Chapter 605: The Great Air Battle of Navar

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At about one o'clock in the morning, the bomber group of the Chinese Empire flew over Stalingrad, and the entire city of Stalingrad was originally dark, but soon the periphery of the city was lit up one after another, and the huge white indicator arrows composed of 250,000 lamps were lit up one after another, and the direction of the arrows was the German assembly position. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info╔╗

The commanders and pilots of the Imperial Chinese Air Force at high altitude could easily see the pointing arrows, so they dropped one high-explosive aerial bomb after another on the Allied ** position. Of course, quite a few bombs were dropped on Soviet positions, but the Soviets had long since withdrawn.

The German ground anti-aircraft artillery opened fire quickly, but because the strategic bombers of the Imperial Chinese Air Force had already achieved the ability to drop bombs at an altitude of 10,000 meters, which exceeded the firing height of the German ground anti-aircraft guns, they could safely and boldly drop bombs.

In an instant, tens of thousands of tons of aerial bombs were dropped from an altitude of 10,000 meters, emitting dazzling frictional firelight, like a meteor shower falling from the sky. Soon countless whistling sounds came, and dozens of seconds later, countless small fiery red origins bloomed on the pitch-black earth. The origin continued to expand, and soon it became a sea of fire.

The aerial bombs of the Imperial Chinese Air Force are extremely powerful, such as the aerial bomb with the black gold charge, which is known as a small nuclear bomb, the third generation of the new weapon of mass destruction, the white phosphorus bomb, and even a dozen depleted uranium bombs from Beiyang Science and Technology used for battlefield tests, which immediately caused huge losses and casualties to the League's first team.

The air raid lasted more than an hour, and the entire outer 100-kilometer radius of Stalingrad was in a sea of fire. It's like daylight. The first team of the alliance suffered more than 100,000 casualties, more than 400 tanks, more than 600 aircraft, almost all artillery positions were destroyed, and all artillery was lost. The bigger one is the logistics center of the Alliance. Millions of tons of ammunition, fuel, ammunition, medicine, and other materials that had been hoarded for the attack on Stalingrad were all blown up and burned, and tens of thousands of military vehicles were blown up into scrap metal.

After the Chinese Imperial Air Force completed the bomb dropping mission, it quickly turned around and flew back. Return to the territory of the Chinese Empire before dawn.

Less than two hours after the night air raid, the Soviet Red Army at Stalingrad launched a counterattack. But it was still met with desperate resistance from the Germans. Because the Germans knew very well that once they retreated at this time, their backs would be full of bullet holes.

Two hours after the onslaught of the Soviet Red Army, seeing that the Germans did not show the slightest sign of retreating, Stalin was worried that the air raid of the Imperial Chinese Air Force did not inflict heavy losses on the Germans, so for the sake of safety, he ordered the Soviet troops to stop the offensive and turn to the defensive, waiting for dawn and then depending on the situation. ╔╗

Stalin's miscalculation led to a respite for the German army. That night, the Germans put up desperate resistance and avoided the danger of a complete rout by the Soviet counterattack.

German Army Group F was heavily damaged by air raids, and although the armored forces were still strong, because the ammunition depot was destroyed, supplies could not reach in a short time, so the German commander made a quick decision and ordered some German troops to break off and the main force quickly retreated. Forced to move into a defensive posture.

As a result, the German plan to occupy Stalingrad on the march was shattered, and Hitler had to reformulate the battle plan.

Thanks to the help of the Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire, the USSR temporarily got out of the threat in the Stalingrad direction, and the Germans chose to temporarily retreat. But the situation in the entire Soviet-German theater remained unchanged, because the strength of the entire Allied Powers in the Soviet direction was up to 10 million people, and the Soviet Red Army was still at an absolute disadvantage.

Although the intention of the Chinese Empire to enter the war was already very obvious, because the polls in the Chinese Empire still refused to allow the government to participate in the war, the Chinese Imperial Government could only send limited direct troops to help the Soviet Union, the navy could only send submarines, and the air force could only send night bomber groups, and everything had to be sneaky.

Although the Soviet Air Force was equipped with more than 1,000 advanced Jian-10 fighters imported from the Chinese Empire, due to the lack of training and experience of the pilots of the Soviet Air Force, it lost more than enough to win battles against the Allied Air Force, which had an absolute superiority in numbers, and the air supremacy was basically that of the Allied Air Force. So during the day, the Soviet Red Army was basically only beaten.

