Command of the 3rd German Air Force, Office of Marshal Catherine.

"Marshal, we have lost another 65 aircraft, and in addition to the 41 lost in interception operations, 24 aircraft were lost due to sudden encounters with enemy safari fighters during take-off and landing or during flight."

"Encounter with an enemy safari fighter? In what place? Marshal Catherine was taken aback.

"Here, here, and here." The staff officer immediately pointed out on the map where the planes had been attacked.

Marshal Catherine stared at the map, was silent for a moment, and then asked: "How much did the ME-262 lose?" ”

"Marshal, the ME-262 lost a total of 8 aircraft."

"Eight." Marshal Catherine stood up, clasped her hands to her chest, and paced. He slowly walked around the office twice and asked, "How is the pilot?" ”

"Your Excellency, the pilots of the ME-262 are lost. They were attacked at a height that was too low to parachute. ”

"So, what other planes are missing?"

"There are also some BF-109s and FW-190s, and a couple of Go145s. In addition, there were two Junkers 52s, although they were not shot down near the airfield. ”

"Most of those two were unlucky, and they were shot down when they were on their way to the airport or on their way back. The enemy's goal is obvious, it is against our ME-262. ”

"Marshal, during this attack of the enemy, we discovered a fundamentally new enemy aircraft. Here's a picture of it, it's just not very clear. ”

Marshal Catherine took the picture, looked at it, then stood still and said to the staff officer: "Inform the staff of the aviation corps and call a meeting immediately!" Also contact the Gestapo people and ask them to come here after our meeting. ”

……

"Guys, our enemies have a new trick. I have to say that our current opponent is very cunning and very powerful. After the briefing of the staff officers, Marshal Catherine spoke, "He understands that the ME-262 is the key to our breaking of their air superiority. He also understands that our problem now is that the number of advanced fighters is seriously insufficient. His aim is to take advantage of their current numerical superiority in advanced fighters to force us to fight them in a decisive battle, so as to obtain a more favorable exchange ratio for them. Just like we did on the Eastern Front back then. ”

Yes, in 41, on the Soviet-German battlefield, after relying on undeclared sneak attacks to gain an advantage, the Luftwaffe took advantage of the chaos caused by the surprise attack (especially the confusion caused by the fast-advancing ground forces to the command system of the Soviet Air Force) and the superiority in the performance of the fighters, and constantly forced the Soviet Air Force to fight them under unfavorable conditions, thus obtaining a very beautiful exchange ratio. Some pilots even scored hundreds of victories in just one month after the start of the Soviet-German war.

Catherine didn't know an old Chinese saying, called 30 years in the east of the river and 30 years in the west of the river, feng shui takes turns. But he also realizes that the situation is almost the opposite compared to what it was in '41. And Germany is not as perverted as the Russian bear, which is almost like Zhang Wuji's blood bar when facing the extermination of the master. If you really get hit by such a guy, you will definitely be knocked out directly.

"We've cut back on interception sorties to build up strength, like Dowding did back then." Speaking of Dowding, many of the veteran officers present felt as if a cold wind was blowing by. In the Battle of Britain that year, when the British Air Force suffered heavy losses, Dowding gave up the protection of London for a time in order to restore his strength and accumulate strength, and finally defeated the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain in one fell swoop.

"However, our opponents are stronger than we were back then. We didn't have decent long-range fighters back then, we didn't have such a number of bombers. The situation we face is even more difficult. For this, we need to show more wisdom and courage to turn the tables like the British did back then. All of you here are experts. I need everyone's wisdom at this critical time. ”

"Marshal, we can set up blocking balloons in certain areas of the airfield," a staff officer proposed, "and this will greatly limit the direction of entry of enemy aircraft, and we will concentrate our anti-aircraft guns on the passages we have preserved, and this will greatly reduce the direct threat of enemy aircraft to the airfield." ”

"It's useful, but it's not enough. Our ME-262 has a long acceleration process, and it is not yet capable of self-protection when flying a considerable distance out of the airfield. The enemy could have waited for ME-262 to fly some distance before attacking. A staff officer retorted.

"Then we can make BF-109 and FXSTXTE-262!" The staff officer who had just proposed the balloon plan continued to hold his opinion.

