Chapter 43: The Birth of a Hero (Part II)
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"Richthofen!"
"Yes! Lieutenant! ”
"Keep up with me!"
"Yes, Lieutenant!"
This is the battlefield of the Somme, six kilometers behind the third line of German defense. The original farm was completely bulldozed to become the runway of the airport, and the farmhouse became a dormitory for the airport flight staff and ground crew.
Illuminated by torches and lights, the space outside the runway was filled with planes waiting to take off, most of them Albatross D-III, and many monoplane Fokkers.
Manfred. Feng. Richthofen's landline was an albatross D-III, and he wore a jacket that he thought was a mascot and a white sheep towel around his neck, nodding to the lieutenant of his squadron.
Compared to the army, the pilots of the Second German Reich were not required to wear uniform uniforms, they were considered knights of the sky, and each of them had their own mascot, which could be clothes or other things, and even someone's mascot was a revolver.
From the very beginning of the plane's entry into the battlefield, it was only used for reconnaissance purposes, and the reconnaissance planes of both sides would meet each other, and the pilots would greet each other politely.
Rumor has it that the mascot of a German pilot is a revolver, and he was supposed to greet a British colleague politely, but the British pilot responded with a middle finger, and the German pilot was so angry that he chased after him and approached. The German pilot pulled out his mascot revolver and shouted "Bang Bang!" at the defiant British pilot. For the first time, the history of human beings firing gunpowder bullets at high altitudes and causing casualties was created.
"Actually, I don't approve of your participation in this mission." The lieutenant looked like a diminutive-looking man, and he stared at Manfred. Feng. Richthofen looked at it for a long time and said: "You have never participated in night battles, but you have succeeded in convincing the major. ”
Manfred. Feng. Richthofen smiled brightly, but when he was about to say something, he heard cheers and looked up at the sky in the direction the others were looking.
There are a lot of "Big Macs" in the sky, they are Zeppelins, the number should be nearly forty, divided into two columns lined up, so many big guys gathered together, it looks very shocking.
From the ground, the airships were coming from the rear, and they continued to rise as they flew, and soon they were obscured by the clouds.
The main receiving weapons appeared, and the ground crew on the ground was also doing the final inspection for the aircraft, and the first plane to be checked was pulled to the runway, and after one was lifted into the air, the next one was next, and about 20 minutes later, the 50 or so planes at the airport were completely lifted into the air.
50 racks? Yes, several airfields were also taking off at the same time. Feng. This airfield, where Richthofen was stationed, was just one of them.
"I love blue skies...... can't stop Manfred, despite some blows. Feng. Richthofen shouted: "I love this blue sky to death!" ”
Flying high in the sky at night, watching the stars at a closer distance, and then getting closer to the clouds, is an indescribable experience.
"Silence!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Lieutenant. But we were still a little far from England and France, and they could not hear the shouts. ”
"It's terrible, I hate undisciplined guys the most, especially since that guy is a baron!"
"Hah! May I think you're acting out of jealousy? ”
“……”
Now the sound of the planes is not too loud, but the number of voices gathered together can be amplified, especially after nearly 200 planes have completed the rendezvous, and the sky is full of "buzzing" roars.
"Wow! It's really a big guy! ”
Manfred. Feng. Richthofen twisted his head to look to the upper left, where there were two columns of Zeppelins, painted white and blue, and the gondola room below looked like it had been modified in some way. He glanced a few times and turned his gaze downwards, where it was pitch black.
Tonight must have been a night destined to make history, as the Germans flew 220 planes at once, and they were going to bomb the exposed airfields on the Allied side. And the bombing of airfields was not carried out purposefully and purposefully before.
The 220 planes did not indicate the number of sorties, in fact, if the bombing of airfields were included, the number of sorties at night would definitely not be less than 1,500. There have been several waves of sorties bombing Allied airfields, the latest of which is to serve as escorts, and they will do their best to ensure the safety of those airships.
Every pilot involved in the operation was instructed in advance to take to the air again and again tonight. For this reason, every pilot is full of energy and wants to perform well, especially with Manfred. Feng. Richthofen was even more eager.
"I will definitely surpass him, I will definitely surpass him and become the number one ace pilot!"
"What are you yelling about?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm ......"
"Quiet!"
Manfred, the first ace pilot of the German army in World War I, was known as the "Red Baron", "Red Devil", and "Red Butcher". Feng. Richthofen, according to later Internet parlance, looks a lot like a young man who has committed the second disease of secondary school. However, many people who have achieved extraordinary achievements are arrogant when they are young, because they are convinced that they will have extraordinary development. (Of course, more are real Form 2)
First abrupt, then intense, then incomparably fierce, the roaring sound of explosions broke the silence of the ground at night.
A group of pilots looked underground from a high altitude, and a large area on the land was constantly flashing, which was the scene of artillery firing shells on the ground.
At an altitude of about 6,500 meters, one of the airships gave a signal, which was a code typed out by light, to prepare the group for the arrival of the intended descent.
"I was expecting a fierce battle at night...... "Manfred. Feng. Richthofen kept scanning the night sky around him, and his tone was very depressed: "But why didn't you even see an enemy plane?" ”
Manfred. Feng. Richthofen could see the ghost, the world's first targeted, premeditated, massive bombing of an airfield, which had never happened before. He had no idea that the Allied side was suddenly bombed, and most of the planes were destroyed on the ground before they could take off, and the runway on the ground had become potholed because of the bombing, and even if the planes wanted to take off after the bombing, they always needed to repair the runway first.
Some people are depressed, and naturally some people are ecstatic, such as Otto. Feng. Bello and Marx. Feng. Galwitz, and two heirs of the Kaiser. They were delighted to receive information that the repeated bombings had been carried out and had destroyed a large number of Allied planes on the ground.
"But...... I don't remember that the Air Force was taught at the Senior Military Academy? "Ettel. Friedrich, the second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, asked his brother: "Is this another idea from the 'Amazing Captain'?" ”
Crown Prince Wilhelm, whose name and surname add up to 17 Chinese characters, could not hide the excitement in his heart and said: "We are witnessing the birth of a hero, a hero belonging to Germany!" ”