Captain Georgy Mikhailovich Parshin did not push the throttle to the maximum, but controlled the flight speed to a speed 50 kilometers above the target, slowly approaching the target. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The target did not change course, did not discover us." Warrant Officer Shaverin's voice was calm and deep.

Parshin was able to see the target in the night sky without the navigator's report, they did not make any maneuvers, and were still flying in a straight line.

Kharchenko, who was in the back seat, had already sat in the opposite seat at this time, obviously not using the "oblique fire" for low-altitude attacks, and he pulled the large-caliber machine gun in his hand and began to turn - it only had an angle of about 150 degrees, and since it would be fine, he had to guard against the danger in the rear, and if necessary, he could also shoot at targets in the rear hemisphere.

With enough space and weight, the four 23-mm guns fired at the front hemisphere of the P-2 were each equipped with 150 rounds, and the НС-37 guns were continuously fed from the magazine to the gun using a belt connected by metal bullet chains, and the magazine box was the largest of all the models equipped with this gun so far, with a total of 62 rounds of shells ready to fire. There are also 300 shells on the back of the plane, and Parshin is now full of ammunition!

The relative speed is 50, the height begins to decrease, the depression angle is 10 degrees, the distance is 500 meters!

At this time, he was already able to use the aiming aura to target the enemy aircraft, Parshin did not rush to shoot, and continued to approach, and the distance from the target was about 200 meters! Parshin felt that his entire nerves had gathered together, and the number one target was already clearly visible in the aura, firmly encased in the center!

"Fascists, die!"

Press the firing button with your thumb and index finger at the same time, and 5 cannons roar at the same time!

The plane had a little heading tremor at about 0.2 seconds, but it became smooth at the same time as the pilot felt it! That's why its НС-37 gun, with a theoretical rate of fire of 260 rounds per minute, fired: the gun had a high rate of fire and great power, but the disadvantage was that the peak recoil of the 37-mm gun was prominent, the average recoil of the 37-mm gun was about 2230 kg, but the instantaneous recoil of the movement group hitting the tailgate cover was up to 7500 kg! The recoil generated at the end of the barrel recoil and at the end of the re-entry of the movement group is the same, even a twin-engine aircraft like the Wave 2 felt its strong recoil!

However, only when the first shell was fired, the plane had a large swing, and the fire power behind it was dispersed.

The entire nose of the aircraft was surrounded by firelight, but fortunately the designers arranged the weapon system in a reasonable layout, and the view between the muzzles of the 23-mm "ВЯ" guns in the nose of the two noses was blocked by the nose, and the НС-37 guns were arranged in the lower position of the cockpit, otherwise the dazzling muzzle flame in the dark night alone would have allowed the pilot to "zero his vision" for a short time!

In just one burst of fire in about a second, more than 40 rounds of 23-mm shells and 5 rounds of 37-mm shells flew out of the muzzle, and the muzzle flame of the 37-mm cannon was several meters long!

Like a solid storm of steel, the dense cannonballs roared towards the target, and the trajectory dragged out by the tracer blaster projectile was clearly visible! At 200 meters, the trajectory of the shells fired by the two caliber aircraft guns almost coincided, and Parshin clearly saw that the shells hit the No. 1 target that was aimed at him, and the brilliant explosions exploded on the target like the ******** staged in the festival, and at least more than a quarter of the shells directly hit the target fuselage!

A huge fireball suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and the powerful cannonball directly ignited the gasoline in the target's fuel tank! Parshin could see the explosions and fire, not the metal fragments scattered in the air, but the Peter-2 would be slightly higher than the target, so he didn't have to worry about hitting himself - the plane was blown into a sack!

The sudden attack woke the second German plane, and the pilot's eyes saw the tracer bullets fired from behind him that were massively grazing the night sky, and the German captain shouted: "Night fighter!" ”

The planes immediately evaded to the left, and their only chance was that they would escape the view of the Soviet night fighter behind them!

Whether it was the muzzle flame or the explosion and fire of the target, Parshin's eyesight was affected to a certain extent, and in the blink of an eye, the second German plane in front of him was lost!

"Go to the left, 11 o'clock, the height remains the same!" Shavirin stared at the infrared detector, and the explosion caused a little trouble for his observation, but he didn't lose his target.

Maneuver the plane to turn to the left, "Right ahead!" Shavirin shouted loudly, and the second target was less than 100 meters away from his landline!

Didn't even think about it, it was too close! Press the launch button again, and in the process of turning, dozens of shells hit the target intensively, and the entire right wing of the target was torn apart in an instant!

Pull the joystick to climb so you don't get splinters!

