Xu Rui said: "This is enough for now. Later, Langya will parachute to Tver, and I will lead the air force to seize air superiority over Tver."
Zhukov said: "Comrade Xu Rui, everything is left to you. As long as you can hold off the Germans for three days, you will have done a great job!"
Xu Rui said: "Comrade Zhukov, don't worry. When did I, Xu Rui, never fulfill what I said? If you don't believe me and Lang Ya, you can let others go."
Xu Rui was thinking, Zhukov is really verbose and verbose.
Zhukov smiled sheepishly and said: "Comrade Xu Rui, no one else can complete this task except you and Lang Ya. You can do more work."
Xu Rui said: "Comrade Zhukov, please give the order. I will also take the plane to bomb the German advance airfield in Bologoye to seize air superiority over Tver."
"Comrade Xu Rui, take care of yourself." Zhukov immediately saluted Xu Rui with a military salute.
Xu Rui left the Kremlin and headed for Moscow Airport.
At this time, the Moscow airport was full of planes. The pilots of hundreds of Soviet planes were neatly lined up in the lobby and were ready for departure. Seeing Xu Rui's arrival, everyone looked at Xu Rui with admiring eyes.
Many of these pilots had followed Xu Rui in the fight for Moscow's air supremacy, and Xu Rui's many stunts of Inman-Merk maneuvers in air battles completely impressed them. These pilots are usually arrogant and have their eyes above their heads, but they also
I admire people who are truly capable. Xu Rui completely impressed these talented people with his own skills and abilities. This made Xu Rui's name spread to almost the entire frontline Soviet Air Force.
When they saw Xu Rui walking in, these pilots stood in several rows and saluted Xu Rui to express their inner admiration for Xu Rui.
Xu Rui didn't say anything, he just said: "Each fighter group took off immediately, the final target is Bologoye!"
Xu Rui's words surprised everyone. A fighter pilot said: "Comrade Xu Rui, our fighter planes have a very short range and cannot reach Bologoye. Besides, aren't we going to defend Tver? Why should we go to more places?"
What about Bologoye, which is far away?”
Xu Rui said: "We only need to make two transitions to reach Bologoye. The reason why we attacked Bologoye is because the German army's forward airport must be located in Bologoye. If we sneak attack Bologoye
If Logoje succeeds, then the German air power can be annihilated in one fell swoop and seize air supremacy from Tver to Bologoje."
After listening to Xu Rui's explanation, everyone suddenly realized that it was indeed true. If the Germans wanted to attack Tver, they would definitely locate their forward airport in Bologoje. In this way, as long as they killed the German fighter planes in Bologoje,
Then we can seize air superiority over Tver without any effort.
At that moment, Xu Rui boarded a YAK-1 fighter jet and took off first. Then, one after another, planes took off and followed Xu Rui's plane, flying in the direction of Bologoye.
The plane refueled midway and landed once at the backup airport. After refueling, it came to Tver. In Tver, all the planes were filled with fuel and then flew in the direction of Bologoye...
Bologoye Airport was a busy scene. Xu Rui guessed correctly that the German advance airport was located here. About 30 to 40 fighter jets and more than 30 bombers gathered at Bologoye Airport.
At this time, planes took off and landed at the airport from time to time, mostly reconnaissance planes sent by the German army. Bombers, under the cover of fighter jets, would occasionally fly out to bomb Vittel, in order to put psychological pressure on Vittel's Soviet troops.
Captain Hartmann was the captain of the 3rd Flying Group and an ace pilot of the German army. In previous air battles, Hartmann had shot down 120 Soviet fighter planes.
Hartmann's wish was to shoot down 150 Soviet fighter jets and become the ace among German pilots. Hartmann shot down the Soviet Il-2 fighter jet the first time he took to the skies. At most,
He dispatched 4 times a day and shot down 5 La-5 fighter jets. At this time, the German record for shooting down enemy aircraft was set by Modes, who shot down 100 enemy aircraft. Therefore, Hartmann's goal was to surpass Modes, and
Within a few months, he shot down 120 enemy planes. In fact, he had become a hero of the German Air Force and a true ace.
At this time, Hartmann received news that a group of Soviet aircraft were flying towards Bologoje, probably to bomb the German airport in Bologoje. Hartmann was immediately ordered to fly his BF109 into the air.
Facing the enemy, he was accompanied by more than thirty German fighter jets.
Hartmann had already received news that the Soviets attacking this time had at least 30 to 40 aircraft. However, Hartmann believed that as long as he was there, he would be able to defeat the Soviet Air Force and win this air battle.
