New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

The 385th Bomber Group is the first customer of "Inverse Cross". On February 2th, they moved to Nellis Air Force Base and began to prepare for a series of confrontation exercises with the "Reverse Cross".Obviously, these rookies were very interested in this kind of thing. When they arrived at Nellis Air Force Base, they didn't take a good rest and started wandering around. The Germans didn't seem to be here for training, but rather for a group tour.

However, the first project they studied was really like traveling. This project was-recognition of airplanes.

First, the rookies were taken to the hangar to see the treasures of the Inverse Cross.

"This is Ri's own zero battle, super flexible, but you are going to Europe, anyway, you won't see this, so let's take a look at this."

A guide led the group of rookies through the hangar, and stopped in front of a certain plane from time to time to explain, which really looked like a tour in a museum.It's just that the content he explained is quite different from that of ordinary museums.

The docent stopped in front of a big-headed, thin-tailed plane with an air-cooled engine.Obviously this plane is the object he wants to focus on.

"This is the fw-190 of the German army. This kind of aircraft is the main force they use to attack bombers. This guy is equipped with four 20mm guns and two 13mm machine guns, which must be installed on the nose and wings. The latest According to intelligence, a new type of 30mm cannon has been installed on this guy. The power of that thing, hehe, as long as it hits a few shots, even something as strong as a b-17 will be finished immediately .”

A group of rookies immediately surrounded it chattering, and some couldn't help but reach out and touch it.

"Don't move around! Take a good look at its appearance, especially its frontal appearance! The most commonly used tactic by the Germans is to attack head-on. Remember its frontal features-thick nose, lower single wing with a slight reverse! Once When you see this thing, you must concentrate your firepower on it, for you, it is much more dangerous than bf109!"

After saying this, the rookies calmed down.So the lecturer continued his explanation:

"The roll of this kind of aircraft is quite good, and the acceleration is absolutely top-notch, but the high-altitude performance is a little bit poor, and the hovering is also very average. Because the hovering is average, when they attack you, it is used to dodge the bomber's self-defense firepower The most common move they do is the barrel roll, and they do it pretty quickly, which you'll see later in the movie."

In this way, the guide led them past one plane after another, stopping to explain from time to time.Finally, he led the gang out of the hangar.He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said to the rookies:

"Well, it's time for lunch, so why not, I'll take you to the cafeteria. Take a good rest after eating, and you have classes in the afternoon."

After a while, a group of people arrived at the entrance of the cafeteria.It just so happened that Boyington came out from the inside, saw the explainer, and said hello by the way: "Ron, you are so inactive about eating."

……

The afternoon class is to watch short films, which is not just for fun, but serious training.However, if the training in the morning is to look at the plane, the content in the afternoon becomes guessing the plane.First, divide into groups to watch various enemy planes flying from far to near from different angles, and then the screen suddenly went dark, and then the instructor asked questions.The most basic ones first, such as:

"How many planes were there just now?"

"What types of aircraft are there, and how many of each?"

When rookies face these questions, they often look blank, and then start to answer in a daze. In fact, their answers at this time are not so much what they saw or recalled, but rather guesses.It also brought back all kinds of painful memories for them.

Because, once the answer is wrong, the instructors will have their own unique punishments.Who was punished to eat food made into stool, and who stood upside down to read the following questions until he got the answer right.There are all kinds of things, and there are many.This training lasted a whole afternoon.After finally waiting for the training to end, the rookies were all dizzy and pale.But when they returned to the dormitory, they found that every corner of the dormitory was covered with photos of various enemy planes from different distances and angles.

"My God, why are there all these things! I feel like throwing up when I see this!" a rookie complained.

"This is not the fucking world, it's a complete hell!" Another rookie echoed.But he didn't know that this wasn't real hell yet.In fact, their journey to hell has just begun, and even the beginning of their journey to hell has just begun.

The next two days will still be this kind of training, but the training intensity has been advanced, the short film is getting shorter and shorter, even as short as a second or two, and the number of aircraft appearing on the screen is increasing, and the variety is getting better. more and more complicated.Even the questions are advanced.

"Which plane in the short video will enter the flight first?"

"Which aircraft in the short video just now poses the greatest threat to us?"

It was later advanced to:

"About the fastest and slowest of the planes in the short video compared to ours, what is the shooting distance and lead?"

