The initial phase of the second day's fighting was not much different from the first day, and it was also about an hour before the bomber sortie that a large group of fighters crossed the English Channel. However, the difference is that the Luftwaffe did not take off a large group of fighters to intercept it, and only sent a few planes to monitor it from a distance. When the American fighter planes approached these planes, they all turned around and walked away without hesitation. In the skies over Europe, there was hardly a German plane to be seen.

Rodriguez has tightened the throttle and now his fleet is flying at an altitude of 6,500 meters. This is not the absolute superiority of the P-51 over the BF-109, but since there is no BF-109 fleet at all, it is relatively more fuel-efficient to fly at this altitude. Moreover, at this altitude, small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery cannot hit it, and large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery cannot hit such a highly maneuverable target as a fighter. It's also relatively safe. The P-51 fleet maintained a speed of less than 450 kilometers per hour, circling repeatedly over the airspace.

About 40 minutes later, another group of P-47s with oversized drop fuel tanks arrived over the area. In order to save fuel, the P-47, like the P-51, was washed off all paint except for the identification mark. The chubby fuselage is shining silver in the sun, and it can be seen from afar.

Rodriguez knew that the arrival of the P-47 meant that the bombers were coming. Even with an extra-large fuel tank, the P-47's range is not comparable to that of the P-51's xstxt-like perversion. Therefore, they could not clear the airspace so long in advance as the P-51, and they could only rush to the relevant airspace before the bombers arrived, when it was estimated that the German fighters were about to take off and climb.

Indeed, just as Rodriguez had envisioned. German air defense radars have already detected groups of bombers from the Americans. As a result, the various German airports were busy.

Mueller's BF-109 is preparing for takeoff. This time their mission was to protect the heavily armored JU88 and BF-110, covering them for an attack on the incoming bomber group.

The 48 BF-109s that serve as cover for the cluster will take off first, and after they take off, 12 JU88s and 9 BF-110s will take off one after another, and then climb hard under the escort of the BF-109.

The take-off went smoothly, with Muller and his wingman Menger, along with a number of other BF-109s, first climbing to an altitude of 1,500 meters and then beginning to hover over the airfield at that altitude. At this time, those bulky JU88s and BF-110s also began to take off in turn.

Both the JU88 and the BF-110 were heavily armoured, which had a noticeable negative effect - they climbed as slowly as a snail climbing up a vine.

The BF-109 maintains an altitude of approximately 800 meters above the JU88 and BF-110, maintaining a slow climb rate comparable to theirs. In order to ensure that the BF-109 had a good energy profile in the upcoming engagement, Muller had to keep the aircraft at a high speed. And the heavily loaded JU88 and BF-110 could not fly at high speeds anyway. So Muller's fleet had to keep doing high-speed maneuvers over the assault group.

When they climbed to an altitude of 4000 meters, the Americans spotted them. First, two reconnaissance aircraft, converted from P-38, flew over their heads, and in a few moments a group of 48 P-51 fighters and 12 P-47 fighters from two squadrons appeared above them.

Rodriguez was in the group, and in his pre-war tactical set-up, Ron anticipated that the Germans might use the BF-109 to escort other heavily armed aircraft with large firepower, which would then launch a surprise attack on the bomber group. So, he developed a battle plan specifically for this situation. According to the plan, he was to lead his P-51 to launch a surprise attack on enemy aircraft in order to disrupt the enemy aircraft formation. Then the P-47 attacked the German assault group.

So Rodriguez ordered his fighters to prepare for the first round of assaults from different angles in small teams. Before the operation, he asked Dodge, the squadron leader of another squadron, "Do you come first or do I go first?" ”

"Whatever!" Dodge replied.

"Alright, Cobra Squadron boys, let's go first! - Hitler, I'm going to kick your ass! Rodriguez shouted as he led the dive down. At this time, the altitude difference of 1,000 meters made his fighter plane quickly accelerate to about 800 kilometers, and at this speed, the plane shook badly, and it was difficult to shoot accurately. But Rodriguez's intention was not to use this round of attacks to do anything to the Germans below. The purpose of this round of attacks was to disrupt the German formations and screen targets for the next round of attacks.

"It's like a lion attacking a herd of bison, they first make the herd run, and in the run, some of the bison break away from the herd and become the best target for the next round of attacks. We also need to make the Germans panic and dodge, so that in the next attack, we can find a more convenient target. "This is what some obscene General Ron said when he explained tactics to them. Rodriguez is doing what he is asked to do now.

