Chapter 68 Attack of the Eagle Day
"Eagle Day" is the code name for the decisive battle between the Chinese Federation and the "New Eight-Nation Alliance", and this day will also become the most memorable day in the history of the Chinese Federation.
The weather in June is hot, but there is no feeling of heat in the "Storm Goddess" attack boat. The temperature is constant in the cockpit with air conditioning. Even the hot sun in the desert does not make the Red Earl Richterhoven feel a little uncomfortable.
Wearing sunglasses, he chatted with his men on the radio. As the "godfather" in the air, chatting was not his favorite, but this time he had to chat.
In order to maintain the suddenness of the attack, this was a flight without the "Hawkeye iii" airship, and everything was in their own control. Without the control of the air guide in the "Hawkeye iii", the pilots had a relaxation like a wild horse.
But soon after, they discovered that when they were flying only 15 meters away from the ground, their visual range was surprisingly short. The farthest place they saw was nothing but those sand dunes that looked like mountains.
The 300 "Storm Goddess", their wings that were much wider than those of the plane, casting black shadows on the sand. Occasionally, when I saw a valley, I checked with the map, and the "Red Earl" Richthofen immediately cheered.
"Brothers, have you seen the canyon ahead? Change teams will drive. Let's go to the valley to rush!"
He said, stepping on the rudder under his feet.
The most unpleasant thing about driving the "Storm Goddess" is that it is not as free and easy as flying a fighter. That is, it is impossible to roll freely, nor can it enjoy the pleasure of diving, the thrill of pounce on the earth.
Of course, the "Goddess of Storm" will also give Richterhoven an alternative pleasure.
That is, the ground-effect boat is a ground-breaking aircraft that is extremely sensitive to terrain, especially when it enters into canyons and mountains, which is even more challenging.
At the same time, when the red baron Richthofen was flying in the desert of Iraq, Frank Luke led a large aircraft group of 600 fighter jets. In the sky, the "Hawkeye iii" and "Female Whale" gasoline were dispatched at the same time to coordinate air combat.
Of course, you know that they are just a cover. The ones that actually take the life of the "European Joint Fleet" are those "flying knives".
But this was not the case when it came to the ears of Marshal John Jelico of Britain. His intelligence came from the French Second Military Intelligence Agency and reported on intelligence personnel sent to countries along the Red Sea coast. In order to cope with the attacks of the Chinese Federal Flight Team that caused the "Combined Fleet" to suffer great losses, Major General Picarr sent a large number of spies to this area, using wired, wireless, and lights almost to use the oldest beacon towers to solve the problem of intelligence transmission.
"According to the news from various observation points along the coast, the Chinese Federation dispatched the largest air force since the war. Among them, Hawkeye flight alone reached 15. The forwards of the air force were entirely composed of fighters, and bomber formations were accompanied by the rear...1"
Upon hearing this news, Marshal John Jelico shook coldly in his heart. He had been trying to consume the other party's air power for a long time. One expectation in his heart was that when the other party's domestic consumption reached a critical point due to the consumption of this war, the Chinese Federation would naturally surrender.
Historically, the Chinese were not very warlike. Moreover, their patience in war was not very good. As an ancient civilization, the trend of diplomatic thinking that mainly focuses on "peace" has always influenced China's national policy.
Of course, these are the old accounts before the "problem bandit" appeared.
After all, the Chinese leaders at that time would not have sent fleets to attack the other side just because of an inappropriate word from the diplomats of other countries. They would even steal the other side's colonial capital. Another expectation in the heart of Marshal John Jelico was that when Tang Yunyang consumed too much of the national strength of the Federation in the war that had been going on, the opposition would rise up, which would eventually affect the national policy of the Chinese Federation.
"So this time, is it because the pressure in China is too great that this crazy 'problem bandit' takes action desperately?"
Of course not!
I believe everyone can clearly understand the status of Tang Yunyang in the hearts of the people of the Chinese Federation. What kind of status does a person who liberated the Chinese from the semi-colonial and semi-feudal status have in the hearts of the Chinese people? Perhaps the loyalty of the Chinese people is not very clear to the leaders of Western countries.
