At the same time, George. Herbert. Walker. Captain Bush's headset also heard Air Commander-in-Chief Brigadier General Major's deep London accent: "The enemy is at an altitude of 7,500 meters, the number is more than 300, and there may be carrier-based Fokker aircraft to escort it." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info I order the first attack group to occupy a height of 8,500 meters, ready to give the enemy a head-on ......"

The total number of Allied fighters flying today exceeded 500, and they were taken by the commander-in-chief of air combat, the ace pilot of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain (Canada), who had shot down more than 20 German planes in the air battle in England. Brigadier General Major was divided into three attack groups according to the different types of aircraft.

The first strike group consisted of 138 F7F twin-engine fighter-bombers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and was responsible for delivering a head-on attack to the large German fleet from the front.

The second strike group, consisting of 248 P-47 fighters, is responsible for launching a second wave of the offensive - according to the North American Northeast Air Command, the head-on assault of 138 powerful F7Fs can definitely break up a large formation of 300 Me264 bombers. The scattered bomber groups could not form a formation like "flying fortresses", nor could they cover each other with their machine guns and cannons. Scattered large bombers will become prey to the P-47 fighters that make up the 4-plane formation.

As for the third strike group, it consisted of 139 "Sky" high-altitude twin-engine fighters of the British (Canadian) Air Force. The "Firmament" high-altitude fighter was developed by the British company Westland before the fall of the British mainland, made its first flight on November 1, 42, and began trial production in early 43. Before the fall of the British mainland, a small number of "firmaments" had already been taken over by the Royal Air Force. The planes, along with the production drawings owned by Westland, and the designers of the aircraft, were evacuated to Canada when the British mainland fell.

Because this twin-engine aircraft is a high-altitude, high-speed interceptor designed to restrain the Ju288, it has been valued by the British king's government in exile in Canada and the United States, and has become one of the few aviation weapons projects that can be retained and continued to be developed and produced.

In the second half of 1943, the British established a production line for the "Firmament" high-altitude fighter in Canada. Began assembling the aircraft, which had excellent high-altitude performance, from components supplied by the United States. So far, the cumulative production has exceeded 1,500 aircraft, making it the main model of the RAF (Canada) that can be on an equal footing with the Spitfire, and the number of equipment (commonly used) is close to 500, mainly deployed in eastern and western Canada and Australia.

Because the Americans sent a lot of fighter jets from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to support the Caribbean, the British government in Toronto had no choice but to send "Sky" fighter jets from western Canada to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to supplement the island.

And Colonel Major, who was in charge of today's air battle, gave these "sky" fighters, which were very valuable to Britain (Canada), a relatively easy task. Hovering at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, wait for the panicked Me264 to climb up after being attacked, and then give them the final blow!

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Regardless of the climate on the sea or on the ground, at an altitude of 8,500 meters above sea level, it is always cloudless and has the best visibility during the day.

Captain Bush, who was wearing an electric flight suit and an oxygen mask, was looking intently at the front without any cover. As far as the eye can see, everything can be seen at a glance.

"Captain, I seem to have seen an enemy plane!" Captain Bush's headphones came the voice of "farsighted" Thom. That man was an ace pilot in Bush's squadron and had shot down 12 enemy planes (all Japanese). And he also has the best eyesight among pilots, and can see large planes 15-20 kilometers away in the sky above the clouds during the day without the help of a telescope!

"Great!" Bush squinted his eyes and looked ahead, but found nothing, "Thom, where are they?" ”

"Straight ahead, about 10 kilometres away...... Above us. ”

"Above? How is this possible? "Bush looked up, and he saw nothing but a deep blue." Thom, could you be mistaken? Just now the AWACS aircraft also reported that the German bomber group was at an altitude of about 7500 meters, did they climb? ”

"No, it's not Me264, it's ...... Oh my God, they fly so fast! Thom's voice sounded very alarmed, "They are fighters, fighters of the Germans!" ”

Fighter plane? Captain Bush remained unhurried, "probably an escort fighter, which was supposed to be an Fw190 that took off from an aircraft carrier." ”

Although the range of shore-based fighters taking off from the Azores could not reach Newfoundland, the Fw190 and Fokker 636 on the German aircraft carrier could still escort the Me264, so Captain Bush had long been ready to engage the Fw190. And the F7F fighters equipped with his squadron were also not easy to deal with, and at great altitudes they were not at all afraid of the Fw190 of the Germans.

