The German fighter pilots were still very strict, they piloted their own fighters, and under the command and leadership of the wing commander, they continued to maintain the formation formation, and flew towards the Chinese Imperial fighter group with an overwhelming rain of bullets.

Strict Germans, rigid German pilots, they will not waste bullet resources, and they will not easily pull the trigger and fire less than one or two hundred meters away.

Schrifen, Tirpitz and others who were watching the battle on the ground were also puzzled, they knew very well that the fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force were equipped with two heavy machine guns, and when they were in full fire, no matter how many bullets were used up within a few minutes, how could they continue to fight with the German fighters next?

"The pilots of carrier-based aircraft are generally more skilled than ordinary army aviation pilots, is this the reason why the other side opened fire prematurely?"

As the commander of the Navy, Tirpitz certainly knew that it was far more difficult for German pilots to take off and land fighters on aircraft carriers than at land airfields, so every pilot on an aircraft carrier was the best among the air force pilots. The pilot of the aircraft carrier of the Imperial Chinese Navy thought that the same was true, and the technology was the highest, so he guessed that this might be the result of the other party's arrogance.

Although Schliefen understood Tirpitz's meaning, his ideas were much higher than Tirpitz's, after all, Tirpitz was only a naval commander and was good at naval warfare, while Schriefen was the Minister of National Defense, and he was more skilled in the operations of the army, navy and air force, and he basically had to think about problems from the strategic and tactical level.

"There's a conspiracy in this!"

Schrifen smelled of conspiracy, but for a moment he didn't know what was wrong.

In just a minute or two, the fighter group of the Imperial Chinese Air Force collided with the fighter group of the German Imperial Air Force.

At the moment when the fighters of both sides approached head-on, their heavy machine guns were frantically pouring bullets.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

There were constant explosions in the sky, F18 fighters were shot down, and Fokker E3 fighters were shot down, and the latter was obviously more numerous, after all, the former had fierce firepower, and the German side would inevitably suffer in a head-on engagement.

After the first round of killing, the fighter groups on both sides turned around and relined themselves.

However, just as the German fighter group was preparing to meet again, it was found that the fighter group of the Chinese Imperial Air Force had no intention of fighting again, but swooped down directly towards the Monrovia fortress.

Shi Lifen was startled and realized where the conspiracy was.

"All ground air defense is open to intercept!"

After a few months of buffer time, Schliefen obtained a lot of anti-aircraft artillery from the German Empire, most of which was deployed in the fortress of Monrovia, after all, it was the capital of the colony, and its importance was self-evident.

The German ground anti-aircraft artillery opened fire quickly, and the German fighter group on the other side also quickly chased and killed, but the speed of the Fokker E3 fighter was slower, and it could not catch up with the Chinese Imperial F18 carrier-based fighter in front for a while.

However, a strange scene happened again.

The ferocious flying group of Chinese Imperial fighters was divided into more than a dozen squads, and dived down at an ultra-low altitude, although they were also firing at the German soldiers in the ground fortifications, but the route was less like a battle, but more like a reconnaissance of something.

When the German ground anti-aircraft artillery positions were stimulated to fire one after another, the pilots of the Chinese Empire quickly recorded the position of the opponent in a small book, and then circled for a while before directly pulling the fighters up and flying away.

"W-what's going on?"

Governor Perrault couldn't help but exclaim.

According to the intensity of the previous round of air battles, shouldn't the air battles be more intense in the future, why did the opponent fly away after only one round, which is unreasonable.

Not only did Governor Perrault see it unreasonable, but Schriefen and Tirpitz were also baffled.

"We've won!"

"It's still our anti-aircraft artillery regiment that is so powerful that as soon as it shows its face, it scares away the planes of the Chinese Empire!"

"That's it, we're better than the Air Force!"

……

Suddenly, the Germans all over the fortress cheered and celebrated that they had driven the enemy planes away.

In particular, the anti-aircraft artillerymen rode on top of the anti-aircraft guns, waving the German flag, and even showing off their pants.

It seems that as long as the Chinese Imperial Army is driven away, it will be a great honor for the German army.

Shi Lifen frowned, looking at the group of Chinese Imperial fighter jets that disappeared to the west of the sky, in a daze.

There must be some conspiracy in this!

"Come back and be careful of the ambush!"

Tirpitz exclaimed, and Schrifen suddenly woke up.

Could it be to lure the German aircraft group and then set up an ambush?

This scenario is quite likely!

Schliefen immediately ordered the tower to fire its high beam signal lights to summon back the pursuing German fighter group.

The German Fokker E3 fighters could not catch up with the F17\18 fighters of the Chinese Empire, so they turned around and withdrew after receiving the recall signal.

