Facts have proved that it is better to rely on others than to rely on oneself. It is unrealistic to count on those Dahua 1 fighter jets far away in the horizon. Facing the Tang Army's fighter jets, only by fighting to the end can there be a chance of survival.
The machine gunners on the plane used their crude machine gun sights to aim in vain at the Tang Army Butcher fighter jets that came and went like the wind. The roar of the engines echoed in their ears, even suppressing their nervous heartbeats.
After emptying a magazine, the machine gunner nervously began to reload his machine gun. As they worked hard to load bullets into the machine gun, they could only watch as another bomber was shot into pieces in the air.
Two pieces.
The fuselage made of wood had no way of resisting the destruction of the 20mm cannon. Just one short attack caused a seemingly huge bomber to shatter into pieces in the sky.
On the Dahua Empire's bombers, the machine gunners do not have parachutes. Although Tang Jun's tutorial states that parachutes are standard equipment for all pilots, the Dahua Empire does not believe that the self-defense machine gun operator on the aircraft is worthy of being equipped with an expensive parachute bag.
They are all consumables anyway, and these machine gunners are no more noble than tank drivers, so their life and death can only be left to fate.
One theory is that if these machine gunners are equipped with parachutes, they will not cherish their aircraft and will choose to escape at critical moments.
Therefore, the Dahua Empire tied the lives of these machine gunners to the aircraft, allowing them to cherish their chances of survival, better protect the aircraft, and be willing to fight until the last moment.
In short, no matter what bastard theory it is, the gunners on the Dahua Empire aircraft do not have parachutes. They can only live and die with the aircraft. This is the cruel reality.
With trembling hands, he inserted the drum drum above the machine gun and completed loading. At the same time, the downed bomber in the distance was already circling and falling to the ground.
The wing, which was no different from paper, was pierced by the cannonball, and then cruelly torn into pieces by the airflow. Finally, it disintegrated in the air and disappeared from sight. This scene was like a nightmare. I kept seeing this.
The scene repeated itself in the machine gunner's mind.
The tank at least has a layer of steel plate that can protect the crew inside and give them a little sense of security. It takes a lot of courage to fight with a mosquito net made of wooden boards and canvas at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters.
After finally pulling the trigger and hearing a click, the machine gun shooter finally gained a little more courage.
He searched the sky nervously, looking for the enemy plane with the golden dragon emblem on its wings. He didn't know where the enemy plane was, and the only sound in his ears was the sound of the engine and the howling of the wind.
He leaned out and tried to look at his feet, but was suddenly frightened by a row of bullets coming towards him and broke into a cold sweat.
The bullet hit his side, leaving a row of holes in the wooden fuselage. Fortunately, his plane did not shatter, and the row of bullet holes also avoided his body while he was still sitting in the plane.
Lower body.
This was a bullet hole made by a self-defense machine gun from a friendly aircraft, which almost frightened him so much that he peed his pants. He carefully checked his lower body and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no hole spurting blood.
The pilot flying the plane in front of him had been yelling and swearing for a long time. Apparently, he also felt the deep malice from the friendly aircraft on the side.
"Asshole! These blind fools!" The pilot kept venting his emotions while checking his body.
"Are you blind? Damn it!" After finding out that he was fine, the machine gunner, who was almost killed by friendly bullets, cursed at the friendly aircraft flying in the distance at the top of his lungs.
I couldn't hear clearly what the other party was shouting, I could only see the other party's machine gunner waving his arms, as if he was showing off his power or apologizing.
Anyway, they didn't know what the other party was expressing, and the other party seemed unable to hear their swear words. Both sides were making gestures, but it was obvious that their communication had almost no effect.
"Damn it! I have no idea what he is talking about!" The machine gunner pointed to the bullet holes in his plane with his finger, indicating to the other party that he was frightened.
The other party continued to swing his arms, as if to explain that he did not deliberately shoot his own people with a machine gun.
"You should shoot them with machine guns! Let them feel what we feel!" the pilot turned around and shouted loudly, encouraging his machine gunner.
Of course, just listen to this kind of thing. If you are lucky enough to fly back, the machine gunner who did this will probably be shot directly - the valuable thing is the pilot, not the consumables they use to operate the machine gun.
It takes a lot of time to train a pilot. A gunner only needs to be tied to a rotating chair and rotated dozens of times without spitting out, then he can be tied to the plane and join the battle...
"If I meet this guy on the ground, I will definitely drive all his teeth into his stomach!" The machine gunner waved his arms, signaling in his own way that the other party should be careful.
