"Hit, shoot all the planes in the sky down for me!!"

Looking at the plane in the sky, a German officer shouted at the anti-aircraft gunners on the side.

Since it was impossible for the army to be transferred hundreds of kilometers away in an instant, and the poor infrastructure in eastern Russia, the Nationalist government decided to send the air force into the war first to slow down the German advance. Then let the army and the Germans have a one-on-one collision, of course, if the Russian army also wants to participate, then it is also welcome.

On the other hand, since Germany was also one of the earliest countries to be equipped with radar, it was not long before the Germans discovered hundreds of bombers flying over the battlefield.

Hundreds of bombers, even for the Germans, was a rather shocking thing.

"With so many bombers, it seems that the Chinese are determined to enter the war"

An officer looked at the information that had just been transmitted and said with some regret.

The friendship between China and Germany was established during the most difficult period in Germany, so many Germans have a considerable favorable opinion of China, even higher than that of most European countries.

Of course――――――, in fact, in order to avoid some punitive treaties of the Treaty of Versailles, some reserve officers and soldiers were sent to China for training.

However, in order to be more hidden, these people usually have a variety of names.

It's like communication, travel. Business is a name like that.

At that time, Guderian and Manstein used the name of military exchange, while Rommel used tourism.

Since these people were not very famous at that time, not many people paid attention to them.

Actually, it doesn't matter if you pay attention or not, because it was in the mid-to-late 20s. The original Entente countries were no longer very tightly guarded against Germany, and even to a certain extent, Britain, France and other countries still supported Germany's recovery, after all, there was still a Soviet Union at that time, and Britain and France just needed a strong Germany to appear to fight against the Soviet Union.

This is probably similar to the end of World War II, when Britain and the United States relaxed the restrictions on Germany and Japan.

By the way, during the First World War and the Second World War, Yan Guang admired the Italians the most.

Although the Italians made a lot of jokes on the battlefield, you look at the results of the First World War and the Second World War.

First world war. As a result, the Allies were defeated and Italy became the victorious power.

In World War II, the Axis powers were on the verge of defeat. Italy also jumped ship, and as a result, Italy suffered the least punishment and is still one of the European powers.

I really have to admire the Italians

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"Staff officer, when will the cover of the Air Force arrive?"

Manstein's headquarters was located in a later area, so it was not bombed by the Wehrmacht. However, the Wehrmacht Air Force mostly uses super-heavy aerial bombs weighing 500 kg to 1 ton, so even if he is hiding in the rear, Manstein can hear a deafening explosion.

Although I didn't witness what was happening at the front line, I just looked at what my subordinates had reported. The situation at the front is not very good.

"Your Excellency, the fighters of the Air Force have been dispatched. About five minutes or so."

Hearing Manstein's words, the staff officer spoke behind Manstein.

"Yes"

Manstein nodded.

However, it didn't take long. Manstein sighed again.

"ZD20"

For the Wehrmacht, it is absolutely impossible to shoot the bomber alone―――――― unless the target that the bomber wants to bomb is an ultra-long-range target that the fighter cannot escort. …,

Therefore, when a bomber group is dispatched, a considerable number of fighters are usually sent out to escort the bomber.

This kind of fighter is the ZD20 fighter that is currently commonly equipped with the National Defense Air Force.

For the ZD20 fighter, Manstein asked himself that the FW190 equipped by the Air Force could never be inferior to this fighter.

After all, the FW190 has already created too many records, and they are all extremely brilliant kinds, even during the entire war, the FW190 was one of the best fighters

however

In later generations, there was a saying that the height of air combat is never determined by the fighter itself.

There is another sentence, without the B17, the Mustang is not the best, with the B17, the Mustang is better than any fighter.

The ZD20 fighter equipped by the National Defense Air Force is the same as the Mustang of the United States in terms of performance, which is a fighter with very good high-altitude and high-speed performance, coupled with a long range and very good dive performance, making the ZD20 the most competent escort fighter.

In comparison, the FW190 has better performance at medium and low altitudes.

If it is just a one-on-one battle in terms of fighters, the FW190 may not be inferior to the ZD20, which Manstein is very confident in. However, if the ZD20 is to escort the bomber group, and the FW190 must rise to the top to fight the ZD20

Manstein didn't say anything, but judging by his expression, Manstein was still pessimistic about the outcome.

However, in any case, interception was still necessary, after all, he could not allow the enemy bombers to bomb over his head, and then the entire force would have to stand still, let alone capture Moscow.

Although Manstein was not Guderian or the inventor of the blitzkrieg, as the commander of Army Group South, Manstein had a considerable understanding of the performance of his own troops. Coupled with the information provided by a large number of German intelligence officers in China about the ZD20, it can be said that Manstein had a fairly rational judgment about both the enemy and us.

