The Rise of the Third Reich

Captain George Herbert Walker Bush was a very lucky pilot. Although he was shot down several times, he was always rescued unscathed. In his fighter wing, he was the pilot with the most successful rescues and the longest battlefield life. Hence the nickname Lucky Bush.

In the last air battle on Newfoundland, the F7F he was flying was seriously injured by a German jet. One engine caught fire and dragged black smoke down for several kilometers before he was able to pull it up. Finally, he flew back to the base. .

Although the plane was riddled with holes and was scrapped immediately after landing, the pilot was not injured at all. The most surprising thing was that the ground crew later found an unexploded 30mm aviation artillery shell in his cockpit!

The luck that has been blessed by two generations of true presidents has really reached the point where even the God of Death is about to take a detour!

In the early morning of April 25, 1945 (Newfoundland time), the lucky Bush, who had always taken a detour when seeing death, was leading his fighter squadron to hover at an altitude of 6,000 meters, waiting to fight the approaching German "Thousands". Machine machine *** front.

His squadron now has 16 F7Fs, which is fully equipped in number, but its combat effectiveness is severely reduced compared to before the last air battle on Newfoundland. Is this because 12 of the 16 F7F captains are novices who have just joined the naval aviation and have no idea how cruel the battlefield is?

Among the remaining four veterans, only "Lucky Bush" is an ace pilot, and the other three captains have no impressive records, and they have never been the leader of a four-plane formation before. Now, the real elites in Bush's squadron, except for himself, have either died in battle or been transferred to other squadrons to become captains, leaving only three second-rate guys as the backbone. "Lucky Bush" had no idea how much combat effectiveness the entire squadron had left.

But regardless of whether they are sure or not, today "Lucky Bush" and his men have to fight to the end for the continued greatness of America.

"Brothers from the Navy, the Germans are here, with a large fleet of more than 500 aircraft. Now we may have a good fight."

The encouraging voice of Captain Thomas Wayne, who is responsible for commanding all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fighter aircraft, came from the earphones.

"OK!"

"Kill the Nazis!"

“Where are the Nazis?”

"It's time for them to taste something awesome!"

The pilot's cheers soon reached Bush's ears. Naturally, those cheering were newcomers to the battlefield who had just joined the Naval Air Force, and had no idea how terrifying the Germans were.

Bush thought to himself: Before long, you rookies will be crying for help! If any of you are as lucky as me, maybe you can live a few more days...if only you can survive until the end of the war, so you can be with Barbara forever.

"Captain, I see them, at 12 o'clock!"

Bush's random thoughts were interrupted by his navigator Harry LeMay, who was also a rookie (Bush's previous navigator went to pilot school for training after the last Newfoundland Islands war) and just graduated from the Navy. I graduated from flight school and went to the battlefield for the first time today, so I am so excited.

Looking in the direction pointed by LeMay, Captain Bush's heart suddenly twitched. Appearing in the dark blue sky ahead were densely packed "black spots", covering the sky layer by layer. There were so many "black spots" in the sky. Outrageous.

This is a massive bombing!

Captain Bush immediately estimated a more accurate figure. There are now an extremely large number of incoming enemy aircraft. There are as many as 323 Fokker 636s, E264s (including 3 early warning aircrafts), and 90 Br.810s. The total number has reached 1,053!

After a while, the distance between the two sides narrowed to about 6,000 meters, and the model of the incoming enemy aircraft could be observed with the naked eye.

Bush found that most of them were Fokker 636 fighter jets. At the current altitude, the overall performance of this aircraft exceeds that of the F7F, and there are so many of them...

"Attention all naval aircraft," Captain Thomas Wayne's voice still sounded very relaxed, "Raise the altitude to 7,000 meters and prepare for a dive attack. Remember, your tactics are to climb, hover, dive, attack... over and over again. ! Don’t fight them!”

This is the most basic tactical use of F7 and should not be said on the battlefield at all. However, Bush knew why Colonel Wayne said this before the battle. It was to remind a bunch of rookies not to get carried away when the fight started. To fight with a flexible fighter like the Fokker 636 would be to die.

But...will we encounter German jets as we climb up? Captain Bush had no idea about this.

"Okay, guys, did you hear what Colonel Wayne said?" Captain Bush said to his subordinates through the radio while piloting the plane to climb to an altitude of 7,000 meters. "I would like to add two more points. One is, don't go with The Fokker is entangled, our target is the Me264; the second is to get closer and hit again, as close as possible to ensure a hit! "

"Understood!"