As for whether the other party can understand his gestures, only Yun Cai knows: anyway, he can't understand the other party's gestures, but he insists that his own gestures can be understood by the other party.
The machine gunner on the back of the bomber not far away was still gesticulating, as if he wanted to continue arguing with his comrades here.
But just as he continued to make various gestures with his arms, a row of tracer bullets passed through the fuselage of the bomber he was on.
This time it was not the machine gun bullets fired from the small water pipe, this time it was the deadly ammunition swept out by the 20mm cannon on the Butcher fighter jet.
The thick warhead smashed the wooden fuselage into pieces. The shell instantly passed through the machine gunner who was still raising his hands to gesture. One of his arms instantly separated from his body and flew away in a bloody mist.
in the air.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The next second, the bomber that was hit by the Butcher fighter from below broke apart from where the gunner was, and the gunner’s mutilated body flew out of the cabin.
, drifted backwards together with the rear half of the fuselage, and disappeared.
The Dahua machine gunner was startled and did not dare to move for a long time. It was not until the Butcher fighter jet rushing up from below rushed into his field of vision that he realized that the battle was still going on.
The bomber flying beside them only had its front half left. It lost its tail and did not crash immediately, but dropped smoothly.
The gunner on the front of the plane turned around and shouted something loudly to the pilot flying the plane, but no one could hear his voice clearly.
"If you don't want to die, fire quickly!" Seeing that his machine gunner had forgotten to fire like a fool, the pilot on the bomber turned around and reminded loudly: "Be careful not to shoot flatly! It's easy to hit one of your own!"
"I, I know!" The machine gunner, who had been frightened for a long time, felt that his leather gloves were full of sweat. The altitude of 4,000 meters seemed to be no longer cold. He was so hot that he wanted to drink some water.
Moisturize throat.
But it was too late for him to grab the kettle at his waist, because a Butcher fighter jet drew a circle overhead and began a violent dive.
With the roar of its engine that seemed to tear the air apart, the Butcher fighter jet closed the distance between it and the Dahua bomber group at extremely fast speeds.
From the perspective of the Dahua machine gunner, the Butcher was rushing towards the plane he was on, so he subconsciously aimed his machine gun at this extremely threatening target.
"Ah!" He didn't know whether he was trying to intimidate his opponent or emboldening himself. He roared loudly while pulling the trigger. The machine gun in front of him also spurted out tongues of flame and roared: "Chug, tug, tug, tug!"
Unfortunately, there was a serious problem with his judgment. The Butcher fighter jet that seemed to be swooping down towards him suddenly rolled halfway and deviated from its original route.
Several rounds of tracer bullets flew into the distance, but did not touch any target. The swooping Butcher fighter jet drifted away after tearing apart another Dahua bomber in the distance, with a desperate dexterity.
Although they don't know how many planes their side has been shot down, all Dahua pilots know that their losses must be considerable.
Although there seemed to be only a few Tang Army aircraft in the sky, the opponent's attack efficiency was frighteningly high, and the damage effect of the cannons on the bombers was really disappointing.
It seems that the opponent has made a series of optimizations for attacking large targets from the beginning, and the opponent's fighter jets seem to be tailor-made to deal with large bombers from the time they were designed.
Regrettably, although the bombers of the Dahua Empire were equipped with machine guns for self-defense, they were not a mature design from the beginning.
It only has two machine gun positions on the nose and on the back. The two machine guns for self-defense cannot cover the surrounding area of the aircraft at all. In other words, the bombers of the Dahua Empire have weaknesses everywhere.
This is completely different from the B-17 bomber in the World War II era. The number of self-defense weapons on the B-17 bomber is frightening. It can be said that it covers the bomber at 360 degrees without blind spots. Fighters need to be very careful when attacking the B-17.
Be careful, because if you are not careful, you will be shot down by the self-defense weapons on the bomber.
However, the Dahua Empire's bombers only have two self-defense machine guns, and their self-defense capabilities are almost zero in front of the Butcher fighter jets.
As long as the angle is chosen correctly, the Butcher fighter can easily cut into the attack route, fire calmly from a safe place, and easily tear into pieces the Dahua Empire bomber that looks huge but has no armor protection at all.
One bomber after another fell from the sky, and everyone could see it clearly. Even if they didn't see everything, the wreckage of the planes dragging smoke and falling to the ground proved to everyone that this bombing mission was successful.
loss.
