Chapter 1737

Immediately after Major General Trota left, the twelve K-8 reconnaissance aircraft of the Black Hawk long-range reconnaissance aircraft detachment participated in the final preparations. The Shetland Islands are a bit large and want to cover the entire area. Naturally, it is impossible to send a few planes out. While the British are not prepared yet, Major Knowles is going to play a big one. He has gathered the most experienced crew of the entire unit to participate in this expedition.

At the base in Port Kiel, twelve huge K-8 bombers are undergoing transformation in the hangar. The first thing to be strengthened is the defense of the aircraft. Yes, it is the defense. The so big aircraft go on top of people’s heads. Dangling, you don't have an **** plane, so how can you not get your skin down?

Now, Major Knowles misses the air-cooled engine produced by BMW a little bit. After being hit by a bullet, although this thing will also burst, it can last longer. And these liquid-cooled engines produced by Daimler Benchi, although the power is very high, the weight is not too large, but once hit, the mixed coolant of glycol and water will quickly leak light, and then the aircraft will be violent. Vibration, sour metal distortion sound will be transmitted from the engine, and then the engine will smoke and catch fire due to overheating. So if you get hit, the engine is finished.

And this time, because they are not undertaking a bombing mission, they have enough weight to enhance the defense of the aircraft without bombs. First of all, the first thing that Knowles and his colleagues have to do is to install a bulletproof guard ring on the front of the aircraft engine to ensure that bullets fired from the front will not penetrate the steel plate. At the same time, the upper part of the engine is also equipped with steel plates, and the lower part is temporarily not added because the probability of being shot is very low.

Relying on the protection provided by the angle and armor, the three Daimler Benchi engines of the K-8 bomber can guarantee most of the front and side to withstand the French 13.2mm machine gun attack. As for the exhaust holes and heat dissipation equipment, sorry, here is only Resigned. After all, IL 2 can't solve the radiator problem.

The second is the protection of the pilot. In fact, in this era, regardless of the weight of the aircraft, the size is really not small, thanks to the low density of wood... It is unrealistic to turn the entire cockpit into a steel bath like in the second battle. Therefore, install a few steel plates in the driver's position. In order to ensure that the aircraft can still operate after the cockpit was attacked, the Germans arranged a reserve pilot...

A K-8 long-range reconnaissance aircraft has a total of 9 members, one captain (part-time second pilot), one primary pilot, one co-pilot, one navigator, and one radio operator. Machine Gunner*4........

The defensive firepower of the K-8 bomber is still good. A total of 12 machine guns are distributed on the upper part of the fuselage, the tail, and the belly of the aircraft, as well as the nose. There are also two machine guns placed on the side of the fuselage. Does it feel familiar? Yes, this machine gun defense system refers to the later B17. The one known as the best "fighter" in a certain Magic Thunder game. But at most it is just similar in appearance. Unlike the B17 equipped with a bomber fire control system, all machine guns of the K-8 bomber must be operated manually. Therefore, once it is up and running, it is not enough to rely on 4 machine gunners. Other personnel help to control it. Right.

First, the security problem is almost solved, and then it is reconnaissance. Because of the efforts of the traversers, the reconnaissance in this era has been separated from the era when the pilots solved the problem visually. In the K-8, an aircraft that was absolutely tall in the first battle. Above, it has been equipped with aerial photography equipment, and this time, German technicians installed a total of 4 long-focus cameras on the nose, belly and sides of the K-8 bomber. After entering the detection area, they only need to press the button. Four cameras can accompany the flight of the aircraft, taking full pictures of the ground conditions within several square kilometers. And because of the appearance of this system, the efficiency of the reconnaissance aircraft has been greatly improved.

By the way, there is one last question, which is the issue of escape in case the plane is destroyed. The Bavarian pilots know very well that at this time, if you dare to jump into the North Sea and take a swim, you will die in nine deaths for more than 15 minutes. Therefore, if you can make a forced landing on the sea, you must not enter the water if you want to survive.

Thus, the pilots prepared a lifeboat in the middle of the fuselage! That's right, a folded lifeboat requires a little bit. Just open the valve connected to the compressed air and it can be inflated quickly in a few minutes. If 9 people squeeze it, there is no problem.

(What? Some book friends would say that you can’t put it down? What a joke, how can the 18-meter-long body not fit? Take the historical V1500 as an example, this aircraft can hold 45 people when carrying people!)

As for the remaining items such as signal flare, naturally, if the plane is shot down, before the plane crashes, the crew will take out the film of the camera and put it in a special sealed metal box. . Originally, the Germans also planned to bring a transmitting device, but considering that the radio equipment was too big in this era, they finally gave up.

Finally, there are communication and navigation equipment. Thanks to the huge body of the K-8 bomber, this aircraft is equipped with two radio communication equipment, which are mutually backup. The signal receiving antenna has also been reinforced. Each aircraft is equipped with an Enigma cipher machine to receive the cipher. At the same time, to ensure that this expensive and important equipment is not captured, there is another The detonating device ~lightnovelpub.net~ will explode when someone tries to disassemble the cryptographic machine.

By the way, there is one more thing that must be dealt with, and that is the problem of eating and drinking for a group of people. After all, eating is a big problem during the 20-hour journey. The foods prepared are all high-calorie foods, of course, needless to say, but how to eat hot meals is still a problem, you can't make a stove on the plane....... But this can't stop the traveler who is a foodie.

Insulation lunch boxes are naturally available. In addition, the crew also carried self-heating food. Of course, the self-heating food of this era is far from being as tall as later generations. The so-called heating agent is just a mixture of quicklime, sodium carbonate, activated carbon and other substances. , Put some water when you use it, and then put the food that needs heating on it. Quicklime and water are mixed to dissipate heat, while activated carbon and other substances are used to absorb odors.

Just after the Black Hawk team prepared everything, the High Seas Fleet Headquarters finally sent a detailed action plan. The date of the action has been determined, and it is quite unexpected that the German fleet can use the Danish airport to take off, which undoubtedly shortens the detection distance. As for why Denmark agrees, this is not a matter of concern to Major Knowles!

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