60 fighters of the international column air force were shot down, while Franco's army suffered zero losses, and the gunboat planes also set a record of 14 enemy planes shot down with zero casualties, which made Franco and his colleagues excited, these gunboat planes and A1 attack aircraft, as well as Vulcan cannons are really powerful, although the price is a little expensive, but the combat efficiency is too high. With the use of anti-aircraft machine guns, or Erikon 20mm anti-aircraft guns, plus Fiat fighters supplied by Italy, it is a question of whether it can win, let alone win with zero casualties.

Franco was pleased and ordered Major Garcia to continue to strengthen the defenses and at the same time organize forces to attack the important military targets of the Second Spanish Republic, especially the airfields. An important force in the offensive was the M30 gunboat and the A1 attack aircraft, and now Franco relied heavily on these two air weapons. Pilots also love both aircraft.

On the morning of May 6, everything was still asleep, but it was a busy scene at an airfield controlled by Franco's army. The 20 M30 gunboats and 10 M30 bombers on this airfield, as well as 40 A1 attack aircraft and 20 Italian Fiat CR.32 fighters, are preparing for takeoff. There are two runways at this airfield, some A1 attack planes have taxied to the runway to prepare for takeoff, others are refueling and hanging ammunition, and the M30 gunboat aircraft has already prepared enough shells, each carrying 2,000 Vulcan 30mm shells and 20,000 7.7mm machine gun shells. M30 bombers, each with 30 50-kilogram bombs in the cabin.

True, these 90 planes were precisely going to prepare for a sneak attack on the front-line airfields controlled by the troops of the Second Spanish Republic. This is to counter others in the way of others. However, last time the Second Spanish Republic came to the side of the international column aviation, on the one hand, the aircraft performance is not good, and on the other hand, the pilots are from all over the world. Therefore, in terms of coordination and cooperation, it cannot be compared with a country's own air force.

At 6:30, all the fighters took off from the runway, and after forming several formations in the air, they flew to the target from an altitude of 5,000 meters. At 7:20 a.m., the planes reached the target, but not before they reached the target. It was also discovered by the observation post of the opposing side, and at this time the Second Spanish Republic also took off 10 M30 gunboats and 20 A1 attack aircraft, and the fighters of both sides launched a fierce air battle.

Still, many Franco's warplanes began to drop bombs on the airfields of the Second Spanish Republic. The M30 bomber descended to an altitude of 3000 meters and began to bomb, it can only carry out horizontal bombing, the accuracy is not high, but for such a target as the airport, it is not a bombing mission that requires high bombing accuracy, and it only needs to drop the bomb on the wide ground of the airport.

Within minutes, 300 50-kilogram bombs landed on the airfield, and not only the runway was blown up. Even many warplanes that were left unsheltered at the airfield were destroyed by attacks from the air. It's just that compared to the next blow they received, the attack just now can be said to be just a warm-up.

The fighters of the Second Spanish Republic were entangled in the A1 attack planes of Major General Garcia, and 20 Italian Fiat CR.32 fighters joined the attack on the airfield, using 7.7mm machine guns to strafe the surviving aircraft and facilities on the airfield, but unfortunately they had a kiss of death.

There are also 5 Vulcan cannons hidden on this airfield, although 2 Vulcan cannons were unfortunately damaged in the bombing just now. However, the remaining three Vulcan guns opened fire, and some of the surviving anti-aircraft machine guns also opened fire. Immediately, the sky over the airport was full of dense bullet rain, but the effective firing height of the anti-aircraft machine gun was only a few hundred meters, and the Vulcan cannon was more than 1,000 meters close to 2,000 meters, so two of the several Fiat CR.32 fighters that swooped down were first hit by the red long whip of the Vulcan cannon, and suddenly the two Fiat CR.32 fighters turned into a ball of fire.

At this time, the M30 gunboats in the air came to help, although their speed was not fast. However, it has a lot of firepower, and because of its altitude and maneuverability, it is indeed a great threat compared to anti-aircraft fire on the ground. At this time, the gunboat flew around an anti-aircraft fire point as a lighthouse. The two Vulcan cannons on one side of the fuselage began to shoot a rain of red bullets at the target. The scene of the gunboats firing was spectacular, and some of the soldiers of the Second Spanish Republic at the airfield were stupid.

At this time, the fierce battle in the air was also in full swing, and the sky was full of whips, and the fighters of both sides were spitting tongues of fire at each other. The Spanish Republic gunboats in the air took advantage of their firepower to attack the A1 attack planes of the Franco army, but those A1 attack pilots were not stupid, they knew how powerful the Vulcan guns on this gunboat were powerful! As long as they take a single 30-millimeter shell, their fighter plane may be severely damaged, and if it takes two or three shots, it will definitely be shot down. So they were trying to use their mobility advantage to dodge the fire, and at the same time they wanted to go around the gunboat fuselage to attack.

In addition, there were several identical A1 attack aircraft on both sides! The pilots on both sides were a little dumbfounded, why did the other side also use A1 attack aircraft? At this time, if it weren't for the difference in paint, it would really be impossible to distinguish between friend and foe.

The same is true of the M30 gunboat aircraft, which is used by both sides, which makes the pilots extremely headaches, because if they are not careful, they may hit their own fighters! Who let the enemy use this kind of fighter too! The fascinating thing about aerial combat is that it doesn't place more emphasis on collective power like combat on the ground. Although intimate cooperation between long planes and wingmen is also important in the air, at the beginning of this kind of dog fight, it is the most personalized fighting skills that are most reflected.

Piloting the A1 attack aircraft and M30 gunboat planes produced by Dragon Soul Ordnance, the pilots of the Second Spanish Republic watched the fighters on their own airfields being bombed, including M30 gunboat planes and A1 attack planes, and more Soviet-made fighters. Not only was the airport burning, but the fighter jets on both sides of the runway detonating one after another. They are also extremely angry in their hearts, these rebels are too hateful, not only use the same fighters, but also sneak attacks, if there is a fair air battle, they believe that they will not be worse than the opponent. (To be continued.) )