Unlike other arms, air battles last the shortest and most intensely. Often two fighter jets shoot head-on, and the battle ends in a few to more than ten seconds.
It actually took more than ten seconds for the A214 Spitfire to engage the enemy and shoot down the J801 Messerschmitt. At this time, many fighters from both sides began to rise, dive, circle, and fight.
When engaging the enemy, the A214 Spitfire was at the forefront. Zhou Zhihan used a G-shaped reversal maneuver to quickly shoot down the opponent's Messerschmitt again. The wonderful moment was seen by the soldiers on the troop carrier and was immediately reported. There were bursts of cheers.
As soon as the A214 Spitfire appeared, it shot down three opponent fighter planes in a row. This kind of wonderful blitz is rare in life.
Several pilots from the 303 Squadron also saw the A214 Spitfire blitzing the Messerschmitt again, and they all exclaimed that it was wonderful. They all wanted to know how the commander in chief performed this G-shaped reversal maneuver.
When Major Herwig Knipper called out the "G-type reversal maneuver", all his team members heard it, but the 303 Squadron rushed so fast that no one saw him being shot down, and no one would have thought that their ace The pilot was almost instantly killed by the opponent.
"G-type reversal maneuver...what the hell..."
"Too many enemy planes, sir... Damn it..."
"Where did these damn Brits come from..."
"Sir...the Brits have more planes than us...hell...there's a Hurricane behind me..."
"Sir...I'm almost out of bullets...I'm entangled with two damn hurricanes..."
"Damn... the advantage I established with my quick dive couldn't kill the British guy... he actually did a 360-degree backward roll to break my dive attack... and almost bit me..."
"This group of British guys is different from what we have encountered before... They seem to have found a way to crack our dive attack..."
A little further away, several Messerschmitt pilots saw another of their own fighters crashing during their busy schedules. However, the fight between the two sides was too fierce and they could not see clearly who was shot down. There was a request for retreat in their tone. The 303rd Squadron's pilots appeared, causing the situation on both sides to suddenly reverse.
"Major Herwig Knipel's plane was shot down by an A214 Spitfire." Captain Carl Ebichhausen, the leader of the 3rd Squadron of the Condor Legion, took over the command of the group leader. "Everyone listen. My order was to escort the fighter planes to entangle the enemy planes, and the bomber formations not to panic. After killing the troop transport ship with all our strength, we retreat immediately. Again, Major Herwig Knipper's plane has been shot down, and I took his Command authority.”
Captain Carl Ebichhausen had seen J801 clenching the tail of A214 spitting fire a few seconds ago. He was secretly jealous that J801 would have another ace-killing record on its butt. Who knew that the situation would change a few seconds later? , Major Herwig Knipper did not reply after being shot down. He must have died in the battle, so he immediately took over the command and abandoned an enemy plane that was besieging him? He upgraded his J501 Messersch The Mitt's nose jumped up, slightly dived, and intercepted the A214 Spitfire diagonally, which was trying to protect the warship.
Since he has now taken over the command of the group captain, he is now the chief officer of these two combat squadrons and has the responsibility to fight against the opponent's ace pilot.
He just didn't see clearly how the A214 Spitfire shot down the J801. Or maybe the J801 was taken advantage of by other British fighters when it was fighting with the A214 Spitfire? This kind of thing often happens in air battles. No accident.
Victory in air combat is originally a combination of fighter aircraft performance + technology + bravery + luck. When an ace pilot has exhausted his advantage in the battle, it often happens that he is attacked by another rookie of the opponent.
Captain Carl Ebichhausen is also a veteran of the Condor Legion. He was a staff sergeant before participating in the Spanish Civil War. Before the civil war ended, his record was 7 kills, and he was promoted to captain and squadron leader.
However, what makes him depressed is that he has been unlucky during this period and can only watch other people's records soar. From the Empire's blitz on Poland to now, his record is still stuck at 7? He desperately hopes to shoot down the A214 Spitfire. , not only can he gain the reputation of avenging the captain, but he can also add an ace record to the tail of the aircraft. If he sinks the troop transport again, he may even be promoted to the captain of the JG26 brigade.
When Captain Carl Ebichhausen competed with Major Herwig Knipper for the captaincy of the Condor Corps JG26, he lost because his record was one less than the opponent's. He has always been resentful about this? His air combat skills Beating Major Herwig Kniper is what most of his teammates privately admit? It's just that he was unlucky. He was hospitalized for a period of time due to illness and missed several battles in Spain, which caused his record to remain stuck. After stalling on the 7th aircraft, Major Herwig Knipper overtook him.
