Pokryshkin's plane was not lightly wounded, the right wing was pierced by a machine-gun bullet through several holes, the lift was greatly reduced, and the left wing was also hit by a shell, and maneuvering began to become difficult. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I said comrades, hurry up too!" Pokryshkin did not consider himself certain defeat, and although the plane was wounded, there was still gasoline and ammunition. But he also doesn't consider himself superhuman, and besides, he fights in his own territory, even if he is unlucky, he can parachute.

Trying to get rid of Messesmitt behind him, he will not be able to withdraw from the fight again - he pressed the joystick and dived sharply, glancing at the wings, "You have to hold on!" ”。

It wasn't until the ultra-low altitude that they changed to dive, flying close to the treetops, and the 109s were nowhere to be seen, and it seemed that the Germans did not want to engage themselves at low altitude. There was a puff of smoke ahead, and I don't know if it was the Messesmit or Semenov's landline that he had killed.

Approaching the airport, the hydraulic system failed, and the emergency method was taken to lower the landing gear, swinging the wings to make the landing gear firmly fixed and ready to land.

The plane landed smoothly on the runway, slowed down, taxied to the tarmac, and turned off the engine. At this moment, Pokryshkin suddenly felt exhausted and unable to move, and he did not even have the strength to climb out of the cockpit: the after-effects of mental relaxation after a short period of fierce fighting were manifested.

"Deputy Captain, what about Semenov?" Vakhnenko, who ran up, asked.

"Skydiving." Crawling out of the cabin with the help of the mechanic, he saw that the planks on the left wing where the 20-mm shells had been hit had been radioactively torn, and if he had made any more vigorous movements, he might have fallen apart: "It seems that I have been lucky all along!" ”

"How about the Germans?"

"Take out 1 Messerschmitt." Pokryshkin was not happy, this time he should have said that he had suffered a loss, and hoped that he would be able to see Semenov safe and sound after a while.

An hour later, a tractor drove up to the airport, and the pilots saw Semenov jumping out of the car with a parachute.

"How's it going, are you alright?"

Semenov shrugged his shoulders, "The comrades on the ground said that they saw us kill two, three of the planes that fell, and they caught one alive. ”

Comrade lieutenant, of course, would not have been "caught" by his own comrades, it seems, having taken a German prisoner.

Pokryshkin was a little strange: "Then why are there still four Messesmits chasing after me in the end?" ”

"Who knows, there will probably be another one that will come out, anyway, the comrades on the ground have found three."

"Probably killed during the first attack." It's hard to figure out what happened in the sky, maybe it was really the Germans' two three-plane formations, so it's okay: "Just about to report the situation, one of yours." ”

Semenov smiled, and he didn't know if the German plane that might have been killed during the hedge was shot down by himself, but the deputy captain said this obviously to give himself some consolation prize.

The fighters who had just taken off urgently had also returned, and they did not encounter the German planes, "It seems that they were really killed by themselves and Semenov." Pokryshkin thought.

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On June 4, "Holy War" swept through Moscow like a whirlwind, and Stalin in the Kremlin specially asked the Red Banner Song and Dance Troupe to send people to sing in the Kremlin Hall that night, along with "Katyusha" and other programs.

Lin Jun sat next to Stalin, next to Voroshinov - I admired these old handsomes very much, and he could still watch the performance calmly and leisurely, probably this is the so-called "general demeanor", Mount Tai collapsed in front and did not change!

When the show was in its final stages, Snornik interrupted the performance: the Kremlin received important loot captured by the Western Front.

Stalin signaled for the performance to pause, Snornik opened a German military flag, and without waiting for the captain of the guard to speak, Lin Jun spoke first: "The flag of the German SS "Reich" division, the first ace division of the German army. ”

Stalin did not receive the German flag, which he despised in contempt: "Let all the comrades present know the good news and put it on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow." ”

The captain of the guard took to the stage to announce the exciting news and showed the military flags of the "Imperial" division and the "Führer" regiment! The audience cheered for a long time.

Lin Jun knew what the "Reich" division of the German SS meant, but the local comrades who did not know much about the German army knew the significance of this victory by listening to the names of it and its three main regiments: they could "represent Nazi Germany" -- the "German" regiment (German regiment), the "German" regiment (flag corps), and the "Führer" regiment (flag corps). Now that the flags of the Germans are here, it can be removed!

Paul Hausser became the first German general to be killed in the Soviet-German war, but his killing was insignificant compared to the capture of the flag.

The performance continued after being interrupted by this episode, and half an hour later at the meeting, Stalin, after consulting with Kalinin, announced that the commander of the 3rd Mechanized Corps of the Western Front, Major General Kurkin, was awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union".

Lin Jun, who returned to the office, was really a little unbearable, and fell asleep on the sofa in the office after reading a few reports, Leonov came in and saw this scene, quietly exited and closed the door, and told Gusev, who was on duty tonight: If there is no particularly major situation, don't disturb the chief again.

