Not flying for two days in a row is simply a torture for the proud men of the squadron. Due to the damage to the road surface due to the rain, the ground crew of the brigade arrived much later than planned. Therefore, as soon as these logistics personnel arrived at the base, they immediately engaged in the modification and maintenance of the aircraft before they had time to rest and recuperate.

These fighters are sophisticated war machines, not Renault trucks of the French ground crew, and must be maintained in strict accordance with the procedures in the manual after each flight, so as to ensure that there will be no accidents during intense air combat maneuvers. The ground crew of the task force are carefully selected professional technicians, and because of the special nature of the unit to which they belong, there is no room for any mistakes, and they have followed the team all the way from Germany to a distant foreign country, and a deep friendship has long been established between the ground crew and the pilots, and their superb skills have won the recognition and trust of everyone.

For two whole days, the hangar at the base was full of noisy and busy scenes, and finally the Germans finally completed all the preparations for the flight within the time specified in the plan. Shi Boru was not idle during this time, she found more aerial maps, and after checking with each other, she chose a route that she thought was the safest, although it seemed a bit detoured, but it was better than getting lost in the middle of the way.

In the early morning of September 21, everyone had a full breakfast in the restaurant, and the French chef carefully prepared French omelettes and steaks for all the pilots involved in the operation.

According to the original plan, the task force took off at 7 o'clock on time, and after marshalling over the airfield, the group turned to the north-northeast direction, crossed the border between French Indochina and China over Gaoping County, and advanced towards the first landmark point in China, the county town of Baise in China.

When they arrived over Baise County, the group had climbed to an altitude of 3,000 meters, looking down from above. The rows of streets and houses in the county town were clearly visible, and German pilots could make out the black tiled roofs and gray stone streets, as well as the endless flow of people in the streets. At this moment, the citizens below also seemed to have noticed the unannounced swarm of aircraft overhead, and there was commotion and chaos in the streets, looking like ant colonies attacked by boiling water from above, and in an instant, the streets and alleys were full of citizens running and fleeing.

"They thought we were Japanese planes." Shi Boru couldn't help but frown as he looked at the chaotic scene below.

"Although it is still in the hands of the Chinese government, it is only 200 kilometers from the Japanese-occupied Nanning, which is within the combat radius of Japanese bombers, in other words. It's already the front line. "It seems to hear Sbojou's exclamation, Horst. Captain Young explained over the radio.

"Fortunately, they didn't hit us with anti-aircraft guns." Technical Adjutant Lieutenant Kakri interjected.

"Anti-aircraft guns? In such a small county? Captain Yang scoffed at the technical adjutant's words.

"The Chinese are desperately short of air defense weapons, the airspace of most of their cities is open, and the Japanese Army's bombers can often drive hundreds of kilometers long, except for a few key cities, which rarely suffer from ground fire." Captain Young continued to add to his previous words on the radio.

"Climb to four thousand meters, pick up speed, and get out of the sky over the city as soon as possible." Shi Boru gave the order, and the group immediately began to climb quickly according to the captain's orders.

At this time, the FW190s have all changed to grass green jungle livery. In order to facilitate identification, a black and white striped identification band was also brushed on the tail rudder, and the iron cross emblem on the fuselage was shrunk, and the black cross part of the badge was cut. Only the original white folded border remains. The position of the squadron's white numbers has not changed, while the pilot's personality logo on the cockpit and the group coat of arms on the bonnet have been retained.

Because it is the first squadron of the 1st Squadron, the number of the aircraft is painted in white, and in the case of the 2nd squadron, it is coded in red. The third squadron used yellow, the fourth white, the fifth continued to use red, and so on. The Luftwaffe used this color difference to identify the squadron belonging of the aircraft, and the belonging of the group was distinguished by a broken line or straight line mark behind the number, the squadron to which the first group belonged was blank behind the number, the squadron to which the second group belonged to a horizontal line was added after the number, the third group used a vertical line, and the fourth group drew a dot. In addition, there are some command structures, such as the units directly under the brigade headquarters of each brigade, which all use green numbers, while the wing headquarters above the brigade use blue numbers to show identity.

Speaking of which, Shi Boru and her direct squad should have used a green number and call sign, but because she only brought one squadron this time, she used the same livery as the first squadron, the only difference was that she and her subordinates had the identification mark of the brigade commander on the fuselage.

After leaving the county town of Baise, the German fleet had climbed to an altitude of 4,000 meters and flew in a north-northwest direction at a cruising speed of 530 kilometers per hour. The lonely JU88B became particularly conspicuous in the fleet, and it seems that most of the cause of the panic on the ground just now came from her.