What made him even more distressed was that since the blitz against Poland, Major Herwig Knipel had had bad luck and shot down two Royal Air Force fighter planes one after another, further increasing his advantage.
It would be terrible to lose to and serve under one's former rival.
Now an excellent opportunity is right in front of him. Captain Carl Ebichhausen will never allow himself to miss it. He is confident of shooting down the A214 Spitfire.
Although the group leader was shot down, the tenacious Germans did not collapse. They had rich experience and knew that panic and timidity in air battles would dig their own graves. Moreover, Captain Carl Ebichhausen, who was also an ace pilot, took over. Command, they are not leaderless. Everyone knows that Captain Carl Ebichhausen’s air combat skills are at least as good as Major Herwig Knipel. When they work together to sink this coveted troopship, Messe Schmidt had the ability to protect bomber formations from the battlefield.
Above the sea level to 5 kilometers in the air, there is an aerial battlefield for fighter jets from both sides. Bullets are flying and the scene is very hot. Fighters from both sides are hit one after another and exit the battlefield with black smoke. At this time, the fighting between the two sides is fierce. No one can stop. To catch up, the opponent's fighter plane is injured and withdraws, thereby reducing its own combat effectiveness.
The Royal Air Force clearly had an advantage in the number of fighters, but troopships were their lifeblood. Messerschmitt relied on its superior performance. Although it was at a disadvantage, it showed no signs of defeat.
The scene was too chaotic.
As the Stuka bombers received the order to sink the troop transport and then retreat, they rushed forward and pressed on the troop transport step by step. The Royal Air Force could only abandon the attack established by Messerschmitt due to the large number of fighters. Advantage, a part of the fighter planes were assigned to protect the troop transport ship. After one loss and another increase, the fighters of both sides were evenly matched again.
After a fierce battle, the fighter jets from both sides were unable to form a two-plane formation. In a large air battle, it was easy to break up the connection between the wingman and the lead aircraft. The attack and defense transitions between the fighter jets were too fast, making it difficult for the wingman to fight. Keep up with the lead aircraft.
In a melee of a large group of aircraft, if the wingman closely follows the lead aircraft, the wingman will focus on maintaining the double formation and ignore the crisis behind him, and will easily be missed by the enemy aircraft in the melee.
Facing the attack of the ten bombers of the KG52 Wing, the four Dreadnought fighter jets with a turret behind them and awkward turns were very difficult to defend. The troop carrier's speed was too far behind that of the fighter jets, so the Dreadnought could only hover over the troop carrier. , it is difficult to occupy the rear position of the troop carrier for defense for a long time. If its tail turret cannot face the Stuka, its power will be greatly reduced.
The two Hurricane fighters of the 303 Squadron did not dare to get too close to the Stuka, and no one dared to sneak in front of dozens of machine guns. After all, you only have one life. They had seen too many fighters that forced the bomber formation too tightly. , under the fire of dozens of machine guns from the bomber formation, it was turned into pulp and burned to ashes by the exploding fighter planes.
Similarly, other bomber wings have suffered heavy losses from the Dreadnought several times before. Therefore, the Reaper Stuka of the KG52 wing obviously has some scruples about the rear turret of the Dreadnought fighter and does not dare to push too close. Use long-range fire to test and force the fearless forward.
Zhou Zhihan saw a swooping goshawk behind the cockpit, a cute Mickey Mouse with the serial number J501 at the front and bottom of the cockpit, and a Messerschmitt with seven fighter planes on the tail. From his front right at 2 o'clock, Coming in the direction, he knew that this was another ace pilot of the German army.
"During World War II, the German army was really rich in flying aces." Zhou Zhihan pressed the stick slightly and headed towards Messerschmitt J501. Looking at the cute cartoon Mickey Mouse on the other side's nose, Zhou Zhihan couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. , "At this time, Western children are already sitting at home watching Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Tom and Jerry, while Chinese children are suffering from cold and hunger, and are always under the threat of artillery fire. Their survival is precarious."
It seemed that my previous thoughts were wrong. Zhou Zhihan suddenly felt something in his heart. If I didn't kill the German pilots, it would be equivalent to retaining some strength for Germany and at the same time retaining some strength for their ally the Japanese.
Sky Knight?
Go to hell!
