During the battle, Zhou Zhihan saw another group of locust-like black shadows not far ahead.
Look carefully, there are 3 Messerschmitt squadrons.
Immediately, his heart was tugged.
Although they had the advantage in the previous wave of encounters, the Soviet aircraft formation actually lost two fighters. If based on percentages, the Soviet aircraft's losses were even more serious.
The opponent lost 4 out of 37 aircraft.
Our own side lost 2 out of 14 aircraft.
Now that the opponent has added three more squadrons, the next battle will become even more dangerous.
Zhou Zhihan was a little anxious, why the reinforcements from Moscow had not arrived yet.
According to the plan, as long as they enter the sky above the JG51 or JG52 wing, a large number of fighter jets will be dispatched from the direction of Moscow to attack the opponent fiercely to contain them.
Zhou Zhihan shot down two enemy planes in a row. Instead of continuing to rush forward, he jumped up and flew above his own fighter-bomber group to cover and control the information on the entire battlefield.
After the first round of confrontation, the Soviet fighter group was somewhat scattered. Now it is surrounding the Red Star 1 from all angles and reorganizing into a defensive formation. Two injured fighter planes are smoking, and they are following closely behind the group. It feels a bit tragic to watch.
Since the war began, Zhou Zhihan's peripheral vision has never left Red Star 9.
Although the fiercer the fighting here, the more the Germans believed in the importance of Red Star 1, but when he saw that German fighter plane making two pull-up jumps when rushing towards Red Star 9, his heart immediately stopped. Come to think of it, Pisanko and the three of them are no match for the German ace.
Zhou Zhihan thought to himself, who could this ace be?
The identity of the fighter pilot never appeared in his ace identifier.
After a while, Zhou Zhihan saw that the Haomeishi easily bit Naitenko's tail.
Due to the speed limit of the bomber, Naidenko and his team could only maintain a maximum speed of less than 400 kilometers per hour, the same as the bomber, so they were quickly overtaken by Messerschmitt, who turned around.
Naidenko was experienced and knew that there was an enemy chasing behind him. He did a cartwheel and looked back to see a yellow aircraft nose getting closer and closer. He gritted his teeth and encouraged himself: "The German who can bite my tail has not yet Born!" After saying that, he pushed the throttle hard, and the Spitfire dived quickly at a small angle, preparing to get rid of the opponent first, and then use the Spitfire's advantage to turn around and bite back at a small angle.
Buckhorn stared closely at the Spitfire in front of him, pushing the throttle forward and tightening his grip, with a mockery on his lips: "It's not that easy to get rid of me by diving at a small angle. You don't know the difference between the Spitfire's dive and the Messersch" Isn’t it a little less interesting than Mitt?”
As soon as Buckhorn finished speaking, he saw the Spitfire in front of him suddenly rise up, leap into the air at an angle of almost 80 degrees, and then made a turn. In less than 6 seconds, the Spitfire fell over him. above the head.
It turned out that Naidenko found that he could not get rid of Mei Shi and was approached instead. He was extremely adaptable and immediately pulled the lever to Immelman.
"Ula! Captain Naidenko made a beautiful Immelmann maneuver and flew above the head of the Messerschmitt...kill it...Ula..."
The machine gunner of the Zvezda No. 9 bomber saw this scene clearly. Captain Naidenko's maneuver was a stroke of genius. He punched hard and shouted, "Long live the Soviet Union!"
Hearing the machine gunner's loud celebration, the middle-aged man sitting in the bombardier-navigator position and wearing an ordinary soldier's uniform showed a slight smile on his resolute face.
This man was Marshal Zhukov, who was about to turn the tide. He was ordered to go to Moscow to command the defense battle.
Since Leningrad, where Zhukov was located, was completely surrounded by German troops at this time, he could only take advantage of the emptiness of the German night fighter planes and day fighter planes switching defenses in the early morning to break through from Leningrad and long-distance breakthrough from the direction of Moscow. Come over and join the Spitfire group escorting him.
Zhukov had met Captain Netenko and knew that he was an excellent ace pilot with superb skills.
The bomber pilot looked forward and heard the cheers of the machine gunners. His tense heartstrings relaxed slightly. Ever since he took off from Leningrad before dawn and successfully avoided the German reconnaissance planes, the pain on his back had been I haven't even worked a sweat, and I feel like a heavy burden is weighing on me all the time.
Although being able to fly a bomber to protect Marshal Zhukov from Leningrad to Moscow was the most important and honorable thing in his life, this heavy burden on his shoulders still made him breathless at all times. a feeling of.
He knew that if he could reach Moscow safely, his life would be on a smooth path from now on. If there was a slight mistake and he was shot down... He shook his head, not daring to think about it anymore, holding the joystick tightly, focusing on flying forward at full speed. .
Captain Naidenko followed up by diving the Lure at a small angle, and then performed an Immelman maneuver to fly upside down over the opponent's head. The sight was placed on the back of the enemy aircraft, and he pressed the launch button on the top of the joystick. He felt the fuselage tremble. Bullets sprayed out.
