Chapter 244 German Fighter Planes

There was still heavy snow in the sky, and the severe cold formed a thin layer of ice around the fuselage.

Major Goldover, wearing goggles, faced the sharp cold wind and led a fleet of "Newport 10" aircraft towards the German army.

Looking at the two machine guns in front of the nose of the plane, Major Goldfort seemed to be in a dream.

Two weeks ago he was flying in Lyon, and now he is the squadron leader of the third squadron of the French Second Flying Group.

When Godver accepted the invitation, he refused. He said to the second lieutenant who found him: "I have no interest in being a soldier, sir. I like a free life. Being ordered around all day long will make me crazy!"

Then Goldfort added: "If I wanted to be a soldier, I would have joined the Shire flying group long ago."

However, the second lieutenant handed Godef a call-up order: "You'd better accept my suggestion, sir. Otherwise, you will become an infantryman!"

This is Xiafei's strategy. If he can't recruit these people with flying potential, Ciel won't even think about it.

In the end, Godver chose the former, or he had no choice.

After joining the army, he first served as a second lieutenant and served as an instructor of the 3rd Flying Squadron, responsible for teaching those with no flying experience how to fly airplanes.

The 3rd Flying Squadron originally had 36 people, but after two weeks there were only 28 people left.

Driving an airplane is not like driving a car. If you make any mistakes while driving, you will most likely fall to the ground and be shattered to pieces.

But this was nothing to the military. They simply added a number to the casualties, contacted their families and gave them a pension of 260 francs, and the matter was over.

As for Godeffor, he soon became a major and led the 28 surviving pilots on the mission.

Godver also had a dispute with Colonel Eagle about this: "They have just learned some basic operations, and some may even fall to death when landing, but now they are asked to fly the aircraft to perform missions. This is too dangerous!" "

"We don't have time, Major!" Colonel Iger's tone left no doubt: "Look at the battlefield, five more of our reconnaissance planes were shot down by the Germans yesterday, but we can't do anything!"

"Where are Charles's planes?" Goldfort asked: "They have defeated the Germans many times, why not send them on?"

"It's very simple!" Colonel Eagle pointed his finger at the map of the defense line: "Look at this, our defense line is more than 300 kilometers long, and 51 infantry divisions are deployed here and are still increasing, not counting The army is recruited from Africa. But there is only one flying group in Shire, so we can only rely on our infantry, understand? "

Lies, shameless lies!

Godver knew why. They were competing with Charles for control of the air force. They wanted the Army's flying group to take shape as soon as possible, so they took this extreme approach.

But orders were orders, and Godver had to carry them out.

As a result, a total of 29 fighter planes, including Major Godeffor, took off from the airport. Their mission was to patrol the Somme River area. Once a German aircraft was discovered, whether it was a fighter or a reconnaissance aircraft, they would be shot down.

"As far as I know, the Germans usually only have four or eight fighter planes." Colonel Eagle confessed: "As long as you stay together, you will be fine!"

Major Goldfort shook his head slightly. This Colonel Eagle thought that fighting in the sky was like fighting on land, and that problems could be solved by relying on large numbers of people and bravery.

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At this time, squad leader Koranka made a gesture to Major Godever. Major Godever looked in the direction he indicated and saw several German "Pigeon" reconnaissance planes escaping from behind.

Goldfort didn't think much, waved his hand, and led the fleet to chase the German reconnaissance plane.

These reconnaissance planes were just for practice for his subordinates, Goldfort thought, and they could also report some results to Colonel Eagle.

However, after following for a while, Goldfort realized that something seemed wrong.

These "pigeons" should take advantage of the lightness and high agility of the fuselage to turn frequently, so as to possibly weaken the speed advantage of the "Newport 10", but they did not do so.

Godeffor frowned and murmured to himself:

"What keeps them from turning? What's the purpose?"

Godeffor looked around, and when his eyes swept over the clouds above his head, his expression changed, and he thought of the reason.

He hurriedly waved his hand and tried to order the fleet to give up the pursuit, but his subordinates, who only had eyes for "prey", had already increased the throttle to the maximum and did not notice Goldfort's gesture at all.

Goldfort shouted loudly, but the cold wind blowing in his face prevented him from shouting anything.

Things turned out just as Major Goldfort feared...

A dozen German fighter planes suddenly appeared in the clouds. They swooped down together with the falling snowflakes, and fiercely breathed tongues of fire toward the "Newport 10".

The three "Newport 10" had no chance to react. They were immediately knocked out of balance and fell to the ground. One of them exploded in the air and disintegrated instantly.

The "Newport 10" fleet was in chaos. They were running around like a group of driven flies, without any rules or tactics, while the German fighter planes followed them calmly.

"Ta da da, da da!"

The sky was filled with the sound of machine gunfire. One after another, the "Newport 10" was beaten by the Germans until it fell to the ground with black smoke and a loud noise. Some wings and tails were broken, and they were in the air. Tumbling and falling to the ground.

Godver was terrified the moment he encountered the enemy. He had never experienced war and could not believe what he saw.

Fortunately, when a German fighter plane swooped down, he suddenly woke up when he felt the danger and hurriedly drove the fighter plane to avoid it.

At this time, there was no skill or tactics, only conditioned reflexes.

Major Goldver tried to raise the nose of the plane. He knew that only by maintaining the altitude could he avoid the enemy's pursuit.

Suddenly, two "Newport 10s" chasing an enemy plane collided in the sky. The scene was very tragic. After a burst of fire, the sky was full of shattered aircraft parts.

Goldver dodged left and right to avoid the fragments of the explosion, and narrowly broke through the smoke, and suddenly found a German fighter plane in front.

He recognized that it was the German "Albatross B" aircraft. It was tested as a civilian aircraft before the war, so it was not kept secret. Goldver had seen it once during a flight show in Germany last year, but he did not expect that it would be an opponent when he saw it again.

Goldfer gritted his teeth, stepped on the throttle and followed, then pulled the trigger, and the bullets "da da da" hit the "Albatross B" and wood chips flew everywhere.

Soon, its nose tilted and fell to the ground in black smoke.

This was also the first enemy plane shot down by Goldfer, and the only enemy plane shot down by the Third Flying Squadron in this battle.

(The picture above shows the German Albatross B two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, which was tested in 1914 and entered service in 1915)