Hartmann was the lucky one who made it to Newfoundland yesterday afternoon with his courage and skill in pursuit of four F6Fs. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Upon inspection, the ground crew found that not only did his car have multiple machine gun holes, the overall structure was crumbling, but also that the fuel consumption was very high due to his repeated large-scale maneuvers, and the Bf-219C tank painted with downed markings had only the last fuel left - at most it could support the plane for another 15 minutes. After being reminded, Hartmann remembered that his fuel gauge seemed to be broken, and they didn't notice the fuel consumption at all during the fierce fighting.

After careful inspection, the ground staff thought that the plane could no longer perform the mission, and announced that it would be scrapped on the spot, originally Hartmann thought that he could easily get the new aircraft to replenish, but he did not expect the ground crew to spread his hands and tell him that due to the great consumption in the early stage, all the carrier-based aircraft carried over had been used, and as for the planes that came over, there were pilots, and it was not possible to get them to Hartmann. Then he saw a large number of planes coming to land on the island after dark, he thought it was still an Azorean support plane, but it turned out to be all carrier-based aircraft, and then he heard that the Aquila and the Elbe had accidents, he was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth, he was busy fighting with one enemy plane after another, and in the end he fled directly to Newfoundland, and he did not expect that the war situation would turn out like this in the end.

He thought that he would be trained for leaving the battlefield without authorization, but when he found that no one was pursuing the matter, he couldn't help but express his rejoicing, and carefully recalled the whole process of today's battle, he thought that he had fought too crazy and devoted, and that a little bad luck might be lost. In fact, because of his disappearance, his old superiors, Major General Krupinsky, Major General Koch, and even Mashal, were worried about this hero who shot down 13 planes in one day, and everyone was glad to hear that he was safe and sound, and it was not a big deal to land in Newfoundland without permission - the ace who shot down 13 planes was certainly not a coward. Krupinski had hoped that he would have a good rest and not participate in tomorrow's battle, but in the face of the 100 downed mark, Hartman was willing to sit down, and he must join, and hoped that the old commander would get him a new plane. In order to achieve this goal, he deliberately emphasized one point: "I have flown Fw-190 and Bf-109, and I have good adaptability to fighters, any model. ”

Krupinsky, who couldn't resist him, had to think of a way, and it turned out that he actually got a plane - a brand new Do-412, the original pilot suddenly developed a high fever and could not carry out the mission, although there were a bunch of alternate pilots vying to use this plane - now there are more pilots than planes on Newfoundland, but Hartman's name is too loud, and Krupinsky is in charge, and in the end everyone willingly makes way for him. Hartman originally thought it would be an Fw-190, but he didn't expect it to be an updated Do-412, so happy that as soon as he had dinner, he pulled the engineer to ask about the technical details, and his whole body seemed to have endless power.

According to Ozawa's plan, the land-based aircraft force remaining on the island of Newfoundland had an extremely heavy task in the second day of fighting: because the carrier group was to move eastward, and with only two usable aircraft carriers left, it could no longer provide a strong air umbrella, so the land-based aircraft group had to cover not only the safe retreat of the marines, but also the safety of the transport fleet and the escort fleet during the retreat. According to the plan, on December 2-3, all other marines and transport and supply formations were evacuated, and the No. 4 retreating aircraft and the last one marine battalion were to be the last group of retreating troops, and they were to be responsible for holding out to the end and retreating late at night. Including the latest fighter jets, but be sure to bring back the people, especially all the pilots, safely! ”

In order to accomplish this task, Krupinsky had to give up the desire to attack and coordinate the overall situation, but fortunately, now the proportion of fighters on Newfoundland is extremely high, in addition to 48 Fw-190A8, there are 10 Do-412 (2 were lost yesterday), 8 Ta-152 and 32 Bf-219, and the attack aircraft are relatively few, only 8 Joint Attack Aircraft, 17 He-218 and 14 Ju-98. Krupinsky arranged for the attack planes to complete the cover mission and withdraw in the evening, and by the early morning of the 4th, only the fighters were left behind when they all retreated. While he told Hartman not to go it alone, he put the latter in command of a squadron, and the latter gladly accepted the task, and his desire to hit the 100 mark overwhelmed everything.

As the night wore on, the Germans began to arrange their retreat, the sappers and logistical units had collected all the supplies and equipment on the docks during the day, and immediately boarded and left in an orderly manner, and one of the Marine battalions with the greatest losses quietly broke away from contact with the Canadians and boarded the ships to retreat, and they were also responsible for escorting a group of captured British and American pilots, and as for the captured Canadians, except for the officers who were escorted away by the Germans, the rest of the ordinary soldiers were all imprisoned in a few abandoned warehouses - the Germans did not want to take these burdens with them when they ran away!

