"It looks like it's really blown up the oil fields. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"It looks more like it from a height of several thousand meters, and I think Stalin should be happy now."

"He should be happy, he is happy, and we can be stable here for a few days."

"Most likely, there will be a few more bombings, and when Stalin confirms that he has destroyed the Kirkuk oil field, it will probably be peaceful for a month."

"Well, I hope so."

Just seven or eight kilometers away from the oil extraction where the fire broke out, Senior General Rommel was talking to his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Bismarck, in a low voice. The content of the discussion between the two is actually a little trick to fool people.

This little trick was very popular at the time, that is, to get some false targets to fool the pilots in the sky, and the Germans erected more than 100 fake pumping units in a small oil production area of the Kirkuk oil field, all of which were fakes made by carpenters, but they were difficult to recognize from a height of several thousand meters.

At the same time, he had people dig some pits next to these fake pumping machines, and then pour in some light crude oil and gasoline, and as soon as the Soviets' bombs exploded, these oil pits were naturally set on fire, and the smoke that rose looked very bluffing, as if there was a real oil fire.

And this falsified scene of an oil field fire was photographed and handed over to Comrade Stalin, who would most likely have thought that the result of the air raid was good and that there was no need for such a bombing with heavy losses...... At least Rommel and Bismarck can live a peaceful life for a month.

Of course, Rommel and Bismarck did not know Alexander yet. How badly Admiral Lehr's fighter jets beat the incoming American bombers.

In fact, Roosevelt and Stalin's decision to bomb the fields of Kirkuk and Abadan was a huge mistake. Because the place where they were going to bomb was too important, and it was too far from the borders of the USSR, and the planes needed to fly 700-900 km to reach their destination. And Germany deployed radar stations close to the Soviet border, and Soviet and American planes would be detected before they crossed the border, so that the German 4th Air Force had enough time to mobilize aircraft and develop operational plans.

And the Luftwaffe in this space-time was much larger than in history, with several times more high-altitude and high-speed fighters. In June 1942, the total number of fighters such as the HE-219, FW-190B/C and BF-109T, which were used against enemy strategic bombing, exceeded 2,700 (commonly used), and the 4th Air Force in the Middle East had as many as 900 aircraft!

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"Attention everyone! We're going to dive! At this time, Li Mei was gritting her teeth and pressing the steering wheel desperately, so that the B-17 plane she was piloting dived down at a 60-degree angle. This is very dangerous for a four-engine heavy bomber, and there is a high probability that the body will disintegrate due to the gravity of the dive.

But Colonel Li May had to do this, because there were 2 He-219 planes chasing his B-17, which was 12 machine guns, and if he was hit, he would die. So Li Mei could only desperately use the method of accelerating and diving to get out of the battle.

"The Germans followed! Oh my God, they're getting closer! The voice of Jason, the tail gunner, was heard, followed by the sudden sound of machine gun fire.

"Stop them, don't let them get close!" Colonel Li Mei held the steering wheel hard, and continued to rush down despite the violent tremors of the fuselage.

"They're gone, they're gone...... Pull it up! Colonel, pull it up! Jason, the tail gunner, shouted in a voice that almost cried.

"Baby, get up!" Colonel Li May shouted and pulled up the steering wheel with all his strength, and he almost heard the sound of metal disintegrating from the fuselage. But the plane was miraculously intact!

"God bless Boeing!" Colonel Li Mei, who had escaped death, was almost crying with joy, when Li Mei suddenly found a B-17 swooping down at a faster speed and steeper angle outside the left window, and an unimaginably dense rain of bullets mercilessly surrounded it. Fist-sized tracer bullets rained down like a torrent of fire, blasting the wings and fuselage of the hapless bomber.

It turned out that the two He-219s chasing Li Mei found a better target in the process of chasing, and the B-17 was about to finish, so they gave up the plane piloted by Li Mei.

"Oh God!" Li May had no mind to pay attention to the final fate of the plane, and he was now busy saving his own life - the bombing operation had completely failed for him, and all the B-17s of the 305th Bomber Wing that could still fly had dropped their bombs in the desert in order to lose weight and escape.

But even so, it seems that everyone's lives are still difficult to save! Because the Germans had too many planes and hit them too hard. In particular, the firepower of that kind of twin-engine fighter is so fierce that it is mad.

He suspected that this kind of aircraft was tailor-made for the B-17 Flying Fortress, no matter how strong the fortress was, it could not withstand the bombardment of 6 machine guns!

