The BF109 fighter tried to take off under the cover of the anti-aircraft guns on the airfield, but often just climbed to an altitude of 2,500 meters, and was caught by the flying fox fighter that dived down from 3,000 meters just after getting out of the cover of the effective range of the anti-aircraft guns! THE GERMAN PLANE, WHICH WAS ON THE CLIMB, SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH KINETIC ENERGY TO GET RID OF AN EQUALLY GOOD OPPONENT IN HORIZONTAL MANEUVERING, AND WAS DIRECTLY HIT INTO A FIREBALL BY 3 20MM CANNONS IN THE NOSE OF THE OPPONENT'S NOSE. This kind of advantageous attack made the Huaxia pilots very useful, but unfortunately this situation did not last long, just when the group of planes attacking the airport had just entered, the black dot that appeared from the northwest made Zhao Yuanzhen's heart jump slightly!

"Didn't the intelligence services say that there are no other airfields in the annex? Where did these guys come from? "The aircraft in charge of perimeter vigilance immediately spotted the adversary, a Foxbat fighter hidden in the clouds recognized the identity of the comer, and at least 20 BF109 fighters were flying towards the target. And after this alarm was sent to Zhao Yuanzhen, his first reaction was that there was a problem with the intelligence.

In fact, there was indeed something wrong with the intelligence department this time, but Zhao Yuanzhen's guess was also biased, these planes did not take off from the surrounding airfields to rescue Mosul, but planes transferred from Asia Minor. If Zhao Yuanzhen and the others had come later, then there would have been no such thing. "Attack immediately, we'll leave when we're done!" After calculating the time of the other party's arrival, it was about 10 minutes away. Zhao Yuanzhen did not want to waste the precious guided bombs like this, and under his command, two attack groups launched attacks on the airport's tarmac, hangar, suspected fuel warehouse, and tower.

The bombs dropped by 8 bombers were not intensive, but the Germans saw that the attack accuracy was unusually high, 10 of the 24 high-explosive bombs and submunitions accurately fell on the top of the target's head, one of the letter bombs directly blew up 8 planes on the tarmac into a pile of scrap metal, and the other two bombs completely destroyed an underground bunker, although there were no flammable and explosive materials such as aviation gasoline in it, but there were hundreds of various aero engines and their accessories! Look at the columns of smoke rising from the airport. The hearts of the Germans are bleeding, although the scene is not big, but the loss is really heart-wrenching! The crews that completed the attack began to evacuate. And in front of them were about a squadron of BF109 fighters.

"Afterburner detachment, it is impossible for the other party to pursue at high speed for a long time!" Zhao Yuanzhen arranged for the evacuation while retracting the attack formation, throwing away the load-bearing and only half-fueled porcupine bomber that could fly better than the normal envelope. (Generally speaking, the best envelope for a bomber is when it is fully fueled and without bombs.) With the powerful horsepower of two high-power air-cooled engines, the entire fleet withdrew in a southeasterly direction.

Flying fox fighters blocked part of the enemy aircraft. In the end, there were about 10 BF109s that penetrated the interception net of the flying fox group and chased up, looking at the German planes entering from the rear hemisphere, Zhao Yuanzhen was very nervous, but this tension did not last too long, when a Bf109 fighter launched an attack. Zhao Yuanzhen felt the fuselage shake slightly, and then. Then nothing happened.

2 20MM SHELLS LEFT TWO FIST-SIZED HOLES IN THE FUSELAGE, AND THEN A VOLLEY OF LARGE-CALIBER MACHINE GUN BULLETS HIT THE AIRCRAFT ARMOR. This blow was nothing to the thick-skinned porcupine bomber. But for this sneak attack BF109 fighter, the fury of a porcupine full of machine guns is not something it can bear. In the end, the enemy plane did not escape the fire of the 50 machine guns, and was eventually torn off half of its wing and planted headlong. In this battle, the BF109's fragile firepower and tragic range once again became an eternal pain in the hearts of the Germans.