And the facts. And it did develop as he judged

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As one of the best fighters in Germany, and even in the whole of Europe and the whole world, the FW190 definitely has a strong combat power that is not inferior to the ZD20.

However, intercepting enemy bomber groups, especially those at high altitudes, is not what the FW190 is good at after all. Therefore, when Manstein's order was received, there was a little complaint from the Air Force.

It's just that not everyone in the Air Force is Goering after all, so they are also well aware of the importance of the mission, so they did not delay any action when attacking.

Of course, this also has to do with the fact that they are very confident in the performance of the FW190, and they are confident that no fighter can beat their own FW190

If, not at high altitude, they are not good at

Having received an order from Manstein, the fighter group began to rise into the air and launch an interception of the bomber group.

And yet the one that appeared in front of them. But it was a group of fighters whizzing down.

AWACS aircraft are also deployed in Russia, and of course, the main role of the deployment of these AWACS aircraft. It's to explore some secrets in Russia. However, this time, due to the importance of the support mission, many AWACS aircraft were also dispatched.

Therefore, when the German fighters were more than 100 kilometers away, the AWACS planes discovered the traces of the aircraft group and informed them of their whereabouts to the fighter group in the escort.

Although the AWACS aircraft can only play a warning role, the warning issued by the AWACS aircraft is still very useful.

After receiving a warning from an AWACS aircraft. The escort fighters were divided into groups and flew towards the enemy planes more than 100 kilometers away, and while the enemy planes were still climbing, they quickly dived down from a high altitude

In the Hereafter. In order to cope with the significant decline in the performance of the Fw190A at altitudes above 6000 meters, Germany began to develop a new fighter. The Fw190D9, equipped with a liquid-cooled engine, was quite successful as a fighter. But it still cannot be called a real ultra-high-altitude fighter. So, the designer of the Focke Wolf aircraft factory Kurt? In order to improve the overall capabilities of the tank, including ultra-high-altitude performance. This led to the birth of Ta152. Aiming for a top speed of 760 km/h at an altitude of 12,500 meters, this fighter has great expectations as the "ultimate spiral prize fighter". …,

The characteristics of this fighter are that it is based on the Fw190D9 model, and its ultra-high-altitude flight performance is enhanced. The main differences from the FW190D9 model are the replacement of the ultra-high-altitude engine, the pressurized cockpit, and the wings with a large aspect ratio, and for the first time in order to strengthen the armament, the cannon is equipped with a cannon in the propeller shaft of the fuselage of the Fw190 series.

It's a pity that when this fighter entered service, it was already 1945

It can't be said that the performance of the FW190 is not good, but it's a pity that their combat targets this time are H3 and ZD20 at an altitude of 7000 meters

At this time, Germany was not yet the Germany where the pilot was almost dead, so the pilots of the fighters were quite sophisticated. In addition, the FW190's roll rate, firepower, and defense are all advantages, so although the ZD20 suddenly swooped down from a high altitude, the Germans did not become a lamb to the slaughter like the Japanese when they entered the sky over the Taiwan Strait.

However, at an altitude of 7,000 meters, in the face of the ZD20 with good high-altitude and high-speed performance, the pilots of the FW190 still have a sense of powerlessness.

On the other hand, the bombers flying in the air continued to bomb the German troops on the ground.

In the face of the bombardment of the Wehrmacht Air Force, the Germans on the ground were still returning fire with 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

After the First World War, the rapid development of military aircraft technology, especially engine technology, made the flight altitude and speed of military aircraft greatly increased. In the First World War, artillery that could be used against the air with minor modifications could no longer meet the needs. This meant that almost all of the existing anti-aircraft guns at that time were useless, but only a few countries at that time designed new anti-aircraft guns for this situation.

Based on this situation, the German side decided to design an anti-aircraft gun that was more powerful than before. The new gun had to have a higher rate of ejection to ensure the height of fire, and a higher rate of fire. However, Germany, which was defeated in World War I, was limited by the Treaty of Versailles. It is almost forbidden to manufacture any weapon. In order to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty, Germany decided to have the Krupp company and the Swedish company Pofors jointly develop this new weapon.

The prototype of the original design was of 75 mm caliber, at the request of the military, it was changed to 88 mm caliber. In order to adapt to various higher requirements such as range, power, etc.

The 88-mm gun in World War II was not only known for its anti-aircraft performance, but also for its versatility, especially anti-tank capabilities. Because of the advanced design thinking, it was not backward until the end of the war.

Of course, the 88-mm gun is not only strong in anti-tank capabilities, but also in anti-aircraft capabilities.