"I don't know how my head grows, but I actually thought of using a balloon like a rag! This thing can limit the activity of enemy aircraft, but it can also seriously hinder our own vision! And in some cases, it can also directly affect the security of the airport! ”

"I think we can do this, we can take off some fighters before the enemy aircraft may arrive, and then these fighters will cruise around the airfield, so that the ME-262 can be protected from taking off. Once the ME-262 has successfully taken off, it will be able to protect the take-off and landing of more aircraft. ”

"That's a good idea!"

"Yes, let's do it!"

"Okay, since everyone is supporting it, let's do it!" Marshal Catherine finally made a decision, "The staff will work out the plan at once, huh...... Let's call it the 'Airport Wall Guardians' program. ”

……

At the same time that the Germans were meeting to discuss countermeasures, a similar meeting was being held in the fighter division of the US Eighth Air Force. It's just that in addition to the staff officers, there were also pilots who returned from their missions.

"Today's only a small-scale sortie has such a result, especially the shooting down of 8 German jets in one go, which is even more breathing." Ron has always been hesitant to praise his men, and this time is certainly no exception, "Even better, our lads are well timed, and the Germans on those 8 jets can't parachute but go to hell." There is intelligence that now in Germany, those who can fly jets are trump cards. We solved 8 aces with one guy. This result is higher than that of a rookie who shoots down 5 times as much! ”

"Sir, I shot down a ME-262, can it be counted as 5 downed?" Apparently, it was a pilot who asked the question. And his question also caused a lot of laughter.

"Ah, Durant, I remember you said that your wife is 3 times more beautiful than average, should we also go to court to accuse you of bigamy?" Ron replied. His reply was immediately applauded.

"Yelling what? Jealous, right? You fagots who can't find a good girl, come and be jealous of me! ”

"Good cabbage is arched by pigs!"

……

"Alright, don't digress!" Ron had to come out and stop it. Maybe it's because Ron usually has too small a shelf, and the pilots are always too relaxed when facing him, so much so that they go off topic to discuss the problem. This is an allusion to the fine tradition of the post of the big sc and the big dragon sky, and the building must be crooked on the third floor.

"Don't get carried away by today's victory! The Germans are not going to wait for death, we have to take into account the reaction of the Germans. ”

Although the pilots of the Eighth Air Force were a little overly proud, they all became serious when they heard this. After all, it's a life-threatening matter.

"Sir, if you were a German, what would you do?"

"What am I going to do?" Ron thought, "In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, things like stratagem are really powerless." Actually, my tactical skills are no better than those of the Germans. It's just that I'm on the stronger side, and I have the advantage of knowing my opponent better. As for the Germans' countermeasures, in fact, in the time and space I past, the Germans' countermeasures were not bad, but the cards in the opponent's hand were too good. ”

Ron thought so, and said, "If I were Germans, I would take off some fighter jets at dawn and have them cruise around the airfield, so that the jets could take off." Once the jet has taken off smoothly, it can protect the take-off and landing of more aircraft. ”

"And how do we deal with it?"

"Simple, we'll concentrate and attack one or two airfields at a time, so that we will have an overwhelming numerical superiority, and then we'll take out the German fighters that took off first for cover. Anyway, we will have the double advantage of quantity and energy, and it will definitely be us who takes advantage. ”

"It's dark, sir, you're so dark, but we like it!"

"Dead, get out of the way!"

"One more thing to remind ever," Ron continued, "what are our goals? ”

(The pilots chanted together "No tooth decay!") "Eight teeth are standardized at the same time.

Ron: "Bottle, what's going on?" How much cute little money did Sister Gao Lu give you? Strongly ask for dividends! ”

Feeding bottle (while collecting things): "Nothing, I wrote late, I was sleepy, I wrote it wrong." ”

Ron: "Don't believe it! Show me! ”

Milk bottle: "If you make any more trouble, I'll wear Luo Yufeng to you!" ”

Ron: "Count you ruthless!" ”）

"Destroy the Luftwaffe!"

"Yes," Ron nodded, "when destroying the Luftwaffe, it is much more efficient to kill the pilots directly than just to take out the enemy planes." The firepower of our aircraft is good, do not save too much shells, it is better to be able to explode enemy aircraft directly in the air. However, be sure to be a gentleman and do not shoot parachutes. In doing so, it may affect the captured comrades who parachuted. ”