At the same time as Cho's squadron attacked, the other three snipers also launched attacks on other targets such as factories, highway hubs, power plants, and oil refineries. According to the statistics of the Germans, at least a quarter of the bombs hit the target accurately, which can be described as a fantasy compared with the accuracy of the hit as long as it falls within 1 kilometer of the target area in the strategic bombing! The top brass of the Luftwaffe, who had just indulged in the victory in the air battle against the British, was once again shocked by the technological superiority of the opposing side.

In addition to the sniper brigade, Huaxia also sent a large number of Foxbat twin-engine aircraft to attack Allied transport forces on the communication lines. "These bats exist to attack our trucks and half-track transporters! This is true both in terms of weapons and in terms of operational arrangements. THESE TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT EACH CARRIED TWO 30MM CANNONS ON THEIR WINGS. It also has 2 bombs on board. It is not accurate to describe it as a bomb, because sometimes they drop mines, they drop mines on our way, they fly low over the convoys that attack us with letter bombs, and then they shoot the remaining transport vehicles with machine guns. EXPLOSIVE INCENDIARY SHELLS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 POUND RAINED DOWN ON OUR HEADS, AND A TRUCK COULD BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY A SINGLE 30MM SHELL. ”

"The other side seems to know the weakness of our air force, and their attacks are unusually patient, and they usually attack the convoy in a group of 12 to 16 planes, and then 3 or 4 planes in a group. Like a wheel, the entire transport force will be gradually crushed, and this attack will generally last for more than half an hour, when the opponent's plane hovers in the air, you will realize what it is like a year! Unless the entire convoy is wiped out or they use up all their ammunition. Otherwise this attack will not stop. After the war, a second lieutenant in the German transport corps, who called the attack the Wheel of Death, recalled.

The blow inflicted by the sniper brigade and the Foxbat fighter unit on the German transportation system was quite large, and in just a few days, the amount of supplies obtained by the German front-line troops dropped by 3 percent, and the intact rate of cars dropped by about 4 percent! Although the Germans then used spare trucks and transport troops, the high level of battle damage rendered the Germans' remedial efforts meaningless. In desperation, the Germans could only intensify their evening transports. to make up for the loss during the day. And the efficiency of transportation at night is significantly better than that of the day. This transportation problem was not obvious at the beginning of the war, but as the battle progressed, the impact of the shortage of supplies became more and more significant!

Maybe at this time someone has to ask, what is the Luftwaffe doing? How so? The reality is that the German Aerospace Agency, which participated in Operation Sky Garden, is resting. Leaving aside other units that are not on the surrounding battlefields, the front-line troops that can actually be used are still relatively tight, and the number of fighters is not superior to that of Huaxia. Moreover, Huaxia's jamming of the German radar early warning network was relatively successful, and the effective detection range of the German radar was seriously reduced. Inevitably, there will be some loopholes. The Huaxia attack was mainly aimed at the convoys on the communication lines, and there was a great deal of arbitrariness. The Foxbat fighter can rely on the extraordinarily large range provided by 250 gallons of internal fuel and 180 gallons of drop fuel to slowly search for targets. And the BF109 line? Carrying a 66-gallon drop fuel tank and more than 300 liters of internal oil, the BF109 low-speed patrol is okay. But once you fight with the other party, or cruise at high speed, the fuel gauge will go down! The range of the BF110 is sufficient, but once it is encountered, the Foxbat fighter can directly throw away the load and deal with the BF110! Whether it's climb, speed or horizontal maneuverability. BF110 is not as good as its opponents!

"If you look at the performance of the aircraft alone, the Foxbat fighter in the Iran war was the aircraft with the best overall performance. Both flight performance and range are the best choice. "Even the Luftwaffe recognized the performance superiority of the Foxbat fighter after the war. The BF109 can compare the range with the Spitfire, and the maneuverability and climb compared to the early Shicha Falcon, and can crush the F4F in flight performance. But when facing the flying fox, there is no advantage in all aspects. And the excellent performance of twin-engine long-range fighters in the Iranian war also indirectly contributed to the emergence of the DO335 arrow aircraft.

