It was an early September morning, the moon had set, the sun had not yet come out, the stars were hanging low, as if within reach, and the vast Russian field was still shrouded in a thin pale cyan morning mist. There was silence all around, except for the nightingale making a low chirp from time to time.

At this time, the airport was suddenly lit up. The intense light immediately dispelled the faint mist on the runway, and if you squinted, you could faintly see a long row of fighters in a neat row under the dazzling lights. Then, the chilly morning breeze brings the low roar of the airplane engine to your ears. A new day of battle is about to begin.

Ron stood on the edge of the runway, watching as the American and Russian pilots boarded the planes one by one, put away the boarding ladder, and then taxied to the runway in turn. Last time, he accompanied Pokryshkin to the sky for two laps, and Ron cheated two more results. As soon as he landed, Ron immediately ordered that no one should report the battle just now to the above. Because he knew that if the higher authorities knew that he was engaged in air combat again, they would definitely find him trouble.

However, before the "joint law enforcement" operation was officially implemented, there was still a special order from above, ordering Brigadier General Ron to stay in the command center honestly and do his command work well. Therefore, Ron, who had planned to lead the team himself, had to stay at the airport depressed again.

The Germans in Warsaw have now completed the conversion of two airports. These two airfields were named Target A and Target B respectively by the US-Hungry Joint Forces' "One", "Ben", and "Read" novels YBDU. The first to take off was Harry's squadron, who were to be responsible for the attack on Target A. And the Soviets, who took off later, were to be responsible for the attack on Target B.

Harry waved at Ron, then closed the canopy and slid to the runway. In a few moments, the Americans completed their takeoff with 24 P-81s. Then two squadrons of the Soviets, a total of 48 aircraft, also took off one after the other.

It was still dark in the sky, and the pilots relied on the instructions of the navigation lights on the wingtips, gradually formed a formation, and then flew west.

Watching the group disappear into the western sky, Ron turned back to the driver and said, "Let's go back to the war room." ”

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Each P-81 that took off carried a large drop fuel tank and two 500-pound special aerial bombs. Originally, according to the range of the P-81, it was not necessary to fly to the target with an auxiliary fuel tank at all, but in order to avoid the radars of the German army, they chose a winding route, which increased the flight range a lot.

About 30 minutes after flying away from the airport, the eastern sky began to gradually brighten, and the group of planes approached the battle line of the two sides, at this time, the ground was still dark, but at 3000 meters in the air, the reddish morning sun had already illuminated the plane. If there are no clouds, the planes reflecting the sunlight will look particularly bright and dazzling from the ground. However, it was cloudy now, and when I looked down from the plane, there were all small clouds below. As for what was under the clouds, it was impossible to see at all, and likewise, it was impossible for anyone on the ground to see the warplanes that were shining with golden light.

After a smooth flight of about 40 kilometers through the front line, the ground began to light up, and the group began to reduce its altitude - here, there was a German radar station. The group cut through the clouds and descended to an altitude of about 500 meters, sheltered by some rolling hills nearby, avoiding radar detection. This is the most dangerous part of the voyage, with low altitude and low speed (otherwise there is a risk of hitting a mountain). Once detected by the enemy, it will be quite passive. Fortunately, the people involved in this operation were all veterans, and the whole process was quite smooth.

The Germans did not have a complete radar system on the Eastern Front, and after crossing the detection area of this radar, there was no longer a radar in front of them that needed to be lowered so low to evade. The fleet began to climb rapidly, climbing to an altitude of 7000 meters in one go.

The group maintained this altitude and flew for another half an hour. By this time, the fuel in the auxiliary tank had been depleted. (During the flight, the fuel in the drop tank is consumed first) The pilots began to throw away the drop tank. Watching the auxiliary fuel tanks made of high-quality aviation aluminum being thrown down one after another, the Russians felt a little distressed.

"These Yankees, what a ......," thought Gulayev, "if only they could use wooden drop tanks." The Germans picked them up and used them for no purpose other than cooking. It's like picking up these things, and as soon as you turn your head, you can use them to build airplanes. ”

Wood can indeed be used as a fuel tank. Chennault's Flying Tigers used auxiliary fuel tanks made of wood and bamboo. It's just that the weight of this auxiliary fuel tank is too large, (dear, don't think that wood will be lighter than aluminum alloy, in the case of ensuring strength, wood is much heavier than aluminum alloy.) Not very efficient. Moreover, it is not cheap to let Americans do such carpenter work, calculating the cost of labor.

