Rokossovsky considered that Sokov and the others would soon launch an attack on the Germans, and the work of replenishing their air power went very smoothly.
That night, Colonel Nemtsevich, commander of the Fighter Aviation Division, reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I have good news to tell you. The two fighter squadrons assigned to us by our superiors have all arrived at the field airport. "
"What, the additional fighter squadron has arrived." Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing Nemtsevich's report: "This way you don't have to worry about a shortage of aircraft when fighting enemy planes."
"Comrade Commander, you and I think you are too optimistic." Colonel Nemtsevich said somewhat gloomily: "I think the two new squadrons may not have much combat effectiveness?"
"No fighting ability?" Henry asked in surprise: "Comrade Colonel, why do you say that?"
"When I learned that my superiors had sent us two fighter squadrons, I was very happy, but what I didn't expect was a group of women."
"A group of women?" Sokov heard Nemtsevich say this and couldn't help but curiously asked: "What is the name of their commander?"
"The leader of the first squadron is Captain Raisa, and the leader of the second squadron is Lieutenant Lilia."
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov almost jumped with excitement when he heard Nemtsevich's order. He warned the other party: "I tell you, these female pilots have rich combat experience. In the battle to defend Stalingrad, they established immortal feats. Your superiors transferred them to you because they believed in their abilities. I remind you that you must not discriminate against them, otherwise I will recommend that your superiors revoke your position as division commander. Understand. ?"
Although Sokov's tone was stern, Nemtsevich said unconvinced: "Comrade Commander, I have never heard of any female pilots, so I still doubt their level. .”
"Colonel Nemtsevich, Captain Raisa and Lieutenant Lilia have fought alongside me. I know their abilities very well." Sokov said to Nemtsevich: " Especially Lieutenant Lilia, when she participated in the first battle, she shot down one Messerschmitt-109 fighter jet and one Junkers-88 bomber, becoming the first woman in the world to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
She also shot down a Messerschmitt-109 fighter piloted by a German ace pilot. The pilot of this fighter is a lieutenant of the 3rd German Fighter Wing, with a record of 35 air combat victories. After being captured, he offered to meet the opponent who had shot him down. When he saw a petite, young and beautiful girl standing in front of him, he refused to believe that this was the person who shot him down.
Because her name has a similar pronunciation to the Russian word lily, her comrades affectionately call her Lily. She painted a lily on each side of the fuselage of the plane she was flying. The Germans mistook the lily for a rose, so they called her the 'White Rose of Stalingrad'. "
"What? Comrade Commander, what did you just say?" Hearing what Sokov said, Nechepolenko couldn't help being stunned: "She is actually the legendary 'White Rose over Stalingrad'. It's simply It’s incredible.”
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov reminded him, thinking that Lilia seemed to have been injured once during this period, "Lieutenant Lilia is a precious asset of your air force. I order you to take care of her as you would your own eyes. We must not let her be in any danger. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Commander, this is hard to say." Nechepolenko heard Sokov's order and said with some embarrassment: "You also know that in an air battle, whether you can survive or not depends entirely on your personal skills. Tactical proficiency and air combat ability. If she is unlucky, no matter how many planes I send to protect her, it may not help."
Nechepolenko's words made Sokov realize that he was a little too whimsical. Air combat is no better than land combat, and there are too many uncertain factors. If Lilia's plane is destined to be shot down, then sending more planes to protect her may not have any effect. Everything depends on her luck.
After Sokov put down the phone, he heard Witkov on the side asking excitedly: "Comrade Commander, are we Lily here?"
"Yes." Sokov knew that it was the Germans who called Lilia White Rose, but the Soviet commanders still liked to call her Lily. Witkov had dealt with Lilia before, and now that he knew that his old friend had come to fight alongside him again, he couldn't help but feel a little happy: "Lieutenant Lilia has now become a squadron leader."
Runev was not familiar with Lilia. Seeing that Sokov and Vitkov were talking happily about a female pilot, he asked curiously: "Who are you talking about?"
"A young female pilot." Seeing that Lunev didn't know about Lilia, Sokov told Lunev in detail about Lilia's achievements in the battle to defend Stalingrad, and finally said: "Although she is young, she has achieved a lot of results. If she can live to the day of victory, I think she might become a general."
Hearing what Sokov said, Vitkov said weakly: "But our army has never had a female general."
"It didn't happen before, but it doesn't mean there won't happen in the future." Sokov said with a smile: "Maybe Lilia can become the first female general of our army."
"Comrade Commander, how do you plan to arrange them?" Lunev asked, "Are you going to let them fight German pilots like male pilots?"
"Needless to say, Comrade Military Commissar." Sokov asked in surprise: "In war, there is only the difference between soldiers and civilians. From the day they put on military uniforms, they are no longer simple A woman, but a soldier, a soldier who can give his life at any time to defend the motherland."
After hearing this, Lunev nodded and said: "Comrade Commander, you are right. After hearing what you said, I can't wait to see this amazing female pilot."
"Comrade Military Commissar, the field airport is not far from us anyway." Sokov said to Lunev: "If you have time, you can always go over and take a look at this amazing female pilot."
Besides, after Lilia led the fighter squadron to the field airport, she only rested for two or three hours before taking off and rushed to the traffic line to fight with the enemy fighter group.
There were three German fighter jets. After shooting down one Soviet bomber, they were attacking the remaining three. Upon discovering the appearance of four Soviet fighter planes, two fighter jets immediately abandoned the Soviet bombers and pounced towards the newly arrived fighter squadron.
