294 tragic air battles

No matter how busy the French base is, it is not as tense as the Luftwaffe fighters who are actually fighting in the sky......

Rudolphle piloted his fighter jet and once again entered the chaotic circle of battle, locking on a climbing American P-40 fighter. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

This was the first time he had faced this kind of fighter, and when he saw the air intake under the nose of the opponent's aircraft, he felt that this kind of plane was really too ugly.

Yes, ugly. That's the only word that can describe this kind of aircraft. Unlike today's vision, for German pilots, those planes with unstreamlined noses seem to be described only by the word ugly.

Now the standard for measuring the appearance of a fighter is to see whether the opponent's fighter uses a good liquid-cooled engine and the most streamlined design.

However, this standard has begun to falter as Germany's own air-cooled engine fighter, that is, the FW-190 fighter, entered service.

For example, the old idea was that the ME-109E was a beautiful fighter and the Spitfire was also a beautiful fighter, but unfortunately the slightly clumsy FW-190 was ugly.

In the eyes of German pilots, ugly planes had weaknesses. It is a form of discrimination and habit that changes over time......

In the cockpit, Rudolfler pressed the P-40 fighter with his own sight, and then began to fire fiercely at a suitable distance.

He didn't know if the other party saw him, and he didn't know if the other party would make some evasive moves. He just pulls the trigger on his own experience and fires the bullet that should have been fired.

With the cold currents and the torn clouds, tracer bullets flew in a slightly arcing path through the sky.

The slightly curved trajectory is connected one after the other, as if they were parallel lines on the score, which is very beautiful.

It's just these beautiful curved parallel lines of the sheet music that represent death and danger in the sky.

The P-40 fighter in the distance was clearly not very experienced, and its pilot did not take care of all directions in the chaotic sky.

Soon, the curved tracer bullets rushed into the belly of the P-40 fighter, leaving a row of slightly twisted bullet holes in the wings and flaps.

The other party had obviously felt that his plane had been hit, so he quickly let the climbing plane change its flight status, and then pulled open the canopy on the cockpit and jumped out of the plane.

The American pilot had no concept of living and dying with the plane, and after the plane was found to be damaged, the American volunteer pilot jumped out of the plane.

After he pulled his parachute in the air, he watched the successful fighter with the engine roaring into the distance.

"Is this what a German pilot is? Looks like a lot of combat experience...... It's just a little too entangled. The American pilot looked at the German plane in the sky and said with some sarcasm.

Because their own merits and achievements are measured by the number of enemy planes shot down. Therefore, many times, German fighter pilots will subconsciously make some choices that seem unreasonable.

For example, German ace pilots often canceled their missions and returned home in unfavorable conditions. Or give up the opportunity to attack the enemy when there is no witness.

These habits allowed the German pilots, while maintaining strong combat effectiveness, to the fact that they were not very good defenders.

The JU-88 bombers, which had already been targeted by British fighters, were being shot down one after another at this moment. However, the German fighters were entangled with the opponent's fighters and did not play the role of escort.

"A new order has arrived! We are out of the fight! Get out of here! The German front-line commander piloted his plane and began to climb altitude, and the wingman followed him out of the circle of battle.

Rudolphle's wingman was accustomed to the chaotic battlefield at this time, and with the help of Rudolphle, he achieved his first victory.

As a long plane, Rudolphler lured a P-40 fighter piloted by an American pilot, and gave the wingman an opportunity to attack when the opponent bit his tail.

He used a huge somersault in the air to get rid of the P-40, and as the opponent was in hot pursuit, the wingman who had entered the fight at an angled angle hit the engine of the American plane.

Seeing the opposing fighter jet dragging a long stream of black smoke to the ground, the wingman's excited shouts were heard through the radio headset, making Rudolphle smile as well.

"Oh God! I hit him! I hit him! Sir! Did you see that? The wingman shouted loudly, looking eager to try again.

However, the order to retreat came from their headphones, and they could only leave the battle and fly in the direction of return.

Soon, when these German pilots were embarrassed to break away from the entanglement and join the queue to return home, they saw the bomber unit that had been ordered to return in advance.

"Oh my God...... It's miserable, isn't it? Seeing the shattered self-defense turret of a JU-88 bomber, Rudolfler said in surprise.