The group continued to advance, and at this time, German planes began to appear in the sky. It was a Junkers transport plane, probably because in this airspace, no Soviet or American fighter jets had ever been seen, so this Juncker did not care about the group of fighters flying above his head, and still swaggered away from a height of 4,000 meters.

But the encounter made Americans and Soviets nervous. Although even if the Germans found out about them, there would not be too serious consequences. On air combat, driving the P-81, flying at an altitude of 7000 meters, will you still be afraid of the Germans? It's just that if you can't achieve the effect of the surprise attack, the results of the battle will probably be greatly affected.

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Now that it was close to the target, the swarm began to disperse and descend in altitude. The Harry formation flew to target A, and two squadrons of Pokryshkin and Guraev flew to target B.

Ten minutes later, Harry's squadron was closing in on Target A.

It is a typical military airfield, with a noticeably longer main runway. On either side of the main runway, there are also two dirt runways, where in case of an emergency, fighters can also be taken off and landed. At one end of the main runway, there is a tower on one side and an apron on the other, and next to the apron there is a bungalow, which could be a pilot's lounge or something. There are also some hangars a little further along. However, these hangars have not been specially reinforced. It can only play the role of shelter from the wind and rain. This probably has something to do with the fact that it is almost never attacked by airstrikes.

Harry saw that on the tarmac, four jets and some other planes were parked, and on the runway, two jets were taxiing. He looked around, but there were no other fighters patrolling in the air.

"What a great opportunity!" Harry thought. He immediately gave the command: "Attack!" Attack as planned! ”

The American pilots were quite familiar with the situation with Target A, and the Joint Air Force made a large-scale model of Target A based on intelligence from aerial reconnaissance and resistance groups. And according to it, the task was assigned.

Eight fighters remained on guard at higher altitudes, and the remaining 16 aircraft were divided into three groups, the first group of eight aircraft bombed and strafed the hangar, the second group of four aircraft bombed and strafed the tarmac and pilot's lounge, and the third group attacked the aircraft taking off or joined the attack on the tarmac.

Harry, as the commander of the formation, had to stay on high ground at this time to take command. So all he could do was drool as he watched his boys pounce on the German airfield, which looked like a wissy wearing nothing.

The P-81s reduced the engine power to a minimum in order to reduce the sound of the engine. By diving, they rushed over at a speed of almost 600 km, and since they had their backs to the sun, the Germans did not spot them until they began to fire.

Huck of the Third Strike Group watched as Tom fired a long shot that smashed a German jet that was gliding at high speed. He was preparing to make a move on the second enemy aircraft. The wreckage of the jet tumbled on the runway and hit the second jet that followed. Both planes exploded into a large fireball at once. His desire to shoot down his first jet was immediately dashed.

"Tom, you can't grab food like this!" Huck complained, his tone sounding like a deep resentment.

On the other side, Suker was attacking the tarmac with his wingman Beta, and Suker, as the long plane, attacked first, sweeping the tarmac with his cannon. Not only did they destroy the four jets, but they also destroyed a Junkers and a Ju-88. However, he focused on strafing, and the bomb dropped was missed.

Beta knew that the planes on the tarmac might not be his turn to sweep them, so from the beginning, he aimed at the pilot's lounge, and he dropped two 500-pound bombs, one of which landed on the tarmac, overturning two planes that were smashed by Sooke, and the other shot landed accurately in the pilot's lounge, and the bungalow was immediately torn to pieces by the bomb.

Eight planes in the bomber hangar also dropped bombs in turn, sending smoke billowing from the hangar. Tom, who didn't drop the bomb just now, also dropped the bomb here.

After this round of attacks, the anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on the airfield began to fire back indiscriminately. Seeing that the other planes have been successfully pulled up. Harry swooped down from a high altitude with the remaining eight warplanes and dropped the final bomb on the airport's oil depot.

Of the 16 bombs, only one hit the target. But one bomb is enough. The oil depot was blown up and caught fire, and the burning oil flowed out of the ruptured oil depot everywhere. The entire airport was engulfed in smoke.

"Alright, let's go back. We're doing a pretty good job. Harry said.

Harry did a good job, and basically killed all the targets that should be killed. It's just that he certainly doesn't know what the Russians are doing on the side of Target B.