Chapter 342: The Ace Falls
Every pilot in Germany is absolutely well-trained.
For more than two years on the battlefield in the Soviet Union, almost every German pilot had more than 2,000 hours of mission. After countless life-and-death battles, almost all those who survived had their own life-saving lives.
Squadron Leader Captain Rupinsky was a super ace who shot down more than 100 enemy planes. Immediately after the panic of a sudden out-of-sight strike, the captain gave the order to the eight surviving "Black Knights" to enter an ultra-low-altitude flight.
The numerous ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Red Banner of the Soviet Union on the surface of the sea provided repulsion for the "Black Knights" and confused the search targets on the radar of the opposing fighters.
Rupinsky did not know that there was also a "Spinosaurus" early warning aircraft in the Han Air Force that attacked them, and only four "Raptors" actually attacked.
However, due to the larger size of the Black Sea Fleet's warships, and the radar on the ships of the Soviet Navy was not equipped with the general identification system of friend or foe of the Great Alliance, after the Nazi Air Force fighters entered the ultra-low altitude, the AWACS aircraft was really not easy to determine the target.
If this hits a Soviet warship by mistake, then it will be a lot of fun. The AWACS commander hesitated, and the second strike of the four Raptors was delayed. Such a hesitation is enough, the distance of tens of kilometers is only a matter of minutes for advanced fighters, not to mention the effective detection range of the FuG300 airborne radar of the Lorenz company equipped by the Luftwaffe can also reach fifty kilometers at low altitudes.
The first round of strikes of the Han army took advantage of the gap of 20 kilometers between the FuG300 and the Dolphin-6 in the control distance, and launched a successful strike by surprise under the command of the AWACS aircraft.
However, once the fighters of both sides enter the line of sight, the huge "Raptor" will lose all advantages. Therefore, after discovering that it had lost the opportunity for a second attack, the AWACS aircraft immediately ordered the "Raptor" patrol formation to retreat at high speed. The next battle will be completed by the squadron of "Tenryu", which has been changed to the dark gray livery of the Turkish Air Force.
Although the four enemy planes that had "escaped" had already been spotted in the radar, Rupinsky absolutely did not believe that the attack that had just taken out 16 "Black Knights" at once was only launched by those four enemy planes. "That's impossible, even in terms of medium and long-range missile guidance technology, Han is far ahead of Germany. But how is it possible to lock on so many targets at the same time, and hit them all? ”
After fighting the backward Soviet Air Force for a long time, the captain really couldn't turn this energy in his head. Of course, if the captain could return to the German mainland and consult with German rocket and radar experts, he would surely understand that such a strike was entirely possible. The latest fire control radar being developed in Germany has already caught up with the technical indicators of the Dolphin-6, which is to lock on to six targets at once and hit four of them.
Only, will this super-ace of the Nazi Air Force still have a chance to return to Germany?
The Sea of Marmara was only seventy kilometers wide from north to south, and the "black knights" who were advancing at high speed soon flew to the western shore of the Turkish Straits.
Strictly speaking, the Sea of Marmara is actually part of the sub-European boundary. From this point of view, German fighters have already flown out of Europe and into the borders of Asia. Although, Turkey has always been considered a European country.
With Turkey already withdrawn from the Iron Alliance, the Luftwaffe flew over the continental border, which was already an unquestionable act of invasion. In international practice, the Turkish defense forces launch a counterattack at this time, which is 100% self-defense.
So, a squadron of Turkish Air Force fighters appeared. That's right, although these fighters are Dahan's Tianlong fighters, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the dark gray Turkish Air Force livery, and even the star and moon markers on the tail of the Tianlong fighters are clearly visible.
The German pilots were no longer able to complain. It doesn't matter which country these Dragon fighters are, but they are definitely aimed at themselves. There is not much difference in the performance of radars and fighters between the two sides, and even in the development of the "Black Knight", the aerodynamic layout is still borrowed from the "Tianlong".
Compared to the raid that had been so successful just now, the real battle was now. The "Dragon" and "Black Knight" are both equipped with short-range combat missiles, and the Dragon's 20mm cannon is as powerful as the Luftwaffe's 23mm gun. The comparison is the pilot's skill and courage, which is a typical aerial bayonet that is becoming more and more rare in modern air combat...... Well, it's just that "Tianlong" occupies a numerical advantage, and it is basically a three-on-one situation. Moreover, the RAF also has tips for AWACS.
It was not a fair duel, but when the European knights began to charge with their spears in hand, the Great Han Celestial Dragon spat out flames and drowned the knights who wanted to slay the dragon in a sea of fire.
Eight to two, in less than ten minutes, the battle was over. The knights sacrificed all their lives in exchange for two "dragon slaying" successes. And there is only one real dragon slayer knight, and that is Captain Rupinsky, the squadron leader. Super Ace proved that his record is not all water with his outstanding performance, and that Diamond Knight's Cross is by no means in vain.
It's a pity that under the blow of the Fairy Penguin air-to-air missile, whose performance has been greatly improved, the fate of the Super Ace is no different from that of other comrades.
