Eight Stukas were arranged to be used as cannon fodder, but one lucky one quit midway. The remaining seven aircraft originally felt unlucky, and what was even more unlucky was that they encountered the annoying A214 Spitfire. Well, there is no fighting spirit at all.
Before the squad leader finished speaking and dispersed, the other six Shinigami fled in all directions.
The flames of A214 were all down in the belly of the aircraft. They were waiting to die without spreading out.
"Hell... we are under attack... we are under attack by the damn A214 Spitfire..."
The gunner of a Reaper bomber could not find his target and shouted for Messerschmitt to come and escort him.
When the A214 Spitfire floated below the Reaper, the belly of the aircraft was facing upwards. Zhou Zhihan pushed the throttle forward, and the nose of the aircraft was raised instantly. He pressed the launch button on the joystick with his thumb, and tracer bullets spurted out, hitting him at close range. The belly of a Stuka that was desperately accelerating to escape, and at the same time, the exclamation of A203 Hurricane Joseph was heard in the ears: "God, what kind of maneuver is this, Commander-in-Chief?"
Zhou Zhihan thought to himself, I can't tell what kind of maneuver this is. It's just a spot-on move, just like playing football. Many good shots are forced by the opponent. When no one forces, the effect will not be achieved. So does basketball.
"boom!"
The Stuka bomber that was hit rushed forward dozens of meters before exploding. The shrapnel bounced around and hit the Death Gods on both sides who had not had time to fully relax, causing sparks to fly.
When the A214 Spitfire fired from it, the Reaper it was hit shot up into the sky.
Hurricane No. 1 and No. 2 formed a double attack formation, swooped down from high altitude with the sun behind their backs, and fired at a Stuka that spread out to the edge. The red tracer bullets burned the skin on the Stuka's back. Tear apart, the high-explosive incendiary bomb penetrated into the aircraft body, penetrated into the unsealed fuel tank, and exploded two seconds later.
The two Hurricanes immediately pulled up after hitting the target, and quickly formed a long wingman formation. First, they checked whether there were any enemy planes in front, rear, left and right of themselves.
On the way up, Zhou Zhihan saw a Reaper being forced to the side by the explosion fragments, and shouted loudly: "No. 3 and No. 4, bite the one below you."
The bombers fled in all directions. Hurricanes No. 3 and No. 4 were a little dazzled. When Zhou Zhihan reminded them, the two planes immediately dived and opened fire. A burst of skin spattered, and the wings of the bomber that was hit were like sparks generated during welding. The wing of the plane was almost blown off, and it swung away like a drunkard.
In the past, the two of them would have chased down the drowned dog and beat him up, but now they kept in mind the command of their superiors, and Hurricane No. 3 and No. 4 were not greedy for credit. They succeeded with one blow and quickly pulled away.
The five fighter planes killed three enemy planes as soon as they came up, almost at the same time. Sure enough, several Messerschmitts came at lightning speed two or three kilometers away. If No. 3 and No. 4 were greedy for credit, they would not be able to find the enemies who came to escort them. It is possible that the tail of the injured enemy plane was bitten by the oriole before it was shot down.
"Woo~~"
A Reaper bomber began to drop bombs, and the bombs screamed and fell to the ground, hitting the ground without even a ghost. Then it threw all the remaining bombs and turned around to return.
"Damn it...that fool started dropping bombs when there was nothing here...Karl...throw those damn bombs down too, let's go back with Coleman and get out of this damn place quickly..."
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Watching the remaining four bombers dump their bombs on the open ground and return, Zhou Zhihan did not pursue them. He continued to pull up with the four hurricanes, jumped into a few white clouds, and lurked with the sun behind him, waiting for help to come. Messerschmitt passed by.
Messerschmitt, who rushed over quickly to help, saw that several of its surviving bombers were returning after dropping their bombs. They immediately slowed down, stopped rushing forward at high speed, and hovered in the air, waiting for the second batch of bombers to fly over.
