Chapter 1188 Landing in North America 4
"Brigadier General, the German bombers are descending and have now reached an altitude of 6,000 meters..."
"Damn! They are about to launch missiles..." Brigadier General Richard Major, who was riding on the F-13 radar early warning aircraft, was already a little confused at this time. Although he was an ace pilot of the Royal Air Force, he also had some experience in air combat. His commanding talent was outstanding in the battle on the Nova Scotia Peninsula-Bermuda blockade. He commanded a group of interceptors to fight many beautiful ambush battles, shooting down and damaging more than a dozen Me264 bombers.
It was precisely because of these outstanding achievements that he rose to prominence on the battlefield in eastern Canada, was promoted to brigadier general, and became recognized as the best air commander.
However, this recognized air combat command genius has never commanded a truly cruel air battle. The previous battles on the Nova Scotia Peninsula-Bermuda blockade were all small-scale air battles, mainly search, ambush and pursuit, and as an opponent The Me264 is a high-altitude and high-speed bomber. It can only hide and run, but cannot fight at all.
But today Brigadier Major encountered a truly large-scale air battle! Moreover, the opponent is still well prepared, not only dispatching ace fighters such as the Me262T and Fokker 636, but also dispatching ace air combat commanders such as Molders and Hessmann Jr.
Compared with Moulders and Hersman Jr., Brigadier General Major's level is far different. Until now, he still doesn't know that the enemy's real target is not big American cities like New York or Boston, but his fighter jets!
So when Molders commanded the Me264 fleet to lower its altitude, Brigadier General Charles Major subconsciously thought of missile launches - after many previous battles, the Allied aviation forces in eastern Canada discovered that the altitude of the Me264 air-launched missiles was too high. Between 3000-5000 meters.
This seems to indicate that the German air-launched missiles also have height restrictions. The aircraft must be between 3,000-5,000 meters before launching missiles. And preventing the Me264 fleet from launching missiles is Brigadier General Major's main task. So he didn't think much and immediately invested in his reserve force, 139 "Sky" high-altitude twin-engine fighters of the British (Canadian) Royal Air Force.
The "Sky" fighter jets, which were originally hovering at an altitude of 10,000 meters on standby, rushed towards the direction of the Me264 group under the command of the F-13 early warning aircraft. As soon as the "Sky" fleet moved, Major General Models, who was riding a Me264 modified early warning aircraft dozens of kilometers away, knew it.
"Major General, the radar has discovered a new U.S. aircraft group. The number exceeds 100, the altitude is 9,000, and it is still falling. It is currently about 30,000 meters away from the Thor cluster."
"New fleet? This is..."
Moldes was also frightened. It turned out that these more than 100 "Sky" fighter jets flew too high and had been hiding above 11,000 meters, so the two German early warning aircraft Me264H (belonging to the Air Force) and Bv138E (belonging to the Naval Aviation) in the air did not detect them - the Me264H was the early warning aircraft. The radar is installed on the belly of the aircraft, while the Bv138E installs the early warning radar on the nose of the aircraft. Bv138E can also search upward, but Me264H cannot search upward at all. The Me264H that Moldes flew on only flew at an altitude of 10,500 meters, so he "could not see" the "Sky" aircraft above 11,000 meters. Fortunately, these "Sky" aircraft did not find the lone Me264H radar early warning aircraft (because Brigadier Major's early warning aircraft only flew to 10,000 meters, and he did not find Models' early warning aircraft), otherwise Models' life would have been in danger. No guarantee.
"Major General, their diving speed is very fast, exceeding 700 kilometers per hour." The electronic officer on the Me264H early warning aircraft continued to report the latest detection results.
Moldes' reaction was also very quick. As soon as the electronic officer finished speaking, he had already made a decision. He immediately contacted the M264 fleet that was descending through the high-power radio on the plane.
"Thor 1, I am Electronic Eye 11." He gave the order in code words, "Throw away the spear, go down to the second floor, fly to point F, and meet the electric fan."
"Throw away the spear" means throw away the Reaper cruise missile you are carrying! This single order threw away more than 10 million European marks!
"Going down to the second floor" means lowering the altitude to 2,000 meters. This height is too low for any fighter jet that can jump down from an extremely high altitude of more than 10,500 meters. However, it is the best altitude for the "King of Medium and Low Altitudes" Fokker 636.
The "F point" and "electric fan" represent a location close to the Fokker 636 fleet and the Fokker 636 fleet itself.