If the clay pot does not break from the wellhead, the general will inevitably die in battle. As a fighter pilot, it is not a good place to return to the air with your beloved fighter plane.
However, a passage made by Rupinsky before engaging with the "Tianlong" group was smoothly sent back to the command headquarters. The gist of it is nothing more than that: the "Long Sword" plan has been leaked, and we have been ambushed. Although the enemy aircraft was painted by the Turkish Air Force, judging by its combat power, it was definitely the Han Air Force, and Marshal Goering was advised to cancel the operation.
And Goering, who was in the Haskovo command car, had long since lost sight of the stuffiness and crampedness in the command car. The appearance of the Royal Han Air Force in Turkish airspace, although it could not directly judge the leakage of the "Long Sword" operation plan, at least it predicted the possible actions of the German army and took preventive measures.
Goering was narrow-minded, but he was by no means a brainless fool. After receiving Rupinsky's report, a sentence immediately came to mind: "The empire is not ready for war with the Han state!" ”
The Luftwaffe commander hesitated for only a few seconds, then immediately grabbed the intercom, and after connecting with the commander of the strike group, Lieutenant Colonel Steinhofer, he immediately gave the order: the whole team returned, and the operation was canceled.
If in Dunkerke, Goering's selfishness allowed the British to escape, then this time his decision was definitely to save the 1st Bomber Wing. At least the dozens of "Junkers" carrying V-7 air-to-surface missiles -- a squadron of interceptors over the Sea of Marmara, also painted in dark gray, and 24 "Swift Dragons" have long been on standby.
In front of the "Swift Dragon", which can reach almost twice the speed of sound, perhaps the GO-229 "Holden" wing bomber, which flies high and fast, will not be completely wiped out, but these "aunts" will certainly not escape the fate of being shot down. If the rabbit is not proud and does not sleep, will there be any hope for the tortoise?
What's more, the biggest threat is still in the "Raptors" squadron at sight distance. After being really targeted, there is no fighter plane in the world that can confidently escape the joy of "dragon and phoenix Chengxiang" -- locking it is setting off fireworks, which is quite festive.
It cannot be said that the Luftwaffe is not strong, and they who swept across Europe and beat the arrogant Soviets into a flying flight, cannot and will not have anyone to despise the German Warhawks.
But at least for now, the Luftwaffe really can't compete with the Royal Han Air Force, and this has nothing to do with the German pilots.
Only in terms of the air combat mode and the performance of fighters and missiles, Germany is still far behind the big Han, and even less than the United States and Britain, which are forced by the big Han to keep innovating.
The Red Banner Black Sea Fleet in the Sea of Marmara had a false alarm, and when German planes flew at high speed among the battleships at an ultra-low altitude, Ryuchenkov even thought that it was "over."
Unexpectedly, the Germans just performed a stunt for the Soviet sailors, and then disappeared completely. On the contrary, the Black Sea Fleet, after a burst of heavy anti-aircraft fire, had been trembling and waiting for the arrival of a real attack by the Luftwaffe.
When the fleet began to bypass the marble-rich island of Marmara, the battleship Paris Commune finally received an encrypted telegram from the Han army: the danger is lifted, and I wish you a pleasant voyage.
"Happy your uncle, you are scared to death, can you still be happy?"
-- I really don't know what the Russians will scold when they are angry, but I believe that what Lieutenant General Chinryukov is trying to say at this moment must be "Happy you uncle".
At the same time that the German fleet began to return halfway through, Goering had already sent back 100,000 urgent telegrams to Berlin, reporting to the Führer that Operation "Longsword" had failed.
Unexpectedly, Goering, who was even more trembling than Chinryukov, did not see the expected rage and scolding when he waited for the Führer's telegram. The Führer's telegram was simple, just a few words: you did it right.
"Isn't this scientific?" The Air Marshal took the telegram and sent it for a long time, and then muttered this sentence. What kind of character the Führer was, Goering knew too well. Paranoia, arrogance, arrogance, and suspicion, not only people from other countries say this about Dao, but even Goering thinks in his heart that these words are quite accurate when placed on the Führer.
This time, he was yin by the Han State, and suffered such a big loss, the head of state actually said very calmly, "You did it right." "That means that the Yuan wants to admit it!
This is clearly not the Führer's personality! Even if Germany's current situation is indeed not suitable for tearing up the face with Han, it is twenty-four of Germany's most advanced fighters, and there are ...... Thinking of this, Goering couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, almost all of the pilots who died in the battle were aces who shot down more than five enemy planes, and there were even several super aces such as Rupinsky who shot down more than 100 planes.
"Why did you get the livery of the Turkish Air Force, the Turkish Air Force has this ability, and can still be bullied by the Greeks for so many years? This is obviously the trick of the Han Emperor, but he just endured it? Goering raised his head with resentment on his face and yelled at Nan Mian: "Zhong Yi, my **** uncle!" ”
- Well, I don't know how the Germans scolded, so let's just translate it directly into Chinese!