This skirmish ended with the loss of more than half of the attack aircraft of the international column.

However, Zhang Shixin has gained more than just a big victory in a small air battle, and at the same time, there are some areas that need to be improved.

**The F-109S's rockets, power, range, and hit accuracy are relatively good, but there are only 96 rockets in total, which is a very lethal place for fighters with insufficient sustained combat effectiveness.

Therefore, Zhang Shixin carried out further firepower enhancement after the **F-109S group returned to the summoning space.

The capacity of the rocket bay is already the limit, and moreover, one more rocket launcher will not help much for the sustained firepower of the F-109S.

Therefore, Zhang Shixin sacrificed a small part of the aircraft's speed and installed two M2-MKII-12.7mm long-barreled heavy machine guns in the belly position as an enhancement of the continuous firepower.

Although the capacity of each M2-MKII is only 400 rounds, the 12.7mm warhead is quite lethal for the fighters in service. Moreover, the lengthened barrel length is effective in correcting ballistic deviation errors to a certain extent.

It can be said that the additional 800 rounds of 12.7mm armor-piercing high-explosive shells have greatly increased the combat continuity of the F-109S.

After all, Zhang Shixin didn't want to see the fighter group leave the bomber formation that was supposed to be escorted by the other side because of the lack of combat sustainability.

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And after the attack aircraft group returned to the military airfield in Madrid, Moniv, the captain of the international column flight group from the Soviet Union, saw that his subordinates suffered heavy losses, and most of the planes that were able to come back were not injured on their fuselages, and the planes hit by enemy fighters directly became fireballs in the air together with the pilots......

These are more living people, and his subordinates can't even do parachuting.

He angrily found a colonel of the intelligence department of the Spanish Republic and grabbed the other party's collar: "Didn't you tell me that the other party was powerless?" Why would my lad be directly killed by the enemy's air force or even large-caliber anti-aircraft guns? ”

"Calm down, Monif, for what you have encountered is not the Spanish Self-Defense Forces, but the mysterious forces that have inflicted heavy losses on the Italians in Valencia. Compared to the unscrupulous characters of the Spanish Self-Defense Forces and the rabble of Franco, this mysterious force is our worst enemy. ”

"Why, then, could the intelligence be so wrong?" Moniff calmed down a little and loosened the collar of the other party, but he had a tendency to not find an answer and swore not to give up.

The colonel thought for a moment, and then voiced his guess: "Perhaps the matter is the result of discord within the enemy from the northeast direction. After all, it is said that the commander of the created unit is a Chinese. The colonel paused, and then continued: "Therefore, many people think that the mastermind behind the Spanish Self-Defense Forces is this Chinese, and in this case, a considerable part of the Spanish Self-Defense Forces are quite dissatisfied with this phenomenon. It is quite possible that they will use our blows to let this Chinese die by leaking the other party's marching route. ”

Hearing this reason, Monif shook his head in disbelief: "This is impossible, because you didn't mention that the other side has such a huge air defense force. My men can't even bomb each other with more precision. ”

"This situation, I believe that the intelligence personnel of many countries are quite incomprehensible, the other party is like a magician, able to conjure a large number of weapons and equipment out of thin air, even living people. According to a piece of intelligence from the British that is difficult to determine the authenticity of, the other party even transported a new tank with an unknown surname to Munich, so that the Germans were determined to cooperate with this mysterious Chinese. However, the intelligence showed that the Germans were still puzzled by how the other side could transport such a behemoth to Germany. Therefore, for this mysterious Chinese, it can be said that with common sense, it is no longer easy to guess the other party's way of acting. ”

"According to you, my men died in vain?" Monif finally understood that the enemy he was facing was not an ordinary person, but he quickly figured it out: "There is another problem, that is, the opponent's team has highly mechanized vehicles and even a large number of tank self-propelled guns, and his aircraft surname can completely defeat the I-16 we use, if it weren't for the fact that the other side seems to have to give up the pursuit because of lack of ammunition, I'm afraid that I will have more casualties this time, and even I will have to ride in this operation." ”

Monif paused, and then said: "These advanced equipment from the other side, China, should not be capable of making these things, and besides, they should not appear here." ”

The Colonel thought for a moment, then asked Monif to calm down, he grabbed the phone on the table, shook it a few times, and after the other end of the phone was connected, the Colonel concentrated on communicating with someone.

After a few minutes, the colonel put down the phone with a little pale face, because he was in the receiver and heard something:

"Don't ask more, our intelligence department in Germany has suffered very heavy losses because of listening to this information, not only our Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs, the British Military Intelligence Bureau, the French Intelligence Department, and even several secret services of the Gestapo have been directly solved by the Gestapo without asking the reason. Hitler for this man...... No, Hitler directly called each other a friend, and he valued cooperation with each other. Even at the expense of making enemies with Yu himself and directly dealing with the intelligence agents who may be from that island country, it is conceivable that Hitler attached no less importance to this person than he paid about his own security. So, in a short period of time, we can't risk exposing the rest of the people and continue to explore this person's situation. ”

He sat down in the chair dejectedly, then looked at Monif, and sighed weakly: "Mr. Monif, the Germans are quite protective of that mysterious Chinese, and according to what my collaborator said to me, he can't know more about it at all, so this time I can't help." ”

After the colonel said this, he shook his head helplessly......