Molders' plan was to let the Me264 fleet throw away the missiles and then accelerate their flight, so as to attract the pursuing American high-altitude fighter jets to the muzzle of the Fokker 636 fighter jets that were chasing the F7F at medium and low altitudes.
After giving the order to the bomber group code-named "Thor", Molders gave the order to today's deputy commander-in-chief of air combat and Hessmann Jr., who was also in charge of all carrier-based fighter jets, asking him to command the Fokker 636. To deal with the group of American fighter jets (actually British "Sky") targeting the "Thor" fleet.
When he received the order, little Hersman was holding a telescope to observe the battle in the air thirty or forty kilometers away. The battle is coming to an end. The bulky F7F is no match for the Fokker 636 at medium and low altitudes. Although it has strong firepower, it is always bitten on the butt by the Fokker 636. There are few opportunities to fire. It just relies on its solidity. The fuselage can carry the Fokker cannon. However, no matter how strong the fuselage is, it cannot withstand the continuous beating of the 20mm cannon. In just ten minutes, the American F7F fleet was completely defeated. The original large fleet of 138 aircraft now only has thirty or forty flying aircraft, most of which are injured and have to flee in all directions.
According to statistics from the U.S. Naval Aviation after this war, of the total 138 F7Fs dispatched, more than 95 did not return! Of the 43 F7Fs that returned, about half were damaged to varying degrees!
"Attention all electric fans," little Hersman turned on the radio, "I am Hawkeye. Stop the pursuit immediately and fly to point F, ready to respond to Thor... There are more than 100 enemy aircraft, all of which are high-altitude aircraft. !”
The "Sky" fighter is of course an excellent heavy-duty fighter. Its high-altitude performance is still higher than that of the F7F, but at an altitude of 2000-3000 meters, let alone the "king of medium and low altitudes" Fokker 636, it even dropped bombs. /The flight performance of the missile's Me264 is not worse than it. At least it flies no slower than the "Sky" in terms of speed!
Therefore, it is impossible to catch up with the lightly loaded Me264 using "Sky", especially when a Me264H early warning aircraft guides them in the direction of escape at an altitude of 10,000 meters. However, if they can force the Me264 bombers to throw away their missiles, these "Sky" aircraft can be considered to have completed their mission. If Brigadier General Major, who is riding on the F-13, notices that the Me264 fleet is trying to merge with the Fokker fleet, he should immediately order the "Sky" fleet to retreat. But at this time, Brigadier General Major's attention had been completely attracted by the fight between P-47 and Me262 at high altitude.
Similar to the performance of the previous F7F, the P-47 could not defeat the Me262 at more than 10,000 meters. As soon as the two sides encountered each other, the P-47 suffered a big loss. More than 40 P-47s were shot down on the spot, and more than 20 P-47s were shot down on the spot. -47 was seriously injured by the Me2 cannon.
The remaining P-47s adopted the same response method as the F7F. Just speed up the dive, hoping to escape from a low altitude. But just now when the F7F rushed to mid-low altitude, it was attacked by the Fokker 636 and suffered heavy losses. So when it was the P-47's turn to be unlucky, it didn't dare to dive mindlessly. Instead, under the command of the F-13 early warning aircraft on which Brigadier General Major was riding, it dived in a direction away from the German Fokkers. The F-13 also flew in the same direction as them, gradually moving away from the location of the German Me264 and Fokker 636. Therefore, the S-band early warning radar on the aircraft did not detect that the German Me264 and Fokker 636 were about to merge.
In other words, the ongoing air battle has turned into two battle groups more than a hundred kilometers apart. An early warning aircraft and an air combat commander can no longer control the situation. This problem does not exist for the German side, because there are two German early warning aircraft and commanders commanding today's air battle.
So after the two battle groups were separated, Moldes was responsible for commanding the Me262T and P-47D battles, while Hersman Jr. took over the command of the Me264 bombers and was also responsible for commanding all Fokker 636s.
Just before the Fokker 636 and the "Sky" fighter jets were about to exchange fire, Hersman Jr. used the airborne radio and used code words to formulate a high-low coordinated combat plan with Molders. While the Fokker 636 and the "Sky" fighters were fighting, all the Me262Ts that were chasing the P-47D gave up their targets, climbed to an altitude of 8,000 meters at full speed, and rushed to the area where the Fokker 636 and the "Sky" were fighting. If those "Sky" aircraft cannot defeat the Fokker 636 at medium and low altitudes and want to use their high-altitude performance to escape, then another aerial massacre is about to come!