Chapter 1297: The Wall of Eagles
But the German pilots on duty at the front felt a strange sensation emanating from the battlefield for the first time. "What the hell is the Huaxia Air Force doing? Sleep? "According to the intelligence, their fleet is only less than 20 kilometers away from the target road, and within this range, at least they will encounter the fighters in charge of the guard in Huaxia, but today, when they gave up their height of fear and entered the battlefield, the air was unusually quiet, not to mention interception, not even a fighter jet was encountered! This is not normal!
"Height 4000 meters. In five minutes we will attack, hoping that the seagulls from the South Seas will help us block the enemy aircraft from high altitude! "The Germans carefully controlled their course and searched for targets. What they didn't expect was that a full 40 Shicha Falcon fighters were 4 kilometers behind them! At this time they are in the direction of 7 o'clock in each other's direction, at a height of 4200 meters! With the help of the cover of the clouds, they managed to get close to the target. When it was about to be completed, it was finally discovered by the hunter group following the bait, and a BF109 fighter team came out of the front to find the Shicha falcons rushing out of the clouds!
"Leave them alone! We continue to attack! "The early warning distance of nearly 100 kilometers for the large group of aircraft gives the Air Force at least 20 minutes to prepare, and the Shicha Falcon group will attack the BF110 group, while at the same time the Seagull fighter group from the South Seas will enter the battlefield from a height of 5,000 meters to intercept the hunters behind! When the hunter launches a dive, the seagulls will also dive to attack the opponent's rear.
"It's too late! Germans! The Germans still seem to have sent a telegram before the Ishellia shells flew out of the chambers, but alas, the clumsy BF110 fighter squadron was thrown into disarray in the face of an opponent coming from nowhere. And when the Platyas shot out tongues of fire from the rear, the circular formation formed by the German fighter squadron instantly collapsed!
Bullets and shells whizzed past the plane like locusts, and the plane shook from time to time, and Durham knew it had been hit by a single bullet. He looked behind him as hard as he could, and at least seven or eight Casa falcons were rolling and circling behind him, and then smashed the German planes to pieces with ferocious fire from a distance of several hundred meters. The power of the British's 20*110 shells plus the thin-shelled warheads of the Huaxia was so great that 5 of the 20*110 shells of the British would be destroyed in a twin-engine aircraft. If you've been hit by an incendiary high-explosive bomb, congratulations, you've even had the chance to skydive! The BF110 fleet, which was already a coffee table with maneuverability, had no power to parry under the sudden attack of a superior enemy. And just when Duren was expecting the hunters behind him to save him, the hunter group behind was also in a bitter battle.
They are a little better than the decoy swarm. But the good is limited, the specific situation is that when more than half of the BF109 dived down to attack the Shicha Falcon, the remaining group collided with the seagull group at the same height! When the two sides fight head-on, it is always the side with more numbers and more firepower, and the more solid side has the advantage! And the whole German seems to be at a disadvantage in all three!
"We seem to be calculated." At a time when the two major German aircraft groups were in a bitter battle. Ensign Philips said to his wingman. Under normal circumstances, the Luftwaffe usually arranges for some veterans to go on safari missions, and they can act on their own, watching their colleagues below flee in all directions by the Huaxia group, and the second lieutenant is eager to take his squad to support.
"Ensign, this doesn't make sense, we only got the battle plan last night, and it was communicated manually, there is almost no possibility of leaking it, and we took off at dawn. There are no large early warning radar stations here. It is simply impossible for them to detect us in advance and calmly mobilize such a large number of aircraft to ambush us. Unless the other side has a large radar station that we can't find! Wingman Anton said.
"Contact the radiolocation plane behind you. I hope they find something! Ensign Philips said as he tried to make contact with a JU88G2 electronic warfare aircraft codenamed Observer in the rear. The Germans were not stupid, and before launching this attack, they also searched for the opposing side's ground-based radars with electronic warfare aircraft. It was only after the detection of a sustained and strong radar wave that the Air Force agreed to carry out this plan. And judging by the current situation, it seems that there was a problem with the Luftwaffe's early electronic reconnaissance.