Compared with other arms, fighter pilots were considered the cleanest group in World War II. Although the concept of one-on-one fair combat was already outdated at this time, air combat still depends on the pilot's personal air combat skills, tactical strategies and fighting spirit to determine the outcome.
Encounters are similar to medieval chivalry.
This knightly combat style disappeared in land and naval battles, but fighter pilots have retained this knightly legacy, a group that has not been contaminated by the cruelty and massacre of modern warfare.
Especially the German pilots. Their air force commander Goering, as an ace pilot in World War I, had the old-school spirit of air combat chivalry. He taught his pilots to fight honorably and absolutely prohibited shooting enemy pilots who parachuted.
Despising transport aircraft pilots, because of this, the Luftwaffe maintained the spirit of chivalry, but had abysmal air transport capabilities, which greatly weakened the German army's combat effectiveness.
Of course, because pilots possess this noble quality, the German head of state awarded a total of 27 Germany's highest military medals - the Knight's Cross of Iron Cross with Diamonds, Double Swords and Oak, 12 of which were awarded to the Air Force, and 9 of the winners were fighter jets.
Among the ace pilots is the blond knight Hartman.
But for Hartman, he just needs to do his job well and become an excellent fighter pilot.
Hartmann had beautiful blond hair, so he was called the Blond Knight. His handsome appearance and excellent record made him a national idol in Germany.
When Hartmann learned that the Soviet army was attacking, instead of being afraid, he felt excited. He had a premonition that his plan to shoot down 150 enemy planes was going to succeed.
Behind him, another German ace pilot, Major Buckhorn, was constantly chasing his own record of shooting down enemy planes.
Buckhorn shot down an enemy plane for the first time on the battlefield. Four months later, he had shot down ten Soviet planes. Another month later, the number of enemy planes he shot down soared to one hundred. That is to say
, he shot down ninety aircraft in a month, which was an extremely surprising number. In a month, there were an average of three enemy planes every day. This efficiency made everyone stunned. Hartman knew
, if you want to become the number one ace of the Luftwaffe, you must cross the mountain of Buckhorn, and participating in more battles has become the only way for you to surpass Buckhorn.
Therefore, when he heard that enemy planes were approaching, Hartmann was very excited. He felt that this was a good opportunity to increase the number of enemy planes he and Buckhorn shot down.
Hartmann flew his BF109 fighter jet into the sky towards the Soviet aircraft. From a distance, he discovered that a group of Soviet fighter jets appeared in front...
After the Soviet fighter planes refueled in Tver, Xu Rui divided the fighter planes into three waves. The first wave was led by Soviet pilot Captain Kozhidub. Kozhidub was an extremely outstanding pilot, but the opportunity to join the air combat was the third wave.
Once, this was mainly because his grades in the fighter school were too good, which made Kozhidub the best among the students in the same period. Because of this, he was retained in the school to teach after graduation, while his classmates all flew
Arrive at the fighter squadron.
Kozhidub was very unconvinced and expressed his intention to go to the battlefield many times. After many efforts from the school leaders, he settled down. However, he never gave up his dream of becoming an excellent pilot. While training new students, he also
Refine your driving skills while constantly researching new tactics.
As the Soviet pilots suffered a large number of losses in the early stages of the war, the Soviet army continued to vigorously expand the team of combat force pilots. Kozhidub finally realized his wish to fight in the sky. This time, he followed Xu Rui and went to Bologoye to fight.
Kozhidub was very excited and flew at the front of the fighter formation. From a distance, he saw the ground anti-aircraft guns spotting him, and then a series of fires and explosion smoke spread around. Kozhidub felt very nervous.
, this was the first time he participated in an air combat, and it was also the first time he experienced the tension and fear that he would never experience on the ground. He took a deep breath, refueled hard, and flew forward.
Just then, a black mass of German fighter jets appeared in the distance. Kozhidub suddenly became short of breath and his hands were covered with sweat. He felt that his mind went blank and all the air combat techniques and movement essentials were suddenly forgotten.
One, two, three... a total of six BF109s bit his plane. Obviously, the pilots of these planes may have seen that he was a novice and wanted to take advantage. The six German fighter jets kept attacking Kozhidub.
After launching the offensive, Kozhidub suddenly realized that he was in an extremely dangerous situation. He quickly calmed down and devoted himself to the battle.
With a barrel roll, Kozhidub dodged the bullets fired at his fighter plane, rolled sideways again, bit the tail of a German plane, then pressed the trigger, and fired all the bullets at once.
The German plane was shot down. Although it was far away from the German plane, several shots still hit it. A BF109 fighter jet fell to the ground in thick smoke.