256.Chapter 256: 256 Hunting the Swordfish

"Seahawk 1! Seahawk 1! Reich command center calls Seahawk 1!" On the blue sky and white clouds, the voice of the aircraft carrier command center came from the headset of the FW-190 fighter pilot, who was responsible for guarding the skies above the 2nd Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet: "Please answer if you hear it." ”

"I'm Seahawk 1! "As the commander of the air defense fighter formation of the USS Reich, this 20-year-old young man has unparalleled sophistication and composure. He gently tugged and pulled the joystick, allowing the plane to continue its original course.

"Our reconnaissance aircraft is back, going up due north...... However, our radar found that it was followed by some guests, about 5 or possibly 4 enemy aircraft. In the headset, the commander of the Empire said: "There is so much noise on the radar that we can only estimate the number of enemy troops. ”

"Seahawk No. 1 is going to intercept it!" The young man said calmly on the walkie-talkie: "Seahawk No. 2! Follow me to catch up! Other planes climbed into the clouds to guard the entire war zone!"

"Seahawk 2 understands!" replied the wingman immediately.

The other 6 fighters did not talk nonsense and immediately began to climb. The engines make a pleasant roar, and at an altitude of 6,000 meters, the performance of the FW-190 fighter is fully realized, and this is simply a paradise for them.

The young man who originally served in the Air Force and was later selected to study at the Navy's carrier-based aircraft training base was named Günter Lal. At the beginning of the Polish campaign, he did not have an aircraft carrier (his aircraft carrier Reich was launched later), so he was ordered to cooperate with the air force, and it was in the few battles that he won his first record, becoming the only pilot in the naval aviation with a combat record.

He gently accelerated the plane, and the engine spun more cheerfully. Leaning beneath the clouds, he and his wingman soon spotted the returning friendly reconnaissance plane. The unique shape of the aircraft immediately recognises it as a German aircraft.

"Seahawk 1 calls Sky Eye 1! Welcome home!" Gunter Lal called out over the intercom.

"Thank you! I'm descending now! I'm running out of fuel!" replied the reconnaissance plane.

"Wingman, keep heading, you search the left, I'll take care of the right. Check the number of targets when you find them, and don't rush to attack. Günther Lal said as he searched for his prey.

"The wingman understood. His wingman replied clearly.

Soon, they spotted a few small black dots in the distant sky. It is no wonder that these British fighters are chasing farther and farther, because they really can't keep up with the extreme flight speed of up to 610 kilometers per hour of the FW-190 improved reconnaissance aircraft.

"Seahawk 2! confirmed...... There are 4 British planes in front of me! I didn't see the fifth, what about you?" Günther Ral frowned and checked the number of enemy troops.

"I can't see it either, maybe it's only four, right?" replied the wingman very hesitantly, and he didn't quite believe that the British had only sent four planes to "send them to death".

In fact, they were wrong to blame the commanders of the 1st Squadron of the British Royal Navy going south. Because the German Navy is a tactic developed with aircraft carriers as the core, German aircraft carriers are advanced in this era and can load a large number of combat aircraft at a time. This is also the reason why the German Navy was able to send more than thirty aircraft to attack in one go.

However, the HMS Eagle was converted from a battleship and was very old, so it was more appropriate to call it an escort aircraft carrier than a fleet carrier: this aircraft carrier was only loaded with 21 carrier-based aircraft, less than a third of the German aircraft carrier.

Therefore, these German pilots speculated on the number of opponents according to their own situation, but they were confused by their own estimates, they thought that the opponent should have at least a dozen planes to attack, but they did not expect that there were only 4 planes. And what makes them laugh and cry is that these 4 planes are still old biplanes......

"Ral...... It's not a decoy, is it?"

"Alright! Always give it a try! Wingman, you climb high into the clouds and look for a large force of them that may appear, and I attack to lure them into appearing...... If they have plane cover, you dive to cover me again. Günter Ral thought for a moment and said.

At this time, they were not far away from their opponents, and time did not allow them to arrange more detailed plans. So the wingman agreed and immediately began to climb, and Gunter Lal began to dive.

What is shameless? This is shameless! What is a trick that can be eaten all over the world? This is the German fighter plane's technological superiority that allowed the Luftwaffe to dominate the skies, and their tactics of dominating the skies were not at all sophisticated, and they were able to defeat all their competitors in the sky by relying only on the dive speed of up to 600 km/h.

