"Comrade Sergeant, take him to the basement." Sokov saw that the Jacques-1 fighter had forced landing and was sliding towards him, so he told the Sergeant to take care of Meyer, waved his head at Kajia and said, "Let's go, Kajia, let's welcome your long plane together."
After the enemy plane escaped, the female flight squadron did not chase after him, but was preparing to return. Lilia was worried about Kajia's safety, so she said to Laisha via the radio station: "Comrade Lieutenant, I can't go back yet. I want to land in the factory and see how Kajia is. If possible, I want to take her back with me."
When Laisha heard Lilia's request, she hurriedly said to her: "Lilia, don't worry, Kajia landed in the factory. I think she must have been rescued by our soldiers. You don't have to worry about this. Also, even if you see Kajia after landing, you can't take her back. Don't forget that the Jacques-1 fighter we drove is a single-seat."
"Comrade Lieutenant, please let me go." Lillia felt very uncomfortable when she thought of Kajia being shot down by enemy planes in order to save her. She said stubbornly: "If I can't see Kajia, I will feel uneasy."
Seeing Lilia so persistent, Laisha no longer persuaded her, but said softly: "Lilia, although the factory area is much open, there are many craters after being bombed by enemy planes. You should pay more attention to safety when landing."
In this way, Lilia, who received Laisha's permission, left the flight formation and landed forcibly four or five hundred meters away from the assembly workshop. While the plane was still taxiing, she saw a group of people walking out of the factory building with thick smoke in front of her. She was considering waiting for the plane to stop and inquire about whether anyone had rescued Kajia. But at this moment, she suddenly saw a soldier in a pilot uniform rushing out of the crowd, running towards her quickly, waving her hands desperately while running.
"It's Kajia," Although it's still more than 100 meters away, Lilia still saw clearly the person who was running towards her, which was Kajia who she had been thinking about in her heart. Her eyes couldn't help but turn red: "Kajia, she's still alive."
Before the plane could stop, Lilia pushed open the hatch and waved desperately at Kajia who was running over, while shouting loudly: "Kajia, Kajia!"
After the plane stopped steadily, Lilia climbed off the plane with her hands and feet, hugged Kajia who was rushing over, and said excitedly: "Kajia, you are still alive. This is so good, so great!"
After the two separated, Kajia raised his hand and wiped away the tears on his face, and said to Lilia with a smile: "Lilia, it was the soldier of the 73rd Infantry Brigade who saved me." She turned her head and said to Sokov and the others who were walking towards him, "Here, the young officer walking in the front is Lieutenant Colonel Sokov. By the way, he had heard of you before."
"Have you heard of me?" Lilya couldn't help but look surprised when she heard Katya say this, and she thought to herself: I have never known Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, how could he know me? However, seeing that Sokov is not far from him, she didn't care about it, so she quickly pulled the hem of her flight suit, sorted out her military appearance, and stood up in front of Sokov, and reported according to the regulations: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, Lielya, the Women's Squadron of the 437th Flight Regiment, reported to you that I had just finished my combat mission and landed specially to find the wingman pilot who was shot down."
"Although Kajia's plane was shot down by enemy planes, thankfully, her soldiers were not injured. You can rest assured." Sokov briefly introduced Kajia's situation and gave Lilia a thumbs up: "Lieutenant Lilia, you are so amazing that you shot down five enemy planes alone. I will report the results you have achieved to your superiors and ask them to award you a medal."
"Ltd Colonel," Lillia was not very interested in awarding merits. What she was most concerned about was whether Kajia was safe. Now seeing the wingman pilot standing in front of her, she felt much more at ease. She said to Sokov: "Thank you for saving Kajia."
"Comrade Lieutenant, don't be so polite, it's just a slight effort." Sokov said to Lilia with a smile: "I should thank you. If you hadn't driven away the enemy planes, they wouldn't know how long they would have to bomb over us."
After the two of them chatted politely for a few words, Sokov suddenly remembered the captured German pilot Meyer, and wanted to meet the Soviet pilot who shot down, so he tentatively asked Lilya: "Lie Lillia, we have just captured a German pilot. He was shot down by you. He wanted to meet our pilot who shot down him."
Lilia was about to reject Sokov's request, but she heard Sokov's words add: "By the way, I almost forgot that he was the German pilot who shot down your wingman."
Lilia immediately changed her mind when she heard Sokov say this. She nodded and said, "Okay, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, then I'll go see him and see what he wants to say."
Seeing that Lilia agreed, Sokov quickly ordered the soldiers who followed him: "You stay and be responsible for protecting Lieutenant Lillia's fighter planes, do you understand?"
Several soldiers standing behind Sokov were particularly excited when they learned that they would stay to guard Lilia's plane and immediately shouted in unison: "I understand!"
Sokov took Lilia to his temporary command post and introduced Lilia's identity to Zinchenko and others and the results she achieved.
When Zinchenko and the others saw Sokov coming in with two female pilots, they frowned at the same time, wondering why female pilots appeared here. After hearing Sokov introduced Lilya's situation, they were all very surprised. Zinchenko immediately felt guilty about his contempt for Lilya. He hurried forward and held Lilya's hand and said friendly: "Comrade Lieutenant, you are so amazing that you can shoot down so many enemy planes..."
