After receiving Vogts' notice, the BF-109s also stopped climbing and began to prepare to descend altitude. Unlike the ME-262, the BF-109 does not have the problem of not being able to dive at a large angle, so to reduce the height, the BF-109 is much simpler than the ME-262, and a direct vertical dive is enough.

So these BF-109s quickly turned into diving. According to the ideas of these BF-109 pilots, it is better to dive directly to a low altitude in one go, and then disperse to various airfields and land separately. However, the current situation does not allow them to do this, because they also have a responsibility, that is, to protect the safe landing of ME-262.

Therefore, they can't just rush to the end, and they can't just disperse and leave. They can only dive down for a while to reduce the altitude and then level it down, waiting for the ME-262s to land first before they can separate up, and their safety in the process of descending altitude depends on the response of the ME-262s who cannot dive at a large angle.

"Eagle 13 call base! Eagle 13 Call Base! Kozhdub called the base on the radio again, "The enemy jet fighter detached from a shallow dive, and the BF-109 below began to rapidly lose altitude. Do you want to attack the BF-109? ”

"The base calls Eagle 13, and the base calls Eagle 13." Instructions came from Kordhub's headset, "Attack BF-109, beware of ME-262 raids." ~a~Ben~Read~ Novel ybdu"

Ron understood that the BF-109 at this time was a decoy and a backpad. With them, it's hard to catch those ME-262s, and if you stay high and don't take a little risk, wouldn't it be a trip for nothing? Moreover, in the face of the enemy, if you have the opportunity to attack but do not dare to attack, the blow to morale is also very great. So as soon as Ron and Pokryshkin put it together, they determined such a principle: they must not only eat the bait, but also prevent the opponent's counterattack, and they must not suffer losses.

The possibility of doing this is still quite high. Me-262's raids are only terrifying when the enemy is unaware, and it is not particularly difficult to avoid their blows if they are noticed in advance. With care, their presence is at best to make the P-81s less effective.

"Eagle 13 understands! Comrades, attack the BF-109 and beware of the plundering of the ME-262. Kozhdub made a 180-degree roll to the right, then pulled the joystick, and his P-81, which was almost covered in red stars, whistled down. And behind him, 11 P-81s also swooped down one by one.

The BF-109 fleet began to dive from an altitude of about 9000 meters. The P-81 began to dive at a height of 11,000 meters, with a distance of 2,000 meters in between. Coupled with the fact that the BF-109 was the first to dive and escape, the distance between the two sides was now further widened. But Kozhdub was confident that he could catch up with them, as the P-81 was able to reach a much higher dive speed than the BF-109.

Second Lieutenant Schultz took part in air combat for the first time. Before taking off, he was extremely excited, thinking that he could take down an enemy plane. Of course, he knew it was hard. First, the number of enemy planes is limited, and even if they are shot down, most of them will not be able to shoot down a novice like themselves. Second, he also knew that these enemy planes not only had superior performance, but their pilots were also veterans, and many of them were aces. Schultz knew how far apart he was from the old birds, who he had repaired when he left flight school and first joined the flying team. His long plane, Wolfe, the old guy with a straight face, "shot down" him four times in ten minutes.

Schultz's skills are certainly much better now than when he first entered the army, but when it comes to going head-to-head with the old birds, Schultz knows that he is still not enough to see. But this time it's not a heads-up, it's a group fight. In group fights, skill is important, but luck can also play a much larger role. In a melee with a large fleet of aircraft, it is not impossible for a rookie to shoot down an old bird, or even an ace.

However, after the air battle really began, Schultz found that the course of the air battle was completely beyond his expectations, and he kept doing everything he could to keep up with Wolf's desperate climb up the air battle. Climbed all the way to 9,000 meters, but there was still no contact with the enemy aircraft except for visual contact. The whole process is boring like a climbing exercise. Now, not a single shot has been fired, and the air battle has again turned into a retreat - it is impossible not to retreat, the altitude is not good for itself, and there is not enough fuel in the tank.

"Follow me and follow my commands at any time!" From the headphones came the voice of the long machine Wolf. It can be heard that this veteran pilot who has experienced a hundred battles is also a little nervous. Retreating in front of enemy lines is always the most difficult military operation, and air combat is no exception.

