"Straw hat, I'm hatchet, I spotted the German bomber formation, right in the direction of 12 o'clock in front of us!" In the sky, the British interceptor unit had reached the designated airspace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A full 30 Spitfires, covering the Hurricanes responsible for attacking the German bomber forces, were also black in the sky.

That's more than 100 fighters to intercept the Germans, which is already a huge amount judging by the size.

The British Hurricane fighter pilot, nicknamed the Straw Hat, piloted his plane and entered the angle of attack: "I'm ready to descend and fire, you guys follow me!" ”

One Hurricane after another was just as imposing, and they were theoretically much more effective than the German bomber groups.

"Swoop! Swoop! Aim at their engines and fire! On the radio, the British pilots screamed loudly, piloted their planes, and rushed into the dense group of German bombers.

"Fire! Fire! With the order, British Hurricane fighters began to disrupt the German bombers' defensive formations, and tracer bullets twined together in the sky like fishing nets.

"Watch out for those different planes, it's the ME-110 fighter! Not a bomber! While accelerating his dive to attack a German HE-111 bomber, Mr. Straw Hat loudly reminded his comrades.

Because of the bullet interference, he did not hit the engine of this plane, but only hit the wing of the huge area, leaving a row of holes in it.

The pilot with whom he was partnered was a novice who had not experienced the French campaign, and he was not able to distinguish the type of German aircraft in the midst of the confusion.

Compared to the HE-111 bomber, which lacked the ability to defend itself, the ME-110 used in combat was somewhat more combat-ready.

So attacking the HE-111 is a very simple and safe thing to do, but attacking the ME-110 is a different matter.

"Break up their formations! Divide them and avoid them covering each other in formation! Chai Dao flew his plane through the dense rain of bullets to dodge as he reminded the others.

Like the Straw Hat, he is a veteran pilot who has experienced the French campaign, so he knows how difficult these opponents can be, and the slightest mistake can cost him his life.

The Hurricane fighter planes were nimble as they shuttled back and forth among the German bombers, making them look extremely nimble.

This is a worse era, and although the design of the Hurricane fighter is outdated, it is better than the more outdated HE-111.

Therefore, although the Hurricane is not qualified as an air supremacy fighter, it is completely sufficient and competent as an interceptor against fighters, or as an attack aircraft with bombs.

The British did not expect the Luftwaffe to let the ME-110 fighters hide in bomber formations and act as escorts.

Similarly, the Germans did not anticipate their attack on the first day, and the British took off so many planes to intercept them.

At the time of the French campaign, these German bomber pilots, who were responsible for bombing and destroying, were accustomed to their own skies.

At that time, German fighters swept across the French battlefield and provided very good air supremacy for the bomber forces.

Now, however, the situation seems to have changed radically. This sky does not belong to the Luftwaffe yet, and air supremacy here is still being contested!

"Avoid! British fighters! Fire! Fire! "On the Luftwaffe radio, there was also chaos at this time.

The German bombers were desperately firing at the attack, and the 7.92 mm machine guns they used for self-defense were obviously not as useful as they thought.

These self-defense machine guns don't have a very good trajectory in the sky, and their power is really limited.

For the thick-skinned Hurricane fighters, the German 7.92 caliber machine guns could only leave a row of holes in the fuselage of the aircraft, but they could not actually destroy these solid aircraft.

However, it has reached this time, and there is really no other way if you don't grasp the weapon in your hand.

The HE-111 has a retractable belly machine gun turret...... I don't know who invented this exciting game, and it's hard to imagine anyone willing to be pushed outside the plane through the glass at an altitude of 4,000 meters......

Therefore, compared to the mature B-25 and classic designs such as the B-17 of the Allied forces, as well as bombers such as Lancaster, the Germans are really alternative in terms of bomber design.

Controlling the machine guns in their hands and desperately pouring their ammunition at the British fighters rolling in the sky became the only thing the German pilots could do.

"Suddenly! Sudden Sudden Rush! The vibration of the barrel and the tracer bullets that flew out of the muzzle of the gun provided some courage to the German pilots.

