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Bad news reached the headquarters of the Eighth Army one after another: after the tanks of the 8th Panzer Division and the 151st Infantry Brigade were destroyed and the troop formation was disrupted, the remnants of these two armies retreated one after another, and the situation of the 44th Infantry Division, which had lost its flank cover, suddenly deteriorated, and it was also facing the division and encirclement of the German armored forces. De-Lagan sent a telegram in a tone of 100,000 urgency: The tank units of the 10th Panzer Division must be put into battle before three o'clock in the afternoon! Due to the rapid transfer of the 10th Panzer Division and the 201st Guards Brigade to the west yesterday for reinforcements, the two units also left some artillery and infantry battalions that were difficult to move quickly to stay in the original area, adding up to a total of less than 2,000 men, which were also reinforced by Montgomery to the French Brigade for desperate resistance. Under the joint resistance of these mixed forces, the southern position can be entrenched.

Montgomery's high hopes for the air strike force were met with a ferocious attack by the Luftwaffe, and after the fierce air engagement in September, the British desert air force carried out a large-scale replenishment, and in the face of the large number of Fw-190s entering North Africa, the number of the latest Spitfire-9 began to increase in an attempt to counter, but there were not many of them. In the face of Galand's nearly 400 Fw-190A, it is difficult to parry the Spitfire 9 alone, and it also needs P-40, P-38 and Hurricane aircraft to compete together. The problem is that the Spitfire-9 can still fight with the Fw-190, and other fighters, whether it is the P-40, P-38 or the Hurricane, are no match for the Fw-190, especially the Hurricane belongs to this group of the worst in performance and combat effectiveness. However, these fighters also had to cover a huge group of air attack planes, so they had no way to avoid it, and the losses were very large.

Since Marseilleu became famous in North Africa with the BZ tactics, Garand summed up his experience and believed that in the North African battlefield, we should not strictly follow the strict command system of brigades, squadrons, and squads, but should give full play to the essence of the BZ tactics of "hit and go" to carry out free hunting. Just attack the British fleet.

From around 8 o'clock, far outside the airspace of the southern front, the groups of planes of the two sides had already collided fiercely. The battlefield airspace was from 6,000 meters to 2,000, and the British bomber group, which was caught off guard and did not adapt to the changes in German tactics, was shot down more than 50 planes in less than half an hour, and the British fighter group escorting it also lost more than 40 aircraft, but most of them were Hurricanes and P-40s. Spitfire losses are smaller. The Germans did not lose as many planes as the British thought, losing a total of 27 planes, and although the Fw-190 and Bf-109 were about half of each of the battle losses, the well-protected and ferocious Fw-190 achieved one-third more downed aircraft than the Bf-109.

In the face of such a fierce attack, the British aircraft group could no longer maintain a large aircraft group formation -- that would mean that they could not fight back bitterly after being beaten, and the entire formation was disbanded when it was still more than 60 kilometers away from the battlefield airspace. It was hoped that by virtue of the fact that the British still had more aircraft than the Germans, the escort planes would do their best to entangle the German fighters in front of them in order to create conditions for the attack group.

The Bf-219 detachment, commanded by Garland himself, had the most cunning combat objectives. They hung far behind their own fleet, and did not engage in large-scale combat when the British formation first flew intensively, but just coldly watched from the sidelines, waiting for an opportunity to destroy the lone enemy planes, and after the entire British formation was disbanded and reduced to zero, they immediately entered the battlefield, and did not pay any attention to the surrounding fighters, but only aimed at the British bombers and attack planes. In the previous British army's previous leak plugging campaigns, the American-made A-20 Havoc attack aircraft (called "Boston" in the United Kingdom), the Hurricane ground attack type equipped with anti-tank guns, and the "Brave Warrior" heavy twin-engine fighter-bomber aircraft posed the greatest threat to the ground troops, and this special detachment composed of top pilots also firmly targeted these aircraft.

Compared with the prototype of the Zero Combat 32 type, the Bf-219 not only strengthened the speed, structural strength and defense capabilities, but also strengthened the firepower, the two wings were replaced with two MG151/20mm cannons produced by Germany, and a single spare ammunition reached 150 rounds, due to the charge advantage brought by Germany's special thin shells, the same 20mm cannon, the power of German shells was nearly doubled compared with Japanese shells; In the middle, closer to the wing roots, the original two 7.7mm machine guns were replaced by two MG131/13mm aviation machine guns. Dr. Messerschmitt thought that this kind of firepower enhancement was equivalent to the firepower output of the Bf-109 (1 30mm + 2 13mm), although the German pilots were a little unaccustomed to the deployment of no shaft guns, but after a few more tests, they also accepted the new layout, believing that this firepower was not inferior to the Bf-109, and the new aircraft with more low-altitude maneuverability could fight even if it encountered the latest Spitfire.

