The appearance of the German reconnaissance plane was so sudden that since it was detected by the sentinels on the outskirts of Heitu Village, the information immediately flew around the division headquarters. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The speed of this reconnaissance plane is not fast, it has to fly for more than ten minutes to reach the blacksmith village, and to catfish village, it will take even longer.

The task of "extinguishing the fire" has been carried out, and the heralds have run into the residential areas and ordered the villagers to stop lighting fires from house to house. And ordinary soldiers, ordered by an emergency military order, immediately put them into combat readiness.

The two of them held the table and pointed at the map.

Yang Mingzhi was also at the division headquarters, and his forehead was already covered with sweat. Heaven and earth counted, but I didn't expect the German reconnaissance plane to come in such a grand manner. The intelligence is very bad, the enemy has not just dispatched one, but at least four aircraft have been observed so far. Such a luxurious recon mode can only explain one reason.

"Damn it, the enemy is carpet searching the area. Their goal is very obvious, which is to find us. After that they will definitely take retaliatory measures! ”

When he said this, Yevlov also trembled. Because this is not like the past, when we first arrived in the swamp, everyone was a group of defeated roosters, almost poor. The so-called bare feet are not afraid to wear shoes, and now that there are bottles and cans, you must also weigh your possible losses.

Yevlov raised his head and gritted his teeth: "Since they came to investigate, the Black Earth Village side was exposed because of the air counterattack, and we must also take measures here." ”

Yang Mingzhi slapped the table: "Then let Podovich take off immediately and beat down all the enemy planes!" ”

"That's it! I immediately ordered him to take off. Yevlov said nervously, "Berekov, you also take action, organize the machine gunners in our team, and try to knock down the enemy as much as possible." ”

The two of them made their own plans, turned around and left. Now you can put Yerenkina here, and the two of them don't care about it, so what about themselves?

She stamped her foot and complained, "What a pit man! Shall I just go and gather the panicked villagers? And just like that, she put in the work.

On the other hand, the intelligence on the appearance of the enemy's reconnaissance plane was also received for the first time for the catfish village.

Fuming guards here, and he becomes the actual person in charge of this place in Catfish Village. Pobosky obeyed his commands, and the troops stationed here were the first to obey his orders (as long as they were orders of life, of course). The military is still under the full command of the divisional headquarters).

At the beginning of the enemy's situation, without the order of the division headquarters, Fuming took it upon himself to issue an order: "All villagers are forbidden to light fires, and all bonfires lit for cooking are immediately extinguished." All the soldiers entered the first level of combat readiness and ordered Podovich to immediately take to the air to intercept the enemy aircraft! ”

Therefore, Podovich learned about the appearance of enemy aircraft very early. He had finished breakfast and continued to wipe his "buddy" in the hangar.

Truth be told, his plane hasn't been in combat since the last big war two months ago. If it was an air battle, the last air battle was in response to the air assistance of the superiors, and the bullet holes in the wings were long gone. The aircraft was also modified to be able to fire rockets.

His I-153 Seagull fighter is also a biplane version, which has good lift and is extremely maneuverable. The biggest flaw is that the speed is too slow, and when the war came to this year, the Soviet Air Force began to replace the Lager 3 fighter on a large scale, and the Il-2 ground attack aircraft, which was nicknamed the ground licking machine, began to produce in 1942. I have to say that Podovich's car is too backward! However, on the isolated island of the swamp, he knew very little about the situation outside. Something is better than nothing, and this fighter gave the 284th Division at least a little air combat capability.

Therefore, upon learning of the appearance of the German reconnaissance plane, the order was to ask him to immediately take to the air for battle. Agitated, Podovich threw off the sackcloth and even kicked the basin over.

He shouted in the hangar: "Semyon! Alexey! And Sergey, you guys hurry up and do something! I'm going to be in the air in ten minutes! ”

The person he called was his ground technician, and the task of these men was to serve the fighter under the guidance of Podovich. It was already February, and since it was learned that Homnich had been attacked by German dive bombers, everyone had been expecting the fighter to take to the skies.

