691 Battle of Augusta (2)

"Pétain, how are your hands?"

In the warm sunshine, a slightly messy array of winged camels filled the makeshift airfield, and some soldiers were loading bombs under the fuselage with trolleys, and many were refueling and inspecting machine guns. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

The Chinese are already 100 kilometers away, the planes sent to reconnoiter have lost 6, and there have been many planes above their heads, which shows that the Chinese aircraft troops are also coming in a steady stream, and an air war is about to begin, so everyone must be prepared.

While the technicians were busy, the pilots were busy and chatting in groups of three or five in the middle of the biplanes, and Warrant Officer Petain, who was asked, moved his bandaged left arm and raised it to his partner: "Thank you, it's much better." ”

"Pétain, you're a lucky man, you know, I still can't believe it's true." A partner patted Petain on the shoulder, because this guy's life is too big, you must know that during this period of time, all the camels hit by Chinese planes have either been torn apart or burned into flames, and few of them can survive to make a successful forced landing, and the important thing is that before the forced landing, this guy also hit the Chinese fighter plane pursuing him with a machine gun, and beat the other party to the point that it was planted with black smoke and exploded.

If it is placed elsewhere, this kind of achievement may be hyped, because this is simply a miracle, you must know that everyone can suffer enough of the Chinese, the speed is not comparable, the flexibility is almost the same, and the gap between the body structure and firepower is really too large, so some guys began to pessimistically lament that "heaven means returning to heaven." Some have even begun to refuse to fly missions.

They are all good, but the lack of weapons is making everyone sacrifice in vain, this feeling is like the natives holding javelins and bows and arrows, dealing with rifles, no, it should be said that they are so helpless against machine guns! So when everyone heard that Petain was able to make a forced landing and escape, and shot down one, the Entente pilots throughout Australia began to sigh and be surprised.

"Perhaps." Petain shrugged his shoulders, there was no smile on his face, he knew very well that it was because the other party had something wrong with him and gave him a chance, otherwise he would have accelerated away from the range of the machine gun, so he never regarded this as a real merit.

However, it is not that he has nothing to gain from this escape, for example, he found that although the Chinese's monoplane is fast, if it remains at a low altitude, seize the moment before the other party fires, quickly slow down and make a small radius turn, so that the other party will not be able to stop the car and rush in front of him, and the weak tail will be exposed in a few seconds.

Of course, a few seconds is not a guarantee that the machine gun will hit the opponent, because those Chinese pilots will immediately pull up to avoid the shells as soon as they find themselves in front, and when they are out of range, they will climb high and dive at you repeatedly.

It's terrible, these Chinese counterparts are very skilled, and they know their strengths and weaknesses very well, they don't play martial arts with you at all, they just keep diving, climbing and diving, and only occasionally get into martial arts, but then you don't expect you to win, because the skills of others are far better than your own.

And he also found that the Chinese pilots had been using a two-plane tactic, in which one was responsible for the main attack and the other was responsible for covering or blocking other enemies who tried to approach, and he even saw last time that a Chinese plane deliberately showed up for a few seconds to seduce his partner and his wingman would quickly dive to solve the problem.

Seeing Petain quietly holding his glass of water and not continuing to speak, the pilots also fell silent, some of them lowered their heads and unconsciously drew something on the ground, some looked up at the sky, and many recalled the days they spent with their family and friends.

"I miss Ireland."

One of the pilots rubbed his windshield goggles and muttered: "The grass is all over the hillside, the flowers are mixed up, the sheep are leisurely walking, the shepherd dog is the faithful guardian of its flock, and the delicious cheese and the sweet smiles of the girls." ”

The voice is slow, but it evokes the homesickness of each pilot, most of them are from the United Kingdom and the United States, and have crossed the ocean to come here, the long time has been a few years, and the short one has been a year, although they all think that this is a beautiful place, but it is inevitable that the homesickness is getting stronger and stronger.

