Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Eagle Flapps Its Wings 2

From time to time, planes fall in the air, both Henschel and Iraq, and it is a real battle of blood and fire. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Junkers who survived the first wave of the I-16 attack were now grouped together after being broken up, and even the seven damaged Junkers were trying to keep up with the formation and continue to fly in the direction of downtown Madrid. These wounded planes can only survive if they bravely move forward to keep up with the formation, and if the wounded bombers choose to return alone, it is tantamount to suicide: behind them are dozens of fighters who have been killed, and now the Soviet fighters do not care about them, but if they turn back to that airspace, these Soviet pilots will be happy to use them as a snack to increase their own achievements.

Although 9 bombers were lost just now, there were still 13 Junkers left, and they were still able to achieve the expected bombing targets. While praying for the "unlucky guys", the pilots above Juncker also prayed that the "Condors" who had only arrived in Spain the day before yesterday would be able to deal with the Soviet fighters.

Yes, they were "condors", and the German Air Force entered Spain a month earlier than originally planned. This time, it was the Luftwaffe's 88th Fighter Wing (JG88), one of the Luftwaffe's most elite fighter wings, that arrived in Spain this time.

While the Juncker pilots were still congratulating themselves on their escape, all the bomber pilots heard their own exclamations in their headphones: "Enemy planes!" 3 o'clock! ”

Reinforcements led by Yakov arrived.

As an experienced air force commander, Yakov made a deliberate decision at the first moment of his arrival in the operational airspace: to intercept the bombers. Because fighters in the distance were engaged in a dogfight, and the rebel bomber formations were flying towards Madrid, Yakov made the right choice.

And Lin Jun also knew that Yakov was definitely not a vain air force commander, and it was estimated that he would definitely do this before he let go and compete with the "vultures".

Five Il-16s rushed to the right side of the Junkers group at once with their extremely high speed, and the Soviet pilots were all aiming at their targets, firing a salvo of machine guns and cannons. In an instant, the two sides crossed over, followed by a group of bombers that had been disorganized again and three Junkers that had fallen down.

Yakov made a high-speed left turn, having just smashed a Junker to pieces. Seeing that the Junkers had scattered and fled, they rushed over the nearest one.

It was a wounded plane, the left engine had been turned off, and it was very clumsy.

The I-16 did not fire a four-pronged salvo until it was less than 150 meters from its tail, and under the heavy fire, the Junkers began to catch fire and fell to the lower left.

As soon as he raised the nose, Yakov did not pay any more attention to the Junkers, it was already finished. At this time, he observed that the other four Yi 16 were solving their respective goals with the standard "bracket" tactic. And the few surviving Junkers are turning and fleeing.

"Pay attention to the support detachment, don't let go of a Junkers, there is no fighter escort, it must be all solved!" Yakov shouted over the intercom, not caring if the four boys heard it, and single-handedly rushed to one of the Junkers who fled to the right.

Actually, Yakov didn't want to order it at all, those four lads would do it. They will never be polite to a group of frightened bombers, and they don't have fighter escorts yet, this is a one-sided slaughter! It's the best chance to get a medal for yourself!

While Yakov was shooting wildly at his third target, the four Yi 16 had already solved their second target, chasing the fleeing Junkers in a two-plane formation.

Lin Jun didn't realize that the support detachment had arrived on the battlefield, and now he was chasing his fourth target today. Just now, watching this Henschel shoot down an Yi 16 of his own from a distance, he didn't see the pilot parachuting, and Lin Jun, who couldn't be rescued, felt as uncomfortable as a knife!

"Brother avenges you!" The Henschel in front of him evaded Lin Jun's pursuit left and right, but the disadvantage in speed made it impossible to get rid of the threat from behind.

Lin Jun tried his best to chase the target, "Lao Tzu will knock you down if he hits!" "I started shooting from a distance of more than 200 meters, and I hit it until I was less than 50 meters away, and I watched the plane explode in front of me in the air before I got out.

"Brother has avenged you." Mentally silently said to the sacrificial comrade.

Air combat is always the fastest battle to decide the winner, and the battle is basically over after only 20 minutes, and the "Condor" and "Eagle" are divided in the battle of blood and fire. With the advantage of fighter performance, the "Eagles" defeated their opponents, and Lin Jun saw that his plane was chasing Henschel who was scattering and fleeing. Due to the advantage of the sortie distance, Lin Jun's pilots did not have to worry about fuel consumption, and it was estimated that those who escaped Henschel were also unlucky.

Although he defeated his opponent, Lin Jun was not happy, because he saw many of his own planes shot down by the "Condors" in the air battle, and the victory was also a tragic victory.

