"The situation was not very good, the defense of the opposing side was not completely pinned, and more German planes followed from above and behind the bomber forces. There are always a certain number of fighters above the opponent's box formation, and we can only descend in altitude and then climb to follow the attack after launching a rocket attack on the bombers, which is very bad for our fuel and time. However, this problem is not worth mentioning compared to the opponents we faced later, and the Germans really took great pains to deal with the P38 fighters! Boington recalls the situation. 、

But at this time, Boington, who was the captain of the brigade, was leading his comrades through the explosions and flames. They met each other's sneak attacks in close formation, and it was difficult for a single aircraft to pose a lethal threat to Boeington's fleet. The interceptor unit carrying heavy artillery and rockets pierced the German outer defense like a sharp spear and rushed towards the core, and just as they were about to break up the opponent's formation with a ferocious rocket salvo, the Germans' DO335 actually launched a head-on charge!

"I'm going?! These Germans are crazy in their heads? "This is Boeington's first reaction after seeing the oncoming German fleet! Air combat is all about tactics, maneuverability, and comparative advantage. In the face of the P38 fighter with strong firepower and thick skin, it proved that it was definitely not a good choice. It's like T34 rushing at the Panther, which is equivalent to suicide when the number is about the same. And the other party doesn't seem to have this awareness, is it because the other party is a newcomer? Or because of the sad interception order. Well, no matter how much it is, let's fight first. Since the other party is willing to touch the stone with an egg, let's hit it head-on!

Rockets can't be fired, and this thing is very difficult to use against fighter jets. Even if it is a twin-engine fighter, and this is left to the opposing bombers. FIRE FROM OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THE OPPONENT'S 15MM MACHINE GUN, DISRUPTING THE OPPONENT'S FORMATION. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER, THE HOPLITES ARE CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE 3 20MM CANNONS IN THE NOSE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SMASH THE TARGET IN FRONT OF THEM. The firepower of 3 Sispanian guns was enough to deal with most twin-engine aircraft. The distance between the two sides is rapidly approaching, 1000 meters, 700 meters! 500 meters! Aim, fire!

Firepower, like a firestorm, instantly formed a dense network of fire in front of the two groups. In just a few seconds, Grim was surprised to find that his wingman was hit by a huge fireball into the cockpit in an instant, and then the fuselage broke in the middle and split the entire plane in half! Seeing the unprecedented firepower, Boeington trembled! "When did the Germans become so murderous?!" A terrible thought popped through his head. The frontal attack is definitely the crispest and bloodiest. Boington could feel the front of his formation sink a big chunk in an instant! In less than 1 minute of firefighting, at least 7 P38 fighters were disintegrated by a volley! This shows the ferocity of the opponent's firepower!

The time for the two sides to charge head-on was very short, and after a few tens of seconds, the two sides staggered through the air. Seeing a huge figure flying over him, Boeing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The opposing planes seem to have limited climb performance. This means that they can't regain their speed by climbing quickly and then diving, they can only circle and restart their rapid pursuit, which is usually a long time. It's enough for Boington to lead the team to complete the rocket attack, and it's enough for the friendly forces next to it to come and block it. Although the initial losses were somewhat painful, by the time Boeing had opened up, the Germans' chances of a massive blockade were gone.

"Boys, let those vultures taste our new toys!" Boeington's well-timed words boosted the morale of a slightly depressed person, and the attack just now made some newcomers a little timid. The Germans had to bear a huge psychological burden on the box formation against the interceptors, and the Boeing led the team to force the opponent's box formation to bear a huge psychological impact. This is almost the most dangerous air combat mission. Boeing had to keep morale high for their brigade at all times. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Fire!" Enduring the blows of the German planes, Boeington's group finally rushed to a distance of about 800 meters from the opposing side, and all the P38 fighters began to release the rocket team. Each plane was suspended with 24 3-inch rockets, and they will all be fired in 10 seconds! The front of each plane is like a volcanic eruption, and the flames of the rockets as they are fired envelop the entire plane in light! The swarm-like rockets instantly filled the space in front of the German bomber swarm. The arc of countless leaping points of light sliced horizontally like the scythe of death. The two German HE177 bombers were unable to dodge and were directly hit by several rockets, which turned into a flaming fireball in an instant. The violent explosion threw countless debris and flames in all directions, some of which crackled and exploded on other planes.

