This improved shipborne radar has an effective detection range of 300 kilometers, while the two bombing units in front and behind the Soviets have an interval of about 300 kilometers when they take off, and after takeoff, due to the speed of the Pe-8 bombers behind, their spacing is constantly shrinking, and now it is about 200 kilometers, so that the bomber units behind are also discovered.

The bombers of the Soviets actually made more than one sortie! At this time, Franz is faced with a difficult choice, what to do?

Do you want to keep chasing this batch of bombers, or do you want to intercept the next one? For him, he only has this plane, and the tasks he can accomplish are limited, and for him, of course, the most important thing is to be able to grasp the whereabouts of the enemy.

Yes, keep intercepting!

However, he could not spare the planes, and he said to his machine gunner: "Throw a flare!" ”

Hearing his words, the machine gunner took out a flare from the cockpit and threw it down.

A little flare or two can turn a dark night into a day.

During the First World War, flares were widely used, and various flares appeared, but now, the Stuka bombers did not carry flares, just a few hand-held flare grenades.

The machine gunner turned on the safety of the flares and threw them out.

The flare flew dozens of meters ahead with the speed of the aircraft, and then, the projectile inside began to ignite, and with a bang, the gas pressure generated by the projectile threw the illuminator and the parachute out of the bomb, and the parachute opened under the action of air resistance, hanging the illumination box below.

In the lighting box, the lighting agent was ignited, and the magnesium powder and aluminum powder inside burned with the help of barium nitrate, and the high temperature of several thousand degrees was produced in an instant.

At the same time, it emitted an incomparably dazzling light that lit up the entire night sky.

The night turned into day, and the DB-3 torpedo bomber unit in front instantly appeared in the dark night sky.

"Damn, what's going on?" Colonel Yeginny-Przybrazensky listened to the incessant sound of curses in the headphones, and he was also shocked.

This sudden flare makes them invisible in the sky, which means that they have been discovered? So what's next? What are they supposed to do?

Abandon the mission and return immediately? Of course not, it always seems that something is missing?

"Oh, no!" Colonel Yeginny suddenly shouted loudly.

A DB-3 bomber on the inside of the formation was obviously stimulated by the flares, and the pilot subconsciously pushed the operating stick, as if he wanted to enter the dark night sky to hide, but it was the sudden flare that made the pilot temporarily blind and his hands shaking.

In short, the bomber changed its original trajectory, and although they used a long-distance formation in order to prevent collisions in the formation, they still could not guarantee absolute safety.

For example, now, the bomber's change of course made it impossible for another bomber on the right rear side of its course to dodge the past, and as a result, its wings and the nose of the other plane had intimate contact.

The mid-air impact, which no one wanted, broke a large piece of the wooden wing, and the other plane was even more terrifying, the wing was like a saw, sweeping over the nose, and the position of the navigator and bombardier under the nose had been completely torn apart, and the broken glass was blood-red.

"Stay in formation and keep flying, heavy, keep an eye on our surroundings." Yekinny shouted loudly over the radio.

As a member of the bomber unit, it is a shame that he is not even mentally prepared for this!

The bomber unit requires the bravest people to join, because the flight personnel of the bomber unit have a short lifespan.

Slow bombers fly into the enemy's airspace, even if they are escorted by fighter jets, they will often be attacked by the opponent's fighters, and the machine guns they use to escort them cannot absolutely guarantee their safety, and every mission is a test of life and death.

No matter what the cost, they must move towards the goal with firm perseverance, and their sacrifice is only so that the ground forces can reduce more sacrifices.

And now, they were frightened by just a flare.

The plane, which had lost its wings, struggled to maintain its flight attitude, but to no avail, and because the force was no longer balanced, it staggered for a few seconds before finally tumbling and falling.

And the plane with the nose smashed was still flying, the cold wind was blowing up from the broken navigator's cabin below, and the pilots were still fearless inside, they were going to move on, they were proud bomber pilots.

The Heavy watched the sky vigilantly, and as usual, flares appeared from the sky, and a large number of fighters should have pounced on them.

However, the machine gunners saw nothing, the flares lit up in the sky for more than twenty seconds, and in the first few seconds, because of the sudden bright light, they could not see anything clearly, and in the next ten seconds, they had recovered from the shock, and they carefully observed the sky, but nothing.

Very strange.

Yekinny was also strange, but he didn't waste time on this, no matter what, no matter what went wrong, they had to complete the mission, and now, continue to fly along the course!

They have no choice.

"They had two planes collide." By this time, the Stuka bomber had continued to fly towards the east, and the machine gunner in the back seat excitedly shouted: "We have killed a bomber with only one flare, and we have achieved another result!" ”

It's exciting enough, but they have more important tasks.

"Now, there are thirteen more bombers, all of which are twin-engine models, visually DB-3 bombers of the Soviet Navy." The machine gunner continued.

Now, this Stuka is not so much to intercept, let's go to reconnaissance, they need to identify the number of models of the opponent and provide information to the night fighter squadron in the rear.

They are not professional night fighters, their planes do not carry airborne radars, and the target is found completely by the naked eye, and at this time, the night fighter units on land in the rear have already received an early warning and are ready to sortie.

Letting go of this batch of DB-3 bombers, Franz always had a hunch that the next batch of bombers might be bigger guys.

The Soviets were planning to bomb Berlin, and this sortie, of course, had to be sufficiently imposing.

Guided by radar in the rear, the Stuka bombers continued to advance, and with the experience of the last time, Franz expanded the search area, and with the help of moonlight, finally found a second bomber force of the Soviets.

In the dark, the two sides almost passed by, and at this time, the Per-8 bomber unit did not detect the flying German bomber.

After all, it was dark all around, and it was difficult for the interceptors to spot the bombers, and it was difficult for the bomber units to spot the intercepted fighters until the shots rang out.

And by the moonlight, Franz saw clearly the arrival of the new bomber unit, and instantly he became excited, no need to look at anything else, just look at the four engines on the wide wings, you can know that this arriving fleet is the largest bomber of the Soviets, the Pei-8!

"Report, the Soviets found a unit of Per-8 bombers, request for interception." Franz shouted over the radio.

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