He had just been entangled with the enemy in the air, and although 20 of the 110 German fighters that participated in the battle were shot down or missing, the results they achieved were still obvious.

Rudolphle alone and his wingman shot down 3 enemy fighters. It feels like they fought this time and shot down at least 30 or more enemy planes.

"The bomber unit suffered heavy losses...... I heard that even the commander was wounded. In the radio headset, in the channel used by the fighter, the fighter commander said depressedly.

Because he was on the way back, he did not elaborate on the losses he suffered during the entire battle. He knew, however, that 22 of his troops had not returned.

Of course, compared to the bomber troops, the losses suffered by his troops were quite small. Because after all, they can fight, and the bomber units can only wait to be slaughtered.

Of the 170 JU-88 bombers that invaded, a full 41 were shot down, and counting the wounded aircraft, almost a third of the losses were lost.

Such a huge loss made everyone speechless, and everyone flew at the height of the clouds, and there was no laughter and laughter like when they came.

"Formation 104! Formation 104! Hear it, please answer! "When these bombers and fighters flew close to the English Channel, the headphones suddenly became lively.

"We are allies who have come to meet you! We're right in front of you! Soon, the group of German fighters who had received the disillusioned return party joined the queue.

Dozens of FW-190A fighters appeared in the sky, marking the end of this air battle that ended with Germany's crushing defeat.

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"My Führer! The news just came that something happened to the Air Force...... The bombing mission scheduled today was massively intercepted by the British, with the loss of a considerable number of aircraft. Bowman was in his office in the Prime Minister's Office and reported to the Führer.

After Li Le heard the news, he put down the documents in his hand, looked at Bowman and asked, "How much has you lost?" I need the exact numbers...... In addition, let Goering, Kesselring and other key leaders come to see me! ”

"I heard that the fighter unit was shot down 22 ME-109E, and the losses were quite heavy. The bomber force suffered even more losses, with 41 aircraft not returning, and some of them returning but only being seriously injured and scrapped. Bowman reported.

During an attack mission, 63 planes were shot down? After Li Le heard this loss figure, he suddenly stood up from his chair.

He looked at Bowman and said with anger in his eyes: "How do I remember that this is the last air raid planned by the Air Force this month?" ”

"Yes! My Führer! Seeing Li Le stand up, Bowman knew that the Führer was really a little annoyed, and replied a little embarrassed.

"Goering! Kesselring! I have compromised with them and let their Air Force reduce the number of bombings this month. Li Le pressed his hands on the desk and said angrily.

He gritted his teeth as he spoke: "And even so, they ended up fooling me about the number of planes participating in the war?" ”

Originally, Li Le's order to the air force was to let them reduce the number of bombings, but maintain the number of planes dispatched during a single bombing.

However, if, according to Li Le's request, at least 200 fighters were taken off for each escort, and more than 200 bombers were guaranteed to participate in the battle, the losses would not have been so huge in any case.

Li Le's request was naturally based on a relatively safe bottom line after calculating the number of fighters that the British could take off.

Who knows, in order to save resources, the Air Force dispatched only half of its fighters to escort the bombing at the time of the last bombing......

Although Li Le did not know that the Air Force had only dispatched about 100 escort fighters during the bombing mission, Li Le could deduce that it must have been the insufficient number of fighters that led to the loss this time.

The fighter units of the Luftwaffe were originally hunting, and in the hope that the fighter units would stop the enemy's attack on the bombers, they could only arrange a relatively large number of fighters to participate in the battle.

Once the number is small and entangled by the enemy, the fighter cannot get rid of the opponent, and the bomber will become a soft persimmon - the JU-88 bomber does not have the terrible self-defense capability of the American B-17, in the final analysis, it is the performance difference caused by the difference in design concepts.

"My Führer, I can't blame Marshal Goering and Marshal Kesselring entirely for this." Bowman opened his mouth to persuade: "I heard that the enemy has put in new fighter ......"

"What a new fighter! It's just a damn P-40D fighter! A new toy from the Americans to the UK! All the data in tatters, now my intelligence agencies have figured it out! Li Le interrupted Bowman's explanation and commanded, "Get the two of them!" Immediately! ”