Chapter 127: The First ACE
The German bomber formation, which had completed the attack mission, quickly raised its altitude, and after the formation was completed, it began to return home.
Where was the Soviet I-15 fleet willing to promise German planes to come and go as they wanted?
They also began to climb in altitude and chase towards the German bomber formation.
However, they soon found out in embarrassment that their fighters could not catch up with the German bombers who had dropped bombs and were "light without bombs......
Soviet pilots flew the I-15 produced in 1934-1935, and the I-15 in these two years could not be delivered on time due to the lack of production capacity of the "M-25 Whirlwind" engine, so it had to be equipped with the "M-22" engine.
The power of the M-22 engine is only 480 horsepower, which is 235 horsepower less than the power of the M-25 engine, which results in the maximum speed of the I-15M-22 equipped with the M-22 engine is only a measly 350 km per hour.
THE GERMAN JU-87C DIVE BOMBER IS EQUIPPED WITH A SINGLE-ENGINE YUMO 211-J10 WATER-COOLED ENGINE WITH A POWER OF UP TO 1410 HORSEPOWER, WHICH GIVES THE JU-87C A MAXIMUM FLIGHT SPEED OF 410 KM PER HOUR.
At the request of Lyon, the FI-167 of this era did not use the DB-601B liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine of Daleam-Benz as in the previous life, but used the same 211-J10 as the JU-87, with an increase of 310 horsepower and a maximum flight speed of 50KM per hour, reaching 375 KM per hour.
So the I-15, which had a maximum flight speed of only 350KM, couldn't catch up with the German bomber formation, and a group of poor Soviet pilots could only report the situation to the faster I-16 group through the channel, hoping that they would quickly take out the German fighter group and go after the German bastards who bombed the airfield.
However, the I-16 fleet was destined to fail to fulfill the requirements of its teammates, because the original I-16 fleet of more than 20 planes was now in the single digits, and the rest became the record of German pilots.
Ansel drove the ME-109T to roll from side to side, firmly encased an I-16 in the crosshair, and then pressed the fire button, and a string of bullets mixed with cannon shells flew towards the I-16, and soon, the I-16 was disintegrated by the volley and turned into a series of fireballs that smashed to the ground.
"Oooh! I broke up again, hahaha! Ansel smiled happily at Albrisson on the channel, "This is my second record!" β
"Haha, you're only three? I just became an ACE! Albrison replied proudly.
Another name for the ACE that Albrison refers to is the Ace Pilot, which first appeared during World War I as an honorary title given to the pilot who shot down more than five enemy planes.
"Oh, you shot down five planes?" Ansel exclaimed,
"Who? Who became ACE? The squadron leader's voice also appeared in the headphones.
"I, Squadron Leader." Albridson said happily, "What's the most handsome Albridson in our squadron!" β
"Oh God! You're shameless. The squadron leader scolded with a smile, "But you're really handsome now, wow, the first battle will be an ace, you really give us the face of the 151 squadron leader!" I think the people of the 161 Squadron can question their identity as 'Zeppelin's second son'. β
"Haha." The rest of the 151 squadron in the channel laughed.
"Sherf, don't be complacent, you bastard." Squadron Leader Weiss of the 161st Naval Aviation Squadron smiled at Sherf, "This is just the first battle, but, Albrison, congratulations on becoming an ace pilot, and besides, are you interested in coming to our 161?" Our 161st Squadron's dormitory is the closest to the female soldier's dormitory. β
"Uh, thank you......" Albrisson was speechless at Weiss's condition of wooing him.
Well, the allure of this condition is indeed great, Albrison thought.
"Vess, you bastard, digging into the wall in front of me?" Scherf was anxious, "Albrison, don't listen to him, what's the good thing about staying in the 151st Squadron and being close to the female soldiers' dormitories?" I'll introduce you to one when I get back! β
"Hahaha!" The crowd in the channel laughed.
"All right, boys." Scherf, who was also the commander of this operation, saw that the bomber formation had broken away from the formation, so he ordered everyone: "Get out of the battle, the brothers in the bomber formation have run far enough, let's also go back." β
"Understood, sir!" Everyone replied.
"Oh, even if you don't give the order to return, Squadron Leader, I don't think I'll be able to fight anymore." Ansel glanced at the ammo indicator, which showed that the remaining ammo had bottomed out, "I'm running out of ammo soon." β
"Me too!" "To be honest, the ME109T is good everywhere, but there is too little ammunition." "yes, it's still HE51 with more ammo." "But the HE51 is not very good." "Indeed, if we come in HE51 this time, I don't know how many people will die." There was a lot of talk about the ME109T's performance.
More than two hours later, the crowd piloted the fighter plane and landed on the deck one after another amid the cheers of the ground crew.
"Welcome home, boys!" Raeder personally greeted him with the main officers on the aircraft carrier, "Listen to the guys in the bombing formation, you guys kicked the Soviets in the ass?" β
"Long live the FΓΌhrer! Yes, general, we kicked the Soviets in the ass! Sherf saluted and shouted, "And we didn't lose a single plane!" β
"Great!" Raeder looked at the planes parked not far away, most of them had single holes, but none of them had major structural damage.
"And, General, Albrisson of our squadron shot down five Soviet fighters!" Scherf said proudly.
"Oh?! Is it? Raeder laughed, "He's really good, the ground crew will take down the film from your plane later, and they'll see if they really shot down five, and if so, we'll have to praise him at our evening meeting!" β
There was a camera next to the gun's central shaft gun, which was used to capture the results, and the film that Raeder was talking about came from here.
"Evening meeting?" Scherf asked, confused.
"Yes, there will be a memorial service in the evening to commemorate our comrades who died in this operation." Raeder sighed, "The bombing formation lost 5 planes, 4 people were confirmed dead, and 3 tail machine gunners were also killed in the 17 planes that came back. β
"That's a shame." Hearing that a comrade-in-arms had been killed, Scherf's mood became a little low.
"It's not your fault, young man." Raeder patted Sherf on the shoulder and comforted, "Your fighter formation is good enough, okay, you can go to the cafeteria and get something to eat." β
Sherf nodded when he heard this, he had fought in the sky for most of the day today, and he had not eaten anything, and now he did feel a little hungry.
Darkness gradually enveloped the land as time passed, but the deck of the aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin was now brightly lit.
"We are here today to mourn the loss of our departed partners, the first officers and men of the German Navy to die in action. Blood in the sky for the sake of our friendship with Spain. But their blood will not be shed in vain, because the Motherland and the Spanish people will always remember them! β
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"And while we mourn for the sacrifice of our comrades, we must also rejoice in the rise of German naval aviation, Olbrisen, the ace pilot born in this battle, he is the first ACE of our naval aviation, but by no means the last!"