Boarding ships from different countries and different harbors, with the purpose of defeating the Chinese, when tens of thousands of partners gathered on this large island with guns on their backs, pulling cannons, piloting planes, and driving warships, they thought that they could defeat the once despised yellow-skinned monkeys, and even believed in victory when they took the lead in attacking North and South Australia soon after the war began. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

But they understood that they didn't do their best before!

Everyone was terrified when troop carriers unloaded so many soldiers from Perth and Darwin, when cannons were pushed out of their cabins, and when tens of thousands of trucks began to assemble at the docks.

Dense shells like raindrops, shouts of killing that resounded in the sky, and tanks and armored vehicles that crushed like monsters, and the terrible thing was the war eagle dancing overhead, which could not be stopped.

So everyone retreated under the leadership of the chief, retreated from South Australia, retreated, kept retreating, at first everyone hoped that they would not chase because the supplies were too long, but with the help of a large number of trucks, even if there was no train, they still stubbornly pursued, and then when they arrived here, they found that there was no way back.

Especially when the news of the defeat of the Grand Fleet exploded like a bomb in the army, war weariness and hatred began to spread, and every day soldiers would quietly leave, even pointing their guns at their heads.

Australia is all armed, men, women, old men, everyone! They are all armed, but they couldn't stop it before, and they can't stop it now, because this place has become an isolated island, and in the case of almost no industry, even ammunition can't be satisfied, how can it be held for a long time?

Petain sighed, he didn't know how long this torment would last, he only knew that if the enemy came, he would still have to fly the plane to meet them, even if it was .......

Just as he put down his cup and walked to his plane, trying to see if the machine gun was ready, a sharp whistle punctured his eardrums, and the battle alarm sounded again, only to see all his partners rushing towards the fighter plane like crazy, and he also hurriedly got into the cockpit and shouted: "Start, start." ”

"But ......." The technician partner looked at Beibei's arm wrapped in gauze and shook his head: "The bullet hasn't been loaded yet, and you ......." ”

"Then put it on, they're coming!"

Petain shouted hurriedly, everyone knew who the "they" in his mouth were, although the pilot couldn't bear to be injured Petain still going to the sky, but he still took a few partners and began to quickly reload the machine gun, and when the two long canvas cartridge belts were just taken and were about to be stuffed into the nose, the loaded soldier's hand shook violently, and the whole person seemed to be swept by Medusa's eyes, and he looked at the west as stiff as a stone sculpture and opened his mouth wide.

"Oh God!!" The technician friend suddenly came to his senses, he knew that if he let Petain continue to stay here, he would only be slaughtered by the other party, and the best way at this time was to take off into the air, and escape as far as he could!

Turning his head to look, Pétain was also frightened by this scene, you must know that although Chinese planes dominated the sky before, they would generally be used separately, one or twenty more at a time, but now? In the western sky, a large black spot has appeared, and even if it is impossible to count it in detail, it can be seen that there are at least seventy planes, and they are flying towards this side.

In the cockpit of the Mustang, Su Peng quickly buckled his windshield goggles and helmet, and the group of "camels" in the distance that had already risen into the air, the same huge group of "camels" made him excited, grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Spread out, use more dives and speed advantages, don't fight!" ”

"Follow me and kill them!"

Su Peng pushed the oil rod to the end, which was originally faster than HNA, and a large puff of green smoke gushed out of the exhaust pipes on both sides of the nose of the Mustang fighter with strong horsepower, as if someone had whipped him from behind, and the three-bladed adjustable propeller rotated more and more rapidly under the impetus of the engine.

Under his leadership, 82 war eagles that rushed into the sky above Port Augusta suddenly dispersed, like open chrysanthemum petals, and instantly filled the entire sky.

After a tense rush, Petain's plane finally began to slowly rise into the sky after taxiing for dozens of meters, and several of his companions who took off with him were eager to pull up the nose of the plane and climb up at a near-vertical angle, looking like they were preparing to reach the height of engagement as soon as possible.

"Don't!"

Pétain shouted, calling out to his comrades not to climb at such a large angle, because the camel is not a metal plane with a powerful engine like others, and at this angle there is no way to maneuver at all, but only to become a .......

