Eight Banshee starfighters split into two teams and gradually approach the atmosphere of the planet Heinison.

"OK, boys, get ready to enter the war zone, enter the combat state, we start to cross the atmosphere, steady, there may be some bumps, make sure your shields are working well, double protection right ahead......."

"The captain is really verbose, it's not the first time to perform this kind of task, it's the same line every time, I'm tired of hearing it, and I can recite it backwards." Schneier whispered.

"Okay, you just shut up, it's not for you, it's for those two rookies." Resson glanced at the two banshees that were following diagonally behind the Captain, and their movements seemed a little nervous. He smiled silently, as if it were the same when he was on such a ground support mission for the first time, preparing to travel through the atmosphere.

They have been in the war zone for three months, and the continuous fighting has reduced the number of pilots in the Thunderbird squadron one by one, and the twelve pilots of the original squadron have now been reduced to only half of the original, but the top has added two new people to them some time ago, and Risen and Schneier have finally been able to get rid of the title of the least qualified pilot in the squadron, although he has only three months more than them, but these three months of combat career make Risen enough to call these guys rookies with a big grin, And their adoration and surprise as they looked at the long list of crash signs under the cockpit of his fighter plane, he enjoyed and reveled in it.

The Banshee began to rush into the atmosphere, the fighter began to shake and shake slightly, and below the front of the fighter, the fighter shield came into contact with the atmosphere, lighting up with a golden fire, and if you look through the telescope on the ground, they look like eight shining meteors lined up neatly. Risen checked the system, and everything was working fine, just like the tasks they had performed before. After a while, the shaking was gone, they passed through the atmosphere, the sky blue sky was above their heads, and looking down, the green earth was clearly visible, and it was a good day today.

"Thunderbird 11, this is Captain Thunderbird, we have arrived in the designated area, we have not found any signs of enemy aircraft, you take your team to turn north, over the 29th area, the standby time is ninety minutes, and the four Banshee fighter squads of the Bat Squadron are responsible for your sky."

"Thunderbird 11 understands, Thunderbird seven, eight, twelfth, follow me."

"Understood." The four Banshee fighters left the formation and accelerated towards the north.

It didn't take long for them to reach the sky over Area 29, Resson's sensors quickly spotted four small blue dots in front of them, which were friendly planes, he looked around vigilantly, there was still no sign of enemy aircraft, and he immediately made contact with the Bat Squadron.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Thunderbird squadron, the guys in the air are dealt with by us, I'll leave it to you below, those guys from the 712th Armored Regiment will call you when they need it, it looks like the Federation is preparing to launch a new offensive, be careful, their anti-aircraft fire is fierce, good luck to you."

"Thanks for the reminder, we'll be careful, Thunderbird squadron, over."

"It should be up to us to be responsible for air cover, and they are right to carry out ground support, is there any mistake, Risson, the two of us are not playing ground targets to become trump cards." Schneier's mouth doesn't seem to be idle, and he always has something to say.

"Please, Schneier, can't you take a break? An order is an order, unless you are promoted to a general early. Follow me now. After a brief call, Risen immediately led his four-plane team to climb to an altitude of 10,000 meters and enter the standby airspace, and then he immediately turned his attention to the battlefield.

Through the sensors of the Banshee fighters, Risen quickly understood the general situation of the battlefield, the current standby position is in the airspace not far behind the friendly battle line, where they will not be threatened by the Federation's anti-aircraft firepower, and can respond quickly when receiving a request for support, the four of them are all old birds, the two newcomers are personally led by Captain Clark, there is nothing to worry about, as long as they stay for ninety minutes, they will be done, and there will naturally be fighters from other squadrons to replace them.

"Hey, Risson, look, the Federation is on the offensive." After they leisurely looked at the scenery in the sky for ten minutes, their sensors finally discovered a new situation, dozens of small red dots were moving from the ground along the road towards the direction of the Imperial battle line, it was the enemy's ground armored vehicles, on the Imperial battle line, small black smoke was rising from there, the enemy's artillery preparations had begun, and a regular ground attack was about to begin.

"Thunderbird 11, shall we go down and give those guys a little color?" Thunderbird Seven begins to call Resson.

"Don't worry, those guys from the 712th Regiment haven't called us yet, let's wait and see how they deal with it. Remember, our fighters are equipped with Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, and with these guys that can attack from a distance, we can fire on the side of our battle line without risking getting close to the top of the battlefield, and if the enemy insists on getting close despite the losses, we will consider using the cannon when the missiles are used up. ”

"Understood."

The Federation's artillery bombardment continued, the enemy's ground troops began to spread out attack formations to the left and right along the road forks, from above the battlefield, the sensors of the Banshee fighters made the battlefield situation clear at a glance, the enemy's tactics were simple, first suppress the Imperial front with artillery fire, so that the three Imperial fronts could not support each other and cover, and then concentrate forces to quickly attack from both flanks to achieve a breakthrough. The 712th Panzer Regiment, which was responsible for defending the Imperial front, began to call for ground support, and Risen decided to divide his four-plane squad into two attack detachments, with Thunderbird VII and Thunderbird VIII dealing with enemy forces on the left flank, while he and Schneier were responsible for attacking enemy armored columns on the right flank.

Just as the Banshee fighter of the Thunderbird squadron dropped sharply in altitude and was about to launch an attack on the enemy armored column, the alarm sounded again, and several red dots appeared on the sensor screen, Ressen's face became serious, this is the air unit of the enemy army, and the computer of the Banshee fighter quickly identified the new target type - the Federation's Hellcat fighter, the bat squadron began to accelerate its climb, and the kittens rushed towards the Federation.

