Chapter 387: 387 London Air Battle

81_81266 In the past few days, as an ace pilot of the Luftwaffe, Heinz Barr, who shot down 33 enemy planes, can be said to be extremely boring. He soared through the skies in his FW-190D fighter jet, followed by his wingman a short distance behind. Around them were 50 German fighter jets with drop fuel tanks, their engines roaring and lightning fast.

Directly below these fighters were 130 German Do-217 medium bombers, who were ordered to visit London once again and raze it to the ground. The bomber pilots were so happy that they could drop bombs on their targets without any scruples, but the fighter pilots suffered a bit and could only wait on the sidelines.

Because of the load limit, the FW-190D fighter carrying the auxiliary fuel tank can no longer carry small bombs to attack the ground -- or cannot carry it at the extreme range, which makes the fighter's ground attack a luxury, and the FW-190D fighter unit is also strictly forbidden to lower the altitude to carry out ground attack after suffering a small loss.

During a bombing mission, a bored fighter pilot descended to attack a number of civilian targets on the ground with a cannon, only to be attacked by a British anti-aircraft artillery unit and a fighter unit. Fifteen German fighters were shot down on that day, and 15 pilots were never able to return to their homeland because they had parachuted on enemy territory - they were shot one by one, and they did not even have a chance to be captured.

Britain still has nearly 1,400 fighters of various types, and it is only because of its lack of high-altitude combat capability that the Luftwaffe is allowed to go high, and it is not completely lost its ability to resist. Moreover, these British air defense forces, which were already in a state of madness by the Luftwaffe, were ordered not to capture Luftwaffe prisoners, and to kill German parachuted pilots on the spot as long as they found them. For the Germans who bombed Britain in an all-out way, this could be regarded as another bloody revenge.

Therefore, the altitude of 10,000 meters is generally the free corridor of the Luftwaffe, and you can come and go as you want, but once the altitude drops to 4,000 meters, the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the British and the P-36 fighters bought from the United States will be very impressive.

The bombing accuracy of the bombers at an altitude of 10,000 meters was indeed not high, but it could not withstand the absolute superiority of the number of bombers dispatched by the Luftwaffe, and the overwhelming scene of Allied bomber groups that appeared over Germany in another time and space was slightly copied by Accardo in this time and space and directly returned to the British.

Bombers after bombers, like locusts crossing the border, with no end in sight, could be felt even by Heinz Bahr flying above these bombers with fighter jets. These new weapons were the embodiment of miè, and they were loaded with bombshells and napalm enough to destroy a passing qiē and reduce the British city to ashes.

Through the gaps between the bombers, Heinz Barr saw the behemoth-like British city on the ground in the distance. The fire caused by the bombing of the German aircraft group the day before did not seem to have been completely extinguished, and smoke billowed from the entire city. In the sky, you can see the places where the flames are raised when they are hit, and they are like scars left on the face of the city.

According to Dick, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe and commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe bomber force, London has been destroyed by Germany, and whether it can be rebuilt depends on whether Britain surrenders and the mood of the Führer. Seeing the burned and destroyed city again, Heinz Barr felt that General Dick's words seemed to be an exaggeration.

"Barr, Barr, I'm Squadron Leader Biel, the bomber force is adjusting altitude, they're ready to drop bombs, and we're descending to protect them from the British fighters. Inside the headphones, the squadron leader's voice came.

"Heinz Barr understands!" replied the ace pilot, who had been bored and had to sigh in his mind, and then took control of his fighter and began to descend to maintain the altitude corresponding to the bomber group.

Around him, the fighters were descending, the roar of the engines could be heard clearly even at an altitude of 10,000 meters with headphones, and the shadows of British fighters appeared around them, but these belated British pilots did not dare to approach such a large bomber group, and they also understood that at an altitude of 8,000 meters, there was no essential difference between the German FW-190D liquid-cooled fighter and suicide.

It is undoubtedly unwise to rely on the backward P-36 fighter from the United States to challenge the FW-190D, which has dominated the whole of Europe, and the two sides are worlds apart in terms of speed and handling performance, if the poor P-36 fighter is an old Santana, then the FW-190D is at least the level of the BMW 3 Series, and the two aircraft are not an order of magnitude opponent at all.

The FW-190D liquid-cooled air supremacy fighter was equipped with a 30 mm mid-axis cannon and two wings of 13 mm aviation machine guns - this weapon configuration was not ideal for novices due to the small ammunition load. However, this weapon configuration is exactly used against the British Air Force, like a steel tong choking the throat of the British Air Force.

