Chapter 1970: Lesson Two

Well, in fact, at this point, it can be seen that the use of Gotha GV bombers to air strikes in London is actually close to a child’s play. There is no way. The performance of the bomber itself is too limited. It is said that it has 500KG bomb load, but it has increased With some armors and fuel tanks, 500KG ammunition cannot be guaranteed at all.

In fact, the KG3 bomber formation that historically bombed London with the German load was not only impossible to guarantee the quality of the bombers, but the number was actually quite poor. When KG3 was first established, there were only 36 Gotha bombers. If the bomber's ammunition is calculated by G, then the Germans will dispatch all the bombs at one time, and the number of bombs dropped will only be between 11 tons and 18 tons...

And then, as the war continued, the KG3 bomber unit ushered in the pinnacle of German aviation power in World War I, the Zeppelin-Stark four-engine heavy bomber, this bomber is the largest of the German World War I aircraft. The bomber with the most ammunition, the Gotha bomber is nothing compared to this bomber! It's like the gap between goat and elephant.

　　 This bomber has a body length of 22.1 meters, and its wings spread to a record-breaking 42 meters! The height is 7.2 meters! The empty weight is 7921KG. The maximum take-off weight is 11848KG. This bomber has used two engines, one of which is a 245-horsepower engine, and the other is a 260-horsepower engine. The top speed is slightly lower than that of Gotha, which is 137 kilometers per hour.

　　 I have to say that this bomber has taken an essential leap compared to Gotha! At least the maximum take-off weight is more than 10 tons, close to 12 tons, and it has the longest wing of a World War I bomber. Well, it is gratifying. However, if you compare it with the most advanced British V1500, then forget it.

　　 The latter is slightly shorter than Zeppelin, less than 20 meters. The length of the wing is only 38 meters. The take-off empty weight is about 8 tons as Zeppelin, but the maximum take-off weight is as high as 30,000 pounds, which is 14 tons! The load is 2 tons higher than Zeppelin! Moreover, the engine is the most unbearable for the Germans. The V1500 uses four horsepower engines, and the maximum flight speed of this bomber is even faster than its predecessor O-400 bomber! The maximum speed is 159 kilometers per hour... The German cried out in the toilet again!

Therefore, even after the KG3 bomber unit was replaced with Zeppelin Stark bombers, its bombing intensity against London, England was definitely not high. At the end of the war, the size of the KG3 bomber unit was only 43 aircraft. You really can't count on the output of these bombers!

　　 That's great. How many bombs did the KG3 bomber unit throw on the British from May 1917 to May 1918? Reality is more cruel than theoretical figures! In history, the KG3 bomber unit has performed 22 missions, and the number of bombs dropped on the British mainland was only 93 tons! Not even three digits! In the previous missions, a total of 61 bombers of various kinds were lost, half of which were due to weather and mechanical failure of the bombers. (From this data, the British interception level is not that good). An average of 1.5 tons of bombs were dropped. One plane is about to be lost... With the loss of these aircraft, the Luftwaffe personnel lost 94 people. The British also paid 28 casualties in the interception operations. (If you consider the number of crews, it seems that the exchange of the Gotha bombers and the British fighters is good? Is it true that in a certain magical thunder game, is the B25 type of aircraft the best fighter?)

　　 As for the personnel and economic losses in the UK? In the previous bombings, a total of 836 people died in the bombings, and the property damage caused was 3 million pounds, which seems to be a lot, but because many of them were civilian houses and the like, it would be nothing if only from the military significance of the bombings. For eggs.

To be honest, Ruprecht despises the so-called mental shock bombing, especially for hard bones like the British of this era. You must know that historically, the Dutch fleet has hit the Thames estuary and will encounter The towns and forts they visited were burned, but how could it be? Didn't the British finally push Holland to the ground and rub it? Really think that throwing a few tons of bombs can make the British feel terrified? What do you think? At least 4 digits in tonnage, right?

　　 But fortunately, on this plane, the prince has the K8 heavy bomber that the KG3 bomber unit did not have in the history, and the number of various bombers that can be used exceeds the historical KG3 bomber unit 10 times! And his opponent? It seems that from the current situation, the British air defense force on this plane is inferior to history in some respects!

　　 Yes, it's not as good as that! This is not to say that the British are not strong enough, but because the British are not prepared. You know, in history, before the German bombers came to the British mainland in May 1917, the Zeppelin had been flying in the British mainland for nearly 2 years! In the past two years, the British have established a complete capital air emergency response system, not only hardware ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ software equipment can keep up. And the British also developed an early night air defense system at that time!

Starting from the sea, the British set up lookout posts to observe the location of German bombers. After they were discovered, they reported it to the prevention and control headquarters by telephone. If the incoming aircraft was in the daytime, the aircraft would be guided to intercept it. Speaking of this system It's simple, and it seems to be effective, but in fact? The effect is not great, because in history, it is difficult to equip a single-engine aircraft with a radio. In addition to the eyes, the search for the enemy depends more on luck... The speed of the aircraft at that time was not fast. Counting the time to take off and the time to reach the battlefield, time is a bit tight. But after a period of running-in, the effect is also ok.

　　 If it is intercepted at night, it is much more complicated. After all, the bomber is much smaller than the airship. Even if it is found by the searchlight, it is difficult to track steadily. The target is a bit small and the speed is a bit faster! However, the British worked hard. They set up a cordon consisting of listeners and searchlights on the periphery, and some inward were air obstacles suspended by balloons. Further in there is an interception network composed of aircraft. Although it is still difficult to kill German bombers at night, it is enough to rely on ground-to-air firepower to force German bombers to drop bombs or give up air strikes early.

If the British in history have trained how to deal with the system through Zeppelin airstrikes in the two years after the war, then on this plane, at least in Britain, the British really did not consider how to deal with Germany. Human bombing, because there has been no threat before!

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