Chapter 110: Dungeon The Battle of Madrid (5)

Lieutenant Gaut Rouzot, commander of the 3rd Fighter Squadron of the German Vulture Regiment, piloted a Heinkel He-51B biplane fighter and led his squadron of twenty-three fighters to escort a group of Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers that would become famous. (Heinkel He-51B biplane fighter, 750 hp BMW VI engine, two 7.92 mm MG17 machine guns, maximum speed 330 km.) )

The twelve Stuka bombers protected by the 3rd Squadron were the latest test planes sent by the German government to Spain for combat testing, and together with the Stuka bombers, the Reaper Messerschmitt 109 fighters (Me-109) in the sky were sent to Spain for combat testing, but the sixteen Me-109 fighters were sent for combat testing to another battlefield and did not come together to escort them.

Lieutenant Rouzzo's mission today was to cover the bombing of Madrid by twelve Stuka bombers and to destroy the International Column Armoured Brigade stationed in the university town, which had driven the Vulture Regiment's ground troops out of the area on the 14th, that is, yesterday, in retaliation.

The city of Madrid soon came into view of Lieutenant Ruzzo, who radioed the order to combat readiness, and twenty-four He-51B fighters changed formation, making way for the protection of the Stuka bombers inside.

"Enemy aircraft spotted above the eight o'clock position!"

An exclamation came over the radio, and Lieutenant Ruzzo immediately looked behind him to the left, and a group of green biplane fighters swooped towards his cluster from an altitude of more than three thousand meters, which from the appearance should be Soviet I-15 series biplane fighters, numbering no less than thirty units.

"Meet the enemy!"

As soon as Lieutenant Ruzo pulled the operating stick, the fighter plane under him made a light turn in mid-air, raised its nose and flew towards the enemy plane.

"Dadada......!"

The calm sky instantly became a battlefield of killing, and thirty-six I-153 fighters of Ouyang Yu's army and twenty-four He-51B fighters of the German army were mixed together, and a string of tracer bullets pierced the sky.

In terms of performance, the He-51B fighter is inferior to the I-153 fighter, and the firepower is even worse, and the level of pilots on both sides is not much different, so with the excellent performance of the fighter, the air combat has fallen one-sidedly to Ouyang Yujun's air force from the beginning.

Corporal Ivanov, the pilot of the I-153 fighter No. 213, had just shot down a He-51B fighter, and then a string of bullets came from his rear, Corporal Ivanov controlled the fighter plane and suddenly rolled upwards to avoid the incoming bullets, but the German pilot chasing behind him did not give up, biting his six points and constantly shooting, as if he had the meaning of not giving up until he shot down Corporal Ivanov.

Corporal Ivanov tried his best to control his circling and rolling to prevent his fighter plane from being hit by bullets, but the German pilot chasing after him was very skilled, and Corporal Ivanov could not get rid of the other party with all his might.

"Damn!"

Corporal Ivanov pushed the joystick sharply, and his I-153 fighter began to dive downward at extreme speed, risking the disintegration of the aircraft, relying on a speed greater than that of the He-51B fighter to finally get rid of the situation of being pursued, and then with the high speed of his I-153 fighter lightly drew a semicircle in the air, went around the back of the German fighter and began to counterattack.

"Dadada......!"

The white phosphorus incendiary bombs fired by the two 12.7mm machine guns in the nose of the I-153 were mostly missed, but even the small part that hit did enough damage, and the He-51B fighter, which was mainly wooden, quickly burst into flames and fell to the ground with a large amount of black smoke.

The number of Ouyang Yu fighters of the surplus German army, most of them were entangled with the German fighters, and the remaining small part flew towards the twelve Stuka bombers, the early Stuka bombers were not very fast, the maximum speed was only 310 kilometers per hour, equipped with a 7.92 mm machine gun and a 7.92 machine gun controlled by the machine gunner at the rear of the cockpit at the left wing, the anti-aircraft firepower can be regarded as quite weak, carrying a 250 kg bomb, the maximum speed dropped to 294 kilometers per hour after loading the bomb, so it was easily chased by six I-153 fighters.

