The early Condor Legion belonged to the nature of Zhiyuanjun. It was established in 1936. It returned to China before the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. During their time in Spain, they accumulated a lot of air combat training and developed a series of significant and far-reaching tactical ideas. So much so that this air wing and the subsequent 52nd Air Wing were two ace wings that the German Air Force produced a lot of ace pilots.

The famous "Four Finger Formation", also known as the "Nildes Formation", comes from the Condor Legion.

The dual-aircraft formation is the most basic combat unit of the Luftwaffe fighter jets. The long-aircraft aircraft focuses on attacks, and the wingman follows the long-aircraft aircraft to cover the cover. The horizontal distance between the two aircraft is about 180 meters, which is equivalent to the turning radius of Messerchmitt. Advance can launch an attack side by side, retreat can fly towards each other, cover each other, and advance and retreat together.

A four-aircraft formation consists of two two-aircraft formations with a span of about 550 meters and balanced offense and defense. It is a nightmare for Allied bomber formations and three-aircraft formations.

The mystery of the "Nildez Formation" is that even Allied fighter pilots see this formation and the flight skills of the formation are useless, because the turning secrets cannot be seen just by looking at them.

The Allies had also practiced the "Nildez Formation", but because they did not know the turning radius and angle, the formation had a collision accident between the two machines during the turn, so they had to do it.

This is like Messer Schmitt Bf109E and Spitfire. Both sides can easily imitate it according to the appearance of the opponent's fighter jet, but that is just a tiger painting.

Since Germany launched the Western Front War, the Condor Legion acted as an air forward and was invincible all the way, defeating the Polish Air Force, sabotaging the Dutch Air Force and the Belgian Air Force. The French pilots who fought were watching the wind, and the Royal Air Force's fire and hurricanes also failed in front of them.

For a time, the Condor Legion became famous, which caused great headaches for the Allies.

"Commander!" Zhou Zhihan stood attentively, his legs together, "I requested to fly the Spitfire fighter to shoot down Major Hewich Nickpell, the captain of the Condor Legion."

This was a great opportunity, and Zhou Zhihan decided to seize it. Although he did not know who Major Hewich Nickpell was, the reputation of the Condor Legion was everyone knows it, and even in later generations, people often talk about it with relish.

The major captain who can kill the Condor Legion is a great opportunity to strengthen the country's prestige and make a contribution.

Now the relationship between China and Britain is getting warmer rapidly. If it can contribute and make great contributions in this Dunkirk retreat, China can gain more voice and more anti-Japanese aid from the West when China and Britain become allies in the future.

Knowing that the Spitfire fighter jets are small in number and are the treasures of the Royal Air Force, Zhou Zhihan originally wanted only one hurricane fighter jet, but he didn't expect that he would have the chance to fly a Spitfire fighter jet now.

"No, no!" Hugh. General Dowtin patted Zhou Zhihan on the shoulder, "Young man, don't worry, there is a good time for you to make contributions. You are arriving for the first time. Today, you will first get familiar with the deployment of the Allied Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the deployment locations of the squadrons, and the fighter jet logos of the squadrons in order to identify your own people; you also need to understand the deployment of the Luftwaffe, the logo of the Condor Legion, etc.

I think with your ingenuity, one afternoon is enough.

Tomorrow morning, I will assign Captain Adolf Mallen, the 74th Squadron of the Royal Air Force, as your wingman. You two will go to the coastal areas of Boulogne to Ostend to intercept German fighters who intend to fly to Dunkirk Beach.

Recently, German fighter jets have frequently flew to Dunkirk Beach. When you get there, you may meet the Luftwaffe at any time. At that time, you will show your skills and let the Condor Legion taste the power of fire-breathing."

General Hugh Dowding said this, which means that he can drive the Spitfire fighter. Zhou Zhihan was overjoyed and said calmly: "Yes! Commander!"

Admiral Hugh Dowding was so thoughtful that he knew that he had just arrived and did not know much about the fighter jets of both sides, but he accidentally hurt his friend's planes, so he made himself familiar with the logos of the fuselages of both sides this afternoon, as well as the deployment details of the Allied and German fighter jet units.

