The German interceptor group appeared in front of the P-81 group, and the German group was a little lower than the P-81s due to the fact that they had to take care of the FW-190, which had a slower climb at high altitude. At this time, relying on the height advantage and diving directly is actually a good way to play. But this style of play is not bad enough, cunning enough, and obscene enough.

Being intercepted by German fighters on the return home was something that had been expected for a long time. So before the operation, Ron and Pokryshkin made a lot of corresponding plans for this situation. Relying on the advantage of altitude, the plan to directly dive and attack the large group of aircraft in the place was rejected in the first place.

"In doing so, we will also have a lot of losses." Ron said.

"The losses of the Germans will be even greater!" The old Maozi have always pursued a policy of not being afraid of sacrifice, and they have long been accustomed to losses or something.

"But you know, we're fighting in German-controlled territory. The Germans parachuted home. We skydived and the odds of coming back were too low. You know, pilots are a lot more expensive than airplanes. Besides, I have a way to make them lose more and we lose less. Ron said with a smile that many people unanimously called "evil and obscene".

"Tell me about it." Pokryshkin said.

"Compared to the short-legged aircraft of the Germans, our P-81 has a significant range advantage. In fact, according to our calculations, even on the return voyage, the remaining high-intensity flight time of the Germans would be significantly higher than that of the Germans, even taking into account the fuel necessary for our return flight. Plus our speed, climbing, diving, all have an advantage. Therefore, if the large fleet of Germans really appeared, we would first take them to climb to high altitudes, and their engines were far inferior to us in high-altitude performance, and when they reached high altitudes, they were fuel-consuming and boring. It won't take long for them to run out of gas. When they get back, we'll spank them in the ass! ”

"What if they don't keep up?" Kozhdub asked.

"They don't keep up? Straight back? Pokryshkin smiled, "That's the initiative to sell us 6 points." I don't believe they offered to sell it to us at 6 o'clock, and they could fly back safely. "It seems that the father of the tactics of air combat in the Red Army fully understood the essence of this obscene approach.

Because of this discussion, when the large German interceptor fleet appeared, the P-81s immediately began to turn and continue to climb. In order not to scare the enemy away, Pokryshkin carefully controlled the speed and rate of climb of the whole team, which could neither be so fast that the Germans would lose confidence in following at a glance, nor could they really let the Germans follow.

The German fighter group climbed higher and higher with the P-81s. At this time, the difference in performance between the BF-109 and the FW-190 became more and more obvious. At an altitude of 7000 meters, the BF109G can continue to climb with the P-81, but the FW-190A is already unable to keep up. As a result, the Germans' fighter fleet gradually split into two parts: the BF-109G, which flew a little higher in front, and the FW-190A, which flew lower in the back.

Pokryshkin continued to climb and circle with the German fleet, and now the altitude has reached 8500 meters, and the German FW-190A is already significantly behind the BF-109G. Now, if you look down from a higher height, you will see that the German fighter group and the combined US-Soviet aircraft group are chasing each other in a circle as if they were playing a velode chase race. The three fleets of P-81, BF-109G, and FW-190A are located exactly at the three alinations of the ring.

Now those backward FW-190A are in a very dangerous situation. At this rate, three or four more large turns, and the P-81 would appear above their 6 o'clock. The circle of the P-81 is very large, much larger than the circling radius of the FW-190A. But the inside line was useless, because the P-81 was in a much higher position than the FW-190A, and the FW-190 could not climb to such heights even if the inside line cut through. If you cut it, you won't be able to attack your opponent, but you will only give your opponent a chance to dive and attack. How about exiting the attack, diving, and disengaged? The enemy will definitely come after him. Looking at the size of the enemy aircraft, I'm afraid its dive will not be bad. Even considering the presence of those BF-109Gs, the enemy did not dare to let go of the attack, but once the FW-190A retreated without a fight, the numerical advantage of the Germans over the enemy would disappear in this battle. It has even become a numerical disadvantage, and such a situation has really formed, can the BF-109s support it?

But the FW-190 fleet had to be withdrawn. At an altitude of 8,500 meters, even if they are still there, they will not be of much help. At this altitude, the power output of an engine without a supercharger is becoming more and more difficult to maintain even normal flight. Keep staying, they will only be a burden to the BF-109.

