At an altitude of 7,000 meters, it was a bit cold, especially in the glass turret. Seaman was already shaking a little from the cold, but he still performed his duties seriously and looked around nervously. Suddenly a group of small black dots appeared in

in his field of vision.

"Directly ahead, enemy plane found!" Seaman's voice changed slightly due to nervousness.

These small black spots continued to grow in size from Seaman's perspective. Seaman held the handle of the machine gun tightly with both hands and fired wildly at the target. Identifying the aircraft model and judging the distance were all thrown into Java.

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However, the stimulation that Seaman received was nothing compared to the stimulation that bomber pilot Laudrup received. An F4U spray-painted with German paint was doing irregular rolls while spitting flames (empty package)

The bomb) also grew larger in his front window.

"These damn lunatics! We're about to hit them!" Laudrup cursed as he quickly pushed on the rudder to dodge. The F4U almost missed his B-17 and passed by.

"It's so dangerous, you crazy man in Nainai!" But Laudrup didn't even have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and he was in a hurry again. Just as he was steering to dodge, a bomber next to him also

He pushed the rudder to dodge, but the direction was completely opposite to his! At this time, there was an immediate danger of collision between the two bombers. Laudrup quickly pushed the rudder to dodge again.

Although his evasive action avoided the tragedy of a mid-air collision between bombers, the entire formation was immediately thrown into disarray. Laudrup's corner became an obvious breakthrough point, and many "reverse cross" fighters rushed in from here.

Go in and mess up the entire formation.

"I said, we can break up these idiots' formation in the first round of assault." The Polish shouted on the radio.

"What's there to be happy about? These idiots are all Americans!"

Dad's words made all the "anti-crosses" quiet down. Yes, these idiots are all Americans. If this is really a battlefield, if they are all Germans, a huge defeat will probably happen.

It's inevitable.

A box had been broken up, and the "Reverse Cross" launched round after round of attacks on these bombers that had lost the protection of the formation, making them always tired of dodging and unable to regain their formation.

After a dive and then quickly pulling up, Ron was confident that he had at least hit the bomber in front of him with several shells again. If it was a real air battle, the bomber might have been shot down several times. But now, the results of the attack are still

This can only be confirmed after the photos in the camera gun are developed and interpreted.

Just when one box formation had been completely broken up, and it was estimated that all the aircraft in it might have been shot down, another relatively intact B-17 box formation had already approached the virtual attack target.

"Disperse the formation and prepare to drop bombs." The commander of the 385th Bomb Group issued the order, with a sigh in his voice. He knew that his men were all rookies, and it was almost impossible to withstand the attack of such a large group of aces.

There was no hope, but the rapid collapse of the left wing formation was beyond his expectation.

"Fortunately, they are not real Germans, and this is not a real battlefield. There is still another chance." The commander could only think this way now.

The commander knows that when the three-dimensional box formation is expanded into a single-layer dense formation during bombing, the bomber group is most vulnerable. The "Reverse Cross" will definitely not give up such an opportunity. I really don't know what the final results will be.

Finally, several planes "survived".

Things were just as the commander expected. When the box formation dispersed, the bomber group was immediately besieged by the "Reverse Cross". According to the original process, after dropping the bomb, the opened box should be closed immediately, but now

, under the impact of the "reverse cross" fighter jets, let alone gathering into the original box formation, it was impossible to even maintain the existing single-layer dense formation.

"Damn, you are so cruel, are you planning to leave no one alive? This is troublesome. How much effort will it take for me to boost their morale again!" Someone lamented in his heart.

However, although this "Reverse Cross" attack was fierce, it did not last long. Soon these guys quickly broke away from the battle by swooping. Then these fighters flew into a strict V-shaped formation to recover.

The bombers in box formation flew level with them for a while, then shook their wings and left quickly.

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The 24 bombers of the 385th Bomb Group landed on the battlefield one after another. All the rookies were in a very low mood. They themselves knew that their formation was completely broken up by one attack. Such results would be achieved no matter what.

They are not getting better. And most of the rookie machine gunners also know that the chance of hitting the enemy is really very low, because under the tension just now, everyone has completely forgotten the elements of shooting. Can they hit the enemy?

Basically, winning against an enemy depends not on skills, but on character.

