If it is as Zhou Zhihan speculated just now, the German fighter jets' attacks on Red Star 1 and Red Star 9 were casual and not violent. They flew behind the two bombers and only launched a tentative attack. The purpose was to kill the gunners. The bullets are wasted.
The responsibility of the bomber gunner is protection, not active attack. Since bombers fly slowly and their maneuverability is far inferior to that of fighter jets, most of the shots fired by the airborne gunners are for the purpose of resisting the enemy. They often shoot before the enemy aircraft to block them. approaching.
There are many dangers on the side of Zvezda 9, and all the Spitfires escorting Zvezda 1 are defending on both sides of the bomber, behind and above. If the Meiji gets close to the bomber, they will kill it from both sides.
Now, in addition to the Mei-types appearing in front, the number of fighter planes on both sides are like lice on the bald man's head. It is obvious that the Soviet fighter planes are determined to defend Red Star 1 to the death.
Seeing that two more squadrons of our own squadron appeared in front to intercept the Soviet aircraft, the Meiji pilots in hot pursuit began to attack the escorting Spitfires from both sides.
Seeing the Spitfire No. 214 chasing after him, a Mei-type fighter tried to pick up the slack and immediately caught up with it. Zhou Zhihan was well prepared and launched another powerful inverted flight, hitting the pursuer.
The pilot cursed loudly: "My aileron trim piece was shattered, the vertical tail was smashed, and the tail control cable was broken. I had to make an emergency landing... Damn No. 214 Spitfire... I'm going to kill you..."
All German pilots did not expect that Spitfire No. 214 would repeat its old tricks and shoot down a Mei-Jin in another inverted flight.
But then several nearby May pilots saw the opportunity to shoot down the Spitfire No. 214 and immediately surrounded it.
This inverted flight shootdown of No. 214 Spitfire was completely different from the first inverted flight shootdown.
When the first inverted flight was shot down, all the German pilots were caught off guard and were caught off guard, but this time they escaped unscathed.
Because the position of Spitfire No. 214 has changed, there are 5 Meijis around it, basically blocking its escape route.
It's also because, after completing the fighting attack, No. 214's fire-breathing speed inevitably slowed down.
Unexpectedly, this time Spitfire No. 214 did not use the ailerons to roll away after succeeding, but continued to plunge the nose of the aircraft in a hurry. When it reached the warning level of 3000 feet, Zhou Zhihan opened the flaps directly without looking at the altimeter. The maximum deflection angle is +42.6 degrees, rolling in the opposite direction towards the outer ring at low altitude, completely breaking away from the encirclement of the five Mei-types, then flattening the nose, accelerating forward, performing two consecutive pull-up jumps, increasing speed, increasing height, increasing energy and then diving. He grabbed a plume and opened fire, hit it, and jumped away again, leaving all the German pilots helplessly watching him "show off his skills" in the air and saying nothing.
The maximum deflection angle of Spitfire No. 24 is +42.6 degrees, and the reverse roll is so exquisite.
It was so exquisite that all German pilots had never thought before that a fighter jet could roll in reverse like this?
But if you open the flaps to + and roll in the opposite direction, why don't you stall and spin to greet the earth with your face?
There was no more rear-mounted plumber tracking behind the No. 214 Spitfire, and all German pilots were afraid.
6 racks.
Spitfire No. 214 shot down 6 Meijis in just a few minutes. No one dared to write such a story.
In the second inverted attack, Zhou Zhihan deliberately only damaged the enemy aircraft, and then calmly performed a reverse roll maneuver to escape from the enemy aircraft. If he blew it up, Spitfire No. 214 would have to stay away, and he would not be able to make a move. Roll away in reverse direction.
——The time goes back to when the Soviet fleet just entered the sky over the JG52 Wing.
Moscow!
High Command.
In an ordinary room in a majestic and magnificent palace, the morning glow shines through the bead curtains on the wall, leaving mottled shadows. Several potted flowers on the windowsill are in bloom season, and wisps of delicate fragrance are floating in the room, which is incongruous. Unfortunately, the atmosphere in the room seemed extremely dull.
The Supreme Commander of the Soviet Army, Stalin, was sitting alone on the sofa. His face was haggard, and he had obviously not slept well. His thick eyebrows were tightly knitted together. Under his neatly cut black beard was a huge pipe that he was smoking vigorously. Smoke, puffing out smoke rings one after another.
After a while, an office director came in and told him that General Gromagin, commander of the Moscow Air Defense Zone, had arrived, and other members of the National Defense Commission and members of the Zhengzhi Bureau had also arrived.
