Chapter 1330: Whistling Sky 3
"We were raised by our stepmother!" Looking at the huge German aircraft group that appeared under the clouds, Lu Yifan, the captain of the Sword of the South China Sea Fighter Group, couldn't help but curse. I originally thought that I would intercept the German strategic air force with my colleagues, but what I didn't expect was that the Germans would use these tactical aircraft to consume Huaxia's air defense force first, and what I didn't expect was that most of the air force units from the north formed a group to brush up on the wild monster of the German northern air group, but he had to take only one brigade and about 50 fighters to break into this copy of the southern Luftwaffe cluster! Although the number of Luftwaffe groups in the north and south was about the same, the standard was far from the same, and in the north it was 4 brigades operating together, while in the south it was one brigade and another squadron of its own! The difference in strength is more than 3 times! This can't blame Lu Yifan for scolding!
However, Qin Yue didn't let Lu Yifan go up with this bit of strength to fight to the death. The task he gave Lu Yifan was to contain the opponent, and to fight as much as he could while trying to save himself. As the commander of the most elite land-based aviation brigade of the Southeast Asian Military Region of the Chinese Navy, Lu Yifan also has real ability, relying on good ground guidance and air early warning, and after some planning, he formulated a fairly realistic combat plan.
Unlike the colleagues on the northern front, who had just been beaten by the group and suffered heavy losses, the formation on the southern front not only did not encounter the opponent's large group of planes to intercept it after entering the battlefield, but also did not even encounter a few planes, except for a few reconnaissance planes looming at the edge of the field of vision, this operation was really not much different from the transition from peacetime! "Let's start spreading out, a swarm of attack planes ready to attack the target." With an order, the huge German fleet of planes on the southern front began to disband, and the brigades and even squadrons pounced on their respective targets like vultures!
At the same time that the bomber troops dispersed to attack the target, the escort fighters also dispersed along with the bomber troops, and this gave Lu Yifan, who had scarce capital, an opportunity. Although the Germans had the advantage, they were still very conservative when it came to fighting, with single-engine bombers carrying out dive bombing under the cover of fighters, while twin-engine bombers generally focused on horizontal bombing. Even the JU88, which has a certain dive capability, uses the tactics of horizontal bombing at medium and low altitudes, on the one hand, because of the fear of the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery firepower, and on the other hand, because the bomb load is somewhat large when it comes out this time.
"The height drops to 1200 meters! Guide the planes to drop bombs first, and the planes behind follow! After all the bombers were dropped, they climbed in order and then took them back in formation. Don't be nervous, the fighter unit will help us suppress the anti-aircraft fire on the ground. "Accompanied by the order of the commander of the lead, the JU88 bombers of the two squadrons began to reduce the altitude even further. The BF110 fighters on the sidelines entered the battlefield first, ready to suppress the anti-aircraft fire that might appear at any time. These planes carry small bombs with a relatively light load, which they will throw away in preparation for air combat if they encounter an opposing aircraft, and if there are no enemy aircraft, they will be used to suppress ground anti-aircraft fire. The Germans did not find the opponent's large aircraft group along the way, and it was enough to leave one squadron of BF109 in the sky, and this squadron of BF110 would cooperate with two squadrons of JU88 to attack ground targets. Everything unfolded according to the established plan, and it only took ten minutes to return home.
"That's it! One team goes up to deal with those BF109s, and the rest go down to eat meat, remember, don't fly out of bounds. The army's anti-aircraft artillery shells don't have long eyes. In addition, if you run into an opponent who can't get rid of you, run towards that col, and try to keep the altitude as low as possible, as long as you don't hit the mountain, you can usually run away. "The drop from an altitude of 3000 to 4000 meters to about 1500 meters will take a while for a fully loaded bomber. And Lu Yifan chose this time, the Germans must maintain course and speed in order to ensure the accuracy of the bombing, and JU88 is not HE177. There is a big difference both in terms of protection and firepower. What if it's boxed?
