Chapter 1332 Efficient Operation
Alexander Mironenko was flying a biplane I-15 fighter jet, escorting its Il-4 bomber.
In order to attack the enemy's aircraft carrier formation, in addition to bombers, there must be escort fighters, otherwise the losses will be considerable. Originally, the Navy Air Force also had some monoplane similar to the I-16, but unfortunately they were all destroyed in the first wave of bombings by the Germans.
Now, more than twenty Il-4 and five Il-15 are all the remaining air force of the Black Sea Fleet. They are flying towards the German fleet with fearless spirit. Everyone knows that it is difficult to come back here, but they are fearless.
Unfortunately, when they were still far away from the enemy's fleet, they were discovered by the German patrol fighter jets!
Two f190s rushed up fiercely. After discovering the German fighter jets, the escorted I-15 fighter jets immediately met.
Although some old flying birds like biplane very much and think monoplane is not safe, the development of aviation technology has confirmed that monoplane is completely correct. The current biplane is out of date and has almost no chance of winning in the fight with German fighters, but they have no choice and must fight!
Alexander pushed the throttle all over, and the ash-62 nine-cylinder star-shaped air-cooled engine in front burst out with 700 horsepower, pushing the fighter to continue to accelerate.
Although they are all Yi-15, different batches are different, and the Soviet Union is also constantly improving. For example, the current batch is already the latest Yi-153, which has made great progress.
Unfortunately, the congenital deficiencies made it have no chance in front of German fighters.
Of course, Ancruz also saw the Soviet fighters coming to fight, but he was not interested in fighting with these fighters. The biplane could not fly at most at 500 kilometers per hour. What should he compare with himself?
Facing the Soviet fighter jets that came to fight, Ancruz and Christie ignored them at all. Pulling the operating lever, the two F190 aircraft began to climb quickly, and the engine in front burst out with 1,800 horsepower, pulling the fighter jets upwards, and the opponent only had envy.
Yes, the advantage of a biplane is at most a good horizontal hovering ability. If you chase the opponent and fly horizontally, you will be dizzy and may even be ambushed by the opponent.
However, the climb of the biplane is extremely weak. The resistance of the biplane is already great, and their aircraft engines are too bad. Now this ratio is immediately revealed.
Soviet pilots could only look up and watch the German fighter plane climb. Soon, they had to raise their heads. German fighter planes had already flew over their heads!
"Protect our bombers!" Alexander shouted, shaking his wings and signaling the other planes to follow him.
Yes, their planes are not equipped with radios, but fortunately they are used to communicating like this.
Just as they were about to turn around and return, the two F190s had already made a chic turn in the sky and then dived towards the bomber group!
The layout of the Il-4 bomber is very similar to that of the SB-2. There is a pilot below the front, a pilot above, and a rear turret behind, and a machine gunner is sitting.
At this time, the machine gunners behind were quite nervous. They almost raised their heads and looked at the German fighter jet jumping out of the sky.
Their angle is quite tricky, just outside their own firepower!
Although there is a rear-firing machine gun, the angle is limited. For example, it cannot perfectly cover the rear half of the ball, and it is even more impossible to be directly above. Should the shooter squat inside?
Now, German fighter jets dive down almost ninety degrees from an angle they cannot reach.
The overload caused by the dive made Ancrus' body float a little. He gently pushed the operating rod and put the moving ring of his sight around a bomber. In his vision, the target became bigger and bigger, and then he pulled the trigger.
"Bangbang." A flame appeared in the propeller's shaft cannon in front of the f190, and three 20mm shells accurately hit the bomber's fuselage.
The first one hit the middle of the fuselage, and a big hole was instantly exploded, revealing the skeleton of the steel pipe. Then, the second explosion also tore the skeleton apart. In the fire, the third shell hit it into two sections, burning and falling downward.
Win the flag!
For fighters, shaft cannons are the easiest to hit. The 20mm shaft cannon is actually not the largest, but its ammunition capacity is sufficient and used to attack bombers.
To attack the ground, a 40mm Bofos cannon is required.
Ancruz hit accurately, but his friend Christie had a slight deviation. At the last moment, the opponent made an emergency turn, but the bullet was empty.
Two F190s dived from the air, passed through each other's fleet, and pulled up from below. At this time, the I-15 fighters found an opportunity. They hurriedly fired a shuttle of machine gun bullets at the German fighter jets, but saw that the other party climbed up again without any loss. They could only stare at them below.
The movements of these two f190s are quite simple, they are to climb up, dive down and attack, and then climb up again. When they dive down for the second time, Christie defeated an Il-4.
The Soviet bomber group finally stopped maintaining a dense formation. They immediately dispersed, hoping to mitigate the possibility of attack. It is much safer to disperse than to gather together.
At this time, on the Hitler aircraft carrier behind, the carrier-based aircraft was also taking off quickly.
Just after receiving the news that the Soviet bomber group was discovered, the USS Hitler aircraft carrier also started to take off the carrier-based aircraft on the deck of the bow while recovering the carrier-based aircraft.
The throttle was pushed to the maximum, and the engine's supercharger let out a whistle-like whistle. The two f190s left the takeoff line one after another and rushed to the battlefield airspace. In the rear shutdown area, the two new f190s were quickly dragged to the shutdown position.
The plane's landing continued and its takeoff was not affected at all. In just five minutes, six F190s left the aircraft carrier, and these spare carrier-based aircraft were used at critical moments.
After the HS129 fleet landed, the F190 carrier-based aircraft also began to land. Compared with the HS129 that were pulled into the hangar, the F190 carrier-based aircraft did not enter the hangar. After landing, they pulled to the head of the ship, refueled, and slapped the bullets, and then took off again.
Chapter completed!