The twelve Stuka bombers that had been flying in formation, in order to avoid the attack The formation was scattered, and the machine gunners in the back seat were desperately shooting in order to prevent Ouyang Yujun's I-153 fighters from approaching, and the six I-153 fighters were as light as larks, dodging the shots of the Stuka bomber machine gunners, and successfully put several Stuka bombers into their own aiming circle.

"Dadada......!"

Six I-153 fighters flashed through the Stuka fleet, two Stuka bombers emitted black smoke and fire, one Stuka bomber did not last long before it was shattered by the explosion of the fuel tank, the other crashed to the ground, and two pilots successfully parachuted.

A bomber without fighter protection is the best target, of course, the large fleet of B-17 aircraft of the US imperialism is another matter, and the hedgehog-like machine gun hell even the best German pilots have to weigh it, but only ten bulky Stuka bombers pose no threat in front of six I-153 fighters, and all of them were shot down in less than half an hour, and the twenty-four He-51B fighters escorting the escort could not take care of the Stuka bombers at all when they could not protect themselves.

In the air battle that took place on the morning of 15 July, Ouyang Yu fighters shot down 12 German Stuka bombers, shot down 16 He-51B fighters, damaged 3, and captured 21 German pilots.

Ouyang Yu's air force lost seven I-153 fighters, five were damaged, and four pilots were killed, and the battle ended with a complete victory for Ouyang Yu's air force, but the Ouyang Yu army, which was in the limelight, was also regarded as a thorn in the side by the rebel leader, Francisco Franco.

In order to occupy Madrid, in order to eliminate Ouyang Yu's army, Franco strengthened the forces of the rebels attacking Madrid, and the German support of tanks No. 1 and No. 2 and various artillery pieces were mobilized to the Madrid front, including tanks No. 3 and No. 4 in some experiments. (Tanks 3 and 4 did not participate in the Spanish Civil War, because the plot required it, so the dungeon world was available.) )

"Boom...... Bang...... Boom......!"

At 7 o'clock in the morning of 20 July, more than 50 bombers converted from Ju-52 transport planes of the rebels flew over Madrid under the cover of more than 200 fighters of various types.

On the ground, only Ouyang Yu's army had a large number of air defense weapons on its position, and the rest of Madrid's urban area had few air defense weapons, but the rebels' air raids were aimed at Ouyang Yu's army's position, so the rest of Madrid was not attacked too much.

Ouyang Yu's 40-mm guns and the newly equipped Soviet-style M1939 85-mm anti-aircraft guns set up an air defense barrage in the sky over the university town, so that the rebel bombers did not dare to reduce the altitude too much, so the low hit rate of the bombing was outrageous, and Ouyang Yu had ordered the ground troops to hide in the bunkers long before the bombing, and the tanks, artillery and other heavy equipment were well camouflaged, and the losses in the air raid were not large.

The rebels bombed the university town for three days in a row, and the university town of Madrid was completely turned into a ruin, and on the 24th, 110,000 rebels launched a full-scale attack on Madrid, and Ouyang Yu's university town became the focus of the rebels' attack.

In three days, the Ouyang Yu air force, which was outnumbered and beaten, was disabled, and more than 70 I-153 fighters were lost, and the rest were transferred to the rear with 36 SB-2 bombers to rest and replenish, so they temporarily lost their air power, but the high-intensity air battle made the rebels not very happy, and the rebels paid a higher price than Ouyang Yu, but they still maintained a certain amount of air power.

On the morning of the 24th, after a fierce artillery battle, more than 6,000 men of the ground forces of the German vulture regiment, which had been replenished by the recovering of a small number of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 and a large number of tanks No. 1 and No. 2, launched an attack on the university town of Madrid.

Seeing Ouyang Yu arranged by the German army from the command system gave her a feeling of time and space reversed, as if she had traveled from the Spanish Civil War in 1936 to the Soviet-German battlefield in 1941.

"It's said that the Spanish Civil War was a rehearsal for World War II, and that's good, so let me experience the power of the German armored forces now. ”