Relying on the cover of clouds and the help of ground guidance, when the Germans were ready to attack, the Huaxia Air Force arrived at the right time! A squadron of the Stone Tea Falcon took the lead in going up and talking to the BF109 about life to the old rival, although in a fair battle, the Stone Tea Falcon and the BF109E were not very strong. But it is enough to entangle the other party and not let him do bad things. The remaining squadron of 16 Foxbat fighters split into two parts, one following the bombers to attack, while the other continued to wander around the air, waiting for the enemy to climb up after the bombing and then go up to make up for it!
The JU88 of the two squadrons is only 24 at full strength, and there are only 30 BF110s with lack of strength and cover, and these planes fly in a formation with relatively small spacing, and it is difficult to find a position if there are too many attacking aircraft, so it is okay to arrange 8 flying foxes in the first wave of attacks. Just when the BF110 fighter broke through from a low altitude to suppress those radar-guided anti-aircraft guns, the flying fox team had already rushed down from 3,000 meters in the air and kicked the opponent's ass fiercely!
Several BF110 fighters flew over from a height of 300 meters, and the anti-aircraft gun bunkers provided some cover for the anti-aircraft guns, while also restricting the gunner's field of view and gun pitch angle. Relying on the interference of terrain cover and ground clutter, BF110 can avoid the tracking of fire control radar, and can also avoid the attack of most of the anti-aircraft guns, relying on the small bomblets carried and its own machine guns, BF110 can completely destroy the anti-aircraft gun positions with only civil bunkers, and the aerial reconnaissance of the Germans is still quite effective, at least the gun positions here are clear!
"Damn, what is this!" Just as Ensign Willie was flying the plane quickly from a low altitude, suddenly a man with a square head and a square brain appeared in his field of vision, and there were two long "ears" next to the guy with a square head! Soon, a sound like an air hammer came from behind, and faster than the sound came the deadly shells, which were like flying locusts coming from behind, speeding past the cabin of Second Lieutenant Willy! I was lucky, the other party didn't react when I flew past the opponent's gun, but the brother in the back was pitted, and the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that had just found the target hit the fighter behind with a cannonball!
WITH THE HELP OF GYROSCOPE SIGHTS, TWO 30MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS STARED AT A BF110 FIGHTER THAT WAS PENETRATING THE DEFENSE AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND HIGH SPEED, AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, SO THAT BEFORE THE PILOTS BEHIND COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BLOW CAME FROM, HALF OF THE TAIL WAS INTERRUPTED BY A RAIN OF BULLETS! The plane then tumbled out of control and crashed into the ground into a huge fireball, and the pilot inside apparently didn't have time to run away. "They hit so accurately, and they reacted so fast!" This new type of anti-aircraft gun, which had never been seen before, made Willy feel a deep fear in his heart, at least the German artillery did not have this accuracy and reaction speed. He couldn't help but turn his head to see what the anti-aircraft gun that attacked him just now looked like.
And this is just the beginning, in addition to the regular anti-aircraft artillery, Huaxia also deployed a lot of anti-aircraft machine gun positions around the position, these anti-aircraft machine guns are to put it bluntly on the large-caliber M2 machine guns used by the army on the sighting equipment and gun carriages, but the flying 50-caliber armor-piercing shells and incendiary bombs still make the BF110 from a low altitude frightened. But compared to the JU88s who were kicked in the ass in the back, they were lucky.
"We almost watched each other chase after each other from behind, and then watched them attack, and watched our comrades being knocked down, but there was nothing we could do!" One of the surviving German bomber pilots wrote in his diary afterwards. The JU88 carrying 1.8 tons of bombs can be described as weighing stones in low-altitude flight, stupid and stupid can no longer be used to describe them, it may be more accurate to use the fact that they can only fly in a straight line, and any little maneuver means a loss of speed and altitude, in the process of constant pursuit. Eight Foxbat fighters alternately entered the attack position, attacking these miserable guys with extremely fierce firepower.
"Die, scum!" Lu Yifan pressed the nose slightly, and a series of shells shot out of the muzzle, this guy seemed to have an amazing talent in shooting, the shells drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then smashed the nose of a JU88 bomber like a chainsaw, and this attack was still made when Lu Yifan turned the plane, and the scope did not lock the opponent at all, it can be said that it was completely by feel!
"Boss, something is wrong, the situation seems to be a bit bad for our teammates who are covering us!" Just when Lu Yifan was playing well, the voice of the wingman suddenly appeared in the frequency band. He subconsciously looked up into the air, a black figure rushed down from the sky with an unimaginable rolling speed, and then a clean burst shot destroyed a Foxbat fighter!
