Chapter 1060 Sky Fire 3

Chapter 1060 Sky Fire 3

At this time, the wolves that had been wandering around finally moved! The Russian fighter force, divided into several detachments, began to pounce on the group of German bombers preparing to bomb.

"Cover the aircraft group in front of the attack aircraft group, maintain an altitude advantage of 500 meters to 800 meters, and cover the brothers who are descending and bombing." Major Cosell gave the last order before entering the attack route.

The Germans have put a lot of effort into how to bomb targets more effectively and safely. If they want to bomb targets accurately, the altitude must be lowered and the speed must be controlled. This is when the bomber force is most vulnerable. So how to solve this problem?

It is a good idea to continue bombing in formation, as this will allow the entire bomber force to drop bombs directly covering an area. Improve accuracy, and at the same time, tight formations are also helpful in resisting fighter attacks. However, during bombing, the formation size is relatively small and the intervals are relatively large. It is effective, but average. After a period of thinking, the Germans came up with the idea of ​​using the same group of bombers to provide warning at high altitudes.

The group of aircraft responsible for covering is in front of the bomber force. If the opponent's fighter jets attack at high altitude, they will first hit the group of covering aircraft. Of course, if you choose to sneak attack from the side or behind, you will naturally not hit it, but here the shooting is basically mechanical. In the era of sights, it was really difficult for you to attack an object from the side that was flying at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour and moving in three-dimensional space. According to German estimates, if a J-1C fighter jet attacked a K-4D bomber If so, even if the latter does not evade or counterattack, the success rate of attacking from the side will only be less than 20%! Because the attack window is very short.

Therefore, if applied to the Russians, it is very difficult to flank a large K-4D bomber force. It is difficult to hit, and it is even harder to inflict serious damage. As for attacking from behind, it is not easy, especially after the bombs are thrown. Without the bombs and with only half of the fuel remaining, the K-4D bomber may even fly faster than some Russian fighter jets... . (Actually, this is normal when the aircraft engine power is insufficient. For example, when the P38 was in service, it was the fastest aircraft in the United States...)

The altitude of about 3,000 meters is the zenith of the aircraft. You cannot fly higher than the group of aircraft responsible for covering it. You can pass through the 800-meter height difference between the two groups of aircraft, but you have to endure the downward fire and the same Not a big window of time. There was also an attack by dispersed German fighter units. In short, for the Russian pilots who encountered this kind of formation for the first time, this caught them off guard.

"Follow me, we only have to hold on for one minute!" Captain Ivan Smirnov, the ace pilot of the 19th Fighter Squadron of the Russian Air Force, said loudly to his comrades, and then he took the lead in diving with a Newport fighter. Rushed towards a group of descending German bombers. Then the remaining five planes rolled sideways in the air and followed suit.

They flew in front of a bunch of K-4D bombers,

Ivan, who served as the captain, rushed over first before the opponent could react, but his colleagues behind him were not so lucky. The forward-firing and rear-firing machine guns of 6 German bombers targeted the group of aircraft that entered the attack route! Fire snakes flew through the fleet from the side, red tracer incendiary bombs whizzed past the Russians and their aircraft, and a bullet suddenly bit the side of the cockpit of a Newport fighter. The bullet directly made a big hole in the body of the aircraft and tore off half of the pilot's body! A heartbreaking cry came from behind, making Ivan feel his heart tighten. The German 12.7MM machine gun is so powerful that once it is hit, it is almost impossible to survive.

The Russian pilot next to him finally couldn't bear the mental pressure and chose to roll away, using the drop in altitude to further increase his speed. Facing this guy who acted without authorization, Ivan could only hope that he would be lucky. , not asking him to defeat the opponent, just asking him not to be killed by the opponent.

"Don't take chances, don't use your last trump card." This is Ivan's combat motto. As soon as the air battle began, the rookie lowered his altitude to below 1,500 meters. When his dive acceleration was used up, the aircraft slowed down. Just wait to be beaten to death while you recover your energy!

And just a few dozen seconds later, Ivan suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure painted with an iron cross flying through the air quickly. Like a hunting osprey, he easily followed the Newport fighter jet that had broken away from the formation. The opponent was very good. He controlled his speed and the distance between the two sides, and only "reminded" the Russians that he was chasing behind them through bursts of fire! However, the panicked Russian pilot kept turning and rapidly consuming his own kinetic energy. The fate of this aircraft had been determined and it would not survive. According to Ivan's estimation, the German aircraft behind would be enough to carry out the mission before the former could recover its energy. Two attacks.

A minute later, a huge fireball rose from the ground. If nothing else happened, it should be the spot where the plane in his team crashed.

"Okay, everyone, follow me. Let's keep an eye on one of the planes and shoot!" Regardless of whether his friendly forces could hear him or not, Ivan rebalanced the attitude of the plane, lowered the nose of the plane slightly, and the Newport plane's wings The upper machine gun was aimed at a K-4 bomber in the distance. Then he rushed down first!

"Huh?!" Ivan glanced at his colleagues suspiciously, and then was dumbfounded. "There really is no tacit understanding!" The remaining four planes aimed their machine guns at the three German bombers at the same time, and not even one plane joined them in attacking the selected target... So the result of this attack was that in the ten seconds that the two sides passed each other, the Newport aircraft could only fire less than 150 rounds of bullets. With this amount of bullets, it was still impossible to shoot down a K-4 bomber. Go to sleep!

After repeated battles, although the Russians still gathered a large number of fighter jets, compared with the huge German fleet, they were not even half! The quality is even worse than that of the Russian pilots of the past few days. After all, the interceptors in the past few days were all fighter pilots, but this time, all reconnaissance pilots were on board. Some people are simply newbies. After the first wave of interceptions, the Russian Air Force was unable to prevent the Germans from raining tons of bombs on the city.

"Death will spread its wings and attack you!" Major Cosell saw the K-4 bomber of an "expert brigade" fly past his eyes quickly, and then dropped an incendiary bomb on a street. said.

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