Although it sounds like this air battle has been going on for a long time, in fact the battle only lasted a short time.
No one knows whether they still have hope of flying above the target, and no one knows whether they have a chance to return to the Dahua Empire.
Just when everyone began to despair, suddenly a different plane entered the battle circle.
This aircraft bit a Butcher fighter jet that had just dived down, trying to cut in from the tail and shoot down the arrogant Tang Army aircraft.
The bitten Butcher fighter jet began to shake left and right, trying to shake off the opponent biting its tail. Another Butcher fighter jet followed closely and bit the Dahua Empire fighter jet.
"Thud, tug, tug!" Knowing that they had lost their chance, the Dahua Empire fighter jets fired a row of tracer bullets unwillingly, then quickly got rid of it and gave up their advantageous position.
After the Tang Army's wingman protected his lead aircraft from danger, he immediately recovered and made a large circle in the sky to find his target again.
"Come on!" Seeing his fighter jet appear, the machine gunner on the bomber waved his arms again and shouted wildly, unable to hide his excitement.
After seeing their escort fighters arriving, the bomber pilots of the Great China Empire also cheered.
The suppressed emotions were instantly released, and with the roar of more engines, the morale of the Dahua Empire Air Force seemed to be revived again.
"Buzz...woo..." This time, the diving Butcher fighter jet did not have a safe chance to attack. It quickly pulled up after the dive, and was almost bitten by the Dahua 1 fighter jet that came to drive it away.
Although the performance of the Dahua Empire's fighter jets is still inferior to that of the Butcher equipped by the Tang Army, the gap is no longer so obvious.
It is also a low-wing fighter, but its speed is less than 100 kilometers... Although it does not have a closed cockpit, its hovering ability seems to be better. Although the Dahua 1 fighter is still lagging behind in terms of high altitude and high speed, it can reach 3,000 meters.
Fighting at height is actually not a big disadvantage.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Tang Army fighter pilots seemed to have discovered this. After their attempt to attack at high speed failed, they immediately climbed away at high speed and did not stay to fight with the Dahua Empire.
Fighter pilots engage in pointless dogfights.
Relying on its power advantage, the Tang Army's aircraft maneuvered vertically, got rid of their opponents, and began to reorganize their attack.
But soon these Tang Army fighter jets discovered that their opponent's fighter jets seemed to be... a little too many!
At an altitude of about 4,500 meters, there are still some Dahua 1 fighter jets waiting for the opportunity to take action. They did not blend into their own bomber formation, but stood alone, looking for opportunities to take action.
Soon, they found this opportunity. When the Tang army's fighter jets failed to attack and pulled up, they started their own attack.
Completely different from the two-plane formation used by the Tang Army, the Dahua Empire's fighter pilots used a five-plane formation. Although this clumsy formation limited the maneuverability of the aircraft, it emphasized frontal firepower.
Relying on their superiority in numbers, pilots from the Dahua Empire joined the battle one after another, making the chaotic air battle even more chaotic.
The Dahua 1 fighter jet is a new weapon within the Dahua Empire Air Force. Those who are qualified to fly this type of aircraft are carefully selected outstanding pilots.
Compared with ordinary pilots, their skills are better and their minds are more flexible. Many pilots even have the experience of flying into the sky to fight against Tang Army aircraft.
After these pilots failed to succeed in the attack, they immediately broke into pieces and began to take advantage of the small circling radius to disrupt the formation of the Tang army's fighter jets, creating more attack opportunities for their companions.
The Tang Army pilots encountered so many Dahua 1 fighter jets for the first time and were not used to it for a while. They were originally intended to intercept the Dahua bombers, but they were forced to get entangled with the Dahua Empire's fighter jets and immediately became confused.
"Buzz..." In the sky, the noise from the dive of the aircraft was sharp and harsh. A Butcher fighter jet of the Tang Army rolled to avoid the Dahua 1 fighter jets that kept strafing behind it. The two planes chased each other and crossed the entire Dahua
Overhead of the bomber formation.
Another Butcher fighter cut in from the side and was forced to change course by two other Dahua 1 fighter jets before it started to attack.
Compared with the Tang Army's fighter jets, the Dahua Empire's fighter jets were simply too numerous, so much so that the Tang Army's fighter pilots began to feel a little confused.
"You bastard, suffer death!" Seeing a Butcher fighter jet in the distance making a big circle and getting rid of the Dahua fighter jets that were chasing it, the frightened Dahua gunner shouted and pointed his machine gun at it.
Got that Butcher fighter jet.