"These German ghosts are probably from the Condor Legion. They have experienced the Spanish War and are rich in experience. They are afraid of being ambushed. We won't attack, just delay with them." Zhou Zhihan said, revealing the nose of the plane from the clouds. The large number of Messerschmitts in the distance seemed to have slowed down at the same time. It must be that they were surprised to see that there were no large numbers of British fighter planes hovering above the beach, and they couldn't figure out what the British wanted to do.
A few dozen seconds later, a large number of bombers suddenly accelerated and merged with the second batch of eight bombers in front. They came together in a mighty manner. More than a hundred Messerschmitt escorts followed behind the bomber group. High in the sky, the yellow nose of the aircraft looked domineering and arrogant in the sunlight.
It is impossible for such a huge fleet to hover just because the British set up an ambush.
"Fuck... the empty city plan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was indeed made up by Shi Naian. It's all a show."
Zhou Zhihan cursed in Mandarin and then ordered his team members.
"303 Squadron, if we meet the enemy head-on, we will definitely be crushed. We can only let them pass, and then use the smoke cover of the oil refinery to sneak attack their bombers from both sides and rear. 304 Squadron dives to attack the bomber group from high altitude. Everyone. Remember, hit and run, don’t like fighting, don’t fight with Messerschmitts, focus on attacking lone bombers that are driven away by ground artillery fire.”
After Zhou Zhihan finished speaking, he first spread out to the sides, and hurricanes No. 1 to 4 also spread out to both sides. Facing the overwhelming enemy planes, he couldn't stop them with his blood alone. He was just dying in vain, 5-12 The Hurricane also separated and flanked the bomber group on both sides.
Two dozen fighter jets, standing in front of one hundred, fifty or sixty bombers and more than one hundred escort fighter planes, are the Mantises. Without Messerschmitt dive attacks, they can't fly out of the barrage blasted head-on by the huge group of bombers. zone.
The pilots of 303 and 304 Squadrons were secretly grateful. Commander Zhou did not let them go up and be used as cannon fodder. If they were replaced by another commander, they would definitely have let them attack head on and block them with all their strength.
"boom……"
The 3.5-inch anti-aircraft artillery on the outside of the beach opened fire, sending bullet traces roaring into the sky and exploding into black mushroom clouds.
"boom……"
The Bren-type anti-aircraft machine guns also opened fire with all their strength, and in conjunction with the artillery, they formed a barrage.
Fortunately, the Stuka bombers could only fly at low altitude as they approached the beach due to thick smoke from the fires burning at the refinery.
The Bren-type anti-aircraft machine gun with its fast rate of fire and raging firepower posed a great threat to bombers. Just as soon as they made contact with the enemy, a bomber was billowing with smoke, fell to the ground, exploded and burst into flames. Facing the intensive anti-aircraft fire, the fleet immediately dispersed. Open, their main mission was to bombard soldiers on the beach rather than pouring shells on anti-aircraft artillery positions.
Immediately, a dozen Messerschmitts descended from the sky to sweep away the anti-aircraft fire on the ground.
Since the sky above Dunkirk was filled with thick smoke, the Messerschmitt fleet could only descend in altitude. No large number of Allied fighter planes were found now. Even if they dived down from high altitude, all they could see were their own bombers.
Zhou Zhihan was attacking a Reaper that had been driven away by ground artillery fire. When he saw Messerschmitt descending altitude, he secretly rejoiced at the opportunity: "The 304 Squadron dived from the air to quickly attack the bomber, shoot and run away, and then dive to fight those mopping up aircraft." The Messerschmitts of our ground artillery also gave them a taste of being dived from high altitude.”
The 12 Spitfires began to dive. Unlike Messerschmitt, who was afraid of hurting his own people in the dive, the 12 Spitfires dived down and opened fire whenever they saw the aircraft.
