The bomber group was about to be in place to launch an attack. There was no need to worry about being discovered in advance by this observation balloon. However, the A214 Spitfire continued to fly forward. Zhou Zhihan decided to shoot down this observation balloon first and not leave it to the Germans. Messerschmitt was drawn over to buy the bombers more time to attack.
Obviously, the oncoming German aircraft group knew that the target of the British fighter planes was the observation balloon. They had just seen another hot air balloon destroyed.
Immediately, three Messerschmitts sped up, trying to reach the hot air balloon before the British fighter planes. Even if they couldn't get there in advance, they could at least put pressure on the British planes.
The Messerschmitt fleet had calculated correctly. The Spitfire flying towards them did not dare to attack the observation balloon, because as long as the Spitfire dared to attack the balloon, it would be surrounded by more than a dozen Messerschmitts. Anyone with a brain would People usually turn around and run away.
The balloon is among them, about one kilometer away from the Spitfire and three kilometers away from the Messerschmitt fleet. To attack the Spitfire balloon, it must first break through the firepower of the anti-aircraft machine gun. If it delays for more than ten seconds, it will be surrounded by the Messerschmitt fleet.
But what puzzled the German fleet was that the Spitfire flying towards them had no intention of turning around and escaping. It seemed as if it hadn't seen the Meiji fleet and continued to pounce on the balloon.
There is something unusual about this Spitfire. It may really be one of those 250-type pilots who are single-minded.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The Type 38 20mm four-barreled heavy-duty anti-aircraft cannon surrounding the detection balloon opened fire first. These machine gunners didn't care whether the Spitfire was a 250 or not. They had more time to prepare. They had already set up their posture, and the cannon fire was in a fan pattern. shape, spitting fire and biting towards A214.
A214 Spitfire rolled 90 degrees to the left. When all the firepower came after him, he suddenly made a 180-degree side roll to the right, immediately leaving all the machine gun firepower on the left side, and easily broke through the defense. A burst of fire was fired at the observation hot-air balloon, and the tracer bullet easily tore the balloon apart and then burned.
After a burst of fire, the A214 Spitfire did not hesitate, jumped and rolled on its back, broke away amidst the jumping and cursing sounds of the machine gunners, and flew away from Les Hutes and Le Crippon.
"Damn it! This group of machine gunners is useless. They couldn't even hold on for two seconds. More than a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns actually allowed the British to break in easily. Don't they even know how to shoot in advance?"
When the commander of the German fleet saw the balloon being destroyed, he thought it was due to the incompetence of the machine gunner and his inability to shoot ahead. He immediately cursed angrily and ordered, "Go to a three-finger formation, catch up with the Spitfire, and kill him."
Immediately, three Messerschmitts separated from the fleet, formed a three-finger formation, turned and followed.
Zhou Zhihan was a little disappointed. He wanted to attract all Messerschmitts.
But this is normal. If he were in command, it would be impossible for the fleet to turn around for one enemy plane.
Then kill these three first.
The A214 Spitfire flew forward and pulled up. The balloon had been destroyed just now, and the fighter plane was only more than 200 meters above the ground.
Suddenly, a flash of fire appeared in Zhou Zhihan's peripheral vision, and he immediately turned to look. Four flashes of fire shot out from the reeds in Leshutes a few kilometers away, biting into the air, followed by the loud sound of anti-aircraft machine gun fire.
As expected, anti-aircraft machine guns were deployed around the German artillery positions. Zhou Zhihan did not detect them last night. It is also possible that these anti-aircraft fires had just arrived or were far away from the artillery group and were not detected.
This is normal. Every heavy artillery position will be surrounded by anti-aircraft gun positions. Otherwise, these heavy artillery positions would be at the mercy of bombers, and these cannon positions would often change positions, confusing reconnaissance planes. Maybe the reconnaissance planes would detect the aircraft during the day. The gun position is at position A. When the bombers enter from position B for bombing, the gun position is already at position B, waiting for the bombers to arrive.
A few seconds later, there was the sound of artillery shells hitting the ground and exploding.
This is when the Blenheim bombers began their bombing attack.
Seeing that the artillery position was bombed by the British army, the remaining Messerschmitt immediately flew towards Leshuters Beach.
The A214 Spitfire pulled upwards, and the German three-finger formation quickly caught up. The lead aircraft was in front, the wingman was on the left rear, and the secondary wingman was on the right rear, behind the wingman. The basic task was to defend the rear of the lead aircraft and wingman. .
The two sides are 300 meters apart.
The pilots of the three Messerschmitts tensed up almost at the same time. When they discovered that there were dozens of aircraft records on the tail of the Spitfire, they also saw that its serial number was A214.
"It's actually the A214 Spitfire, we're so lucky, go up and kill him!" The leader of the three-plane formation encouraged his wingmen, "Kill this guy, and the three of us will get promoted and make a fortune when we get back, and have a good night out. "
When they heard about Lele, the two wingmen were immediately excited. They were exhausted these days and had long missed Lele.
Spitfire A214 suddenly turned left to escape.
The German wingman quickly moved forward and turned into the lead aircraft. The lead aircraft then turned sideways and turned into a wingman to wait for the opportunity. The secondary wingman rolled forward 360 degrees to the left side and continued to perform defensive tasks.
Zhou Zhihan saw clearly in the mirror and secretly admired that the combat effectiveness of the German army, both individually and as a group, was far superior to that of British pilots. They were highly skilled in individual combat and were meticulous in executing tactics. Unlike British pilots, who often A bizarre tactical flight occurred.
