Zhou Zhihan stretched out his hand to turn on the oxygen switch, pushed the throttle all the way, and raised the nose of the aircraft. The S703 Spitfire quickly climbed upwards and entered the clouds at an altitude of 8,000 meters. It circled slowly. Sure enough, there were more than a dozen Mesa above the clouds in the distance. Smit, was flying quickly towards the bomber formation. Apparently they had discovered three British fighter planes.
S703 Spitfire gently pressed the lever, hiding most of its fuselage into the clouds, and once again warned S705 Spitfire that there were a large number of Messerschmitt escorts at high altitude behind the German bomber formation. Please invite S705 and the other two fighters. Leave quickly.
Two Spitfires and a Hurricane attacked the German bomber group from three directions, intending to disrupt the German bomber group and force them to separate.
This German bomber formation is composed of 12 He111 bombers of the KG54 Wing and 8 Ju87 Stuka dive bombers of the 7th Squadron of the KG47 Wing.
This Stuka bomber is the latest Ju87b1 in 1940. It has just been put into the battlefield. It has strengthened tail steel plate protection, the pilot's cockpit is stronger, and a thicker protective steel plate is added in front of the rear gunner and machine gun. The caliber is enlarged, the firepower is more fierce, and the turret can rotate and fire, making it much more powerful than the previous Ju87.
The twenty bombers initially flew in five four-finger formations. When they saw the Allied fighters flying in, the twenty bombers immediately formed a triangular defensive formation flying forward, and the firepower was more concentrated. Three bombers were allowed to fly. The Allied fighter planes used firepower to fire and knock on the side, and the defensive formation of the bomber group was not chaotic at all.
Just now, Captain Adolf Mullen once again heard the warning from the lead aircraft. He quickly looked to the sky behind him, but found nothing. He thought that the lead aircraft was dazzled. The sky was so blue. If there was a Messerschmitt, , their orange nose and yellow tail cannot be hidden.
Captain Adolf Mullen scored 1.5 victories today and was very excited. He hoped to shoot down one more before going back, so that he would not be far away from the title of ace pilot.
Ace pilot!
The title of ace pilot is extremely tempting to every fighter pilot.
The title of ace is a gold medal that brings fame and fortune.
S705 Spitfire had about five or six seconds of ammunition left. He was on the left side of the German bomber group. He pressed the machine gun button with his thumb and released it. He used burst fire to detect the defensive weaknesses of the German bomber formation, hoping to use it to detect the defensive weaknesses of the German bomber formation. Disrupt the flight order of the formation, and then take the opportunity to drive away one or two bombers that are wandering on the edge of the formation.
The other two Spitfires and Hurricanes also used the same tactics as the S705 Spitfire, hoping to use a triangular firepower impact to disperse the German bomber flight formation, and then take advantage of the fire, harvest a batch, and leave quickly.
Although no German escort fighters were seen at this time, it does not mean that Messerschmitt elsewhere saw the bomber formation being attacked and did not rush to rescue.
But these 20 bombers are also very experienced, and the cooperation between the gunners is also very tacit. No matter where a British fighter jet appears, there will always be six or seven bomber gunners forming a tyrannical fire network to greet them, forcing the British aircraft not to dare Too close.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened. The Dreadnought fighter that broke away with B114 suddenly turned around, lowered its altitude, and flew towards the belly of the German bomber group.
Seeing a British fighter plane suddenly turning around and flying towards the belly of its own bomber formation, the leading German bomber pilot was a little confused at first, but then he understood that the British fighter plane wanted to pass under the bomber formation. Pull up again from behind, then turn around and attack.
No one dares to encounter the dense firepower of the bomber formation head-on on a flat surface, and no one wants to fly at low altitude over the dense bomber formation and be intercepted by firepower. Most fighters that want to attack the bomber formation go back to the bomber formation from the flanks. rear, and then attack.
Although it is a bit weird for this British fighter to pass under the formation, it poses almost no threat. If a bomber passes below, it will be a threat, because the bomber has a rear gunner and can shoot in the air when flying level.
Obviously, the German bombers did not know that flying under the belly of their aircraft was a fearless fighter that could disembowel them.
The Dreadnought fighter flew below the German bomber formation, and the turret it was carrying immediately opened fire. The four 7.62mm machine guns simultaneously blasted towards the belly of a He111 bomber. In an instant, the skin on the belly of the bomber It was torn apart, and almost none of the tracer bullets and high-explosive incendiary bombs fell, lining up from front to back and drilling into the belly of the aircraft.
The sudden firing of this Dreadnought fighter caught the German bomber formation off guard, and they fled, and the formation immediately dispersed.
The two Spitfires and the Hurricane immediately took advantage of the chaos and drove away. Each of them stared at a scattered bomber and looked for opportunities to attack.
The bomber that was hit by the Dauntless was directly disemboweled. The fuselage shook violently for a few times and burst into flames. A few seconds later, the fuel tank exploded, fragments of the fuselage flew everywhere, and the bombs carried under the belly also began to explode. The explosion, billowing smoke, raging fire, and huge shock wave generated by the explosion formed a powerful visual impact and shock against the background of blue sea water and blue sky.
The fearless water fighter succeeded in one blow, quickly broke away and rushed to the rear of the bomber group. Then it raised its nose and wanted to turn around and continue attacking the bomber formation. The pilot and turret gunner looked diagonally upward as they raised the tilted fuselage. Go, what comes into their eyes is the orange-yellow nose of a dozen Messerschmitts swooping down, and the muzzles of the machine guns shining with a cold light.
The two sides almost collided with each other, and the distance was only seventy or eighty meters away.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
A Messerschmitt cannon spit out two traces of fire-colored bullets, almost tearing the Dreadnought fighter into two halves. The tracer bullets tore the fuselage apart, flames scattered, fragments flew, and the powerful shells penetrated Inside the aircraft body, high-explosive combustion occurred all the way, and it exploded with a "boom", and the two pilots were scattered with flesh and blood.
"Hell!" The pilots of the two Spitfires and a Hurricane were horrified. They yelled almost at the same time. They pressed the levers to leave the bombers they were following, and quickly flew under the belly of the fleeing bomber group. To avoid the Messerschmitt swooping down from the sky.
These escorting Messerschmitts were the Bf109E3 fighter jets of the Sixth Squadron of the Condor Corps and the Bf109E2 of the Seventh Squadron. They swooped down from the sky, their yellow noses represented their identities, and their muzzles flashed with a sharp blue light. They were invincible. A lifetime of murderous intent.
The emblem of the Sixth Squadron is a long-horned goat standing on the map of Europe on the globe.
The logo of the 7th Squadron is a red heart.
The timely appearance of the escort fighters immediately stabilized the formation of the bomber formation.
More than a dozen Messerschmitts flew on the left and right sides of the bombers, and three Bf109E2s escorted the bombers above and behind them. Several Messerschmitts dived downwards from behind the bomber group, forcing the three British aircraft to fail. The bombers ducked under their bellies and could only accelerate forward to escape.
"Damn it!"
The three British pilots knew that this time they might lose their lives due to greed for credit, so they could only push the throttle to the bottom and escape forward.
But more than a dozen Messerschmitts had already occupied the high-altitude advantage. How could they let their prey escape? So, several Messerschmitts flew out from both sides of the bomber formation and dived to quickly pursue them. Several Messerschmitts from the Li Ying aircraft rolled sideways, left the belly of the formation, and escorted them on the side.
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