Paying attention to the situation, Shaverin pressed the powerful flash switch, and a Junkers 52 could be seen tumbling and falling in the night sky! Only then will they know what kind of aircraft they are shooting down.

Passing over the target, Khaltchenko, who was sitting backwards, obliquely saw two flames rising on the ground, this is the price of low-altitude flight, the German crew had no chance to parachute at all!

In fact, Kharchenko underestimated the power of their machine guns, after the two targets were hit by dense shells just now, the violent explosion and shrapnel had already made the German crew bloody and blurred, and there was no possibility of escape!

Night interceptor fighters, pay attention to endurance and firepower, a definite attack can reimburse any opponent!

Only then did they have the strength to cheer and play cleanly! "Well done!"

"Beat him up like a! Go to hell! ”

The Pi-2 has a camera gun on it, and the attack just now has been automatically recorded by the negatives, even the lowest shooting speed and night exposure can be read clearly, and Parshin and they are waiting to go back and be commended.

It was just over one and a half hours after takeoff, and the night sky killer cleanly shot down two Junkers - it was worth developing a night fighter!

Climbing slowly, Parshin checked the fuel gauge and could still go on a combat cruise for at least 3 hours, not knowing if there would be fighters in the next few hours.

"Shaverin, you misjudged, it's Juncker, three engines." Parshin teased the navigator.

"Or let's change it. You can tell the difference, I'll invite you to drink. ”

Relying on that infrared detector that is not very reliable, it is the ability to find the target, and Shavirin doesn't bother to pay attention to the captain.

As soon as the plane had climbed to an altitude of 3,500 meters, the radio light in front of Shavirin came on again.

"Call the Night Stalker, call the Night Stalker, I'm Eagle's Nest No. 7, there is a large fleet approaching the No. 6 airspace, heading 010, altitude 4500 ......"

This is the signal from the radar station to all the nearby airspace of its own fighter planes at night, because it is a large number of aircraft, it is impossible for the radar station to give one-on-one guidance to its own fighters, and it is enough to constantly point out the general direction: unless the plane is blind, it should be able to find the target in that airspace.

"It's 80 kilometers away, and you can catch up." Savirin made a quick interpretation against the aeronautical chart.

Parshin decided to pursue, and while adjusting the course, he said to the crew: "There may be a night fighter escort from the Germans, keep your eyes open." ”

Germany developed night fighters much earlier than the Soviet Union, and when the large-scale bombing of Minsk was escorted by Bf110 night fighters, it was an aircraft with similar performance as itself, pay attention!

Just now it was a victory, and then it was the main meal - the long endurance of the night interceptor fighter can chase the opponent and fight to the death! As long as you have spare fuel and ammunition for the return trip, you can threaten the opponent like a cowhide plaster: the night stalker is not only silent and ferocious, but also has a long stamina! It will eat away at the opponent's fleet little by little like a hungry wolf - attack, disengage, and attack closely! Break away again, attack again!

Just now, the speed of the target was slightly off, which made Parshin attack the second target appear too close, the speed of the two Junkers was about 250 points, not 280, but relying on the infrared detector interpretation, it is already highly technical to get such accuracy.

Approaching the target airspace at high speed, or adopting tail-chasing attack tactics -- Parshin's task is not to intercept the German aircraft group and prevent them from dropping them or to prevent them from landing at an airfield lit with rows of bonfires, but to consume the Luftwaffe's night aviation units as much as possible and deal the greatest blow to the opponent!

After 9 minutes, we arrived in the No. 6 airspace, and in the night sky, you can see with the naked eye a faint group of planes like a sackcloth bag, at least dozens of planes!

There were no planes of their own around, and the communication from the radio was a bit chaotic, and it seemed that all the night fighters that could gather nearby were rushing here.

The throttle was maxed out, and the Peter-2 approached at a speed of over 640 km/h. Seeing countless parachutes from afar, the Germans had already begun to drop them - and by the time Parshin arrived, the airdrop would have ended.

Now Parshin became unhurried, reduced his speed, and saw that the group of planes separated, one of the large formations began to turn, and the other wave was separating the descent altitude, and his plane would have bitten into the tail of the turning group, the altitude was lower than theirs.

"Kharchenko, let's go from below and bite these fascists to death!"

It was decided not to expose the target, with an "oblique warp"!

As he turned, Kharchenko saw traces of tracer bullets flashing in the middle of the group of planes in the distance, which was descending in altitude, and it was clear that his own night fighters had launched an attack on the German group—in the distance, the light of a huge neatly lit bonfire could be seen on the ground, and the Germans were giving instructions to the planes that were about to land at the airfield they occupied.

