Chapter 186 Blood in the Sky

The story begins with the life-and-death battle between the German Air Force and the British Air Force over the English Channel after the German Air Force launched the "Eagle Day" operation.

After the German Air Force launched the "Eagle Day" operation plan to bomb the British mainland, the BF109E fighter jets responsible for covering the German bombers for escort missions were not strong enough and soon exposed problems such as short range, inability to escort the entire journey, and too short a time to fight for air supremacy with the British Air Force. In general, they can be summarized as the small fuel tank capacity.

In addition, the British Air Force's latest Spitfire fighter jets also gave the German Air Force a great shock. It can be said that for the first time, the German Air Force, which had conquered the entire European continent and had no rivals, suffered over the English Channel.

The Germans, who had learned their lesson, naturally could not just let it go. The British had better fighters than their own equipment. Such a result was a great shame for the German Air Force Commander Goering, who always cared about his reputation and pomp. The improvement project for the BF109E was soon put on the agenda.

As a major revision of the BF109E fighter, although the BF109F fighter evolved on its basis, its improvement in flight performance and combat capability compared to the previous model can be said to be a world of difference.

The BF109F fighter has greatly improved the aerodynamic design of the fuselage over the previous E model.

The redesigned engine fairing is smoother and rounder, greatly reducing the flight resistance of the nose part. The two side tail support rods originally used to support the tail rudder were removed due to the strengthening of the fuselage structure, improving the overall aerodynamics of the aircraft. The tail wheel of the three-point landing gear can now be completely retracted into the tail after takeoff to reduce air resistance during flight.

A Daimler-Benz DB601N aircraft engine with an output power of 1,100 horsepower served as the heart of the early BF109F. The powerful engine output power, combined with the expanded fuel tank capacity and the lighter and more solid fuselage structure, greatly enhanced the flight performance of the F-type BF109.

In terms of firepower configuration, the early BF109F model was equipped with two MG17 92mm aircraft machine guns and an MG151 15mm aircraft cannon at the nose of the fighter. The qualified forward-firing anti-aircraft firepower was enough to deal with any air opponent that might be encountered in 1941.

This also allowed the German Air Force pilots, who were slightly inferior to the British Royal Air Force in the competition, to regain their confidence in their latest model fighters.

As the latest model of the German Air Force after the Barbarossa invasion, only a small number of BF109Fs have been produced to supply elite pilots in the front-line troops, and it has not yet completely replaced the total number of its predecessor BF109E fighters in the German Air Force.

Designed and manufactured with the British Royal Air Force Spitfire as its opponent, the BF109F fighter undoubtedly had an overwhelming performance advantage against Soviet fighters after the Barbarossa invasion in 1941.

In terms of flight speed, turning radius, climbing speed and many other key technical indicators related to air combat performance, the LaG 3 is superior to the LaG 3. Such outstanding flight performance gave the two skilled German Air Force veteran pilots plenty of self-confidence. It is not so much arrogance to ignore these Soviet pilots driving LaG 3 fighters, but rather an extreme and not far-fetched strong self-confidence.

After using a predictive maneuver to easily deceive the shooting windows of the oncoming Soviet LaG3 fighters, the two veteran German pilots pushed the joysticks and immediately drove the light warhawks with a very small turning radius, and before the Soviet pilots who were still at the rookie level in their eyes could react, they bit them at 6 o'clock.

Dongdongdong——

Dadada——

The 92mm machine gun and the 15mm aircraft cannon resonated in unison, and only a short burst lasting less than three seconds was used to accurately hit the two straight-flying LaG3 fighters instantly.

The fragments of the fuselage that exploded and disintegrated in the air, and the wreckage that fell headlong towards the lake below with black smoke after the wings were broken, ruthlessly announced the complete defeat of the two LaG3 fighters.

After the successful attack, the two BF109F2 fighters did not linger on. With the remaining energy advantage after diving down from the high altitude a moment ago, the two light BF109F2 fighters immediately climbed up to the sky again under the surging heart.

The Soviet pilots who had an absolute numerical advantage but failed to attack and lost two friendly fighters in an instant were both furious and unwilling to give up. The six remaining LaG 3 fighters immediately chased the two BF109F2s that were constantly climbing and fleeing to the high altitude.

But these Soviet pilots who had already fallen into the trap of the two German veteran pilots did not notice it.

The LaGG 3 fighter, which had a much lower top speed than the BF109F2 fighter, had little energy left after the head-on climb to the head-on shooting window. It was even more far behind the two BF109F2 fighters that dived straight down from higher altitudes and had superior top speed performance.

The six LaG3 fighters, which were climbing to higher altitudes while being chased by the two BF109F2 fighters, soon became difficult to control and had heavy noses due to the exhaustion of energy. It was even difficult to lift the noses to aim at the German aircraft to continue climbing and chasing. To put it simply, it can be summarized by the professional term "stall".

The Soviet pilots, realizing that the situation of their vehicles was not good, quickly leveled the flight attitude of the fighter planes and left the climbing state, but this made them fall into the trap of the two German veteran pilots.

After seeing this, the two German pilots who had an absolute altitude advantage in the higher airspace immediately stepped on the rudder and controlled the war eagles to dive straight down again.

The two BF109F2 fighters, which once again gained the advantage of diving acceleration, rushed towards the six Soviet LaG3 fighters that had just leveled like two arrows in the blink of an eye.

Boom boom boom——

Da da da——

Machine guns and machine guns fired again. This time, the two BF109F2 fighters, like aerial target shooting, directly calculated the shooting lead time and killed three LaG3 fighters in one shooting window.

The six LaG3 fighters, which had just leveled their flight attitude and were accumulating energy, were completely unable to evade the German attack at such a slow speed, let alone launch a counterattack. They could only watch their comrades beside them being blown up in the air and turned into balls of blazing fire, but they could do nothing.

With the excellent performance of the fighter planes that surpassed the opponents, coupled with the superb tactical formulation and the skillful cooperation of the leader and wingman with rich experience, the blood spilled in the sky with great ambition was far more real and cruel than the historical records in black and white photos.