And Monif is a performance to the colonel, feeling that this time, he seems to have no hope of revenge......

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In fact, Hitler's protection of Zhang Shixin, not only that, but he asked the Gestapo to send a large number of personnel to protect Zhang Shixin quite closely during his stay in Germany. Because he knows very well that he will not be indifferent to Zhang Shixin's appearance.

Before Zhang Shixin left Germany, he said that he arranged for intelligence agents in Germany to organize the assassination of Zhang Shixin many times, and Hitler's instructions to the Gestapo were not to be separated, and to directly kill him.

Therefore, it is said that his intelligence organization in Germany is the one that has suffered the most losses. Other countries interested in listening to this information were also subjected to indiscriminate attacks by the Gestapo under Hitler's strict orders.

Zhang Shixin basically didn't know anything about this situation, because he still firmly believed that the system was reliable.

However, Zhang Shixin didn't know that the system was reliable, but the system was not omnipotent. Without Hitler's help, Zhang Shixin's trip to Germany would not have been as smooth as this.

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Zhang Shixin's unit was the first to arrive on the outskirts of Madrid.

Zhang Shixin himself said on November 16 that he had established a fairly complete defense system in a small town 20 kilometers east of Madrid.

After all, according to his idea, it is impossible for him to gnaw on the hard bone of Madrid alone before the friendly forces arrive. Zhang Shixin also has no interest in doing such a stupid thing as having his brain caught by the door.

However, although Zhang Shixin is reluctant to do this, he ignores a reality, that is, sometimes, if you don't look for trouble, it doesn't mean that trouble won't find you.

In many respects, the top brass of the Spanish Republic decided to give priority to attacking Zhang Shixin's troops.

These considerations may have been factored into reducing the pressure on Madrid, so the Spanish Republic, this time, sent not a militia unit that could only serve as cannon fodder, but a fairly elite regular army and 25,000 men from international columns (including air forces).

more than 200 aircraft of all kinds; All kinds of tanks, combat vehicles, trucks, etc., even reached 500 units.

It can be said that this was a "** operation" in the Spanish Republic that concentrated a large number of elite troops.

It's a pity. They ignored one point, that is, to fight for the number of people, Zhang Shixin had to raise the white flag, because he couldn't win at all, and the 10,000 summons who were already full were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers anyway.

25,000 to 10,000, such a number, as long as you are not a fool, you can know who is superior and who is inferior.

However, if you fight for weapons and equipment, Zhang Shixin can say that it is not too much to throw off their entire street.

A large number of the equipment of the international column is the active equipment of the Soviet Union, and this situation is itself a huge gap for many countries.

However, Zhang Shixin really didn't pay attention to all kinds of tank combat vehicles of the T-26 race. Historically, the T-26 or T-26S were able to bully the Condor Regiment and the No. 1 tanks of Franco's troops, but for the armored forces led by the M6, the T-26s were all papier-mâché garbage. Perhaps, the Su-76 can still pose some threats, but the appearance of the Su-76 seems to be after the Spanish Civil War.

So even if Zhang Shixin got the news, he would only sigh: "If you come to something T-34-57, it's a bit of a mess, and the rest, don't say anything about the T-26S, even if you put those 'department stores' (from Stalin: you people, do you want to open a department store in a multi-turret tank. Take it out, I'm not afraid of you...... In addition to paper paste, it is still paper paste. ”

As for the air fleet, the gap is even more pronounced. Although it is said that the **F-109S is equipped with two heavy machine guns, the speed has a low decrease. However, it was quite easy to blow up the I-16.

Moreover, after removing these relatively minor "factors", the artillery unit that generally exists as **ug is Zhang Shixin's biggest killer.

Therefore, after eating breakfast, Zhang Shixin was about to inquire about the progress of the other two friendly armies at the command headquarters, when he suddenly heard the air defense siren. Zhang Shixin, who had blue tendons on his forehead, had to scold his mother again: "I bought a watch last year, and it didn't hurt enough a while ago?" Well, since you dare to come and die, I dare to bury you! ”

The presence of high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft is not an ornament, and in good weather, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft are able to detect enemy targets at a considerable distance. What's more, these **F-109HS, in the case of Zhang Shixin's last encounter with the attack aircraft group, had to bleed profusely, and they were fully equipped with airborne radars with a surname that can be quite good.

If it weren't for the relatively small size, Zhang Shixin would have regarded this **F-109HS with a large disc on his back as an early warning aircraft in the air.

And these radar equipment, compared with the cost of several aircraft combined, is even higher, this situation makes Zhang Shixin itch with hatred, but he has to accept this rather fatal price.