But the next second, doubt appeared in Naidenko's eyes, and then fear, because the trace of the Messerschmitt was lost below, and red bullet trails rushed to the ground.
Although Buckhorn failed to achieve anything in 119 fights, these 119 fights gave him a wealth of experience, which is by no means comparable to that of Naitenko.
When Naitenko raised his nose sharply during a low-angle dive, Buckhorn, who was experienced but unlucky, immediately judged what the opponent wanted to do.
So when Naidenko completed the Immelmann maneuver and fired with the nose down, Buckhorn, who had already prepared the lever, also performed an Immelmann maneuver and climbed to the top in an almost 90-degree straight line. Complete the push in one go, turn around, nose down, and fire.
Naidenko knew something was wrong, so he quickly pressed down on the pole and rolled to escape, but it was too late.
This time, Buckhorn vowed not to let the opportunity slip away again. Looking at the huge rear back of the Spitfire, he pressed the launch button without hesitation. The fuselage suddenly shook, and a torrent of water flowed freely. The moment it spurted out, he shouted: "Oh!"
As soon as the bullet came out of the chamber, Gerhard Buckhorn realized that he had finally achieved something.
Although the record of flying into the sky and shooting down one aircraft 120 times seemed very shabby in the star-studded German Air Force.
But this is a great start!
The Red Star No. 9 machine gunner punched his thigh fiercely, and was extremely annoyed: "The damn Germans actually used a super Immelmann maneuver to bite Captain Nadenko... This bastard opened fire... "
The Bf109E4's MGFFM cannon opened fire, releasing the devil inside like a Pandora's box being opened. The bullets were like hail mixed with the wind and rain, hitting the tail and front section of Naitenko's fire-breathing plane hard, knocking out the rear fuselage. into a sieve.
Naidenko felt the entire fuselage tremble, and then he saw three or four fireballs coming out of the tail, and a few black smoke left in the air behind him, dragging a long tail, engulfing the Messerschmitt above. .
"Damn German devils... I was hit on the tail... you bastard... my fighter plane couldn't control it and fell... 3,000 feet... 2,500 feet... I couldn't control it... I parachuted. Comrades..."
Then, Captain Naitenko's voice disappeared from the ears of all Soviet pilots, and then a white umbrella flower appeared in the sky. His Spitfire exploded after falling to the ground, rising into a huge flame.
When the German patrols on the ground saw Russian parachutes falling from the sky, they immediately drove their vehicles over with shouts and were waiting near the landing point. As long as the Soviets did not draw their guns, they would not shoot.
Compared with the Soviet Union's hatred of German pilots, the Germans received preferential treatment when they captured Soviet pilots, because they could exchange prisoners and exchange Soviet pilots for German pilots. The Germans would definitely make a lot of money.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..."
Seeing his first victory hit the ground and exploding, Gerhard Buckhorn waved his fists like a child, cheering and screaming loudly.
After flying into the sky for the 120th time, he finally achieved something. He finally felt the joy of harvesting the results and the heartfelt joy in his heart when his artillery fire licked the enemy plane.
Seeing that the biggest rookie in the company finally tasted the fruit of a shootdown, the German pilots congratulated one after another. It made people feel that Gerhard Buckhorn did not just shoot down the first fighter plane since 120 air battles, but shot it down in one air battle. 12 aircraft.
The only fly in the ointment is that Major Steinhoff is now lying on a stretcher and cannot see with his own eyes that his most senior rookie begins to transform.
If someone told all German pilots that this rookie, who took off 120 times to get a Sengoku, would soon become the second-ranked super ace in the history of world air combat, no one would believe it.
Captain Naitenko was shot down, and Red Star 9 immediately fell into trouble. The rear machine gunner's lips were tightly closed, and his face was full of nervousness.
At this moment, Major Pisanco also fell into a disadvantage. He was forced by a Messerschmitt with the serial number Wk-Nr to continuously perform extended maneuvers, but he could not get rid of the opponent.
It was also difficult for Hermann Graf to eat Pisanko in one bite, and the two sides launched a fierce chase.
Pisanko was anxious, because at this time, only Yumashev's S1127 fighter was left next to Red Star 9, and behind them, Messerschmitt, with a formation of four aircraft, was rapidly approaching.
Zhou Zhihan secretly sighed that something was wrong.
At this moment, six more Messerschmitts appeared more than ten kilometers ahead, blocking the path of the Red Star 9 in advance.
At the same time, another 30 Messerschmitts also appeared on the path of Zvezda 1.
The situation is getting more and more dangerous!
"You protect Red Star 1 moving forward, and leave the enemies behind to me."
Zhou Zhihan encouraged everyone to move forward bravely and not to worry about Red Star 9. Red Star 1 was fighting fiercely to attract more enemy planes, and Red Star 9 was relatively safer.
