The Soviet La-7 fighter jets soared along with the strong wind in the sky, and once again visited the northern part of the Carpathian Mountains!
For Zhukov's Mars plan, the Soviet Air Force used very ferocious force. It dispatched 800 fighter sorties in one morning and launched a fierce attack on the German positions in the northern Carpathian Mountains.
Second Lieutenant Hartmann, who was still a newbie at flying age after graduating from high school early and enlisting in the army, was currently flying an FW190 fighter jet and sneered at the Soviet fleet ahead.
He moved the joystick lightly, and the fighter jet flew past a Soviet La-7 fighter plane with a roar, and all the machine gun bullets fired by the opponent flew into the empty air!
Not only the Soviet pilots were stunned, but also Hartmann's lead pilot. When they saw the attack from the Soviet La-7 fighter jet, they were actually dodged so lightly by the pilot who had just joined the army.
At that time, everyone was in awe of the pilot flying this fw190.
But not every German pilot has the skills of Hartmann. Faced with the attack of such a powerful Soviet fighter plane, the German fighter group felt bad. The Soviet pilots originally liked to play quantitative tactics, and one by one they pulled
-7 fighter planes come in groups, but they are also tough guys.
Therefore, the German Air Force commander issued a bold order. The fw190 fighter group turned around. They would use their speed and climb advantages to penetrate the Soviet La-7 fighter group for the second time and attack them from behind with their speed advantage!
At this time, almost all the pilots in the German fighter jets were looking at the La-7 fighters. The fighting spirit in their eyes continued to emerge, and along with the fighting spirit came the fear in their hearts.
After all, although most of the Soviet Air Force's fighter planes are outdated and outdated, they can only play some role when accompanied by a few La series fighters adapted to modern warfare.
However, such a huge number still surprised the German pilots.
It was the first time for them to face so many opponents at once. Even though most of the opponents had average performance, they looked very impressive.
In addition, many "veterans" of the Air Force have gone to participate in the British Air Force. On the Eastern Front, there can only be some "veterans" and some "rookies". Most of these rookies are people like Hartman who have joined the Air Force not long ago.
New pilot.
The lead plane of the German army happened to see the third battle group on the opposite side attacking the flank of the Soviet cluster, so the pilot inside immediately connected to the radio and said: "Hartmann, the plane on the left wing is handed over to us, and the two planes on the right wing are handed over to us.
I’ll leave the plane to you.”
Manhart chuckled: "I understand!"
He didn't talk too much because he never liked talking too much. His answers to the tasks assigned by his superiors during exercises or battles were always simple and clear.
Amidst the roar of the promise, the FW190 fighter jets rushed up in all directions, interspersed, penetrated, and then circled back to appear on the back of the Soviet La-7 fleet in the opposite direction.
The two sides were regarded as enemies and were extremely jealous when they met, and they fought together instantly.
Messerschmitt's fw190 fighter already has a performance advantage when facing Soviet aircraft. Even the Soviet La series fighters are dwarfed by Messerschmitt fighters.
In addition, the German Air Force penetrated behind and occupied a favorable attack position. After a while, the Soviet army crashed 3 La-7 fighter jets. There were already 12 unknown old Soviet fighter jets, and 2 of them La-7 fighter jets.
-7, all shot down by Hartman.
"The second one!" Hartmann said happily to himself after pressing the fire button and shooting down another Soviet fighter plane that seemed to be advanced and modern.
"Well done, Hartmann, well done!" The lead aircraft connected to the radio and praised Hartmann vigorously on the radio.
Hartmann did not speak, but continued to perform the flight game in his eyes. "Third, fourth..." Hartmann continued his first flight performance, with the fw190 under his control.
Flames were sprayed out angrily, and the sound of the machine gun roared like a thunderbolt from the blue. But all this was just the beginning of Hartmann's flight performance.
In the subsequent battles by the Soviet side, the Il-2 was shot down first, followed by the Yak-3, with many La-7s mixed in.
Germany's more well-trained air force took advantage of its formation and position to hold back nearly 30% more Soviet aircraft than its own, and even shot down a large number of attacking Soviet fighter planes.
Gradually, with the addition of German anti-aircraft firepower, the Soviet Air Force only had about 20 La-7 fighter jets left in the battle.
The battle began in silence on both sides. At this time, the lowest flying altitude of the aircraft on both sides was about 2,200 meters, and the highest was more than 4,000 meters. The clever Hamant originally wanted to rely on the performance advantage of the fw190 to increase the altitude before fighting.
As a result, the two sides must have another disparate score.
However, the Soviets obviously did not want to do this. They seemed to understand from their previous huge losses that low-altitude combat was their comparative advantage.
The pilots of several Soviet La-7 fighter jets saw that the fw190 that had dodged their attacks one after another came in front of them again.
They didn't say anything and just started fighting hand-to-hand!
Being able to be assigned to fly relatively advanced fighters in the Soviet Air Force, these Soviet pilots were naturally not rookies.
The two aircraft quickly approached and engaged in hand-to-hand combat. As soon as the aircraft entered the effective shooting range of 300 meters, both sides even fired their airborne machine guns almost at the same time!
However, another weakness of the La-7 has been exposed. Its firepower configuration is obviously not as good as that of the fw190 fighter, and its firepower density is low. And the fw190's armor is relatively thick. If both sides shoot at each other at the same time, the Su fighter will obviously suffer a lot!
After the confrontation, one La-7 was seriously damaged, but the other one luckily escaped damage and took the opportunity to use a super short-distance turn to stick to Hamant.
With almost no time to correct themselves, the aircraft on both sides quickly began to swing left and right again, with increasing amplitude. The Soviet pilots originally planned to shoot Hamant in advance, but the amplitude of Hamant's swing also changed.
The Soviet pilots simply could not catch the flight trajectory of the FW190, so several attacks fell into the air.
Hamant also reacted very quickly, and he successfully clicked off the damaged La-7 fighter jet in front of him, sending a series of bullets into the opponent's cabin.
Then Hartmann pulled the joystick sideways, and the plane passed over the hit Soviet aircraft at high speed. Another La-7 that was chasing Hartmann closely behind him almost hit the one in front!
Fortunately, the Soviet pilot who broke out in a cold sweat managed to increase his altitude and barely escaped.
But Hartman did not intend to let his opponent go like this. While the opponent was avoiding the collision, Hartmann pulled the plane and turned it around. His movements were nothing but quick!
After turning around, Hartman was ready to fight his opponent head-on!
However, the Soviet pilot who had just escaped the collision was also in a state of uneasiness at this time, so he cautiously and timidly raised the plane again and did not fire the machine gun at the first time!
Just in time, Hartmann caught the opponent's mistake and pressed the machine gun firing button continuously! For a time, tongues of flames chased the La-7's flight path like whips.
The Soviet pilot suddenly fell into a passive position. If he made one wrong move now, he would lose everything and his life would be in danger!
