"Leave the Austrians alone, let's do our own thing first." After entering Italian airspace, as time went on, the formation that had just been formed tended to be lazy again. However, at this time, Grim did not have the leisure to delay any longer in the skies over the opponent's territory. So he could only gather the Lancer Heavy Bomber Wing under his command first, and then take care of the German twin-engine bomber troops, as for the Austrians? If you can help, you can help. So the whole fleet began to divide into two parts, one was the German bomber formation and the other was the Austrian bomber formation, although the two sides were allies acting together, but at this time they could only take care of each other.

"They seem to hold a grudge." The leader of a German fighter squadron in charge of the security of the left flank muttered to himself as he looked at the Allied fighter planes hovering in the distance. And when he turned his head and looked at the Austro-Hungarian formations in the lower position, they were not harassed. In the distance, the Allied fighters stared at the bomber formation next to them as if they had spotted bloody sharks, so that they could pounce on them and bite them if they had the chance.

"Captain, there's something flying behind you at 4 o'clock!" At this moment, a slightly panicked voice sounded in the communication channel, and as soon as the squadron leader turned his head, he saw a squad of fighters flying in the direction of the sun with their backs to the sun, and they went around the rear of the formation, and took advantage of the altitude to dive down.

"Pediatrics." This squadron leader is not in a hurry, he has experienced this situation many times, as long as he rolls slightly in the opposite direction of the opponent's dive at a suitable time to dodge the opponent's attack, and then he can choose a suitable angle to tail chase the enemy aircraft at the end of the dive, although the opponent converts altitude into speed at this time. But there is a limit to the dive speed limit of the plane, and the opponent must eventually get out of the dive, and then he will lose his only speed advantage. And you can take a position right behind the opponent to attack.

The sneak attack in the rear was very unsuccessful from a tactical point of view, and the 4 fighters and one enemy plane were not shot down, but they put themselves in a passive position, but their impact eventually caused the German fighter formation to be confused, and just as the Germans were preparing to pursue, the Allied fighter squadron that had been cruising in the distance rushed forward! A full 16 fighters rushed towards 12 German planes. The former's attack is nothing more than to break up the formation, while the latter is the main force.

"This team is not ordinary." The German squadron leader observed the attack patterns of the opposing side. The 16 planes were divided into 4 groups of 4, and the grouping situation was a bit like a human finger. It's very asymmetrical. He was a little confused about the situation of the other party's formation. After a few minutes, though, he finally understood that two of the four aircraft in formation were responsible for the attack, while the other two covered its flanks. Compared to a two-plane formation. Cover between formations is more adequate. And there are more opportunities to fire. (The author is not particularly familiar with the direct tactics of fighters, so you are welcome to correct them.) The earliest inventor of the four-finger formation in history was a German, but because of a certain traverser, everyone understands. ）

The two sides were almost at the same height, and they collided head-on, so there was nothing fancy about such a battle, unlike in the case of free safari, where the pilots had great freedom. It is possible to find a careless target for a long time and then attack from behind, shooting them down before they can react. In formation operations. Allies can provide each other with vision, and when attacking, you dodge one plane's attack and you might just hit the muzzle of another. The 2nd air battle was not far away, the two sides collided head-on, and the effective range of several hundred meters would be missed almost instantaneously. So there is no way to do any maneuvering at all.

The Germans could not act at will in order to protect the bombers. The Entente side, on the other hand, wanted to directly confront the other side with its better horizontal mobility, sturdy airframe, and fierce firepower. (Historically, Britain's Spitfire was more mobile than BF109, so Spitfire fighting BF109 on the European battlefield was generally a grappling, but when it came to the Pacific Theater, it encountered a dog fighting more NB egg, and then the British were decisively pitted by the so-called experience.) This style of play will try to reduce the gap between the skills of the two sides, just like a head-to-head shot, where the victory belongs to the stronger side with more people and more guns.

The squadron of German planes escorting the ship was forced to break out of formation and mingle with the invading fighters, and the two sides kept moving through a dense net of fire, tongues of fire flying in the air, and from time to time a half-hapless man was hit by a flurry of shells, and then dragged the flames to the ground. Neither side took much advantage of this exchange, the Germans were more technically better, and the other side was outnumbered, and after losing 4 planes on each side, they finally gave up, but just as the two sides were fighting, several figures quickly crossed the air and rushed towards a squadron of German twin-engine bombers.