"I'll go, when did the Germans have such fierce fighter fire?!" An ominous premonition shrouded Lu Yifan's heart. But soon he didn't have time to think about these things, because his wingman reported that his own team was also targeted! "Are all the stone tea falcons in the sky dead?" After hearing the wingman's report, Lu Yifan cursed in a low voice. He had to abandon the plan to continue attacking the bombers, and was ready to find an opportunity to climb again, and now the altitude was only about 1,000 meters, which was too dangerous. (Note: The Huaxia Shanzhai P51 in this era still uses a 1100 horsepower liquid-cooled engine, so don't take the historical P51B as an analogy, the P51B can suppress the existence of FW190D!) )
The other party came quickly, and swooped down from six o'clock. However, Lu Yifan and his wingman are not panicked, the distance between the two sides should still be very far, according to past experience, the Foxbat fighter has a greater speed advantage at medium and low altitudes, as long as the other party is detected in advance and keeps accelerating, then eighty percent can get rid of fighters such as BF109E. But this time, Lu Yifan and his comrades-in-arms miscalculated!
Two new German fighters painted in black began to chase the two Foxbats. The powerful BMW 801 engine delivers a lot of power. This brought the speed of these two new German aircraft to the pinnacle of their contemporaries! At a low altitude of 1,000 meters, the speed of 570 kilometers per hour has exceeded the maximum speed of the BF109E at the most suitable altitude. At the same time, it also dwarfs the Foxbat fighter, which is known for its high speed. Garland couldn't help but sneer as he looked at the enemy planes that were getting closer and closer. His wingman couldn't resist firing a point at one of the planes.
Six tongues of fire erupted from the fighter's inner wings, outer wings and the upper part of the nose engine, an aircraft equipped with 4 cannons and 2 large-caliber machine guns was the strongest firepower among fighters of the same period, and the Luftwaffe was also fed up with the weak firepower of the BF109 fighter, such a powerful firepower can even be described as extravagant. However, because of the variety of cannons, the new German fighter was not very good at long distances. The trajectory of the 2 MG machine guns, 2 MG151-20 machine guns and the Erly air cannon is different, and when the distance is long, it naturally becomes a scattered bullet.
Whoosh, from time to time there were shells flying behind him, Lu Yifan felt that the distance between the other party and himself not only did not widen, but narrowed a little! At this time, Lu Yifan has pushed the throttle of the engine to the bottom, and if he adds more force, then the engine is likely to burst! "That's a lot of speed!" Lu Yifan admired in his heart. Finally, the Germans had entered a distance that they thought was more certain, the two German planes further reduced their altitude and attacked with a shallow dive, and the pressure of the white-haired shells passing next to their planes was huge, Lu Yifan's wingman couldn't bear it at first, and began to reduce the speed of altitude gain, but unfortunately, even so, he still couldn't get rid of the death behind him, and the other party was faster than him! And the maneuverability is also very good, almost as soon as the wingman began to dive, the opponent caught up decisively, and then accompanied by six fiery snakes flying in the air, dense shells smashed this wingman into two ends!
"Come on!" Just before the wingman was shot, Lu Yifan also acted decisively, but he did not continue to accelerate and escape but quickly pulled the operating lever and circled in the counterclockwise direction at low altitude, the opponent's flight speed is so fast, the engine power is definitely not small, and the reverse torque must be very large, so it means that the reverse direction will be slower, as a squadron leader and ace pilot, when the crisis came, he quickly made a choice, life and death are on the line, after putting down the flaps, the speed of the plane dropped rapidly, and the fighter began to circle. A barrage of shells flew along the original course of the Flying Bat, and if the Flying Bass was a second late, it would have been shattered by the flying shells!
"Cunning fellow!" Garland's plane flew over the opponent's head at a high speed, and it was difficult for him to turn around quickly. The wingman tried to attack the refill, but was unsuccessful due to his poor position. If it was a normal battle, Lu Yifan had already escaped from Ascension at this time, and he could even bite back! But the reality is cruel, Lu Yifan escaped the fatal blow, but he was still passive!
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