When Levmila drove the La-7 to a rickety landing on the airfield, his comrades were stunned, they could barely recognize it as a La-7, in the words of Regiment Commander Levmila: "This La-7 seems to have been severely bitten by a pack of vicious dogs, and its whole body is bruised." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

After the incident, the ground crew, upon closer inspection, found that Levmila's La-7 had been hit by a total of 178 machine-gun rounds and five 20-mm shells. It took two doctors more than five hours to remove shrapnel and broken glass shards from Levmila's shoulder, neck, thighs and face. Fortunately, the part that Levmila feared the most was unharmed, and that night he found a German Aryan beauty to get a good shot.

In recognition of his bravery in this battle, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the first time. Of course, Levmila had no interest in this title and the accompanying Medal of Honor, in a sense, he did not take to the air for the so-called honor, nor did he completely defend his homeland, he simply liked the "sport" of air combat.

Of course, Levmila's legend was not over, and on the third day of his injury, he could no longer endure the boring recuperation career, and secretly drove the La-7 back to the skies over Berlin, and a record of air combat destined to go down in history will be born in his hands.

Let's start from the beginning, at that time, Levmila's fighter regiment was mainly responsible for fighting for air supremacy around Berlin. Therefore, the combat mission was very heavy, and when he sneaked out of the infirmary and changed into a full flight gear to board the La-7, he was not noticed by anyone. Just when this guy could get through the trick, he was the last to take off, but he encountered an accident.

No one could have expected that the pilot in front of Levmila would be so unlucky, when he was sliding at high speed on the runway, one wheel suddenly fell off, causing the La-7 to roll over on the runway with a sideways swing, completely blocking Levmila behind.

If you are an ordinary person, you will give up directly, but Levmila is not an ordinary person, he did not hesitate to continue to increase the throttle, and pulled the joystick before he was about to crash into the Ra-7 that was blocking the way, and the people at the airport were stunned, and watched Levmila rise almost vertically in disbelief.

After a long time, the head of the tower asked, "Who was that just now?" ”

But no one could answer his question, and it dawned on him later when he learned from the doctor that Levmila had "escaped from prison", and many years later he recalled: "Only a madman like Levmila would do that." ”

Because of a slight situation in the takeoff, Levmila was separated from the other comrades who took off, and of course it is likely that he did it on purpose, and this madman preferred to go on a solo safari rather than being instructed in the team not to do this and that.

Levmila flew from east to west in a La-7, and it didn't take long for him to spot two planes two kilometers in front of him, flying from north to south, flying slightly higher than him. Levmila did not recognize this as an enemy aircraft at the time, but experience told him that it was likely to make the enemy, so he immediately turned his putter to the south and flanked it.

In order to avoid accidentally injuring the friendly plane, Levmila did not rush to attack, but followed closely. For a moment, he saw the oiled iron cross on the side of the fuselage of the plane in front of him, and immediately did not hesitate any longer, and with a light touch of the firing button with his thumb, the wingman of the two enemy planes was immediately hit by a bullet and burst into flames, emitting billowing smoke and tumbling straight to the ground. The long plane jerked left the moment the wingman was shot, and Levmila clenched on, holding on to its inner position. The hesitant flight altitude is relatively low, and the distance between the left wing and the ground when Levmila makes a sharp left turn is five or six meters.

However, for the madman-like Levmila, there is no need to consider personal safety and flight safety at all, at this time he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the battle, his sights slowly lassoed the fuselage of the enemy plane, and fired two bursts in a row, the enemy plane was shot and suddenly pulled straight up, the cockpit canopy opened, and the pilot abandoned the plane and parachuted.

Levmila also followed closely and pulled up the fighter, reversed the fighter in time, and saw the enemy plane crash into a field, he made a roll to the left, and the nose of the plane dived down to the German pilot who landed not far from the crash. The poor German devil was directly frightened and ran with his hands and feet and crawled with a rolling belt, and of course, Levmila would not be polite to him, and nailed him to the ridge with a beautiful long shot. Then he swept over the corpses of the enemy from a very low altitude, pulled them up, and performed two consecutive aerobatic maneuvers to celebrate the victory - the victory roll.