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On the morning of June 5, Tobinka Airport. Yesterday afternoon, a new batch of planes and reserve pilots were sent to the rear, and Pokryshkin unceremoniously chose one - he needed to replace the left wing as before, and the cracked birch laminate was no longer worth repairing, unless he wanted to risk falling apart in the air.

Today, their mission is to escort groups of fast bomber aircraft to bomb Podlaska, Poland, where there are large quantities of German supplies and troops.

The order from above came a little late, and by the time the planes of Pokryshkin's formation saw Podlaska from a distance, the bombers had already begun to bomb. The city, which not so long ago had been turned into a huge furnace of smoke and fire - and since it was full of German troops, it could not but be bombarded.

Pilots hovered above the bomber swarm, 88-millimeter anti-aircraft shells fired from the ground kept appearing, and planes juggled between the black eyes.

The German fighters were not found, but no one dared to take them lightly - they were likely to hide in the clouds and wait for their moment. Suddenly, a bomber was hit directly by an anti-aircraft shell, flipped over and fell straight to the ground wrapped in a raging fire.

The German Messerschmitt had not yet appeared, and Pokryshkin was already a little impatient: "The first squadron maintains the original height, and the second squadron goes down with me to make the anti-aircraft artillery of the Germans quiet!" ”

"Giachenko, Dovbunia, follow me."

"Yes, Deputy Captain."

Quickly descending to a height of 600 meters, it was easy to find the German anti-aircraft artillery group according to the flames that erupted from the muzzle of the old man's anti-aircraft guns when they opened fire, "kill them all!" ”

The German anti-aircraft artillery could not parry the fierce strafing fire at all, so they had to throw away the heavy 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, scatter their legs and run towards the shelter.

The pilots attacked one after another, constantly pressing the firing handles, and Pokryshkin almost pressed his fingers: they all had the idea of ramming the enemy's anti-aircraft guns with their own planes, "just bring rockets!" ”

The bomber formations in the air found that the German anti-aircraft guns had stopped firing and began to attack again, they wanted efficiency, not dropped bombs and left. The smoke of anti-aircraft shells in the air had not yet cleared: as Pokryshkin expected, there were German fighters at high altitude, which would dive down from a high altitude.

"German fighters, kill them!" Pokryshkin climbed sharply, and the first 109 emerged from the smokescreen and impartially crashed into a string of machine-gun bullets fired by Giachenko! The bullet penetrated the fuselage, immediately burst into flames and smoke, tumbling and falling!

There were only four Messesmit, and the other three were scattered as soon as they saw that they could not make a profit. Pokryshkin's troops did not pursue and continued to climb high, and the most important thing was to protect the bomber group for the safe return of the group.

The first time Dzyachenko shot down a Messerschmitt fighter made Pokryshkin, the captain of the plane, happy - such a victory was a remarkable event for every fighter pilot: not only because he could be praised by his chief and his comrades, but more importantly, because he had increased confidence in the weapons in his hands! Saw with your own eyes that enemy planes were hit by their own guns and shells and caught fire!

After the formation landed, as usual, the first to run to greet the pilots was the mechanics: the mechanics immediately began to inspect the aircraft.

Pokryshkin followed behind Vakhnenko to inspect the plane for pierced holes.

"It doesn't even look like there's a hole, that's good!" Pokryshkin liked the new plane, the surface was smooth, the workmanship was better than the previous one, presumably because the carpenters and lacquerers at the factory were more skilled.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard the mechanic say: "Deputy captain, your plane is not lightly injured." ”

"Where?" It's weird!

"Fragments of shells were sucked into the air intakes (piston engines also have air intakes, don't be surprised. Shattered the supercharger blades. No, the supercharger won't turn. "Song of the mechanic Pokryshkin, look.

"Maybe you're fainting, aren't you?"

"If I get unconscious, you're in luck with the plane. Have you heard about Milonov? ”

"No, what's wrong with him?"

The mechanic faced the toolbox and hung his head in silence.

"Why don't you keep quiet, you say!"

"He died in the hospital."

"It's Mironov?!"

"It's all because of that damn seat belt, Comrade Deputy Captain."

"It can't be!" Pokryshkin couldn't believe it, "Yesterday the little man was either fine, or he broke two ribs, and the doctor didn't say that he would be able to return to the army in a few weeks." Is there really something wrong? ”

"Milonov's plane fell into a ditch and stood upside down during landing, there was no seat belt on the plane, and he cut it off himself, so he was thrown out of the cockpit and broke his spine."

"Mironov, everyone's favorite pilot!"

Pokryshkin did not speak again, but silently walked towards the tent: "Another comrade-in-arms has gone like this, and he has died unjustly!" Even if you fall under the guns of the fascists, you shouldn't die like this! ”

(I still don't have the strength to thank you today, it's more affordable, more than 3,600 words.) (To be continued.) )