Ma Jue's insistence on accompanying Zhou Hexuan was helpless.

Everyone took a plane all the way, and after two bumpy days, they finally saw the English Channel. At this time, France was almost occupied by Germany, and the plane was grazing the southwest corner of France, so Zhou Hexuan was afraid that a few German fighters would suddenly appear to intercept it.

In fact, it was not safe to travel to Britain by boat, and Germany began a tentative bombing campaign in early June, targeting British air bases and passing ships at sea.

Afraid of something, just halfway through the English Channel, a German plane suddenly appeared in the sky, and it came up with a burst of machine-gun fire.

"Oops!"

Wang Rizhang shouted in panic: "Carry the parachute well, Brother Yiqiao, you protect Mr. Zhou!" ”

Ju Yiqiao immediately protected Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mr. Zhou, get down, Brother Sun, Brother Zhu, let's surround Mr. Zhou." ”

This is the meaning of the three bodyguards who volunteered to make a meat shield for Zhou Hexuan, Zhou Hexuan lay on the ground and shouted: "Leave me alone, lie down, you protect Miss Ma!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Hexuan heard a sound from the wings, obviously hit by a bullet from a German plane.

The two planes staggered by, only more than 20 meters apart, and Zhou Hexuan could even see the swastika of the German aircraft through the porthole.

Zhou Hexuan had donated so many planes, and he already knew a little about the fighters of various countries, so he hurriedly comforted everyone: "Don't be afraid, this is just a German reconnaissance plane, and the firepower is not fierce." ”

"Ahh

Ma Jue suddenly screamed, and then covered his mouth, but the window glass of the plane was broken, and the high-altitude air flow frantically poured into the cabin, and the plane also had continuous violent turbulence.

Ju Yiqiao quickly pulled Ma Jue and Wang Rizhang over, and pressed them to the floor together with Zhou Hexuan, and the three bodyguards immediately lay on them as meat shields.

The German BV-141 reconnaissance plane was equipped with four machine guns, which were fixed in the nose and tail, and it was from the tail that the bullet that had just broken through the window glass was issued. I saw that this reconnaissance plane suddenly lifted up, flipped over half a circle to catch up, and had already flown to the top of the British airliner and dived down.

"Dada......"

There was another series of strafing, and the bullet penetrated the roof of the cabin and came in, and Ju Yiqiao, who was lying on Wang Rizhang's body, suddenly snorted.

Wang Rizhang hurriedly asked: "What happened to Brother Yiqiao?" ”

Ju Yiqiao gritted his teeth and smiled bitterly: "The calf was bitten by a bullet, and it seems to have been pierced." ”

"Boom!"

The plane shook violently, and then slanted down to the surface.

It was a purpose-built airliner, rented from Egypt (a puppet government under British control) for a fee, and the pilots were also two Britons.

"Fack!"

The co-pilot scolded and hurriedly unbuckled his seat belt - the main pilot was dead, shot in the back of the head, and he had to hurry over to fill his seat.

Feeling the rapid fall of the plane, Ju Yiqiao shouted: "Open the hatch, open the hatch quickly, and prepare to parachute!" ”

Jump a fart parachute, there is the sea below, and if you jump into it, you will either drown or be killed by a machine gun in mid-air.

Zhou Hexuan shouted: "Let me go!" ”

Zhu Guozhen squatted up and said, "Sir, I'll go and ask the Brit to open the hatch." ”

Zhou Hexuan quickly crawled to the cockpit: "Don't move, I'll go to the front and have a look." ”

Sun Yongzhen shouted: "Danger, come back quickly!" ”

Wang Rizhang also shouted: "Mr. Zhou, don't go over." ”

Zhou Hexuan turned a deaf ear and stumbled to the cockpit, but the hatch closed from the inside, and he banged on the door and shouted in English: "Open it quickly, I will fly the plane!" ”

"Click!"

The hatch opened, and the voice of the co-pilot was heard inside: "Come and help me...... Belch! ”

"Ding, ding, ding!"

The bullet shot a string of sparks on the hatch, Zhou Hexuan subconsciously lowered his head to dodge, and when he went in again, he found that the co-pilot had also been shot.

Fortunately, this person is not dead, he pulled the lever and said, "Come and help, I was shot in my right arm, and I don't have enough strength!" ”

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly pushed away the body of the main pilot, grabbed the joystick and said, "I'll pilot, you will assist by the side." ”

"Damn the Germans!" The co-pilot sat back scolding.

