After arranging the accommodation of the newly arrived pilots, it was already dinner time, and the first plenary meeting of the 1st Fighter Group of the Soviet Aid to the Spanish Volunteer Air Force began in the restaurant of the airport. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lin Jun put down the spoon in his hand, saw that the pilots had basically finished their dinner, and said, "Comrades, today's meeting is in the cafeteria. It was supposed to be a meeting in the conference room of the airport, but Franco didn't like our conference room, saying that the conference room at the airport did not meet his aesthetic concept, so he blew it up to the sky, and there was no choice but to grieve the comrades to hold a meeting here. But then again, it's not bad to have a meeting in the restaurant, we can eat while we open, it's much more enjoyable than drinking tea in the conference room! ”

Lin Jun's special opening remarks made all the pilots laugh.

"Today's meeting is to talk about our future tasks and the situation of our opponents. The mission is simple to say, it is to defend Madrid, but it is a little harder to do. Our defense zone has a depth of 200 kilometers, and it is mainly used to deal with threats from the southwest, and the defense zone covers a very large area. Of course, the main thing is to protect the city of Madrid from being bombed by the rebels, and I think everyone knows why, because it is the capital of Spain. But now Franco's rebels are attacking in the direction of Madrid, so we will appear on a fire support mission on the ground. Judging by the equipment we have and the capabilities of our pilot comrades, we can do it with limited support. I don't have any special requirements for the selection of ground targets, as long as it is worth destroying with a machine gun. Our comrades driving the I-16 should know that our machine guns are very useful for hitting armored targets, so the rebel tanks and various other vehicles will be our first targets, and at the moment our Spanish comrades do not have many anti-tank weapons in their hands, so it is even more necessary for us to destroy the rebel armored vehicles as much as possible. Lin Jun briefed the newly arrived pilot, and Lin Jun paused when he said this.

"Alas, comrade lieutenant over there, yes, it's you. Don't just listen to me and say that I don't eat, I said that I have a meeting while eating. Lin Jun pointed to a blonde young lieutenant who hadn't finished his meal yet, which made everyone laugh again.

Lin Jun continued: "Now you all have the aeronautical map near Madrid, and you have been familiar with the terrain and environment here from the map when you are in China, if you still have any questions, you can ask me or the airport commander-in-chief, Comrade Grandqi. In particular, our comrade-in-chief, who has no air coordinates within a radius of several hundred kilometers from Madrid that he does not know, is a living map of Madrid. Isn't it, Comrade Grande? ”

Lin Jun's joke made our airport commander a little embarrassed: "Hehe, comrades if you don't understand something, just come to me, welcome at any time!" ”

"Okay, what I just said is a relatively easy thing, what I want to say next, everyone present must carefully write it down, but you can't use notes, it's all in your mind."

Lin Jun said something serious, which made everyone feel that what the captain was going to say below must be very important.

"I'm talking about our opponents in the air. Franco controlled most of Spain's air power, and so far we have faced rebel pilots, who of course flew mostly German and Italian planes that aided Franco, and the skills and fighting will of these rebel pilots could not be compared with ours, and the performance of the aircraft was not comparable to the existing fighters in our hands. But! You must remember that soon, maybe tomorrow, we will face opponents who are as good as we are, and who may fly more advanced fighters than we have! I want to ask you guys, who knows why? ”

Lin Jun wants everyone to know about the opponent's situation and be vigilant.

"Comrade Kobets, it's up to you." Lin Jun named the future general.

"Yes, Comrade Captain." Young Kobetz stood up from his seat: 'Comrades, judging from the present international situation, it is very likely that Germany and Italy will send volunteers directly into the war, and we should pay special attention to the German Air Force, which is a tenacious force, with excellent pilots and fanatical fighting passion. Moreover, from the news obtained from the just-concluded Berlin Olympic Games, they have newly developed a very advanced fighter plane, which will bring great threat to our Yi-16 and Yi-15, which is also what we need to guard against. And it is quite possible that the Luftwaffe will put such aircraft on the Spanish battlefield. Comrade Captain, I'm done. ”

This Kobets really lives up to his name, and what he said is very accurate. At this time, the comrade commander-in-chief of the airport apologized and left the restaurant first, saying that there was work to be arranged. In fact, this was all agreed between Lin Jun and him in advance, because some of the content below the meeting would involve some secrets, so the comrade commander-in-chief chose to avoid it.

"Comrades, Comrade Kobets is absolutely right. What I'm talking about below will be top secret, you just need to remember the content, but you don't need to ask why, and you will never be allowed to spread it! "Lin Jun is very serious now.