Everything was in order, but by 4:30 a.m., the atmosphere was ruined by a radar warning. Due to the urgency of time, the sappers did not have time to set up a radar station on the island of Newfoundland, and after the landing, the relevant early warning relied on the heavy cruiser Sedlitz anchored near the port to provide it; due to the inertia of thinking formed by continuous operations, it was always believed that enemy planes could only appear after dawn, but they did not expect to find a large number of planes coming at half past four in the morning, and when they were discovered, they were delayed because they were afraid of radar miscalculation, and they dared to confirm it only after repeated verification and confirmation that the radar status was not abnormal. At this time, the US military plane group was approaching a position less than 80 kilometers from the island of Newfoundland, and the staff officer on duty was busy informing the airport side.

The Germans also misjudged the handling of the enemy situation, and Krupinsky, who received the warning, thought that the US troops were coming at the airfield, and on the one hand ordered all the fighters to take off, and on the other hand, asked them to keep the airfield as much as possible -- this was very important for the continued operation in the next two days; the absence of the airfield was equivalent to the loss of a reliable air umbrella for the landing fleet, so the fighters were all tasked with air defense interception according to the instructions, and did not take the initiative to attack the US formation, until the radar showed that there were a large number of small snowflake-shaped light spots. Even the ground forces alerted the airfield only after seeing a suspected airborne trooper. At this time, it dawned on Krupinsky that the Americans were not here to bomb, but the Americans had lost their minds and gone crazy -- they actually came to be airborne!

The two sides invariably made a big mistake: Since the German planes passing through the Azores had not yet arrived during the morning reconnaissance, the US side believed that the planes on Newfoundland Island were all German carrier-based planes, and that there would be no air force to intercept them when they landed in the early morning, so they neglected to conduct further detailed reconnaissance. As for the absolute air supremacy of the pre-emptive bombing attack, it was also canceled because of the urgency of time and the fear of being caught by surprise, and the reason is very simple: In order to carry out night flights and airborne missions, Arnold dispatched a group of the most experienced seed instructors who have been responsible for training and commanding tasks to carry out flight missions, and it is not easy to accurately drive the planes to Newfoundland Island with a large group of planes at night, where is there still the spare strength to send elite attack aircraft pilots to carry out ground attack missions?

However, because the German side had been thinking about its own retreat and was full of the mindset of the enemy's air raids on its own positions, airfields, transport fleets, and aircraft carrier formations, it did not expect that the US military would actually choose to land in Lara at dawn on the island of Newfoundland. By the time the German side discovered that the situation was wrong and ordered the fighters to pounce and exchange fire, the large-scale parachute landing of the US troops had been going on for more than half an hour, and the east was already beginning to show the whiteness of the fish's belly. If the attack had been made 10-15 minutes earlier and the position had been set, the German fighter group, which had been in full formation, would have directly crashed into the American transport group, and the 101st Airborne Division would have died before it could be dispatched.

"Damn ......"

Hearing a roar in the distance, Li Qiwei, who had successfully parachuted, cursed in the air -- Lu Hang told him that the Germans had no planes at dawn, and that he was absolutely safe by beating his chest, so where did these planes come from now?

"Damn it!"

Krupinsky was also scolding bitterly, because of false alarms and delays and errors in judgment, the best time to intercept was now over, but even so, he still had to let the fighters attack - it didn't matter if he couldn't beat the airborne troops, at least he had to take down all these daring transport planes!

Seeing the German fighters in groups and fiercely rushing over, the P51B fighter pilots who carried out the escort mission were also very nervous, they had not received professional night combat training, and now the lighting conditions were so poor that they could not see clearly in the fight, and there were hundreds of transport planes behind them, not only the cabin was full of people, but the defense was so fragile that it was a mess, and what was even worse was that the height was not high now, and they were live targets.

"Rush...... Leave the fighter jet alone, hit the transport plane! As an ace pilot with a record of 98 shootdowns, Hartman saw through the weakness of the American army at a glance, and immediately rushed over, 2 P51s immediately blocked the way, and 12.7mm machine gun bullets pulled out flames in the air. If Hartmann used to fly the Bf-219 in the past, he must have circled and made a feint, and then burst over to make a hole in the opponent's side at close range, but now he was holding a Do-412 in his hand, and last night he knew that this new plane not only had a firepower level higher than the original Bf-219, but also climbed extremely fast, faster than the Fw-190 or Bf-109 he had touched before, so he immediately chose to pull up.

The two on the opposite side immediately followed the climb, but were apparently less efficient than Do-412.

"Silly Bird......" Hartmann easily pressed on top of a P51, and then four 20mm cannons opened fire in unison, and shot down the enemy plane with a vertical dive attack - the 99th result!