Stalin came to the Supreme Command office.
Seeing the supreme commander slowly walking in, everyone present stood up!
Stalin waved his hand: "Everyone, sit down!"
After everyone sat down, Stalin asked General Gromagin: "Is there any news about Comrade Zhukov?"
General Gromagin looked at his watch: "There is no news yet. As soon as there is any news, I will report it to you immediately!"
Stalin nodded.
"Let me first report to you on the improvement of the Moscow air defense zone and prevention and control measures."
General Gromagin said as he walked to the large combat map:
“In the past few days, we have carefully studied the detailed combat status of various Moscow air defense departments, and we have also discovered some problems.
For example, the coordination among the various arms is not complete, and there is no complete cooperation and tacit understanding in actual combat. This leads to the fact that when the enemy launches an air attack, the various units do not cooperate and end up fighting independently, and the defensive capabilities are naturally greatly reduced.
According to the exercises during this period, the searchlight unit set up a circular irradiation area around Moscow. The effect was not very satisfactory, and the number of searchlights was far from enough and needed to be increased.
In the past two days, after personally flying a plane to patrol the skies over Moscow, I was very worried about this, because when looking at Moscow from the air, Moscow is simply a big bomb crater, which is easily discovered by German military aircraft. We must improve this as soon as possible.
We have gone through many drills and found many problems that need to be corrected immediately.
For example, when an enemy plane attacks, there are often 15 to 20 searchlights chasing a German bomber, which allows other enemy planes to take advantage of the situation without being discovered.
Also, the agreement between anti-aircraft guns and machine guns was not good. They often fired at targets that were out of reach, wasting ammunition.
During this period, fighter pilots also exposed their shortcomings of lack of experience during exercises. Some fighter pilots stayed in the air for too long. Due to lack of experience, it was difficult for them to proactively search for enemy aircraft. This would put our air force into trouble. Passive defense is very detrimental to our air defense operations.
In short, these issues need to be seriously considered by the air defense forces and headquarters at all levels. "
After listening to General Gromagin's simple and clear report, some of the commanders of various departments nodded silently, while others lowered their heads and smoked cigarettes. This situation has existed for a long time and is difficult to fundamentally change in the short term, and the war is imminent. , the German tanks have advanced towards Moscow, and Goering's fighter units have set up formations around Moscow, and are constantly sending small groups of fighter jets to spy on the strength of Moscow's air defense. Facing the experienced and tactically effective German Air Force , the young Soviet Air Force had few effective responses.
Stalin had been listening to General Gromagin's report with rapt attention. He kept smoking. When no one spoke, he suddenly gently knocked his pipe on the table and looked directly at General Gromagin:
"Some of the improvement measures just proposed by Comrade General are very good. Here I would like to mention some of my own opinions. I think that blocking firepower from anti-aircraft artillery is passive defense after all. This consumes huge amounts of artillery shells. We should calculate our industrial Is it possible to achieve this kind of consumption?
Therefore, various departments must find more effective and economical ways to block the German air force in order to reduce the number of anti-aircraft guns and reduce the consumption of the war on us. Let General Gromagin handle this matter! "
"Yes! Comrade Stalin!"
General Gromagin stood up and answered.
At this moment, an air force captain walked in quickly, led by Stalin's bodyguard, handed General Gromagin a secret message, and then left.
General Gromagin's brows slightly relaxed: "Comrade Stalin, I just sent a telegram from Leningrad. Marshal Zhukov's bomber successfully took off from Leningrad and rendezvoused with our fighter force that was escorting us. It is now on its way to Moscow. .”
Upon hearing this, Stalin asked in a deep voice: "Are the people sent this time reliable?"
General Gromagin said: "Don't worry, Comrade Stalin! The people sent this time are very reliable, and they are all elites of our air force!"
Stalin nodded when he heard this: "Who is the fighter commander who went to escort Comrade Zhukov this time?"
General Gromagin said: "It's a super ace from our ally, China!"
"China?"
Stalin did not speak, but a member of the Zhengzhi Bureau asked, "Is it a little hasty to let a Chinese participate in this operation?"
General Gromagin said: "This Chinese ace pilot has rich experience, strong combat effectiveness, loyalty and trustworthiness. This mission is extremely difficult and it must be him."
Commissioner Zheng Zhi was unhappy when he heard this: "Isn't it possible that the entire Soviet Union cannot find pilots who can complete this mission?"