At this time, the JU88G2 electronic warfare aircraft that has been monitoring the electronic situation on the battlefield in the back really discovered the watchtower early warning aircraft in China, the electromagnetic waves emitted by the high-power radar and the radio signals that continue to be sent out are as dazzling as the lights in the night, and the Germans easily found two watchtower planes located at an altitude of 7000 meters, and according to the waveform and frequency and other data, it was determined that it was a radar station deployed in the air!
"Night Raven Squad, something strange has appeared at an altitude of 6,500 to 7,000 meters, it should be some kind of large aircraft, the specific location is 20 kilometers southeast of the battlefield, if it is convenient for you to go and see." The level of electronic equipment in Huaxia is higher than that in Germany. and also not able to be guided adequately, and a JU88G2 electronic warfare aircraft can only locate the adversary by passive means. So I can only give a very vague piece of information.
"20 kilometers southeast of the main battlefield? Don't you know that the battlefield has now expanded to nearly 100 square kilometers? With such a large range, how do we find it? "As soon as he heard the observer's briefing, Ensign Philips felt that his head was a little bigger! It seems that whether you can find each other depends entirely on your luck! But what surprised Philips Ensign was this. The German planes searching for this unknown enemy were not only their squad, but also another mysterious plane that was approaching a watchtower-type early warning aircraft in China at high speed in the air.
The plane looks similar to a regular JU88 bomber, but the wing engine bay is obviously larger, and the JU88G3 electronic warfare aircraft has been replaced with a new JUMO engine, and there are pressurization and water jet afterburner equipment, and at the moment the aircraft is using its own radiolocation equipment to locate the other party's position. Then fly to the target at maximum cruising speed.
Although some German planes around the battlefield saw some clues, unfortunately they could not determine the attributes of the target. And there is no right to terminate this attack, but fortunately, the opponent's flight altitude is very high, and the last attack HS129 group and JU88 bomber unit will enter the battlefield from a low altitude, and it should be difficult for the other side to detect this group, as long as the attack group can succeed, then all the costs are worth it. But it is a pity that the two watchtowers arranged at low altitude have never been discovered by the Germans, not that the two planes have not started, but that the frequency band of the aircraft responsible for guarding at low altitude has exceeded the reception range of the German electronic warfare aircraft! Signals emitted. The Germans simply could not receive it!
"Remember, the level of electronic warfare of the Germans has developed considerably, and all AWACS aircraft do not work in one frequency band, which is the most basic principle in the fight against electronic interference!" Huaxia still somewhat overestimated the level of the Germans. The two watchtower formations at low altitude and high altitude use different radar frequency bands. Coupled with the influence of clouds and other factors, the sparse electronic warfare aircraft of the Germans did not find that there were also traps at low altitudes, and in this case, three squadrons of attack aircraft entered the battlefield according to the original plan!
"Big fish have been spotted, and they are lowering the target. Judging from the altitude and radar reflection area, it must be a formation of attack aircraft, they are estimated to disperse soon, we must be fast! "Affected by the terrain and altitude, the watchtower at a low altitude found that the other party was much closer than expected, but fortunately, the speed of the other party was not high, and the person responsible for intercepting it was the Foxbat fighter who was known for its speed and fuel load!
"Oh God! It's a trap! "When I saw the Flying Fox fighters coming from the front, a panicked voice sounded in the internal channel of the German attack aircraft group, which had just lowered the altitude to 1,000 meters! The Foxbat fighter was the last opponent that Allied bomber pilots wanted to encounter, with fierce firepower and a sturdy fuselage. Good horizontal maneuverability and excellent endurance make the bomber have no way to retreat and no escape!