This time he did not fire blindly, but waited and carefully observed the flight path of the Butcher fighter jet.
Although this was his first time participating in a battle, he felt that he was still very talented in combat. At least he was summarizing the rules and aiming in a very targeted manner.
After determining the flight path of the Butcher fighter jet, he carefully estimated the lead time, and this was the pattern he found.
The opponent's fighter jets are accelerating all the time. If he doesn't fire in advance, the bullets will only leave a trail of ballistics where the enemy planes fly, and will not be able to hit the opponent at all.
Only by firing in advance, roughly where the enemy plane is passing, can he have a chance to shoot down his opponent! Thinking of this, he moved the muzzle of his gun forward a little.
The opponent had no idea that there was a machine gunner aiming at him in such a corner. Therefore, after getting rid of the Dahua fighter jet, he did not immediately make any violent maneuvers.
This gave the Dahua machine gunner an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The machine gunner pulled the trigger in advance and fired the remaining bullets in the drum as if aimlessly.
A row of tracer bullets cut through the air, covering a sky that seemed to be empty of anything. But the next second, something wonderful happened: a Butcher fighter jet suddenly rushed into the airspace, as if it had hit the row of
Flying bullets.
Soon the engine of the Butcher fighter jet began to smoke. The aircraft stopped climbing and began to drop in altitude. Dragging a long black smoke, it gradually broke away from the battle circle and staggered towards the ground in the distance.
.
"I shot it down! Hahahaha! I hit it!" Seeing his tracer bullet hitting the Butcher fighter jet, the Dahua machine gunner who had made a contribution raised his hands and shouted loudly, appreciating his bravery just now.
Show non-stop celebration.
On another Dahua bomber in the distance, the Dahua pilot who also saw the downed Butcher fighter jet was also waving his arms. He seemed to be very happy about the enemy's fall.
"Oh! I won! I hit him! He's finished!" The Dahua machine gunner got carried away. If it hadn't been for the safety belt around his waist, he would have jumped out of the plane.
"You shot down an enemy plane?" The pilot operating the plane in front of him did not see the result, but when he heard the shouts behind him, he turned around excitedly.
"Yes! I hit him! I hit him!" the machine gunner kept shouting, as if he had just killed the king of Tang.
While shouting, he stuck his head out and looked down at the Butcher fighter jet that was trailing smoke and falling, as if to confirm his victory.
He saw the Butcher fighter jet that had lowered its altitude a lot and crashed to the ground. He saw the cockpit cover of the Butcher fighter jet being opened. A Tang pilot jumped out of the cabin, and then a white parachute bloomed.
Like a little flower.
The flight path of the out-of-control Butcher fighter jet was completely disrupted within a few seconds. Soon it hit the ground and disappeared.
The parachute disappeared soon. After the Butcher fighter jet crashed, all the Tang Army fighter jets on the battlefield seemed to have disappeared.
Everyone was cheering. They repelled the Tang army's interception. Although the battle suffered heavy losses, it seemed that they, Dahua, had won.
The Tang State Butcher fighter jets, which had escaped from the battle circle, relied on their own speed to follow the flanks of the Dahua bomber formation. They no longer approached easily, but followed from a distance, as if discussing countermeasures.
Their number is really too small, too small to tear through the defense of the Dahua Empire fighter jets. On the Dahua bomber formation, the machine gunners who were still excited about just shooting down an enemy plane were still cheering.
He felt that it was his heroic performance that repelled the Tang Army fighter jets.
But the next second, his shouting stopped abruptly - because he saw a dark mass approaching them near the clouds in the distance.
"Damn..." The bomber pilot also saw the dark clouds in the distance, and he muttered, his tone full of despair.
The joy of victory suddenly disappeared. Only now did he realize that what he had been fighting with just now was actually just a dozen Tang Army's Butcher fighter jets.
They fought for a long time and thought they had won, but they only shot down a Tang Army's Butcher fighter jet.
Now... at least 50 Tang Army's Butcher fighter jets were lying in front of them, pressing down on their aircraft formation like a dark cloud.
"Pay attention to the altitude! The enemy has an escort fighter! Don't fight... The first group will open the gap, and the second group will attack!" In the breathing mask, the frontline commander's voice carried weak electromagnetic interference and reached all the Butcher fighters.
In the pilot's ears.
"Disperse! Attack freely! Shoot down all targets!" The next second, after hearing the order, the Tang Army fighter jets began to climb, and the roar of their engines resounded through the sky.