Sticking to the Germans, Khaltchenko observed with a specially designed periscope scope, and the Pi-2 was only a little faster than the target group.

Shaverin no longer needed the infrared detector, and when he looked up, he could see the group of planes in front of him, and the Germans who had completed the airdrop did not even realize that there was a fighter with red stars painted on its wings under them, ready to be "Jack the Ripper".

Flying below a Junkers, there was only a speed difference of about 10 kilometers between the two planes, and a black shadow appeared in the periscope - Parshin stabilized the course, and the back of the plane was only 20 meters away from the belly of the target!

The pilots are waiting, waiting for the signal from Kharchenko!

At the moment when the black shadow appeared in the periscope scope, Kharchenko pressed the "oblique fire" button!

Two 23mm guns roared, spewing long flames, each firing 10 rounds per second at a target at an angle of 60 degrees!

In two seconds, almost all of the dozens of shells fired hit the belly of the target! It's disemboweled!

"Done, flash mob!"

The fleet is flying at a fixed speed, and the distance between the planes is relatively fixed! Parshin was waiting for the machine gunner to shout: he had already set his eyes on another German plane in front of him, and as soon as he heard the signal, it was needless to say that the guy above his head was finished—he had flown the plane to the point where the muzzle of the gun was on someone's stomach! It's a blind monkey that can hit!

Shavirin will be the emptiest, clearly see the dense shells hitting the belly of the target aircraft, and a long line of fire appears, from tail to head!

As soon as he turned the joystick to the left, with a small movement, the Pe-2 broke out of the danger zone, and the nose of the plane was aimed at the second target a hundred meters away - a salvo of large and small cannons, and the dense shells smashed the German plane all over fire!

Push the joystick hard, and this time Parshin is the real "flash"! -- He had been spotted by all the German planes in the vicinity, and as soon as he saw an attack, the tracer bullets fired by the self-defense machine guns scattered in the air!

"There are two planes in the rear, the Germans' twin-engine fighters!" Kharchenko in the back seat picked up the large-caliber machine gun and fired wildly at the German plane that pounced on it from four or five hundred meters away!

Don't seek to hit, only to interfere with the opponent.

Parshin pushed the throttle to the "maximum" position, and the Pest-2 immediately accelerated and got rid of it to the left - its original "high-speed" name of high-speed bomber was not blown, and after the modification, those engineers said that if they were pursued by an opponent, the throttle would be increased to the maximum, and the night fighter of the Germans would not be able to catch up with its model!

Kharchenko fired hundreds of rounds in one go, and the German fighters chasing after him were getting farther and farther away - it was supposed to be Bf110 night fighters, and they couldn't catch up with the Peter-2 that dived away from the small angle and gentle slope.

"The Germans can't catch up!" Kharchenko shouted unscrupulously from behind, "You chase!" Stupid goose! ...... "Today they carried out a sneak attack in the shadows, and they have already killed four of them!" Excited, it's unbelievable!

After a large arc, the German fleet was already more than 20 kilometers away, and Parshin again aimed at the course, and he decided to pursue. Occupy the performance advantage of the aircraft yourself, and it is a fool's egg not to chase! Increase the throttle and the two engines let out a powerful roar!

The lieutenant himself did not expect that the attack would go so smoothly today, it was a bit unexpected - if it was during the day, a daytime fighter could shoot down four opponents in one sortie, it would take the best pilots and very good luck!

The crews of the night interceptors of the Soviet Air Force have now discovered that miracles can be performed in the dark.

It was only then that Parshin completely established confidence in his opponent's equipment: he did not know that his German counterparts would perform the same miracles on the Western Front, if not better, and that those four-shot British bombers would be just as vulnerable to German night owls!

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The tracer bullet that Parshin saw just now was not fired by other Peter-2 night interceptors, but the lager of the 1st Division, and the first to attack was the division commander Sergei!

The single-engine Lage night flight faced much greater difficulties than the P-2, not to mention the difficulty of positioning the attack, which was determined by the characteristics of night operations. Generally, the crew of professional night fighters is more than two or more, in addition to sharing the operating pressure and improving the air time, it can also better search for targets.

Night fighters generally do not seek absolute speed and sportiness, emphasizing endurance and firepower, and for this reason, countries have developed more types of twin-engine night fighters than single-engines.

Night fighters can generally be divided into three categories: fighters that directly perform missions during the day are used in night missions, and this kind of fighter has the worst effect on night combat, and it is more likely to have accidents during take-off and landing.