Years later, Levmila wrote in his autobiography: "I hope that someone will be able to see them (those two victorious rolls), preferably so that the Germans can see them." But then I thought how I could do such a boring, stupid little kid thing like a fool, it was naïve......"

Then Levmila wrote: "It was only later that I found out that there was a small problem with this victory. Because I didn't have a wingman, no one witnessed my victory. And my La-7 camera gun has a problem, it shakes quite badly, and it can't get a clear image at all. So these two results can't be counted, you say that you are angry or not! ”

However, for Levmila, it was still more annoying to come, and after he pulled up the fighter, he once again noticed that several BF-109s were moving in the direction of three o'clock, so the excited Levmila rushed up without thinking. He effortlessly bit the tail of a BF-109, then locked it with his sight, and just as his fingers had already pressed the firing button, he suddenly heard his engine crackle, and the propeller quickly stopped, and his nose jumped up and down sharply.

Parking in the sky!

Well, the Soviet aircraft engine always had those more or less minor faults, and if it was not careful, it was going to make a trick-or-treat strike, and this time the strike came at a very bad time.

If you are an ordinary pilot, you may panic at this time, at least you will do everything possible to start the engine again, but Levmila did not do this, he was not in a hurry at all, when the nose of the plane changed from jumping up to falling and crossed the BF-109 again, he really pressed the shooting button, and the nose of the La-7 spewed out a tongue of fire, and the BF-109 suddenly emitted billowing smoke and smashed in a somersault.

At this time, Levmila's La-7 also began to dive towards the ground, and he quickly drove again, almost rubbing the ground and pulling up. At this time, he was surprised to find that the Germans did not come to him to trouble, and the rest of the German planes flew straight forward, seemingly unaware of the lack of a little friend.

Levmila was overjoyed by this discovery, and he hastened to follow. Once again, he prepared to poach two more pheasants. I just don't know if God was joking with him, but when he was about to bite the enemy plane with a lot of effort, his engine once again made the first crackling sound, and then the machine stopped and struck again!

Levmila could no longer care about the enemy plane, he pulled the lever hard while driving again in the air, but the engine did not react, and the fighter flew over an altitude of 2,500 meters and fell sharply downward. Levmila hung the throttle stick in neutral and adjusted the elevator slightly, and the car reacted slightly, and when it came down to 1600 meters, the reaction became a little bigger. The nose of the plane began to slowly change from a vertical state, but it was still falling at high speed, and its speed was so fast that it was impossible to parachute. Levmila adjusted the elevator little by little like squeezing toothpaste, and again tried to drive. Due to the large overload, his head began to be ischemic and slowly began to develop black vision. At the last moment, the damn engine finally started working again, and his nose slowly pulled up, and by this time he was less than ten meters above the ground.

Two inexplicable "crashes" in a row are absolutely abnormal, and after the battle, I returned to the airport to check only to find that there was a problem with the turbocharging system of this La-7, as long as it exceeded 3,500 meters, there was a high chance of stopping, and it would stop eating with the engine.

Of course, Levmila did not know at that time, and as soon as he pulled up, he noticed that an FW-190 was firing at him less than 300 meters to the left. He kicked the left rudder and pulled the lever with all his might, and the entire left wing of the plane was erected downward, and rushed sideways towards the enemy plane. Then Levmila made a beautiful reversal, locked onto the enemy aircraft with a crosshair, and with a decisive keystroke, the poor FW-7 was torn to shreds under the stormy onslaught of the three 20mm cannons of the La-190.

Note that that's not all, because the time to set a record is yet to come. Just after Levmila was satisfied with the FW-190, he carefully pulled up the fighter and began patrolling at an altitude of 3,000 meters. After more than ten minutes of wandering, a group of five Stuka escorted by a BF-109 appeared in front of Levmila.

Stuka was Levmila's favorite target, and perhaps before 1942 the dive bomber was the star of the battlefield, the killer of the air. But by 1945, all of Stuka's shortcomings were exposed, flying too slowly and looking too clumsy. In short, in Levmila's eyes, Stuka is a living target.

