This is an air battle between the German BF109 and the British "Hurricane".

Both sides unanimously chose the battlefield over the 21st Panzer Division.

For the British, the purpose of this was to attract the main force of the German air force to the battle. Like the traditional British army is not good at flexible tactics, such as ambushes, sneak attacks, etc., they are better at pulling out of formation and then launching a charge, just like the battle in the days of knights.

The Luftwaffe had to fight, because the 21st Panzer Division was their main cover mission, and not fighting would mean that the 21st Panzer Division would suffer a heavy blow, so the German attack on the El Alamein Line was impossible.

At the same time, the Luftwaffe was happy to fight, because the air defense units of the 21st Panzer Division would provide them with the necessary anti-aircraft firepower.

As Qin Chuan saw, anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns were set up as soon as possible and rained down bullets into the air, and most of the anti-aircraft guns were "Bofors" anti-aircraft guns...... The Germans were reluctant to use the 88 anti-aircraft gun as an anti-aircraft gun, because they found that this thing was more suitable for fighting tanks.

It was dangerous for the ground forces to do so, and it was not long before they were attacked by enemy fighters...... Several "Hurricane" fighters swooped down, and with the roar of machine guns, the bullets knocked several German soldiers in an anti-aircraft machine gun position into a sieve.

The ground forces have a very powerless feeling of high-speed and agile fighters in the air, and Qin Chuan, as a sniper, knows this very well.

You may be able to spot a few warplanes and target them, but the bullets and shells that are actually fired will have a hard time hitting the target because of the high speed of the aircraft, unless you can judge the distance and speed of the target and hit the advance accurately...... In fact, this is very difficult to do, the background of the plane is the sky, and there is no reference to refer to.

And even if you guess correctly, you may be blind, but as soon as the goal turns or pulls up, your calculations and luck will be lost.

As a result, several anti-aircraft machine gun positions and anti-aircraft gun positions were destroyed by British fighters and bombers, but fortunately, these shooters and gunners were well trained, and they abandoned their equipment and fled as soon as they judged that they had become enemy targets and could not avoid being destroyed...... Experienced soldiers knew to avoid the firing line of enemy fighters when fleeing.

The so-called firing line is the direction in which the enemy's fighter plane dives down, and this direction is basically the direction in which the bullets come in, and the bullets will shoot a long line on the ground.

If you run in the direction of this line...... THEN YOU'RE FINISHED, A 7.7MM MACHINE GUN BULLET WILL MERCILESSLY PASS THROUGH YOUR BODY.

The well-trained German soldiers knew how to run longitudinally towards this line, and some of them survived.

Of course, the Luftwaffe would not allow the British to attack the ground forces with impunity, so they immediately swooped down to join the battle group, and the fighters of both sides soon became entangled in a tense and fierce battle.

The German BF109 has better performance than the British Hurricane, which is mainly reflected in the fact that the BF109 has a higher speed...... Speed is always the first indicator, especially in the era of fighter dogfighting, having more speed can always be used to escape the enemy's tail biting or even go behind the target and destroy it.

(Note: The BF109 can reach a maximum speed of 686 kilometers per hour, and the "Hurricane" fighter has a maximum speed of 505 kilometers per hour)

But this is not the most important thing, it is the relatively backward formation tactics of the British army that is fatal...... The British army has always used a three-plane "V" dense formation, that is, the long plane is in front, and the two wingmen are behind the two sides of the long plane, and the wingman is about 100 meters away from the long plane.

The British considered the observation angles covered by such dense formations to be the most suitable for air combat at the maximum...... As long as each pilot pays attention to and is vigilant about the piece he is responsible for, he can perfectly find and deal with the enemy approaching from all directions.

But in fact this is just the idea of the British with a pat on the head, just as they came up with the "infantry tank". Even because of the tradition and conservatism of the British, even if it proved in actual combat that this formation was not suitable for air combat, the British Air Force was always unwilling to correct its mistakes.

The result of the actual battle was exactly the opposite: because the formation was too dense, the wingman pilots had to fly very carefully, and their main focus was on maintaining a formation distance from the long aircraft, and they had no time to pay attention to the rear. When maneuvering such as a sharp turn, the British commander had to be extra careful, and had to spend a few seconds in an air battle to warn his wingman to prepare. Because with such a close distance, if you are not careful, the two planes will collide.

The long plane, on the other hand, thinks that there is wingman protection in the rear, so you can rest assured. It was often not until the German fighter had bitten and opened fire that the British discovered that there was a tail behind and even the wingman had been shot down, but it was too late to find out.

The Germans also originally used this "V" formation.

However, on the one hand, because of the small number of BF109s, it had to be dispersed, so the two-machine horizontal formation method with an interval of about 200 meters between the two aircraft was gradually formed.

As a result, the Germans found that this kind of one-plane formation was far more mobile and flexible than the "V" three-plane formation, so they did not hesitate to use the two-plane formation.

This time, BF109 showed its might in the air, in the bursts of fighter roars and machine gun sounds, one after another "Hurricane" fighters emitted black smoke and fell from the sky with a strange roar.

This is the first time that Qin Chuan has watched the air battle up close as a third party...... In fact, Qin Chuan can't be regarded as a third party, but at this time, he has completely entrusted his life to the driver, so he is almost a crowd eating melons and watching dramas.

In his eyes, air combat is like a bunch of kites flying around in the sky, and from time to time a few fall off because they are damaged or entangled.

It doesn't feel cruel...... Although Qin Chuan knew that this was not the case, it was conceivable that the pilots who were flying those fighters were nervously chasing the target while trying their best to avoid becoming the target of the enemy.

But at least there was no blood, no disgusting stumps and broken arms, only a fighter plane crashed in smoke, a fighter plane caught fire and disintegrated, or a fighter plane fell to the ground due to a mistake......

Of course, most of the downed were British fighters.

This made the German soldiers, who were fed up with the British bombing and holding their breath, applaud:

"Well done!"

"Give these guys a little bit of awesomeness!"

"Wow, do you see? They wrecked again! ”

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This can't help but remind Qin Chuan of a person, a legendary German ace pilot Marseilleu.

The pilot's personal destruction record was 158, 151 of which were taken over North Africa, including an incredible record of eight enemy planes shot down in 10 minutes.

Shoot down eight enemy planes in ten minutes, even if you line up and let them be used as targets, it will take about this time!

Seeing the parachutes flashing out of the air like white mushrooms because the fighter plane was shot down, Qin Chuan thought...... Could one of them be Marseilleu?