Although the opponent was a Russian fighter, although he was the third ace of the Luftwaffe, Manfred von . It took Richthofen nearly 20 seconds to get rid of the opponent and perform a full six air maneuvers, which he rarely encountered on the battlefield in the United States.

After the last half-roll reversal – a quick roll to one side to turn the plane upside down, and then pulling the steering stick backwards to change the plane's heading 180 degrees as it reverts from inverted to forward, and sacrificing altitude for speed, Manfred finally shook off the sticky Russian fighter. However, the other party is really cunning, or rather highly skilled, I saw him deflect the fighter 90 degrees to his left side, and then a sharp turning action, and then returned to the position behind Manfred, but the distance between the two sides was pulled from more than 600 meters to more than 1000 meters, at this time, Manfred's two wingmen flew from opposite directions, and after flying past Manfred, they quickly rushed head-on to the Russian fighter, and then all the firepower of the two planes fired a salvo, Within a second, 180 rounds of 7.92 mm machine gun bullets and 16 rounds of 20 mm machine gun shells flew towards each other, even an armored vehicle could hardly resist such ferocious fire, not to mention a Russian fighter with only a thin iron package, after being hit by a large string of bullets in a row, the Russian fighter suddenly whimpered and planted to the ground, I don't know whether the cockpit canopy was stuck or the pilot directly hung the point, in short, the plane kept dragging black smoke until it fell to the ground and exploded, and there was no sign of the pilot's escape during the period.

Although the skillful cooperation of his own battle formation resulted in the death of the other party, Manfred still deeply felt the performance of the Russian fighter and the quality of the pilot, he did not know that what his combat team had killed was a Japanese Hiroshi Yamashita who had great potential to become a super ace pilot, this person previously served in the Japanese Kasumigaura Air Force, and later became the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku served as the commander of this aviation unit, because of his outstanding skills, Yamashita has repeatedly performed prominently in exercises and competitions within the Japanese military. The 21-year-old and three other excellent pilots are known as the "Four Little Kings" of the Japanese Air Force, who originally hoped to improve their experience and strength by fighting the Germans, but they were shot down by the "Red Baron" combat team in their first battle.

Manfred didn't have time to think about it too much, and another Russian fighter plane soon appeared in front of him. Manfred glanced at his speedometer, the plane was flying at nearly 400 kilometers per hour, and the other party was still a kilometer away, so he skillfully pulled the joystick, with a slight sense of pressure. The plane then climbs vertically and quickly climbs to a higher ground, and as the altimeter's index gradually rises, the speedometer tells the baron that the plane is getting closer and closer to a stall. Out of the corner of his eye, Manfred saw the Russian fighter speeding past him, and the plane would also go into a stall.

Seeing that the time had come, Manfred slammed down the rudder pedal and quickly changed the state of the ailerons, and in the blink of an eye, the Messerschmitt quickly turned 180 degrees to the right side and pointed the nose to the ground, the engine was still running at full strength, the fighter began to descend vertically, and the index on the speedometer was rapidly increasing.

Manfred glanced at the speedometer and altimeter every second, as the altitude dropped to 900 meters. He pulled the joystick again. The landline then changed to a vertical dive with huge centrifugal force, and the speed has reached a maximum speed of 45) kilometers per hour. It was such a jump-and-fall maneuver that Manfred kept his plane behind and below the oncoming Russian fighter plane.

At this time, the opponent's firepower is helpless against him, but he can approach the opponent from the tail at maximum speed. In less than 10 seconds, the white fighter plane had entered Manfred's sight, and after a short shot of accuracy, the Russian fighter was hit by dozens of bullets and two 20mm machine gun shells, and the simple black smoke only lasted for two seconds, and the fuel tank burst into flames, and the whole plane suddenly turned into a huge fireball in the air, and the baron became a good start in this war.

A flurry of skillful maneuvers satisfied Manfred with his unfamiliar technique, but when he turned his gaze to the entire aerial battlefield again. However, it was no longer possible to find a few intact targets, and the difference in the number and performance of fighters, as well as the quality and experience of the pilots on both sides, led to a largely one-sided situation in this air battle. In a battle that lasted a little more than a quarter of an hour, less than 10 Russian fighters fled the battlefield because they were wounded or timid, and the Luftwaffe lost 2 Junkers-Henkel I and 1 Messerschmitt training, and the only advantage for the Russians was that the pilots who parachuted out could be rescued quickly, while the German pilots were most likely captured by the Russian ground forces.

This was the end of the first air battle between Germany and Russia, and Manfred simply gathered his own fighters and continued to fly in the direction of St. Petersburg, while the fighters of another formation had already begun to exchange fire with the Russian fighters that took off later. The more than 100 attack planes are also exerting their ground attack capabilities, and the fighter planes, fuel depots, and air defense positions on the Russian front-line airfields that have not yet taken off have become their most delicious meals.

"Fire! Fire! ”

The Russian ** officer with a saucer-shaped steel helmet held a revolver and instructed his soldiers to operate the anti-aircraft guns and machine guns to fire at the German fighters flying all over the sky, and the explosions one after another have plunged these military airports less than 200 kilometers from the border into chaos, the two fighters on the runway that did not have time to take off have become burning scrap metal, and the long runway has been riddled with German bombs, and it is impossible to take off and land planes again in a short time! Around the runway and hangar, there are still many fighters that have been destroyed or damaged before the preparations for lift-off are completed, and those "murderers" - German fighters and attack planes are arrogantly hovering over the airport, and their disdainful attitude does not pay attention to the officers and men of the Russian air defense forces on the ground who are wearing various "helmets" and are exhausted, as well as their artillery and machine guns.

