The decisive battle against the Third Reich

This is an air battle between the German BF109 and the British "Hurricane".

Both sides unanimously chose the battlefield over the 21st Armored Division.

For the British army, the purpose of doing this was to attract the main force of the German air force to come and fight. The traditional British army is not good at flexible tactics, such as ambushes, sneak attacks, etc. They are better at stretching out the battle and then launching a charge, just like the confrontation in the knight era.

The Luftwaffe had to respond, because the 21st Armored Division was their main cover mission. Failure to respond would mean that the 21st Armored Division would suffer a heavy blow, so the German attack on the Alamein line of defense would be out of the question.

At the same time, the German Air Force was also happy to respond, because the air defense forces of the 21st Armored Division would provide them with the necessary anti-aircraft firepower.

As Qinchuan saw, anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns were set up immediately and rained bullets into the air. Most of the anti-aircraft guns were "Bofors" anti-aircraft guns... The Germans were reluctant to use the 88 anti-aircraft guns for air defense. Because they found that this thing is more suitable for tanking.

It was actually very dangerous for the ground troops to do this. Soon they were attacked by enemy fighter planes... Several "Hurricane" fighter planes swooped down, and with the roar of machine guns, bullets hit an anti-aircraft machine gun position. Several German soldiers were beaten into a sieve.

Ground troops feel powerless against high-speed, flexible fighters in the air. As a sniper, Qin Chuan knows this very well.

You may be able to spot a few fighter planes and use them as targets, but in fact it is difficult for the bullets and shells fired to hit the target. The reason is that the aircraft moves at high speed, unless you can judge the distance and speed of the target and accurately shoot the lead... In fact this is very difficult to do, the background of the aircraft is the sky and there is no reference to anything.

And even if you guess right or get it right, your calculations and luck will disappear as soon as the target changes or rises.

As a result, several anti-aircraft machine gun positions and anti-aircraft gun positions were destroyed by British fighter planes and bombers. Fortunately, these shooters and gunners were well-trained. After they judged that they had become the target of the enemy and would inevitably be destroyed, they first Drop your equipment and run away when the time comes... Experienced soldiers know to avoid the firing line of enemy fighter planes when escaping.

The so-called shooting line is the direction in which the enemy fighter plane dives down. This direction is basically the direction in which the bullets are coming, and the bullets will also shoot a long line of bullets on the ground.

If you run in the direction of this line... then you are finished, a 7.7MM machine gun bullet will ruthlessly pass through your body.

Well-trained German soldiers knew how to run longitudinally along this line, so some of them survived.

Of course, the German Air Force would not allow the British troops to attack the ground troops unscrupulously, so they immediately swooped down to join the battle group. The fighters of both sides soon fought together to start a tense and fierce fight.

The performance of the German BF109 is better than that of the British "Hurricane" fighter. This is mainly reflected in the faster speed of the BF109... Speed ​​is always the first indicator, especially in the era of dogfights, having a faster speed can always escape. Use the enemy's tail bite to even circle behind the target and destroy it.

(Note: The BF109 has a top speed of 686 kilometers per hour, and the "Hurricane" fighter jet has a top speed of 505 kilometers per hour)

But this is not the most important thing. What is terrible is the relatively backward formation tactics of the British army... The British army has always adopted a three-aircraft "V" dense formation, that is, the lead aircraft is in front, and the two wingmen are on either side of the lead aircraft. To the side and rear, the wingman is about 100 meters away from the lead aircraft.

The British Army believes that such a dense formation covers the largest observation angle and is most suitable for air combat... In the Iron Triangle, as long as each pilot pays attention to and is vigilant about the area he is responsible for, he can perfectly detect and deal with enemies approaching from all directions.

But in fact, this is just an idea that the British had on their heads, just like they came up with the "infantry tank". Even because of the tradition and conservatism of the British, even if this formation was proved to be unsuitable for air combat in actual combat, the British Air Force was still unwilling to correct its mistakes.

The actual results were exactly the opposite of what was expected: because the formation was too dense, the wingman pilots had to fly very carefully. Their main focus was on keeping the formation distance from the lead aircraft, and they had no time to pay attention to the rear. When performing maneuvers such as sharp turns, the British lead aircraft must be extra careful and must spend the few seconds that can determine the outcome of an air battle to prompt the wingman to prepare. Because they are at such a close distance, the two machines will collide if they are not careful.

The lead pilot thought that he was protected by his wingman in the rear, so he could rest assured. Often it was only after they were bitten by German fighter jets that the British discovered that there was a tail behind them and even the wingman had been shot down, but by the time they discovered it, it was already too late.

The German army originally also adopted this "V" shaped formation.

But on the one hand, because the number of BF109s was small, they had to be deployed in a dispersed manner, so a two-plane formation method was gradually formed with a distance of about 200 meters between the two planes.

As a result, the Germans found that this kind of horizontal formation was far more maneuverable and flexible than the "V" three-machine formation, so they used the two-machine formation without hesitation.

As a result, BF109 showed its prowess in the air. Amid the roars of fighter planes and the sound of machine guns, one after another "Hurricane" fighter planes plummeted from the sky with black smoke and strange roars.

This is the first time Qin Chuan has watched an air battle at close range as a third party... In fact, Qin Chuan cannot be considered a third party, but at this time he has completely entrusted his life to the driver, so he is almost a loser. Theater crowd.

In his eyes, aerial combat is like a bunch of kites flying in the sky. From time to time, a few of them fall down due to damage or entanglement.

This doesn't feel cruel... although Qin Chuan knows that this is not the case, because it can be imagined that the pilots flying those fighter planes are chasing the target nervously while trying their best to avoid becoming the enemy's target.

But at least there was no blood or bloody limbs, and there were no disgusting broken limbs. There were just a fighter plane crashing with smoke, a fighter plane catching fire and disintegrating, or a fighter plane falling to the ground due to a mistake...

Of course, most of those shot down were British fighter planes.

This made the German soldiers who were fed up with the British bombing and suffocated, cheered:

"Well done!"

"Show these guys something awesome!"

"Wow, did you see that? They destroyed another one!"

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This reminded Qin Chuan of a person, the legendary German ace pilot Marcelo.

The pilot's confirmed personal record of destroyed aircraft was 158, 151 of which were obtained over North Africa. What is incredible is that he once set a record of shooting down eight enemy aircraft within ten minutes.

It takes ten minutes to shoot down eight enemy planes. Even if you line up and let them be used as targets, it will take about this time!

Seeing the white mushroom-like parachutes flashing out of the sky as fighter planes were shot down, Qin Chuan wondered...could one of them be Marcelo?