Suddenly, the A214 Spitfire made a forced 360-degree inverted flight, opened fire, and accurately hit the secondary wingman who had just rolled to the left wing. The tracer bullets started from the back of the Meishi's aircraft and blasted towards the nose, tearing open the skin, and the flames flew everywhere.
"boom!"
The secondary wingman exploded.
The A214 Spitfire had just opened fire from a distance of fifty meters above the secondary wingman, and flew forward in one go to bite the two Messerschmitts in front. At this moment, it changed from being pursued to tracking from behind.
This change was so fast that it felt weird.
The two Messerschmitts in front felt their eyes blurred just now. The A214 Spitfire disappeared in front of them. Then they heard the exclamations and screams of the secondary wingman behind them, followed by explosions. Looking back again, Spitfire A214 was already behind them.
"What the hell!" the commander in front shouted, "how did he get behind us?"
"Damn... I was bitten by it..." The wingman's voice was full of fear. He could not imagine how the A214 Spitfire disappeared from in front of them and shot down the second wingman. What was even more terrible was that he Finding that he was bitten, he made several escape maneuvers, but instead of getting rid of the A214 Spitfire, he fell into a dead end.
The captain was shocked and frightened, and shouted: "You speed up and move forward, we will flank him."
"Holy shit... I can't get rid of him... I got bitten by him... Damn it he opened fire... I got hit... Damn it I'm gonna kill him... Damn it I'm on fire... …I skydive…”
The wingman pilot pushed open the cabin cover, stood on the seat with both feet, kicked up, and jumped out of the cabin. He looked at the A214 Spitfire flying over his head, waved his hands and cursed loudly, and then he saw the A214 Spitfire bite. His companion was trapped, and he wanted to warn his companion, but he had already left the plane, and only he could hear the reminder. Then he saw the A214 Spitfire ejecting eight bullet traces, accurately biting his companion's poor Mesa Schmidt, then he saw his companion floating in the air, waving his hands and cursing the A214 Spitfire that had gone away.
Then the two of them turned back at the same time, watching the wreckage of the second wingman fall to the ground. They couldn't curse anymore and kept thanking God for blessing...
After the A214 Spitfire shot down three Messerschmitts, it did not immediately pursue the Messerschmitts that had flown ahead. Instead, it quickly pulled up. According to intelligence, there were two Messerschmitts stationed at the nearby airport. Squadron, he wondered where the other one was.
He had already shot down 3 of this Mei squadron, and the remaining 9 did not pose much of a threat to the 48 escort fighters.
At this time, the bomber formation had launched a carpet attack on the two heavy artillery positions of Les Hutes and Le Kripon. Explosions continued one after another, including 155mm artillery, eight 105mm lefh 18 howitzers, and 170mm k18 The cannon and the 210mm MRS 18 heavy howitzer cannot turn their cannon heads and can only be beaten. Especially when the shells next to the cannon are hit, the power of the explosion is even more terrifying.
The German anti-aircraft cannons on the ground were dense with sound and bullet traces soaring into the sky. However, due to the sudden attack by the bomber formation, the gunners of most of the anti-aircraft cannons were not fully in place. Therefore, the bombers were quickly deployed to attack positions over the heavy artillery positions, and the shells were fired. It pours down, forming a blind-angle strike.
The 24 Hurricane fighter jets were divided into two groups to suppress the machine gun positions next to the heavy artillery. Green grass and reeds were splashed on the ground hit by the machine gun fire, and soil was flying.
The Hurricane suppressed the German anti-aircraft gun positions, but it also paid a price. A low-flying Hurricane was hit by the cannon, and its fuselage left the battlefield with billowing black smoke.
Over Les Hutes, a Blenheim bomber was hit by anti-aircraft cannons and caught fire, and was forced to return. As soon as it reached the seaside, the two pilots were forced to parachute and abandon the aircraft. The bomber fell into the sea and exploded. Suddenly, Hundreds of square meters of raging fire broke out on the sea.
The A214 Spitfire continued to climb upwards. Suddenly, the little Joseph, who was on an observation mission at high altitude, shouted loudly: "Commander-in-Chief, about 20 kilometers northwest, a large number of Messerschmitts were spotted, including a white fighter plane. It seemed like It’s the white No. 13 we met by the canal bridge the day before yesterday.”
At this time, the sky had brightened, and in the sky without light fog, the little Joseph holding the telescope could see very far.
"Roger that, Joseph! You continue to monitor the surroundings and be on guard to see if there is any enemy activity elsewhere." The A214 Spitfire continued to rise upwards. Zhou Zhihan answered Joseph and then asked Zubach, "Zubach, how long will it take for the bombers to destroy the ground?" The heavy artillery swept them all away?"
Zubach drove the No. 9 Hurricane to suppress the anti-aircraft cannon on the ground: "The heavy artillery positions on both sides have basically been destroyed by us. Now only the heavy artillery position in the middle is left. Give us another five minutes and we can destroy them all." destroy."
After Zhou Zhihan pulled up, he made a jump and the A214 Spitfire recovered. Sure enough, there was a large group of aircraft flying towards this direction from the northeast, including the white No. 13: "Lieutenant Dolbanovich, you lead the nine The Hurricanes fought against the nine Messerschmitts that arrived first, and the remaining Hurricanes suppressed ground artillery fire; all the Spitfires, occupying high positions, with their backs to the sun, prepared with me to fight against the large number of Messerschmitts flying from the northeast!"
