() The initial stage of the second day's battle was not much different from the first day. About an hour before the bombers were dispatched, a huge group of fighter jets crossed the English Channel. But the difference was that the Luftwaffe did not take off.

A large group of fighter jets intercepted, and only a few planes were sent to monitor from a distance. When American fighter jets approached these planes, they turned around and left without hesitation. In the skies over Europe, almost no German planes could be seen.

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Rodriguez reduced the throttle, and now his fleet is flying at an altitude of 6,500 meters. This is not the absolute advantage of P-51 over BF-109, but since there is no BF-109 fleet at all,

It is relatively more fuel-efficient to fly at this altitude. Moreover, at this altitude, small-caliber anti-aircraft guns cannot hit, and large-caliber anti-aircraft guns cannot hit high-mobility targets such as fighter jets. It is relatively safe. P-51

The fleet maintained a speed of less than 450 kilometers per hour and circled repeatedly over this airspace.

About 40 minutes later, another group of P-47s with extra-large auxiliary fuel tanks arrived over the area. In order to save fuel, the P-47s, like the P-51s, had all their paint removed except for the identification marks.

The fat fuselage shines silver in the sun and can be seen from a long distance.

Rodriguez knew that the arrival of the P-47 meant that the bombers were coming soon. Even if they were replaced with extra-large fuel tanks, the range of the P-47 still couldn't be compared with something like the P-51. So they wouldn't

Maybe like the P-51, which clears the airspace so far in advance, they can only rush to the relevant airspace before the bombers arrive, when the German fighter jets are about to take off and climb.

Indeed, just as Rodriguez expected, German air defense radar had discovered the American bomber group. As a result, all German airports became busy.

Muller's BF-109 is preparing to take off. This time their mission is to protect the heavily armored JU88 and BF-110 and cover their attack on the incoming bomber group.

The 48 BF-109s serving as a cover group will take off first. After they take off, 12 JU88s and 9 BF-110s will take off one after another, and then climb hard under the escort of BF-109s.

The takeoff went smoothly. Muller, his wingman Mengel and some other BF-109s first climbed to an altitude of 1,500 meters, and then began to maintain this altitude and hover over the airport. At this time, those bulky JU88s and BF-110s also

Start taking off in sequence.

These J88s and BF-110s were further armored, which had an obvious negative effect - their climb was as slow as a snail climbing up a grapevine.

BF-109 maintains an altitude of about 800 meters higher than JU88 and BF-110, and maintains a slow climb at a comparable climb rate. In order to ensure that BF-109 has a better energy condition in the upcoming battle.

, Muller and the others must allow the aircraft to have a higher speed. However, the heavily loaded JU88 and BF-110 cannot fly at high speeds anyway. Therefore, Muller's fleet had to keep doing high-speed 8's over the assault fleet.

The word whirls.

When they climbed to an altitude of 4,000 meters, the Americans discovered them. First, two reconnaissance planes modified from P-38 flew over their heads. After a while, a 48-plane P-51 from two squadrons flew over their heads.

Fighters and a fleet of 12 P-47 fighter jets appeared above their heads.

Rodriguez was among this fleet. In the pre-war tactical arrangement, Ron predicted that the Germans might use BF-109s to provide escort for other heavily equipped, large and powerful aircraft, and then these aircraft would attack the bombers.

The group launched an assault. So, he formulated a combat plan specifically for this situation. According to the plan, he would lead his P-51 to launch an assault on the enemy aircraft to disrupt the enemy aircraft formation. Then the P-47

Launch an attack on the German assault fleet.

So Rodriguez ordered his fighter planes to prepare for the first round of assaults from different angles in small groups. Before the action, he asked Dodge, the squadron leader of another squadron: "You go first or me?"

"Whatever!" Dodger replied.

"Okay, boys from Cobra Squadron, let's go first! - Hitler, I'm here to kick your ass!" Rodriguez shouted as he took the lead and dived down. At this time, it was a full thousand meters high.

The difference caused his fighter plane to quickly accelerate to about 800 kilometers. At this speed, the plane shook violently and it was difficult to carry out precise shooting. But Rodriguez's original intention was not to use this round of attacks to destroy the following ones.

How about the Germans? The purpose of this round of attacks is to disrupt the German formation and select targets for the next round of attacks.

"It's just like lions attacking a herd of bison. They first make the bison herd run. During the run, some bison will break away from the group and become the best targets for the next round of attacks. The same is true for us. We must also let the herd run.

