Soon the British and American Air Forces saw more than 1,000 fighters and bombers from the Hungarian Owl Fighter Squadron, the newly formed 7th Fighter Division of the German Imperial Air Force, and the 5th Fighter Division of the German 3rd Air Force, the Croatian Fighter Force, the Slovak Air Force, the Italian Air Force, and the Romanian Air Force, and bombers.

"Shhh

Seeing this, all the pilots of the British and American air forces gasped and were full of panic.

Because the British and American air forces at this moment have run out of ammunition because they have bombed Sicily for almost a day, and because they have not encountered any German anti-aircraft fire or air force counterattack in the previous two days, they have only dispatched more than 600 planes today to continue the bombing mission.

Moreover, of the more than 600 aircraft, more than 200 bombers were occupied.

For that is to say, there were less than 400 fighters of the German Air Force capable of meeting the sudden attack, and now the German army and its client states appeared in front of them at least a thousand fighters.

Therefore, how could these British and American pilots, who were immediately facing a life-and-death air battle, not exclaim and panic!

"Why did so many German planes suddenly appear, our warning radar? Why didn't a warning be issued! Didn't they detect the appearance of German aircraft? And our fleet, didn't they find out either? ”

When pilot Stephen Amer saw the number of German air forces they were about to face, he exclaimed in panic.

"Who knows!"

"We can only pray now!"

David Nat, the pilot next to Stephen Amer, was also full of trepidation and worried.

"Reinforcements! We should now ask the General Headquarters to send us a large number of air forces to resist these sudden German troops, otherwise we will probably die here today! ”

When Stephen Amer heard this, he cried out in horror.

"Let's prepare for the German air force right away! Except for those carrier-based planes that can immediately rush over to assist us in the operation, there is no way for other air forces to rush to us in a short time to support the operation! ”

David Nut, the pilot, who had gradually calmed down, responded as he stared intently at the German Air Force as they approached the group of B-17 bombers approaching them, as he struggled to contain his fear.

"Damn the Germans! I'm fighting with you! ”

Looking at the German planes that had already begun to fight with their own air forces, the pilot Stephen Amer, who was still afraid, suddenly seemed to go crazy, and roared madly with blood-red eyes.

At the same time, he immediately cooperated with the pilot David Nut, and the other pilots, piloted the B-17 bomber they were flying in equipped with Norton bomb plotters to meet the German fighter group.

It wasn't long before the 12th Air Corps under the command of General Doolittle, including the 8th Bomber Groups, which had been transferred to him by the 97th, 99th, 301st and 2nd Bomber Groups, were also involved.

Although not all the pilots and planes of these bomber groups came, only half of the pilots came, but they still had a lot of combat experience.

Therefore, once they started an air battle with the German Air Force, their combat effectiveness was not to be outdone and carried out a desperate counterattack.

However, this time, the aviation forces of the German client countries did not fly the backward BF109G fighters and ME210CA-1 heavy fighters, or F190 fighters, but all Ta-152 fighters.

Because the bomber group of the British and American Air Forces in Sicily are all B-24 and B-17 bombers, and a small number of B-29 bomber groups, as well as P-51 Mustang fighters, and Typhoon fighters, Spitfire fighters and other aircraft participate in the battle.

Of course, the German fighters were also all Sabre fighters, as well as Il-28 bombers.

For these advanced fighters and bombers of the German army, the pilots of all client countries were very envious.

Including the pilots of the British and American Air Forces, who were fighting them to the death, they were also envious and jealous, and they also wanted to have such advanced aircraft to fight back against the Germans.

The sudden air battle that broke out in Sicily also immediately alarmed the commander of the 12th Air Army, General Doolittle, so he immediately summoned the commander of the high-ranking bombers of the United States, Lieutenant General Carl Spatz, Major General Nathan Twinen, and Major General Ella Eck, as well as other fighter generals, for an emergency combat meeting.

He also immediately dispatched the Air Force to support the operation, and of course his support operations were immediately agreed by Eisenhower, Admiral Marshall, and Cunningham.

As a result, more than 1,000 British and American planes, including a large number of carrier-based aircraft groups, also quickly went to the skies over Sicily to carry out support operations.