The second category is the modification of day fighters or other types of aircraft to carry out night combat missions with special equipment. This category of night fighters is the most common, and the sources of modifications include twin-engine fighters, single-engine fighters and twin-engine bombers, and Parshin's aircraft clearly fall into this category.

The third is that it was designed as a night fighter from the beginning, this type of design is relatively rare, and now the Soviet Union does not have it, and the Soviet Air Force still has to rely on the first two aircraft.

Lag 5 is a standard day fighter, attacking at night, in addition to being able to get the approximate location indication of the target from the ground radar station, there is no essential difference between the earliest night fighters in the same war, and the search device is the naked eye! Not even a searchlight or flash.

However, in the absence of airborne radar, ground-based radar and the pilot's naked eye are the best match before the maturity of airborne radar, and Sergei and wingman Solomartin relied on these two magic weapons to find targets.

Just now, they were patrolling the airspace of No. 7, and it had been nearly an hour since they took off, and when they received a briefing from the ground radar station, they immediately changed their course and accelerated to meet the German group. When the target group is seen, the two lagers do not have long wingmen, and they abandon the empty fuel tanks and attack separately. It is completely unnecessary to keep the formation in the dark, let go of the dry!

By the time Sergei accelerated to the target, the German group had already separated, and some of them began to lose altitude, and the distant ground fire could be seen from the air, and Sergei decided to attack the heavy transport aircraft.

Once a single-shot rag finds a target in the night sky, its threat is even greater than that of a double-shot professional night interceptor! Skimming the night sky at high speed, the German fleet simply could not effectively intercept it, and as soon as it was discovered, the target would be lost!

Dives down from a high altitude at a high speed at a 30-degree angle, relying on the probability of experience to aim, and presses the firing button when 300 meters away from a twin-engine German aircraft! Tracer bullets swept across the night sky at high speed, emitting a dazzling light!

Sergei did not move away from the right until he was 50 meters away, and his eyes were already a little difficult to see objects in the dark.

Passing through the group, diving to a height of 2,000 meters and then climbing upward, I turned my head and saw that a German plane was burning and falling. In a high-speed turn, the trajectory of tracer projectiles and the flames of the plane's explosion and combustion can be seen in the distance, and the friendly aircraft has arrived in this airspace.

Under Sergei's control, Rag climbed rapidly and seized the altitude again, when Sergei suddenly saw a black dot on his left side approaching him at high speed -- the enemy and the enemy were very good at distinguishing that his own people would never approach a single-engine light fighter at such a speed and angle.

Sergei treated the air battle as if it was in the daytime, with the help of experience, he swung the joystick, and the two feet were forced, and the whole Lage was reversed, and when the two consecutive S-shaped rolls were changed to a 30-degree angle downwards again, the two black shadows were in front of him as Sergei himself calculated!

Bf 110 night fighter, not one, but two!

The clumsy twin-engine heavy fighter tried to make a surprise attack with the speed advantage gained by diving while covering from high altitude, but within seconds, the Soviet light fighter disappeared from his view!

The two Bf 110s habitually broke away to the right, in case the Soviet plane swooped behind them by virtue of its absolute superiority in maneuverability, but it was too late!

If they had known that it was the Red Devil who they had just tried to sneak up on, they might not have attacked—Sergei had already flipped behind them by feeling and experience!

Two Bf 110s were about a minute, Sergey kept an eye on one of them, and the clumsy twin-engine aircraft could not escape his pursuit at all!

200 meters, a burst of heavy fire, one of the engines of the Bf 110 suddenly caught fire!

Detached to the right, at this time Sergei found himself very far from the German group, falling to a height of less than 2000 meters. No more climbing, one more attack before heading back!

Rushing to the German airfield at high speed, there were already planes landing, Sergei rushed all the way to the airfield, and with the light of the fire lit by the Germans themselves, he strafed a transport plane that had already landed, and then broke away from the ultra-low altitude of 200 meters at high speed!

Clean and clean, never muddy!

It was time to return, the maneuverability of the high maneuverability consumed a lot of fuel, and Sergei himself was a little unable to pinpoint the direction and had to climb to the middle of the air to determine his bearing.

With 150 kilometers to go from the airport, this will be very different from flying during the day, and one will deviate from the course if you are not careful, and try to be on the safe side instead of taking unnecessary risks.

At the division airfield, Lilia and other pilots were waiting in hangars and other buildings next to the airport, and some pilots simply went to the runway to help, and together with the ground crew, they braved the cold to ignite the oil drums and chopping wood, and divided them into two long rows to point out the location of the airport runway for night flights. (To be continued.) )