"Guys, let's fly higher and follow me...... Spiral pull up to an altitude of 2000 meters. Captain Bush ordered.

The air combat in the era of machine guns is about condescending dive fire, and the F7F is originally a large twin-engine machine, and playing around in a circle is definitely not as good as the single-engine Fw190 (Fw190 is actually not good at fighting, but it is still stronger than a twin-engine aircraft), so all the squadron leaders of the F7F squadron, including Captain Bush, gave the order to raise the altitude.

At the same time, in the sky about 50 kilometers away, Hesman Jr., who is also an expert in air combat, was giving orders to 12 Me262 squadrons in code.

"Everyone, pay attention, go upstairs, don't meet, keep your distance, and move freely above the 9-11 floors."

"Go upstairs" means to pull up, "don't meet" means not to exchange fire with enemy planes, and "to 9-11 floors" or above is to climb to 9,000-11,000 meters. "Freedom of movement" means to fight as much as you like...... And that was the end of Hersman Jr.'s command.

However, don't underestimate this kind of simple command, which can no longer be simple, through the command of Hirschman Jr., the Me262T jets of the 12 squadrons did not blindly close the distance with the Americans, but led more than 100 F7F of the Americans to an extremely high altitude of more than 10,000 meters by circling and pulling up.

Although the F7F has good high-altitude performance, it can also fly to about 10,000 meters. But at this altitude, the engine performance of the F7F drops down so much that it can't fly fast at all. And the two jet engines used by the Me262T can still perform well at 11,000 meters, so the F7F, which uses a piston engine at this altitude, is no match for the Me262T at all.

So Little Hersman believes that there is no suspense in the decisive battle at a height of 10,000 meters!

"Glasses call electric fan ......" Hersman Jr. then called eight squadrons of Fokker aircraft over the radio.

There was no suspense in the battle at extremely high altitudes, but it was not the first time that the American piston fighters had fought with German jets, so they also knew what to do.

Normally, when the American piston plane meets the German jet at high altitude, it will immediately choose to dive away, as long as the altitude is reduced to medium and low altitude, the piston aircraft can escape the pursuer with its flexibility. However, the Germans also had a way to deal with it, and one way was to form a two-plane formation of jet planes -- that is, to turn a four-plane formation into a two-plane formation with a height difference of 1,000-2,000 meters.

Another way is to deploy the Fokker 636 at medium and low altitudes, and when the Americans' piston planes rush to low altitudes, they will use the German Fokker 636, the king of medium and low altitudes, to deal with it.

"Captain, they fly fast...... How is this possible at this height? ”

When Hesman Jr. continued to command the Fokker plane to trap the Americans, Thom, a farsighted eye, had already noticed that something was wrong, and he hurriedly reported it to Captain Bush through the communicator.

"Flying fast?" Bush looked at the altimeter, it was already more than 10,000 meters, what plane can be fast? Could it be...... Jet plane? He had never seen jets, but he had heard a lot of terrible rumors about them.

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"Captain, they're still rising!"

"Captain, they're coming at us! Fly fast......"

"Captain...... They are jets! They don't have propellers, oh my god, they're jets! ”

Thom was frightened by the farsighted Eye, and finally shouted the bad news of the discovery of the jet!

At this time, Captain Bush saw many black spots in the sky with only 2.0 eyes, as if there were seventy or eighty, and they were approaching at a very fast speed. The black dots quickly grew larger, and soon Captain Bush also discovered that those things were a kind of twin-engine aircraft that seemed to have no propellers!

"It's Me262!" Captain Bush shouted, "Dive, dive, dive!" ”

Seventy or eighty Me262s can't be beaten, and the F7F is so slow at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters that those Me262s can attack from the most advantageous angle. So more than 100 F7Fs at high altitude have chosen to dive away - this is also the standard tactic of encountering jets at high altitudes.

But Captain Bush had just piloted the plane and started to dive when he heard the screams of the farsighted Thom: "There's down there, too!" There is also a Me262 below...... Hell, I got bitten by them......"