The skies of Europe in 1941, anything that flies, will tremble under the wings of the Messersmitt fighters.

There is no doubt about the strength of the German fighters, and the dividends brought by the surrender of Britain have not even nourished the German aviation industry, and the quality of the German fighters has already crushed almost all opponents.

First of all, the radical change occurred in the airborne armament, which was previously equipped with several weapon calibers of 7.92 mm machine guns, 13 mm machine guns, and 20 mm and 30 mm cannons.

None of these weapons actually performed very well - the machine guns were generally less powerful, and the cannons carried very limited ammunition.

After the surrender of the British, the technology of 12.7 mm caliber heavy machine guns was no secret.

The Luftwaffe ordered a batch of 13 mm machine guns in Belgium modified with 12.7 mm machine gun technology as a new air force armament.

The Navy felt that the performance of this weapon was good, so it also used it, which was directly unified with the Air Force in terms of weapons.

Immediately afterward, seeing the prospect of this weapon in air defense and long-range suppression, the army also joined the 13-mm club.

The new 13 mm heavy machine gun has changed the shortcomings of the small charge of the German 13 mm caliber ammunition, increased its power and optimized the ballistic performance, which can be said to be an excellent work of large-caliber machine guns.

Because of this, the caliber of the German heavy machine gun was determined in just one month, and some units began to re-equip - but it had not yet reached the front on a large scale.

American fighters seem to have some advantages over air-cooled models, and several well-known air-cooled engines have entered or are about to enter service.

However, the German fighter was not far behind, because after mastering the British engine information, the development of the German engine began to become more powerful.

The engine in the 1800 hp class is already being tested, and the engine in the 2000 hp class has left the drawings.

If these powerful engines are installed, the speed of the German fighter is expected to exceed the 700 km mark in a short time.

At this time, more than 90 percent of the aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force were still flying at speeds between 300 and 500 kilometers.

With its sheer superiority in speed, the Luftwaffe was able to take out the vast majority of Soviet fighters with the dive-attack-disengagement tactic.

Against this backdrop, German fighter units were increasingly given the task of ground attack on the battlefield.

During the Battle of Britain, more than 90 percent of their cruises were escorted by air escorts.

At present, most of the F-190 fighter units that can be ground have switched careers and begun to carry out ground attack missions.

There were only a small number of ME-109E fighters, and they were ordered to carry out battlefield patrol operations to maintain air supremacy.

At this time, two ME-109E fighters were soaring in the sky, and they were like eagles, patrolling their territory.

In the cockpit, the pilot of the long plane is using his own record board, recording his patrol route.

"Number 16, number 16, watch your step! Soviet fighters did not fly at such heights as ours! As he signed his name on the clipboard, the pilot of the long plane said to his wingman.

For German pilots in this intensity of war, routine patrols were more like a duty patrol.

Checking in and patrolling every stretch of your route is every day's work. They hadn't seen Soviet fighters for two or three days, let alone fought a decent air battle.

Most of the pilots of the I-16 fighter were rookies with little flying experience. In the face of such a rookie, German fighter pilots can often succeed in one blow.

Stuka and JU-88 bombers have destroyed most of the Soviet airfields close to the front line, and the only remaining field airfields have been hidden and dare not show up.

In such a situation, routine patrols are monotonous and unpassionate.

"Number 16 understands! Long plane, we're about to start turning back, do you want to fly around sideways and check our underneath? "Wingman pilots are generally novices with less combat experience, so they are more meticulous in their work.

This is also a matching method to avoid some veteran pilots from relying on their own achievements to slack off, which will affect the efficiency of battlefield patrols.

In the cabin of the ME-109 fighter jet number 15, the pilot of the long plane stuffed the clipboard into his bag, then pushed the control stick of the plane and said to his wingman: "Yes, I'll start flying sideways, pay attention to the right hand side!" ”

The ME-109 fighter jet turned to its side and circled deftly in the sky. At the same time, the wingman who followed him also came sideways, with a graceful and agile posture.

The two planes flew softly in the sky, one after the other, like swirling leaves, flying lightly.

"Report to the long plane, I didn't find anything!" While pulling his own fighter, the pilot of the wingman said loudly.

"I didn't find it either." The pilot of the long plane kept searching the ground as he circled.

In the era when there was no radar, searching for enemy planes could only rely on the eyes of pilots. It is like an eagle, relying on God-given power to inspect every land.

"Wait! Wait a minute! I seem to have found something! Just a second before he withdrew his gaze, something seemed to pass by in the direction of the ground.

"I heard the long plane! I heard the long machine! The wingman pilot did not find the target, so he could only fly the plane and continue to hover in the sky with the long plane.

The field of view of the ME-109 fighter is very limited, and all fighters seem to have a very limited field of view.

To get a very wide field of view, you can only rely on hovering to get more angles of view.

In the narrow window, through the metal frame of the glass plate on top of the fighter, the two pilots searched little by little for the suspicious target they had just seen.

"I saw it! Two enemy planes! That's two enemy planes! "The long plane is worthy of experience, and soon found two green planes flying forward quickly near the suspicious area.

These planes, of course, were enemy planes, because they did not have the distinctive colour of German fighters – the bright yellow on the nose.

"I saw it too! Leader! The wingman pilot also saw the target in the distance and said to his long plane: "It's time to attack!" I'll cover you! ”