Major Herwig Knipel had hard features, sinister eyes, and pulled the lever. The J801 Messerschmitt jumped up and took up a high position. While flying towards the A214 Spitfire, he ordered the German aircraft group: "The bomber group maintains the formation. , defend with intensive firepower, don’t be reluctant to fight, advance quickly, sink the troop transport ship with all your strength first, and be sure to send all the soldiers on board to hell.”
The reason why we didn't sink the troop transport first was because we wanted to encircle and suppress the 615th Squadron.
Major Herwig Knipper knew that as long as the troop carrier was not bombed and sunk, the 615th Squadron would fight to the death to protect the troopship from leaving. If the troopship was bombed, the 615th Squadron might leave the battlefield at any time.
From one moment to the next, the Royal Air Force's fighter planes now have the upper hand. They first bombed the troop transports to achieve great success. Then they fought if they could, and if they couldn't, they protected the bomber formations from retreating.
The Stuka bomber group immediately executed, and the formation began to move closer together into a reverse V-shaped forward thrust. The two wings gathered fire defense, and the rear machine gunners formed a fire net to protect the rear hemisphere.
The large aircraft of both sides fired, tracer bullets flying in the golden sky, their reflections in the blue water like golden snakes dancing wildly, the sound of propellers and engines was deafening, mixed with the shrill ghostly roar of the god of death, Stuka, which made people feel uncomfortable. The soldiers who had just escaped death on the troop ship were terrified.
Now, except for the Skatu bombers that keep the formation moving forward, the fighters of both sides either fight independently, or the two-plane formation alternately fires to besiege the Stuka.
The four-finger formation is only used to prevent sneak attacks when flying to search for the enemy. It is suitable for small-scale air combat. In large-scale air combat, maintaining the four-finger formation will be very crowded and chaotic. If the wingman wants to maintain the formation, it will distract the attention, which is counterproductive. .
Seeing that the fire defense of the bomber formation was in place, several Messerschmitts of the 3rd Squadron of the Condor Legion escorting the bomber formation suddenly pulled up almost vertically, preparing to dive to attack the incoming Hurricane and Dreadnought fighters of the 303rd Squadron. .
The team emblem of JG3 Squadron is a cyan falcon with its wings spread out and a pair of purple-red eyes. It is very dazzling and fierce on the nose of the aircraft, worthy of their team emblem.
Major Herwig Knipel's J801 fuselage is spray-painted with a black twisted S logo, and the nose is painted with a red-haired commander riding a black horse with a red mane? A spear in the right hand? A shield with the S symbol in the left hand, belonging to the Condor. Legion Wing Command: Ten black cannon bullets are painted on the tail of his aircraft, representing his status as an ace pilot.
Pilots from all over the world like to draw various logos on the tails of fighter planes to reflect their achievements, identity and value. Some people draw stars, some draw leaves or the sun, and some even draw the national emblem of a hostile country.
Pilots are a group that values the strong. Painting records on the tail of the aircraft can sometimes serve as a deterrent to opponents.
In a life-and-death battle, everyone is willing to look for a rookie to start with? No one wants to face an ace? Therefore, the wings of fighter ace pilots have the attributes of a king, just like a beautiful peacock spreading its wings, which can scare opponents during war and attract the opposite sex during courtship. .
Major Herwig Knipel's intention is obvious. Let the Reaper bombers attack the transport ship with all their strength. The Royal Air Force's fighter planes will definitely be distracted and return to the defense to rescue the transport ship. This leaves room for Messerschmitt to pull out. and distance, taking advantage of the dive attack.
Just now, eleven Messerschmitts besieged six or seven Spitfires and Hurricanes and were unable to attack them for a long time? It was because they abandoned the strengths of the Messerschmitts and switched to plane dogfights.
At this moment, there was an explosion in the distance? Was the Spitfire that was injured and escaped the battlefield shot down by the Messerschmitt of the pursuing JG3 squadron? The pilot had no time to parachute, and the plane disintegrated into countless pieces of debris in the air, burning. Falling towards the sea.
The Messerschmitt that had harvested the results of the battle received the order from Major Herwig Knipel and immediately pounced on the troop transport "Mona Island" returning at full speed.
"No. A209 is going to intercept the Messerschmitt at the 10 o'clock position!" Zhou Zhihan pressed the stick slightly, adjusted the nose of the aircraft, and flew towards the German ace. With his peripheral vision, he saw a Messerschmitt heading towards it first. The troop transport pounced and asked Zubach to intercept it.
"No. A209 received, sir!"
Zubach rolled 90 degrees to the left, recovered from the flat stick, and then pulled the stick. The A209 Spitfire intercepted the Messerschmitt of the JG3 Squadron at the 10 o'clock direction of the 303 Squadron.
Zhou Zhihan used his peripheral vision to check the air around him, and said to Zubach who was going to intercept Messerschmitt: "In terms of air combat technology, nothing is completely correct, but courage is indispensable. Zubach, for shooting When maneuvering to take position, the best way is to dive to increase speed, quickly take position, quickly shoot down the enemy aircraft, then pull up the fighter plane and escape by jumping!"