In air combat, the side with the advantage of speed often has a certain advantage because they can find the attack position faster - of course, the lower side can rely on nimble turns to lure the opponent into the fight, but no matter who else has little loss in performance, they will want to fly a faster fighter into battle.

The reason for all this is simple: once again he used the Luftwaffe's textbook air combat tactics, starting to dive from a higher position, converting potential energy into kinetic energy, and firing first when he was closest to the enemy fighter. Then use the high speed to reduce the contact time, climb and circle immediately after an attack, and use the speed advantage to throw off the opponent and pull up the height again to look for opportunities, this set of attack means can be called invincible when the FW-190 fighter with a speed of nearly 600 kilometers per hour attacks an enemy aircraft with a speed of about 300 kilometers per hour.

Soon Lahr found the best time for him to shoot, and his plane rushed to a very close distance, and fired fiercely at the diagonal top of a British Swordfish torpedo bomber, and the bullet quickly passed through the thin upper wing of the Swordfish, pierced the fuel tank and the pilot, and flew into the arms of the vast sea.

Although the British Swordfish torpedo bomber was sturdy and durable, it was sought after by the British Royal Navy for its stable handling and sturdy fuselage. It's a pity that even if it is strong, in the face of the 30 mm cannon of the German fighter and the 13 mm machine gun, the Swordfish is also powerless.

By the time Lahr's fighter rushed through the formation of British planes and pulled up in the far direction, the hit Swordfish torpedo bomber had already crashed into the sea in smoke. The remaining three planes seemed to realize that something was wrong, and even abandoned the formation and fled in all directions.

"Long plane! I didn't see any ambush on the other side!Am I still on guard in the air?" the wingman's voice came from the earphones, and he could hear it, his tone full of anxiety and anticipation.

"Don't care if there's an ambush or not! Dive and attack, and even if there's an ambush, we'll pretty much be able to eat the bait before the ambush arrives. As Ral flew his plane high into the air, he spotted an escaped swordfish.

You don't have to dive back into the air now, do you?The opponent obviously doesn't have a speed advantage?" Ral thought to himself, he frowned, and decided to change his tactics a bit. So he continued his own climb, which allowed the plane to complete a somewhat massive somersault that bitten directly into the back of an escaped Swordfish plane.

The rolling speed of the FW-190 was more than enough to deal with the winged Swordfish, so Rahr first stared at the gray sky, then he noticed that the sky was starting to move away from him, he saw the sea level, then the sea rushed towards him, and finally the sea disappeared from his field of vision - and then he realized that the nose of his plane was aimed at the tail of the Swordfish torpedo bomber.

"Da-da-da!" The British plane also had self-defense weapons in the tail, and Ral was so frightened that he quickly adjusted his flight angle to avoid the attack of the British plane's machine gun. It was only then that he saw that there were three pilots in this British plane.

"Tutu, Tutu, Tubu!" The FW-190 fighter's cannon roared again, and soon the opposing planes were rising in the sky. Rather than sparing his opponent, Ral opened fire again with his 13mm machine gun, this time in a tragic place where the bullet hit, and the torpedo on the plane suddenly exploded.

A violent explosion appeared in front of Ral's eyes, causing him to quickly pull his plane up, only to fly into the sky with the explosion in his face, and Ral even heard something hit the underbelly of his plane.

"Oh my God! I hit it! I hit it!" was Ral's panic as the wingman's excited shouts came from his headset, and he searched around and saw an enemy plane crashing into the sea in smoke. Of course, he knew that the one he had hit had become a ball of flames, and that it must have been a pile of parts that had fallen to the ground.

"Find another plane! Don't let one go!" said Ral, adjusting his flight angle, and began to look for another plane, and soon he found the panicked British plane on the sea.

There was a machine gun on the tail of the British plane, which was facing the direction of Lal and his wingman at this time, Lal didn't think about it, and drove his own plane up again, compared to the Polish fighters, this British bomber obviously did not go anywhere, so Hal decided to catch up and destroy all these bombers.

You can imagine a cheetah chasing a fawn, and the speed of both sides is not on the same level at all. Soon Ral easily got his third result of the day, and the four attacking Royal Navy Swordfish bombers did not escape the total annihilation.

"I'm Seahawk 1! We shot down 4 British planes! No 5th enemy plane was found...... My wingman and I are now ready to return!" Ral said as he steadied the plane at cloud level and spoke into the intercom.

"Allow you to return! Our attack formation may have achieved incredible results, God bless Germany, the Führer let us ...... Oh my God...... A record you would never dare to imagine. The commander of the naval aviation of the Empire said with some excitement.