"The goods have arrived, we should prepare to take action." At this time, at an airport outside Normandy, France, a mechanic pointed to a fleet of planes that appeared in the distance.&1t;/p>

When the tower and the aircraft group conducted radio communication and confirmed that the target identity was correct, the originally numerous anti-aircraft guns and machine guns no longer pointed to the air, and the ground guides began to guide the aircraft to land next to the airport runway. After landing, these aircraft were not sent to the hangar, but were pulled to a tarmac next to the renovated area.&1t;/p>

This time we came a group of DH11 twin light bombers. This aircraft is currently the best light bomber in the British Air Force. Its fuselage length is 13.8 meters, its wings are spread out, and its maximum take-off weight is 32 ookg. Under normal circumstances, this aircraft can carry 5 ookg bombs with full internal oil. Of course, the best part is the degree of this aircraft, which is 198 kilometers at the highest, which is similar to the best camel fighter currently by the British. It is a very good high bomber!&1t;/p>

Moreover, one of the best features of this aircraft is that it does not take the motor. It only has two 32o horsepower Flying Dragon V9 air-cooled engines. Compared with the DH1o dual light bomber that was in the same school, the DH11 has a much lighter weight and a much lighter maximum take-off weight, but the load is similar. The latter uses two Victory A-type V12 liquid-cooled motors with a maximum output of 4o horsepower. Although the DH1o degree is higher. (the maximum flight degree is 211 kilometers per hour...) However, considering the production difficulty and fragility of the liquid-cooled motor, the low-power air-cooled motor used by the DH11 is obviously more suitable to be switched to an interceptor for air combat.&1t;/p>

"Brother, treat my old friend well. It was a fight with the Germans in Asia Minor back then. We fought at least 80 air battles together." A pilot jumped off the dh11 light bomber and patted his colleague on the shoulder.&1t;/p>

"Have you come back alive from the battlefield of Asia Minor? Then it's not easy for you. I heard that the air force pilots who participated in the battle between Asia Minor were good enough to come back. The rest were either dead on the battlefield or stayed in the German prisoner-of-war camp. Even if they came back, many of them were disabled." The mechanic said.&1t;/p>

"Yes, it's very cruel. One of our squadrons normally organizes 15 crews, a total of 45 pilots, and at least 30 people have been added in the middle. Now, only 7 of us are left after returning alive." The pilot sighed.&1t;/p>

"Okay, brother, help me change this plane. Next time I will fly it to challenge the German bomber. I still want to end the war in the living." said the pilot.&1t;/p>

"Okay, no problem, I will change it to a rhino in armor. It will be invincible in the air!" The mechanic patted the other party's shoulder, and then asked his subordinates to prepare to modify this dh11 light bomber.&1t;/p>

Several mechanics first went up and removed the bomb-drop operation and aiming equipment located in the middle seat. This bomber was originally equipped with three people. In addition to the driver and rear-fire machine gunner, there was also a bomb-dropper and radio receiver (if equipped with radio equipment). If it was to be used as an interceptor, the bomb-dropper naturally did not need it, so these precision bomb-dropping devices and seats must be removed, and the space here will be opened to the seats of the back-seat personnel and then re-layout.&1t;/p>

The two parallel-connected Lewis light machine guns used by the rear machine gunner were removed and replaced with the 13.2mm Hatchcais heavy machine gun produced by the French. This machine gun inherited the heavy and efficient heat sinks of the Hatchcais machine gun, which can be shot continuously without considering overheating. However, it also inherited the large weight of this machine gun. Just a machine gun is not considered a gun frame. The weight of this machine gun is as high as 37.5kg! And the length of the machine gun is 1.67 meters, which is very difficult to operate! However, considering the powerful 13.2*96mm bullets, this machine gun is much more powerful than the two Lewis machine guns. Although it cannot be compared with the German 12.7mm machine guns, considering that the Allies do not have suitable weapons, the price of these weights is still worth it in the eyes of the British...&1t;/p>

(I would like to explain first that the optimized aviation machine guns and the machine guns used by the 6th Army are sometimes different. You may see from Baidu that the weight of the m2 12.7mm machine gun is 38kg. This is true, but don’t think that all 12.7mm machine guns are so heavy. The American an-m2 12.7mm machine guns in World War II weigh only 61 pounds, but the shooting is as high as 75o to 85o. Without [31 Novel Network], there is a single option, so you can only connect. The shooting of the an-m3 12.7mm machine gun after World War II was more than a thousand, and the weight was only more than 31kg.)&1t;/p>

This time the British considered the machine gun supply issue. So they equipped the Hatchcas machine gun with a huge drum. In order to balance the weight of the machine gun and the drum, the machine gun holder is in the middle, while the gun body is on the left and the drum is on the right. In this way, the center of gravity of the entire machine gun is on the gun stand. Relying on the coil spring inside the drum, this machine gun can finally ensure that it can supply the bullet very smoothly under any circumstances. Then, the British found another problem... The weight of this rear-firing machine gun is a bit large!&1t;/p>

It's really hard to think about it. A machine gun is 37.5kg! Plus the drum next to it, the weight is about 15kg. Well, considering some other weights such as the gun frame, a rear-seat machine gunman was controlling the machine gun on the shaking plane and thinking about the same erratic plane shooting behind it. This is really difficult. So the British had to install a relatively efficient gun frame and aiming equipment for the machine gun after the stop. This is a considerable project.&1t;/p>

However, the engineering volume of the modified machine gun is simply a small matter compared to other aspects of work. The British had never thought about using a dual interceptor before, and they had no experience and no theoretical basis. So what should I do if I want to achieve better performance? Then I can only use the weight and engineering volume to pile it up!&1t;/p>

Fortunately, the foundation of dh11 is relatively good, and it is more convenient to modify. First, what needs to be modified is to lengthen the nose of dh11 and stuff 4 French 13.2mm machine guns together with the gun frame and shock absorbers into the nose cabin. However, this nose is not professionally accommodated cannons after all, so it has reached its limit to be able to load a machine gun. Those who want to load a large amount of ammunition may not be able to.&1t;/p>

However, the British also had a solution. They set their minds on the ammunition compartment in the middle of the plane! So, the British engineers gave the plane a broken belly, cleaned up the space inside the ammunition compartment, and installed a passage for transporting bullets to connect the machine gun group in the front of the aircraft. In this original ammunition compartment of the ammunition compartment, the British stuffed the machine gun bullets in a complete manner! Add 1 tracer bullet behind every 5 incendiary bullets!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!