"The Shrike Squadron has been formed and is ready to go." The captain of a DO11 heavy bomber reported to the tower. "Wait for the Swan squadron, they've just started to take off." The tower replied. "Okay, I hope everything is faster, I can't wait. The call is over. "The same situation is happening at almost every major airport in the Balkans at the moment. The largest air offensive of the German-Austrian air force since its formation was about to begin, and the strength of the two integrated German air armies, together with the air force of the Austro-Hungarian Southeastern Military District, made more than 1,800 sorties that day. Far more than the scale of the RAF sorties in France that year. And at this moment, on the Italian peninsula, the Entente air forces did not realize that the greatest crisis since the beginning of the war had been. The other side is finally tired of the long war of attrition and is ready to end this war as soon as possible.

"The Lancer Wing is all here, and we can go, with four fighter groups ahead of us: Roaring Griffons, Windwhisperers, Grim Reaper, and Lightning...... We're safe. Wing Commander Colonel Grim said to his captains on the radio.

"Again, all crews must be in close formation, intercepted and not allowed to disperse, today will be very chaotic, we are like a herd of migrating bison, when we are together, cover each other, no matter how good the fighter is, it will not hurt us even a point, and if it is dispersed, it will mean death. Even if the opponent hits in the air, it must not be dispersed! This is discipline, this is command! Grim again emphasized ......... in the newsletter.

Just in Grim's wings have all come together. The Lancer Heavy Bomber Wing has a total of 4 brigades, each of which has 3 squadrons, and each squadron has 12 4-engine heavy DO11 bombers. Plus 3 bombers directly under the headquarters of each brigade. Then each group has a total of 39 bombers, and the four groups have a total of 156 bombers. Together with the 4 bombers in the wing headquarters, Grim has a total of 160 heavy bombers in his hands. (Note: Historically, there was such a bomber as the DO11, but it was a twin-engine bomber, and here it is just a number.) ）

It is definitely not an easy task to control a huge formation of 160 heavy bombers, after research. Grim ordered a squadron of 3 bombers in a small formation. The four squadrons were formed into a medium-sized formation, which was under the responsibility of each squadron leader, and then these 12-plane formations were then grouped together. If everyone were flying at the same altitude, the whole formation would be very large. So in the end, Grim decided to distribute this wing at different heights, the lowest formation is 3500 meters high, the most front, the middle formation is 4000 meters high, the position is slightly behind, and the top formation is 4500 meters, leaning on the rear. The whole formation streaked through the air like a big burger.........

"Oh my God. This is the air version of the High Seas Fleet! A navigator who had served in naval aviation couldn't help but sigh. Each of these bombers carried 2500kg of bombs. Half of them were high-explosive shells, and the other half were incendiary bombs. According to Luftwaffe research, cities were bombed against such densely built targets. The use of high-explosive shells alone is not very effective, at best they can only blow up buildings. And the simple use of incendiary bombs is not very effective, because of the lack of oxygen in closed buildings. The flame will be extinguished quickly. And the best thing to do is to mix incendiary bombs with high-explosive shells, the former will destroy buildings, and the latter can get enough oxygen from the breach created by the former to create a fire that is difficult to contain.

"This weapon is definitely more lethal than the poison gas of the year. The former can be dealt with with gas masks, while we can destroy the strongest bunkers. Grim sighed before leaving. In this air raid, two other heavy bomber wings joined forces to attack Bologna and Florence, and close to 500 heavy bombers were about to crush everything they touched. …。

"The Roaring Griffin has arrived. They open the way in front of us, and the Lightning and Windtalkers will provide cover on either side of us. And the Grim Reaper will be responsible for our temple. Not long after the adjutant's report, the fighter groups that took off from the forward airfields also began to join the formation one after another, and the last huge formation of more than 300 aircraft of various types was killing towards the Italian mainland. As the fleet flew over the Adriatic Sea, they came across a ......... of a squad of American reconnaissance planes on alert.

"God, are the Germans crazy? What do they want to do? An American pilot couldn't help but say as he looked at the huge formation below the clouds. Compared to a fleet of aircraft of this size, the previous engagement was a joke! "Bailey, hurry up and send the report, if you are lucky, we can give the brothers in the back at least half an hour of warning time!" The pilot turned to the transmitter behind him.