The German reconnaissance planes seemed to think that they had shot down the British plane, and after another strafing fire, they turned around and swaggered away. Their main task was not to fight, but to reconnoiter the British sea power, and Zhou Hexuan and the others were purely unlucky to bump into them.

Under Zhou Hexuan's control, the plane quickly recovered from the inclination, but it was still planted straight down. The only British flight attendant had already been killed, and there were only a few Chinese left in the cabin, at which point the ball rolled into the cockpit door.

Wang Rizhang was the most unlucky, he was directly knocked unconscious, and his face was covered with blood.

Zhu Guozhen grabbed the unconscious Wang Rizhang and the injured Ju Yiqiao to prevent them from being bumped again. Sun Yongzhen and Ma Jue climbed into the cockpit and asked in unison, "What can I do to help?" ”

Zhou Hexuan frantically pulled the joystick and shouted: "Just don't make a mess." Give me !!!! ”

The nose of the plane was raised little by little, and when it was still five or six meters away from the sea, it finally drew a "U" arc, which beautifully changed from falling to climbing.

"Whew!"

The British pilot collapsed in his seat, closed his eyes and said, "Thank you, man, my name is Ethan, Ethan Brooke." ”

Zhou Hexuan wiped his sweat and smiled: "My name is Charles Zhou." ”

Ethan said, "I know. Before I got on the plane, I knew that the passenger on this trip was the author of "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes", when will your sci-fi series end? ”

"It's coming, it's coming." Zhou Hexuan smiled awkwardly.

Ethan complained: "When I first started watching "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", I was still in middle school. It was only after this that I decided to become a pilot, and I hope to be able to fly a starship one day. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Haha, there will be a day, our journey is the sea of stars." ”

Ma Jue suddenly spoke: "Sir, your arm is bleeding, do you need my help to bandage it?" ”

Ethan looked down at his arm: "Oh, Fake, this is probably crippled, and he won't even be able to fly a plane in the future." ”

Under Ethan's command, Ma Jue found bandages and bandaged Ethan, Ju Yiqiao and Wang Rizhang very unprofessionally.

After the wound was treated, Ethan suddenly screamed: "Hey, man, you are driving in the wrong direction, this is the direction to the Netherlands!" Thirty ...... to the west. Oh, God! ”

Zhou Hexuan also looked at the northeast in amazement, it was a dense German aircraft group, and it seemed that there were at least seventy or eighty planes.

"To the west, to the west!" Ethan was terrified.

Zhou Hexuan subconsciously pulled the joystick, and before he flew far, he was greeted by six British fighters.

Ethan shouted: "Our planes, our planes!" ”

Zhou Hexuan muttered: "This power comparison is a little too disparity. ”

Zhou Hexuan didn't expect that he encountered the first major air battle between Britain and Germany in World War II - 6 British Whirlwind fighters, against 20 German bombers and 50 escort fighters!

Below was the British coastal convoy, and the large-caliber ship-based machine guns were frantically sweeping upward, and Zhou Hexuan could even feel the scorching flames.

Fuck me!

How did you get headlong into the battlefield of air combat? Zhou Hexuan wanted to cry without tears.

Fortunately, neither of the warring parties took a passenger plane seriously, and let Zhou Hexuan frantically flee the battlefield.

The German fleet was divided into three tiers, with 20 bombers on the lower deck, 20 destroyers on the middle deck, and 30 fighters on the upper deck. Outnumbered, six British fighters rushed straight into the German bomber group, shooting down one German bomber as soon as they saw it.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came, and it was actually a German pilot who accidentally collided with a friendly plane in order to avoid the attack, and the two bombers instantly turned into a big fireball.

The air battle has become a mess, full of tumbling and chasing planes. Six British fighters shuttled through dozens of German planes, and they were not harmed at all, but the German aircraft formation was taken by surprise.

This was a sneak attack, and the goal was to blow up the British coastal convoy. Now this situation made the German pilots think that they had been ambushed, and they did not know how many British fighters would take to the air next.

In a panic, the German bombers closed their eyes and dropped bombs, blowing up countless columns of water on the sea. When the 20 German bombers finished dropping the bombs, none of them hit the British warship, and they had no choice but to turn back.

The six British fighters also took advantage of the chaos to slip away, and they faced 70 German planes, and actually played a 0:3 record.

This situation infuriated Hitler, and six days later, the Führer ordered the implementation of the "Sea Lion Plan".