But at least at this time, they are still full of hope - although we were beaten badly, maybe, maybe the losses of the "Reverse Cross" are not small. Every rookie is anxiously waiting for those in the camera gun

Developing and interpreting photos. It feels like a student who doesn’t study well, faces a test paper that he doesn’t understand at all, fills in some answers indiscriminately, and then sends in the test paper knowing that the result will not be very good.

I hope it will be the same as my character will explode.

However, the expected outburst of character did not occur. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, all the photos were developed. By the afternoon of the next day, the interpretation results also came out: 24 bombers of the 385th Bomb Group were killed before dropping bombs.

12 were shot down, and 6 more were shot down after the bombs were dropped. The remaining 6 bombers were damaged to varying degrees. However, the bombers' self-defense firepower only managed to damage 4 enemy aircraft.

"This is impossible!" Some rookies couldn't stand it immediately.

"They cheated, that must be it!" someone said with certainty.

"The photos are all there, theirs and ours. If you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself." The commander looked calm.

A lot of photos were taken out from several large packages, and then spread out one by one on the table, stools, beds and even the floor. All the rookies lay down with full of anger and unwillingness.

Study those photos there. But gradually, the anger turned into sadness, and the unwillingness turned into despair. Although the interpretation of several photos by the rookies was still a bit controversial, everyone knew that the "Inverse Cross" was definitely not fake.

If it were an air battle with real guns and real artillery, the result would only be like this.

The entire military camp was as quiet as a cemetery, and most of the people suddenly turned into empty shells that had lost their souls. Even the ringing of the dinner bell had lost its usual power.

"What's going on, boys? Didn't we defeat you without a little storm? Yes, we lost miserably, but was Jesse Owens invincible the first time he went on the track? Wasn't he invincible in the end?

Become a world champion? Besides, those guys, including their captain Ron, the guy with the highest number of kills in the United States, weren't they shot down by the Japanese back then? If they weren't lucky and were saved by a submarine, what the hell?

How can we have a chance to be awesome in front of us? Cheer up, boys, we failed once, but we still have a chance and we still have time! We will grow up and grow from rookies to eagles!"

The commander looked at his soldiers with bright eyes and continued to cheer them up:

"Our problems this time are caused by youth, but youth also means hope. Do you want to hear what the veterans of the 'Inverse Cross' have to say about your performance?"

"What did they say?" Someone finally raised his head and responded.

Seeing someone responding, the commander secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a letter from his pocket like a magic trick and opened it in front of everyone. Then he cleared his throat and read it loudly:

"Lieutenant Colonel Carl, congratulations.

Yesterday's drill proved that your soldiers are brave warriors. Even when the formation was broken, they still bravely persisted in fighting, successfully dropped bombs on the target, and completed the assault. This brave and tenacious spiritual command

We admire them very much. Although some of their performances are not particularly good due to experience issues, I believe that a team with such a brave and tenacious fighting spirit will surely grow up quickly and become a real eagle!

The highest battle salute

Your friend Ron"

"Did they really say that?" Many team members raised their heads. In their eyes, Lieutenant Colonel Karl saw the raging flames reignited.

"Is this still false? But they also specifically mentioned areas where we need to improve, including a large folder. If we can get rid of these problems, we will definitely make great progress."

"Where is the document, sir, show us quickly!"

"The file is in my office, but I can't show it to you now - it can only be seen after dinner. Now I order everyone to line up and run towards the cafeteria!"

The soldiers all left the barracks and ran towards the canteen. The commander also breathed a sigh of relief. As he was walking slowly towards the canteen, the deputy who had been staying beside him spoke:

"Sir, your speech was really good, but you may have made a mistake about one thing. Jesse Owens has indeed been invincible since his debut."

"Ah, really? I..."

In the restaurant, Chef Smeichel was talking to Chef Yashin:

"It's really weird today. Why don't those guys from the 385th Bomb Group come to dinner? It's really rare for them to be so inactive during meals."

"Haha," Yasin replied with a smile, "It's normal. I heard that the results of the competition came out and they were badly damaged by the gang of villains. I'm afraid they won't be able to eat anymore."

"Ah, so those high-standard foods cooked today, such as octopus and the like, weren't all in vain?"

"No, they will come - don't you think this is coming?"

In the distance, a group of guys lined up neatly, sang military songs, and ran toward the restaurant.
Chapter completed!