The 1187th chapter terrifying engine 2)
From the ground, the scene in the sky is quite spectacular.
The terrifying sound of anti-aircraft guns kept ringing on the ground. With the sound of anti-aircraft guns, shells cut through the dark night sky and flew to the plane illuminated by searchlights.
Each plane will be attacked by more than a dozen shells from the ground. Under such a blow, it cannot escape at all. A beam of light flew towards the bomber. Then, the bomber either blew black smoke and rolled down, or was directly beaten to explode in the air!
One after another, in a short time, many bombers were shot down. The commander of the anti-aircraft guns on the ground was filled with joy at the scene in the sky.
With the help of radar, they found the target in advance. As long as they started to act, they would almost cease the net. This kind of air defense operation is faster and more efficient than before.
It is said that the technicians in the rear are working hard to integrate the system and use fire control radar and anti-aircraft guns to link them. In this way, the effect of attacking the enemy will be even better. In the future, any bomber who wants to attack his own positions and cities will pay the price of bleeding.
In the sky, a total of twelve bombers were shot down.
The sound of fire around disappeared, and everyone felt unsatisfied. After all, it was very intense when fighting. In fact, the entire fire process only took less than ten seconds. You could still smell the smell of gunpowder in your nose, but the sky was already empty.
"The targets have all disappeared," the radar man reported.
According to the instructions of the superiors, a total of thirteen bombers came in this group. Now we have only killed twelve of them. It seems that there are fish that have escaped. However, there are no new discoveries from the radar and the lookouts have not discovered them. Maybe the plane that escaped the net has long been trek or has returned.
In short, this air defense operation was quite perfect. With the help of radar, under the powerful shells of the near-explosion fuse, the invading Soviet bombers had already become fragments!
The entire air defense position was filled with joy.
At an hour away from Berlin, the first batch of DB-3 bombers of the Soviet Navy Air Force suffered a devastating blow, and almost all the bomber troops were wiped out.
Only one bomber was left, the one that had impacted. The aircraft's head was hit, which increased the aircraft's drag. After continuing to fly with the formation for half an hour, it finally found that the mission could not be carried out. The fuel was consumed too much and they could not fly back at all. So they had to interrupt the flight mission and return to the base, and became the only surviving bomber in the entire naval aviation.
The Air Force's Pe-8 bomber was still flying. Due to interception, they urgently changed their altitude and course and flew at ultra-low altitudes on the coastline. For them, the biggest threat was not the German interceptor fighter jets or the anti-aircraft guns on the ground. For them, the bad diesel engine of their planes was their biggest headache.
"Engine No. 3 stopped." Less than twenty minutes after entering low altitude, on a bomber on one side of the formation, Lieutenant Peterry watched the instrument pointer in front of him return to zero, and reported to the chief aircraft with a frustrated voice.
The Pet-8 bomber is a four-engine aircraft. It is still possible for him to complete the task when one engine stops.
However, after continuing to fly for ten minutes, there was also a shaking on the other side of the wing. He looked out his gaze and saw that the propeller of the No. 1 engine also stopped rotating.
Both engines were malfunctioning! Lieutenant Peterley was frustrated: "Engine One stopped, I had two engines that could not work, so I asked to bomb other targets and then return."
In this case, he would definitely not be able to fly to Berlin, but the territory below already belonged to Germany. Finding a suitable target and throwing the bomb down can also be regarded as performing the mission in disguise.
Mikhail's voice came from his headphones: "Yes, bomb nearby railways or bridges."
Another bomber was missing in the formation. Mikhail was in a very heavy mood. There were not many bombers, and they were constantly losing bombers. Can the bombing of Berlin be carried out normally?
After taking off, they lost contact with the Navy's DB-3 bomber unit flying in front, and they did not know how their naval colleagues were doing.
Just as he thought of this, Mikhail felt his plane shaking, and a mechanic's voice came from his headphones: "Engine 2 stops!"
Unexpectedly, it was his turn to have an engine failure so soon. At this time, Mikhail was completely desperate about this kind of aircraft engine.
He is the leader of the formation and the person in charge of this bombing operation. If he withdraws due to a plane failure, he will be a dereliction of duty.
At this time, they had entered the sky above Poland, more than 200 kilometers away from Berlin.
No problem!
"Please note, prepare to dive and start the engine in the air." Mikhail shouted to his crew, then pushed the operating rod, and the huge Per-8 bomber began to dive down.
The aircraft engine is started on the ground by the outside world. Due to self-weight problems, most aircraft will not be started in the air. After all, a huge battery is a waste of weight.
In other words, it is difficult for the aircraft engine to restart in the air because there is no external force to make the engine rotate. At this time, you have to think of other ways.
For example, when diving down, as the speed increases, the propeller will rotate under the blowing of the airflow.
In the moonlight, Mikhail's plane began to dive down, and its speed became faster and faster. Mikhail could see the propeller under the moonlight from the direction here. As the speed accelerated, the propeller finally turned.
Black smoke emanated from the exhaust pipe of the engine. Suddenly, as the black smoke increased, the diesel engine suddenly emitted that unique roar and restarted!
After leveling the plane, Mikhail breathed a sigh of relief and the engine was finally ready to continue working.
However, before he could climb to the height just now and lead the other bombers to fly together, at this moment, the engine that had just started actually groaned twice again and stopped moving.
The air start failed.
"With the remaining engines, we will also fly to Berlin!" Mikhail shouted in the radio.
In this mission, we must try our best to achieve success.
After going back, you must report to your superiors the poor performance of this engine. You must never use this diesel engine anymore! Even Mikhail can think of the cause of the failure.
The temperature at high altitude is low, and the moisture in the diesel produced by the Soviets is very high. At low temperatures, the moisture in these diesels will freeze and freeze the pipes, so the engine will shut down.
This kind of fault cannot be eliminated at all.
They continued to fly forward with difficulty, getting closer and closer to Berlin.
"Half an hour left." The navigator's words excited everyone, and they walked around and flew along the winding route, overcoming the engine failure, and they were finally about to fly to Berlin!
Poznan is ahead. As long as the course is calibrated in Poznan, you can fly directly to Berlin!
At this time they didn't know that the nightmare was coming.
Chapter completed!