Chapter 490: Heavy Blow (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Da Da Da!" The German pilots made the most of their aircraft. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info They flew the planes and chased down the French planes.
After an F2 fighter bit the French F.20 fighter in Falman, it immediately opened fire, pouring a string of bullets from an aviation machine gun into the tail of the French F.20 aircraft.
The structure of the wooden fuselage was so fragile that the tail of this French aircraft was instantly torn apart. Then, the French plane plummeted into the ground with billowing smoke, and the two pilots were all killed.
"Oh God! Why are these German planes so fast? Much faster than our planes. A French pilot shouted in horror.
"Yes! These planes seem to be more advanced than the German planes we fought last year. The observer-shooter sitting in the front seat agreed.
The aircraft equipped by the German Air Force, although still F2 fighters, are also constantly being improved. In particular, the shape and structure are constantly being optimized, and the engines are being updated, so that the aircraft can have greater speed and maneuverability. Under such circumstances, the planes equipped by Britain and France were naturally thrown farther and farther away by German planes.
"Oh God! Overhead there was a German plane. The observer-shooter yelled in horror.
The pilot immediately looked up and saw a German plane coming towards them from the sky. He immediately flew the plane and tried to escape. However, it was too late. The German plane, already firing.
"Da Da Da!"
The German plane's aviation machine guns began to strafe, and the bullets hit the cockpit of the French plane. Airplanes of this era did not have glass cockpits, and the pilot was directly exposed to the outside.
The bullets from the aviation machine guns easily killed the pilots and observers of the French planes. Having lost its pilot, the plane plunged headlong into the ground, smashing into the ground and exploding into a fireball.
In the face of the attack of the German aircraft, the French aircraft had no power to fight back. The entire air battle has already shown a one-sided situation. The French planes, shot down one after another, kept falling to the ground like flaming firebirds.
On the other hand, German planes, although some were shot down. However, the number is very small. Often, more than ten French planes were shot down, and only one German plane was shot down. Such a battle loss ratio is undoubtedly very large.
The pilots of both sides watching the battle on the ground were undoubtedly dumbfounded. In normal times, those pilots who wear handsome uniforms, receive good salaries, and enjoy the best food are undoubtedly the objects of their envy. But, now it seems, they are not so good! If it's shot down, it's gone.
Of course, the main thing that left the bones was the pilots of the French Air Force, and the German pilots, as long as they were not killed on the spot in the air battle, would choose to parachute. Compared to airplanes, these pilots are the most valuable asset.
However, because the area of engagement was located over the British and French forces, it was very likely that those pilots would fall into the area controlled by the British and French forces once they parachuted. In that case, they obviously won't end well. Therefore, after being hit, these pilots often choose to continue flying the plane until they reach the north bank of the Marne, and then parachute. In this way, they can also be safe. After all, in the previous battles, it was not that there were no pilots who were directly killed by the enemy after being caught by the enemy.
Although, some of the downed pilots, casualties inevitably occurred. However, in general, the casualties of the Germans were much smaller than those of the French.
Watching their planes being shot down one after another, the morale of the British and French forces continued to fall.
The commander-in-chief of the French army, Marshal Xia Fei, was also watching the battle in the sky. It's just that as the French planes continued to be shot down, his face couldn't help but turn black like the bottom of a pot.
"Oh God! Is there such a big gap in the performance of our aircraft compared to the Germans? Marshal Xia Fei couldn't believe that this would be the result. You know, in order to ensure victory, he mobilized hundreds of fighters to participate in the battle. However, the German planes, with less than half of them, directly made them pay such heavy losses, which Marshal Xia Fei had never expected before.
"Your Excellency Marshal, the Germans are indeed more advanced than us in terms of aircraft performance. However, the Falman company is already working on an updated version of the Falmont F.30 fighter, and when the time comes, we will definitely have an aircraft that is not inferior to the Germans. A French air force general said.
"Falmont F.30 fighter? What's the use of that? I want an aircraft that can now stand up to German planes. Marshal Xia Fei said angrily.
Suddenly, the generals were silent and did not say a word. Obviously, the results of the current battle have made them all very ashamed. It's just that they have no other way! Who made them not only seriously inferior to the German army in the performance of the aircraft, but also in the quality of the pilots, which was also seriously inferior to the German army? So if it's like this, there's no way around it.
"Give me the order, mobilize more planes to the front, and we must defeat the Germans!" Marshal Xia Fei ordered.
This is the only way he can think of it, since the performance is not good, then it can only be compensated for by the numerical advantage. Marshal Xia Fei also saw that in the air battle, there were still German planes that were shot down. This also means that German planes are not impossible to shoot down. If they had the opportunity, or if the conditions were ripe, they would have been able to shoot down the Germans' planes as well.
"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!"
The battle in the sky soon came to an end. The German 41st Fighter Group, with the loss of five aircraft, shot down more than seventy French aircraft. The rest of the French planes, seeing that the situation was not good, fled one after another. Otherwise, the results of the German air force would have been even greater.
However, even so, the French army did not admit defeat easily. On the afternoon of March 31, a number of major battles broke out between the two sides in the airspace over the south bank of the Marne. The French army dispatched a large number of warplanes in an attempt to stop the German bombardment of the French lines.
In the afternoon of fierce air battles, the Germans lost more than fifty aircraft. The French lost even more fighters, and according to preliminary statistics, they lost more than 600 aircraft. This is definitely a heavy blow to the newly established French Air Force.