Schultz's BF-109 has a speed close to 760 kilometers per hour, can no longer continue to dive, and continue to dive, the wing compression effect will make the efficiency of the ailerons quickly drop to the point of almost ineffective, at that time, the plane can not pull up, it can only accelerate under the action of gravity, and finally disintegrate in the air because the body can not withstand the huge pressure.

"Level the plane, ready to dodge at any time!" The shouts of the long plane Wolf were heard in the headphones. Schultz saw that Wolf had already begun to level the plane. So he grabbed the joystick tightly with both hands and pulled it into his arms with all his strength. Unlike the third-generation jet fighters that used fly-by-wire many years later, the wing control of World War II fighter jets was mostly hydraulically driven, requiring the pilot to exert a lot of force on the joystick to change the aircraft's flight status. The BF-109 was famous for its large lever power among the aircraft of World War II. It takes a lot of effort to pull it up.

While the Germans were trying to level the planes, Kozhdub's fighters had already pounced. From a height of about 2,000 meters higher than the enemy plane, they swooped all the way to catch up, and the speed of Kozhdub's fighters was of course much higher. Even with Kozhdub opening up the dive flaps a little bit, he is now reaching speeds of 900 km/h. However, relying on the airfoil advantage of the swept wing, the problem of wing surface compression is not particularly serious, so at this time, the aircraft is much more responsive to maneuvering maneuvers than the slower BF-109. Kozhdub made another 360-degree roll to observe the condition of the German ME-262. Sure enough, as expected, the me-262s were turning their heads and lunging at them.

Kozhdub judged the distance and felt that it should be just in time to launch a round of attacks on the BF-109 below, and then pull up and fight the ME-262 head-on, so he continued to pounce on one of the BF-109s.

When the BF-109 was leveled, it used too much force. This also makes it difficult for his pilots to focus more on observing the air situation, and the BF-109 series aircraft have the common problem of poor cockpit visibility, so there is basically no way to see the side and rear. So, until Kozhidub opened fire on him, he didn't see Kozhidub. Shooting has always been Kozhdub's strong point, and with the use of an aircraft like the P-81 equipped with an aircraft gun with a high rate of fire and a long range, the firepower density is absolutely first-class, and Kozhdub doesn't need to look at it to know that guy is dead.

In fact, as Kozhdub had predicted, at least 10 or more shells hit the BF-109. The BF-109 is relatively light compared to those of the Americans, which guarantees excellent climb and low cost. But that also means that this thing can't stand up to blows. Especially at such a high speed, Kozhdub's short shot directly hit it in the air.

However, Kozhdub did not have time to pay attention to his own results now, because he had become a target for the Germans when he eliminated the BF-109. He knew that at least one ME-262 was coming towards him.

With a light roll, Kozhdub pointed directly above the incoming enemy plane, and then jerked the nose of the plane. Kozhdub's pursuit was not as simple as dodging the enemy's attack, he was thinking about how to shoot down the ME-262 that was coming straight at him!

Compared to a fighter with a normal engine in the nose, the center of gravity of the P-81, which has both the nose and tail, is closer to the center, which also causes the P-81 to raise the nose a little faster than the average aircraft. Therefore, when the enemy plane approached Kozhdub, Kozhdub had already pulled up the nose of the plane and formed a head-on situation with an angle of about 10 degrees with the opponent.

The speed of both sides is very high, which makes the shooting window very small for everyone. But Kozhdub seized the moment to shoot a long spot. Almost at the same time, his opponent opened fire.

At this time, the high rate of fire of the aerial artillery, and the advantage of dense barrage in a short period of time was revealed. The firing window was so small that his opponent fired less than 10 shells. And his P-81 has already fired almost a hundred shells. Kozhdub rolled a barrel, and the cannonballs fired by his opponents whizzed past him. The shells he fired weren't so easy to dodge, and Kozhdub saw the ME-262 crash headlong into the barrage, and red flames and black smoke came out of the plane's engine pod.

Kozhdub didn't have time to be proud of his first official jet victory, so he looked around and observed his teammates.

"Eagle 13, machine 8 collided with the enemy, Jacob did not parachute!"

From the headset came the news of the death of his comrades. In the previous engagement, Jacob's No. 8 fighter plane and a Me-262 collided head-on, and the pilots of both sides failed to parachute.

After pulling up the group again, Kozhdub was fortunate to see that except for Jacob's No. 8, the other fighters were still there. According to their teammates, in this round of attacks, counting the Me-262 that died with Jacob, they probably shot down six enemy planes, two of which were enemy jets.