The 910 hp Rhone 14N-11 was activated, a puff of black smoke came out of the exhaust pipe, and after a few seconds, the engine was working normally.

In the cockpit, Bruce carefully checked the various instruments in front of him, hoping that all the data of the engine were normal in the high latitudes of Finland.

If you look at it from the outside, the most peculiar thing about this aircraft is the nose, which is tilted about 2.5 degrees to the left to balance the torque, creating a peculiar crooked neck.

This ugly fighter is not at all as good as the German one, and even inferior to the American one, but now, Bruce does not have a choice.

After he came to Finland, fighter jets and pilots were constantly being transported over, but until now, as the head of the air force of the Finnish Volunteer Army, Bruce's subordinates were almost all foreigners, and there was not a single purebred German.

Recently, the situation in Finland has become more and more tense, and as the Soviet Union continues to build up troops towards Leningrad and continue to gather towards the Finnish border, it is conceivable that the battle will almost be imminent.

So, every day, it is necessary to carry out combat readiness duty.

Combat readiness duty is divided into different levels, pilots stay in the waiting room, one situation, sitting in the cabin, is another, and now, it is a more extreme situation, most of the pilots, sitting in the cabin waiting, at the same time, there will be planes in turn, cruising along the borders of Finland.

This is in order, even if Bruce is the commander-in-chief, he also participates in the shift, and now, it is his turn to take off to patrol.

Just as he started the engine and was about to take off for patrol, a sharp siren sounded in the airport.

The war, and so it began!

Hearing the alarm, in an instant, everyone was in the cabin, quickly starting their engines, and Bruce, who was aimed at the runway, was even more responsible, pushing the throttle stick, the engine output to the maximum power of 910 horsepower, the variable pitch propeller was rotating rapidly, and the French fighter jet, after sliding on the runway for a few hundred meters, pulled up.

"Attention, a group of Soviet bombers was spotted. In the airspace of the third day, flights are being made in the direction of 270. "Inside the headset, the sound of the tower has been heard, which was discovered by the radar station on the front line.

Bomber swarm! This kind of large-scale bombing, of course, was the prelude to the war, and the Soviets, at last, could not hold back and began to invade Finland!

It seems to be inspired by the German blitzkrieg, and unlike the historical Soviet-Finnish war, the Soviets gathered a large number of bombers at the beginning of the war, wanting to bomb Finland to pieces at once, all kinds of military bases, outposts, barracks, ammunition depots, air forces, etc., all seemed to be solved by this bombing!

More than 200 bombers, flying in the direction of Finland!

After Bruce led the team to Finland, they discussed with the Finnish Air Force, and each divided its own air defense range, with the northern part of the Finnish Air Force under the responsibility of the South and the Volunteer Air Force in the south.

After all, the Finns are more hardy, the farther north they go, the colder they get, and the main cities of Finland are also in the south, which is equivalent to the volunteer air forces, which need to protect the Finnish sky.

The airfield is not far from the border line, after all, the fighters of this era, the range is not far, and perverts like the German F190 are only a few.

Not long after liftoff, Bruce saw a group of Soviets flying across the plane, dozens of DB-3 bombers, flying smoothly on the route.

Soviets, let you know how good the volunteer air force is!

Looking at these prey, Bruce greedily stuck out his tongue, as a pilot, he loves to fly, and he wants to show his talent in the battle of blood and fire.

It's a pity that by mistake, he never entered the battle, and now, in the first battle, the enemy is actually the Soviets, which is really a bit of a trick.

No matter who your opponent is, fight bravely!

"Attention, two-plane formation, long plane attack, wingman cover!" Bruce did not forget that he was the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Air Force, and while preparing for the attack, he gave orders to his subordinates, and behind him, one after another, French fighters, were also ready for battle.

The commander of the 3rd Aviation Brigade of the Soviet Union, G-A. Kurishenko, at this time, his bomber was flying in the front, and he was very relaxed for this bombing mission.

Finns, what's there? Put together all the fighters available in Finland, there are not a hundred of them! The Finnish Air Force is quite weak, so their bombardment, except for dealing with ground anti-aircraft artillery, is almost no threat.

Because this was the first bombing of a large group of planes, hundreds of planes took off from different airfields, and as a result, there were some errors in the dispatch in the middle, resulting in a five-minute difference between them and the escort group behind.

They didn't want to slow down and wait, so they flew across the border first.

Now, when he saw the group of planes that appeared in front of him, Kurishenko was stunned.

As a pilot, he has a pair of sharp eyes, although the distance is still far away, he has already recognized that those intercepting planes that flew over are definitely not Finnish Fokker D.19 fighters, but ...

"Legal fighters! Damn it! How can the Finns have such fighters, attention, all bombers attention, ready to respond to the interception of the opposing side! Heavy, Heavy prepare! ”

Although Germany had secretly intervened in the Finnish war, because Germany's secrecy was carried out very well, and the Soviet Union rarely conducted aerial reconnaissance, as a result, the Soviets were unaware of the Finnish volunteers under their noses!

The Soviets did not know that the strength of Finland's aviation forces had at least doubled, and that almost all of the pilots who joined the Volunteer Army were veteran pilots.

If you turn around and fly away as soon as you encounter enemy interception, then after you go back, you will face an investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs when you land, and Kurishenko just gives an order to protect it.

Bombers, heavy and sluggish in flying, were arguably the best targets in the sky, and throughout World War II, the losses of bomber units were considerable.

However, as the crew of a bomber, they had no choice, they had to carry out their mission, and if they gave up because of the danger, then they had to have companions who continued to risk the bombing.

That's their mission.

On the turret, Ivanov operates his own 7.62mm machine gun, ready for the brutal battle that is coming.