Chapter 444: Fishing
As the commander of the Sixth Army, Reichenau knew the real strategy of his side, and the current military operations in Belgium and the Netherlands were all false moves, and the real direction of attack was in the Ardennes region in the center. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
But Reichenau had to storm on, with the greatest force, the most rapid offensive, to attack Belgium and Holland, so that the French and the British would know that this was the main direction of the German attack, and attract the main forces of the Anglo-French army to fight here.
Of course, Reichenau also has his own plans, and now, even if there is no military action in the Ardennes, he can defeat the French with only frontal military action!
Their first task was to cross the Maas River!
The offensive of a powerful army, especially the offensive of armored forces, requires absolute security overhead, and now, in order to seize air supremacy, the Luftwaffe, on a long offensive line, dispatched thousands of fighters!
As far as the armored forces on the ground are concerned, only by guaranteeing absolute air supremacy over their heads can they attack without fear.
The Luftwaffe, it is perfectly up to the task!
Heinz Barr wears a flight cap and breathes oxygen from his oxygen mask, and now he has flown at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters.
As a Luftwaffe pilot, he entered the war relatively late, he did not catch up with the Spanish Civil War, but, on the Polish battlefield, he won the flag, shot down five Polish planes, and has become an ace pilot.
Now, the landline he is driving has also been replaced, it is the latest model FW190, and the engine in front of the nose has a full power of 1800 horsepower!
The bubble cockpit gave him a good view, and Heinz kept scanning down, if the French fighters were dispatched, it would definitely be under him, and when the time came, he could dive down and easily kill the other party!
At the beginning of the war, all the Luftwaffe bombers were dispatched, and almost all Belgian planes were blown up on the runway, so if the other side was to send them now, it would definitely be the support of the French and British air forces.
Now, Heinz has penetrated more than 200 kilometers inland into Belgium, and the task of him and his squadron is to intercept the French reinforcements as soon as possible.
He didn't let him wait long, and soon he spotted a large fleet of planes flying from the west.
The French, come over so soon?
Looking at the incoming fighters, Heinz called his companions on the radio, and at the same time, instead of immediately diving down to attack, he continued to fly, making a circle.
Go around the direction of the sun and attack from the direction of the sun, that's the most effective!
When the Yellow Plan was leaked, France and Britain knew that a major war was inevitable, so they were ready for it.
However, the German attack was still much more than their surprise, and the Germans were attacking the entire defensive line, and in this case, they had to judge the key points.
It wasn't until Belgium was in a hurry that they dispatched fighter jets and flew over Belgium.
Pilot Marcel Albert, in the history of later generations, his results in shooting down 23 aircraft are confirmed, and he can be regarded as the ace of pilots in the French Air Force.
But that's later, and now, Marcel only joined the Air Force last year, and he's still a rookie.
Following his squadron of fighters and flying over Belgium, Marcel's heart was a little nervous, he knew that compared with the Germans, the planes in his hands were backward.
MS.406 fighters, which are the most equipped fighters of the French Air Force, amounted to thousands of units.
When the German's BF109 appeared, the French were surprised to find that their aircraft was lagging behind, and advanced technologies such as monoplanes, retractable landing gear, and all-metal structures made the Germans' air force fighters almost outstanding.
Therefore, France, as a traditional aviation power, was naturally not willing to be left behind, and in 1934, the French Air Force Aviation Technical Service Department put forward the requirements for the development of a modern monoplane single-seat fighter, codenamed "C1".
And this 406 fighter, which is the crystallization of the C1 project, uses an 860-horsepower "Spanish-Swiss" 12Y31 engine, and the maximum level flight speed reaches 486 km / h.
In France, this kind of aircraft is already quite advanced, but, compared with the Germans, it is still very backward, and when encountering the BF109, you can still give it a go, and when you encounter the FW190, it is almost a dead end.
The disadvantage of equipment must be compensated for by personnel!
Although Marcel has been flying for a short time, he has already shown his talent for flying, and soon, he can feel the feeling of being one with this aircraft.
This time, it's finally time to go to the battlefield!
Can't be cranky, Marcel had just retracted his thoughts when he heard the sound of aviation machine gun fire coming from outside, "Da da da." ”
Turning his head quickly, Marcel saw the fighter plane of one of his comrades on his left, billowing black smoke and tumbling downward, and at the same time, a cacophony came from the radio.
“FW190! It's Germans! ”
They did not find the sneak attack of Heinz, who once again accumulated a result!
With the continuous development of fighter performance, the style of air combat is also changing, but the sneak attack after the enemy is discovered is still the most efficient tactic. Almost half of the German fighter aces came from sneak attacks.
One of the most classic sneak attack methods is, of course, to use the sun.
After preemptively spotting the enemy plane, it first accelerates between the enemy plane and the sun, and due to the interference of the strong sunlight, it can approach a fairly close position without the enemy noticing.
Then, it's just firing and shooting down!
A fighter plane from Heinz attacked a squadron of fighters on the other side and killed a fighter on the flank, which was like a wolf in the mouth of a tiger, completely angering these French pilots.
Marcel didn't react, so he saw his squadron leader and began to chase after the other party!
After Heinz hit the shot, he didn't continue to start the killing machine, but immediately pulled the lever and climbed up.
There was a group of fighters below, and even if Heinz was experienced, he was easy to be surrounded and killed, so he immediately climbed up, so it was also fishing, to see if there was a hook.
And it turned out to be true!
The squadron leader of the French fighter, pulling the control lever, immediately chased after him, he wanted to avenge his subordinates!
Under Marcel's gaze, the squadron leader's fighters, at full speed, chased after the German plane, and both sides were climbing rapidly.
"No!" Marcel shouted over the radio: "Our planes are not as good as German fighters in terms of climbing!" ”