While Zinchenko was talking to Lilia, the fourth battalion commander Brisky walked in excitedly. He asked at Sokov casually: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I heard that we have caught a German pilot. Is it true?"
"Yes, we did catch a German pilot." Sokov confirmed Brisky's guess and pointed at Lilya and introduced him to him: "Comrade Captain, I'll introduce you to Lieya. This is Lieya and her wingman pilot. They shot down the plane of the captured pilot and drove away the remaining enemy planes."
When Brisky learned that the female pilot in front of him had shot down the enemy plane, he immediately looked down upon Lilia. He raised his hand and saluted, saying respectfully: "Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant, if you hadn't driven away the enemy plane, I was worried that the troops would suffer even more serious casualties."
Not long after, Meyer was escorted from outside by two soldiers. Brisky only glanced at him and asked sternly: "How did you get your two first and second-class 'Iron Cross' and a 'Knight Iron Cross'?"
After hearing Brisky's words, Zinchenko instinctively wanted to translate his words. Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, Meyer raised his hand to stop him, and said arrogantly in a less standard Russian: "I can understand without translation."
He turned to face Brisky and sneered, "These two first-class and second-class "Iron Cross" were obtained after I shot down your eighth plane." At this point, he pointed to the "Knight's Iron Cross" and said proudly, "And this medal was obtained by me who shot down your three planes in one day some time ago."
Sokov had no research on the Iron Cross, so he didn't notice this detail after just capturing Meyer. At this moment, he heard Meyer's exclamation and said how many Soviet planes he had shot down, he thought to himself: Lilia is so lucky that she can actually shoot down the German ace pilot.
When Brisky heard Meyer say this, his forehead was so angry that his veins swelled up. He slapped the table hard and shouted loudly: "So what if you are an ace pilot? You have been shot down by our pilot!"
Brisky's words reminded Meyer, and he looked at Sokov and asked, "Sir Lieutenant Colonel, didn't you say you wanted to meet the pilot who shot me down? I think the pilot who can shoot me down must be your best pilot. Although he and I are enemies, I still want to pay my respects to him."
"You want to see the pilot who shot down you." Sokov said, "Here, it's this female Air Force lieutenant. She has shot down five aircraft including your fighter planes."
Seeing the petite, blonde and beautiful young female pilot standing beside Sokov, Meyer felt that he was greatly insulted, and he immediately roared: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, although I have become your captive, please give me the treatment I deserve. I think I want to meet the enemy pilot who shot down. This is not an excessive request. Please do not humiliate me."
"Corporal," Lilia, who had been silent since Meyer entered the door, suddenly took a step forward and said in skillful German: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov was not a joke, it was indeed my shot down. And this companion beside me is my wingman, she was shot down by you in the battle."
Meyer was stunned when he heard Lilia speak proficient German. He never dreamed that he, the ace pilot of the German army, would be defeated by a young female pilot who had been on the battlefield for the first time. Listening to Lilia telling some details about the air battle, he confirmed that the female pilot in front of him was really the pilot who shot down him. He did not dare to look directly at Lilia's gaze, but lowered his head obediently, and the arrogant expression on his face disappeared without a trace.
Seeing Meyer's insanity, Sokov ordered people to take him down, and then said to Lilia: "Pin Lielia, you can fly the plane back first. As for your wingman pilot, Kajia, I will arrange someone to take her back to the airport as soon as possible."
"Thank you for your kindness, lieutenant colonel." Lilia refused Sokov's proposal: "I landed in the factory just to bring Kajia back."
"Comrade Lieutenant, please be honest." Brisky couldn't help but interrupt and said, "The Jacques-1 fighter is a single-seat fighter. How can two people be seated?"
Before Lilia could answer, Sokov remembered the plot he had seen in a movie before. After a pilot of the Normandy regiment was shot down, another Soviet pilot landed beside his plane and stuffed the injured pilot into his cabin. The two of them squeezed together and rose into the air. Thinking of this, Sokov raised his hand to stop Brisky, who wanted to continue talking, and asked Lilia tentatively: "Lieutenant Lilia, are you planning to let Kajia and you squeeze in the same cabin?"
"Yes, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you guessed it right." Lilia smiled and replied: "We are both relatively thin and there should be no problem in squeezing into the same cabin."
"Okay, Lieutenant Lillia, since you have already figured out how to go back, then set off quickly." Seeing that Lillia's thoughts coincided with her, Sokov urged: "If the German fleet comes again, it will not be so easy for you to leave."
Lilia took Kaja into the narrow cabin, waved goodbye to Sokov and the others, and then swayed and swayed along the open space full of bullet craters for a hundred or two meters, and then staggered to the sky.
While they were still on the way, Laisha and Maria had already returned to the airport. But after Laisha reported the results they had achieved to Khostnikov, the colonel immediately jumped out of his seat: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible."
Faced with Khostnikov's reaction, Laisha said calmly: "Comrade Colonel, I know you look down on us, so I don't believe in the results we have achieved. If you don't believe it, you can just call your superiors and verify it with them."
In order to find out the real results of the women's squadron, Khostnikov called Commander Heliojin, reported the results reported by Laisha to Heliojin, and finally said: "Comrade Commander, this is the results achieved by the women's squadron. I think for the sake of safety, the superiors should verify it."
Chapter completed!