Chapter 14: The Bloody Battle in the Sky (Revision)
"This is war, and it's the real place to die!"
It must be said that when Tang Yunyang faced the real battlefield, a trace of worry quickly flashed in his heart.
After all, in the previous aerial combat on the Internet, no matter how many times it was shot down, there was a chance to start over. But here, everything here is true, including blood.
Tang Yunyang, who held the joystick tightly, warned himself that he must be careful, this is not the place to move his fingers and click the mouse.
Despite all the thoughts in his heart, this did not affect his sharp eyes, staring closely at the target of Lafitte's team approaching, the German bombing formation.
The bombers that had climbed into the clouds formed a circle formation that was conducive to resisting fighter attacks, and in the center of each bomber formation were airships arranged vertically. Due to the load, the number of twin-mounted machine guns used for self-defense on the airship reached a staggering 7.
In addition, because the flight state of the airship is relatively stable compared to the flight of the aircraft, the shooting accuracy of the self-defense machine gun shooter is much more accurate than that of the shooter on the bomber.
Moreover, there are almost no dead ends in the defense, so that the aircraft that come to attack in either direction will face the attack of two twin machine guns. I believe that this is all bad news for a pilot who wants to attack them.
Squadron Leader of Lafitte's Squad, Rheu. Second Lieutenant Luberry's gaze was not fixed on the target in front of him from this moment.
He is not like a "rookie" like Tang Quyang, who has just entered the battlefield, his mind is tightly tied to the mission target, and his eyes are not only paying attention to the target, but also scanning the surrounding airspace.
From what he knew about the German flying team, there must have been some kind of conspiracy they had arranged, especially when they were ready to retaliate.
In air combat, German pilots who were good at accurately grasping affairs would always be tactically better than the Allied flying forces.
Ruiwu. Ensign Luberry was familiar, and his analysis was fully on point.
Just as the Lafitte squad was about to reach the position where the attack on the German bombing formations would be carried out.
Just as almost all pilots were already holding their breath, their eyes looking through the mirror for their undivided aiming.
Just as the German bombing formations were in the midst of the German bombing formations, the eager self-defense machine gun shooters had already begun to pour ammunition on the incoming Allied planes.
There seemed to be a flash of lightning in the hazy sky, and the roar of a plane diving could be heard overhead.
German fighters burst out of the higher clouds, and the target of a large group of German aircraft equipped with Albatross D was none other than the Lafitte squad, which had just prepared for the attack.
"Thief you...... Rascally! ”
Tang Yunyang scolded loudly in the Shaanxi version of the national scolding, which showed that he was dissatisfied with this situation.
Albatross D aircraft, especially Albatross DI and II, would also appear as early as the second half of 1916 in the air battles on the Western Front.
At the time, they had 160 hp engines that were far more powerful than the Newburgh 11, and a rigid fuselage that was the first in the world to use laminate technology.
These Albatross Ds, both in speed and in terms of sturdiness, were far superior to all the types of aircraft owned by the Entente.
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Not to mention that Tang Yunyang sat in the cockpit of his Newburgh 11 aircraft man and felt unfairness when he recognized this prototype of this world-famous aircraft that had just been tested on the battlefield.
The sound of the plane's engine and the short firing of the machine gun did not hide the attention that had been paying attention, and the squadron leader Ruiwu in the airspace above his head. Second Lieutenant Luberry said to himself secretly in his heart.
"Here you go, filthy fellows!"
Muttering, his arm stretched out of the cabin, pointing out the direction of the enemy to the leader of Lafitte's squad while gesturing the order.
The one-two-three squad of the Lafitte squad was under the squadron leader Rheu. On the order of Second Lieutenant Louberry, he immediately raised the nose of the plane, broke away from the formation of the attacking German bombing formation, and met the German albatross group that was the first to strike at high altitude.
Their attack will create little time for the rest of the 345 squads to complete an attack on the German bombing formation without being interfered with by the incoming enemy planes.
As the strongest first squad of Lafitte's squad, the task is naturally to cover the attack of teammates on the enemy bombing formation. Follow Captain Frank. Behind Luke, as his partner Tang Yunyang also pulled the joystick and followed his partner towards the German fleet.
In front, where the nose of the plane points is the place where fate is decided.
At the nose of the dive-diving German Albatross D-plane, two orange flames had already erupted, often making the hearts of the pilots who saw them shoot coldly.
Now, those who stand in their way head-on are immediately caught in a transit where there is no way to hide, and there is no way to avoid it. And this kind of face-to-face confrontation is the most test of the pilot's will.
The result of this test is that whoever is the first to fail to face the danger of encountering death will be the first to turn.
Then there is no doubt that they will immediately fall into the pursuit of the opposing pilots and become a target aircraft, and this is when the aerial combat begins.
Like the other pilots of Lafitte's squad who were attacking the German planes, Tang Yunyang tried his best to shrink his body into a ball, his whole body tensed, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he opened his mouth wide and roared angrily to relieve his psychological pressure.
The fingers kept pulling the trigger of the machine gun, firing short shots one after another.
"Ah...... Dadada......"
Roars mingled with the sound of shooting, and a rain of bullets that seemed to be made up of glowing fireflies either came at them head-on or sprinkled at them.
Those that fly close to each other should pass from the top and bottom to the left and right, passing very close to the fuselage of the aircraft. It emits a high-pitched sound like an insect, and when it is occasionally hit, it makes a chilling "ping-pong" sound on the fuselage.
In the short confrontation, the plane on the side of Lafitte's team was hit, and with the machine-gun bullets that swept through the sky like a storm, the fighter plane burst into thick smoke and flames, and the pilots who escaped opened white umbrella flowers in the sky.
Occasionally, in his eyes, Tang Yunyang saw this tragic death.
As a pilot who was riding in a real flying battlefield for the first time, watching those flaming planes and pilots trying to survive, a cool breeze swept through his spine.
Frightened, he gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger.
"Tutu...... Sudden ......"
The cold gaze stared into the distance of the scope, and all the machine gun bullets shot from the German Albatross D were like flowing fire.