The weather over Guangxi that day was very good, very suitable for flying, the clouds were thin and loose, and there was no very strong air current, so the flight process of the group was very smooth, almost pressing the planned route to fly, and the course did not deviate.

Focke Wolf had not yet modified the cockpit at this time, and with the increase in altitude, the temperature of the cockpit would drop to a certain extent, and when the southern Chinese summer sun shone into the cabin from one side of the cockpit, it brought a lot of warmth to the pilot. Thin puffy clouds swept under the wings from time to time, and the turquoise sky was peaceful and tranquil, and the German pilots untied the leaders of their flight suits and enjoyed this rare comfort.

After checking the meter to make sure all the readings were correct, she pulled a thermos from the bottle rack at her side with the lever between her legs and poured herself a steaming cup of coffee.

FW190 has a unique design, Dr. Tan Ke equipped her with a device called the command system, in fact, it is a gear-driven mechanical computer, this precision machine can automatically complete part of the auxiliary operations of the flight, such as automatically adjusting the fuel-to-oil ratio or the pitch of the propeller, and can also automatically adjust the engine speed and pressure with the pilot's operation of the throttle, which is an extremely advanced design for fighters at that time, especially in the fierce air battle. It can avoid human errors due to hectic operation, and at the same time, it also saves a lot of energy for pilots during long-distance flights. Major Sporu was sipping his coffee as he looked at the map in his lap pocket, and through the transparent celluloid film, the route map outlined in red pencil was very bright.

"It's full of mountains, and I've never seen so many peaks concentrated in such a large area." One of the pilots sighed.

"Then you haven't flown in the Alps, but the terrain there is completely different from here." His companion replied.

"The Chinese call this the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and we have entered their territory in Guizhou Province." Captain Yang seems to have become a China expert in the fleet.

"Keep the communication frequencies open, Angel, have you found the agreed navigation radio signal?" Shi Boru buckled the cap of the thermos and regained control of the lever.

Because the stand-alone radio call code on the fuselage of this JU88 is AH, the standard call sign of the Luftwaffe should be "Angel Heinrich", but since this is the only one at the moment, Spojou directly simplified it to Angel.

"Not yet, the signal received by the direction finder is very messy, I don't think I can count on this." The radio operator of JU88B reported.

"It doesn't matter, fortunately we prepared early." Shi Boru turned his head sideways to look at the formation of the group, because it was an extreme range flight, and at the same time it was not a combat mission, so the flight team was arranged in a very conventional transition flight formation, each team was arranged in a four-plane fingertip formation, and the four squads were lined up in a larger fingertip formation, and Shi Boru's team leader team flew at the forefront of all the formations.

"Change to a double-layer escort formation, the fourth team stays, and the rest of the team follows me to climb to a height of five thousand meters." Shi Boru gave the order, and it was the practice of the brigade to conduct formation change training on the way, and the purpose of the brigade commander was to demand himself according to the standards of war at all times.

As the flight route extended, the flying process began to become boring, but these were all ace pilots, and some were trying to have fun on the way. Especially the two aces of the second squad, when they were bored, they were still doing a few rolls in the same place in a row to relieve fatigue, and of course they were scolded by Major Shi Boru. After more than three hours of continuous flight, two-thirds of the flight has passed, the fuel in the auxiliary fuel tank has already been exhausted, the pilots activated the transfer switch, and the engine began to use the fuel carried in the fuel tank of the fuselage, because the crew did not abandon the empty auxiliary fuel tank because of the relationship between the return journey.

"White leader, it seems that there is not the slightest deviation in our route, and below is the seventh confirmation point on the map, which is only three hundred and seventy kilometers away from the destination, and victory is in sight." The voice of the captain of JU88B came from the headphones.

Shi Boru pressed the communication transmitter and receiver button on the joystick, and gently swung the ailerons to deflect the fuselage slightly.

"Anshun, that's how it sounds." Sboru looked at the map on his lap.

"Keep it at this altitude, Angel, and we'll get there safely." The captain of the flight group said as he looked from the side of the cockpit at the medium bomber under the wing.

"I'll keep an eye on this guy for you, sir." The white 15, piloted by Second Lieutenant Leinster, the leader of the fourth squad, flapped his wings. The fourth squad was divided into two wingmen to escort the bombers on either side, and the five planes were lined up in an inverted V formation, neatly held together as if they were held together by an invisible steel wire. Sboru shook his wings in reply, then straightened the fuselage.

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