New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

() Before dawn, the Soviet airport became busy, and fighter planes were already lined up on the runway.Although the visibility on the runway was not good due to the influence of the morning fog, the Soviet fighter jets took off one after another.

The thickness of the mist at that point in the early morning was not very large, and when the plane climbed to a height of more than 50 meters, their influence was no longer noticeable.The Soviet fighters then lined up and climbed to an altitude of about 2000 meters. They could not climb any higher now, because any higher they would fly into sunny areas, and the strong sunlight would put them on the ground. The planes were brightly lit while the ground was still dark so people could see them from far away.So after reaching this altitude, the Soviets lowered the throttle, leveled the plane, and started flying northwest.

After flying for about an hour, the fleet gradually lowered the altitude to about 100 meters. This was not to continue hiding in the shadow of the earth—now that the sun had risen, it was impossible to hide.It is because the U.S. military airport is not far away now. The U.S. military airport is equipped with alert radar. Only by lowering the altitude can the radar detection blind spot caused by the curved surface of the earth be used to avoid radar detection and achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

According to the deployment before the exercise, the armored units assigned to them should have launched an attack by this time.Now, the Americans should be preparing to take off their planes. Their runways are already full of fighters and attack aircraft preparing to take off.

Valia was sitting in the leading P-39, and now she was very close to the US military airport. She shook her wings to signal the fighters behind to change formation, and then continued to lower the altitude to about 30 meters.The p-39s following her also changed their formation from the Cuban shelf suitable for air combat to a column that is more suitable for ground attack.At the same time, a team of f6f that was originally following them far away also started to accelerate.

Soon, directly in front of Valia, the American runway appeared.As the distance approached rapidly, she could see a group of A-20s forming a formation, as if ready to take off at any time.

"Attack! Attack! Knock them all on the ground!" Valia shouted, aiming at an A-20 that was about to take off and opened fire.

It's a pity that this is just a drill, and the p-39's 37mm gun is filled with blank ammunition.That's why Valia loves to see the flames of the enemy plane tumbling, the fragments flying, and the restricted scenes such as being broken in two cannot appear.But Valya is sure that in the attack just now, she hit at least two enemy planes with the 37mm gun.

As soon as Valia pulled the control lever, the nose of the P-39 quickly lifted up. The p-39 is a very unique fighter. Unlike ordinary fighters, its engine is not on the nose but in the middle of the fuselage.This makes its configuration of the center of gravity completely different from that of ordinary fighter jets, and the response to raising the head when pulling the lever is particularly fast.When a rookie who is not familiar with this type of aircraft is flying this type of aircraft, the most common mistake is to pull the lever too hard, causing the nose to pitch up too fast, and the angle of attack of the aircraft is too large to cause a stall.

But in the hands of veterans, this feature is no longer a defect, but an advantage. The climb of the p-39 is not very good, but because it raises its head quickly, it can easily complete a vertical loop with a small diameter.Just like now, Valia led her wingmen to quickly complete a vertical somersault and entered the attack route again.

At this time, Valia suddenly discovered that there were only A-20 attack aircraft on the edge of the American runway, not even a single fighter.

"Where did they all go?" Valia frowned her delicate eyebrows, and began to feel that there might be other variables in the matter.

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Ron is on the way to the Soviets' airport with a group of p-51s, and it is not far from the Soviets' airport now.

"The airport is attacked, the airport is attacked by the Soviets!"

"Haha, I just thought about stealing other people's planes, but I didn't expect that they belong to foxes, and they are also good at stealing chickens. If they take the lead, I think they will be defeated." Let the a-20 stay at the airport and do it. It is Ron's intention to prepare for the attack, because Ron feels that with his sixteen p-51s, he can absolutely prevent the Soviet planes from flying. 20 can swagger to eat meat.

Just when Ron was annoyed, another voice came from the radio.

"Enemy armor detected!"

Needless to say, there must be nothing on the Soviet airport, so it is better to attack their armored forces directly.Anyway, in order to attack the airport, the "Reverse Cross" fighter jets are all loaded with bombs and rockets.

"Turn to the enemy armor target!" Ron broke the radio silence and issued an order.

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Ron's command to break radio silence was too brief for the Soviets to pick up.After all, the instructions were too brief, and the radio monitoring technology at the time was still very rudimentary.

There were no targets worth striking at the American airport, but Valia's sense of uneasiness grew stronger and stronger.Where did the American fighter jets go? The question became more and more burdensome.