Hundreds of German fighter planes landed at the airfield one after another, but because of the limited number of runways, they could only land on the runways in batches, and it took nearly 40 minutes before and after.

For the German Fokker E3 fighters, it takes half an hour for nearly 300 fighters to take off and take off, and then it takes about ten minutes to line up in the air.

Therefore, each take-off and landing of these nearly 300 German fighters took more than 80 minutes.

Seeing that all the German fighters were recovered, Schriefen left behind a vigilant patrol force, and then returned to the headquarters with his subordinates to continue to discuss the strategy of defending against the enemy.

As a result, less than half an hour later, the warning horn sounded again.

The terrible sound of the alarm made Shi Lifen shiver instantly, and he almost scared out of his heart attack.

"Report, a large number of Chinese Imperial fighter jets have been spotted flying towards us over the western seas!"

"How many enemy planes are there?"

"The number is unknown, but it is estimated that there are at least two hundred, which is about the same size as the wave just now!"

"Impossible!" Shi Lifen was so angry that he slapped the table and said angrily: "How is it possible? Even if they didn't rest after landing and took off immediately, they couldn't have flown over so quickly! ”

In Shi Lifen's eyes, he thought that the Chinese Imperial fighter group flying from the sea this time was the previous wave, and the previous wave was named with full firepower, and the bullets were all out before they were forced to fly back. According to the round-trip distance, even if those hundreds of fighters landed on the aircraft carrier, it would take an hour to resupply the ammunition, and even if the pilot took off immediately without resting, it would take two or three hours to reach the sky over Monrovia.

"Unless ......"

"Unless their aircraft carrier battle group is near Monrovia Bay!"

Shi Lifen was taken aback, thinking that the Imperial Chinese Navy had arrived at the doorstep.

"Impossible! I just asked about the alert submarine, and the battle group of the Imperial Chinese Navy is still hundreds of kilometers away! ”

Tirpitz added in time, dispelling Schriefen's concerns.

Schrie couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to let all the German fighters take off and prepare for the battle, and the air defense units re-entered the combat position.

Half an hour later, all the German fighters took off.

Governors Schrifen, Tirpitz, and Perrault also came to the watchtower again to watch the battle through high-powered telescopes.

This is the third wave of air raids by the Chinese Imperial Army, the first wave of fighters flying from the direction of the Walvis Bay area, most of them are F17 fighters of the Army Air Corps, and a small number of F18 carrier-based fighters. The second wave came from the western direction of the sea, apparently from the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, all F18 carrier-based fighters.

This third wave, also coming from the sea to the west, is still the size of two hundred F18 carrier-based fighters.

The third wave of air raids was still slightly different from the second wave, and the 200 F18 carrier-based fighters of the Chinese Imperial Army had no intention of fighting to the death with the German fighters, but turned around the periphery, using the speed advantage to lure the German fighters to chase and kill, and then suddenly turned around to cooperate, often the three F18 carrier-based fighters formed a team, suddenly killed, and concentrated their firepower to shoot down the German fighters who were hooked.

If the German fighter pilots were careful not to be left alone, then the fighters of the Chinese Imperial Army would only be around the periphery, relying on their speed advantage to make the German fighters unable to catch up.

As soon as the German fighters showed a hole in the defense, the fighters of the Chinese Imperial Army suddenly dived down and headed straight for the fortress of Monrovia.

At this time, the German anti-aircraft artillery on the ground would fire autonomously, but the fighters of the Chinese Imperial Army did not like to fight, they took pictures and recorded like reconnaissance planes, and quickly climbed away before the German fighters surrounded and suppressed.

The battle lasted almost an hour, most of the time in circles, so the battle was not very intense, the German lost twenty fighters, and the Chinese Imperial Army also lost three.

The ratio of losses in the air war between China and Germany was once again lowered, and Schliefen was very happy.

Tirpitz, however, was not so happy, and instead activated his clever brain, and saw that the three downed fighters of the Imperial Chinese Army had all been accidentally shot down while diving into the anti-aircraft gun position on the ground.

"Look! The fighter group of the Chinese Imperial Army has been beaten away by us again! ”

The Germans cheered again, and even Schriepen was very happy, the pressure of the original war made him breathless, but the repulsion of the air raids of the Chinese Imperial Army three times in a row still made him feel quite happy.

Seeing that the Chinese Imperial fighter group was far away, Schliefen once again ordered the recovery of the German fighters, and then took his subordinates to the headquarters to continue the previous tactical discussion.

"Go find the wreckage of the downed Chinese Imperial fighter jets, see what their pilots have on them, and report back to me."

Before leaving, Tirpitz called some of his own guards and told him to run errands.

These guards were all Gestapo, and Tirpitz was easy to use.