After all, the speed of the Stuka is not fast, but the maneuverability is far less flexible than that of the socialist pesticide machine. It's perfect for some aerobatics, and if it weren't for the speed of the dogfight, the Yi 153 would definitely be the king of dog fighting.

Everyone is expecting that this fighter is better than nothing can wipe out all the enemy's dive bombers, and now that the order has arrived, the target is a reconnaissance plane, so shooting down the enemy plane is also a good task.

All of Podovich's mechanics rushed to the hangar, and they immediately began to work on it.

"It's only five minutes! You guys work faster. I want you to fill up your tanks and load your bullets right away. I'm going to take the enemy into the air at once and knock them down. Podovich put on his costume again and again, and said anxiously.

Sergey, who was in charge of refueling the plane, muttered: "Five minutes? There is no reason why this tank is filled up so quickly. Don't you know that this refueling is very laborious? ”

Watching Sergei's grinding operation, Podovich couldn't bear to look at it directly. "Hell, you're supposed to be the best technician, and the logistics are not up to par. Now that the battle is really coming, what use do I want you people to do? ”

But Sergei was not a submissive man, and his temper was somewhat unruly. He was also angry and simply shouted: "Who knew that the battle would suddenly come at this time, you look outside, there are still some ice cubes on the runway?" Who would have thought that as soon as this snowy day ended, the Germans would send planes?! It's too slow to add oil, you can do it! ”

"Hey! Then you get out of the way! I got it! Without saying a word, Podovich began to refuel his plane with his own hands.

If you don't have a good tanker, it's really a bit troublesome to pump fuel to the tank with very backward means. He snapped his head and had only three minutes left.

On the other hand, part of the casing of the nose was removed. Sergei didn't say much, he had to help the guy put the plane on the bullet.

The I-153 has four built-in Schkass 7.62mm machine guns, and the theoretical maximum ammunition load is 2,600 rounds. Time was limited, and the technician said to Podovich, who was anxiously refueling: "I'm sorry, the time is too short, we can only reload two machine guns." But each bullet will be a little more......"

"Hurry up and do it, I'm going to get into the air quickly!" Podovich said without thinking.

The bullet was indistinguishable from the 7.62mm rifle cartridges used by the infantry, and the firepower of the two coaxial machine guns was very thin, but time was running out, and several pilots shoved the chain into the plane and immediately closed the hatch.

And said to Podovich: "Two machine guns, a total of six hundred rounds of ammunition." Comrade, you have to save some money! ”

"Okay! Six hundred rounds of ammunition is enough! My shot is very accurate, don't worry. With that, he pulled out the hose that went deep into the tank, and time was waiting, he estimated that the fuel he had added was enough!

Podovich closed the lid of the mailbox, straightened his flight cap, quickly climbed into the cabin, put on his windproof goggles, and raised his thumbs with his right hand.

"Yay! Semyon, you go and push the hangar door open! Sergey shouted.

The door opened, and Podovich started his plane. The fuel gauge showed that his mailbox was running out of fuel. "Damn it, I can only fly for twenty minutes?" He gritted his teeth, the engine drove the blades to spin wildly, and the fighter slowly drove out of the hangar.

Pressing the accelerator to the end, the fighter began to accelerate, taxiing for about 200 meters, Podovich pulled the control stick back sharply, and the plane took off!

Podovich in the air tried his airborne radio, made two clicks, and soon received instructions from Fumin on the ground.

"Eagles! Eagle! Keep circling, the pigeons will arrive soon! The pigeons arrived soon! ”

The instructions were code names, the reconnaissance plane was the pigeon, and the eagle was Podovich. After receiving the order, he began to circle around the catfish village in a wide area, and his eyes were wide open, and his ears listened to the strange noise like a rabbit.

His gaze was sharp, and suddenly, due north, a strange dark shadow appeared, accompanied by some muffled rumbling sounds.

"Haha! Nazis! You didn't expect that! We also have fighters! Excited Podovich burst out laughing, the enemy was already in his visual range.

He immediately adjusted the fuselage, prepared for battle, and flew towards the enemy aircraft! (To be continued.) )