Chapter 219: Hunting in the Air (Part II)
The Luftwaffe used all BF109 fighters, and Poland in which the main fighters were 80 "PZLP.11" and 30 "PZLP.7", these two aircraft were good in the early 30s, but compared with the German modern fighters in 1939, there was still a gap, and the German BF109 fighters, one in the sky, one in the ground, the P.11 fighter had a maximum speed of only 365 kilometers per hour, even lower than some German bombers.
Not to mention the rest of the bombers, it's all dishes. The air warriors of the 1st Tactical Group of the 1st Group of the German Aviation Division bravely rushed into the enemy line with a sense of responsibility for the security of the country and the nation as a soldier.
The 1st squadron of Kame and Sico formed a 2-aircraft formation that first bit a Polish PZLP.11 fighter. The two men covered each other, fought in coordination, and shot them down after a fierce pursuit. After Kame and his comrades opened the record, they immediately discovered that several Polish planes were following the roundabout formation of the Luftwaffe, and the situation was extremely critical. Without hesitation, he made a sharp turn, turned the nose of the plane, increased the throttle, bit one of the Polish planes, and fired a volley that exploded in the air. At this time, another of his comrades-in-arms also shot down a Polish plane.
While the 1st squadron was engaged in a struggle with Polish aircraft, the fleet of the 2nd squadron also encountered 12 Polish aircraft. 6 Polish planes bit the front 22 planes of the 6nd squadron from the tail back, and another 6 Polish planes bit the 5 planes behind. At this time, Polish aircraft were superior only in numbers. There is no advantage in speed and power, and it is also in a passive position in a tactical position," the BF109 threw off its tail in an instant, and continued to turn the nose of the plane, ready to do it again.
Faced with a favorable situation, Lal remained calm and commanded the 2nd Squadron to maneuver with Polish aircraft. With the firepower and speed superiority of the "BF109", they engaged in aerial dogfights with Polish aircraft. After a round or two, a single-player melee situation is formed. The squadron leader was the first to shoot down a Polish plane. Other pilots also fought valiantly, either outwitting or attacking, and shot down 34 Polish planes one after another.
The 2nd and 3rd tactical groups arrived. Eight of the "BF109" formations were in search of the enemy. A number of Polish planes were spotted making a detour towards the 22nd Squadron aircraft, and the squadron leader immediately led a group of aircraft to pounce on the Polish aircraft. After a scuffle, the 2,3 tactical group also shot down 24 Polish aircraft.
This was a large-scale air battle between planes and planes, and nearly 300 planes from both sides scuffled over Luo Ci. From a height of 5000 meters to several hundred meters. Fly up and down. Chase and fight each other. The roar of aircraft engines, gunfire, explosions are intertwined. The air was filled with gunsmoke and bullets. Polish planes dragged smoke into fields and rivers, and parachutes swayed and fell from the sky to the ground.
The entire air battle lasted 18 minutes. The first group of the German aviation division shot down 58 Polish planes, and the Polish escort fighters lost more than half of them. Such heavy losses caught the Polish Air Force by surprise, and hurriedly let the remaining fighters entangle the German "BF109", and the bombers began to throw bombs indiscriminately, preparing to flee lightly.
How could the German Air Force let them escape, how could they escape at their speed, Lal began to pursue the enemy, but at this time, Lal's "BF109" fuel gauge sounded an alarm, and only half of the fuel was gone, which means that Lal could fight for a maximum of 5 minutes, and then he had to evacuate, and the "BF109" had a pathetic range of 810 km, a pathetic air time of 1 hour and 10 minutes, and a pathetic combat radius of 400 km. Helpless, Lal had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield.
Fortunately, the follow-up units of the German aviation division arrived, and one hundred and sixty "BF109s" began to attack violently, and one after another Polish planes were shot down, either in volleys, or in flames and tumbling to the ground......
General Rumeer, commander of the "Lodz" army group (4 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions and 1 aviation division), his face was already dead gray, and as soon as the battle began, General Rummel asked his adjutant to turn on the radio and connect the intercom with the air force.
"Ahh Captain, I was hit ,......"
"Boom, hurry, pull up, there's a German behind you, hurry, hurry...... Pull up ...... Come, bumper ...... Missy, I got hit by the damn Germans, ahh!!h It's on fire, ah! Mommy!! ……”
The tragic air battle, the tragic cry for help, the dying cry of his subordinates, tore this Rumel's heart, like a knife, but what did Rumel do to save his subordinates, there was nothing he could do, Rumeier had already sent all his air force, and there was only the fate of being slaughtered when he was sent out, Rumeier finally couldn't help it, and cried loudly in the command room, which can also relieve his emotions a little, and now Rumeier is still commanding a large number of troops, if Rumeier himself collapses first, Then his subordinates are afraid that there will be no good end.
"Strong, strong...... Our Polish men are tough guys who can't be defeated. Rummel encouraged himself over and over again in his heart.
However, this victory was not easy to come by, and the first group of the German aviation division also paid the price in blood. While covering his comrades to attack a Polish plane, Kame was unfortunately hit by a Polish plane sneaking in from behind and was killed on the spot. Squadron Leader Xi Ke, pilot Ba Zheng and other 4 people also spilled blood in the sky and sacrificed their precious lives. Pilot Sika's plane was hit 29 times by Polish planes and he was seriously wounded, but he still drove back to the airport with tenacious perseverance.
The good news of the victory of shooting down 158 Polish planes in 18 minutes quickly spread through the streets and alleys of Berlin, and millions of soldiers and civilians cheered.
Besides, as soon as Limer's armored assault group entered the Polish border, it was faced with countless Polish outposts, and under normal circumstances, one outpost would only have one squad of people, and there were absolutely no anti-tank guns. There are several kinds of light weapons, the lonely outposts on the Polish plain, how can they stop Li Mo's tank assault group, they don't even need to stop the artillery, they bombard it directly from a distance, and the lonely pillboxes are directly bombarded into slag by the 75mm tank guns.
Li Mo has long been strict with his subordinates, it is strictly forbidden to shoot prisoners of war at any time, if anyone dares to violate the ban, they will be sent to a military court for trial, so as long as those Polish troops surrender, there is no need to worry about the Germans shooting them, Li Mo explained to his subordinates, "My subordinates will never do the kind of trick of escorting prisoners of war to the corner to play the trick of queuing up to be shot, we are brave, honor, faith, loyal German soldiers, not executioners and bandits." Of course, you can wait for the enemy to drop his weapon, run to the corner and kill him, of course, this is okay, as long as the enemy has not dropped his weapon, he is not a prisoner of war, he can be shot legally, because this is a war, this is a battlefield, and no one has anything to say.
…… (To be continued......)