At this time, at the airport in the rear, the lights on the runway were still on, and Ross operated the glider, turning around and returning home, he only had one chance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The glider, without power, flies entirely with the advantage of altitude, and the altitude is constantly reduced until it lands, and this is such a process.

And now, fortunately, it is relatively close to the airport, and if it is far away, then they will not be able to fly back at all.

Three turns, aimed at the runway, the thick and fat glider, towards the runway, landed accurately.

The DFS 230 is a light assault glider with a structure that follows the traditional glider layout with a hybrid structure of high monowing and underwing support.

The cross-section of the fuselage is approximately rectangular, and the skeleton is welded from steel pipes and covered with a skin made of linen, so the manufacturing cost is very low and it is easy to produce in large quantities.

At the same time, it also makes its appearance extremely ugly.

When the glider was about to land, Hans's plane was pushed out of the hangar.

After the glider unit takes off, the tarmac is vacated, and it is time for these bombers to be ready, and when it is daybreak, the bomber unit will be quickly dispatched.

Hans stood on the side of the runway at the airport, watching the glider staggering and landing, and suddenly his face was happy.

The glider is back, and looking at it like that, you know that the tow rope on the nose is broken, and this glider is no longer able to sort, because all the Junkers 52 transport planes in the base have taken off.

Your own opportunity has come!

Hans ran up quickly, watching the glider unwillingly land on the runway of the airport, and the people inside, all of them walked out unwillingly.

"You need a new towing plane." Hans suppressed his excitement and said, "My plane can tow you." ”

It is not only the Junkers 52 transport, but also the Stuka bomber that can tow gliders! Historically, at the end of World War II, because of the outdated performance of Stuka, even Stuka's main task became a towing glider!

If you look at the volume, the Junkers 52 is larger than the glider, and the Stuka is much smaller than the glider, like an ant pulling an elephant, but, as long as you compare it a little, you know that there is no problem at all.

The Junkers-52 has three engines, each with a power of 550 horsepower, while the Stuka is a single engine with a power of 1420 horsepower, which shows that the engine power of the Stuka is sufficient.

Moreover, the small size of the Stuka brings a small frontal area and low resistance.

The Junker-52 has a maximum speed of less than 300 km/h, while Stuka can fly up to 400 km/h, which means that Stuka can catch up with the troops in front of him after relocating the glider that had to return home.

Hearing Hans's words, Lieutenant Weiqig nodded: "We need to ask our superiors for instructions, please be ready to tow us immediately." ”

To tow the glider, Hans's Stuka had to be lightly armed, and the one-ton bomb he was carrying had to be unloaded.

At the same time that Hans was directing the ground crew, quickly unloading the bomb, Lieutenant Wichg, who had already asked his immediate superiors for instructions by radio, and immediately got a reply, which was completely possible!

When drawing up a combat plan, the staff officers have gone through intense and meticulous consideration, but no matter how careful the plan is, when it comes time to implement it, they will encounter problems of one kind or another, and the commanders on the spot are required to have the ability to quickly deploy on the spot.

Now, for example, when the glider returns home, it switches to a Stuka for towing, which is the best improvisation.

Hans was quite excited, and he watched as his Stuka bomber was pushed in front of the glider, and through a short rope, the glider was hung behind him.

At this time, the other planes of the first echelon have already flown for 20 minutes, and he must take this glider and catch up!

Hans quickly got into his cockpit and, with the help of the ground crew, started the Junkers Jumo 211J-1 engine in front of him.

"Attention, fly along the guidance light." The voice of the operational commander came from the headset, and Hans replied, "Roger." ”

In this era, night combat was almost a blank slate, but Hans still used his instruments to make a few night flights, and now, although the sky above him was pitch black, Hans had nothing to fear.

Push the throttle stick and, after a minute of slow engine rotation, switch to full power, and with the roar of the engine, Hans releases the brakes.

The Stuka bomber, driving the glider behind, was on the runway and began to slide.

Faster, faster and faster, towing a one-ton glider is more laborious than carrying a one-ton bomb, and Hans clearly feels that his plane's take-off performance is declining, but compared to the Junkers 52 transport aircraft, his aircraft is still more performant.

About three-quarters of the way was gone, Hans pulled up his plane, and in the back, the gliders pulled up almost synchronously, and took off together.

The throttle was always fully open, driving the glider behind him, and Hans was constantly climbing, and when he climbed to a thousand meters, Hans leveled out, and he had already seen the first coordinates of the lighthouse in the distance.

Fly over and aim for the course!

Stuka roared, roared, and dragged the glider behind him, and Stuka flew at full speed, reaching a speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

Behind, Ross was excited, on the driver's seat of the glider, there were only five simple instruments, showing various flight attitudes, and looking at the speedometer, after a silent calculation in his heart, Ross was able to know that at the current speed, they should be able to catch up with the glider troops in front before entering Belgian airspace!

All around, it is pitch black, but everyone's heart is hot.

Catch up with your troops and land over the fortress together!

As the commander of the Granite Commando, Lieutenant Weiqige was very annoyed that he had fallen behind, he didn't know that because of an accident, another glider in his commando team had fallen behind.

Just twenty minutes after takeoff, it flew over the lights in Luhanberg, and it was just half the way.

Just then, the pilot of the glider behind him saw that the wings of the Junkers-52 that were towing him began to shake, and its marker lights kept flashing.

According to previous training, this was the departure signal, and after a few seconds of judgment, the glider pilot took off the tow rope and began to glide.

When he slid to the ground, he realized that he hadn't even flown to the border.

If it weren't for the arrival of Lieutenant Wichge, his assault team would have only nine gliders left.

And now, fortunately, he has finally caught up! After an hour of pursuit, the Stuka bombers, under the tuw, finally brought Lieutenant Wichger's glider, but they did not know that there were new difficulties waiting for them.