Pilots, as fighter pilots in war, must have the consciousness of losing their lives in the contest of opponents at any time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Walter Wolfern did not blame Kittle, but slowly elaborated on the battle against the Red Devils.

Wolfern remorseled himself a little: if he had escaped the Red Devil's trap that day, perhaps Lal would not have been attacked by the Russians.

"Our Type 109F has no advantage over the Russian lagers, and the Red Devil has a very strong ability to anticipate continuous rolls in the air, and has bitten my tail before I can react. And he didn't care about his situation in the air, fighting like a skilled madman. ”

Wolfern looked at everyone: "Encounter the Red Devil, only attack once, never fight him." ”

This is his advice to those on the side.

The atmosphere at the table was silent, and Lieutenant Gerhard Bakholon wanted to get everyone out of the seemingly suffocating atmosphere, "It is said that the Fw190 fighter is doing a good job on the Western Front, and our side may also get that kind of air-cooled engine fighter in the near future." ”

"I'd rather keep using the 109F, it will take a few months to get used to the new model." Wolfern was a little unimpressed: he didn't expect much from the Focwulf FW-190 fighter.

"Then wait to change to the 109G model, it's going to be soon." Corporal Obrute Otto Kittel is also a well-informed person, but this Type 109G equipment unit will be at least a few months away. And the 52nd Wing doesn't seem to be very interested in the FW-190, and the top doesn't know what to think, and there will not be a few Fokkers on the Eastern Front.

The liquid-cooled engine made the troops suffer enough, this time was low temperature, some time ago it was heavy snow, which not only made it difficult to attack every day, but more often made the pilots and ground crew, can only do the work of shoveling snow at the airport!

The snow at the airfield is thick enough for takeoff, and it takes a lot of effort to warm up the engines in the early morning, and all the pilots, including Captain Rudel, have suffered from the harsh Russian winter.

But that's just the beginning, the real winter has just begun, and pilots' complaints about liquid-cooled engines and unreliable antifreeze will continue for at least two months or more!

But soon the attention of the fighter pilots finally shifted away from the shadow of the Red Devil, because an important person entered the club!

"General Richthofen has arrived!"

The whole crew got up from their chairs as if by reflex, the person next to the gramophone removed the probe, the man with the glass in his hand also put it down, and everyone looked at the lieutenant general of the Third Reich Air Force, the commander of the Air Corps, at the door.

General Wolfram von Richthofen (cousin of Baron Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, the first air ace of the First World War, was born in Balzdorf in Stirgaard, Silesia, in October 1895, to a father who was a royal chamberlain. In 1913 he was apprenticed in the 4th Regiment of the Silesian Hussars and was promoted to second lieutenant in the same year. A year later, he joined the regiment in World War I. In the winter of 1917, he was sent to train at the Harley Aviation School, where he was transferred to the destroyer squadron commanded by his cousin Manfred. In this group, Richthofen shot down a total of 7 enemy planes. Pressed the hand, it is suitable to take a break.

"Gentlemen, I am here today first to congratulate you on the arrival of Christmas; Second, congratulations to your Captain Rudel on completing his 500th combat sortie......"

Richthofen spoke succinctly, as he did: Rudel was supposed to be honored at his headquarters, but the general wanted to see the pilots on the front line.

A field was immediately cleared, and today's protagonist received the gold German Cross from the general, and the audience cheered in unison for Captain Rudel three times.

The German Cross, which many people may not be familiar with, including most people in the club, has not yet seen it, because it was only established three months ago.

The Iron Cross of the Third Reich is well known, but the German Order is less recognized.

In the summer of 1941, with the outbreak of the German-Soviet War, the largest battle between the human war machines in history officially began, and Hitler decided to establish a new medal to encourage the bravery of those who continued to emerge in large-scale combat operations, and the Third Reich officially established the German Cross in September 1941.

The shape of the German Cross is a large eight-pointed star with a Nazi symbol in the center (swastika) and surrounded by radiating light, and so far there are two categories: gold and silver.

"Category", not rank: Many people think that the gold and silver of the German Cross are two completely different ranks, and even that they belong to the subordinate relationship, which is not true.

Gold and silver are very similar or can also be understood as the same rank, the difference is only that they are awarded to different objects, they are relatively independent and complementary: gold medals are awarded to those who have performed outstanding tasks on the battlefield or to recognize the brave deeds of individuals, and can also be awarded to officers with good command and staff officers with outstanding performance; Whereas, silver is mainly awarded to those in the rear military or paramilitary organizations who have done a good job or made a great contribution to the country.

In terms of wearing, if you receive both gold and silver German crosses, you only need to wear gold: there are some rare exceptions where the recipient wears two German crosses at the same time and hangs the gold above the silver, which is in fact only a recognition of direct participation in the war or brave acts, and does not indicate that they are superior-subordinate relations.

The conditions under which they were awarded were also very stringent: the criteria for awarding them were clearly defined as the recipient of the Gold German Cross, which was awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st degree, while the recipient of the Silver Medal was awarded the Order of Merit of the Sword and the Cross of the 1st Class and then received a greater meritorious service to be eligible for the award.

The gold German Cross is between the Iron Cross of the First Class and the Knight's Iron Cross; The Silver German Cross is placed between the Order of the Sword of the First Class and the Knight of the Order of Merit of the Sword (perhaps, the German Cross was also established to uphold the higher honor of the German tradition of "knighthood"). ）。

The relationship between the Gold German Cross and the Iron Cross is very close, but there is no necessary connection between them, so the winner of the Knight's Iron Cross only needs to have received the Iron Cross of the first class, and does not need to receive the Gold German Cross first (although there are many examples in history of the Knight's Iron Cross and then awarded the Gold German Cross). ）。

Although the German Cross does not belong to the Iron Cross and the Meritorious Cross series, it belongs to the mainstream German medal category, because it makes up for the huge difference between the rank of the First Class Cross and the Knight in the Iron Cross and the War Cross system (this difference is really obvious and spanning, and the historical ratio of the first class Iron Cross to the Knight Iron Cross is about 300,000 to 7,361 people). ）。

The German Cross is also the most complex medal designed and produced during the Third Reich (not counting pins, hinges, and hooks, it consists of 5 parts), and it is probably the most beautiful and gorgeous medal in Germany during World War II.

The atmosphere in the club became serious, but after the award ceremony, Rudel couldn't help but accept the congratulations of the others.

And in the sparse forest on the outer edge of the airport, 800 meters from here, in the snow 50 meters from the barbed wire, a small group of Red Army partisans in white camouflage uniforms braved the cold and closely monitored everything in the airfield.

"Gurov, it seems that a big man has just arrived, just those cars. Can you **** a guy? ”

"I can't hit it, but it's okay if it's in the daytime. No way, Konstantin Sergeyevich, if we force our attack, we will not have enough of those few machine-gun positions to plug their teeth. ”

"It's a pity, the mortar should have been brought."

"Uncle Kostya" really thinks it's a pity, the best sniper in the guerrilla team has already said that there is no way, then it is impossible to catch any big fish.

"There are too few people, so you can't volley them on the road."

"There's no chance tonight, let's withdraw, comrades are about to freeze."

Gurov had become the one who gave orders to the captain, and no one objected to his opinion - if it was until dawn, everyone would have to freeze to death.

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