The Stuka were apparently on a ground attack mission, each carrying a 500-kilogram bomb. Presumably to bomb a bridge over the Oder or a railroad. Levmila had been warned by his superiors before: "The main goal of fighter pilots is to destroy the enemy's bombers and attack planes and ensure the smooth supply routes!" ”

So Levmila was happy to attack these Stukas, but the few BF-109s guarding them were not vegetarians. Levmila was well aware that an enemy with escort forces was not so easy to deal with. Especially if he rushed up to attack Stuka single-handedly, the escort BF-109 would probably rush up and teach him how to behave. If you attack the BF-109 first, then Stuka will definitely run. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, the result will not be wonderful.

In this case, the most correct way is to call a friendly plane by radio, if you can call a large number of friendly planes to come to the hunt, then a few BF-109s will not be a problem at all. Although Levmila is a bit crazy and sometimes likes to eat alone, this does not mean that he will only eat alone, so he quickly began to call.

It's just that Levmila just turned on the radio and was sprayed in the face by the captain: "Levmila, you bastard, who allowed you to take to the air to fight?" Hurry up and get out of the way, go back to Lao Tzu and screw your head off as a night pot! ”

The captain is so simple and direct, of course, this does not mean that he has a conflict with Levmila, in fact, he likes Levmila very much, in his own words, it smells like.

Levmila knew what to do with the captain, so he hurriedly reported the news of the discovery of Stuka, and sure enough, the captain forgot about the discipline in an instant, and instead shouted on the radio: "Guys, listen to Lao Tzu, get ready to hunt!" Be in good spirits, don't let go of an enemy plane! Of course, at the end of the day, he didn't warn Levmila: "Don't think you're done, don't attack, don't hear, my order is not to attack!" ”

The captain knows Levmila's temper too well, although he also reported it when he should have reported it, but after the report, he absolutely let his temperament do it. In today's situation, the product will definitely not give up the opportunity to eat alone. So the captain had to make his words clear and get the goods back. Of course, the captain is not greedy for merit, but to ensure the safety of Levmila, not everyone has the strength and luck to be a hero like Zhao Zilong.

It's just that what the captain didn't expect was that he shouted out his throat here, and Levmila didn't react at all, and his wingman couldn't help laughing: "This kid deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb again!" ”

Yes, Levmila selectively ignored the captain's orders, anyway, the radio is not reliable at all times, and it would be nice for him to pretend that he didn't hear the orders that annoyed him.

Levmila pushed the throttle lever sharply, and the engine of the La-7 let out a roar, and it seemed to be whipped on the buttocks, and it rushed out.

Levmila directly ignored the escorted BF-109s, he only had those Stukas in his eyes, and he stabbed them down, and the cannon aimed at the nearest Stuka and fired a point shot. Three shells hit the Stuka accurately, and it slumped sideways before falling to pieces on the ground below.

This was just the beginning, and even Levmila had no time to deal with this enemy, he had to take advantage of the BF-109 and the rest of the Stuka to destroy more enemies before they could react, otherwise he would be hunted down next.

Levmila pulled up the nose of the plane as he pedaled the rudder, and at that moment, he opened fire again when the crosses of the aiming star passed another Stuka. This time the opponent exploded in the air and turned into a large fireball.

In just five seconds, Levmila shot down two enemy planes, but the exploding Stuka finally caught the attention of the Germans, and the escorting BF-109 immediately began to steer sideways to encircle Levmila from both sides. As for the Stukas, they hula and scatter like frightened rabbits.

However, Levmila did not panic, he still bit the nearest Stuka and turned with it. As mentioned earlier, the Tuska had neither speed nor flexibility, and its circling performance was a big step behind that of the La-7, and Levmila caught up with the Stuka without much effort, and the nose and wings were tongues of fire, and the Stuka immediately fell with a puff of black smoke.

Nine seconds! This is the time that Levmila has temporarily consumed, which has already set a record, no pilot can be faster than him, only himself!

At this time, the BF-109 had already pressed over, and a tongue of fire licked through the body of the La-7, and Levmila's cockpit glass was shattered again, and the cold air flow from high altitude poured in violently, making Levmila shiver, who was tied to the seat with a seat belt.