Moreover, after completing the attack mission, the German aircraft formation was also returning home, and they had almost successfully completed their mission with a time difference.

The sky was in chaos, and soon the first downed German bomber, dragging a long black smoke, fell to the ground in Britain.

It's good luck to crash in such a place, but if you fall in the icy North Atlantic, it's called tragedy.

Because it was an offensive operation, the downed plane, along with the pilots on the plane, was a real loss for the Luftwaffe.

"There was a plane that was shot down!" The battle has just begun, and apparently there are still people who are big and small about such ordinary things.

But then, when the second and third HE-111s were shot down, no one said anything about this frivolous thing.

"The loss was bigger than expected! Our self-defense is too weak! The commander of the bomber shouted over the radio: "If you don't do anything, we're going to be doomed!" ”

"So! It's time for us to do it! "Above the sky, higher than the white clouds, one ME-109E fighter swooped down.

These new fighters, which dominated the skies of Europe, still have a slight technological advantage at this moment.

In traditional events such as climbing, it is better than the most advanced Spitfire fighter in Britain today.

One after another, ME-109E fighters rushed down the clouds, putting tremendous pressure on the British at once.

All the old British pilots who lived through the French campaign still remember the terrible things that befell them in the skies over France.

The German fighters took advantage of their unrivaled speed to easily escape their pursuit, and then turned around and easily shot down the Hurricane.

"Pull up! Pull it up! German fighters are coming! In the headset, I don't know whose eyes were quick, and I suddenly saw the German fighter who had entered the battle circle.

"Roll! Dodge! On the other side, a Hurricane fighter also realized the danger and loudly alerted friendly forces that were attacking the German bombers.

Unfortunately, he was a step too late, and the German fighters hit these hapless hurricanes and then took advantage of their high speed to fly away.

The Spitfire was similarly entangled in another group of German fighters, and the Uncovered Hurricane, although a little more difficult to deal with than the HE-111, was no match for the numerically superior German fighter force.

Once again, planes crashed in the sky, but this time not a fragile HE-111 bomber, but a Hurricane.

"There is an ambush! There is an ambush! German fighters! Against! Against! "The British pilots, who had discovered something bad, immediately threw away the German bombers that had been eaten in their mouths and began to regroup.

Fighter air combat is about the fighting skills of the pilots and the tactical execution of fighter formations. The British fighters, who had already lost their formation in pursuit of German fighters, had to quickly regroup their formations at this time.

The fighters began to break away from the attack on the German bombers, but the German fighters clung to the British fighters and seemed to fight to the death.

So a very strange scene appeared, the German fighter chased the British fighter and drove the other side away for a long distance before breaking away and returning home in an instant.

As soon as the German fighters left, the British fighters realized that they had suffered a big loss, because the superior German fighters hunted freely, it seems that they did not shoot down many more German planes than they lost!

According to statistics, they shot down about 15 German HE-111 bombers and two ME-110 fighters.

But at the same time, they were shot down by a full 20 Hurricanes along the way, and one Spitfire crashed.

"The Germans have an ambush! The Germans have an ambush! Stop intercepting and return quickly! "The morale of the returning British fighter unit was low.

The radio headset was full of reports that their squadron had planes shot down, and some planes were even contacting the alternate airfield, because the airfield from which they took off had been destroyed and could not land.

They did not have time to stop the Germans from bombing their homeland, but lost more planes because they were surrounded by disadvantages.

On the first day of the Battle of Britain, they lost more than 70 aircraft, while the Germans lost only 46 aircraft in each theater of operations.

Most of the Luftwaffe planes crashed due to ground artillery fire, but the Germans unexpectedly attacked the airfield, causing more losses to the British Air Force.

The good news is that although the Germans suffered fewer losses, the losses were real, including the pilots.

The British, on the other hand, lost very few pilots, and the pilots who parachuted quickly returned to the team, and only those who were directly hit were really lost.

The problem now is that this attack was sudden, and the Germans achieved an astonishing result of a ground attack, which, although not visible for a short time, will gradually become apparent over time.

By that time, the British air defense operations ...... It could be harder.