Even though Lilia is a woman, she has become the ace pilot of the Soviet army because of her repeated military exploits. Looking at the two enemy planes coming towards her, she ignored them at all and let the other three deal with them, while she rushed directly towards the enemy plane that was chasing the bomber.
The enemy planes that were chasing the bombers never expected that Lilia would ignore the enemy planes that were attacking them and pounce directly on him. The German pilot had just locked onto a bomber ahead. Before he could pull the trigger, he suddenly felt the fuselage shake. Based on his experience, he knew that his plane had been hit. He quickly turned around to see where the plane attacking him was coming from.
At this moment, Lilia aimed at the cockpit and pulled the trigger again. A series of bullets accurately hit the cockpit, beating the pilot inside into a sieve. At the last moment of his life, the German pilot saw clearly the lilies painted on the side of Lilia's plane, and he murmured: "White roses..."
Before he finished shouting, his vision went dark, and then the plane lost control and dived towards the ground. Tens of seconds later, the plane plunged into the ground, the fuselage quickly caught fire, and not long after, there was an earth-shattering explosion.
The two enemy planes in the sky were quite puzzled when they saw their companions shot down. They all know the level of the opponent. Even if they want to win two on one, they will have to go through a lot of troubles. How could they crash in such a short period of time? Could it be that the Russians sent their ace pilot here?
After Lilia shot down the enemy plane, she turned in a large circle in the air and rushed towards the two surviving enemy planes. A German pilot who was fighting with a Soviet fighter suddenly saw the lily on the fuselage and shouted as if he had seen a ghost: "Damn it, it's the White Rose of Stalingrad, it's the White Rose of Stalingrad." …”
After letting out a series of wails, the German pilots dared not continue fighting. They quickly left their companions behind and turned the plane's nose to fly west.
The pilot of the remaining enemy plane did not hear clearly what his companion was shouting, so he turned around and fled towards the airport as if he had seen a ghost.
Rokossovsky considered that Sokov and the others would soon launch an attack on the Germans, and the work of replenishing their air power went very smoothly.
That night, Colonel Nemtsevich, commander of the Fighter Aviation Division, reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I have good news to tell you. The two fighter squadrons assigned to us by our superiors have all arrived at the field airport. "
"What, the additional fighter squadron has arrived." Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing Nemtsevich's report: "This way you don't have to worry about a shortage of aircraft when fighting enemy planes."
"Comrade Commander, you and I think you are too optimistic." Colonel Nemtsevich said somewhat gloomily: "I think the two new squadrons may not have much combat effectiveness?"
"No fighting ability?" Henry asked in surprise: "Comrade Colonel, why do you say that?"
"When I learned that my superiors had sent us two fighter squadrons, I was very happy, but what I didn't expect was a group of women."
"A group of women?" Sokov heard Nemtsevich say this and couldn't help but curiously asked: "What is the name of their commander?"
"The leader of the first squadron is Captain Raisa, and the leader of the second squadron is Lieutenant Lilia."
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov almost jumped with excitement when he heard Nemtsevich's order. He warned the other party: "I tell you, these female pilots have rich combat experience. In the battle to defend Stalingrad, they established immortal merits. Your superiors transferred them to you because they believed in their abilities. I remind you that you must not discriminate against them, otherwise I will recommend that your superiors revoke your position as division commander. Understand. ?"
Although Sokov's tone was stern, Nemtsevich said unconvinced: "Comrade Commander, I have never heard of any female pilots, so I still doubt their level. .”
"Colonel Nemtsevich, Captain Raisa and Lieutenant Lilia have fought alongside me. I know their abilities very well." Sokov said to Nemtsevich: " Especially Lieutenant Lilia, when she participated in the first battle, she shot down one Messerschmitt-109 fighter jet and one Junkers-88 bomber, becoming the first woman in the world to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
She also shot down a Messerschmitt-109 fighter piloted by a German ace pilot. The pilot of this fighter is a lieutenant of the 3rd German Fighter Wing, with a record of 35 air combat victories. After being captured, he offered to meet the opponent who had shot him down. When he saw a petite, young and beautiful girl standing in front of him, he refused to believe that this was the person who shot him down.
Because her name has a similar pronunciation to the Russian word lily, her comrades affectionately call her Lily. She painted a lily on each side of the fuselage of the plane she was flying. The Germans mistook the lily for a rose, so they called her the 'White Rose of Stalingrad'. "
"What? Comrade Commander, what did you just say?" Hearing what Sokov said, Nechepolenko couldn't help being stunned: "She is actually the legendary 'White Rose over Stalingrad'. It's simply It’s incredible.”
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov reminded him, thinking that Lilia seemed to have been injured once during this period, "Lieutenant Lilia is a precious asset of your air force. I order you to take care of her as you would your own eyes. We must not let her be in any danger. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Commander, this is hard to say." Nechepolenko heard Sokov's order and said with some embarrassment: "You also know that in an air battle, whether you can survive or not depends entirely on your personal skills. Tactical proficiency and air combat ability. If she is unlucky, no matter how many planes I send to protect her, it may not help."
Nechepolenko's words made Sokov realize that he was a little too whimsical. Air combat is no better than land combat, and there are too many uncertain factors. If Lilia's plane is destined to be shot down, then sending more planes to protect her may not have any effect. Everything depends on her luck.
