision without having time to think too much. 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 Germans' heads?

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, and he immediately flew into the air with fancy maneuvers. staged.