Chapter 669 Finnish Volunteers

The 910-horsepower "Earth God"-Rhone 14N-11 was fired, a black smoke came out of the exhaust pipe, and after a few seconds, the engine was working normally.

In the cockpit, Bruce carefully checked the various instruments in front of him. In the high latitudes of Finland, he hoped that all the data of the engine would be normal.

If you look from the outside, the most special thing about this plane is the nose. In order to balance the torque, the engine is tilted to the left by about 2.5 degrees, creating a strange crooked neck.

This ugly fighter is simply not as good as the German fighter, or even the American fighter, but now, Bruce has no choice.

After he came to Finland, fighter jets and pilots continued to be sent over, but until now, as the head of the aviation team of the Finnish Volunteer Army, Bruce's men are almost all foreigners. Not a single purebred Germanic.

Recently, the situation in Finland has become more and more tense. As the Soviet Union continues to increase its troops towards Leningrad and continues to gather towards the Finnish border, it is conceivable that the battle will almost break out.

Therefore, every day, it is necessary to carry out combat readiness on duty.

The combat readiness duty is divided into different levels. Pilots stay in the waiting room, which is one situation, sitting in the cabin, it is another situation, and now, it is a more extreme situation, most of the pilots are sitting Waiting in the cabin, at the same time, there will be planes taking turns taking off, cruising along the border of Finland.

This is in order, even if Bruce is the commander-in-chief, he also participated in the rotation, and now, it is his turn to lift off to patrol.

Just when he started the engine and was about to take off for patrol, a sharp siren sounded in the airport.

The war begins like this!

Hearing the alarm sound, in an instant, everyone was in the cabin, quickly starting their engines, and Bruce, who was aiming at the runway, did his part and pushed the throttle lever. The engine output reached the maximum power of 910 horsepower. Rotating quickly, the legal fighter pulled up after sliding several hundred meters on the runway.

"Attention, the Soviet bomber fleet is found. In the No. 3 airspace, it is flying in the direction of 270." In the headset, the sound of the tower has been heard, which was found by the radar station on the front line.

Bomber Swarm! This large-scale bombing is of course the prelude to the war. The Soviets, finally unable to hold back, began their invasion of Finland!

It seems to be inspired by the blitzkrieg in Germany. Unlike the Soviet-Finnish war in history, the Soviets gathered a large number of bombers at the beginning of the war, wanting to blow up Finland all at once. Various military bases, Outposts, barracks, ammunition depots, air forces, etc., all seem to be solved by this bombing!

More than 200 bombers are flying towards Finland!

After Bruce led the team to Finland, he negotiated with the Finnish Air Force and divided their own air defense ranges.

After all, Finns are more cold-resistant, the farther north, the colder they are, and the main cities in Finland are also in the south, which is equivalent to volunteer aviation, who need to protect the sky of Finland.

The airport is not far from the border line. After all, the fighter jets of this era have a short range, and perverts like the German FW190 are only a few.

Not long after lift-off, Bruce saw a group of Soviets flying over from the opposite side, dozens of DB-3 bombers, flying smoothly on the route.

Soviets, let you know how powerful the Volunteer Air Force is!

Looking at these prey, Bruce stuck out his tongue greedily. As a pilot, he loves flying, and he hopes to show his talents in the battle of blood and fire.

Unfortunately, by accident, he never entered the battle, and now, in the first battle, the enemy is actually a Soviet, which is really a bit of luck.

No matter who your opponent is, fight bravely!

"Attention, two-plane formation, leader attack, wingman cover!" Bruce did not forget that he was the commander-in-chief of the volunteer aviation force. While preparing to attack, he gave orders to his subordinates, followed behind him, one after another. The legal fighters are also ready for battle.

The Brigade Commander G-A-Kurishenko of the 3rd Aviation Brigade of the Soviet Union, at this time, his bomber was flying in the front, and he was very relaxed about this bombing mission.

Finns, what? Putting all the fighter jets available in Finland together, there are not a hundred! The Finnish air force is quite weak, so their bombing, in addition to dealing with ground anti-aircraft artillery, has almost no threat.

Because this was the first bombing of a large group of aircraft, hundreds of planes took off from different airports. As a result, there were some errors in the scheduling in the middle, causing them and the escort group behind them to be five minutes behind.

They didn't want to slow down and wait, so they flew across the border first.

Now, when he saw the aircraft group that appeared in front of him, Kurishenko was stunned for a moment.

As a pilot, he has a pair of sharp eyes. Although the distance is still far away, he has already recognized that the intercepted planes that flew over were definitely not the Finnish Fokker D.19 fighter jets, but...

"French fighters! Damn! How can the Finns have such fighters, pay attention, all bombers pay attention, prepare for each other's interception! Gunners, gunners prepare!"

Although Germany has secretly intervened in the Finnish war, because Germany's secrecy work is very good, and the Soviet Union rarely conducts aerial reconnaissance, as a result, the Soviets did not notice the Finnish Volunteer Army under their noses!

The Soviets didn't know that the strength of Finland's aviation force had been at least doubled, and almost all of the pilots who participated in the Volunteer Army were veteran pilots.

If you turn around and fly away as soon as you encounter the enemy’s interception, then after returning, you will face the investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs when you land. Kurishenko just issued an order for protection.

Bombers, heavy and slow to fly, are arguably the best targets in the sky, and throughout World War II, the loss of bomber forces was considerable.

However, as bomber crews, they have no choice, they have to carry out the mission, and if they give up because of danger, then there must be companions who continue to risk the bombing.

This is their mission.

On the dorsal turret, Ivanov operated his 7.62mm machine gun, ready for the brutal battle to come.