Bob?? Johnson didn't care about fuel consumption now, he pushed the throttle valve straight to the end, and the R-2800 twin wasp engine roared violently. Despite the lack of one cylinder, this extremely reliable engine is constantly delivering power.

But those FW-190s already had a height advantage, and they took turns diving over, and the shells rained down. Bob?? Johnson barely dodged the attacks of the first three planes, but in dodging, his little energy was even more depleted.

"The biggest advantage of the P-47 is that it dives well, and when the ground is unfavorable, it can use this characteristic to escape." So Bob?? Johnson pressed the nose and began to dive downward.

But the FW-190 was not bad in its dive, and the acceleration in the initial stages of the dive was even faster than that of the P-47. So Bob?? Johnson's maneuver did not immediately free him from the German pursuit. The only good thing was that the Germans could no longer attack him from many different angles, they could only attack him from Bob's direction at six o'clock. Therefore, only one aircraft at a time could be able to fire at Bob.

"Puff, puff," was the sound made by the 190-mm shell fired by the FW-15 when it hit Bob's P-47. Bob kept making some dodge moves, but fortunately the shells were coming from 6 o'clock in the face of FXSTXT. In general, shells fired from the tail were the least lethal. Moreover, for fighters, the tail direction is also always the direction with the strongest resistance to strikes. In addition, the P-47 is very strong, so although it has been hit by many shells or bullets, the P-47 can still keep flying.

After a few moments, the gunfire from behind stopped, and one of the FW-190s slid sideways, out of the way of the attack - he had already exhausted all his ammo.

Due to the need to dodge constantly, Bob, although he tried to use the P-47's dive acceleration to get rid of his opponent, was never able to reach a speed sufficient to shake off the FW-190. And the haunting FW-190 followed it, constantly firing at him.

It didn't take long for Bob to remain 400 meters from his original 4,000-meter altitude in the continuous shallow dive. But he still could not get rid of the enemy aircraft. Bob had only one way, and that was to continue to reduce the altitude to about 10 meters, so that the enemy aircraft would need to be very careful when diving to attack him. Otherwise, you'll hit your head on the ground and be finished.

If Bob can keep the plane at an altitude of about 10 meters, then the enemy planes attacking him will still have to fire one by one from his 6 o'clock direction.

It's just that in the previous period, his fighter plane was hit a lot, and the ailerons and tail were hit, and now they are a little inflexible. This makes the plane even more clumsy to maneuver.

Another FW-190 fired from behind, and Bob gently made a sidespin. A string of bullets missed, the plane pulled up a little, (it is extremely dangerous to maintain an altitude of 10 meters all the time) and again cut through the inner line, and then another string of shells was fired. Bob kept an eye on his movements, and he made another turn in the opposite direction, dodging most of the shells again.

In this way, I don't know how long it took, but the blue sea finally appeared in front of me. Bob knew that if he flew a little longer, he would be able to fly across the strait. The Germans no longer dared to fly into the Channel, and the Spitfires of the Royal Air Force were not easy to bully. Fly across the strait, and he will be saved.

Hanks finished firing the last bullet, and he pulled up the plane, only to find that no teammates had fired at the American fighter plane, which refused to crash.

"I'm out of bullets! Which of you still has bullets! ”

"Mine has long been gone."

"Mine too."

……

The Germans were surprised to find that all 16 FW-190s had finished their last bullet. But the P-47, which I don't know how many shots it had, was still flying.

"Forget it, God is sitting in that guy's cockpit today." A German lamented.

"I'm going to fly over and see what that lucky boy looks like." The other German said as he took control of the fighter jet and flew towards Bob.

At this point, Bob was in a bad state. His plane was badly damaged, and just now, a 7.92 mm bullet flew from behind, this bullet hit the bulletproof glass of the front windshield, bounced back, and hit the bulletproof steel plate in the back, and after bounced out again, it bounced back somewhere, and finally hit Bob's knee.

This time Bob's left leg couldn't move for a long time, and it was inconvenient to kick the rudder. Bob didn't know that his enemy had run out of bullets, all he knew was that the condition of the plane and his own made it difficult for him to dodge effectively.

However, the German fighter did not cut into his 6 o'clock direction, but chose to fly parallel to him, and kept getting closer to him. Bob looked over at the German plane, and he saw the German in the cockpit giving him a thumbs up, shaking it incessantly. Then the German fighter shook its wings and flew away.

Not only the German fighter plane, but the other German planes flew up to Bob one by one, gave him a thumbs up, shook their wings, and left.

It wasn't until all the FW-190s were flying out of sight that Bob believed he was really out of danger. It's just that the fuel in his tank is pitifully low, and I'm afraid that most of them won't be able to fly back to the base.

…… By the time the last drop of fuel was consumed, Bob was already flying over England. The base test flight will not be available, but there is still a road below. With difficulty, Bob turned his nose at the road and began to prepare for a forced landing......

An hour later, Bob's plane was towed back to base, and his comrades counted more than 200 bullet holes in his plane.

……

As night fell, so did the day's fierce fighting. Everyone gathered their troops and returned to the camp to count the results.

"General, the results of the battle have been counted." A staff officer handed Ron a document.

Ron took the file, unfolded it on his desk, and read it.

"The fighter unit flew 3,524 sorties, and 241 large and small air battles took place." Ron looked at it and thought, "Today's battle density is much higher than yesterday's." ”

He went on to look down, "Our losses in air battles were as follows: 62 P-51s were shot down and 25 were wounded; P-38 20 were shot down and 17 were wounded; P-47 22 were shot down and 24 were wounded. In air combat, our fighter unit shot down 151 enemy BF-109 series fighters, 76 FW-190 series fighters, 21 BF-110 series fighters, 30 JU88 series fighters, and 4 jet planes of unknown type (3 of which were wounded and crashed by a sneak attack on the way back). 62 aircraft of the BF-109 family, 33 aircraft of the FW-190 family, 8 aircraft of the BF-110 family, 11 aircraft of the JU88 family. In total, 282 enemy aircraft were shot down and 114 were damaged. ”

This result is also much more than yesterday. Although the exchange ratio is nowhere near as good as yesterday. But compared to the Germans, it was still an all-round advantage. If such a battle lasted for a few days, the entire Luftwaffe would cease to exist. At that time, Europe will be a house without a roof, and it will be bombed as much as it wants.

Ron retracted his thoughts and asked the staff officer, "Can you call the bomber unit and see if the situation on the bomber side has been counted?" ”

"Yes, General!" The staff officer turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait, you immediately send someone to deliver a copy of the battle report to Commander Doolittle." Ron added.

……

In the office of the commander of the Eighth Air Force, Doolittle had just put down the battle report sent by the bomber unit. The bomber forces suffered considerable losses in today's operation, in total, 35 B-24 and 24 B-17 were shot down, and 23 B-24 and 15 B-17 were seriously damaged. The effectiveness of their bombs is not as good as yesterday. The results of the air battle were much better than yesterday's: the bomber force shot down 21 enemy planes, including a jet (the one that collided with the B-24, the shameless Yankees counted that as their own).

"In this way, after holding out for three or five days, it is estimated that the entire Luftwaffe should collapse. Well, as Ron said, through this battle, we can completely tear off the roof of Europe. Doolittle smiled.