Tirpitz returned to the command headquarters and sat down quietly to listen to Schrie's deployment of combat missions, although he looked at the huge combat map, he was obviously distracted.

"I have just received a report that the Chinese Imperial Army on the west bank of the Bomi River has successively carried out artillery strikes on the positions of our troops on the east bank, and they tried to force their way through the D and F areas, but they were quickly beaten back by the superior defensive artillery fire of our army."

"At present, we believe that the main direction of the Chinese Imperial Army's attack may not be on the line of the Bomi River, but on the coastline of Monrovia!"

Several operational staff officers expressed their opinions.

Schliefen asked rhetorically, "Why are you so sure?" ”

One of the operational staff officers replied: "Our reconnaissance planes have found that the total strength of the Chinese Imperial Army on the other side of the Bomi River will not exceed 20,000, and there are not many tanks and combat vehicles in the barracks. ”

Shi Lifen nodded, and then asked rhetorically: "Then what is your reason for judging that the main attack direction is on the coast of Monrovia?" ”

Another operational staff officer explained: "We believe that the traditional tactics of the Chinese Empire almost always relied on a strong naval force, and they had invincible and powerful naval firepower, which was the strongest weapon to cover the landing operation. Monrovia is the center of the whole of Liberia, and our main force is also here, so the Chinese Imperial Military must have thought that destroying or occupying Monrovia would completely crush our resistance. ”

Schriepen looked at Tirpitz and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Tirpitz was about to answer, when suddenly there was a terrible sound of air raid sirens.

"Report, the West Coast direction has again found the Chinese Imperial Fighter Group approaching! It is estimated that the scale is more than 200 aircraft! ”

"Nima!"

After listening to the report, Shi Lifen glanced at the watch time, it was another half an hour, and he felt like he was going crazy.

"Order all fighters to immediately take to the air to meet the enemy!"

"Damn, with such a high frequency of sorties, aren't these pilots of the Chinese Empire tired?"

Tirpitz said: "I suddenly remembered that I had heard the principle of training the aircraft carrier pilots of the Imperial Chinese Navy, that they would divide the carrier-based aircraft into three squadrons, not all together, and it seemed that only one squadron was put into the air at a time, so that one squadron was on standby on deck, and the rest of the squadron of fighters was maintained, and the pilots were at rest. ”

"Is this the three-shift rule?"

Shi Lifen seemed to suddenly understand that joining the Chinese Imperial Air Force was a three-shift principle, so that an uninterrupted and sustained attack could be achieved.

The problem was that the German fighters were weak in terms of quality and quantity, and they had to all take to the air every time.

In this case, the pilots of the Imperial Chinese Air Force had at least time to rest in shifts, while the German pilots did not have time to rest at all.

You know, the biplane fighter of this era does not have an automatic transmission similar to a car, the speed, altitude, and balance of the entire aircraft are all maintained by the pilot's wrist and arm strength, and the pilot is very tired after an air battle, because his hands must always control the fighter hard, once he lets go, the fighter will spin and lose his balance, which is the biggest drawback of the early propeller fighter, especially during the highly tense battle, which aggravates the fatigue of the pilot.

The German pilots kept taking off and landing, and when their buttocks did not sit firmly, the alarm sounded again, and they had to continue to take off and take off in the air with their tired bodies.

"Damn, it's a fatigue tactic!"

Shi Lifen was shocked, finally feeling the seriousness of the problem, and the previous joy was instantly swept away.

An operational staff officer immediately proposed: "To deal with fatigue tactics, we can only transfer the Dubermanburg Air Wing and the Banga Air Wing, so that we can achieve just three shifts and maintain the scale of combat duty at the scale of two hundred fighters." ”

There were also operational staff officers who objected: "But in this way, there is no fighter protection in the direction of Tubmanburg and Benga, and what if there is an air attack?" To know that the bomber group of the Imperial Air Force of China has not yet appeared? ”

At this moment, Tirpitz had just sent someone to investigate the crashed Imperial Chinese Air Force fighter personnel came back to report and handed over the camera and map to Tirpitz.

Tirpitz immediately understood, and then handed it to Schrien, and at the same time said: "The purpose of the fighters of the Imperial Chinese Army is not only fatigue tactics, but also to use the fighters of air strikes to quietly test the position of our anti-aircraft artillery positions. ”

"What a cunning enemy! This proves that their main direction of attack is Monrovia Fortress! Shi Lifen thought about it and finally made a decision.

Since the direction of Tubmanburg is unlikely to be the main direction of attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, and Banga is the rear, there is no worthy target worthy of a large-scale air attack by the Chinese Imperial Air Force for the time being, but Monrovia is the center of the German army's heavy concentration and may encounter a large-scale air attack, so the German fighters in the other two places are transferred over.