Bodenton continued to maintain altitude and circled around the airport to make sure that there were no other German fighter jets at high altitude. At this time, the 88mm anti-aircraft guns deployed by the Germans near the airport began to fire at them. Although these 88mm guns

The threat to fighter jets is limited, but it is not without threat. Therefore, Boedon took the P-81 fleet to shorten the distance from the airport - the P-81's airborne time is quite long, which allows Boedon to continue to be near the airport.

Standby.

Since they completely lost air supremacy, the anti-aircraft firepower of German airports has become stronger day by day. Up to now, the Germans have deployed more and more 20mm, 37mm, and 88mm anti-aircraft guns near the airport. Compared with almost a year ago,

Several times more. Faced with this

With the intensive firepower, even a thick-skinned guy like the P-81 is not willing to enter the air defense fire circle of the airport when the enemy is prepared. You know, even the P-81 may not be able to

It can withstand a head-on hit from a 37mm gun.

However, the defense area of ​​small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns is still very limited. The German fighter jets cannot always stay within the 1,500-meter height range within the airport wall. Even if the Germans really intend to be a coward, the bomber group will soon be able to do so.

They stuck their heads out obediently.

The Germans also understood this, so when the P-81 fleet moved a little further away, they began to run outside to higher ground. However, as soon as the P-81 fleet turned its head, they all shrank back. One plane even

Because the steering was too sharp, it stalled and fell straight down.

"Could the Germans have sent people here who have never flown a plane before?" Seeing such a scene, Boeing was really surprised.

At this time, the b-25 medium bomber formation of the 21st Attack Wing had also arrived near the airport. These b-25 bombers were equipped with fuel-air bombs used to suppress ground air defense. The bomber group flew from an altitude of about 4,000 meters

Start to enter

Enter. This height has exceeded the threat range of small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Relatively speaking, it can also better ensure the accuracy of the attack. Although the large killing range of fuel-air bombs has reduced the accuracy requirements, it can drop accurate

It's better to be more accurate.

The appearance of the bombers further intensified the chaos of the German army. After Lindbergh was shot down, he had not had time to rush back to the airport. The command was now taken by his staff officer Duy. Duy knew that if the fighter jets continued to stay near the airport, they would only

Make the airspace near the airport more

The crowding made it difficult for the remaining fighter jets to take off. And these fighter jets that were ready to take off were now lined up neatly at one end of the runway. Once they were bombed by enemy bombers, the consequences would be unimaginable. So Dui immediately

This order was issued:

"All fighter jets that have already taken off must attack immediately to intercept enemy bombers! Any fighter jets that still linger near the airport will be considered treason and will be hit by anti-aircraft fire!"

This tough order finally worked. About twenty fighter jets of various types that had already taken off finally mustered up the courage to fly out of the protected area of ​​the anti-aircraft artillery, trying to intercept the approaching bombers.

Naturally, Boedon would not let go of such an opportunity. With one order, 24 P-81 fighter jets rushed towards the German fighter jets that had left the protection of the anti-aircraft artillery.

There is a saying that most of the German fighter jets are more suitable for veterans. Because most of them are fighter jets with outstanding advantages and disadvantages. For example, the BF-109 series fighter jets have excellent climb and negative g maneuverability, but

The hovering is average, and the lever force (the force required to pull the operating lever) is surprisingly large. In the hands of a veteran who can effectively manage his own energy,

This is a pretty terrifying fighter, as evidenced by the large number of Luftwaffe aces with more than 200 kills. But if it falls into the hands of a novice, it will lose a lot of energy when it turns a corner.

The BF-109, which can make the pilot's hands sore that he can't even lift it with just one turn, is simply deadly. A novice piloting a Spitfire can probably easily kill another novice piloting a BF-109.

Not to mention the other main fighter of the Germans - the fw-190 series fighter. This thing has the best roll, very strong firepower, very strong structure, very good acceleration and dive,

As well as a fairly good climb and a mess of circling. In the words of the Germans themselves, this thing was turning sharply.

At this time, the speed on the speedometer drops so fast that the needle on it rotates as fast as an electric fan. All in all, this is by no means an aircraft suitable for circling and grinding. However, the most favorite thing for rookies is grinding. So, um

, you see, you don’t even need to attack, those rookies will use one sharp turn after another to stall themselves directly.

What appeared in front of Bodenton now was a group of rookies who knew nothing. Most of them had only flown for less than 20 hours, and of those 20 hours, they had not even spent two hours flying on a fighter jet.

As a result, the performance of these rookies was an eye-opener for Bodden.