It’s not their fault for this, they can only blame them for never really knowing the Chinese except for their liking for the wealth of the Chinese Federation.
At this time, a huge fleet of aircraft flew across the Red Sea and approached the Suez Canal.
Before the war began, the pilot's headphones were usually told by priests, priests, imams, monks, Taoists, etc. to stabilize the morale of the army, such as "God bless", "My Buddha's mercy", "Infinite Heavenly Venerable".
600 "Flying Blades" rushed directly to the Suez Canal. Behind them was a vast array of 400 meteor bombers. If you don't have to really bomb, you may be scared and the soldiers of the "Combined Fleet" would say dozens of "God Blessing".
"Oh my god, the people in the Chinese Federation are crazy!"
In addition to ordering fighter jets on simple aircraft carriers to take off, Marshal John Jelico also rescued the British Flight Team on Shanghai Maltese Island, the British station. He knew that according to such a situation, the "problem bandit" had gone crazy. He knew that this guy was the kind of person who would not give up until he reached his goal.
With the orders of Marshal John Jelico, the catapults on the simple aircraft carrier in the "Combined Fleet" were like crazy, and a series of fighter jets were bounced into the sky. At the same time, in order to increase the time for aircraft to fight in the air, the warship group would also move forward after taking off.
Although doing so may increase the midway of the aircraft fleet on Maltese Island, it will have no impact on them who had not originally planned to fight.
The pilots of the "Combined Fleet" left their aircraft carriers with a bit of attachment. The air combat during this period has caused them to suffer a lot of losses. If the Dutch reinforcements were not for the timely carrying a large number of aircraft to replenish the pilots, then the flight squadrons on each aircraft carrier would have many vacancies this time.
As soon as they flew together, while the plane groups of both sides had not yet met the battle, the communication of the "European Joint Fleet" flight team had not been disturbed by the powerful radio of "Hawkeye iii", the air commander of the "Emergency Fleet" George Guneme made arrangements to his men.
"Gentlemen, according to intelligence, the enemy's target is our combined fleet ship. You must understand that this is our home. We cannot let these bastards make trouble here. God bless us, Amen!"
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This is the war, once it unfolds, no one can control it anymore!
Nearly 2,000 aircraft on both sides, plus dozens of airships, if you include the "Red Earl" who is "running around" in the valley - Richthofen's "Goddess of Storm" formation, the number of more than 2,300 aircraft has reached the number of more than 2,300 aircraft.
I believe that before World War II, this was the largest air battle. If we look at the entire battlefield, the total number of aircraft and other aircraft used by the two sides of the war has reached a huge number of more than 10,000. Although it is still quite different from the number of aircraft on the Western Front of World War I, the quality of the aircraft at this time is far from comparable to that of those aircraft.
Due to its huge size, both sides received close attention from each other. In this case, the "Red Hunting Squad" no longer played with any conspiracy that worried the pilots of the "European Joint Fleet".
The aircraft group of both sides was as dignified and indecisive as the contest between the air knights in World War I.
During the first hedging, the difference in aircraft quality between the two sides was immediately apparently reflected. The steel bones and helium-filled fiberglass fuselage of the Chinese Federation withstood the blow, and the fiberglass did not burn under the combustion tracer bullets that it "feared" due to the protection of helium.
On the contrary, as the front-line "Saberat" and "Tongcat" fighter jets entered a "dog fight" and left the formation, the "Newburg" and "Camel" behind immediately became a mess under the attack of the "Flying Peak" fighter jets of the Chinese Federation.
But when some lucky pilots of the "European Joint Fleet" were dazed and rushed through the "Flying Front" block, intending to find the bad luck of the "Meteor-type" medium bomber of the Chinese Federation, they were surprised to find that the bombers had turned around and were flying back to the "Butterfly City".
"These cowards...you cowards, don't run away, come back and fight us..."
These pilots all look furious when they scolded, after all, their real target is bombers.
Chapter completed!