In the blue sky, 20 Me-109s flew in a V-shape from west to east. Due east of them, a Republican Army fighter formation was attacking the National Army's ground targets.
"All attention." As the captain of this German air force formation, Wales calmly gave instructions to a group of novices: "No. 1 and No. 2 descend to altitude! Go below the clouds and carefully observe the surrounding situation. Others continue to maintain the current altitude.
Await my further orders!"
"Rosenberg received, Plane No. 2 began to descend. Repeat, Plane No. 2 began to descend!" Rosenberg on Plane No. 2 lowered the flight altitude while responding to Welsh's order.
"Klich received it, Plane No. 1 is lowering its altitude. Repeat, Plane No. 1 is lowering its altitude." As the wingman of Plane 2, Klich, the pilot on Plane 1, was technically slightly better than Rosenberg.
A little worse. But compared to those rookies in the Republican Army, any German pilot on the Spanish battlefield would not be much worse.
As Unit 2 dived and descended, Unit 1 chose a more stable circling descent. However, in terms of movement, both performed very standard.
After a while, two Me-109s appeared below the clouds, becoming the "eyes" of the entire formation, searching for Republican aircraft.
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"It would be great if I only had to deal with a bunch of ground targets every day," a Republican pilot said happily on the public channel.
This pilot can be considered a veteran. He participated in two early small air battles with the National Army and was lucky enough to survive. Later, the Republican Army received the Bellanca CH-300 aided by Mexico.
Veteran pilots also naturally switched to this new model.
I heard that the biplane he had flown before had been destroyed by Italian fighter jets on the northern front. The old pilot was very fortunate that he had not fought against the expeditionary force air force so far. He understood very well that this
This is the biggest reason why he is still alive today.
"Shut up, Futsey." The captain of the Republican aircraft formation said with a smile on the public channel: "Our mission is not to pick on weak persimmons, but to defend the skies of the Republic. Don't always think about attacking the ground.
Target, we will fight the Italian Air Force sooner or later."
As the formation changed some flight directions, the veteran pilot responded on the public channel: "Captain, how about next time we deal with the German bombers first. I heard that the troops sent by Germany hardly brought any fighter units.
, only a few dozen bombers."
"Come on, Futsi. Don't expect to encounter German bombers. Not to mention that it's difficult to detect them. Even if you know their attack location, we can't catch up with the performance of our aircraft." Public channel
Here, the old pilot's companions also joked about his mentality of trying to pick weak targets.
"Quiet!" The captain's sudden roar interrupted the pilots' exchanges and banter.
"Futsi! Pay attention to your 6 o'clock direction! The 6 o'clock direction diagonally above!" The leader of the Republican aircraft formation shouted loudly: "Everyone is on alert! Wait for my next order!"
As the two black spots gradually became clear, the pilots of the Republican Army breathed a sigh of relief. Two, just two aircraft. They had a total of 14 CH-300s and 20 modified Dawes B-types.
The numerical ratio of aircraft models to 17 to 1 has undoubtedly tipped the balance of victory to the side of the Republican Army.
"Futsi! You take Corsis around from the 3 o'clock direction!" The captain of the Republican Army made a quick judgment and asked the veteran pilot with a lot of experience in air combat to lead a novice to cut off the opponent's retreat.
"Yes, received!" the old pilot loudly replied to the captain's order. Although he was not very courageous, he still had great courage in the face of just two enemy planes.
"Others spread out in formation No. 2! Keep these two enemy planes that don't know the heights of the sky! Varshi and your squad spread out in the direction of 7 o'clock, don't lose touch with the group. Targ's squad immediately pulled up...
....." The captain's orders are still being issued, showing that he is determined to win.
"Captain!" Targ's team was the first to notice something was wrong. Captain Targ even shouted in panic: "This is a new model! Their flying altitude is much higher than mine. We can't climb at all."
To such heights!"
"Captain!" Varshi also saw the trick and reported loudly: "Their speed is too fast! God, they have already reached our 11 o'clock direction!"
At this moment, the usually calm captain frowned and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic! I can see it! Keep the current situation and spread out. We have an absolute advantage in numbers. Calm down and encircle them, no problem!"
The veteran pilot sneered at everyone's reaction. After all, he was someone who had never seen the big world. The veteran pilot who had experienced two air battles with the National Army understood that an aircraft formation with a good formation has the ability to deal with individual enemy aircraft.
Absolute advantage.
Each flight formation is arranged after a lot of calculations, and the Republican Army's No. 2 formation is to give full play to the numerical advantage!
However, when the veteran pilot saw the two Me-109s circling and rising further, his traditional understanding collapsed...
The two Me-109s demonstrated not only the superb flying skills of their pilots, but also their aerodynamic advantages in this technical maneuver. What was even more terrifying was the opponent's terrifying climbing height and flying speed.
The huge performance advantage that the Me-109 showed when facing Republican aircraft could almost be described as a technological crush. After a while, the opponents of the Republican Army jumped into the clouds and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"We..." Kosis, who was partnered with the old pilot, asked doubtfully: "Do we still need to go around the original route?"
Come around! Run away immediately. This is the instinctive reaction of an old pilot. Not to mention that the opponent has almost twice the performance of our own in terms of speed and can strangle the poor Republican Army formation. The incredible climbing performance of the enemy aircraft alone is enough to make
The battle became one-sided.
Think about it, you can't reach the opponent's height, how can you hit the opponent? Do you rely on elevation angle design? If you can't match the opponent's speed, how can you create distance and create elevation angle?
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." A strange engine noise appeared above the Republican formation.
It wasn't until the fire representing death, accompanied by the Me-109 swooping down from the clouds, appeared around the Republican Army flight formation. Only then did these poor pilots discover a terrifying fact - since the opponent had an almost terrifying flight altitude,
Then they can keep more planes at higher altitudes.
Who said the enemy only came with two planes!?
Subconsciously, the Republican pilots used the performance of their own aircraft to estimate the performance of the Me-109 aircraft. This led them to subconsciously miscalculate the number of enemy troops.
The crushing difference in performance, the gap in pilot skills, and the team leader's wrong prediction. All factors are pointing to one result - this formation of the Republican Army is finished!
Me-109s falling from the sky one after another broke the psychological defenses of the Republican pilots.
"Now I give an order..." In the public channel, the Republican Army pilots heard their respected captain giving orders again: "Everyone... fight on your own... find a way to escape back!"
