Chapter 19: Two Maniacs (Revision)
Solved his two opponents, Ruiu. Second Lieutenant Luberry breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he take care to climb up and reoccupy the height, while looking down at the battlefield.
At this time, the planes faced by the Lafitte squad were in an extremely unfavorable situation, and the formation of the fighter group that had previously tried to disrupt the surprise attack of the German flying team had caused more than a dozen planes of the 123rd squad of the Lafitte squad to fall into a situation of bitter battle with the enemy planes that had absolute numerical superiority.
Probably from the German flying team's "Albatross D" chase only two planes apart from himself. Amazingly, not only did the two planes maintain a state of cooperation, they were flying along a strange flight path towards the battlefield of fierce fighting.
The two planes that seemed to have escaped the chase of the "Albatross D" earlier than himself aroused his interest, and his eyes swept over their insignia, and he recognized it as the guy who was hiding his strength and his cute "balloon killer", Frank. Luke.
"These two guys are a good partner, although that kid's flying skills have not been formally trained, but his skills are obviously very useful on the battlefield, and he is probably a difficult guy to deal with!"
One is painted with brightly colored steel eagles, while the other is painted with the logo of their own farm.
Ruiwu. Second Lieutenant Luberry noticed that the latter was following behind the former. Luke's flying skills were a little unable to keep up with the plane in front of him.
On this battlefield where the military situation is in full swing, Ruiwu. Second Lieutenant Louberry also only glanced at it, and after saying "This pair is a reassuring fellow......" his observation came to an end.
As the squadron leader of Lafitte's squad, as well as the free attacker, Rheu. Second Lieutenant Luberry must solve the situation of being chased by the other team members. So that they can return to the main mission of the attack bombing formation as soon as possible, because the current situation on the battlefield shows that the Lafitte team may not complete the mission.
Indeed, the situation on the battlefield is quite critical.
At the beginning of the battle, the group of the best pilots of the Allied countries, with the French Flying Stork squadron as the backbone, was firmly entangled by the hunting team composed of those "star pilots" of the German flying team.
As a result, the Lafitte squad, which was responsible for the attack on the German bombing formation, lost its covering power. In particular, under the pre-planned surprise attack of the German flying team, they immediately fell into the downwind.
While the Lafitte squad was in the brave squadron Captain Rheu. Led by Second Lieutenant Luberry, they launched an assault on the incoming German fighter formations, trying to disrupt their formation and create an opportunity for the remaining three squads to attack the German bombing formations. But due to the absolute numerical superiority of the enemy, this plan clearly did not succeed.
When the remaining three squadrons of Lafitte's team, a total of 18 planes, began to break into the self-defense fire circle of the German flying team's bombing formation, both the airship and the self-defense machine guns on the bombers almost simultaneously sprinkled a tracer bullet at them, forming a storm.
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At this moment, there was a sound of an engine that I had heard for a long time, and it was obviously not the "Albatross D". About thirty "Fokker. E.III fighters broke through the barrier and launched an attack on the fleet of Lafitte squads.
Although as a fighter, "Fokker. The maneuverability, firepower, and speed of the E.III were not enough to compete with the Newburgh 11, but they had a considerable advantage over the Newburgh 11, which was busy attacking the bombing formation, and their top-down dive.
Under this extremely unfavorable situation, as many as six of the eighteen planes attacking the German bombing formation were shot down almost instantly. If you add Ruiu. If Second Lieutenant Luberry just counted five aircraft, then the total loss of the "Newburgh 11" of the Lafitte squad now reaches 11, which is almost half of all 36 aircraft of the Lafitte squad.
What is awe-inspiring is that even in such an extremely unfavorable situation, the pilots of the Lafitte squad responsible for attacking the bombing formation still did not abandon their duties. One after another, the "Newburgh 11" dodged the enemy's attack from left or right, up or down, and stubbornly approached the bombing formation.
At this time, Frank, who was following behind Tang Yunyang. Luke has never been able to figure out what Tang Yunyang wants to do? If Tang Yunyang shot down four "Albatross D" in a row just now showed his excellent flying skills, but now what he is doing is Frank. Luke couldn't understand it.
Tang Yunyang did not rejoin the attack on the German bombing, nor did he relieve the other pilots of the dangerous situation, he was just climbing, and he was climbing fast.
Although Frank. Luke didn't understand Tang Yunyang's plans, but as his partner, he had to still follow Tang Yunyang. Finally, the German bombing formations appeared in Tang Yunyang with Frank. Where Luke is foot.
At this time, Tang Yunyang, who had been "flying around" on the battlefield, finally stabilized his "Newburgh 11". Frank. Luke rushed forward knowing the opportunity, and it was estimated that Tang Yunyang was going to explain his plan to him.
"Abominable times!"
This is the most unpleasant place since the beginning of Tang Yunyang's air war, and there is no wireless communication equipment.
At this time, the air battle was completely based on the pre-war plan to attack and attack, so once the war began, due to the change of the battle situation, most of the pilots' actions were based on their own personal understanding.
This is the fundamental reason why the air combat of the First World War was less effective. At this point stop the action and talk to Frank. Luke gestured to converse, which was really an unavoidable method.
"Go down, attack the airship!"
This was the conclusion that Tang Yunyang made after observing the formation of the German bombing formation during the flight.
German bombers were arranged in a circular formation of four, and twelve bombers were arranged in three circular formations, on the outer edge of the air defense formation. Inside are three airships arranged in a finished glyph.
It can be seen that if the airship is hit by an aircraft, then its explosion will destroy the entire protective formation, which is also the fundamental reason why the German flying team arranged a surprise attack on the group of aircraft attacking the bombing formation.
Because the whole purpose of the operation was to protect the airship with a bomb load of nearly ten tons to the area of the Verdun fortress and bomb the heavy artillery fortress for the purpose.
While the German pilots were stunned, two planes of Lafitte's team, with Indians' faces painted on their tails, swooped down almost vertically from the sky.
Due to their altitude and distance, their speed is constantly increasing, even reaching the point where it is difficult to intercept.
At the same time, the first reaction of almost all pilots who saw the actions of these two madmen was to stop all their movements and immediately fly away from the bombing formation.
It would be a terrible thing for an airship filled with hydrogen to explode.