"Thunder, there is a vacancy on your right flank, watch out for the opposing fighter." Just when the Thunder Bomber squadron leader received the alarm from his comrades, 4 twin-engine fighters killed him from his 4 o'clock direction. "Isn't this the plane of that squadron of ground attack aircraft on the Northern Front? How did you get here? "There were a couple of big question marks popping up in the Germans' heads.

The Germans had seen such aircraft, but they were more of a ground attack mission, which made the German ground forces fighting in the northern mountains miserable, how could they be used in air combat this time? The Germans were puzzled. However, now was clearly not the time to think about these things, and the Germans decisively sacrificed box formations to protect themselves, and after the great success of the last strategic bombing, the Germans decisively added weapons to the twin-engine bombers, in a vain attempt to ensure their own safety in the same way.

DENSE 7.92MM MACHINE GUN BULLETS AND 13MM MACHINE GUN BULLETS WERE FIRED AT THE INCOMING PLANE LIKE FLYING LOCUSTS, AND THE OPPONENT CONTINUED TO FLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE REGARDLESS OF IT. The clanging of bullets sparkled at the armor on the front of the plane. EVEN A 7.92MM MACHINE GUN BULLET HIT THE BULLETPROOF GLASS ON THE FRONT, LEAVING A PIT AND A SPIDER'S WEB-LIKE SPLINTER ON IT.

"This thing is genuine." Boington listened to the occasional crash on the fuselage and felt the vibration of the plane. Although it was hit many times, the plane itself really did not have much of a problem. At least the engine is running normally, there is no problem with control and firepower, the distance of a few hundred meters is only calculated in seconds for the aircraft, and after passing through the interception fire of the other side, the direct distance between the two sides has been shortened to about 300 meters!

"Feel the power of the hammer!" BOEING SQUEEZED THE NOSE SLIGHTLY, AND THE FOXBAT'S TWO 30MM GUNS AND TWO 20MM GUNS FIRED A DEADLY RAIN OF BULLETS AT THE SAME TIME. The tongue of fire erupted from the nose of the plane was about 5 feet long, and the sound like a piling machine constantly stimulated Boeington's eardrums. That's why the weapon is called an air hammer, and a warhead weighing tens of grams slammed headlong into the fuselage of a bomber less than 300 meters away from the barrel of the aircraft at a speed of 600 meters per second.

The round, blunt warhead lightly shredded the upper skin, and then the fuse detonated the explosives and incendiary agents inside the shell. With a whew, a fireball appeared on the upper part of the hapless bomber's fuselage and began to spread around the skin. ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER 30MM CANNON SHELL HIT THE BOMBER'S COCKPIT, AND A HUGE BALL OF FIRE ERUPTED FROM THE NOSE, AND THE PLANE BEGAN TO FALL DOWNWARDS WITH A BLAZE OF FLAMES. Just two hits destroyed a twin-engine bomber.

One of Boeington's teammates did a good job, with four machine guns lightly snapping the wing of a medium bomber from the root. Four planes destroyed two bombers in a single sneak attack, a feat that was unimaginable before. "Very nice planes, I like them, like tanks in the air." Boeington patted the thick armor next to the cabin and said with satisfaction.

"Captain, the opposing fighter is coming up. It's 10 o'clock on the other side. "The wingman reports." Let's go, this time it's just an appetizer, and we'll serve them a meal later! Boeington didn't mind the arrival of the other party, he decisively pushed the operating stick and dived towards a low altitude, if the other party is willing to give up the escort mission and chase after it, it doesn't matter, Boeington will fly directly to an anti-aircraft artillery position to solve the trouble behind him.

After the German aircraft group entered Italian airspace, the Allied countries and Italian fighter squadrons that rushed from all over began to harass the German aircraft group, and a large number of escort fighters were forced to get caught in the entanglement with the opposing fighters, and the already not very dense protection system began to show loopholes. Looking at the flying squadrons on the icon being entangled by each other, Grim was also a little panicked. At this time, there were only 3 flying groups left around the Lancer Bomber Wing, which was almost the bare minimum of air defense he could tolerate. At this time, they were still more than half an hour away from the goal.

"What is the situation with the squadron of twin bombers?" Grim Guò asked. "It's not good, a lot of fighters broke through the blockade, and at the moment we have probably lost a squadron of medium bombers. They seem to have put in a new type of fighter with ferocious firepower, and with a bit of luck, they can take out a target with a single dive. There was a sense of concern in the words on the radio.

"2 more squadrons from the Austrians. Especially that squadron of twin-engine fighters, be sure to come over. We're going to get ready, and I have a feeling that we're going to have the biggest aerial battle we've ever had! Grim thought for a moment and said.

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