After the first wave of P38 fighters completed the attack. They began to stealthily rush underneath the bomber formation, and then climbed back to attack from the rear. The four squadrons described by the Boington Group will each complete this attack maneuver, the first wave of attacks will take down at least three strategic bombers, the second wave will be slightly more effective, directly destroying four of them, and one more will also fly and sway. "It's a good record, and it seems that today is a lucky day." Looking at the violent explosions coming from time to time overhead, Boeing breathed a small sigh of relief.

At the moment when he turned his head back, the squadron of the enemy Boington that suddenly appeared from behind the side fell into an extremely dangerous situation, and 3 DO335 caught up at a very high speed, which had never appeared in the original battlefield, the P38 fighter was not the fastest flying, but it was definitely not slow, and his own group was still in a state of submersion, and with the addition of gravitational acceleration, the flight speed of the P38 almost exceeded the maximum level flight speed of all fighters! And the other side almost caught up in a state of level flight, which even the Germans did not expect!

"The first time I went to war, I fell in love with this guy who had an engine from the beginning to the end! He was bulky, poorly maneuverable, and had some difficulty landing. But speed alone can make up for all the shortcomings, and when I flew for the first time, it actually reached a level flight speed of more than 680 kilometers at high altitude! It's more than 30 kilometers faster than FW190A4! This speed can be described as lightning speed, as long as you keep an eye on your back at all times, then it is very difficult to have a plane that can knock you down! DO335 driver Sohrman praised his landline.

And this time. Sauhrmann broke his own flight speed record after a long flight. Part of the inner oil of DO335 is consumed, so it can fly out of performance beyond normal envelopes! After the two sides completed the first wave of attacks. The team led by Saulman quickly turned to follow, the speed of the reloaded P38 fighter was originally slower than that of the pure combat type, coupled with the load of the wings, Sollman decisively caught up with a crew that was relatively backward, put the target on the crosshair, and gently pulled the trigger! 5 guns spewed out a scorching rain of bullets at the same time, and in 3 seconds, a P38 fighter was smashed to pieces!

Not satisfied with his success, Sollman set his sights on the Boington squadron, which was lurking. As soon as the throttle valve was pushed to the end, feeling the vibration of the engine and the huge power, the whole plane flew to the target like an arrow! ADJUSTING THE ATTITUDE OF THE PLANE, HE AIMED THE MUZZLE AT THE WINGMAN OF THE BOEINGTON, WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE TWO 30MM GUNS HANGING UNDER THE WINGS, WHICH WAS THE BOMBER'S ENEMY. So Boeing escaped this, and in an unguarded situation, Boeington's wingman was swept off half of its wing.

"Disband the formation! Throw away all the weapon cheats! "Being bitten by an opposing high-speed fighter in an air battle is almost the worst possible situation, in which case it doesn't matter what the mission is. Throwing away the entire load and running away is the best option, but unfortunately, the American interceptor brigade does not even seem to have the ability to run, and all the planes throw away the load as soon as the order is given. But those strangely shaped planes are still like maggots on tarsal bones, and they can't be shaken off no matter what! They are too fast, and the attack is too fierce, and it only takes a few seconds to get a chance. You can smash any fighter to pieces! There will be no tragic situation like the BF109 aircraft that cannot be killed in half a day!

The vast majority of the P38 interceptors did not have a chance to launch a second wave, and they were either destroyed or driven off the battlefield by the opposing side. Grim finally descended on the skies of Saint-Nazaire with his fleet of bombers, and the ports, factories, cargo yards, and ships in the harbor below would be his targets. Grim fought back his excitement. After taking a deep breath, he said: "The bomber fleets launched air strikes according to the predetermined plan!" With the order, the huge box formation began to disintegrate in the air, one after another HE177 bombers began to reduce altitude, and the bombardier put his eyes on the scope, compared the map, and locked the target on the reticle of the eyepiece!