24 P-51s pounced on from 6 directions and began to fire at a considerable distance. The 20-rpm gun has a muzzle velocity of 1,000 meters per second, and its ballistic performance is quite good. Even at long distances, it is still very accurate. In order to avoid the shooting of the Americans, the BF-109s began to dodge constantly. While dodging, some of the newbies began to lose too much energy to keep up with the other planes.

In the first round of onslaught, Rodriguez's Cobra squadron did not achieve much impressive results. The energy condition of the enemy planes was not bad, so they basically managed to dodge. Only one or two planes were hit by stray bullets flying from afar, but none of them seemed to be fatal wounds.

After completing the first round of attacks, the Cobras did not continue to entangle with the Germans, they immediately pulled up at a wide angle, in the process, many pilots had black vision, but, because their energy advantage was too obvious, so that when they jumped, none of the German fighters could keep up with them, so although they could not see anything for the time being, their safety was not threatened.

Just as the Cobras began to leap, Dodge's Viper squadron began to attack the Germans. The targeting of his attack was much more purposeful than that of the Cobra squadron just now, and the BF-109s, who had lost too much energy in the attack just now and were in a disadvantageous position, became ready-made targets, and 24 P-51s went straight for those guys. This time, the Americans got real results. Two BF109s were shot down on the spot, three more were also visibly injured.

This time it was the Cobra's turn to take advantage, and they had just climbed up and swooped down again, and with a heavy artillery fire, the three wounded BF-109s were shot into the air.

However, when they tried to pull up again, some of the BF-109s, who had been holding their energy well, approached them.

Mueller had his eye on a P-51, which was still much more energetic than his own, but he pulled it up too quickly, which gave Mueller a chance to shoot from the inside line. Mueller plunged in and fired heavily at the plane. Two 13mm airfields and one 20-gun gun sprayed their own vomit frantically at the opponent, and the two planes staggered through the air, and Mueller turned his head and looked at the fighter. He was sure that he had hit the fighter several rounds and shells. It is also possible that a few bullets went straight into the cockpit.

Sure enough, the plane was completely out of control, and it flew straight up until it stalled, and then fell headlong. The pilot did not parachute, perhaps the 13mm bullets fired into the cockpit had killed the pilot directly.

However, Müller's personal victory did not change the situation, as the Viper swooped down again, several more planes that tried to launch a counterattack were hit and disintegrated. (The Americans' 4 20 guns are incredibly powerful, and they can almost kill a small aircraft like the BF-109 with a single hit.) Even Muller's fighter plane was hit with two 20 shots. One of the shots knocked off half of the hanging tail. This led to a significant decrease in the operational performance of the aircraft.

"When the authorities are extremely unfavorable, the pilot has the right to judge whether it is time to retreat." This was one of the privileges of German fighter pilots. After the plane was injured, Mueller handed over command to his deputy, left the group with a dive, and began to return on his stomach.

After Mueller withdrew, the entire cover cluster became more and more chaotic. At this time, the P-47, which had been waiting at high altitude, began to act, and they threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks and swooped down on the JU88 and BF-110 at a lower altitude.

In this time and space, the P-47 with six 20 guns was perhaps the most powerful fighter with the most firepower. By the time they swooped down, the BF-109, mired in confusion, was no longer able to protect the assault formation. The entire assault formation was directly exposed to the guns of the P-47.

Six 20-gun guns fired fiercely, capable of spitting out 6,000 shells in one minute. Now all the JU88 and BF-110 are enveloped in such a rain of bullets. Strengthened armor is naturally vulnerable to such an attack. This, combined with the limited maneuverability of these aircraft, allowed the P-47 to further increase its hit rate. In just one dive, 12 JU88s and 9 BF-110s were hit, 6 JU88s and 3 BF-110s were hit. Among them, 4 JU88s have caught fire, and the flight crew has already begun to parachute. As for the 3 BF-110s, they were directly shot into the air.

The remaining JU88 and BF-110 saw that they had lost cover, so they simply threw away the heavy load such as anti-aircraft rockets, and turned around and ran directly. And the P-47s also hunted down the past......

During this day, similar battles broke out constantly, and the results were much the same. With the exception of a squadron of ME-262s, they basically failed to make much of an impact on the bomber group.