All Soviet pilots were anxious.
Seeing that another locust-like German fighter plane appeared in front of the Red Star 1, and 6 fighter planes blocked the path of the Red Star 9, the pressure on all Soviet pilots increased sharply.
What's even more terrible is that Red Star 9 has reached a critical moment of life and death. Captain Naitenko's life and death are unknown after he was shot down while parachuting. Even if he lands safely, most of them will be captured by the Germans. Fortunately, in order to exchange pilots, the Germans have captured the Soviet pilots. polite.
At this time, Major Pisanko was bitten by a Messerschmitt and was at a disadvantage. Now only Yumashev was left behind to protect the bomber, and behind him was a four-plane formation of Messerschmitts that were getting closer and closer. .
The machine gunner of the Red Star No. 9 bomber was so nervous that he forgot to breathe. His eyes were red, and he kept wiping the sweat from his palms on his thighs, staring intently at the increasingly clear and sharp muzzle under the yellow nose of the aircraft.
Zhou Zhihan was anxious at first, but his unparalleled experience played a key role at this time.
According to past combat experience, the bombers of both warring parties are the first targets of fighter jets. However, for now, the Germans have not shown any intention to shoot down the bombers quickly, because the Germans have been attacking Soviet fighter jets from the beginning of the war. So far, no German fighter has launched an attack on Zvezda 1 and Zvezda 9.
What does this mean?
This shows that the Germans' intention was to capture the Soviet bombers as much as possible, and they wanted to know the secrets inside the bombers.
As long as the escorting Soviet fighter jets are killed, the remaining two bombers can only make an emergency landing.
The Germans were absolutely capable of landing Soviet pilots.
Zhou Zhihan has rich experience and stronger observation ability. Only a super ace like him can observe so carefully and analyze so accurately and thoroughly in such a fierce battle with leisure time.
After only one second of analysis, Zhou Zhihan came to the correct judgment, but he could not tell the Soviet pilots this, otherwise it would be counterproductive.
If everyone stopped trying to protect the bombers, the Germans would instead attack the bombers.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhihan temporarily felt relieved.
Spitfire No. 214 rolled left and right continuously. Zhou Zhihan instantly remembered the positions of all the enemy and our fighter planes in his mind, and calculated the yaw angle between them and Spitfire No. 214.
Check the supercharger adjustment knob: 0.
Open the booster adjustment knob to 80%.
Turn the altimeter warning dial until the altitude displayed is 3,000 feet.
This altitude is set so that in a later battle, the fighter will automatically sound an alarm when it falls below this altitude.
The fighter accelerated, and the power of the supercharger steadily increased to 80%.
Zhou Zhihan pulled the lever and pushed the throttle. The No. 214 Spitfire accelerated while climbing at a small angle. He continued to pull the lever backward to lift the nose of the aircraft almost vertically, accumulating altitude. The fighter quickly made a joust, pointed its nose downwards, and Messerschmitt, who was being pursued by the aircraft, appeared accurately below.
These processes may be said to be slow. In fact, for the fast-flying warring parties, the actions performed by Spitfire 214 were extremely fast.
The Mayer pilot looked up in the cockpit and saw Spitfire No. 214 appearing above him. He shouted "Damn...". Before he could finish his words, bullets rained down from the air and hit the glass above his head. Bullet holes were left in the cab. Go to the back of the machine and hit the ammunition box magazine behind the supercharger air inlet...
"boom……"
Two seconds later, the Messerschmitt exploded, dazzling like a firework in the sky.
During the dive, Zhou Zhihan opened the ailerons of the Spitfire No. 214 in advance, adjusted it to the maximum deflection of -13.6 degrees, opened fire, fired a burst, and immediately rolled the ailerons to avoid the hit enemy aircraft before retracting the throttle. And set it in a suitable position, gradually retract the ailerons to ensure that the roll speed is moderate before entering another attack position, and then recover with a flat stick.
In this series of actions, one second faster the fighter plane flies in front of the enemy, and one second slower it loses its attack position, especially when the ailerons are adjusted from -13.6 degrees back to +25 degrees. Even if it is wrong by a hair, the attack angle will change. A huge deviation occurs.
A few seconds later, a Messerschmitt catching up from behind seemed to have grown eyes and automatically appeared in the direction of 9:30 to the left of Spitfire 214. Spitfire 214 was waiting here one second in advance. , and quickly calculate the shooting advance.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Spitfire No. 214 opened fire, spitting out a string of yellow bubble shells from the shell slot under the belly of the aircraft, like a small bomb falling to the ground, the process was dazzling.
A row of bullets hit the right wing of the Mayer, and followed the 10 mm armor on the wingtip navigation light, Frys aileron, aileron trim tab, slat equalizer rod, pitot tube, ammunition box, and auxiliary fuel tank, all the way to the flap. The wing compensation device left rows of brutal bullet holes.
The fuel tank sealed itself immediately after being hit, but the ammunition box could not be sealed. It exploded two seconds later, and then detonated the fuel tank, blowing up the entire left wing. The fighter rolled and fell to the ground. In desperation, the pilot bailed out again, and in a " With the sound of "God bless you", the umbrella opened smoothly without being hit by the rotating aircraft body or propeller. I saved my life and stopped making crosses in the air.
After shooting down two enemy planes one after another, Zhou Zhihan pushed the throttle to accelerate. The Spitfire No. 214 rushed forward for a few seconds and then jumped up to increase altitude and pursue forward.
There were several Mays in front of them. They bypassed the Spitfire No. 214 in the fierce battle just now and pursued the Soviet aircraft group.
The Red Star No. 1 machine gunner was stunned. He could guarantee that this was the most exquisite shooting technique he had ever seen in his life.
When attacking, No. 214 Spitfire's rolling timing was perfectly mastered. When firing, he killed decisively. When avoiding, he was as quick as a rabbit to escape with one strike without any delay. These actions were completed in one go, which made people feel dazzled and amazed at the same time. Its various actions are combined together to make it reasonable.
Several nearby German pilots were also stunned. They really couldn't imagine how this No. 214 Spitfire perfectly combined these complex maneuvers with the fleeting shooting window.
It turns out that you can still shoot like this...
It turns out that you can use the ailerons to roll away after shooting...
It turns out that you can occupy the correct attack position during such a rolling maneuver...
It's like a math problem that they couldn't figure out was easily solved by others, and they couldn't help but blurt out: So that's how it is...
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4 racks.
In just a few minutes from the first exchange of fire between the two sides, the No. 214 Spitfire shot down 4 Messerschmitts.
This is too scary!
Spitfire No. 214 is not scary, what is scary is the big devil driving it.
Many people in the JG52 wing had participated in the Battle of London and the Battle of Dunkirk. They knew that during this battle, there was a super king pilot from China who left a large shadow in the hearts of everyone in the famous Condor Legion.
There are rumors that the famous Major Helmut Vick, who was at the top of his game and surpassed Molders and Garland in the limelight for a while, was shot down by this man.
Later, the Luftwaffe received news from Japan that a Bf109F0 fighter jet had appeared in China. The Luftwaffe finally knew that Major Helmut Wieck's distinctive Messerschmitt - Yellow No. 2 Bf109F0, why its whereabouts are unknown.
Because there were only three fighters of this type at that time, one each for Moldes, Garand, and Helmut Vick. The fighters of the latter two were always there, but the former died and the fighter disappeared.
Seeing the invincible Spitfire 214, all the German pilots' eyes narrowed.