"Maybe, they are going to attack our armored forces now? American fighter jets can also be used as attack planes!" This idea suddenly popped up.Valya shook his head violently, as if trying to get the idea out of his head.But even if she rushed to the armored forces now, it would probably be too late, and the range of the p-39 aircraft did not allow her to fly there to perform missions.

Valia thought for a while, and ordered: "All f6fs fly to area b, and p-39s return to refuel!"

The f6f has a greater range, and can also fly over the armored forces for a short stay to provide protection for the ground forces for a period of time.

Eight f8fs turned to area b, and Valia started to return with the remaining p-6s.

But at this moment, she heard a voice from the radio: "Our army was attacked by the enemy air, where are the fighter jets?"

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When Ron rushed to the point pointed out by the reconnaissance plane with 16 P-51 fighter planes, he saw a yellow dragon rising from the ground from a long distance.It was a long marching column, tanks, armored vehicles, and Dodge ten-wheelers, driving one after another on the unpaved roads in the exercise area, raising dust.

"Use rocket eggs to attack tanks and armored vehicles first!" Ron gave the order.So the 16 P-51s quickly changed into a column, and rushed towards the convoy along the direction of the road.

The anti-aircraft firepower of the convoy also began to shoot at Ron and the others.

Ron first attacked the two leading tanks. The 20mm cannon can't destroy targets like tanks, but under the wing of Ron's p-51, there are still 6 rocket counterweights for exercises.Ron fired them all in a simulated launch.The hit accuracy of the rockets is not high, so even at a very short distance, Ron can only guarantee the hit with such unison.

After completing the launching action, Ron made a 45-degree roll to the left, and with a pull bar, the plane pulled an oblique loop to the upper left.Also taking this opportunity, Ron dropped the counterweight hanging under the wing.

At this time, the armored troops who were attacked began to drive off the road and drove into the wilderness next to them, trying to avoid the attack of US fighter planes.But the U.S. fighter jets were not so easy to get rid of. They roared down in turn and fired fiercely at the convoy.

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The f6f sent by Valia failed to help the armored troops. When they arrived, Ron and the others had already completed their attack on the armored troops on the ground and were flying on the way back.

A day later, the photos in the camera gun were interpreted:

All 12 A-20s of the red team were destroyed on the airport. During the attack on the airport, a p-39 of the blue team was judged to be shot down, and the other 5 aircraft were judged to be injured.

In the armored force of the blue side, 21 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, and 40 trucks were destroyed. This number is just over 50.00% of the number of tanks owned by this force.

According to the previously set rules, the red side wins.However, both sides were very dissatisfied with their performance in this battle.So, in their respective conference rooms, the meeting to check problems, find gaps, and find solutions started again.

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"This time the problem was mainly my responsibility. I underestimated the initiative of the opponent. In fact, after spending so long with those guys, I have already understood that they are a herd of animals full of desire to attack. But I still ignored the possibility of them taking the initiative to attack. I just wanted to bully others, but I was raped by others. I think, maybe I took advantage of too many times before, so I let down my vigilance." In "Inverse In the meeting room of "Cross", Ron is sincerely criticizing himself.

"The captain is right. In fact, it's not just the captain, including ourselves. I'm afraid we all have such problems."

"It's been a long time since I left the battlefield, and I bully rookies here all day long. The result is like playing chess (here refers to chess) with McGahr. The more you play, the worse your level will be."

"Tch, you sound like you're really an international master, and you're not a stinky chess player? The last time you met that Russian one-eyed man, didn't you get killed? He's not necessarily better than me!" McGaia was immediately unconvinced. "Besides, people have also said that the level of the two of us is not much different."

"That's not because you were dragged down. If I hadn't played chess with a stinky chess basket like you for half a year, and got your stink, even if I couldn't beat that Soviet man, I wouldn't have lost so badly! I can’t play chess with a guy like you! Even if I play against myself, it’s better than playing with you!”

"Well, I wish you to become the next Dr. B (the character in Zweig's "The Story of Chess" who played games with himself for a long time and finally had a mental breakdown)!"

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, we are discussing the problem!" Although it is almost the tradition of the "reverse cross" during the discussion, it is a bit outrageous to still go wrong after suffering such a big loss. What's up.Ron even wondered if it was time to carry out a rectification campaign.

But fortunately, the subsequent discussions are back on track.At the end of the meeting, Poynton made another comment:

"Look, Ron, if you leave the battlefield for a little longer, there may be a problem with your mentality. Can you talk to the higher-ups, let our people take turns to serve as short-term technical advisors to various combat units?"