And in the face of the German 88-mm guns, even the H3 bomber group flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters. From time to time, a few planes will be shot down.

On the other hand, since the position of air combat is the high altitude that ZD20 is best at, gradually, ZD20 will also master the entire battle situation in the air. On the other hand, the ZD20 is also notoriously long. On the contrary, the FW190 is notoriously short-legged, so when the air battle lasts for a while, the FW190 has to withdraw from the warband and refill ammunition and fuel

"Damn, it's so embarrassing."

After driving the fighter out of the warband. One of the pilots of an FW190 fighter returning to the rear airfield said with some indignation.

At an altitude of 7000, the performance of the FW190 was greatly reduced, but the enemy fighters were extremely active.

If it weren't for the fact that this driver's skills were very high, he had honed his skills with the performance of dozens of Russian drivers. I am afraid that he would have lost his life when the enemy swooped down from a high altitude.

But even so. He also failed to shoot down even a single enemy plane, but his own plane was hit many times. Fortunately, the FW190 is also notoriously rough and thick, so his landline was not shot down by then.

However, lucky people like him are still rare after all, so when he flew back to the airport, he found that there were obviously fewer fighters parked on the airport, and among the remaining fighters, a considerable number of fighters were obviously injured. …,

"It's not going to be good."

Looking at the wounded fighters, the pilot let out a long sigh, and his originally indignant heart calmed down.

Before the pilot got off the plane, several ground crew members had already run over to refuel and ammunition his plane, and to see if there were any fatal injuries to his plane, lest his plane have to crash after not flying long.

Looking at the appearance of the ground crew, the pilot did not complain anything, but after getting off the plane, he lit a cigarette and found a place to sit down.

"How, how many planes were shot down?"

Just as the pilot was enjoying a brief calm there, one of the pilots approached and asked.

The pilot didn't answer either, but asked rhetorically.

"Aren't you going to take a break?"

"Rest? What to rest. ”

With a wry smile, the pilot pointed to a fighter plane that seemed to be his landline.

"Look at my plane, it looks like it can fly?"

Following his finger, the pilot looked over.

There, one of the FW190's heads was stuck in the dirt, and the tail was cocked high, and there was another wing on this plane that seemed to be missing, and I don't know where it went

"The wing of the plane was knocked off, and I had a hard time driving the plane back, but when I landed, I was not so lucky, the plane fell headlong into the dirt, and the propeller also broke."

The rest doesn't need to be said by the pilot, he also understood.

This plane will definitely not be able to fly

"There are a few others like me, and there are others whose planes are too badly damaged to fly anymore. Now all the spare planes in the base have been dispatched, so I have to stay here too."

As he said this, the pilot shook his fist hard.

"These damn Chinese, they ruined my fighters, but I didn't make them better, hehe"

As he said this, the pilot laughed smugly.

"How many?"

Looking at his appearance, you don't need to ask to understand that he must have shot down an enemy plane.

"How many?" The pilot said with some surprise. "How many more? At such a high altitude, our landline couldn't perform too well at all, and I shot down one, which is already considered a good thing. ”

It's only one, but it's clearly much better than the pilot who smokes there.

At this time, several more pilots came over and joined in the small talk, and during the small talk, these pilots were complaining, complaining that the Chinese were always at high altitude, no matter how they lured them down.

However, when complaining, they also admit that the Chinese pilots' skills are not bad, and even if some of their own pilots parachuted, those Chinese did not make any aggressive or dangerous maneuvers.

While they were still talking, a ground crew ran up.

"The fuel and ammunition have been replenished, and there are no major problems with the planes, so you guys should take off immediately, is the battle situation on the front line tense. It seems that the ones who are still there are almost unbearable."

"It's strange that you can hold on, such a short voyage"

After complaining, the pilot, who was smoking, threw the cigarette away and ran back to the plane.

On the other side, the wingman who flew back with him had been preparing for a long time

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In order to effectively delay the speed of the German army, the air force carried out at least seven or eight bombing of the German army, and in these bombings, the Luftwaffe fighters and the escort fighters of the Chinese air force also fought many duels.

Since the airspace of the duel is at a high altitude where the ZD20 has an advantage, even if the Luftwaffe fighter performance and pilot skills are very good, the Luftwaffe has to be at a disadvantage in air combat.

However, there is no way to do this, because the altitude of air combat can neither be determined by FW190 nor ZD20, and what can really determine the height of air combat is the H3 bomber, which is the main force of bombing

However, due to the high-altitude bombing, it was impossible to carry out effective aiming, so although the number of bombings was large, it could not give the Germans an effective blow, but even this effectively dragged the Germans in place.

At this time, the Wehrmacht was less than 100 miles away from the German troops......)

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