"Colonel, the enemy plane has caught up! Enemy planes are here again! Tail gunner Jason interrupted Colonel Lee May's train of thought with a desperate roar.

This time, Li Mei was found by 2 HE-219 and 2 FW-190, two two-plane formations, pounced from two different directions.

That's it! Colonel Lee May knew that his plane could not withstand another high-angle dive. And...... Two more FW-190s are there, and the B-17 will not be able to run away even if it dives.

"Fire! The cannon fires and kills the Germans! He roared hoarsely, but the first thing to fire was two H-219's 12 cannons!

The cannonballs hail down on the B-17's sturdy fuselage, instantly knocking the plane into a sieve, and screaming rang out.

"Ahh I was hit! ”

"Oh my God, Jason's head is gone!"

"Blood! Blood! My blood ......"

"One engine is on fire, the plane is dead, let's parachute!"

The plane really didn't work, one engine caught fire, one engine went off, a big hole was punched out of the wing, and the fuselage was riddled with holes, and it definitely couldn't fly back to the Soviet Union.

"Skydive! Skydive now! ”

Colonel Li May had no choice but to give the order to parachute out, but this was above the Kingdom of Iraq, and it was close to the large oil field of Kirkuk, where the Germans had a heavy garrison.

By this time, Rommel had sent several cavalry regiments belonging to the SS on the ground waiting to capture the prisoners. Therefore, Colonel Li Mei successfully parachuted, and what awaited him was a "Soviet-German friendship concentration camp" specially built for Soviet prisoners of war...... Li Mei, who was supposed to be the death of the American sky, is now unlucky, and he will soon begin to experience a life of prisoner of war transformation that touches the soul.

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"Boom!"

A huge mushroom cloud rose from the ground, and the blue-black smoke column rose up enough to reach a height of thousands of meters, and the red fire could be faintly seen rolling in the smoke column. At this time, the scene of the HS293 gliding bomb hitting the oil depot of the Batumi refinery. The bombing of Baku by French planes more than two years ago seems to have reappeared. The difference was that countless anti-aircraft guns fired a dense range of shells, which exploded countless clouds of smoke more than 1,000 meters below the German JU288 high-altitude bomber.

But for the hs293 remote-controlled gliding bomb JU288 hovering at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the lethality of these Soviet anti-aircraft guns was almost zero. Because even the effective firing height of the 1939 anti-aircraft gun is only more than 8,300 meters, it does not threaten the ju288 above 10,000 at all. As for the larger-caliber 130mm anti-aircraft guns, because they do not have radar fire control and radio proximity fuses, they cannot hit targets at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

And by Johannes. The 72 JU288s led by Major General Steinhoff were able to accurately drop the HS293 bombs in the Soviets' refinery very comfortably, causing one big explosion after another!

"General, find the high-altitude fighters of the Soviets!"

In the headset of Air Major General Steinhofer, the commander of the 3rd Night Combat Flying Regiment and the 2nd Group came Heinrich. Alexander. Ludwig. Peter. Ancestor. The voice of Captain Charyan-Wittingenstein. The Prince's Captain, who was also a Blue Max Medalist, now flew a He-219 Night/High Altitude fighter, so the plane was equipped with radar that allowed him to spot the Soviets' MiG-3 fighters from a greater distance.

"How many planes are coming?" Air Force Major General Steinhofer asked.

"About 10."

Major General Steinhof gave the order via the on-board radio, "Now stop the bombing and pull up the altitude to 11000...... Prince, you lead a squadron to meet them, feel the performance of Soviet high-altitude fighters, see how high this aircraft can fly, and how maneuverable it is at an altitude of 10,000 meters? ”

German intelligence knew that the best Soviet high-altitude aircraft was the MiG-3, which could operate at an altitude of 10,500 meters and have a maximum speed of more than 600 km / h. Theoretically, this aircraft poses no threat to the JU288, as the high-altitude version of the JU288 flies higher and can reach a maximum speed of 670 km/h.

The latest model of the HE-219 flies as fast as the JU288, with a maximum speed of 670 km/h, and the engine used in it is also better at high altitudes, theoretically beating the MiG-3 at high altitudes.

But theory is theory, and reality is reality. Therefore, Air Force Major General Steinhoff, who commanded the air raid on Batumi, had a special task to test the depth of the Soviet MiG-3. And the results he tried out would serve as the basis for the Luftwaffe's bombing of Moscow. (To be continued.) )