Although the Luftwaffe was not very efficient at intercepting such random air strikes on transportation lines, the intensity of the attack in China was not very large. Twin-engine fighters carrying out ground missions were originally to drive ducks to the shelves, and using machine guns and sub-bombs to deal with weakly protected vehicles such as trucks also belonged to finding soft persimmons. As for the pilots, they made a temporary cameo appearance in the ground attack mission, after all, their training was mainly based on air combat. If they hadn't used machine guns instead of bombs, their results would have been very miserable. Huaxia did not take action against a well-defended target that required a sufficient amount of projection to be effective, and in short, the attack was a tactical attack on the front-line troops. Huaxia carried out attacks on the most vulnerable places of the opponent at the minimum cost by formulating a limited strike plan, although the loss of a large number of transport vehicles and the attack on the transportation hub did not make the Allied transportation lines difficult in a short period of time, but as the war continued, the consumption of various means of transportation continued to rise. Eventually, the Germans realized that the attack on China was as deadly as a chronic poison!

"Although the BF109 fighter has the advantages of being easy to build, inexpensive, and relatively good performance, the disadvantages in range and firepower make it difficult for this fighter to complete some tasks. The range of the BF109 fighter is only a little stronger than that of the Spitfire, not as good as the American fighters, not to mention the Chinese Shicha falcon and flying fox, the disadvantage in range has already made us suffer in many air battles, as for the firepower? THE FIREPOWER OF A 20MM GUN AND 2 MACHINE GUNS IS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST BOMBERS, AND WE HAVE ALSO STUDIED THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL WEAPON PODS ON THE WINGS TO SOLVE THE FIREPOWER PROBLEM, BUT IN FACT, INSTALLING WEAPONS ON SUCH A SMALL FUSELAGE WILL LEAD TO EXTREME DETERIORATION OF FLIGHT PERFORMANCE, AND EVEN WORSE THAN THE BF110, WHICH IS NOT EXCELLENT IN AIR COMBAT PERFORMANCE. To do this, we needed a fighter with a long range and a certain amount of firepower without other weapon compartments. "In the documents sent from the front, quite a few wings mentioned dissatisfaction with the BF109 fighters.

This is not actually to blame for BF109. In all fairness, the BF109 is a good fighter both historically and in this plane. Having gained maximum combat power in the most economical way, the title of the most massively produced fighter in the world and the air T34 is no joke. But because it's so small, there's not much room for improvement. The small fuselage made it unable to accommodate the two-stage supercharged engine, and the firepower of the BF109 fighter has not been good. (Of course, the 6 M2s of the US imperialism are just like that, but they are friendly to newbies.) In the end, the Germans equipped the BF109 fighter with an MK108 axis gun, and the firepower seemed to go up, but combined with the MK108's overly tragic trajectory and rate of fire. So that the BF109 fights the firepower of the bomber, but it is very inconvenient to fight the fighter. However, under the limitations of the airframe, if you want to really solve the problem of weak firepower and too small range, it is better to wash and sleep.

History is sometimes strikingly similar, and when the BF109 could not meet the needs of the Luftwaffe, the FW190 finally made its debut! Of course, because the engine was not yet finalized, it did not make it to the Iran war, but the data from the test site still made the Air Force top brass very excited.

"I've never flown such a good plane, and the Messerschmidt fighter is like a snail and a rabbit compared to it! The BF109 typically has a top speed of 560 to 580 km/h, but this aircraft has already exceeded 630 km/h with experimental engines! The plane also has excellent instantaneous hovering ability and miraculous roll performance, imagine what would happen to me when I flew this plane and turned the nose at my opponent at incredible speeds. As for the roll, the performance was beyond everyone's expectations, as long as I could spot my opponents in advance, it would be very easy to get rid of enemies chasing from behind. And when you want to dive down to attack your opponent, a strong roll will also reduce your attack time significantly. Coupled with a good climb and an extremely comfortable handling system, this is definitely a weapon that will surprise and delight! We will completely suppress all of our current opponents, whether it is Spitfire, Flying Fox, P39 or Shicha Falcon, they are not our opponents! Garland once praised this from the bottom of his heart after flying the plane.

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