The truth of a penny, a penny, Zhang Shixin is very clear. And the scanning radius of the radar reaches 30 kilometers, which is enough for Zhang Shixin.

After all, this is a fairly primitive radar, which can be installed on an aircraft, and the warning range cannot be too far.

Therefore, as soon as the attack aircraft group in Madrid appeared in the coverage area of the radar wave, Zhang Shixin quickly learned about such a situation.

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After the attack aircraft group arrived about ten kilometers west of the town, Zhang Shixin temporarily built an airfield runway on the outskirts of the town to park the fighter group, and quickly concentrated one F-109S.

Summoning an airplane from the system has CD time. However, the aircraft that made a sortie at the airfield only needed to replenish fuel and ammunition and was able to quickly take off again.

Therefore, in the past two days, Zhang Shixin has leveled a straight road that can be used as a runway, and on both sides are all kinds of needed materials and a considerable number of air defense troops.

As for the bomber group, Zhang Shixin still let them stay in the space, because in such an environment, if even the fighters can't solve the battle, then these bombers don't have much meaning.

The planes take off and land from the runway, and they are not without defects, that is, the planes do not attack together, but can only be quickly lifted off the runway at intervals in a group of three planes. Others are to be left for the next batch of lifts, and so on.

Therefore, after the first batch of **F-109S has been lifted off and circled twice, Zhang Shixin's **F-109S have all been lifted off.

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Monif was still the commander of the attack fleet this time, but he was determined to get back to the last field.

However, he did not know that his actions with his troops had been discovered.

After the I-16 formation in front of it reported that there was an enemy in front of it in the communicator, Moniv was quite calm, and he said in the communicator: "Everyone, delay as much as possible until the opponent's ammunition runs out!" Then, the other party can only let us slaughter. ”

I don't know if Monif's luck is too bad, or Zhang Shixin's reaction is too fast, in short, it is not an easy thing to run out of ammunition for the current upgraded **F-109S.

And the captain of the air team of the summoners also gave an order in the communicator: "All pilots, please note that rockets are used for medium and long-range shooting, and then machine guns are used for close-range combat!" If possible, give priority to enemy bombers or ground attack aircraft!! All for the commander!! ”

"Understand!! All for the commander!! ”

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At a visual distance of about two kilometers from the opponent's aircraft group, the **F-109S continuously launched rockets, one rocket after another quickly flew away from the nest launcher, and flew towards the airspace where the enemy aircraft group was located directly in front.

Although it is said that the firing range here is two kilometers, but in the case of hedging between the aircraft groups of the two sides, this distance is not so far, at most it is about 1,800 meters.

The 40mm rocket, which had an average flight speed of 400 meters and just exceeded the speed of sound, quickly hit the front of the nose of an I-16 in a little more than four seconds and less than five seconds.

The front engine of this I-16 was hit directly, and the exploded rocket charge quickly destroyed the engine directly. The destroyed engine quickly caught fire and burned with the loss of power to sustain the fuselage.

In the eyes of many people, this I-16 was a sudden fire in the nose part, and the flames and smoke were accompanied by the I-16, which had lost power, all the way to the ground, drawing a death trajectory......

The pilot of this I-16, like the subordinates who died in the rocket attack last time Monif, did not leave a single sound......

Because, the front engine of the I-16 is under the cockpit, and the front engine is easily damaged by the rocket, and the steel plate after more than ten millimeters cannot effectively block the various lethality generated by the rocket explosion.

Although it is said that more pilots were not killed directly, but only had their feet blown off and injured. But the force of the impact and the flames that quickly rose up and consumed everything in the cockpit were the most lethal sources of injury for these pilots. That is, most of the pilots of the aircraft hit by rockets were unable to parachute in time.

Monif saw this and was preparing to order all the groups to spread out as much as possible. However, it was too late, because more and more of the I-16s, even in the bomber formations behind, were hit by rockets.

But after Moniff saw his wingman with his own eyes, after the wing was blown off, he quickly stalled and rolled at high speed, crashing into the ground, he knew that his wingman pilot was also helpless.

Because in this case, the first two or three seconds without parachuting, a violent dynamic change in vision is enough to put a pilot into a state of dizziness faster.

In fact, the same is true of the fact that to outsiders it does not look too violent to spin and roll, as long as it lasts more than a certain time, these pilots are already dizzy......

What can you expect a person in a faint to do to save himself?

"All the fleets are scattered!! As much as possible, cover bomber groups to deliver strikes on the enemy's ground forces!! ”

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The battle in the sky continued, but Zhang Shixin heard a rather bad news, that is, the fighter group in front found that this time the enemy was not only attacking the aircraft group, but also a large number of army troops.

Zhang Shixin was silent for a moment, and then slapped the table fiercely: "Okay, since you want to play, I'll play with you to the end!" ”

In Sinia's eyes, she saw Zhang Shixin's expression, which contained a hint of fanaticism...... (To be continued.) )