Chapter 250: Bloody Orsk (2)
At the end of the Baku War, Vasilevsky also received assistance from Britain, France and the United States, Vasilevsky's encirclement and suppression troops were divided into two tank corps of equipment, the equipment was all Sherman tanks, the total number was more than 1,000, and there were 3,000 "Bazooka" anti-tank rocket launchers, more artillery, the total number was not less than 3,000, and there were many aircraft, more than 500 piston planes, there were British Spitfires, American P51 Mustangs, these piston planes are the top existence of piston aircraft, As for the latest P59 jets in the United States, all the pilots used are American pilots, of course, their uniforms are still the uniforms of the Soviet army, and the name of their fight in the Soviet Union is to volunteer to support the Soviet anti-aggression personnel, in fact, they are all active pilots of the United States.
On May 22, 1940, Orsk officially began, and the SS relied on the fortifications arranged by Orsk to withstand the first attack of the Soviet Union, the first of course the air force, Vasilevsky first sent his own air force to launch the first air raid on the city of Orsk.
Vasilevsky sent more than 600 fighters at one time, and the SS was only the "sixth master" of an aviation regiment, and among the more than 600 planes of the Soviet Air Force, there were more than 100 P59 jet fighters, of course, the "sixth master" was more advanced than the American P59, the maximum speed of the P59 was only more than 800 kilometers, and the "sixth master" reached 1200 kilometers, of course, the best state of the "sixth master" was 1000 kilometers, if the "sixth master" was in a high-speed state for a long time, the plane would be prone to problems.
Even if the "Sixth Master" was a little more advanced than the American P59, so many enemy planes pressed all at once, it was enough for Vincent to be extremely nervous, but fortunately, Vincent was carrying radar, and the Soviet plane was detected more than 100 kilometers away, and the SS plane was not destroyed on the ground.
"Woooooooooo......oo Woowoo woo ......"
As soon as the air raid sirens sounded, Carpenter ran to the planes as fast as he could, and their pilots were on duty 24 hours a day, and they would immediately board the plane as soon as there was a situation.
The conning tower's announcements were loud, amplified by loudspeakers, and could be heard by half the city:
"The enemy aircraft group from the southeast was massive, estimated to be the size of an aviation regiment, and the J-6 of the 1st Group immediately took off to fight, repeating it......
Carpenter was listening to the tower briefing while running, and after the first briefing, Carpenter had already run to his car, and the ground crew had already prepared ladders and waited for the pilots to board.
Carpenter's movements were very agile, quickly climbed into his plane, then started his plane, began to taxi, and then gradually increased the throttle, and the faster and faster planes soon took off, Carpenter's brigade of forty "six masters" also followed Carpenter to the southeast direction, if according to the tower report, Carpenter's forty "six masters" need to deal with at least about 160 Soviet planes.
The SS radar detected a distance of more than 100 kilometers, and for the opposing planes, it was almost a blink of an eye, and Carpenter kept in touch with the tower, and the altitude and route of the Soviet aircraft were clear to Carpenter.
"The height of the Soviet aircraft is six thousand."
"Understood, all the brothers lifted the plane to an altitude of eight thousand meters."
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"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
"Enemy aircraft spotted, below."
"Attack ...... with me"
Carpenter has always been the leader, Carpenter will never say, brothers give it to me, and then he is at the back, Carpenter is not the kind of commander, leading by example is where Carpenter's honor lies.
The battle started in an instant, and Carpenter's forty "six masters" swooped down on the Soviet piston group, and the planes of this group were British Spitfire piston planes.
"Click...... Click...... Woowoo woo ......"
Carpenter was the first to hit a Spitfire, and the plane fell to the ground in smoke, and Carpenter's comrades-in-arms also shot down more than a dozen Spitfire fighters one after another.
"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
In an instant, Soviet planes flew around, and their formation was completely disrupted, and it has to be said that the flexibility of the Spitfire fight, the performance of this piston aircraft can be compared with the German BF109.
The Spitfire flying around was very flexible, but the bombers following behind the Spitfire began to be exposed in front of Carpenter, how could Carpentere be polite, and quickly accelerated to rush towards the bulky bomber.
"Click...... Click...... Woowoo...... Buzz ......"
The machine guns on the bombers were also firing fiercely at the "Sixth Master", and of course, the "Sixth Master" used his speed and flexibility to shoot fiercely at the bomber from all directions, and suddenly more than a dozen Soviet bombers were shot down.