Boedon rushed towards these rookies with his P-81. He used his shooting halo to noisily trap a family of FW-190s that were flying straight towards him. The plane also flew straight towards him.

, as if I wanted to play a shooting match with him.

"Yes, it's quite impressive!" At a distance of one thousand meters, Boedon opened fire. Six 20mm cannons opened fire at once, immediately beating the FW-190 that had not made any move to pieces.

The shell cut off the right wing of the FW-190, causing the aircraft to spin and fall.

Almost at the same time as Boeing, some other P-81s also opened fire, and on the opposite side, one after another German fighter jets fell like leaves in the autumn wind. At this time, some German pilots seemed to understand.

The fw-190 immediately started a barrel roll crazily, and then a guy and another bf-

109 collided with each other, and the two planes immediately turned into a ball of flame. There was also an FW-190. After witnessing Boeing shooting down his lead plane, he was so frightened that he panicked, made a sharp turn, and then entered

It spiraled and then fell. Bodenton estimated that the possibility of a rookie like this being able to correct the spiral on his own was almost zero.

Just as a hedge, the Germans lost 18 fighter jets. Among them, 11 were shot down by the Americans, and they were killed by themselves and themselves. Seven more were overturned and stalled and crashed. Waiting for Boeing to pull up the plane again

, looking towards the German fleet, there were only 4 planes left there.

"How can they let such rookies fly into the air to fight in air combat? How can they let these rookies who can't even do the most basic movements fly into the air to fight! This is simply a crime! It's murder!" Although he is actively shooting down records again

A number was added to it, but there was none at all.

On the contrary, his heart was even filled with anger, so much so that he wished he could fly a P-81 fighter jet and land directly at the airport below, then rush into the German command center and grab the commander below.

collar and slapped him hard several times.

In this mood, Boeing had no interest in cleaning up the remaining planes. Hey, it would be great if they were all targets like the first one he shot down today.

"From 05 to 08, you go and do the rest of the work. It's really demoralizing to bully these rookies," said Bodenton.

…

"All pilots who have boarded the plane immediately leave the plane and enter the air raid shelter!" Seeing that the fleet of planes that had already taken off was wiped out in just one encounter, Dui understood that it was meaningless to continue taking off the plane.

Now the enemy bombers can be seen directly with the naked eye, and it is too late to take off.

On the runway and the tarmac, pilots climbed out of the cabin one after another. They didn't even have time to wait for the ground crew to bring ladders, they jumped down and ran towards the air raid shelter.

At this time, the B-25 fleet had entered the attack range of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun. One shell after another exploded near the fleet, exploding black peonies in the sky. Because there was no fear of being attacked by enemy fighter jets

, the b-25s formed a looser formation, which reduced the threat of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns a lot.

However, contrary to the pilots of the Luftwaffe, the quality of the German anti-aircraft artillery is getting higher and higher. The explosion point of the first round of shells fired by the German anti-aircraft artillery is still some distance away from the B-25s, but the explosion point of the second round

In subsequent bombardments, the control of the explosion point became better and better. Before entering the official bombing route, 5 B-25s were damaged to varying degrees, and 3 of them had one side engine on fire.

, have broken away from the formation and are flying in other directions. They are probably going to parachute.

Under the fire of 88mm anti-aircraft guns, the bomber group approached the airport and began to drop those deadly bombs. Watching half of the bombs fall, they suddenly opened a parachute, and then drifted towards their position.

Major Heinz, who was commanding the 88mm anti-aircraft gun to fire wildly, immediately had a word pop up in his head: "fuel-air bomb"!

Heinz understood the power of this type of bomb from the information he had previously obtained. He knew that the range of damage of this type of bomb to exposed living targets was ridiculously large, and the killing effect was also ridiculously good. And his anti-aircraft gun position belonged to

Fortunately, Heinz was not unprepared for such an exposed target. There were several small but well-sealed air raid shelters next to the anti-aircraft gun positions, and there were enough oxygen tanks in them.

"Quick! Get into the air-raid shelter!" Heinz immediately issued the order. The soldiers who received the order dropped their anti-aircraft guns and ran frantically towards their respective air-raid shelters. In the blink of an eye, no one could be seen on the entire position - due to the constant traffic every day

In the confrontation with Allied bombers, the training level of the German anti-aircraft artillery units has indeed improved significantly.

Dozens of bombs with parachutes fell. These bombs first exploded at a height of more than ten meters. A puff of white smoke quickly enveloped various anti-aircraft gun positions near the airport. After a few seconds, these white smoke

The fog exploded violently. Small mushroom clouds exploded at various target points.
Chapter completed!