"According to the information received from all quarters, the Luftwaffe will soon enter Spain, and the new fighter just mentioned may not be familiar to the comrades pilots present. The name of this aircraft is Messerschmitt 109, and there is currently only an experimental model, and the specific experimental model number is Bf109B. It's still experimental, but it's fully operational, and it's likely that the Luftwaffe will use Spain as a testing ground for their new weapons, so we'll be fighting it soon. This model of aircraft is very fast, surpassing our I-16, it is estimated that the test model has received a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, the endurance should also be better than our I-16, and its vertical maneuverability is very superior, these situations must be paid great attention to. Judging by the performance of the aircraft, the only advantage of the fighter in our hands over the 109 is the ability to maneuver horizontally. As we all know, our Yi-15 has unparalleled horizontal engine power, and it only takes 8 seconds to make a turn, while the Yi-16 is more difficult to maneuver, but all the pilots here are excellent, and it is estimated that it only takes 20 seconds at most to complete, and your deputy captain and I have only completed the circle action in 17 seconds. ”

At this time, all the pilots nodded, and they could all achieve the same results as the captain.

"According to what we have learned, the Messerschmidt 109 takes 23 seconds to make a circle at 1,000 meters, which is our only advantage. Therefore, I request that when our aircraft carry out patrol missions, they must cooperate with the two planes of the I-16 and the Twin, the I-15 planes. And we need to beware of threats from high altitudes, because the Messerschmidt 109, with its outstanding vertical maneuverability, is likely to adopt the tactics of diving and sneaking from a high altitude, without engaging in a grappling with us. Therefore, if we encounter 109 in the future, we must cooperate closely with the two models. Of course, we don't need to worry too much, the enemy is also a nose and two eyes, and a bullet will still be reimbursed. We also learned that the current 109 firepower configuration is still at the experimental stage, it is estimated that there are only two or three machine guns, and in terms of firepower we have an advantage. ”

Lin Jun said that while the situation was serious, he also had to cheer up his comrades.

"One more point, the sight of the 109 pilots is not very good, plus the weakness of its horizontal maneuverability, we still have a chance. Before the 109 appeared in Spain, our opponents would be the CR32, Henschel-51, Junkers 52 and SM-81, and I think everyone here knows a little bit about these models, so I won't say more. Just about how to deal with enemy bombers, I still need to say a few more points. The 20mm cannon of our Yi-16 is very effective against attacking bombers, and the "bracket" tactic is the most effective for attacking single bombers with two planes. Have you all practiced the "bracket" tactic? ”

"Yes, all of us have practiced. And we also know that this is a new tactic of air combat pioneered by Andrey. It was Yakov next to Lin Jun who spoke.

His words made Lin Jun a little embarrassed, because this classic tactic was created by the "old-timers" in World War II, and Lin Jun learned it in the aviation school.

"Okay, that's all I have to say about the plane. As for the situation in the Luftwaffe, your deputy chief comrade Andlupf knows better than I do. He was an instructor of air combat at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, and some of you were his students. Comrade Andlupuf had contact with many German pilots when he was at the academy, and he was the one who introduced the situation of the German pilots. Speaking of which, Lin Jun handed over the topic to Andlupf.

"When I was an air combat instructor at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, there were a lot of Luftwaffe pilots who came to the academy for training, and this is also a state secret, but I think you should know about it. The Luftwaffe was very good, and many of their veterans who fought in World War I are now serving in the front-line troops, and they are all experienced veterans, and many of them are former aces. Let's not talk about these old birds, let's just talk about their young pilots, from the people I have contacted, they all have the potential to become real air killers, and they are just as good as the pilots here. Judging from the current state of affairs, it is estimated that the Luftwaffe will send to Spain must be their best flying unit, because they want to train their army in Spain just like us. So I hope and ask you to pay enough attention to every air battle, because they are as good as we are! Okay, that's all I have to say. ”

After listening to the introduction of the two captains, all the pilots present had grim faces at the same time, but also revealed their high desire to fight**** They want everyone to know who is the real king of the air.

Seeing the expressions of his subordinates, Lin Jun was very satisfied.

"Comrades, I know that we are the best fighter brigade in the whole Soviet Union, because each of us is fighting side by side with the best pilots! I know why many of you are much more senior than I am, and now you are just ordinary pilots in the brigade. I want to tell you that here we will not disappoint the Soviets, we will let the world know the name of our 1st Air Brigade of the Soviet Union to assist Spain, and we will make the enemy tremble with fear when they hear our name! Combat duty begins tomorrow. Alright, the meeting is over. ”