The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole stalks behind. The Germans are indeed prepared.
Zhou Zhihan saw all this clearly from the air, and when Messerschmitt was still diving, he loudly reminded the Allied pilots: "Everyone on the 21st to 40th, don't panic, lower the altitude of the fighter planes to below 2,600 meters. Fighting them at low altitude, less than 3,000 meters above the ground, Messerschmitt would not dare to dive, so we used this method to force the Germans down."
Since the Messerschmitts all have high-altitude advantages, if 20 Allied pilots are allowed to perform a backward roll to break the Messerschmitt dive, they are likely to be missed by other Messerschmitts.
Fighters that recover during maneuvers have the worst protection capabilities and are most vulnerable to attack. The pilot's field of vision is restricted when recovering, and the fighter aircraft is attacked while recovering, making it difficult to make effective defensive maneuvers.
After hearing the instruction, the 20 pilots immediately carried it out and calmly lowered the altitude of the fighter plane to below 2,500 meters. Now they were convinced by the commander-in-chief, and they immediately followed the order.
These 20 people are all elites among the elites, and at least half of them have become aces, with strong individual strength and team combat capabilities.
Sure enough, 30 Messerschmitts dived to an altitude of 3,000 meters and began to correct their noses.
The German Air Force Technical Department gave the safety data for the Messerschmitt dive at 3,500 meters, and the height above the ground is less than 3,000 meters. The fighter plane is in danger of falling, because the energy accumulated by the Messerschmitt when diving from high altitude is huge, and the joystick is extremely heavy. It is difficult to correct, and there is a high chance that the lever cannot be pulled, and the sensitivity of the rudder will be greatly reduced. If the fighter cannot correct during the dive, it will not escape the fate of crashing.
The Messerschmitt can dive down from the air at an astonishing speed of 610 kilometers. At an altitude of less than 3,000 meters, more than 80% of the pilots are unable to recover the fighter plane.
The tactic worked!
Seeing Messerschmitt recover from the dive, the other 16 people in Formation No. 21-40 immediately expressed their admiration for the commander-in-chief. Just a simple drop in height easily destroyed Messerschmitt's dive. This is equivalent to greatly discounting Messerschmitt's performance.
Oh, by the way, there is also the method of reverse roll to break the Messerschmitt dive, which saved the lives of many Allied pilots. It is said that it was also invented by this Chinese.
Is he an angel sent to us by God?
If 30 Messerschmitts were willing to hover in the sky for a day, Allied pilots would be happy to accompany them.
So after recovering from the dive, the 30 depressed German pilots immediately pushed the stick and prepared to enter the battle below an altitude of 3,000 meters. The hateful and cunning British guys could hover at low altitude until they ran out of fuel, but they couldn't.
At this time, the eastern sky gradually brightened, a circular halo appeared on the sea level, the surrounding clouds turned dark red, and the color of the sea water was dark purple. The sun was about to jump onto the sea surface, and more and more ships came from the English Channel. .
Under the protection of air force and ground artillery fire, the British soldiers who had lined up to enter the sea an hour or two ago began to board the ship first.
The soldiers seemed to sense that today would be their last chance to leave. Many people rushed to jump into the cold and suffocating water and swam toward the ships in the deep sea. The water was covered with the corpses of Allied soldiers and various All kinds of war garbage. Every time the soldiers took a step forward, they had to push away the mutilated bodies of their companions, which were almost soaked in the sea water and formed a round body. They had to pay a heavy price, both physically and mentally.
Tens of thousands of French soldiers were desperately resisting the fierce attack of the German army on the periphery. The British were here to help. Even if they retreated, they could only let the British retreat first. For the last dignity of France, they must fight to the death and leave a chance for the British.
At the last critical moment of the battle, many French soldiers launched a deadly counterattack at the last moment. They shouted "Long Live France", holding rifles with bayonets, and desperately launched a collective attack on the German positions to erase all the losses they had suffered during this period. The humiliation suffered.