This large-caliber weapon configuration often causes the plane to explode and disintegrate in the air when attacking British aircraft, and most pilots will lose the opportunity to parachute because they are hit or exploded, and the 30mm cannon and 13mm machine gun will penetrate the fragile bulletproof steel plate around the flight cockpit and directly kill the pilot inside.

As a result, the survival rate of British pilots engaged in the battle with the Luftwaffe was very low, and the British pilots were directly in an embarrassing situation, and in less than a month of fighting, the British Royal Air Force was empty of planes from the United States, but could not replenish the pilots needed for these planes in time.

The bomber group opened bomb bomb silos over London, and under the fire of the scattered anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, a new round of bomb dropping calmly began. With the screams of bomb after bomb piercing the air, one after another 250-kilogram aerial bombs were dropped on the ground.

After a short while, an explosion was heard on the ground, a black smoke rose into the air, and the first bomb had already landed. London was destined to fall victim once again, and the whole city trembled slightly in one explosion after another. Churchill felt the tremors in the basement, staring silently at the huge map of Britain on the wall.

In the sky, two British Hurricane fighters provoked German fighters on the periphery of the German bomber group, and the German DO-217 bombers were obviously not as comprehensive as the butcher bombers in terms of self-defense weapons, which also gave the British fighters fearless, these two British fighters were obviously very skilled, and after several provocations, they found a DO-217 bomber flying on the edge of the group, slightly panicked, and rushed up to hit the German plane by surprise, and the plane was shot with light smoke.

"Barr! the other party is a veteran, you go down and fight carefully, we cover you at high altitude!" Squadron Leader Biel's voice came from the headset again: "Be careful with the ground artillery, don't be too low in height." ”

"Heinz understands!" replied Heinz Barr, choosing a place that would not affect the bomber and pressing the throw button on the plane. With a soft "click", the auxiliary fuel tank under the belly of the FW-190D fighter broke away from the plane and fell to the ground.

As soon as he pushed the control stick of the plane, the aircraft FW-190D began to dive at high speed like an eagle. After days and nights of modification by German engineers, the engine equipped with this FW-190D liquid-cooled fighter has undergone earth-shaking changes, from the initial speed of 550 kilometers per hour, to 600 kilometers per hour, and finally more than 630 kilometers - now the latest German fighter has a dive speed of nearly 660 kilometers, and even broke the record of 700 kilometers per hour.

The German fighter plane dived at high speed, and the inertia made Heinz Bahr's entire body stick to the back of the seat, but he still felt good, and many air battles brought him unparalleled combat experience, and every time the plane entered the high-speed dive phase, Heinz Bahr could feel that almost invincible.

The two Hurricane fighters, who had succeeded in the sneak attack, apparently foresaw the danger at high altitude, and immediately began to accelerate and at the same time began to dive and accelerate - as long as they entered the low altitude, both the cover of the anti-aircraft guns and the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft would be beneficial to the British fighters. This is also the experience that countless British pilots have bought with their blood, and there is really no opportunistic shortcuts.

At a distance, Heinz Barr lassoed a British Hurricane fighter in front of him with his sight, gently shaking the plane's control stick to roughly match the frequency of the dive British fighter in front of him, and then slammed the trigger.

"Suddenly, suddenly!" the 30-millimeter cannon in the nose fired several shells, short and urgent. The tracer bullet flew towards its target with a bright tail, but just as it was about to hit the opponent's plane, the opposite plane suddenly turned sharply to the left, and several shells flew past the tail of the Hurricane fighter.

"What a veteran! It's not easy!" Heinz Barr followed the other party to turn, so that the angle of the plane continued to be consistent with the other party, and at the same time began to use the walkie-talkie to contact his wingman: "Cover my tail, the other party may be looking for an opportunity! This is the opponent's trump card, don't be careless! Pay attention to keep the altitude, don't fall into the opponent's ambush." ”

"Wingman understands! I'm climbing altitude. The wingman replied loudly as he changed the direction of flight with Heinz Barr.

Hearing the wingman's answer, Heinz Barr continued to bite the tail of the opposing fighter and began a new round of air pursuit. With the experience of the first miss, Barr did not rush to fire, but tried to close the distance between the two sides, while the other party kept changing his flight direction in an attempt to get rid of Barr, and a fierce aerial fight began