Later he recalled: "The air conditioning was still good, it cleared my mind, and most importantly, it reduced the smell of gasoline in the cockpit, I hated the smell of gasoline to death!" ”

Under the attack of the BF-109, Levmila did not panic, he calmly turned the rudder and continued to pursue another escaping Stuka, he seemed to forget the fact that he was being attacked.

Levmila's statement about this is: "It's impossible for me to get rid of the guy who bit my ass in a short time, and it's even very likely that just getting rid of him will get entangled in another BF-109." So I didn't run away, my only thought at the time was to get rid of as many Stukas as I could before I was shot down! ”

It was not too easy for the La-7 to catch up with the Stuka, and soon Levmila launched an attack on the hapless Stuka, and several shells grazed the Stuka's fuselage, giving the Stuka pilot a cold sweat. Panicking, he made the wrong choice, and the German pilots tried desperately to pull up, but Stuka's poor climb rate was a send-off.

Of course, Levmila naturally laughed at the head, and in front of the German fighter pilots, he easily sent Stuka to hell. At this time, just 13 seconds have passed, and 13 seconds to shoot down four enemy planes, even if the opponent is just Stuka is amazing enough, but even more amazing is yet to come!

The Germans were enraged, and four BF-109s pounced from the rear hemisphere of Levmila, and machine-gun and machine-gun bullets were greeted as if they didn't want money. In an instant, Levmila was surrounded by a rain of bullets.

The left wing was shot, the tail was shot, and the nose was also shot. But what is incredible is that this La-7, which had frequently stopped engines before, rushed forward to the fifth Stuka in the rain of bullets like no one who was fine.

Levmila's captain, Ilyushchenko, who had just felt the battlefield, recalled: "We arrived at the place of the incident in a hurry, and as I expected, that kid from Levmila really went against my orders and attacked, and it seems that he had just shot down a Stuka." At this time, the BF-109 was encircling him, the sky was full of tracer bullets, and Levmila's plane seemed to soar between the stormy waves, and I was really worried that he would collapse in the next second. I shouted orders to the boys to rush to the rescue, but what I didn't expect was that the madman actually bit a Stuka and chased it fiercely, until the Stuka exploded and disintegrated in the air, and Levmila began to dodge the enemy planes behind him, at this time the radio was full of this kid hysterically shouting: 'See no, see no, this is the fifth, I shot down five Stukas!' ’”

Levmila didn't just shoot down five Stukas, he set a record that shocked the world - in just 18 seconds!

Because this record he has set is almost unrepeatable and unbreakable, it is inevitable that in recognition of his merits, he will be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union again. And this inadvertently set another record - the fastest to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time, the fastest to receive the second Order of the Golden Star and the Order of Lenin. It has to be said that it is a miracle!

Of course, not everyone liked these records, for example, the old man was very upset about this, he shook the military newspaper in his hand, and shouted angrily: "These damn air forces always want to take credit from us." Why can't we leave the target on the ground to me, who have worked so hard for most of Europe! ”

The object of the old man's displeasure was an Air Force fighter pilot, who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for destroying twenty German tanks. In the old man's opinion, these attack planes are too annoying, and now there are fewer and fewer armored targets in Germany, which are not enough for them as tankers, and in this case, the Air Force still has to grab food, how can this be endured? In order to get the second Gold Star Medal, the old man fought hard.

It was not only the Air Force that made the old man dissatisfied, he also had an opinion about the combat engineers, who let the superiors order the combat engineers to be in the front and let them, the tankmen, beat the side drum in the back? The old man dreamed of destroying a German super-heavy tank, whether it was a rat or an E-100!

Of course, there are still very few armored soldiers who are "self-sufficient" like the old man, because these super-heavy tanks of the German army have taught the Red Army armored troops a lesson, what is impregnable, what is armed to the teeth, and what is the excess power of the main gun. All in all, no normal armored soldier wants to run into such an opponent.

But sometimes the opportunity will inadvertently fall on you, and just as the old man is scolding and complaining, the order from above comes down. About a dozen British and American pilots parachuted over Berlin and are now trapped in the suburbs of Berlin, demanding that the elder Hemstra go immediately to relieve the siege...... (To be continued.) )