Chapter 140, Joint Enforcement Operations (5)
Luther ran fast. From the moment he observed that his wingman was shot down, Luther understood that he would never please today, and that God would forbid him if he could escape. So when Ron and Pokryshkin were eyeing the two FW-190s, Luther increased the throttle and flew back. As long as the two FW-190s can withstand a little longer, he feels that he still has a good chance of escaping back.
In order to escape as soon as possible, Luther did not choose to escape close to the ground, but instead used the method of horizontal acceleration, jumping, and then horizontal acceleration. This allows you to reach an altitude where you can fly faster as quickly as possible. However, what he did not expect was that the two fighters who shot down his wingman did not get entangled with the other two FW-190s for long at all. They threw the two FW-190s to the Yak-9s that took off later, and then turned around and chased after them.
But even so, Luther had a good chance of escaping. for he had fled far away. If he lowers his altitude at this point, then in the eyes of the enemy at a higher altitude, his plane will blend into the background of fields and woods. The chances of the enemy discovering him will be slim. However, he was too confident in the speed of the FW-190. He felt that as long as he drove at full speed, no one here in the Soviets could catch up with him. So he chose to accelerate at an altitude of 4,000 meters.
This also makes it obvious that he is a target. Ron and Pokryshkin, after chasing one (one) (book) [reading] paragraph of the novel in the direction of his escape, saw at a glance the FW-190 flying in front of them.
Ron and Pokryshkin began to descend altitude, catching up at an altitude of about 1,500 meters or so lower than Luther. This was done so that when Luther looked back, his plane would be hidden in the background of the ground, making it harder for him to find himself.
Of course, flying at a lower altitude often means a lower energy state. Ron wasn't particularly worried about that, though. First of all, there are two planes on their side, while their opponent has only one. In the words of the Greeks, it was called "fighting two against one, and Hercules was no match"; In the old Chinese saying, this is called "two fists are hard to beat four hands"; In the language of the Internet, this is called "I want to single you out and pick up a group of us, and I want to beat you up in a group".
Another reason is the excellent performance of the P-81. Thanks to its powerful power, the P-81 can fly at a speed of 670 km/h, even at sea level, which is already the top speed of the FW-190A4 at the most ideal altitude. Coupled with its terrifying ability to climb, even if the position is a little lower, it will not suffer.
Because Ron and Pokryshkin flew very low, Luther failed to spot them several times when he looked back (due to the loss of his wingman, his ability to observe targets in the rear was greatly reduced). As the two sides got closer and closer, Ron began to gradually increase his height. At this time, the distance between the two sides was closer, and even if they rose a little altitude, when Luther looked back, their plane would still be hidden in the background of the ground.
In this way, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. Closer, even with the protection of the ground background, Luther would definitely be able to spot them as soon as he turned around. At this time, Ron simply pushed the control stick slightly, allowing the plane to dive and accelerate, and then quickly pulled up, relying on the super climb of this kind of aircraft, and rushed straight towards the belly position of the enemy plane.
Enemy planes grew larger and larger in Ron's sights until they were almost full. Ron started firing, and he fired a long shot. The FW-190 shuddered in a dense hail of bullets, countless debris fell one after another, and suddenly, a large flame erupted from its right wing, and the right wing of the plane broke in two.
The plane, which had broken its wings, began to tumble and fall. Ron swept past it, then somersaulted, and continued firing at the falling enemy plane until he exploded into a fireball in the air.
"It's very close to the German-occupied zone, and we can't give him a chance to parachute back and report to the enemy that he has met us." Ron explained. Obviously, if the Germans had learned of the appearance of the P-81 on the Eastern Front, they would most likely have perceived their purpose. And this will definitely affect the combat effect later.
"I understand." Pokryshkin said. As the father of Soviet air combat tactics, he naturally understood Ron's purpose in destroying enemy aircraft.
"It's just, I want to know, if he climbed out and skydived before you could make up for it. Can you shoot a parachute? ”
"I don't answer such hypothetical questions." Ron and Shameless replied.