"Thunderbird squadron, be careful, enemy aircraft have entered the battlefield, keep an extra eye on your rear when dealing with enemy anti-aircraft fire." Risen thought for a moment and then instructed his teammates. Although the Bat Squadron has stepped forward to meet the attack, and he does not underestimate the combat ability of the Bat Squadron, Reson believes that it is better to estimate the difficulties a little bigger.

"Risson, I've locked on to the enemy ground target, Hellfire, get ready."

"I also locked on to the target, launching."

The four Hellfire missiles left the bellies of the two Banshee fighters and flew towards the targets they had chosen in advance. Almost as soon as the missile detached from the fighter, Risen heard a sharp warning of the approaching missile from the system, and several white trails rose from the enemy armored column and quickly chased them in their direction.

"Schneier, enemy missiles, scattered, maneuver evasion."

His friend didn't have to wait for him to finish, he was already diving headlong into the verdant earth below, and Risen avoided his friend's direction and rushed in the other direction, until the belly of the Banshee almost grazed the woods below, and he struggled to pull the plane up, throwing a string of baits from the tail. The two missiles were attracted by the false target, deflected off course, and the third missile, which was followed by the Banshee, crashed headlong into a large tree in the woods, causing a small forest fire and the warning noise disappeared.

Risen pulled the Banshee back into the air, and he glanced around, to his left, a fighter plane was flying towards him, it was his friend, and he had dodged the enemy's anti-air missile attack. He then turned his gaze to the direction of the target they had just attacked, where a few black clouds of smoke shot straight into the blue sky, and the four ground targets that had just been locked on were all destroyed, the Hellfire is a missile that radiates and does not care, once launched, it can automatically track and direct itself to the target, and there is no need to intervene at all, the fighter can continue to attack other targets or perform evasive maneuvers.

The federal forces were not intimidated, they were still stubbornly advancing towards the Imperial front, the two Banshee fighters were attacked again and again, Risen had already learned to be obedient, since the enemy army was accompanied by anti-aircraft missile armored vehicles, then, these targets that posed the greatest threat to them naturally became the priority of the Hellfire missiles, when all the Hellfire missiles of their Banshee fighters were exhausted, when the Banshee fighters approached the battlefield again, there was no white trail rising from the ground.

The two Banshee fighters began to recklessly enter the sky above the enemy's armored forces and use their cannons to launch direct attacks at close range, although there were still some self-propelled anti-air defense beam guns in the column of federal armored vehicles, but how could they compete with these two aces who were about to become proficient? A soldier of the Union Army later recalled: They were close to the ground, like two black lightning bolts at high speed, the height was so low that our anti-air beam cannon almost turned into a flat-fire gun, but it could not catch these two small targets, the beam fired from the muzzle of the enemy fighter machine gun was like a scythe-wielding Grim Reaper, we were like meat on a chopping board, simply at the mercy of the enemy, there was no room for resistance, this was really terrible, like a nightmare.

The Federation finally couldn't hold it anymore, and the remnants of the armored vehicles began to turn around and retreat towards their own front, but how could the speed of the vehicles on the ground be compared to the speed of the Banshee fighters? The two Banshee fighters continued their slaughter without mercy, and the bloody battlefield was littered with the wreckage of burning and exploding armored vehicles, black smoke reaching into the sky, and the corpses of Federation soldiers were scattered all over the battlefield, and even the monitoring posts on the Imperial front who were observing the battle were a little unbearable, and he wrote a sentence on his record: This is not a battle, this is a massacre, and I am glad that they are on our side.

Of course, Risen and Schneier will not notice this, the black smoke on the ground obscures the entire battlefield, and on the one hand, they must pay attention to those self-defended anti-air beam cannons, on the other hand, they have to be careful not to let their fighters crash into the ground in the smoke, and also carry out attack missions, they only have one thought at this time, that is, to teach the Federation a hard lesson, try to destroy as many enemies as possible, and let them think clearly before launching another attack......

Resson let go of his finger, and the glittering beams of energy from the Banshee Fighter's muzzle vanished, and several red and white beams hit the top of a lightly armored fighter with precision, a fireball erupting from the inside of the vehicle, and another target being completely destroyed. He dodged the self-propelled anti-air beam cannon and pulled up the fighter. At this moment, he saw a red dot on the sensor suddenly appear very close to them, and his blood froze, this is a Hellcat fighter, where did it come from? He'd been keeping an eye on the sensor, how could he have let it get so close to find it?

Damn, Risen immediately figured it out, there was a hill bag, that hateful hellcat must be close to the ground, relying on the cover of the hill bag to avoid the detection of the banshee and get close to them, if they were in the hollow, they would have found it a long time ago, but in order to avoid the attack of the self-defense beam cannon, they have been staying at ultra-low altitude and busy attacking the ground armored forces of the Federation, and besides, the pilot of this Federation knows how to use the terrain cover to launch a surprise attack, it must be a veteran, their trouble is coming.

TMD, Risen cursed secretly in his heart, what bat squadron, saying that our sky is in charge of them, it is not reliable at all, and it actually let the enemy plane slip over like this, it seems that it has to rely on itself at the juncture, fortunately, the bulky ground weapons have been used up, and it should be no problem to enter the air battle in the current state of the fighter.

He turned his gaze to the direction of the enemy plane, and the enemy plane immediately came into his line of sight, but his eyes were immediately attracted by the banshee fighter plane in front of the enemy plane, and Risson, who had always been calm, screamed in panic.

"Schneier, enemy plane, five o'clock direction, flash mob."