Chapter 619 Heavy Thunderstorm VII

Looking down at an altitude of 6,000 meters, everything on the ground becomes very small. Looking far into the distance, the rising sun in the east has emitted golden-red light and sprinkled it on the desolate sandy ground, giving people the illusion of gold everywhere.

"We are almost there. The weather is very good, with almost no clouds. It seems to be good weather for bombing." The voice of Colonel Li Mei, commander of the U.S. 305th Bomb Wing, came from the earphones.

Major General Golovanov, commander of the 8th Long-Range Bombing Division of the Soviet Red Air Force, glanced into the distance from the cabin of the Pe-8 heavy bomber he was driving, and then asked the navigator Ivanov next to him: "Where are we now? "

"Comrade Division Commander, we have arrived in Iraq. We can reach the Kirkuk oil field in another 20 minutes' flight."

"There are still 20 minutes left. The enemy pilots will not sleep. We will definitely have a fierce battle." Major General Golovanov raised a hand to tighten the tie of his canvas oxygen mask as he spoke. Then he adjusted the American radio station on the plane.

"Comrades, I am Major General Golovanov, commander-in-chief of the air strike, and I order you to prepare for battle!"

As if to verify how accurate his prediction was, before he finished speaking, the voice of Colonel Li Mei, who was piloting a B-17 aircraft to open the road ahead, came from the earphones.

"Enemy plane found, enemy plane found! Prepare to fight!"

finally come! When Major General Golovanov heard the enemy plane approaching, he let out a sigh of relief. In fact, the enemy plane arrived later than he thought. He thought that the plane would be intercepted by German night fighter planes as soon as it crossed the border between the Soviet Union and Iran. According to intelligence, the Germans deployed radar on the Soviet-Iranian border, which was completely possible. The intruding US-Soviet aircraft fleet was discovered.

Moreover, it was still the darkest time in the early morning. Among the fighter jets serving as escorts, the P-51 with excellent performance is a day-fighting aircraft. Although the MiG-5 is a night-fighting aircraft, it is not equipped with a radar and is not a match for the legendary and powerful German twin-engine night-fighting aircraft (it is a Helicopter fighter aircraft). -219).

However, the Germans did not intercept them at the Soviet-Iraqi border. Instead, they allowed the Soviet and American planes to fly slowly for nearly 2 hours, all the way into Iraq.

It seems that the German Air Force is not as powerful as the legend says!

Major General Li Mei's shout came again: "Fighters! Nine o'clock direction! There are so many! Sixty, no, at least eighty!"

Then someone shouted in English: "They are coming! 12 Fw-190s, six o'clock position!"

"Block them, block them!"

Then Major General Golovanov heard the sound of machine gun fire. It was obviously an American B-17 firing.

Then the voice of Colonel LeMay came again: "General Golovanov, we have to raise the altitude to guide the German plane to a high altitude. I wish you good luck."

What an American who is afraid of death! Major General Golovanov almost didn't curse when he heard Li Mei's words. Raise the height... Your B-17 and P-51 can fly very high, but our Soviet Pe-8 and MiG-5 can't fly high!

Why did you lead the enemy plane to a high altitude? It is obvious that you abandoned your Soviet allies and fled for your own life. The imperialists really can't believe it!

After cursing the American reactionary Li Mei in his heart, Major General Golovanov could only bite his tongue and order: "Comrades, stay in formation and charge with me! Long live the Bolshevik Party! Long live the Soviet Union! Long live the great leader Stalin!"

While shouting long live, Major General Golovanov reached out and touched his pistol - this is for suicide! As a glorious Bolshevik member, you must never betray the motherland or the people!

And being captured was a betrayal of the Soviet motherland!

Just when Major General Golovanov made up his mind to commit suicide and die for his country once the plane was shot down, his navigator Ivanov suddenly shouted: "Comrade Division Commander, look, the Germans are really being diverted away by the American plane." "

Really lead away? Such good luck? Major General Golovanov took a closer look and saw that there was indeed no Fw-190 in front of him. He looked up again, and what he saw instantly made his scalp numb. He saw hundreds of fighter planes strangled together in the sky. Those Fw-190s were fighting with the escorting P-51 Mustangs. Tracer bullets were flying in the sky like a meteor shower. From time to time, planes exploded in the air or fell with thick smoke.

Suddenly, there was a continuous scream in English from Major General Golovanov.

"Oh my God, we have enemy planes overhead!"

"It's a twin-engine heavy fighter...it flies so fast!"

"Oh, God, I was hit...20mm, no, it was a 30mm shell!"

