Chapter 1203 Lucky Bush

Captain George Herbert Walker Bush was a very lucky pilot. Although he was shot down several times, he was always rescued unscathed. In his fighter wing, he was the pilot with the most successful rescues and the longest battlefield life. Hence the nickname Lucky Bush.

In the last air battle on Newfoundland, the F7F he was flying was seriously injured by a German jet. One engine caught fire and dragged black smoke down for several kilometers before he was able to pull it up. Finally, he flew back to the base. .

Although the plane was riddled with holes and was scrapped immediately after landing, the pilot was not injured at all. The most surprising thing was that the ground crew later found an unexploded 30mm aviation artillery shell in his cockpit!

The luck that has been blessed by two generations of true presidents has really reached the point where even the God of Death is about to take a detour!

In the early morning of April 25, 1945 (Newfoundland time), the lucky Bush, who had always taken a detour when seeing death, was leading his fighter squadron to hover at an altitude of 6,000 meters, waiting to fight the approaching German "Thousands". Machine machine *** front.

His squadron now has 16 F7Fs, which is fully equipped in number, but its combat effectiveness is severely reduced compared to before the last air battle on Newfoundland. Is this because 12 of the 16 F7F captains are novices who have just joined the naval aviation and have no idea how cruel the battlefield is?

Among the remaining four veterans, only "Lucky Bush" was an ace pilot, and the other three captains did not have any impressive records, and they had never been the leader of a four-plane formation before. Now, the real elites in Bush's squadron, except for himself, have either died in battle or been transferred to other squadrons to become captains, leaving only three second-rate guys as the backbone. "Lucky Bush" had no idea how much combat effectiveness the entire squadron had left.

But regardless of whether they are sure or not, today "Lucky Bush" and his men have to fight to the end for the continued greatness of America.

"Brothers from the Navy, the Germans are here, with a large fleet of more than 500 aircraft. Now we may have a good fight."

The encouraging voice of Captain Thomas Wayne, who is responsible for commanding all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fighter aircraft, came from the earphones.

"OK!"

"Kill the Nazis!"

“Where are the Nazis?”

"It's time for them to taste something awesome!"

The pilot's cheers soon reached Bush's ears. Naturally, those cheering were newcomers to the battlefield who had just joined the Naval Air Force, and had no idea how terrifying the Germans were.

Bush thought to himself: Before long, you rookies will be crying for help! If any of you are as lucky as me, maybe you can live a few more days...if only you can survive until the end of the war, so you can be with Barbara forever.

"Captain, I see them, at 12 o'clock!"

Bush's random thoughts were interrupted by his navigator Harry LeMay, who was also a rookie (Bush's previous navigator went to pilot school for training after the last Newfoundland Islands war) and just graduated from the Navy. I graduated from flight school and went to the battlefield for the first time today, so I am so excited.

Looking in the direction pointed by LeMay, Captain Bush's heart suddenly twitched. Appearing in the dark blue sky ahead were densely packed "black spots", covering the sky layer by layer. There were so many "black spots" in the sky. Outrageous.

This is a massive bombing!

Captain Bush immediately estimated a more accurate figure. There are now an extremely large number of incoming enemy aircraft. There are as many as 264 and 323 Fokker 636s alone (including 3 early warning aircraft), and 90 Br.810s. The total number has reached 1,053!

After a while, the distance between the two sides narrowed to about 6,000 meters, and the model of the incoming enemy aircraft could be observed with the naked eye.

Bush found that most of them were Fokker 636 fighter jets. At the current altitude, the overall performance of this aircraft exceeds that of the F7F, and there are so many of them...

"Attention all naval aircraft," Captain Thomas Wayne's voice still sounded very relaxed, "Raise the altitude to 7,000 meters and prepare for a dive attack. Remember, your tactics are to climb, hover, dive, attack... over and over again. ! Don’t fight them!”

This is the most basic tactical use of F7 and should not be said on the battlefield at all. However, Bush knew why Colonel Wayne said this before the battle. It was to remind a bunch of rookies not to get carried away when the fight started. To fight with a flexible fighter like the Fokker 636 would be to die.

But...will we encounter German jets as we climb up? Captain Bush had no idea about this.

"Okay, guys, did you hear what Colonel Wayne said?" Captain Bush said to his subordinates through the radio while piloting the plane to climb to an altitude of 7,000 meters. "I would like to add two more points. One is, don't go with The Fokker is entangled, our target is the Me264; the second is to get closer and hit again, get as close as possible to ensure a hit!"