Among them, the 1st Battalion of the 137th Infantry Regiment of the French Army had faced Guderian's armored troops and had been holding on to Brabburg. In the end, only 50 people were left and were surrounded by the Germans, so they held bayonets in their arms. The riflemen, shouting Long Live France, jumped out of the trenches and charged collectively towards the German armored units. After a few minutes, the entire army was annihilated.
Suddenly, in the ears of 30 Messerschmitt pilots, the urgent voice of Major Morhart von Beinecke, commander of the 6th Group of the JG52 Wing, came: "Damn it, everyone spread out in all directions immediately. , there were British fighter planes in the sky, everyone immediately dispersed around, and the British were diving. The 51st and 52nd Squadrons reported your positions, why haven't you entered the designated attack position yet?"
Without the commander having to say it a second time, the 30 German pilots immediately dispersed around. They had already seen the murderous muzzles of the Spitfire and Hurricane fighter jets swooping down from the sky. Many people couldn't help but curse, Imperial Air Fighter The reaction of the crowd, why are they always lagging behind the British guys.
Zhou Zhihan piloted the A214 to spit fire at 10,000 meters in the air, clearly observing the airspace within a radius of 30 kilometers.
Except for the side facing away from the English Channel, there were German bombers flying here from the other three sides. There must have been at least more than a hundred of them in the black pressure. The Germans smelled the end of the retreat and launched a massive attack. It seemed that they had left the Allies behind. The "information" is false.
Zhou Zhihan was secretly worried, because behind the large number of bombers, several Messerschmitt fighter groups were also coming here. The 9th and 21st squadrons of the JG52 Wing, which had fought against them the day before yesterday, had left. There are still a few kilometers away, and the two squadrons of the JG51 wing are also rushing here, about 10 kilometers away.
15 kilometers away is the famous Condor Legion, which must have at least 60 fighters. Maybe the mustached Major Adolf Galland was among them.
The Germans came well prepared. They must have learned that a large number of British troop transport ships would be heading to Dunkirk today, and they should have seen clues from it.
What's terrible is that there was a mistake in the Allied intelligence, and most of the fighters and pilots were in a state of rest.
Therefore, Zhou Zhihan ordered that Fighters No. 1 to 10 be dispatched to make a high-altitude dive before a large number of German planes arrived, and cooperated with the 20 low-altitude fighters to defeat the 30 Messerschmitts first. Fighters No. 11-20 continued to stall and circle in the air, and were not allowed to enter the battlefield without orders.
Zhou Zhihan's method of using troops is to always keep one card in his hand to play without being sure that the opponent will play the last card.
Facing the scattered Messerschmitts, the Spitfire and Hurricane, which dived down at 5,000 meters in the air, immediately took advantage and destroyed two Messerschmitts that were slightly slower to disperse during the dive.
Messerschmitt's pilots felt extremely depressed. In the past, this kind of dive tactic was the specialty of the Luftwaffe. How could the British use it so skillfully?
The Hurricane, which had just been circling at low altitude to avoid the Messerschmitt, reacted immediately with excellent maneuverability, pulled the lever to catch up, and took the opportunity to hold on to the panicked Messerschids, allowing the Spitfires to swoop down from the sky and hit them one by one. , and killed three more in the blink of an eye.
Then, the Spitfire returned the favor and drove two Messerschmitts to the Hurricane to return the favor. The Hurricane immediately accepted the gift. The two poor German pilots parachuted to escape, but their parachutes were hit by shrapnel from the explosion of their own fighter. , hit the ground hard like a cannonball, turning into two piles of bloody flesh.
Sure enough, good tactics are very effective in the hands of good pilots.
Under the high and low blows of Spitfire and Hurricane, the remaining Meiji no longer had the fighting spirit, but they did not dare to leave the battlefield without receiving orders. They could only speed up and flee around, waiting for support.
The 30 Allied fighter planes were unyielding and immediately followed up. With the commander in chief monitoring the enemy's situation in the air, they could boldly attack.