The shouts drifted away in the gale, and when Petain's eyes were red, six Chinese fighters had already swept past him, and then allowed the camels that could not maneuver at a large angle.

As soon as a camel entered the Doji, Su Peng slammed the trigger, and the machine guns of the mega viper under the sides of the nose and the millimeter machine guns at the wing roots roared at the same time.

HNA pursues one-hit kills, and also puts forward the ability to require aircraft to deal with submarines and small warships in patrols, so it chose a 25 mm with millimeter machine gun firepower combination for the Hornet, but the air force combat environment is different, and all countries have begun to pay attention to the sky, considering that there are many enemy aircraft that may be faced, and they also need to patrol over the enemy area for a long time, and even provide rapid-fire fire support on the ground, which requires strong fire continuity, so the standard firepower of the Mustang is 2 heavy and 4 light machine guns.

However, some have recently begun to replace the cannon, at that time, because of the recent battles, everyone found that the Mustang 25mm cannon can even penetrate the enemy's tank armor when diving, and after the Entente army, especially the U.S. Army, began to equip tanks in a steady stream, the Air Force also began to install rapid-fire cannons.

Although Su Peng's love machine has not been changed to a cannon, but at the moment in front of him is just a wooden frame, 6 machine guns fired at the same time, the bullet is like rain, in just a few seconds, in the tongue of fire spewed out from the nose and wings, the targeted camel was beaten into a wooden sieve.

All the coalition soldiers hiding in the trench below saw that more than 200 war eagles passed overhead, like head-on waves, and they were instantly strangled together and indistinguishable, but after a while, everyone turned ashen, because they saw that whether the wings were broken, or planted in smoke, or even directly smashed into fireballs, all of them were camel F1 biplanes on their side!

Seeing that his climbing companion was killed in front of him, Petain sighed, but there was no time to be sad at this time, although he had taken off, it was not safe in the face of the roaring enemy.

Petain unexpectedly did not pull up the nose, but quickly pressed down to make the camel close to the ground, because the last time he found that if he could get close to the ground, the Chinese's dive advantage was not so easy to play, and the last time the guy saw that he was preparing to make a forced landing, he was eager to shoot down and force the dive, and then found that the distance was too low and had to pull up in vain, giving him a few seconds.

Su Peng, who had just shot down 4 enemy planes, had actually seen Petain, and he began to think that the other party would quickly pull up and join the battlefield, ready to wait in the sky, but he didn't expect this guy to fly close to the ground just can't get up, especially at a height of less than 50 meters, which made his eyes suddenly burst with a ball of essence.

He's a master!

Su Peng was almost certain that this guy was either frightened or definitely a master, because he knew that the climbing performance of camels was very poor, and if he forcibly climbed up at this time, it would be a dish, so he flew close to the ground, hoping to avoid the main battle circle and then pull it up.

Although he can also fly so low, and he has even tried it low during training, to be honest, the Mustang is definitely inferior to the camel biplane with lower performance than the low-altitude performance, and it is also possible to face the aiming of ground fire when entering the low altitude, so it is very dangerous.

However, Su Peng still didn't want to let go of this guy, the more he was a master, the more excited he felt!

"Strong, cover me, watch out for ground machine guns!" In Su Peng's shout, the wild horses roared and chased after Petain, and the wingmen behind him also followed closely, and the two warhawks quickly descended from 800 meters to a low altitude of 100 meters.

The earth seemed to be within reach, the planes almost brushed the trees, the howling wind rustled the leaves, and even the koalas fell directly from the trunks all the time.

The sudden strange sound in his ears made the hairs on Petain's body explode, and when he turned his head to look, he saw two wild horses roaring after him from a distance, and immediately flicked the joystick and flew towards a forest in the distance.

How could Su Peng let him succeed, and when he chased in, he immediately pressed the trigger, and the dense bullets made the ground dusty, but when he was angry, this time he actually missed and didn't hit the other party!

The mustang whistled past the camel, and both of them saw their opponent in the cockpit, and Petain was about to seize those seconds, but as soon as he adjusted his stance, a series of bullets came again, and even pierced the left upper wing.

