Over the Verdun-Baledijk road, two Me-5F-1s were flying lightly, and two pilots were maneuvering the planes around the battlefield as if they were walking.

"Oss, how does it feel to be a long-plane for the first time?"

"I was a pilot in the airline school, Max."

"This is a real battle, a real battle!"

"But we can only sweep the floor here, and such a long machine is not interesting." Oss said boredly.

After several days of high-intensity sorties, the pilots and fighters of the KEK3 had to stop and rest, but fortunately, with the arrival of the FFA4 wing, the work of blocking the French from using the road to reinforce Verdun could finally be lost. The FFA's CL-1 had a 12.7 mm shaft gun mounted in the propeller hub that was more lethal to the French's cars, and the bombs that could be carried directly damaged the road had the effect of delaying the actions of the French army.

However, this does not mean that everything will be fine with FFA, KEK3 will be idle and have nothing to do, and a mere wing of FFA will attack the French positions in Verdun and intercept the French reinforcements on the Verdun-Baledique road, and it will not be busy at all. Therefore, KEK began to dispatch only one squadron per day, and the formation of 4 aircraft was also disassembled, and in groups of 2 aircraft, they moved freely in the area of the Verdun rear engine, which was beautifully called "free hunting". But most of the time, these hunters go home empty-handed, and Oss, who has just become a long-term plane, is bored with the current state of idleness.

When I'm bored, I have to talk to someone: "If I can do an air battle like a major, even if it's just a reconnaissance plane on the other side, then I can add a sign to my fuselage." Oss said with a little envy: "Germany, no, the world's first pilot to shoot down an enemy plane in an air battle, the major should be able to get a medal, right?" As a major's wingman. I should be the second. ”

"Come on, maybe the second person is me?" The pilot named Max called.

"I'm a long machine, so I have the right to attack first." Oss is a little proud, the wingman's task is to protect the long plane, but not to grab the prey of the long plane.

"But maybe you attack and find that you need me to save you?" Not to be outdone, Max dismantled his teammate's table.

"Do you think it's possible?"

"Anything is possible on the battlefield, isn't the Major also unlucky to stay on the ground now?" Max continued to expose his teammates: "Otherwise, you won't have to continue to be the major's wingman?" ”

"Tsk. You make so much sense that I can't argue with it. Oss smacked his lips. Max was right, he was able to become a captain because Major Marty was injured. And this injury of the major was completely caused by bad luck.

A Morana that had shot down a Morana in front of the French in front of the French, who had come to reconnoiter the deployment of German positions near Fort Duaumont, which had been occupied by the Germans? After the Sony L reconnaissance plane, Marty wanted to show off to the Frenchman below. So I went around the head of the French, and it turned out that there was a 75mm anti-aircraft gun on the position of the French, this kind of thing with poor performance could not reasonably be the Me-5F-1 with excellent performance, but the fragments of an air-blown shell hit the rear fuselage of the major's plane all over the ground, and what was even more unfortunate was that the ball of the major's foot was also bitten by shrapnel.

Although the FFA, who was immediately called, plowed the position fiercely. However, as the first pilot to shoot down an enemy plane in an air battle, the Major was ordered not to take off until he was wounded. Then, the major wrapped the soles of his feet, limped, scolded and said that this small injury did not affect his ability to continue flying, and then told himself: You kid is a long plane.

When he became a long plane, Oss was naturally very happy, and it didn't take long for him to join the battlefield. It was the first time I really participated in the battle as a long plane, and the first time I got such an unrestricted mission as "free hunting". The combination of two things that were originally pleasing to people should have been double happiness...... But why, why are all the French gone?!

Now don't talk about the convoy of the French on the ground, not even a single figure can be seen, where are the French all dead?

FFA is to blame for this. If the KEK machine gun did not allow the French to realize the destructive power of air strikes and continue to march during the day with gritted teeth, then the FFA bombs completely taught the French that they were dangerous during the day and should not come out and wander around. After the loss of more than 200 vehicles and more than 3000 people. The French finally came to terms with the reality and only dispatched cars for transportation at night. The infantry also avoided the open areas on both sides of the road and switched to marching at night and resting during the day.

Although the efficiency of the French reinforcements was greatly reduced, the gains on the German side also shrank rapidly, and the FFA was now mainly about throwing bombs to destroy the roads, and more energy was actually put into bombing the French positions on the Verdun front. KEK's safari mission has in a sense become patrolling, showing presence, and seeing something suspicious to rush up and strafe, or call a nearby FFA to come and drop a bomb.

"Max, how many Frenchmen do you think there will be hidden in the woods down here?"

"I think such a large forest can hide a group of people, right?" Max chatted with Oss with a pair of ideas.

"Do you think I'm going to force the French out if I shoot into the woods now?"

"What if there's no one in there? Don't waste ammo. ”

"Okay, let's fly a little lower, hoping to find something." Oss shook his wings, then pushed the lever, and the Me-5F-1 slid down as soon as he pressed the nose.