"Got it, sir!"

When he heard the affirmative answer from his subordinates, Captain Bush's plane had already climbed to an altitude of 7,000 meters. At the same time, he also found a black Fokker fighter jet in front. It turns out that when the F7F was climbing, these Fokkers were also climbing, and they were climbing as fast as the F7F.

"Captain, Fokker aircraft spotted ahead!"

"Oh my gosh, there are so many of them!"

"what to do?"

"They're blocking us..."

A bunch of newbies are already getting nervous. Captain Bush couldn't help but frown, and he could only remind his rookies again through the radio: "Don't worry about the Fokkers, pretend they don't exist, our target is the Me264 bomber!"

Attention everyone, form a two-plane formation now and charge with me! Long live America! for freedom! "

An aerial Banzai charge begins!

After Captain Bush shouted the slogan, he did not hesitate to drive his F7F and start charging like white soldiers on the ground!

His 16 F7Fs were now divided into eight two-plane formations. Each two-plane formation faced a Me264, and they all began to dive at the highest speed.

At this time, two Fokker 636s found "Lucky Bush". They flew higher than Bush's plane, rolled flexibly in the air, and got behind Bush (F7F has 4 20mm cannons and 4 12.7mm machine guns) , even the Fokker 636 did not dare to fight it (the nose of the aircraft) fiercely pursued it while firing with eight 20mm cannons. However, goddess of luck still favored Bush. Eight tongues of flames swept from both sides of the F7F he was driving, and all of them were hit empty.

Bush ignored the firelight that flew almost close to the cabin cover, and did not perform dodge maneuvers. He just aimed at a Me264 below and charged forward. Due to the F7F's heavy weight and strong horsepower, it is very fast when diving, and the Fokker aircraft behind it cannot catch up. However, the Fokker 636's diving ability is not weak, and it will not be thrown too far by the F7F, so it is very difficult to throw away the Fokker 636 by diving.

The consequence of being unable to get rid of the Fokker 636 is that the F7F will be followed by the F7F when it ends the dive. In particular, the F7F's dive will cause the altitude to drop a lot, thus entering the superior airspace of the Fokker 636. This is very dangerous for F7F!

But Bush doesn't think about this at all now. All his attention is on the fast-flying Me264 ahead. Because Bush's F7F changed direction during the climb, the flight direction of this Me264 was consistent with the flight direction of Bush's F7F. Bush flew the plane from the rear of the Me264, which was the easiest position to attack.

But there is only one chance of successful attack! The two Fokker 63e264s flying behind Bush had the opportunity to attack in level flight (if you want to fly behind the Me264, then the speed must be reduced, and you will be bitten by the Fokker aircraft), and you must seize this opportunity. There is only one way, which is to get as close to the other party as possible.

The Me264 in front of us quickly became bigger and bigger, and the distance between the two sides quickly shortened. This plane and several nearby planes seemed to have discovered the danger, and they all shot out tongues of flame. Lucky Bush is still blessed with good luck, and it seems like all the bullets and cannonballs are going around him.

The distance was very close, and the Me264 seemed as huge as the house. At this time, Captain Bush reduced the speed and leveled the aircraft. Then he pressed the cannon and machine gun firing buttons, and the aircraft began to tremble violently. Four 20mm cannons and four 12.7mm machine guns sprayed out eight fatal bursts of fire, shrouding the poor Me264. Captain Bush continued Pressing the firing button, hundreds of rounds of ammunition were fired. Only when the Me264 emitted thick smoke did he stop shooting. He pushed the joystick fiercely and began to dive downwards at almost a right angle, quickly escaping from the two Fokker 636s behind him. Plane chase.

After widening the distance between him and the pursuers, he looked left and right, but did not find his wingman. Then he called twice more, but there was no response. It seemed that the F7F piloted by a rookie was a dangerous one. not enough.

After diving down for more than 1,000 meters, Captain Bush leveled the plane again - he did not dare to lower the altitude too low to avoid being entangled by the Fokker aircraft with excellent low-altitude performance - just as he was flying away from the battlefield at full speed. , he turned back and looked up into the sky, and saw a spectacular battlefield picture that broke his heart.

Hundreds of fighter jets were twisted into a ball at high altitude. Shells and bullets traveled through the air at extremely fast speeds. Explosions, fires and thick smoke appeared alternately. From time to time, umbrella flowers fell from the sky.

This shows that most of the F7Fs did not successfully escape after completing the attack. They... were entangled by Fokker aircraft that far exceeded their own number. It looked like they were in danger!