Turning his head, the opponent's wingman had already caught up, and seeing the opponent who cooperated tacitly, he had to deflect the nose of the plane and turn and fly to the other side.

Su Peng quickly made a bend in front of the plane, and bit the tail of Petain again, this time he flew low and was more careful, although the ground was ejected from time to time, but he still did not give up.

Bitten by two wild horses, Petain was already in a cold sweat, constantly turning left and right in the hope of avoiding the opponent, and he was determined not to climb, but this time no matter how he dodged, the opponent just bit him to death, and when the trembling of nearly ten minutes flew over a forest, a series of bullets suddenly shot.

With the sound of tuk tuk piercing, the wing was hit again, and several fist-sized holes made Petain's face pale, and he tried to keep his balance, but as soon as he stabilized, a second Mustang circled around the right side again.

The technical gap and the subtlety of the coordination made Petain's efforts completely in vain, and when a few shells entered the nose engine, the camel began to tremble constantly, and the nose suddenly became black smoke.

Bang.......

After seeing Petain's camel smoking and crashing headlong into the canopy, Su Peng originally wanted to circle a few times and kill this guy with good skills, but the camels in the sky had been basically cleared, and the wild horses that had no target began to sprinkle all their firepower on the temporary airfield, and after dozens of camels parked on the ground were quickly swept into sawdust, everyone aimed their machine guns at the pilots and technicians who were fleeing frantically.

Nearly 100 machine guns, over and over the airfield, until a dozen British Pathfinder armored vehicles arrived and used the 77mm Lewis airfield above to block it, and the Mustang gradually dispersed and returned to the sky.

Petain climbed down from the tree panting, he was lucky enough to avoid death once again, looked up at the plane still burning in the canopy, the corners of his mouth hooked up a wry smile, looking at the port of Augusta in the distance, and the steps to go back suddenly became extremely heavy.

Without a plane, what can I do when I go back? And even if you can fly into the sky next time, will you still be so lucky?!

Hiding in the headquarters wrapped in stones and cement, MacArthur's brows furrowed, and in less than an hour, the sky of Port Augusta opened its doors, and a full 215 camels were either shot down or smashed on the ground, and not even a single one escaped.

OK.

MacArthur took a deep breath, the sky is not the main force that determines the battlefield, if you want to pass through here, the opposing army must be put in, starting from Augusta Harbor to Flinders Ridge behind, there are 400,000 regular troops and 300,000 militia in a full 15,000 square kilometers of land, there are more than 400 fortifications of all kinds, the total length of trenches exceeds 470 kilometers, and there are more than 4,500 cannons and machine guns alone, plus there are 12 divisions in the north of Flinders Ridge to cover on the flanks, There are also 15 divisions in Adelaide and South Wales behind him, so as long as the other side is dragged into attrition here, then at least the war against the US mainland cannot be launched immediately, and if you are lucky, you may be able to drag it until reinforcements arrive.

Thinking of this, MacArthur immediately walked to the map, as a staff officer, he had to provide operational advice to Major General Jim, the commander of the 42nd Infantry Division and the commander-in-chief of the Augusta coalition forces, to ensure how to hold on for a long time, but when his eyes swept to the north of Flinders Ridge, he always felt that the defense strength there was still insufficient, you must know that those yellow-skinned monkey tanks are very powerful, and the interspersing ability is very strong, so after thinking about it, he was going to suggest to the major general, and then send a few more divisions there, At the very least, you should also transfer some of your own tanks, anyway, this is a defensive battle, and there is no need for it.

Just as he was about to walk to the command center next door, the shouting startled him.

"Major, look!"

MacArthur immediately raised his binoculars, only to see that the sky was once again covered with "dark clouds", and hundreds of large twin-engine planes appeared in the sky.

Because.

Huge fireballs suddenly rose from the small city of Port Augusta in the distance, and the sparks spread out like fireworks, and with the help of the sea breeze, some even drifted thousands of meters away, and then .......

There was only a sea of fire left in his eyes!

"God, what the hell is that!"

: I'm sorry, the Internet at home is broken, and I found an Internet café to send it.

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