"No. A209 understands. Sir!"
The A214 Spitfire and the J801Bf109E3 were almost on the same flight path. This was another oncoming flight with no track distance. Zhou Zhihan used this tactic when he shot down the Japanese No. 1 War God Akamatsu Sadaki. At that time, he deliberately Akamatsu Sadaki took the bait and shot down the opponent with a cobra maneuver.
It was at the end of October 1937 that the number one war fighter of the Japanese army was shot down, but now it is the middle of 1940. The world's mainstream fighter jets have already been updated. The battle between the Messerschmitt and the Spitfire is by no means comparable to the Type 96 ship-to-ship battle at that time.
The distance between A214 Spitfire and J801 Bf109E3 is 600 meters.
Zhou Zhihan chose to lure the enemy first, pressing the stick slightly to the right. After the A214 Spitfire made a slight swinging maneuver, it instantly adjusted its flight path, trying to lure the J801 to turn early. In a flash, the Bf109E3 nose of the J801 He swung slightly, but after realizing that he had been fooled, he immediately reversed his course.
sharp!
Zhou Zhihan secretly admired his opponent. The Condor Legion's ace pilot J801 was indeed not comparable to Japan's number one military god. The former had brilliant results and was experienced, while the latter was famous but lacked actual combat. If he had shaken it just now, if he had changed If you kill the first military god, you will never be able to take it back after the nose of the machine is moved out, and you will be bitten to death immediately.
"Is there such a person in the Royal Air Force?"
Taking several deep breaths to adjust his heartbeat, Major Herwig Knipper almost fell for the trick. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and turned the plane back. He had just seen the seven iron crosses on the tail fin of the A214 Spitfire. He knew he had met The trump card. Now, in terms of his record on the tail, it would be perfect if it lacks the pattern of shooting down the ace.
If you shoot down an opponent's ace pilot, although the record on the tail of the aircraft is still one, the pattern will be marked in different colors and the pattern will be larger, indicating that the ace was shot down.
The two of them narrowed their eyes at the same time, both knowing they were meeting a powerful enemy.
The two-aircraft express was approaching, and when the distance was 300 meters, J801 Bf109E3 opened fire first.
Major Vichy Knipel chose the 20mm MG FF cannon between the inverted V-shaped cylinders, which was rarely used in normal times but was suitable for head-on shooting on the same trajectory, and fired a long shot.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The powerful cannon shells pulled out a red bullet trail and bit into the nose of the A214 Spitfire.
At the moment of firing, the Zeiss Rb21/28 camera gun installed vertically downwards in the cockpit of the Bf109E3 flashed continuously, taking pictures of the ballistic traces and the flame-breathing nose of the A214. If this hit hit, his reputation He will be even more prominent in the Vulture Legion.
The standard weapons equipped by the Messerschmitt Bf109E3 include two 7.92mm MG17 machine guns on the engine cowling, and two MG 20mm MG FF cannons on both wings, the cannon between the inverted V-shaped cylinders It is rarely used at ordinary times, and will only be used after the ammunition of other machine guns and cannons has been exhausted. The reason is that when using this cannon for maneuver shooting, the engine will tremble, but shooting in direct flight will be fine.
The Zeiss Rb21/28 camera gun will continuously take pictures when these weapons are fired, which is the best evidence for shooting down the opponent.
The Spitfire IA 0.303-inch Browning machine gun is far less powerful than the Messerschmitt cannon, which is one of the reasons why the Spitfire is inferior to its opponent.
Zhou Zhihan could only press the lever and was forced to turn early.
"Choo Choo Choo……"
The shells whizzed past the A214 Spitfire, and the yellow shells ejected from the exit of the shell discharge groove in the belly of the Bf109E3, leaving a circular parabolic drop when turning.
Messerschmitt No. J801 forced the opponent to turn early, and immediately pressed the stick to follow the turn and bite. Because the distance between the two aircraft was too close, it seized the excellent attack position in the rear hemisphere of No. A214 Spitfire.
The back of Major Herwig Knipel's head was pressed tightly against the shooting pad on the seat. His eyes moved back and forth between the Levi C/12D sight and the A214 Spitfire, but the tail of the Spitfire was in the sight. swimming back and forth in the ring, making it impossible for him to catch it.
"200 meters... you have to get closer... you can't run away, no one can escape from my gun..."
Licking his lips, Major Herwig Knipel bit down on the Spitfire tightly, murmuring to himself, releasing his excited heartbeat, pushing the throttle to the bottom, and the 1175-horsepower DN601Aa engine roared, reaching the speed of The top speed of 560 kilometers gradually closes the distance with the Spitfire. When the Spitfire's fuselage is filled with sights, there is no need for any shooting advance or the center of the circle to bite the target. Even a fool can shoot it down by holding down the shooting button.
Compared with Japanese and Chinese pilots, European pilots, especially German pilots, have very close shooting distances.