"Lower the height, hurry, we can't stand it!" A GERMAN MACHINE GUNNER STRUGGLED TO CONTROL THE 13MM MACHINE GUN ON THE TAIL TURRET TO DRIVE AWAY THE TRAILING FOXBAT FIGHTERS, BUT THE MEAGER FIREPOWER COULD NOT POSE A THREAT TO THE ENEMY AIRCRAFT BEHIND, AND THE 20MM GUNS OF THE OPPOSING GUNS KNOCKED OFF THE BOMBER'S WING IN HALF WITH A SINGLE SHOT. The pilot tried to stabilize the airframe, but finally gave up when the barrage of chainsaws tore the plane in half from the middle. Among the four crew members, he successfully parachuted at the cost of one leg, and was invited to the prisoner camp of Zhou Xuan's department half an hour later.
When the flying fox group pounced on the opponent, the battle was already doomed, and most of the German attack planes didn't even have time to drop a bomb and fire a single shell before they were blown up by a dense barrage volley! From time to time, explosions were heard in the sky, and the whistling of machine guns lasted for more than half an hour. A large number of planes fell to the ground with flames, and the scene after the explosion was like a firework set off during the festival. The whole battle can be described as completely one-sided, and the fighter attack on the unprotected low-altitude bomber is a complete slaughter! Although some German fighters tried to come over one after another to relieve the siege, they faced superior opponents. It would be good if these brave men could finally escape on their own, and at low altitudes, the BF109 fighter was no match for the Foxbat fighter at all. However, their struggle eventually allowed some of the attack planes to escape from the sky, and this large-scale air battle lasted about an hour, and the Germans' battle loss ratio can be described as terrifying, including the twin-engine aircraft. The battle is not over, though. At an altitude of 7,000 meters, a much smaller, but far-reaching battle is underway!
"Keep up the speed, we may fight at any time, don't rush to climb." The leader of the Raven team, Ensign Philip, kept reminding his teammates. According to the information provided by observers, the opponent should be a large aircraft equipped with large radar and communication equipment, and the Germans also have similar aircraft, such as a maritime patrol aircraft converted from HE177 bombers, this kind of aircraft is very precious, and some fighters are generally arranged to provide protection when they are dispatched, so when they find the target, they may first encounter the opponent's fighter plane! So he had to keep the plane's energy in order to deal with a battle that could break out at any moment.
However, at this time, Philips Ensign was very lucky, their target, the watchtower No. 1 early warning plane, did not find this small group of aircraft due to clouds or other reasons, but focused on the JU88G3 electronic warfare aircraft that hit at high speed, this plane constantly corrected the course according to the radar signal of the watchtower No. 1 early warning aircraft, and released electronic jamming to interfere with the opponent's communications and detection.
"Damn, this guy flies as fast as the British mosquitoes!" It turns out that as long as there is a powerful enough engine, the refrigerator can fly fast (I'm definitely not joking at the P47). This plane rushing at high speed has already aroused the vigilance of the watchtower No. 1 AWACS aircraft! Two of the four Ishilia falcons that accompanied the flight had already been sent out to deal with this annoying guy.
"This is supposed to be an electronic warfare aircraft. It should be collecting our electrical signals. Moments later, the plane was finally driven away by the escorting fighters, but the interference wave it emitted still made Watchtower 1 a little confused, and when the radar operator adjusted the frequency to an area where the other party was not interfering, the operator finally spotted the Dark Raven team that was already approaching!
In fact, there was no connection between this JU88G3 electronic warfare jamming aircraft and the Dark Raven squad, but by mistake, the jamming action of the electronic warfare aircraft inadvertently covered the attack team. Philips' luck was just too good, first finding the opponent's position based on an inaccurate piece of intelligence, and then having a teammate help him attract attention and cover his attack.
"Oh my God, I've never seen such a weird-looking plane, and I can't put into words this guy with a huge radar antenna on his back and all sorts of antennas on his back. It must have been the one who directed today's tragedy! I never thought that such a thing would appear in the combat sequence of the Air Force! Philips looked at the watchtower No. 1 AWACS aircraft cruising in the clouds and was deeply shocked. But amazement to amazement, for the Raven Squad, the most important thing is to beat this culprit down first!
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