Arthur slipped the anti-aircraft gun at the head of the bridge into the shè strike halo and pressed the shè strike button. Several rockets whistled out from under the wings of his plane. In the blink of an eye, the anti-aircraft cannon was surrounded by flames and smoke. Almost at the same time, his wingman also used a rocket to destroy another anti-aircraft cannon.

Arthur pulled up the plane, just as he heard his backseat heavy shouting, "Well done!" They're finished...... Enemy aircraft spotted at 5 o'clock! ”

This second half of the sentence startled Arthur. "Enemy aircraft", how long has this thing not been seen? Anyway, after returning to Europe this time, he almost never saw an enemy plane again. Arthur turned his head and looked over there, where there were really two planes with big heads and thin tails, none other than the German FW190.

Apparently, those two FW190s had already spotted them. The two enemy planes were climbing rapidly, and seemed to be at a distance from them. This is the typical reaction of the FW190 fighter after an enemy fighter, this fighter is not particularly scary if it goes into battle without gaining an energy advantage, but once this aircraft has an energy advantage, with its sè dive and superb roll, it becomes a perfect killing machine. So, when facing other fighters, the pilots of the FW190 always try to achieve an energy advantage before going into battle. From a distance, the P/A38 looks indistinguishable from a regular P38 fighter. It is estimated that the Germans recognized them as ordinary fighters, which is why they acted so cautiously

But, damn it, if Arthur had an original fighter in his hand, then he wouldn't be afraid of these two FW190s, you know, air supremacy is in the hands of the Americans.

"If my plane were a fighter, with a slight delay, these two enemy planes would be dead. Because all I need is a radio call for help, a whole squadron of fighters will come to help. But now, with this bulky attack aircraft, I'm not sure I'll make it to the point where friendly forces arrive. Arthur thought so as he hurriedly dropped all the bombs and pushed the throttle valve all the way to the end in order to shout over the radio, "Encounter enemy fighters!" Two! In the 53rd area! Repeat, encounter enemy fighters, in area No. 53! ”

……

"General, find the German fighters!" Scott said to Ron, who was sitting on the bridge drinking tea.

"Oh?" Ron stood up, "German fighters? Where and how many? ”

"Area 53, Arthur they encountered, two German fighters." Scott replied.

Ron knew that in the original history, the Luftwaffe had only dispatched two FW190s in the whole day, and they went around the beachhead, not to mention dropping bombs, and they didn't even do anything to sweep the shè with a machine gun, so they went straight back. They shouldn't have encountered these two fighters this time, right?

"Are our fighters nearby?" Ron asked, as he walked towards the operations command room.

"Yes, the operational staff officers are moving the fleet. In a maximum of 10 minutes, our fighters will be able to arrive. The key is whether our attack aircraft can withstand a 10-minute attack. ”

"If the opponent is a veteran, it's still a bit difficult. Arthur should be able to withstand it, though. Ron thought for a moment and said.

……

Major Jericho is now one of the few Luftwaffe veterans to fly more than 2,000 hours. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1941 and also fought on the Eastern Front. In 44, as the air defense pressure on the German mainland increased, he returned to the Western Front with his troops and joined the battle to intercept American and British bombers. At this time, Major Jericho was already a super ace with a record of 110 shot downs.

The fighting on the Western Front was completely different from the Eastern Front, where the fighting was brutal, but it was cruel relative to the rookies. On the Eastern Front, as long as you have good skills and the right tactics, you can survive. So there veterans, aces can live well on their own skills. But on the Western Front, the situation was completely different. Here, luck replaces technology as the first factor that determines life and death. Here, no matter how good your skills are, if you're unlucky enough to face hundreds of machine guns, you'll have nothing to do.

In just one week, Jericho's unit lost more than eighty percent of its pilots, including almost all aces except Jericho. Since then, the activity of his unit has become less and less. This morning, after the news of the enemy's landing came, the flying team was put on alert, but the higher authorities did not give them any combat orders, and it was not until noon that they received orders to go around Normandy to see where the enemy had hit.

Originally, to carry out such a mission, a reconnaissance plane should have been sent. However, considering that the skies over Normandy must be full of American fighters, the reconnaissance planes used to simply go to their deaths. So the troops finally decided to send the most experienced Jericho to take a look there in a relatively strong, fast and nimble FW190.