"Understood!"

"Got it, sir!"

When he heard his subordinates give a positive answer, Captain Bush's plane had already climbed to an altitude of 7,000 meters. At the same time, he also found a large number of Fokker fighters in front of him. It turned out that when the F7F climbed, these Fokker planes were also climbing, and they climbed as fast as the F7F.

"Captain, Fokker planes were found in front!"

"Oh my God, there are so many of them!"

"What should we do?"

"They are blocking us..."

A group of rookies have begun to get nervous. Captain Bush couldn't help frowning. He could only remind his rookies again through the radio: "Don't worry about the Fokker planes, pretend they don't exist, our target is the Me264 bomber!

Everyone, pay attention, now form a double-plane formation, follow me! Long live America! Long live freedom!"

An air long live charge began!

After Captain Bush shouted the slogan, he drove his F7F without hesitation and started to charge like an infantry assault on the ground!

His 16 F7Fs were divided into 8 two-plane formations, one two-plane formation against one Me264, and all began to dive at the highest speed.

At this time, two Fokker 636s found "Lucky Bush". They flew higher than Bush's plane, rolled flexibly in the air, and circled behind Bush (F7F has 4 20mm cannons and 4 12.7mm machine guns, even Fokker 636 did not dare to face it head-on). They chased and fired with 8 20mm machine guns. However, the goddess of luck still favored Bush, and 8 flames swept from both sides of the F7F he was driving, all missing.

Bush ignored the flames that flew almost close to the canopy, and did not dodge, but just rushed towards the Me264 below. Due to the heavy weight and strong horsepower of the F7F, it was very fast when diving, and the Fokker planes behind could not catch up. However, the Fokker 636's diving ability is not weak, and it will not be left too far behind by the F7F, so it is also difficult to get rid of the Fokker 636 by diving.

The consequence of not being able to get rid of the Fokker 636 is that the F7F will be followed by the F7F when it ends its dive, especially the F7F's dive will cause the altitude to drop a lot, thus entering the Fokker 636's advantageous airspace. This is very dangerous for the F7F!

But Bush doesn't want to think about these things at all now. His full attention is on the fast-flying Me264 in front. Because Bush's F7F changed direction during the climb, the flight direction of this Me264 is the same as that of Bush's F7F. Bush is driving the plane to approach from the rear of the Me264, which is the easiest position to attack.

But there is only one chance for a successful attack! The two Fokker 63264s following Bush had a chance to attack in a level flight (if you want to fly behind the Me264, you must reduce your speed and be attacked by the Fokker plane), and there is only one way to seize this opportunity, which is to get as close to the opponent as possible.

The Me264 in front of him quickly became larger and larger, and the distance between the two sides quickly closed. This plane and several planes near it seemed to have discovered the danger and all shot out flames. Fortunately, Bush was still lucky, and it seemed that all the bullets and shells were flying around him.

The distance was very close, and the Me264 looked as big as a house. At this time, Captain Bush reduced the speed and leveled the plane. Then he pressed the cannon and machine gun firing buttons, the plane began to shake violently, 4 20mm cannons and 4 12.7mm machine guns sprayed 8 deadly fire shots, covering the poor Me264. Captain Bush pressed the firing button continuously and fired hundreds of rounds of ammunition. He stopped shooting only when the Me264 began to emit thick smoke. He pushed the joystick hard and started to dive down at almost a right angle, quickly escaping from the pursuit of the two Fokker 636 aircraft behind him.

After pulling away from the pursuers, he looked left and right and did not find his wingman. Then he called twice again, but there was no response. It seemed that the F7F piloted by a rookie was in danger.

After diving down for more than 1,000 meters, Captain Bush leveled the plane again - he did not dare to lower the altitude too low, so as not to be entangled by the Fokker planes with excellent low-altitude performance - just as he was flying away from the battlefield at full speed, he looked back and saw a spectacular battlefield picture that broke his heart.

Hundreds of fighter planes were tangled in a ball at high altitude, shells and bullets flew through the air at a very fast speed, explosions, flames and thick smoke appeared alternately, and parachutes fell from the sky from time to time.

This shows that most of the F7Fs did not successfully disengage after completing the attack. They... were entangled by Fokker planes that far outnumbered them, and it seemed that they were in great danger!