"Young man, do it well!" Lieutenant General Charles also stepped forward and patted Zhou Zhihan on the shoulder. "The wingman arranged by the Admiral for you is a quasi-ace pilot. Just the day before yesterday, he shot down a Ju88 bomber, injured another one 15 minutes later, and shot down two other Messer Schmitt Bf109E2s at the same time with his team members, achieving brilliant results. I eagerly hope that you two can cooperate and win, find the weaknesses of Messer Schmitt Bf109E, and find a way to restrict its weaknesses.

In a few days, the Dunkerk retreat will begin. At that time, the main fighter jets of the British Royal will attack with all their might and build a safety corridor over Dunkirk."

Lieutenant General Charles paused, his eyes full of expectations: "If you can find a way to restrict Messerchmitt, you will have a wonderful achievement!"

The French general changed his initial contempt for Zhou Zhihan. He asked with a smile: "Col. Zhou! I heard that the Soviet aviation army is supporting operations in your China, so you are a flight instructor who knows different air combat technologies. What do you have about the dual-aircraft formation, the three-aircraft formation, and the four-aircraft formation."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Zhou Zhihan quietly.

Because of the four-finger formation of the Condor Legion, it has now become a nightmare for the Allied bomber formation.

If it was an hour ago, no one would ask Zhou Zhihan about the tactics of the third aircraft formation and the fourth aircraft formation.

This is the opportunity to show.

Zhou Zhihan first started with a general introduction from the dual-machine formation, then the wingman mobile combat formation tactics of the dual-machine formation, then talked about the dual-machine formation tactics, the analysis of the control of the blind spots of the hemisphere after the interval of the dual-machine formation, the best maneuver during the battle between the dual-machine formations, and the dual-machine disconnection tactics, etc. Then he talked about the three-machine formation and the four-machine formation tactics.

When Zhou Zhihan talked about the tactics of the four-machine formation, everyone's eyes showed excitement. Looking at Zhou Zhihan's eyes, it was like a young man who had just started to fall in love looking at his first lover, which made Zhou Zhihan unable to help but lean his butt against the wall...

On the way back to the monastery, Major General Parker Parker, Major General Mallory, Major General Brand, and Major General Thor insisted on walking back with Zhou Zhihan. Five people along the way discussed the current various maneuvering actions of fighter jets in actual combat and the tactics of actual combat formations of fighter jets.

Especially the tactics of the four aircraft formations, the four people kept asking questions, and Zhou Zhihan explained patiently.

When Zhou Zhihan was studying at Randolph Air Force Academy, he learned not only the flying skills in the secret book of "Air Overlord", but also the fighter formation was very skillful. In addition, he has accumulated a lot of valuable practical experience in the country after a series of combat against Japanese fighter jets in the past few years, and the multi-aircraft tactics were used to perfection. At this time, he communicated with the four major generals, and it was like an instructor teaching four students.

When they arrived at the monastery, the four major generals were still immersed in some sea of ​​air combat knowledge that they had never received before. They reluctantly returned to the conference room and made an appointment. When Chief Instructor Zhou had time, he must go to various brigades to teach the pilots, explaining air tactics and fighter maneuvering knowledge.

Of course, Zhou Zhihan was willing to go to the brigades to explain mobile tactics knowledge, which was equivalent to spreading China's practical experience in air combat, which was conducive to exchanges between the two countries. In other countries, the purpose was to bring more attention and support from the motherland in the war.

After having lunch with all the generals, Zhou Zhihan learned the Allied Fleet Logo, the German Fleet Logo, as well as the locations of their respective military bases and fighter airports. He had a strong memory and could remember all the fleet logos of all the fighter aircraft at a glance, which made Lieutenant Colonel instructor specially invited by Lieutenant General Charles who was dedicated to coordinating the joint operations department of the Allied Forces.

In the afternoon, General Dao Ding asked Zhou Zhihan if he wanted to have dinner before going back.

Zhou Zhihan hesitated.

So General Daoding asked Zhou Zhihan to go back in his special car.

Watching Zhou Zhihan leave, General Xu Daoding smiled on his face and said to himself, "When I was young, I was more liked by girls than you..."

At noon, General Hugh Dowtin's niece Esme Carren called and said that the physical examination report of the Air Force chief instructor from China was released. His physical condition was perfect, especially his eyes were surprisingly good, and the final pattern of the vision chart could be seen clearly.

Before hanging up the phone, Esme Karen asked his uncle how the Chinese Air Force chief instructor performed.
Chapter completed!