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A week later, the Soviets' redressing training was almost complete, and according to reports from local partisans, the runway renovation of the German airfields near Warsaw had also been completed. Now in the vicinity of the airport, the whistling of a sharp engine with a different kind of noise can often be heard. It seems that the German jets have already begun to take off and land at these airfields.
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"Okay, everyone is a veteran, a week of dressing training time is indeed a little shorter, but for everyone, it's still not a big problem. In fact, the situation is very satisfying. The next step is to carry out our mission. ”
Ron said to all the pilots at the battle mobilization meeting.
"Our mission required us to run long distances against several airfields set up by the Germans near Warsaw. Eliminate the German jets that are training there. Now let's take a look at the airports......"
"By all indications, the enemy does not know much about our situation. So we have a chance to reach the raid. As we all know, sneak attack is almost the mode of operation with the least cost and the greatest results. Some of our old comrades who had experienced the surprise attack on us by the Germans during the Barbarossa Plan, and the heavy losses of our air force at that time, I believe these comrades still remember it vividly. Now it's our turn to give them a sneak attack! "Pokryshkin said the mobilization.
"Kill those fascists!"
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There was a shouting in Russian below. It can be seen that the morale of those Russians is very high.
"If you want to talk about the experience of being sneak attacked, I have also had it." Ron told the American pilots, "Back then, when I was in the Philippines, I was attacked by fascist Japan. Grandma is a bear, whether it is Japan or Germany, what the fascist cubs are best at is a sneak attack that talks to you about friendship while undeclared war. So, I always wonder, when will we also sneak attack the sneak attackers, let those fascist cubs know that sneak attacks are not their patent. And we've got to do a better job than they do. An undeclared sneak attack, the difficulty is too low. We want to sneak up on them, even if war has been declared, even if they are so nervous that they sleep with their eyes open, we can still catch them off guard! ”
"And, compared to the Western Front, we have a higher chance of a sneak attack. Due to the constant changes on the front, the Germans simply could not build a set of air defense radar networks as tight as those on the Western Front, and their air defense radar network had many loopholes. You see, this is a map of the location of the German stationary radar stations provided to us by the intelligence agencies and the Resistance. Based on local topographical data, we have calculated the blind spot range of these radars. There are a lot of holes in this that allow us to infiltrate the past. The activity of the Resistance also made it impossible for the Germans to maintain a large-scale lookout warning system based on numerous lookouts. This was the first favorable condition for us to achieve a sneak attack......"
"The second favorable condition is the weather, and in the fight against the German fascists, God has made it clear that he will be on our side. For the next two days, from Berlus to Ukraine, it will be cloudy with low cloud cover and fog in the morning. Therefore, it is impossible for the enemy in this area to detect us by sight, and our target area is all sunny days, which is very conducive to ground attack......"
"Of course, we can't help but be prepared for what the Germans are already prepared for, so I'm going to make such arrangements with the fighter units...... Finally, I would like to announce that our operation is code-named: 'Joint Enforcement'. ”
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Regarding the name of the operation, the Russians originally came up with another name, "Operation Hammer". At that time, Ron made a joke and said, "That's a vulgar name, isn't it, or maybe it's called 'Mjolnir'?" ”
The Russians discussed it and decided that, as Ron had said, the name "Operation Hammer" was vulgar enough. However, Ron's "Thor's hammer" is not much better, and it is also suspected of promoting feudal superstition. And then for this name, the Russians and Americans argued with each other for a long time.
In the end, it was Harry who proposed the name "joint enforcement" that was recognized by everyone.
Harry explains the name like this:
"In the United States, each state has its own police system, and the police of each state are not subordinate to each other. In the beginning, this model gave criminals the opportunity to rob a bank in Virginia and then run to New York to live a good life. Because the Virginia Police Department does not have the authority to come to New York to arrest people. Later, the states began to enforce the law together, so that the criminals could no longer go unpunished. Isn't this the case very similar this time? The German planes fled from our range to those of our allies, thinking that by this they would escape the punishment they deserved. Our two allies have joined forces to capture the criminals who thought they had a plan. ”
"That's a good name." Pokryshkin agreed, "One of the important reasons why the German fascist criminals were able to run so rampant in the past was that we did not effectively unite. It's time for us to unite and eradicate them! ”