As the hatch gradually opened, a series of high-explosive and incendiary bombs finally revealed their hideous faces, and they poked out from under the belly of the plane like the claws of a war eagle! With the order to drop the bomb, a string of bombs fell from a height of 4,000 meters, flying towards the city on the ground with death and destruction! Every strategic bombing squadron could tell that dozens of tons of bombs were raining down on the city, and the annular shock wave from the explosion after the bombs hit the ground spread rapidly in all directions, and the huge energy rushed back everything they could touch, and the buildings that had been lined up a few minutes ago turned into a pile of rubble in a deafening explosion. The occasional erect ruins are the only evidence that these buildings ever existed.

This was followed by incendiary bombs, which were filled with all kinds of combustibles and could produce a charge of thousands of degrees of heat to turn the bombardment area into a sea of fire, the updraft generated by the explosion provided enough air to the incendiary bombs, and spread the flames to other places, the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground quickly counterattacked under the command of the fire control radar, a series of dense shells exploded around the aircraft, and from time to time the unlucky HE177 was hit by the American 90MM anti-aircraft guns, and then fell down slowly, However, such losses were nothing for the huge German fleet, which still flew forward with determination, bringing more death to the enemy!

The port was the target of the Germans' bombing, and the port facilities and shipyards of Saint-Nazaire and the various supplies stacked in the freight yard were the key to the French being able to hold on, and in the parking lot, rows of Sherman tanks were neatly placed, and they were supposed to go to the front line to block the German army's advance, but they were destroyed by German bomber bombs shortly after landing. They were so densely packed that the Germans said that even a group of monkeys could destroy them all by dropping a bomb.

Bombs rained down, and tanks were instantly restored to their parts state, and some turrets were even blown up to a height of more than ten meters. Tanks with armor protection were beaten like this, so the materials in other warehouses did not run, and in just ten minutes, the entire port area was covered with flames and smoke, and tens of thousands of tons of various materials were burned before they had time to play a role! The updrafts from the combustion even affected the German bombers flying at an altitude of 300 meters, "I felt like a small boat on the sea, swaying up and down, looking at the smoke and flames below, my companions and I had a feeling that we had played big, and we were all shocked by the effect we had inflicted." A German pilot said with a little shame when referring to the bombing that even though the two sides were enemies, such bombing still left some psychological burden on many Germans.

As the attack continued, the Germans began to target the ships that had stayed at the berths and had no time to leave. A small number of bombers, carrying specially made bombs, began to reduce altitude. After the accompanying fighter units suppressed the ground anti-aircraft fire, the bombing of the berths began. Huge planes flew quickly from a low altitude of several hundred meters, and at the right time they dropped barrel-like bombs, which were thrown horizontally, bounced high on contact with the water and flew forward like a splash. These bombs have limited lethality against armored ships, but for civilian ships with only hull plates, the bombs exploding at the waterline are no less powerful than torpedoes, and a merchant ship with a deadweight tonnage of nearly 10,000 tons was only hit by two 250KG bombs, causing an irrepressible flooding of the hull side, and sank with thousands of tons of grain and various spam cans, but because the water depth is not large, part of the hull remains on the water.

After completing the bomb attack, the Luftwaffe continued to hover over the harbor like a vulture, and from time to time a plane would fly low and throw mines with parachutes into the channel and the sea, the Germans were very well prepared, they needed to paralyze the port for a long time, not only the ground had to be completely destroyed, but also the coastal channel had to be buried with hidden piles.

"Have the Sea Eagles finished their attack?" Grim asked in the channel. "They haven't yet, hopefully they can find the right target." The other side replied. "Well, tell them that they can go south to Spain after completing the attack." Grim hesitated.

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