In desperation, the officer just raised his revolver and fired a few shots at the German fighter plane in the air, and as soon as the gunfire fell, the sky changed—the buzzing sound was thicker and deeper than before, and I saw large black dots appear in the sky to the west, and in a few moments, through the naked eye, you could see their silver-gray bodies and huge bodies with wings and twin engines!

The battle is still going on, as a second wave of attack aircraft groups. More than 100 fighters and more attack planes, as well as Dornier 101 bombers, crossed the Russian-Finnish border like a tidal wave, and more than half of the Russian fighters were blown up on the ground before they could take off to meet the enemy. The low-altitude horizontal bombing of more than 700 Dornier 101 medium bombers in three batches, regardless of casualties, quickly leveled the front-line airfields within 200 kilometers of the Russian border, and due to the close flight distance, these medium bombers could reduce fuel by half, so that each could carry up to 2.8 tons of ground bombs at a time! Although 31 of these bombers were shot down on the first day of the war, and most of the 155 pilots of the 31 crews were captured by the Russians, the results were very impressive - although more than 400,000 Russian troops still launched an offensive against Finland from the ground soon after, the Russian cavalry and infantry had to fight without air cover.

German fighters, attack planes and bombers unceremoniously dropped bullets and bombs on them, so that the Russian counterattack in the northwest direction suffered heavy casualties and made no progress!

At 2 p.m. on June 4, 1928, for the first time in more than 10 years, a non-exercise ground air raid siren sounded in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a bomber formation composed of more than 300 Dornier II bombers and Dornier III ultra-long-range bombers flew from the direction of the Gulf of Finland under the escort of dozens of Black Hawk II long-range fighters. As a long-range, bomb-loaded superweapon, the Dornier II bomber has become the main model of the German strategic bomber force as early as the German-American war, and a total of more than 3,000 were manufactured by the German-American armistice, such an air force is feared by any country, even if there is no Finnish air base, these "flying fortresses" can fly from East Prussia 1,000 kilometers away.

As an upgrade to the Dornier II, the Dornier III pushes the range, bomb load, firepower and defense of the strategic bomber to the limit. In the case of carrying 6 tons of bombs. It can fly up to 4200 km away for bombing, and if the bomb load rises to 8 tons, the maximum combat range is the same as that of the Dornier II. The cruising range is more than 7,500 km. Like the Dornier II, the ultra-long-range bomber was extremely capable of self-defense, with six twin-mounted 13mm machine gun turrets with virtually no dead spots, some of which were equipped with Germany's first airborne radar for significant combat testing.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Russians carried out some air raid preparations in their capital, with a total of more than 400 anti-aircraft guns ranging from 20 mm to 105 mm deployed, and air defense positions were built around the city and in important areas within the city.

When the German bomber group was getting closer and closer to its own capital. Most of the Russian ** teams and citizens in St. Petersburg are still lucky - in the German-American war, German bombers flew over Washington almost every day, but never a single bomb was dropped on the heart of the Americans, and this behavior of the Germans played a positive role in their later negotiations with the Americans, so the Russians were preparing for air raids while hoping that the Germans would be able to let go of their capital again, so that for a metropolis like St. Petersburg with a population of millions, The existing air defense measures are far from sufficient!

When they saw a group of Russian fighters bravely flying towards the German bomber group, many Russians let out weak cheers, but the cruel reality quickly tore through the beautiful painting paper in people's hearts. Even if the best German fighters were used against these German heavy bombers, I am afraid that they would not be able to stop their advance, let alone those Japanese-made Russian fighters with inferior performance. - Thus, the citizens of St. Petersburg, who watched the air battle on the banks of the Neva River, witnessed the glorious and helpless defeat of the Russian Air Forces, the German aircraft group formed a tight large formation at an altitude of 5,000 meters, and the German long-range fighters in the formation were dispatched one after another before the Russian fighters approached, and the improved Black Hawk II long-range fighters had a great improvement in maneuverability, coupled with ferocious forward fire and rear hemisphere firepower, they did not fall behind at all when fighting one-on-one with Russian fighters, Moreover, the twin-mounted machine gun tower that controlled the rear hemisphere made the Russian pilots and Japanese pilots in the Russian Air Force very uncomfortable, especially the tail biting attack that the Japanese Air Force had always been strictly trained to do so became a fatal flaw at this time! When the fighters on both sides were entangled in the air, some Russian fighters quietly slipped through the interception line of the German escort fighters, but they were happy a little early, the strong firepower of the German bombers made them have to be tired of dodging before launching an attack, and what made them even more helpless was that the two German long-range bombers were rough and thick-skinned, and even the cockpit was protected by thick bulletproof glass, which made the 7.62 and 7.7 mm machine guns on the Russian fighters always futile, Only their 20mm guns were able to do some work, but not a single German bomber was shot down by Russian fighters in this air battle.

The battle between the fighters of the two sides is still going on, but the battle in the air has already been decided, the black pressure of the German bomber group soon flew to St. Petersburg, a Dornier II and Dornier III under the belly of the bomb bay cover opened, under the round bombs are facing St. Petersburg's spire, flat or dome buildings, after more than 200 years of development, St. Petersburg is entering its peak, but the German bombs are about to destroy everything.

The Russians' ground-based anti-aircraft fire began to roar, and they quickly achieved their first results of the day, but the German bomber groups flying high above were unmoved. When the bombardier, the bombardier of the lead Dornier III, saw the striking sapphire color of the Hermitage from his sight, he decisively pressed the bomb button, and despite the countless treasures there, the Germans decided to destroy it along with the Russians' determination to resist.

After the first bomber dropped the bomb, the German bombers behind also began to drop bombs, and the black bombs rained down like drops, and the whole city was left with only one sound in an instant......