Although Nancy was still immersed in the end of the heavy snow, the Verdun region, more than 100 kilometers away from him, was already engaged in a bloody battle in the hazy sky.

Taking advantage of the initial cessation of heavy snowfall, the German airships immediately launched a surprise attack on the material assembly areas north of Verdun on the French side and behind the French Verdun front. This was the preparatory work for the Battle of Verdun, which was to begin in February and March, first of all, to consume the supplies of the French army from the air and destroy the roads behind the Verdun area.

The three airships were ordered to take off when the snow was beginning to clear and the weather conditions were favorable to their side. When the morning came, take advantage of the cover of dawn and darkness to cross the enemy line. In the early morning just after such a cold snowfall, it is possible to achieve a considerable effect of covert action.

After breaking through the enemy lines, the railway junctions in the rear of the Verdun area will be bombed under the cover of fighters.

The Lafitte team took off in the early morning, just after the heavy snowfall and before the weather cleared.

The pilots of Lafitte's team, who ran to their planes, were waiting with a sense of anticipation for this sortie.

Since the German Fokker who was equipped with a firing coordinator. After E appeared in the sky, the Entente pilots were faced with a desperate prospect. Although Britain and France launched a series of new models for German aircraft, they were not Fokker at all without a shooting coordinator. E's opponent.

Neither the Newburgh 11, a baby aircraft with a machine gun mounted on the top of the wing, nor the Flare F.20 with propulsion power, were real opponents of the Fokker E.

The power and maneuverability of the Newburgh 11 itself were not bad, the machine guns mounted on the top of the upper wings caused undue drag to the aircraft, and although the propulsion aircraft was fast, the bulky steering system made the aircraft in the foliage Fokker . There is no way to live in front of E.

Now the equipment of the front air forces of the Entente countries is very different.

Along with the machine gun firing coordinator in place, other equipment was Mike. The parachutes, plywood crash helmets, aviation standard cartridge belts, and other equipment produced by the Prince Company greatly boosted the morale of the pilots on the Allied side.

Especially after the first heavy snow of winter after the continuous autumn rains, the pilots who had been holding back for a long time were like a group of enthusiastic children, rushing to the sky where there was still no sunlight in the cheers.

Three huge airships, like mountain beams floating in the air. Accompanying him was the German Fokker who did not have a long voyage. Type E fighter. By this time, the news that the Entente had developed its own firing coordinator had long since reached Germany, so the rule that such aircraft could not cross the battle line was long outdated.

The winter sky is cold. Despite wearing leather jackets, plywood helmets, and fastened goggles, people shivered in the cabin.

McClung sat down on the latest French Newburgh 11 aircraft equipped with the Allied front.

The lower wing of this kind of aircraft is slightly shorter than the upper wing, the main weight of the whole aircraft is concentrated in the center of gravity, the machine gun is mounted above the nose, and a 9-cylinder air-cooled piston engine is installed, which has a fast climbing speed, maneuverability and flexibility, and has good combat quality. Especially when it was equipped with a firing coordinator, the machine gun on the upper wing was eliminated to reduce drag. E has a more obvious advantage.

"It's not as good as our Ben Thunder attack aircraft!"

That's what McClung said about this aircraft, with a fully enclosed cockpit without bulletproof glass and a sturdy fuselage with a plywood shell. The strength of the natural cloth wing cannot be compared with the thick laminated wing of the "Ben Thunder attack aircraft", and these points alone are enough to make the body feel as if it has been frozen like a mike of chaff. Lang scolded.

As the encounter with the German airship escort aircraft began, a clash in the air began.

The planes of the two sides were like two torrents, and in the sudden collision, the planes scattered like droplets of water scattered in all directions. Close quarters combat in the air began almost instantly.

"This fucking shitty plane!"

Despite the fact that Mike. Lang was yelling and swearing, piloting his French Newburgh 11 single-seat double-plane as if he had gone crazy and navigated through the blue sky.

From his rearview mirror, it can be seen that behind him are two single-wing Fokkers. E, a yellowish flame from the nose of the fuselage that is ejected when it is fired.

With these seemingly blazing flames of fear arise in the hearts of people. Bullets flew past the fuselage with a terrifying sound.

In particular, the steel tube skeleton of the aircraft, the trembling "dangdangdang" feeling when it was hit, was transmitted along the steel pipe to the microphone. When Lang was on the ass, it made it clear to him that he was in a bad situation.

Mike. Lang pushed and pulled the joystick, shouting and swearing. His voice could be heard shaking, which often occurred when he was being chased by enemy planes.

"Bumpy Flight ......"

used to be in the founding of Mike. During the busy days and nights of the Prince Company, in his spare time, Tang Yunyang would also teach Mike some of his experience in air combat and life-saving skills. Man.

"Dive, jump, sideslide, circle, fight, roll, no matter what kind of tactical maneuver the purpose of any kind of tactical action is to cooperate with different airspeeds and altitudes, and after the dog fight begins, do everything in your power to maintain the energy of your own aircraft, and gain the opportunity to attack the enemy aircraft in the rear hemisphere......"

After listening to it at the time, Mike. Lang no longer has any doubts about Tang Yunyang's aerial fighting skills and experience. Having experience in "dog fighting", he knows that these are by no means something that can be blown out of nonsense.

It is a matter of brothers' lives, of course, these are not Tang Yunyang's nonsense.

At the beginning, in order to act as a "chivalrous bird" in cyber air combat, Tang Yunyang mastered quite a lot of air combat skills through careful reading of books such as "Energy Air Combat" and "Butcher's Bird" and diligent practice.

Due to his personal hobbies, especially for this kind of fierce aerial combat with cannons and machine guns at close range, the combat that requires more personal skills of the pilot is more suitable for his appetite, and it is also the main direction of his study.

As always, Mike. Lang then began to believe in God Almighty, and cursed himself for his unwise choice.

"My God! I'm one of your cutest kids, and you can't do this to me...... Yes...... Oh, why should I try this bastard's solution! ”

Bullets whistled past the Newburgh planes. Make Mike. Lang's already very cold body shivered even more.

On the edge of life and death, he didn't feel the biting of the cold wind, he only felt death, which had already slid his gentle dance steps to the battlefield.