Chapter 835： Smog

In the French war, HS129 has already shown its edge. It has armor protection and can avoid the threat of air defense fire on the ground. Dive bombing or strafing can cause heavy casualties on the ground.

Therefore, this aircraft became an explosive model, which made the Air Force very satisfied, but unfortunately, the Air Force still could not find a suitable high-horsepower engine to replace.

After all, for the Air Force, the first thing to ensure is the production of air-control fighters, and the second is bombers. Therefore, only the original engines can be used, which leads to poor maneuverability and insufficient artillery shells.

After defeating France, I finally found a suitable engine from France. After the replacement, the maneuverability of the HS129 has finally been improved. At the same time, the cannon in the belly can also carry more shells. !

how many?

A full 100 rounds of 40mm armor-piercing incendiary bombs! This aircraft is a special tank opener!

Now, when the British tank unit below was spotted, the HS129 fleet dived down from the sky.

The British tank soldiers are brave. They are ready to deal with possible German Panther tanks at any time. They are also ready to sacrifice, even if it is three for one, they are worth it!

However, they never thought that the first thing they encountered was a German attack plane!

This batch of early Sherman tanks did not have any anti-aircraft firepower, no anti-aircraft machine guns, and no protection.

If they come out a while later, they can be temporarily concealed in the mountains and forests behind, but now they are barely exposed!

Chloe, the commander of the 7th Armored Regiment, immediately spotted the German plane overhead. At this moment, he was faced with a difficult choice.

How to do how to do?

"Rush, keep rushing, and rush to the opposite position!" Chloe shouted loudly on the radio.

At this moment, he was not in the turret, half of his body was exposed, just like riding a convertible, with an omnidirectional vision, which is why he was the first to spot a German airplane!

As long as you rush to the opposite position, the opponent will not dare to fire in order to prevent a misfire. This is the only way!

At this moment, his ears were already attracted by the increasingly sharp Doppler sound, and an hs129 was swooping toward him!

Don't be afraid of death first!

In the air, with the pilot’s outstanding eyesight, Captain Weber had already seen the special tank on the ground. The other party actually showed half of his body outside, wearing headphones and holding a microphone in his hand. It looked very chic, in fact. Very stupid.

So Weber dived down, and his fuselage began to tremble with excitement. He steadied his lever, and the aiming ring steadily caught the tank on the ground.

The speed of the dive is getting faster and faster, and the distance is getting smaller and smaller. Only at an altitude of 300 meters did Captain Weber press the trigger.

"Tom tom tom!" Don't be stingy with the cannonballs, he just shot a three-point shot. Three cannonballs flew out of the muzzle one after another. At the same time, he pulled the lever backwards to fully open the throttle, amid the roar of the engine, The fighter was pulled up easily!

After installing a new engine, the performance of this aircraft has undergone a completely new change!

As he was climbing, he flipped over and looked down.

The 40-millimeter shell accurately hit the bottom. The first one hit the exposed guy. In an instant, his body exploded, and the whole tank became blood red. The second one got in from the turret, and the third one hit the engine behind.

The fire spread, and the entire tank was burning!

The head of the regiment was killed in battle. On the side of the tank, the deputy head of the regiment, James, watched the head's tank explode, watched the blazing fire and the black smoke rolling into the sky, he suddenly woke up. .

Smoke can be used against the plane overhead!

In fact, smoke has been used in the ancient war period. In the early days, smoke was used as a warning. Later, it was discovered that smoke can also hide whereabouts.

In later generations, all tanks had smoke generators on both sides of their turrets. During World War II, many tanks also had this kind of thing. For example, the tiger type in history had both sides of the turret. Matilda tanks also had this kind of thing. .

However, Sherman is not there yet, at least not in the batch of Sherman tanks that the United States aided the United Kingdom!

How to release smoke without a smoke generator?

"Quickly, turn off the engine, restart the engine, and release black smoke!" This is James' only way.

Later generations pay attention to environmental protection, and engines cannot emit black smoke. However, in this era, it is not normal for engines to emit black smoke. For example, the star-shaped engine behind the current Sherman tank is crowded when it is started. Big black smoke!

James' order was transmitted to every tank via radio. Although the order was a bit peculiar, they still followed it.

Anyway, relying on inertia, the tank can also run forward, relying on the outstanding power system, this tank can also speed to more than 30 kilometers per hour, shift to neutral, turn off the flame, and then restart!

The roar of the tail disappeared, and then, the electric current stimulated the motor, and the tail engine was trembling, and bursts of black smoke continued to blow out!

It has nine cylinders, and in the process of starting, not all the cylinders can be started together. In many cases, one or two start first, and then drive the others.

This startup process can even last as long as one minute, and during this minute, black smoke is constantly coming out.

The engine was trembling with black smoke. This scene was quite spectacular. At this time, the tank was still running forward by inertia. In this way, a black smoke came out.

The wind is blowing from the west, and they are attacking westward.

Therefore, the leading tanks were still exposed to the outside, but they succeeded in spreading black smoke into the tank troops behind!

When hundreds of tanks smoked together, the scene was extremely spectacular.

The pilots of the hs129 attack aircraft in the sky couldn't help but yell at the British guys below for shamelessness. When there was smoke below, their attacks were meaningless. The guns had to hit accurately. Now, they can't see them.

"Attack the front one! Give Stuka in the smoke!" Captain Webber was not discouraged, he shouted on the radio, and then dived down.

Anyway, the Stuka bombers were carrying bombs, so let them cover them with bombs.