Chapter 584: Martian Air Battle (Part I)
The Soviet La-7 fighters rushed all the way to the north of the Carpathians with the strong wind in the sky!
For Zhukov's Mars program, the Soviet Air Force was very ferocious, sending 800 sorties in the morning to launch a fierce attack on the German positions north of the Carpathians.
Ensign Hartmann, who had graduated early from high school and was still a rookie in flight at this time, was piloting an F190 fighter jet and sneering at the Soviet fleet in front of him.
With the light flick of his operator's longitudinal rod, the fighter flew past a Soviet La-7 fighter with a single breath, and all the machine gun bullets fired by the opponent flew into the empty air!
It was not only the Soviet pilots who were stunned, but also Hartmann's long-term pilot. When they saw the attack of the Soviet La-7 fighter and was so easily dodged by the pilot who had just joined the army, everyone was full of awe of the pilot who flew the F190.
But not every German pilot has Hartmann's technology, in the face of such a powerful Soviet fighter attack, the German fighter group felt bad, the Soviet pilots originally liked to play quantitative tactics, and one by one the La-7 fighters in groups, but also some difficult guys.
So, the German Air Force commander gave a bold order, the F190 fighter group turned around, and they were going to use the advantage of speed and climb to intersperse the Soviet La-7 fighter group in the second time and strike at them from behind with speed superiority!
At this time, almost all the pilots in the German fighters also looked at those La-7 fighters, and the battle intent in their eyes continued to emerge outward, and along with the war intent came the fear in their hearts.
After all, although most of the fighters of the Soviet Air Force are outdated and old, they can only play some role when they are accompanied by a small number of fighters of the La series that are adapted to modern warfare.
However, the sheer size of the numbers still surprised the German pilots.
It was also the first time for them to face so many opponents at once. Even though most of the other party's performance is average, it looks very impressive.
In addition, many Air Force "old birds" went to participate in the British air battle. On the Eastern Front, only some "old birds" can lead some "rookies", and most of these rookies refer to rookie pilots like Hartman, who have not long joined the Air Force.
On the side of the long plane led by the Germans, he happened to see the third team on the opposite side attacking the flank of the Soviet cluster, so the pilot inside immediately connected the radio channel: "Hartmann, the planes on the left wing are handed over to us, and the two planes on the right wing will be handed over to you." ”
Manhattan smiled: "Understood! ”
He didn't say much, because he never liked to talk too much, and his answers to the tasks deployed by his superiors during exercises or battles were always simple and straightforward.
In a roar, one after another F190 fighters scattered and rushed up, interspersed, deepened, and then appeared behind the Soviet La-7 group in the opposite direction of the flight.
The two sides were very red when they saw each other, and they fought together in an instant.
And the Messerschmidt's F190 fighters already have a performance advantage in the face of Soviet aircraft, even if they are Soviet fighters, they are dwarfed by Messerschmitt fighters.
In addition, the Luftwaffe was interspersed with the rear to kill and occupy a favorable attack position, and after a while, the Soviets crashed 3 La-7 fighters. There are already 12 unknown old Soviet fighters, and two of these La-7s were shot down by Hartmann.
"The second one!" Hartmann muttered happily to himself after pressing the fire button to shoot down yet another Soviet fighter plane that looked advanced and modern.
"Well done, Hartman, well done!" The long plane was on the radio, and Hartmann was praised on the radio.
Hartman didn't speak, just continued to carry out the game of flying in his eyes. "Third, fourth......" Hartman continued his first flight, the F190 under his control angrily spewed tongues of fire outward, the sound of machine guns roaring like a thunderbolt from the sky, and all this was just the beginning of Hartman's air show.
In the ensuing battle, the Soviets were the first to be shot down by the Il-2, followed by the Yak-3, which was mixed with a number of La-7s.
Germany's more well-trained air force, taking advantage of its formation and position, dragged nearly 30% more Soviet planes than itself, and even shot down a large number of Soviet fighters on the attacking side.
Gradually, with the addition of German anti-aircraft fire, only about 20 La-7 fighters remained in the fighting of the Soviet Air Force.
The battle began in silence between the two sides, at which time the planes of both sides flew at a minimum altitude of about 2,200 meters and the highest at more than 4,000 meters, and the resourceful Harmant originally wanted to use the performance advantage of the F190 to increase the altitude and then fight a decisive battle.
In this way, the two sides must be another disparity in scores.
However, the Soviets clearly did not want to do this, and they seemed to understand from the huge losses that had previously taken place that low-altitude combat was their comparative advantage.
The pilots of several Soviet La-7 fighters saw that the F190, which had dodged their own attacks one after another, came to them again.
They didn't say a word, and directly 'fought with the white knuckle'!
can be arranged to fly relatively advanced fighters in the Soviet Air Force, and these Soviet pilots are naturally not rookies.
As soon as the planes entered the effective firing range of 300 meters, both sides even fired their airborne machine guns almost at the same time!
However, another weakness of the La-7 was exposed, his firepower configuration was obviously inferior to that of the F190 fighter, and the firepower density was low. And the armor of the F190 is relatively thick, and the two sides shoot at each other at the same time, and Su Ji obviously has to suffer a lot!
After the attack, one La-7 was badly damaged, the other narrowly escaped damage, and took the opportunity to use a super short turn to stick to Harmante.
There was almost no time to repair, and the planes on both sides quickly began to swing left and right, and the amplitude became larger and larger, and the Soviet pilots were originally going to shoot Harmante in advance, but the amplitude of Hamante's swing also changed, and the Soviet pilots could not catch the flight trajectory of the F190 at all, so several attacks fell into the air.
Harmant also reacted very quickly, easily knocked out the damaged La-7 fighter in front of him, and sent a barrage of bullets into the opponent's cabin.
Then Hartmann pulled the longitudinal rod sideways, and the plane flew over the hit Soviet plane at high speed, and the other La-7 that was closely pursuing Hartmann behind him almost hit the one in front!
The pilot of the Soviet plane, who was scared into a cold sweat, fortunately also raised his height violently, and barely escaped the catastrophe.
But Hartmann didn't intend to let go of the opponent like this, in the process of the opponent's avoidance of the collision, Hartmann pulled the plane and turned around, and the action was fast!
After turning around, Hartman is ready to fight his opponent again!
However, the Soviet pilot, who had just dodged the collision, was also in a state of unrest at this time, so he once again cautiously and timidly pulled the plane up, and did not fire the machine gun at the first time!
It just so happened that Hartmann seized on this mistake of his opponent and pressed the machine gun firing button continuously! For a moment, tongues of fire chased the flight trajectory of the La-7 like whips.
The Soviet pilot suddenly fell into passivity, he is now one wrong step, he will lose everything, and his life is in danger!