In the Stalingrad direction, the Germans quickly stabilized the front and brought back a large number of troops from other directions, including powerful anti-aircraft artillery, equipped with 150 mm large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, to deal with bomber groups at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

The German High Command seemed to know very well which country belonged to the bomber group that attacked the German army outside Stalingrad that night, but because it did not shoot down any of the bomber groups of the other side, the Germans, without the slightest evidence, could only accuse the Chinese Empire of selling the powerful bombers of the Soviet Air Force, and the Chinese Empire routinely denied it. ╔╗

The ambivalence of the Chinese Empire towards the Soviet Union made the Chinese Empire not want to help the Soviet Union against the Allies too early, but it also did not want the Soviet Union to be destroyed by the Allies prematurely.

The Chinese Empire then sent a large team of air force volunteer pilots to the Soviet Union, on the one hand, to help the Soviet Red Army train pilots, and on the other hand, the Chinese Imperial Air Force also hoped to test the performance of the advanced fighters of the Chinese Imperial Air Force in actual combat and train the Chinese Empire's own pilots in actual combat, so as to warm up for future wars.

Beginning in early August, the graduates of the major aviation schools of the Imperial Chinese Air Force went to the Soviet Union to participate in international humanitarian missions, in fact, they indirectly represented the Chinese Empire in the war as volunteers. In this regard, the United States and Germany and other allies strongly protested, but the Chinese Empire ignored it, which further exacerbated the contradictions between the Chinese Empire and the United States.

In order to test the performance of the new main fighters of the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Imperial Air Force for the first time provided free assistance to the Soviet Air Force 200 J-11A fighters, 200 A-5 attack aircraft, as well as 50 Jian-11B two-seat night fighters and 50 A-5 two-seat night attack aircraft, but the condition was that the flight and logistics support of these aircraft could only be carried out by volunteers sent to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Empire. Stalin happily said: "This is a signal that the Chinese Empire is about to enter the war, and the future of the Soviet Union is no longer dark." Instead, I saw the light ahead! ”

One had to marvel at the efficiency of the Chinese imperial side, and less than three days after the contract was signed, 500 fighters and attack planes, as well as more than 3,000 pilots and aircrew, arrived in Moscow. After two days of preparation, the pilots of the Chinese Imperial Volunteer Army flew these advanced jet fighters and attack planes to the Stalingrad front. Fight with the Soviet Air Force.

On July 13, 1942, the 42nd year of Guanghua, on August 9, 1942 in the Western calendar, a new chapter was ushered in in the history of human aviation, and the first jet fighter fought to the death with the traditional propeller fighter.

After dawn that day, the Luftwaffe FW190, HE109, HE219, BF110, ME265 and other fighters took off on time as usual and flew to the direction of Stalingrad to cover the Luftwaffe bomber group to prepare for the bombing of the Soviet Red Army at Stalingrad. ╔╗

Although the gap between the Germans' most advanced propeller fighter and the Jian-10 fighter of the Chinese Empire has been greatly narrowed, Germany, which developed earlier than the Chinese Empire, is far behind the Chinese Empire in the face of jet fighters.

Germany has not made a breakthrough in the development of jet fighters. The series of jet fighters it developed have not been able to complete combat tests so far, and have even been shot down by J-10 fighters several times in many air battles with the French Air Force. With the German occupation of France, the advanced fighter technology of the Jian-10 imported by France from the Chinese Empire was acquired by the Luftwaffe, which made a breakthrough in the speed of various types of German fighters since then, and basically reached the limit speed of propeller aircraft.

The Luftwaffe thought that it would be enough to obtain the advanced aviation technology of the Chinese Empire, but it did not know that the Chinese Empire had already entered the jet age, and after years of testing, the technology of the J-11 series of fighters of the Chinese Empire had matured. It solved the bottleneck problem of jet aircraft that the Germans could not solve, and enabled the J-11 series of jet aircraft to be deployed in actual combat.

In front of jets, even the most advanced propeller aircraft, it is no match for it.

A fleet of 300 fighters belonging to the Berlin Air Wing covered more than 500 large and medium-sized bombers of the Allied powers from the Baltic Sea to Stalingrad, only to be intercepted by a group of Condor fighters of the Imperial Chinese Volunteer Air Force over Narva. The air battle of Narva, which shocked the world, broke out.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, when the 3rd Air Wing in Berlin had just flown over Navarre, more than 100 fighters painted with the logo of the Soviet Air Force suddenly flew out from the flanks of the bomber group and attacked at high speed.

The German fighters escorting the left flank of the bomber group immediately launched an interception, but to the horror of the German pilots, the opponent's plane was too fast, and it was still a group of small black dots just now, and in the blink of an eye, the enemy plane had rushed to the front, and before the German plane had time to react, the enemy opened fire. ╔╗

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of rows of 30mm cannons firing in the sky was heard, and countless streamers of light shot at the German aircraft group. In the blink of an eye, one after another German fighter planes were hit and burst into flames and explosions, bursting into blood-red fireworks.