Compared to the agile Bf-219, whether it was the A-20, the Hurricane Ground Attack or the Handsome Soldier who was now as clumsy as a big bear, the British finally understood how painfully the Germans were carrying out bombing missions in the Battle of Britain, and the positions of the two sides were reversed - Stuka was replaced by A-20, Bf-110 was replaced by Handsome Soldiers, and one after another they were hit and crashed, and less than half of the planes could successfully complete the ground attack.

The British fighter jets in the distance also discovered the anomaly over the air raid battlefield, and desperately abandoned the interception of the Fw-190 and Bf-109 in front of them to rescue, but the Bf-219 did not let go of the hand, and the British pilot finally just bit the opponent and was thrown off by its gentle roll, basically all the British pilots have never seen the Zero, let alone the advantages and combat characteristics of the Bf-219, and entered the grappling and dog fighting in a daze and was brought into the superior combat mode of the Bf-219, Coupled with the fact that the Bf-219 was piloted by the top German pilots, soon these British planes who dared to fight at low altitudes were shot down, and the Bf-219s only lost one.

By about 10 o'clock in the morning, the two sides fought fiercely in this fierce air battle that lasted for more than 100 minutes, losing nearly 300 planes in total, of which the German side lost more than 60 planes, and the British side lost more than 220 planes (134 bombers, attack planes and 89 fighters), a loss of almost 1:4. At this time, most of the British planes carrying out ground attack missions have completed their tasks, and the short-legged Bf-109, Spitfire, and Hurricane have also reached the moment when there is little fuel left, and the pilots of the two sides have tacit understanding with each other and begin to break away from the battle, return to each other, and prepare to fight again in the afternoon.

Garland's squadron of Bf-219s was the last to break away, hanging far behind the tail of their own group, slow as if they didn't want to go home, while the altitude was creeping up.

"Sir, it's almost - this squadron of planes can travel at least 1,000 kilometers with fuel left, and more than half of the ammunition is generally left." Lieutenant Starschmidt's familiar voice sounded in Garland's headphones, as a close friend of Marseilleu, he was also deeply affected by the change of fate and did not sacrifice, but became the number one ace of the JG27 wing after Marseilleu returned home, according to the requirements of the Air Force Staff, he will return to China in half a month to perform a teaching mission for at least 6 months.

"Very well, the captains report on the situation." The voices coming from the radio pairs were much the same as those of Starshmidt.

"Awesome!" Garland yelled, "Whole army, carry out the assault plan, sprint ......"

With this order issued, all the fighters quickly turned their noses and swooped down on the group of British planes that had just returned at a high speed of 600 km/h.

"Crazy!" The British officers and men on the ground observed this scene, and they opened their mouths in astonishment, expressing disbelief - the commander of this batch of German planes must have broken his brain, and both sides were disengaged, why did they not pounce on it? With nearly 300 British planes on the return trip, what can a mere 20 aircraft do? Take 10,000 steps back and say, what about shooting down enemy planes, don't you want to go back to the airport?

The officers and men of the German ground forces who were on the offensive also saw this scene, and their blood boiled, and although they did not understand why this commander had launched such a "decisive attack," it was obviously an extremely brave act, and they were deeply encouraged to launch a fierce attack on the enemy forces in front of them.

"I'll tell you a secret, ha...... We have a lot of oil! Rear Admiral Garland, who was in the cockpit, began to laugh, this obscene tactic was learned from the Japanese, who often relied on the advantages of fuel economy and long range to grind enemy aircraft. When Garland learned of this situation, he immediately prepared to concoct the same - the Bf-219 had a range of more than 2,000 kilometers after hanging a large auxiliary fuel tank, and now there are generally two-thirds of the fuel left in the plane!

After a fierce and long battle, whether it is Spitfire, Hurricane or P-40, they have little fuel left, they can only use the cruising speed to return smoothly, and the Bf-219 is constantly entangled at this time, the British did not know that the Germans would use this trick, several British fighters at the back of the group were shot down by the Garand commandos before they could react, and when finally a plane found that something was wrong, the sneak attack results of the entire German air commando team had reached 7, But the chase continues...... (To be continued.) )