"Damn it! How so? The pilot of Watchtower No. 1 laboriously adjusted the direction, and the four BF109 fighters pounced on it like hungry wolves, without the greeting of Watchtower No. 1, and the two Shicha Falcon also went up to intercept it, but in the face of the old birds of the Philips team, these escort Huaxia pilots were obviously still a little worse.

"Knock down these two Stone Tea Falcon first, that big guy is too slow, he can't run!" In the case of its own huge advantage, Philips did not get carried away but steady, the firepower of the BF109 aircraft was too weak, and it was obviously difficult to destroy a large aircraft by relying on 1 or 2 aircraft alone. Rather than scattering the forces and not being able to clean up the side in the end, it is better to destroy the opponent's fighter first, and then slowly clean up this strange-looking plane. The two twin-plane teams very neatly sandwiched the two Stone Tea Falcons, and just a few minutes later, the Raven team included the two more records, and at this time, the watchtower 1 did not run far, although he was descending at a small angle. But the huge weight of the fuselage still limits the speed of the opponent!

However, this time the luck of the Raven Team seems to have come to an end, just as they are about to take down the most important target of the day, several Foxbat fighters rushing from the direction of three o'clock threaten the flanks of the Raven Team! "Damn it! Anton and I are in charge of the attack! The rest of you stop them first! Then Philips pushed the throttle valve to the maximum power, and at a pressure of 1.75ATA, the DB601 engine provided an amazing output! The horsepower output reached more than 1200 horsepower in a short period of time! I saw two of them rushing to the No. 1 watchtower! THE TWO 20MM CANNONS AND THE FOUR 13MM MACHINE GUNS OF THE TWO PLANES FORMED A NET OF FIRE, AND THE FIRST THING THAT SUFFERED WAS THE HUGE RADAR FAIRING ON THE UPPER PART OF THE FUSELAGE. In just a few seconds, the expensive radar antenna was smashed into thousands of holes. But it may be assumed that the Germans used high-explosive shells with limited penetration. This massive radar antenna acts like a shield that absorbs most of the damage. Loss of the body is limited.

Then there was the wing of the aircraft, and one of the R2600 engine pods was wrecked. Heavy smoke poured out of the engine compartment, and the plane was unstable under the successive blows. "He's dead!" Philips said excitedly in the communication band. "Anton, we wrecked a big guy!" Just as he was still celebrating his victory, the wingman next to him suddenly shook, and then several lines of fire appeared behind! A Foxbat fighter finally penetrated the interception and killed it from behind, and without any defense, Anton's plane was directly torn apart by the dense shells, and it turned into a huge fireball before it had time to parachute!

"We achieved very big results today, the other side was destroyed more than 50 aircraft of various types. And we lost no more than a dozen planes. The watchtower-type early warning aircraft played a very important role. But at the same time, we have lost a valuable AWACS aircraft, and our protection of AWACS aircraft needs to be strengthened, and the radar's ability to detect small targets and anti-jamming needs to be improved. That night, after receiving the battle report, Qin Yue made the following instructions. The Raven Squad's attack was ultimately successful, and Watchtower 1 crashed, though most of the crew was able to parachute. It's a blessing in misfortune.

At the same time that the Chinese ground units of the German Air Force launched an attack, the Chinese attack units also began to launch attacks on German ground targets, although the attacking troops were not equipped with watchtower early warning aircraft. (It's too expensive to build, and it's too slow, making it difficult to get around with a fast swarm.) But it was accompanied by electronic warfare aircraft, which were jamming Luftwaffe movements. and the reduction of anti-aircraft fire strikes also played a very important role.