One second later, the A214 Spitfire performed an extended maneuver to escape. The wings turned 90 degrees and then suddenly turned 180 degrees to the right.
No. J801 presses the rod left and right, rolls sideways, and bites tightly.
Major Herwig Knipel's cheeks turned red with excitement. As long as the prey he bit on the rear hemisphere never escaped.
He secretly exclaimed that he was so lucky today. He blew up and sank a British Royal Navy destroyer. Soon, the transport ship would also be buried under the sea with a crew of people. And the prey in front of him turned out to be a British Royal Air Force. Ace pilot, that's so rare.
The next second, the A214 Spitfire suddenly made a 90-degree side roll to the left while flying in a straight line. The right wing had just pointed to the sky, and the 180-degree roll to the right instantly transformed into a violent escape maneuver with the left wing pointing to the sky. The intersection angle is increased, which destroys the corrected aiming point continuously established by the J801 Bf109E3 using the shooting advance.
Major Herwig Knipel gritted his teeth. The center of the Levi C/12D sight had just moved onto the flight path of the A214 Spitfire. Before the target could meet the center of the circle, the A214 Spitfire Used a 180-degree roll to break his small overload rapid tracking shot.
From the time when the A214 Spitfire was forced to turn early, to when the J801 Bf109E3 used a small overload to quickly track and fire, this process only lasted four or five seconds, but within these four or five seconds both sides made six or seven pursuit and escape maneuvers. , Messerschmitt's shot was wonderful, and the Spitfire's escape was even more exquisite.
Since the air battle on August 14, 1937, Zhou Zhihan encountered such a strong opponent for the first time. He made several maneuvers in a row before breaking the opponent's small overload rapid tracking shooting method. He became more competitive and suddenly made a 540-degree direction. There was a big roll on the lower right side, and it reached the 5 o'clock position under the nose of Bf109E3 No. J801, with its back facing the sea.
Major Herwig Knipel was overjoyed. The Bf109E3 reacted quickly, rolled its nose 360 degrees to the right and pressed down, biting the belly of the A214 Spitfire towards the sky. It established a short-range shooting opportunity during the dive. Looking at the sight, Major Herwig Knipel could confirm that the belly of the Spitfire had completely filled the center of the circle of the Levi C/12D sight. He pressed the launch button with his thumb, and the Messerschmitt's aircraft He paused for a moment, and two cannons and two machine guns opened fire at the same time. Just when he was about to win, he saw fiery red bullet trails flying towards the sea and pulling out several slender bullet shadows. The A214 Spitfire suddenly disappeared in front of him. Although he secretly yelled that he was not frightened, he pressed the lever very quickly, and the Messerschmitt Bf109E3 took advantage of the situation to continue a 360-degree roll to the lower right. In an instant, the offensive posture turned into a defensive roll, and he screamed "G" "Type reversal maneuver" and continued to perform 720-degree roller defensive maneuvers downwards. Sure enough, the A214 Spitfire was directly above him, and the nose of the aircraft dived down to shoot. Eight flames fell down like a raging waterfall, covering his Messerschmitt fully covered.
Although Major Herwig Knipel knew how to fly the "G-type reversal maneuver", it was just like humans knowing that birds can fly by waving their wings in the air, but they can only fall to death by waving their arms. .
What you know doesn't necessarily mean you can do it.
A second ago, Major Herwig Knipel believed that no one in the world could fly the conceivable but impossible "G-type reverse maneuver", when the tracer bullet tore through his fighter plane When the back of the plane smashed the left wing into a sieve, he knew that the maneuvers he could not do did not mean that others could not do them.
What you can't do just means you don't have enough ability.
Messerschmitt No. 801 was like a firebird with broken wings, continuing to roll downward in the inertia of a 720-degree roll. Although the 10 mm bulletproof armor protected his head and chest, only his shoulders were injured. He was slightly injured and had broken bones, but in such a windmill-like tumbling fall, he had no chance to parachute. Then the huge impact of the fighter plane hitting the sea water caused a flaming color to flash before his eyes, and then his life fell into endless darkness. .
Seeing the Bf109E3 No. J801 on fire, with half of its wings broken off, rolling like a windmill and hitting the sea, splashing out 20 to 30 meters of water, cutting into the sea and exploding, Zhou Zhihan quickly raised the nose of the aircraft, and A214 sprayed After Huo recovered from the dive, he did a 90-degree roll. Zhou Zhihan saluted the place where J801 Messerschmitt crashed and exploded on the water.
Only the strong can make the strong cherish each other.
He respects the skills of the Messerschmitt pilot of J801. Since his debut, he is the only person who can force him to perform the "G-type reverse maneuver" that is more difficult to fly than the Cobra maneuver.
Zhou Zhihan quickly raised the A214 Spitfire, and then pressed the lever to rush towards the group of Stuka bombers. The air battle at this time was very chaotic. Once the God of Death seized the opportunity to drop bombs, the lives of everyone on the transport ship would be in danger.