The Luftwaffe was dumbfounded, in their impression, even though the Soviet Air Force had advanced Jian-10 fighters from the Chinese Empire, but the Soviet Air Force was basically in a passive state of being beaten in previous air battles, and this sudden loss surprised the Luftwaffe.

Soon, the fierce air battle on the left flank suddenly became clear, and the radio headset of the German commander, Colonel Mossle, was all about "I was hit!" "The enemy plane is too fast to lock on!" Wait for the shouting, and then the violent explosion.

In less than ten minutes of fighting, the German left flank escort group had already suffered heavy losses, and 44 fighters were shot down in front and behind, but not a single one of the opponents was shot down, which made all the Luftwaffe pilots, including Colonel Mossle, turn from surprise to horror.

Moser immediately transferred the escort fighters on the right flank to the left flank, and on the way to the right flank fighters to the left flank, the second wave of the Jian-11 attack aircraft wing of the Chinese Imperial Volunteers attacked, rushing into Mosel's escort group in the blink of an eye, and the Chinese Imperial Air Force fighters were like wolves in the sheepfold, launching a one-sided massacre against the Luftwaffe.

I saw that the Chinese Imperial Air Force fought in a two-plane formation and a four-plane formation, covering each other's advances, and attacking enemy planes with the advantage of fast speed. Since the J-11 is a jet fighter. The speed was fast and the attack radius was large, so the distance between the formations was very long, almost more than twice the distance of the Luftwaffe formations. So. Basically, the Luftwaffe aircraft were in a state of encirclement of the aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Air Force, but it turned out to be exactly the opposite.

The advantages of jet fighters are vividly demonstrated at this moment, and the speed of the J-11 fighter is extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, you can catch up with enemy planes to attack, and easily shake off the artillery fire of enemy planes behind you. Since the J-11 fighter is equipped with an airborne radar system. And has the ability to distinguish friend or foe, so the tactical formation of the Chinese Imperial Air Force formation as a whole is orderly, even if individual fighters break away from the tactical formation, they quickly return to their own combat positions through the radar system.

The Imperial Chinese Air Force has always maintained a strong tactical attack formation, charging and killing in front and back in the Luftwaffe fleet, shooting down one enemy plane after another. ╔╗

Mosel had never fought such an air battle, and had not encountered such a one-sided slaughter since he became an Air Force pilot. He knew very well that the other party's aircraft was a cutting-edge aircraft. He likewise saw that the opposing planes did not have propellers, and he tried to resist to protect the bomber group, but he eventually had to admit that he did not have that ability.

Moser urgently contacted the bomber group and asked the bomber group to quickly turn around and escape, but the bomber group commander, Major General Lawton, refused. In the same way, Major General Lawton also saw the strength of the enemy, and if even the German fighter group was slaughtered one-sidedly, then his bomber group could not escape the clutches of the enemy.

Lauerton decided to hold on for another 15 minutes. When the bomber group flies over Navarre, drop all the aerial bombs on the city of Navarre, and then the bomber group can fly back to Germany at full speed.

Unfortunately, however, the 300 escort fighters of the 3rd Air Wing in Berlin simply did not hold out for another 15 minutes, when the 3rd Air Wing was destroyed by enemy planes with more than 200 aircraft. The other planes fled in spite of Mosel's orders and roars.

At 9:41 a.m., Mosel's plane was hit by a J-11 30-mm machine gun, dragging a long black smoke down, and Moser parachuted to escape at the last moment. However, he broke his legs when he landed, and since then he has become disabled.

It wasn't until many years later, when Mosel was interviewed by the World War II film project team that Moser told the German director Wenminko about the details of the filming of "Navarre": "I want to say that after the Navarre Air Battle, the Luftwaffe command, in order to cover up the fact of the fiasco, announced that our side had only lost 60 fighters and 50 bombers, and shot down 25 new planes of the Soviet Air Force. ”

Wen Mingke asked, "So what were the real facts back then?" ”

Mosel's eyes were full of sadness, and he said: "Our survivors have been convicted of defection, and now I am alone, I think I should not bring this secret into the coffin, and I should let the German people know the truth of that year." ”

"What were the real facts of the year?" Wen Mingke knew that Mosel's ears were not very good, so he repeated his question.