After four full days of this kind of training, the rookies finally waited for the real day in the sky. The commander of the 385th Bomber Group mobilized the excited rookies:

"Brothers, tomorrow I will meet those bastards who have been treating us like monkeys for real these days. Those bastards are coaxing and saying that they will punch our shit out...nainai, give it all tomorrow I brace myself and let these bastards eat all the shit they spit out!"

At the same time, the "Reverse Cross" side is also setting the tone for tomorrow's drill.

"Tomorrow's opponents are all rookies, and it's not a problem to beat them." Ron smiled and said, "The problem is how far we should go, you know, they are still children, we give them This blow can’t be too heavy, if it’s too heavy the first time, it might knock them all stupid. After hitting them, they tremble reflexively when they see the Iron Cross, that’s not our goal.”

"However, those guys are a little bit unconvinced with us at the moment. These guys really think that they can fly around with their rookie level. If you don't teach them a lesson, when the time comes, they will have to become scumbags." Did the Germans give you medals? So, I advocate, seriously teach those boys a lesson." The bad boy McGaa said murderously.

"I don't agree. Those who fly in the sky have to be a little arrogant. If we completely destroy their arrogance, they will be useless. This is not our purpose. We leave them room to grow," Ron saw that it was Boyington who spoke.

"This speed is hard to control. If you hit lightly, your butt won't hurt, and you won't have a long memory. If you hit hard, you will be disabled directly."

To be honest, Ron also felt that it was difficult to control the speed. Lao Tzu once said, "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish", which means that to govern a big country, you should be as careful as cooking a small fish, with a slightly higher fire. If it is cooked a little, it will be burnt, if it is small, it will be uncooked, if it is a little more salt, it will be salty, if it is a little less, it will be bland.Although Laozi was talking about governing the country, Ron felt the same about this sentence now.Fortunately, the commander of 385 is very interesting, and the expectations of those rookies have long been provided to him.

"According to the information over there, those rookies want to play us 1.5:1." Ron informed everyone of the situation learned from there, "This is their private opinion, and they are threatening in public. to defeat us."

"Tch, these rookies don't know how much they have, and they want to play 1.5:1 with us? What a fucking dream!"

"They also believe that at least three-quarters of their planes can break through our interception and completely destroy the intended target and return safely. According to the setting, tomorrow they will dispatch 24 bombers and we will dispatch 20 fighter jets to intercept. We discuss and discuss , How many planes are left for them?"

"It's too much to not keep a single plane, but it's not good to keep one more. I think we can leave half of them to complete the bombing, and then let them go back with the remaining quarter? What do you think?"

"I think it's good. In this way, they can realize that they are still far behind, but they can still attack the target effectively. They can still maintain a little confidence. Ron, what do you think?"

"Okay, let's try it like this. But, everyone here, be careful, you must not be accidentally shot to death by those rookies." Ron laughed.

"They? Practice again."

……

The next day - February 1943, 2, the first confrontation exercise began.

The 385 bombers of the 24 Bomber Group formed two box formations (this successful tactic has been popularized in the bomber force), and are flying at an altitude of 7000 meters.These four-engine heavy bombers pulled long silvery white trails high in the sky, like streams flowing in the sky.But Seaman knew that this seemingly beautiful scene was actually not a good thing.This means that fighter jets can find themselves at great distances.Seaman is the top machine gunner on the B-385 of the 17th Bomber Group. He knows that although every comrade-in-arms is full of confidence in this battle, in fact, everyone has no idea.On the European battlefield, it is said that the exchange ratio between Army Aviation bombers and German fighter jets is very favorable, but the "Reverse Cross" is composed of aces, and they are all rookies. No bottom.

Just in front of the bomber group, a place that Seaman couldn't see for the time being, a group of fighter jets had already stared at them. (bombers are much more conspicuous than fighter jets)

"Hey, Ron, their formation is very strict."

"Hehe, it's a fart if you are not strict when you are not hit. Dad, I can bet you a bottle of Scotch whiskey. Once we attack, they will break their formation in the first round."

"Poland, only one box was broken up in the first round, and the rest will be saved when they return."

"I know, sir!"

Ron smiled. He knew that his subordinates had a lot of problems, but after going to the sky, there was actually no problem in enforcing battlefield discipline.

"Okay, line up and prepare for the assault!"

8 fire-breathing Inverse Crosses and black Iron Crosses painted in white and 12 F4Us with the same painting began to gather together, ready to launch an assault.

The rookie's nightmare has begun.