Several M30 gunboats were attacking targets on the ground, and at this time they were flying at an altitude of 500 meters; after flying over the targets, these M30 gunboats poured tens of thousands of machine-gun shells, thousands of 30-millimeter Vulcan artillery shells, and 10 machine guns and 10 Vulcan guns shot out walls of fire one after another, effectively preventing the counterattack of ground anti-aircraft fire. At this time, the Fiat CR.32 fighters also lost 8 units, which shows that the anti-aircraft fire on the ground is quite strong, and the 3 Vulcan guns still caused a lot of losses to the incoming enemy aircraft.

When Francisco piloted his M30 gunboat in a circled maneuver and flew over the circle of crossfire near the enemy's airfield for the second time, any possible elements that would have protected them from a surprise attack were gone. When the M30 gunboat approached an anti-aircraft fire point, 3 machine guns on the ground opened fire together, and this time the ground fire of the Spanish Republican Army returned fire, and for a time, thousands of bullets were staggered in the air.

The A1 attack aircraft in the air will not be able to protect the Francisco crew in this situation. The M30 gunboat was unfortunately hit, and its flight altitude was too low, far below the 1,000-meter hovering attack altitude of a regular gunboat aircraft. The right engine was hit by machine-gun fire, and the bullets sent the entire engine compartment into flames, and the engine caught fire and stopped, and the M30 gunboat plane suddenly lost control like a drunken man. When one of the flaps on the left wing was knocked out, the Francisco crew could no longer control the aircraft. Francisco crew, with excellent piloting skills, made a forced landing of the M30 gunboat in a river valley, and although the plane was destroyed, all crew members survived the forced landing, and miraculously only suffered minor injuries. They all understood that an encounter with the army of the Spanish Republic was inevitable.

Antonio, an ace pilot under Rear Admiral Garcia, has shot down five enemy planes and now flies one of the latest A1 attack aircraft. Although he had only just flown this kind of fighter, the technology he was familiar with gave him great confidence. Only slightly sideways his face, not like a normal pilot. Take his charming-looking eyes to see the sun that has just risen, and the light has begun to shine a little.

"Follow me Juan......"

In the sky above this airport, there were more than a dozen enemy A1 attack planes and 10 M30 gunboat planes. They have to shoot down their opponents.

Although the A1 attack aircraft was designed on the basis of the later Chinese Chujiao VI and became the customized MT1 trainer aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, its performance has been greatly improved after upgrading and renovating with a 500-horsepower engine and a five-blade torque conversion propeller, and its performance is better than the latest biplane fighter Yi-15 manufactured in the Soviet Union.

Although both sides used A1 attack aircraft, in terms of flight technology, the Franco army had an advantage, after all, those pilots of the Republican Army. A lot of them are rookies who are on the flyout.

Two attack groups of Spanish Republican fighter jets, engines whistling down from the sky. Although the A1 attack aircraft was upgraded from a trainer aircraft, it still had a good top speed in this era, and it was very fast compared to other biplane fighters. However, its aerial combat power is slightly inferior due to its speed, after all, its main purpose is to carry out ground attack missions. However, the fighters on both sides are of the same type, and this depends on the technical level of the pilots.

"Juan. Let's get them in some trouble! ”

The six Spanish Republican Army A1 attack planes that swooped down were divided into two attack spearheads. This is a bit like the pincer offensive often used by German armored forces. They were rear-ended, respectively. As well as the route of the volley.

Seeing that Antonio and Juan's two-plane formation was in a dangerous encirclement.

The attack had just begun, and Antonio and Juan escaped from the opponent's encirclement with a beautiful dodge, but just as Juan was proud of this beautiful dodge, another A1 attack plane swooped down on him, far away. You can see that the two 7.7mm wings of this A1 attack aircraft began to spit flames.

Another sharp turn, the attack of the second A1 attack aircraft also fell short. But Juan's forehead had begun to sweat, and the speed of the two successive rapid transfers of the fighter plane, which was already lacking in speed due to the sharp climb, had dropped further, which meant that he could no longer make the following turn so lightly. At the same time, the continuous large overload action also made his grasp of the air situation problematic: the large maneuver overload caused his field of vision to shrink sharply, and now he no longer knew where the enemy plane was. I don't know where my friend is. From his headphones came Antonio's nervous shout: "Juan, be careful......"

A Spanish Republican Army M30 gunboat aircraft appeared, it showed its fangs from afar, and two Vulcan cannons fired at Juan's A1 attack aircraft, and suddenly the sky was blazing, and the A1 attack aircraft piloted by Juan was shot and caught fire, and then there was a violent explosion!

Antonio hated itchy, these Republican pilots were too cunning, their planes were more numerous, but let the Republican fighters come to counter-encirclement, to be precise, concentrated a few fighters to attack the two of them, at this time Antonio's companions also flew their fighters over, but it was too late, Juan's A1 attack aircraft could no longer fly in the sky.

The melee continued, and there were A1 attack planes or M30 gunboat planes shot down by the opposing fighters, of course, there were more Republican fighters, and now the pilots of the Franco army also learned to be more enemies than the enemy, and they besieged an enemy plane with several planes, and the sky was full of fireworks, which were left by the fighters who were shot.

With great hatred, Antonio launched a hunt for Spanish Republican fighters, and finally he shot down 4 A1 attack planes of the same model, and after half an hour, the melee in the sky was over, and the airport was in ruins. The raid resulted in the loss of 48 aircraft to the airfield of the Republican Army, plus 20 in the air battle, for a total of 68 aircraft, and another 10 aircraft escaped, including 4 A1 attack aircraft and 6 M30 gunboat aircraft. In general, the IRA suffered heavy losses.

The losses of the sneak attack were not small, a total of 8 A1 attack aircraft were shot down, 15 Fiat fighters were shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire, and 4 M30 gunboats were shot down.

This battle made both sides understand that the opponent has the same fighter as themselves. At the same time, they also discovered that whether it is an A1 attack aircraft or an M30 gunboat aircraft, they are powerful air combat platforms! Especially the M30 gunboat machine, which is simply a nightmare for the ground forces! The same is true for dealing with relatively backward biplane fighters! So the two sides have added a lot of orders. (To be continued.) )