"Click...... Woowoo woo ......"
The Spitfire, which was closely guarding the bombers, began to fight back desperately, and at that time, three "Sixth Masters" were shot down and fell to the ground with a whimper, and at this time, those Spitfires who were disrupted also rushed over and began to join the ranks of protecting their bombers.
The speed of the "Sixth Master" is fast, but those Soviet planes do not chase you at all, but tightly protect their planes and continue to fly towards Orsk, the goal of these Soviet planes is very clear, that is, to protect the bombers to bomb your chicken nest, Orsk is an airport, once the runway is blown up, other planes have no way to take off, and the result can only be blown up on the ground.
Carpenter, who had no choice, could only turn the nose of the plane and rush towards the Soviet planes, but there was no suddenness at all, it was completely hedged, Carpenter wanted to hit the Soviet bombers, and the Soviet Spitfire caught up, desperately trying to protect his bombers.
"Click...... Click...... Woowoo woo ......"
The spitfire planes in the sky are shuttling wantonly, and the Soviet Spitfire planes are three times that of the Carpenter, and in the hedging war, the speed advantage of the "six masters" is greatly reduced, and nearly 200 planes in the sky are roaring and strangling together, and from time to time there are planes falling from the sky with thick smoke, of course, the Soviet Spitfire has suffered a large loss, and the battle loss rate is about 5 to 1.
Ten minutes later, Carpenter found that his plane had no ammunition, and hurriedly contacted his teammates to prepare to retreat, but he didn't know if he didn't contact, and he almost cried when he contacted Carpenter, his side lost twenty planes, and the Soviets lost about a hundred fighters, even if Carpenter wanted to continue fighting, it was impossible, Carpenter could only use his speed advantage to accelerate the retreat.
The "Sixth Master" wanted to run, but the Spitfire piston plane still had no way to catch up, so he could only watch the remaining twenty "Sixth Master" fly away.
At this time, Vincent was also anxious, the Soviet Union sent planes from all directions to raid the city of Orsk, according to the intelligence analysis sent from the front line now, the Soviet Union put into more than 600 fighters at one time, including more than 100 P59 jet fighters, Vincent's five flight groups have been completely sent, if there are Soviet planes, Vincent can only let three bomber groups, without carrying bombs, to take to the air to fight, that is to say, Vincent has planned to use bombers as fighters.
Without the commander-in-chief, the plane will be delivered, and this airport in Orsk must not be blown up, otherwise it will be a big trouble.
"Report, in the southeast, Soviet fighters have broken through our blockade and are coming towards Orsk, and our fighters have completely lifted into the air, requesting bombers to take to the air for combat."
Soon the commander of the Air Force, Colonel Drey, sent a request, Vincent had already thought of a countermeasure, since the Soviets wanted to use surprise attacks from all sides to deal with the SS's air superiority, this really hit Vincent's soft underbelly, because Vincent did not have enough planes! There were only five fighter groups, but they had to deal with more than 600 Soviet troops, which was almost a ratio of five to one.
"Agreed, Colonel Drey, you are in charge of the Air Force, you can fight as you want, you don't need to ask for instructions to fight, I trust you."
"Thank you, General Vincent."
Although Vincent was an Italian SS general, the German SS would also respect Vincent according to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the German SS would not disobey Vincent's command because Vincent was Italian. There would never be such a situation within the SS, and in Zhang Jun's words, the SS was one family all over the world.
Colonel Dre commanded his own bombers to take to the skies, of course, these more than 120 bombers did not carry aerial bombs, so they were much more flexible, but compared with the fighters, the gap was still very large.
"Aim...... Shoot...... Bang bang bang...... Woowoo woo ......"
Soviet planes began to fly at the SS positions outside Orsk, and these ground infantry positions were not the targets of the Soviet bombing, their targets were airfields, and these ground positions had to wait until the SS air force was eliminated.
When these Soviet planes flew over the SS positions, the various anti-aircraft artillery of the SS aviation division began to roar, and the aviation division that Zhang Jun urgently transferred to Vincent now played a big role, and the number of anti-aircraft artillery made by Vincent's other units was very large, and the total number was about 1,000.
There are about 80 anti-aircraft guns in the southeastern position, which can be used not only to fight aircraft, but also to attack infantry and Soviet tanks, such as 88mm anti-aircraft guns, which are the "can openers" of tanks, and a single shot will go straight to the sky.
…… (To be continued.) )