The Germans are fleeing in panic so that they can find a more convenient target for the next round of attacks." This is what the wretched General Ron said when he explained the tactics to them. Rodriguez is following this request now.

Come and do it.

24 P-51s swooped over from 6 directions and started firing from a considerable distance. The 20-revolution gun has a muzzle velocity of 1,000 meters per second, and its ballistic performance is quite excellent. Even at long distances,

Still had quite good precision. In order to avoid American fire, the BF-109s began to dodge constantly. During the dodge, the BF-109s driven by some novices began to lose too much energy and were unable to follow.

Get on other planes.

In the first round of attacks, Rodriguez's Cobra squadron did not achieve any impressive results. The enemy aircraft's energy status was not bad, so they basically successfully dodged away. Only one or two aircraft were far away.

He was hit by flying stray bullets, but none of them seemed to cause fatal injuries.

After completing the first round of attacks, the Cobras did not continue to struggle with the Germans. They immediately pulled up at a large angle. In the process, many pilots had black vision, but because their energy advantage was too obvious, they

When they jumped, no German fighter plane could keep up with them, so although they could not see anything for the time being, their safety was not threatened.

Just as the Cobras began to leap forward, Dodge's Viper Squadron also began to attack the Germans. His attack this time was much more targeted than the Cobra Squadron's attack just now.

Too much energy was lost in the attack, so the BF-109, which was in a disadvantageous position, became a ready target. 24 P-51s went straight towards those guys. This time, the Americans achieved real results. Two BF109s

It was shot down on the spot, and three others were also obviously injured.

This time it was Cobra's turn to take advantage. They had just climbed up and swooped down again. With a fierce fire, the three injured BF-109s were shot into the air.

But this time when they tried to pull up again, some BF-109s that had maintained their energy well before took the opportunity to approach them.

Muller focused on a P-51. The energy status of this aircraft was still much higher than his own. However, he pulled up too fast, which gave Muller an opportunity to attack from inside. Muller

He went straight in and fired fiercely at the plane. Two 13mm airport guns and a 20mm cannon sprayed their vomit crazily at the opponent. The two planes crisscrossed in the sky. Muller turned around and looked at the plane.

fighter plane. He was sure that he had hit the fighter plane with several bullets and cannon shells. Some of the bullets may have hit the cockpit directly.

Sure enough, the plane was completely out of control. It flew straight upward until it stalled and then fell down. The pilot did not parachute. Maybe the few rounds of 13mm bullets fired into the cockpit had directly killed the pilot.

However, Muller's personal victory did not change the crisis. As the Viper swooped down again, several more fighters trying to launch a counterattack were hit and disintegrated. (The Americans' 4 20-gun cannons are amazingly powerful.

A small plane can almost kill with one hit.) Even Muller's fighter plane was hit by two 20-gun rounds. One of them knocked off half of the vertical tail. This greatly reduced the aircraft's maneuverability.

"When the situation is extremely unfavorable, the pilot has the right to judge whether to retreat." This is one of the privileges of German fighter pilots. After the plane was injured, Muller handed over command to his deputy and left the group in a dive.

, and began to return home on the stomach.

After Mueller withdrew, the entire cover group became more and more chaotic. At this time, the P-47s that had been waiting at high altitude began to take action. They threw away their auxiliary fuel tanks and rushed towards the lower altitude JU88 and BF-110.

In this time and space, the P-47 equipped with 6 20-gun guns may be the fighter with the most intense firepower. When they pounced straight down, the BF-109 in chaos was unable to protect the assault formation. The entire assault formation was directly

Exposed to the muzzle of the P-47.

Six 20-gun guns fire violently, capable of spitting out 6,000 shells in one minute. Now all JU88s and BF-110s are shrouded in such a rain of bullets. The reinforced armor is naturally vulnerable to such an attack.

.Coupled with the limited maneuverability of these aircraft, the hit rate of the P-47 further increased. In just one dive, out of 12 JU88s and 9 BF-110s, 6 JU88s and 3 BF-110s were hit.

Among them, 4 JU88s had caught fire, and the pilots had already begun to parachute. As for the 3 BF-110s, they were directly shot into the sky.

Seeing that they had lost their cover, the remaining JU88s and BF-110s simply threw away their heavy loads such as anti-air rockets, turned around and ran away. The P-47s also chased after them...
Chapter completed!