Moser then said: "I know that when I parachuted, all 300 escort fighters of the 3rd Air Wing in Berlin were shot down, and during the fall, I could see that our bomber group in the sky was really firing fiercely at the enemy planes, but unfortunately, in the face of the jet fighters like the J-11, their speed was even faster than the bullets of the bombers, and hundreds of our bombers were quickly shot down." When I fell to the ground and broke my legs, the pain in my heart was even greater when I saw our bombers fall one after another in the sky. ”

Wen Mingko asked: "So the Third Air Wing in Berlin was actually completely wiped out, right?" ”

Moser nodded and said, "Although this is the greatest shame in my life, I have to admit that our Third Air Wing in Berlin is the first air force wing in the world to be completely annihilated. ”

Wen Mingke asked again: "According to what you said, there were German planes that escaped before, and they should have driven the planes back, not counting the total annihilation of the whole system." ”

"In battle, never give your back to the enemy!" Moser smiled bitterly, "Those guys ignored my orders and ran away, but they didn't know the enemy too well. The J-11A fighter piloted by the Chinese Imperial Volunteer Air Force was the world's first jet fighter at that time, and it was the fastest fighter, even with a cruising speed faster than our aircraft. When they fled, they gave their backs to the enemy, and it was clear that there was only one thing that awaited them - to be shot down. ”

Wen Mingke nodded, although the assistant was recording Moser and keeping first-hand precious records, he still chose to write down the most critical words in a note.

Then, Wen Mingko asked: "According to our investigation, you were the only survivor left in the 3rd Air Wing in Berlin back then, how did you avoid the pursuit of the Gestapo?" ”

Mosel smiled bitterly: "Because I broke my legs after landing, and soon I passed out, and when I woke up, I found that I was already in the refugee camp." According to the people in the refugee camp, when I was rescued, I had only one trouser left on my body, and my clothes were stripped of by the local Soviet refugees. Because of this, my identity was covered up, and I was finally rescued by the International Humanitarian Relief Society of the Chinese Empire, and I was able to survive. ”

Wen Mingke asked strangely: "You were rescued by the Chinese?" ”

Mosel laughed, "I know what you're trying to say!" Although I hated the Air Force of the Chinese Empire Volunteers who wiped out our wing, I have to admit that on the battlefield at that time, except for the people of the Chinese Empire who were carrying out humanitarian rescue, no one from any country dared to stay in that place. If it weren't for the humanitarian groups of the Chinese Empire to intervene in World War II, I think the number of civilian casualties in World War II would have increased by tens of millions! I don't have much to say in this regard other than to thank them for everything they have done for us. ”

Wen Mingke nodded, showing an approving gaze, and then asked, "So did you really not shoot down a J-11 fighter at that time?" ”

Mosel replied affirmatively, "Definitely not!" You should be well aware of the huge gap between jet fighters and propeller fighters, their fighters have radars that can easily lock on to us, even if we hide in the clouds. Their planes are so fast that by the time you see each other, it's too late! Slaughter! One-sided slaughter! ”

Moser fell into deep pain, perhaps because of his age, he actually fainted, and Wen Mingke had to end the interview.

In the Navarre Air Battle in August 1942, the Chinese Imperial Volunteers relied on the absolute superiority of jet fighters to annihilate 300 fighters of the Third Air Wing in Berlin, Germany, and hundreds of bombers escorted by them, creating the first time in the history of human air warfare that the entire wing of a country's air force was wiped out. However, the Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Volunteer Army itself did not lose a single aircraft, only six J-11 fighters were slightly injured, and one J-11 fighter was forced to make a successful forced landing in the sorghum field north of Moscow because of engine failure, and the pilot was slightly injured.

Fearing that the Luftwaffe would affect the morale of the front-line soldiers, Hitler ordered a strict blockade of news, but in fact the 3rd Air Wing in Berlin no longer existed. The pilots of the parachutist wing were all arrested by the Gestapo and were soon executed in secret for desertion.

Although Germany strictly blocked news internally and the Allied states imposed press restrictions, other countries such as the Chinese Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom reported on it in a big way. The Chinese Empire reported this news in a big way in order to enhance the powerful deterrent power of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, while the British and Soviet Union reported it to boost the morale of the Entente countries.

At the same time as the outbreak of the Navarre air battle, outside Stalingrad, a group of 100 A-5 attack aircraft of the Chinese Imperial Air Force Volunteers launched a fierce attack on the Allied ground forces for the first time, inflicting huge losses on the Allied ** team. In the multiple waves of ground attacks that day, the Alliance** lost 243 tanks, 620 artillery pieces, and more than 5,200 casualties, and the powerful ground attack capability of the A5 Fire Meteor attack aircraft of the Chinese Empire also shocked the world. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )