"It looks like the oil field has really blown up."

"It looks even more like it from a height of several thousand meters. I think Stalin should be happy now."

"I should be happy. If he is happy, we will be able to have a safe life here for a few days."

"There will probably be several more bombings. By the time Stalin confirmed that he destroyed the Kirkuk oil field, it will be a long time to be peaceful."

"Well, I hope so."

Just seven or eight kilometers away from the oil production area where the fire broke out, General Rommel was whispering with his Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Bismarck. What the two discussed was actually a trick to fool people.

This trick was very popular at that time, just to make some fake targets to fool pilots in the sky. The Germans erected more than 100 fake oil pumps in a small-scale oil production area in the Kirkuk Oilfield. They were all fakes made by carpenters, but it was difficult to recognize them from a height of several thousand meters.

At the same time, he asked someone to dig some pits next to these fake oil pumps, and then poured some light crude oil and gasoline in. As soon as the Soviet bomb exploded, the oil pits were naturally lit. The thick smoke from the rise looked very intimidating, as if there was a fire in the oil field.

After this forged oil field fire was taken into photos and handed over to Comrade Stalin, Stalin would probably think that the air strike was good and there was no need to carry out such heavy bombings... At least it would allow Rommel and Bismarck to have a safe life for a few months.

Of course, Rommel and Bismarck still don't know how miserable General Alexander Lear's fighter jets shot incoming American bombers.

In fact, the decision made by Roosevelt and Stalin to bomb the Kirkuk and Abadan oil fields was a huge mistake. Because the place they were going to bomb was too important, and it was too far from the Soviet border, and the planes needed to fly 700-900 kilometers to reach their destination. Germany deployed radar stations near the Soviet border, and Soviet and American aircraft would be discovered before crossing the border, so that the German 4th Air Force would have enough time to mobilize aircraft and formulate combat plans.

Moreover, the Luftwaffe in this time and space is much larger than in history, and it has several times more high-altitude high-speed fighter jets. For example, the fighter jets used to deal with enemy strategic bombings, such as he-219, f-190b/c and b-109t, had exceeded 2,700 (commonly used), while the 4th Air Force in the Middle East had as many as 900!

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"Everyone pays attention! We are going to dive!" Li Mei was gritting her teeth and pressing the wheel hard at this time so that the b-17 aircraft she was driving dives down at a 60-degree angle. This is very dangerous for a four-engine heavy bomber, and the fuselage may disintegrate because it is difficult to withstand the gravity brought by the dive.

But Colonel Li Mei had to do this because there were two he-219 planes chasing his b-17, which were 12 machine guns. If they were hit, they would be dead. So Li Mei could only try her best to escape from the battle by accelerating dive.

"The Germans are following! Oh my God, they are getting closer!" The voice of the tail gunner Jason came, and then the sound of the machine gun fired.

"Stop them and don't let them get close!" Colonel Li Mei held the steering wheel hard and continued to rush down regardless of the violent tremor of the fuselage.

"They are gone, they are gone... pull up quickly! Colonel, pull up quickly!" Jason, the tail gunner, shouted in a voice that was almost crying.

"Baby, get up!" Colonel Li Mei shouted and pulled up the steering wheel with all his strength. He almost heard the sound of metal disintegration of the fuselage. But the plane was miraculously intact!

"God bless Boeing!" Colonel Li Mei, who escaped from death, almost cried with joy. At this moment, Li Mei suddenly found a b-17 outside the window on the left dive at a faster speed and a steeper angle, and a dense rain of bullets surrounded it mercilessly. The fist-sized tracer bomb was smashed down like a rainstorm, and a ball of flame exploded on the wings and fuselage of the unlucky bomber.

It turned out that the two he-219s chasing Li Mei discovered better targets during the pursuit, and this b-17 that was about to end, so they gave up the plane Li Mei was flying.

"God!" Li Mei had no intention of paying attention to the final outcome of the plane. He was busy saving his life. The bombing operation had completely failed for him. All the flying b-17s of the 305th Bomber Wing had thrown the bombs in the desert to reduce the weight and escape.

But even so, it seems that everyone's life is still difficult to save! Because there are too many German planes and they are fighting too hard. Especially the firepower of the twin-engine fighter is so fierce that it is crazy.

He suspected that this kind of aircraft was tailor-made for the B-17 air fortress. No matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot withstand the bombardment of 6 machine guns!

"College, the enemy plane is catching up! The enemy plane is here again!" The tail gunner Jason interrupted Colonel Li Mei's thoughts with a desperate roar.

This time, the two he-219s and two f-190s came to Li Mei, two dual-machine formations and rushed over from two different directions.

Now it's over! Colonel Li Mei knew that his plane could not withstand a high-angle dive again. And... there were two F-190s, and even if the b-17 dive, it would be impossible to escape.

"Fire! The machine cannon fires, kill the Germans!" He roared at the top of his lungs, but the first thing that was fired were two H-219 12 machine cannons!

The shells hit the solid body of the b-17 like hail, and immediately knocked the plane into a sieve, and a scream sounded.

"Ah! I was hit!"

"God, Jason's head is gone!"

"Blood! Blood! My blood..."

"An engine caught fire, the plane was no longer working, so parachuting!"

The plane really couldn't do it. One engine caught fire, one engine stopped, and a big hole was made on one wing, and the fuselage was riddled with holes. It would definitely not be able to fly back to the Soviet Union.

"Skydiving! Skydiving now!"

Colonel Li Mei had no choice but to parachutize and escape, but this place is above the Kingdom of Iraq and is close to the Kirkuk Oilfield, where the Germans stationed heavily in this area.

At this moment, Rommel had sent several cavalry regiments belonging to the SS to wait on the ground to capture the prisoners. So Colonel Li Mei successfully parachuted, and what was waiting for him was a "Soviet-German Friendship Concentration Camp" specially built for Soviet prisoners of war... Li Mei, who was supposed to be the god of death in the American air, is in great trouble now, and he will soon begin to experience a life of prisoner war reform that touches his soul.

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"Boom!"

Huge mushroom clouds rose from the ground, and blue and black smoke columns rose more than a thousand meters high, and red flames could be seen rolling in the smoke column. At this time, the scene of the HS293 gliding bomb hitting the oil depot of the Batong refinery. More than two years ago, the scene of French aircraft bombing Baku seemed to have reappeared. The difference was that countless anti-aircraft guns fired dense shells, and countless smoke balls exploded in the air more than 1,000 meters below the German Ju288 high-altitude bomber.

However, for the HS293 remote gliding bomb ju288 hovering at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the lethality of these Soviet anti-aircraft guns is almost zero. Because even the effective firing height of the 1939 anti-aircraft gun is only more than 8,300 meters, which is less than 10,000 meters. As for the larger caliber 130mm anti-aircraft gun, it cannot hit the target at an altitude of 10,000 meters without radar fire control and radio near-explosion fuse.

The 72 Ju288s led by Major General Johannes Steinhof Air Force can very comfortably place the HS293 bombs accurately in the Soviet refinery, causing waves of big explosions!

"General, discover the Soviet high-altitude fighter jets!"

Inside Major General Steinhof's Air Force's headphones, the voice of Captain Heinrich Alexander Ludwig Pete Zusakhayan-Wittingenstein, the captain of Prince Heinrich Alexander Ludwig Pete Zusakhayan-Wittingenstein. The prince's captain is also an ace who has won the Blue Max medal. He is now flying the He-219 Night Battle/High-altitude fighter, so the plane is equipped with radar, which allows him to discover the Soviet MiG-3 fighter at a longer distance.

"How many planes are coming?" asked Major General Steinhof Air Force.

"About 10 aircraft."

Major General Steinhof issued an order through the airborne radio station, "Stop bombing now and raise the altitude to 11,000... Prince, you lead a squadron to meet them, touch the performance of Soviet high-altitude fighters, see how high this aircraft can fly, and how maneuverable it is at an altitude of 10,000 meters?"

German intelligence agencies knew that the best high-altitude aircraft of the Soviet Union was the MiG-3, which could operate at an altitude of 10,500 meters and had a maximum speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour. In theory, this aircraft was not a threat to the ju288, because the high-altitude model of the ju288 flew higher and the maximum speed could reach 670 kilometers per hour.

The latest model of He-219 flies as fast as the ju288, and it also has a maximum speed of 670 km/h. Moreover, the engine it uses is more performant at high altitudes, and in theory it can defeat the MiG-3 at high altitudes.
Chapter completed!