Unlike the Germans, who put their strike force on the front line, the Huaxia Air Force focused its strikes on the supply lines behind enemy lines. Hundreds of aircraft of all kinds launched attacks on supply lines hundreds of kilometers long, and it was rare for Huaxia to concentrate a group of more than three squadrons to attack. Generally speaking, an attack group consists of a squadron of Ishcha Falcon and a squadron of Flying Fox fighters, and the Squadron of Ishcha Falcon is naturally responsible for air control. THE FLYING BAT TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT CARRIED OUT GROUND ATTACK MISSIONS WITH A POWERFUL PAYLOAD, AND HALF OF THE 16 FLYING BAT FIGHTERS IN ONE SQUADRON CARRIED TWO 40MM CANNON PODS. A total of 60 rounds of ammunition are available! The other 8 Flying Bat fighters carried 4 rounds of 250KG bombs. In the face of trucks, these light protection targets. THE ISHIFERA FALCON FIGHTER WILL ALSO USE ITS OWN 20MM CANNON TO FIGHT THE AUTUMN WIND.

The actions of this medium-sized fleet are highly arbitrary, and the commander of the group, after receiving information, can choose to attack a certain convoy and supply depot at will, and even attack an enemy field airfield that has been temporarily discovered. This kind of attack with a lot of chance was too much for the Luftwaffe to guard against, and more importantly, the Foxbat fighter was a very good fighter after throwing away the load when necessary, so there was often a squadron of German planes rushing up to take the opponent by surprise, only to find that the opponent had far more fighters than they did. Forced into a bitter battle. The Germans also tried to intercept by strengthening their command, but the vast battlefield and the smaller range of fighters made this effort less effective, the opponent's attacks were too flexible, or arbitrary, and there were too many targets to protect on the ground. Passive defenses are obviously difficult to deal with the pervasive harassment of the other side.

In the end, the ruthless Germans decided to draw part of the reserve fighter force and the top fighters drawn from the squadrons to form a special hunting force, they did not have to undertake the task of ground cover, their only task was to attack the opponent's air group, intending to inflict severe losses on the Chinese air force to contain the enemy's air attack. This tactic had some effect in the early days, but then when Huaxia adjusted its route and began to use valuable sniper-bomber units to carry out targeted killings on front-line airfields, the range of activities of the German hunting teams was greatly reduced, and after they had to abandon some front-line airfields, the efficiency of the hunting teams continued to decline.

"In the week leading up to the official engagement of the armored forces of the two sides, the fighting between the two air forces gradually reached a climax, with hundreds of planes fighting desperately in the air every day. At its peak, the Imperial Air Force took off and landed more than 1,000 planes a day. Such a high-intensity exertion depletes the vitality that we have just recovered. Aircraft, engine and fuel reserves have plummeted. Individual squadrons even appeared, losing about 80% of their aircraft and half of their pilots in just three days of fighting! The Imperial Air Force has tried its best, but it is still unable to control the air supremacy of the battlefield. And our opponents have always been able to maintain a high number of fighter sorties. Even over time. We have also seen a large number of American and British aircraft join the battlefield. This is the Battle of Verdun in the air. The air forces of both sides are constantly bleeding! Richthofen once said this when he looked at the battle damage table at the front.

The Luftwaffe suffered heavy losses, and it was not easy on the Chinese side. The war of attrition is all the same. Although it has a certain advantage in the field, the fatigue of the Huaxia aircraft and the wear and tear of various accessories are also rising in a straight line with the progress of the war. So much so that after curbing the Luftwaffe's air raids, Qin Yue also proposed a proposal to Peng Yi, hoping that the latter could change the battle plan and reduce the attendance of the air force. The Luftwaffe was now at a temporary disadvantage due to the poor Atlantic routes. And Huaxia's transportation to Iran has reached a bottleneck, and as the ground battle unfolds, the air force's share of transportation will definitely decrease, and in this case, Qin Yue must ensure the number of spare parts and materials in stock. At the same time, it is also necessary to give the pilots who are constantly nervous a rest.

"Keep my troops safe above their heads, and the rest will be left to the air force. We don't need any more ground support for the time being. "For Qin Yue's request. Peng Yi expressed his understanding, and he also hoped that when the battle reached a stalemate, the repaired air force would play a decisive role. As things stand, the Air Force can dispatch no more than 500 fighter jets per day (including the air forces of the United States and Great Britain). And most of them are fighters, and after exchanging the opponent's air power, the number of planes that can actually be used to support the ground is too small, so it is better to let the air force rest first. Just when the air forces of the two sides died down, the armored forces of Huaxia and the Allies had already moved to the starting positions of both sides. A big war is about to break out!