"Damn it, there's an ambush among us!"

It turns out there was an ambush among the Americans! The Germans not only dispatched the high-altitude Fw-190, but also the terrifying He-219 - the He-219 cannot deal with the P51. After all, it is a twin-engine aircraft. But it has 4 20mm cannons and 2 30mm cannons! This firepower is enough to hit a tank. No matter how strong the B-17 is, can it be compared with a tank? Of course I couldn't help but beat him up.

So when the staff of the German 4th Air Force found that the attacking enemy planes were at an altitude of 6,000 meters, they guessed that it must be a mixture of B-17s and Soviet bombers that could not fly high (the German intelligence department already knew that a large number of B-17s had arrived in the Soviet Union). So they formulated a plan to use 10 squadrons of 160 Fw-190 fighters to drive the B-17s to high altitudes, and at the same time use 10 squadrons of 160 He-219s to ambush at an extremely high altitude of 12,000 meters.

As a result, most of the American P51 fighters were busy blocking the Fw-190s, and only a few P51s protected the B-17s to pull up. As soon as these B-17s climbed above 10,000 meters, 160 of them carrying 219s rushed down and started killing. In a very short period of time, dozens of B-17s were shot into sieves and rolled to the ground. The losses were unimaginable!

Major General Golovanov suddenly found that there seemed to be hundreds of terrible German fighters in the sky slaughtering American bombers... And these fighters seemed to ignore the existence of Soviet planes and went to fight the Americans - could it be that these Germans still remembered the old friendship of comrades and brothers?

After thanking the German comrades in his heart, Major General Golovanov still did not dare to take it lightly, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, quick, full speed, let's leave! Go to Kirkuk, drop the bombs and leave!"

The place where the air battle took place was actually very close to the Kirkuk oil field, so it didn't take long before a group of scattered black smoke suddenly appeared in the sky, very dense. This was the German anti-aircraft guns firing!

Boom!

A 128mm shell exploded near the Pei-8 aircraft driven by Major General Golovanov. The huge airflow mixed with shrapnel rushed towards the aircraft, causing the fuselage of this huge four-engine heavy bomber to tremble a few times, and there were several holes on the fuselage and wings for air leakage.

Fortunately, no vital parts were injured. Just when Major General Golovanov was feeling lucky, a Pe-8 plane was already on fire in the air not far from his plane. Major General Golovanov found that it was the plane of his captain, Major Nikonov. Then he saw people jumping out of the doors of the burning plane, and they opened their parachutes soon after jumping out. Obviously, these people did not want to become glorious revolutionary martyrs...

They betrayed their motherland and betrayed the world revolution! Major General Golovanov was furious when he saw the white parachutes opening. That was Major Nikonov, a party member for almost ten years. How could he not control himself and surrender to the enemy at the critical moment? Why didn't he fly the plane into the enemy target on the ground? Why couldn't he shoot himself? He was so cowardly!

"Comrade, we found the German oil field, we found the target!" Navigator Ivanov shouted again, "It's at 9 o'clock!"

It turned out that they had arrived at the Kirkuk oil field. No wonder there were so many anti-aircraft guns! Major General Golovanov looked down and saw countless oil pumps standing on the sandy wasteland!

"Comrades, follow me, charge!" Major General Golovanov did not wait for the Americans who were being beaten, and directly pushed the throttle to the wasteland full of oil pumps. After a while, he flew over these oil pumps.

"Drop the bomb! Aim and drop the bomb!"

"Got it!" The bombardier answered loudly, and at the same time aimed at the target on the ground with the Soviet-made bomb sight, and then flipped the bomb bay opening switch. When the green light came on, he did not hesitate to turn off the bomb switch. A metal friction sound was heard in the bomb bay, and the plane instantly rose more than ten meters.

"Everyone fasten your seatbelts! We are going to climb!" Major General Golovanov pushed the joystick of the Pe-8 aircraft hard, and the nose of the bomber immediately pulled up and rushed into the sky.

Boom boom boom!

At this time, the pleasant sound of bomb explosions came, and then there was a cheer.

"Ura! Ura!" Major General Golovanov heard many people cheering in his headphones, "We won, the German oil fields have been destroyed!"

He quickly turned his head to look at the ground, and saw dozens of blue-black smoke columns rushing straight into the sky, and vaguely saw the flames rolling.

This is probably what the oil field looks like when it is destroyed? Major General Golovanov thought that the German Kirkuk oil field was at least half destroyed. Now their armored forces and fleets no longer have enough fuel. The world revolution is going to win!