After completing a climb to occupy a place, Jericho had already seen that the two enemy planes were not P38 fighters, but a modification of it, a two-seat attack aircraft.

If this was on the Eastern Front, Jericho would have rushed over at once and smashed these two planes into a fireball. But now, he was a little hesitant, judging by the fact that the enemy had indiscriminately dropped all the bombs, and the enemy had already discovered himself. Then they must have been radio, calling for reinforcements. It won't be long before a large number of enemy planes will come over to watch you.

Jericho's fighters, who were on reconnaissance missions, certainly did not hang on bulky MK108 cannons. If he wanted to attack his opponent, he could only rely on the original four 20-mm guns on his own aircraft to solve the problem. He knew that this attacking P38 was extremely strong, and many key parts could withstand the attack of a 20mm gun. Hit it once or twice, but you don't necessarily have to shoot down your opponent. And once entangled, waiting for the fighters of the other family to arrive, there will be no good fruit to eat.

According to Goebbels, their ally, Rì himself, had an ace nicknamed "Thief Gull" who once flew a Zero 75 P51 single-handedly, and not only did he get out of the way, but he even shot down an American plane. But what Goebbels said, even in Germany, is now largely unbelievable. As a super ace, Jericho scoffs at this. If nothing else, relying on a low-speed aircraft like Zero Fight, how could he evade the pursuit of the remaining 74 P51s?

Jericho knew that he would never be able to pull off such a miracle, so he said to his wingman: "We will launch two rounds of attacks, and if we fail to shoot down the enemy, we will immediately retreat." ”

With that, he swooped down towards the P/A38.

To say that the two-seater P/A38 still has an advantage over its prototype. That is, this aircraft has a 360-degree field of view. The machine gunner in the back seat was able to compensate for the lack of vision of the pilot backwards. At this time, Arthur's machine gunners shouted: "The enemy plane has dived down from 6 o'clock!" ”

Arthur turned his head and stared at the enemy plane, constantly judging the distance between friend and foe. He knew that the P/A38's roll was worse than the original's, and he had to start turning now to make it more difficult for the enemy to attack. Even an attack aircraft like the P/A38, alone circling, is better than the FW190 of the Germans. However, the enemy plane follows in a forward-tracking way, and he has a longer distance to complete the turn, so if he just circles, the enemy can still bite him and fire at him.

So, while circling, Arthur quickly lowered his altitude. As long as the altitude is low enough, if the enemy plane wants to attack him, it must take the way of going around to its own direction at 6 o'clock and then catching up, rather than launching a dive from any possible angle.

Jericho followed Arthur in a small half-circle, and he noticed that Arthur's height had dropped quickly. He knew he had met a veteran. Jericho thinks that although this Yankee is very cunning, if he is willing to patiently accompany him, he will definitely be able to shoot him down. But Jericho also knows that it will take a long time to shoot down such a veteran, and this is not a rookie who can shoot down in two minutes.

Jericho knew that a large group of enemy planes was approaching here, and he was short of time.

"Give up the attack, let's quit!" Jericho gave instructions to the wingman.

"Why?" The wingman was a little puzzled.

However, Jericho didn't intend to answer his doubts, he just threw out a sentence coldly: "Ensign, obey orders!" ”

In fact, Jericho wanted to say to his wingman, a rookie who had only flown for less than 30 hours, "I'm here to give your mother a chance to see you", "Don't be too simple, don't believe Goebbels's shouts, Germany has lost the war, no matter how many enemy planes you shoot down now, you can't save this situation." The most important thing now is to leave your life and have a chance to go home in the future." Of course, Jericho wouldn't have said that to him, and in fact, no one in the team who understood this would say that to him out of self-preservation. He had to comprehend it for himself.

……

A few minutes later, Boynton personally arrived in area No. 53 with 6 P81s.

"What about enemy planes?" Boynton asked.

"He smelled your scent and gave up the attack directly, and he didn't know where he ran for a long time." Arthur, who continued to successfully maintain the record of never being hit, was clearly in a good mood and directly joked with Boynton.

"Damn it!" Compared to Arthur, Boyynton's mood was obviously not good, he stayed in the sky above the exhibition for most of the day, and finally waited for such a goal, but the result was ......

"Next time, I'm going to hang some bombs out too." Boynton thought.