The "Condor" really lived up to its name, this was a dialogue between the strong and the strong, only this time the victorious side was the Soviet army. And there is a big reason for the advantage of the aircraft's performance, which Lin Jun knows very well.

Andlupf, who had disappeared since the start of the battle, also flew back to Lin Jun's side. Today, his wingman is a little incompetent, but he can't be blamed, this is a big melee, and everyone can't fight completely in a two-plane formation.

"Call" Golden Eagle ", "Destroy" all planes, I am Captain Andrey, stop the pursuit, all return! After seeing that there was no Henschel nearby, Lin Jun gave the order to return.

Now that the communication has basically returned to normal, Lin Jun adjusted the radio station to the common communication frequency on the Republic side, "Eagle call, Eagle call, we have several planes shot down, please ask the nearby troops to rescue our pilot who made a forced landing and parachuted." The eagle called, the eagle called, we had several planes shot down, please ask the nearby troops to rescue our pilots who made a forced landing and parachuted as soon as possible. ”

At the same time that Lin Jun was calling for assistance from ground troops, another air battle was raging fifty kilometers southeast of Madrid Airport.

Lin Jun's doubts when he took off turned into a reality, and his decision to put a squadron on standby at the airport was the right one. The rebel planes that bombed Madrid came from two directions, because the rebel spies had detected a number of fighter jets stationed at the Madrid airport, but the exact number could not be known, because the vicinity of the airport was absolutely forbidden to be approached by idle people.

Franco's air generals, after consulting with the commander of the Condor, decided to send planes from two directions. The first planes, mainly fighters, took off from Badajoz and entered from southwest of Madrid along the usual bombing routes, with the aim of attracting the attention of the Soviet Air Force and allowing the "Condors" to destroy Madrid's air defenses in air combat. And the commander of the "Condor" also agreed with his side to carry out this tactic of "luring the snake out of the hole", because he believed that his pilots were the best in the world and would definitely be able to deal with opponents in the air.

It's a pity that there is a fatal hole in his self-confidence: his boys are the best, but his opponent is also the best fighter brigade in the whole Soviet Union!

To the southwest, there was a "feint" force, while another formation of SM-81 bombers flying from Seville with 24 Italian pilots would be later than the formation in the direction of Badajoz, attacking the Madrid airfield from due south and east, in order to completely destroy it and solve the threat of the airfield to its own air force. And this formation has only one squadron of CR32 escorts, and the aircraft of this squadron are not yet full, there are only a pitiful eight. But as an escort force of bomber formations to sneak up on empty airfields, these eight fighters were enough, at least that's what Franco's generals thought.

None of them thought that under the threat of more than 50 aircraft of the first attack wave, the commander of the Soviet army would dare to retain part of his strength as a reserve.

Just over half an hour after the "Golden Eagle" and "Doom" squadrons took off, the captain of the squadron Kobets received a report from a patrol twin aircraft sent to the southeast: about 30 or so enemy planes were flying towards the Madrid airfield, and bombers accounted for more than two-thirds.

Kobets immediately ordered all the remaining planes to take off, and also asked the two I-16s to entangle the enemy group. He knew that the CR32 basically couldn't threaten the Yi 16 who was just doing entanglement.

All the "Wolf Warriors" took off and launched an attack on the bomber group under the leadership of the squadron leader.

When the CR32 spotted two I-16s, the commander of the formation was still rejoicing, because this meant that only 2 Soviet planes were protecting the Madrid airport. Moreover, the two monoplane fighters that appeared also seemed to feel that their formation was too large, they were not opponents, they were just entangled, and they did not attack with their lives. It reassured him that they were just trying to stall as long as they could. Ignore these two I-16s and go straight to the airport.

Unfortunately, after more than 10 minutes, the self-confidence of this commander was destroyed, because about ten Soviet fighters rushed in his direction. The commander knew very well that the CR32 in his hand was no match for these new Soviet fighters, but he still stubbornly fought it. Unfortunately, when he was fighting with an Yi 15, he was horrified to find that the biplane was more maneuverable than he imagined, and only made two turns, and the enemy plane that was still facing him had bitten his tail.

I felt as if I had been hit the head, and I lost consciousness in front of me.

Kobets watched as the rebel fighter in front of him was engulfed by his own machine-gun bullets, and with a swing of the joystick, he disengaged. The other three I-15s that attacked with him had already taken out their opponents, and the other rebel fighters fled.

Without time to pay attention to the remaining CR32, Kobets pressed the nose of the plane and headed towards the bomber formation. "All attack bombers, all attack bombers, absolutely not let them enter the airfield!"