"Let the FW-190 retreat, let the BF-109 protect them." The Germans finally gave such an order.

Now, Pokryshkin is faced with a choice: it is a very pleasant thing to attack the retreating FW-190, but as the so-called "praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind", when attacking the FW-190, the BF-109G who have been following him will also have the opportunity to attack him from the inside. But in any case, it's always uncomfortable to let go of the enemy. If the P-81 is fully powered, dives at high speed, and quickly pulls up after one attack, as long as it does not bite the FW-190 to death, those BF-109Gs of the Germans will definitely not have a chance to be yellow finch.

"Follow me, attack one round, exit quickly, don't entangle!" Pokryshkin made a choice. Weigh the gains and losses, as long as the expected benefits outweigh the risks, do not hesitate to do it. Where is there a war that does not require any risk?

The P-81s made a sharp turn and swooped down towards the FW-190, which was swooping down.

If the altitude is lower, the FW-190 will accelerate much faster when diving. But at the current altitude, its engine output is insufficient, which makes its acceleration almost entirely dependent on gravity. The P-81, with the water jet power turned on, was fully pushed by the two R-2800 twin wasp engines, and the acceleration was much faster than that of the FW-190. So although the FW-190 entered the dive earlier, the distance between the two sides was gradually getting closer. The German BF-109s also swooped down, but the BF-109s were a little less capable of diving, and the distance between them and the P-81 was constantly increasing.

Soon the P-81 fleet approached the FW-190 fleet, which was trying to break away. However, at this time, the FW-190s will also gain good speed by diving. With speed comes the ability to make movements, so they will never be tied to death. Some FW-190s played barrel rolling, dodging while trying to get the pursuing P-81 to rush forward. Some FW-190s began to fly with scissors constantly, and some even pulled up directly, wanting to play head-on with the P-81.

One of the FW-190A4s was pulled up in front of Pokryshkin and was ready to play with him. He must not have known that the plane in front of him was occupied by Pokryshkin. In terms of playing against each other, Pokryshkin is recognized as a man of God. The ace killer killed more than a dozen German aces in the counter-shots. In the original history, he killed a total of 59 enemy aircraft, of which 28 were aces and super aces!

Relying on the advantage of range, Pokryshkin didn't even do much action, and with just a point shot, he beat the FW-190A4 that wanted to play with him.

Pokryshkin did not gain the most in this round of attacks. In this round of attacks, the most gained was Kozhdub. Kozhdub was a flying genius, and after graduating from flight school in 1941, he was directly retained by the school as a flight instructor. This is not a simple matter, you know, who can become a flight instructor, who is not a guy with rich experience, a rookie who has just graduated, can be of course this position, his talent can be seen. It was not until the beginning of 43 that he was given the opportunity to go to war. On his first combat mission, he surprised everyone - he and the long plane were besieged by 12 BF-109s, and the long plane was quickly shot down. But Kozhdub was able to survive under the siege of 12 enemy aircraft. Until the enemy planes had fired all the bullets, Kozhdub's plane remained unharmed, with only a few small holes in the wing from 7.9 mm machine gun bullets.

As the saying goes, if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing. After surviving the difficult first attempt, Kozhdub's results began to rise rapidly. In the original history, it took only two years, and by the end of the war, he was already the first ace of the Allied forces.

Kozhdub is best at shooting at large angles and has the reputation of "marksman". Just now, an FW-190 tried to play a barrel roll in front of him. However, Kozhdub had already seen his intentions, and with a slight pull of the rod and a long point shot, he cut off one wing of the enemy plane. Immediately afterwards, another FW-190, which was making scissors, crashed into his scope and became the second victim. As he pulled up and exited, another FW-190 rushed in front of him, only to be shot by him and turned into a fireball.

After a round of strikes, the P-81 quickly distanced itself from the FW-190. At this time, the height of the cluster has been reduced to about 3 kilometers due to continuous dive chases. As the P-81 leveled out, the BF-109G, which was following them, swooped down on them.

"Don't fight, speed up and get away, and climb." Pokryshkin ordered.

The P-81 had reached a speed of nearly 900 km/h in the dive, which could not be maintained for a long time in a horizontal state, but this speed was much greater than the limit that the BF-109 could reach when diving. So the P-81 can easily pull a safe enough distance and quickly climb up to deal with the BF-109G.