Before the battle broke out, both sides assessed the strength of their opponents for the last time. The armored units of the two groups of AB of the German army on the southern front were preserved fairly well. But artillery, logistics and infantry units suffered heavy losses. This is all due to the attacks of the Huaxia Air Force against logistics and transportation lines and soft targets. Having lost a large number of light vehicles and anti-aircraft guns, the German commanders suddenly found it difficult for them to have enough forces to defend the breach, even if they could break through the opposing positions. So Manstein wanted to postpone the general offensive.

But this request was rejected by Brauchitsch, and the reason for the veto was very strong: "If the battle starts now." Then we have the logistics to ensure that you and your troops will not worry about ammunition and food for 20 days. If you delay it by a week, it will be 14 days! Don't have too much confidence in Moder's C group, his troops also lost a lot of infantry and transport vehicles. Sometimes a lot of people isn't a good thing! "That's a blunt. A temporary cessation of fighting will not make a big difference in logistics. The result of waiting for Moder to come up was that the battle would not last for two days, and the entire army would be in a situation of lack of supplies. So it's better to play early than late!

As the commander-in-chief of this campaign, Brauchitsch found that the opponent was even stronger than he imagined, and the heavy damage to the logistics and transportation lines meant that even if the German armored forces could win this time, it could only be a tactical victory, because the supplies on the front line were no longer enough, and they continued to advance in depth, and the Chinese troops could retreat calmly even if they lost. "Before the official attack, we have changed the criterion of victory from inflicting heavy losses on the opponent and encircling and destroying one of them to inflicting certain losses on the opponent, so that it will not be able to continue to advance westward for a period of time." Rundstedt wrote in an article.

Unlike the German units under the focus of the Chinese Air Force, the Austro-Hungarian troops under Schrager's command did not receive too many air strikes, not only were 1 armored division and 1 mechanized infantry division brought to the front line with all their beards and tails, but they even overfulfilled their tasks - about 3 armored battalions and 2 mechanized infantry battalions were transferred from other places and reached their positions on time. This may be a piece of good news that the Allies have recently received. "The Chinese don't take us very seriously, they use almost all their forces on the southern front, while the western front is defended only by the Iranians and the Russians, if we can, I think it will be a very good breakthrough point, of course we also need some infantry, if Turkey agrees to a joint attack, our chances will be very good." Unlike the Austrian Emperor, Schrager was a very realistic man, and although he understood the Emperor's plan to suppress Turkey as much as possible in order to get a bigger share of the Iranian pie, he tried his best to maintain good relations with the Turks in the Middle East.

"Although the Turks are poorly equipped, they are numerous!" Schrager's reasoning is simple. His request was met with a response from the Turks, who, shortly after his departure, assembled an infantry division that they considered to be elite to accompany Schrager's operation. Of course, there were some problems with mobility, and by the time Schrager's troops attacked, the Turks' forces were just halfway there!

From the perspective of the two aspects, the high-ranking generals of the Central Powers suddenly felt that it was unlikely that they would break through the opponent's defenses from the southern front, and the probability of breaking through from the western front would be higher. Schrager said that Austria-Hungary could not defeat China, Britain, the United States and France, and even the Russians in World War 1 (with the same number of troops), but not the Iranians! The Germans pinned down the main forces of China, and if the Austrian corps could take advantage of the weakness, then they could still win the battle in the end! So, taking into account the opinions of the allies, the Germans leaned slightly towards the western front when it came time to finally mobilize valuable air forces.

However, the biggest problem of the Allies was that until the end, they did not have a correct estimate of the strength of the Chinese in the war, and they always believed that they had a large military advantage. And based on this judgment, the Germans developed a very risky plan.

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