"We seem to have been discovered." A voice rang out in Grim's communication channel. "Leave them alone...... What about discovery? We are the tsunami, the storm, the doomsday that destroys everything! As long as we can perform at a normal level, enough to knock out their teeth! Grim's words were filled with contempt.

"Alert, alert, the Germans are coming, the skeleton squadron is ready to take off, the skeleton squadron is ready to take off!" A siren sounded throughout the airfield, and a squad of American fighter jets stationed on the western shore of the Adriatic Sea prepared to meet the adversary. Ground crews are warming up and reloading ammunition and fuel, while the squadron leader is giving battle orders to squad members. An atmosphere of slaughter gradually spread in the room.

"Brothers, this time the Germans came with a big one, I heard that this time there is a super large fleet of more than 300 planes flying this way, God knows if the guys from the reconnaissance squadron are mistaken. Well, anyway, they want to get here. There's always something to pay, so now. According to the intelligence, the opponent's bombers have at least 3 groups to provide cover, our sortie order is relatively backward, there will be other brother troops to help us entangle those escort fighters, and our task is to repair those big guys, just like we did before, the German bombers are generally more ferocious frontal fire, this time we entered the attack route from the rear and above. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the destruction, I want the squads to be able to concentrate their fire on a single target ....... The squadron leader began to explain the task ......... to his subordinates.

Twenty minutes later, the 16 P26 toy gun fighters of the Skull Squadron began to take off in sequence, this aircraft was originally the first American monoplane in history, and this plane is still the first monoplane, but it is different from history. He had a better engine and a more powerful weapon. 3 machine guns were placed in the nose and on the wings. Although there is no 20mm cannon, the ballistics and rate of fire of the American-made M2 machine gun are quite good, especially the layout of the nose and the firepower of the wings makes this aircraft very accurate in air combat, when the Germans and the British adjusted the ballistic convergence point of the cannon to about 300 to 400 meters, the Americans dared to adjust the ballistic convergence point of the P26 to about 600 meters. And it also guarantees a pretty good walk.

According to the plan, they began to climb slowly, because there were no pressurization devices in the tanks they carried, so the fuel in these tanks could only be used by the fighters to climb to combat altitudes, and then they were ready to abandon them. After more than twenty minutes of climbing, the Skeleton Squadron finally reached the designated combat altitude, and at this time, the Skeleton Squadron Leader received a new combat order. "Their goal is Florence, you go to B5 first and stand by, where you will join up with the other 3 fighter squadrons, which are our most important air hubs, and I order you to stop your opponents at all costs." The tower commanded. …………。

"What's going on?" The skeleton squadron leader had an inexplicable doubt in his heart, concentrating 4 flying squadrons to fight bombers? He had done this several times, and it was usually a friendly force that led the opposing fighters away, and then they destroyed the heavy twin-engine bombers, and one squadron could easily disrupt the attack of two German bomber squadrons. Although the squadron of the Germans was a little smaller. But the bomber formation of 16 fighters that severely damaged 24 bombers did not seem to be a problem. But this time...... The command actually wanted to concentrate 4 squadrons to attack the opponent's bombers, and he had also heard of the other 3 squadrons, although they were not old squadrons, but they also entered the battlefield since the beginning of the Italian War, and they were also experienced, and a full 72 fighters were going to deal with the opponent's bombers.

And just as the Skeleton Squadron Leader was flying towards the predetermined area. Major General Li Mei, who was in charge of command in Florence, wiped a cold sweat as he looked at the flight routes of the German bombers marked on the map. The other side rushed straight towards Florence like a heavy cavalryman in iron armor and a spear in his hand, and after nearly two weeks of dormancy, the most terrifying weapon of the Luftwaffe finally showed its edge! Although the Allied Air Force command once guessed about the actions of the Germans. And several sets of emergency plans were formulated, but this time the other party came too fiercely! Li Mei had already put in almost all the forces that could be mobilized. Even friendly forces from the surrounding war zones began to rally here. But all this does not seem to stop the offensive of the other side, the other side is like a roller, crushing everything it can touch! …。

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