"Nothing." At an altitude of 300 meters, Max, who craned his neck and looked down, said: "The French are not coming out during the day now. ”

"I always felt that something was wrong." Oss said a little confused, there was no figure below, but he always felt that there was something wrong.

"Maybe it's just your delusion, you're too boring."

"Well, maybe you're right." Oss shook his head, "Let's go." ”

However, less than 5 minutes after they flew out, Oss suddenly shouted loudly: "Damn it, turn around, let's go back!" ”

"What's wrong?!"

"The guys who laid the eggs are blowing up the highway every day now. The French are definitely going to fix it. The dirt on the side of the road was dug up, indicating that someone was building the road there! The French want to pass at night, they can only repair during the day! Oss pulled the lever hard to the right rear, and the plane immediately went sideways and went around in the direction of the climb.

"And maybe the French are gone?" Max, who was operating the plane to catch up, asked hurriedly.

"There are still bomb craters on the road, and they will leave without finishing them?!" Oss said fiercely: "I was almost deceived by them, the guy who built the road must be in the woods." Let's go there and keep an eye on it, and then hurry up and call the FFA guys over! There's no way a machine gun can get them out of the woods! ”

Oscha was right, there were indeed French troops in charge of road construction, and they sent out observation posts, and if they saw a German plane, they would immediately hide in the woods, and the French used this method to play hide and seek with the Germans all the time, to ensure that the roads bombed by the FFA could continue to pass at night. But it was not just about building roads, but when I saw the German planes turn around and fly back again. The French knew that they had been discovered, and in a panic, the French chose to attack.

Pulling up to an altitude of 1,000 meters, Oss wanted to monitor the area and wait for the arrival of the FFA, and before he could fly above the woods, suddenly four clouds of black smoke exploded around him.

"Damn, it's a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun! Dive now! Get out of here! Fast! "Pushing the joystick to the end, the Me-5F-1 began to dive at a large angle of 60 degrees, the speed of the aircraft increased sharply, and the ground rushed towards it like a wall.

Oss gritted his teeth, and he could hear the wind screaming outside the cockpit. You can also see the fire coming out of the woods! The ground grew bigger and bigger in front of him, and when it felt like it was about to hit it, Oss pulled the lever hard. The nose of the plane jerked up, and the huge G-force pressed him firmly into the seat. The plane finally returned to level flight, and the 75-mm anti-aircraft guns of the French at an altitude of 300 meters were difficult to pose, but Oss did not want to bet on whether these Frenchmen had machine guns or not, and began to break away while maintaining the maximum throttle valve.

"Max! Max, are you alright?! The dive just now made Oss have no time to care about his wingman, and now he immediately panicked when he found that there was no wingman around.

"It's fine. I'm right behind you. The sound coming from the headphones made Oss breathe a sigh of relief, and then said hatefully, "Those gang who laid eggs didn't clean up the neighborhood at all!" Thanks to them, they can still boast that all the French resistance near the highway has been blown up into the sky by them! I'm going to trouble them when I go back! ”

"Count me in!" Max also shouted that the sight of those smoke balls exploding around him just now scared him a lot, and now he still has a hair all over his body when he thinks about it: "If we are shot down here, we will not even have a place to escape!" "Major Marty was wounded near the line where the two armies were fighting, and he was able to fly back to the rear of his own line. This is the rear of Verdun, not to mention being shot down, even if it is injured, it is estimated that it will be more than lucky.

"If the guy who laid the eggs doesn't invite us to a bottle of beer, it's not over!" Although a little scared, but a little happy for the rest of his life, Oss started the joke.

"How can 1 bottle be enough, at least 3 bottles!" Max's relaxed laughter came from the headphones: "What if it's their dereliction of duty that leads to the future ace pilot Max?" Yinmaiman crashed here, that's the loss of the whole of Germany, how can those egg-laying people afford to pay?! ”

"That's it! And me Oswald? Polk, the loss of two ace pilots at once, they are the sinners of the entire empire! After joking, Oss turned up the radio station and called: "Eagle's Nest, Eagle's Nest, this is Falcon 2, please answer if you receive it!" ”

"This is the Eagle's Nest, Falcon 2, please speak."

"Encountered French large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery fire in the D-4 area! I request FFA support! Repeat! Encountered French large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery fire in the D-4 area! I request FFA support! ”

"Veto!" Suddenly an impossible word came out of the headphones, Oss could barely believe his ears, didn't these guys hear what he was saying again?! I was almost killed, and they didn't care?!

"Repeat! The Falcon 2 is under fire from French large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery in the D-4 area! I request FFA support! ”

"Veto!" The same voice came from the headset again, but the words that followed dispelled Oss's anger: "FFA has gone on other missions, and now there are no extra planes to support you, please return immediately." ”

"All FFA dispatches? Why is it so big? Oss was a little puzzled, all of them went out, and not a single plane on standby remained, where did he find the large army of the French?

But he certainly didn't expect that the scene was much bigger than he had imagined. (To be continued.) )