Looking into the distance, there was still thick smoke rising above Kiev, and artillery fire was still flashing on the ground. Although Kiev had fallen, the battle continued. The remaining Soviet troops had no way out and were still fighting desperately in the streets and alleys to gain time for the breakout troops.

The fleet continued to fly forward, twenty kilometers ahead, where was the remnants of the Fifth Army led by General Potapov. They were blocked by a strengthening group of German troops and were breaking through with all their might, because the German troops were coming from the direction of Kiev. Once they were surrounded, they could not escape.

suddenly.

Zhou Zhihan discovered that dozens of fist-sized black dots appeared at 30 kilometers.

His eyesight is now amazing.

That was a German bomber.

There are 12 death Stukas and 12 He111 bombers, with a flight altitude of 3,000 meters. At 5,000 meters above 5 kilometers behind them, there are 12 Bf 110 fighters.

The fuselage of the 12 Df     The fuselage of the 110 fighter is a black top hat with three vertical white bars on it. This is the Stuka bomber of the J/88 "Bald Ibis" brigade during the Battle of Dunkirk.

The commander of the Destroyer Fighter was also the old rival of Zhou Zhihan and four British pilots - Captain Werner Palm.

The 12 death Stuka bombers belong to the JG27 Wing, with the fuselage painted with "Evil Dogs from Hell". The tail of the evil dog has six tails, which look weird and bloody. The commander is Captain Walter Dahl.

The fuselage of 12 He111 bombers were painted with a pistol and jumping. This is the symbol of the 67th Squadron of the JG54 Bomber Team. Its commander was Captain Roth. When he invaded London, England, the bomber was hit by ground artillery fire. Roth was forced to parachute and be captured. Later, the two sides exchanged prisoners of war with each other and returned to Germany.

The above three fighter-bomber units all come from the Western Front. All the pilots are experienced and many of them have become trump cards, with their ranks improved compared to those in Dunkirk.

At present, due to the numerous aces in the German Air Force, many aces with less than 10 aircraft are still playing soybeans in the squadron. During the London Defense War, the aces with 10 records were at least the positions of squadron captains.

This shows how heavy the Soviet fighter jet troops suffered losses since the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Zhou Zhihan carefully observed the sky at 125 degrees in front of the right, but still did not find Messerchmitt.

Even if the Soviet Union did not have excellent fighter jets, it was not normal for the Germans to use the Bf       110 fighter jets to escort the bomber.

This is absolutely abnormal.

After the London air battle, all the shortcomings of Bf    110 and Bf    109 were revealed. The former was bulky, slow to fly, clumsy, poor dog fighting ability, and was not suitable for escort, while the latter was obviously short-legged. Before invading the Soviet Union, the secondary fuel tank had been added to improve the range.

After the air battle between Dunkirk and London, Zhou Zhihan knew that there must be Bf 109 where there are Stuka bombers, which is the standard configuration of the Luftwaffe.

Zhou Zhihan immediately accelerated forward and used gestures to remind Major Pisanko, who was driving Yi-16: 125 degrees to the front right, 30 kilometers, enemy bombers and Bf 110 fighters were found. At present, no escort Messerchmitt was found, but I believe they must be hidden at a high altitude a little far away.

Can an enemy plane be discovered within 30 kilometers? Major Pisanko was a little disbelief and looked at the 125-degree angle in front of the right, and found nothing.

He quickly took out his telescope, and sure enough, the round head of the Situka bomber suddenly appeared in the camera.

Major Pisanko secretly admired him and immediately ordered his wingman, Sergeant Pradov, to quickly step forward and notify the 601-15 Squadron of 3 and 602-16 Squadron to intercept the enemy bomber head-on. He personally led the remaining fighter planes to start pulling up to face the escort Destroyer Bf     110.

Zhou Zhihan was able to discover the German aircraft fleet in advance at 30 kilometers away, which shows that his air combat capabilities were absolutely outstanding, so Major Pisanko immediately felt like he was relieved. The opponent only had 12 escort fighters, and his side had this Chinese ace and 4 hurricanes to assist in the battle, and his advantage was obvious.

According to the previous tactical arrangement, the I-15    3 mainly deals with German bombers, and the I-16 intercepts and escort fighters.

The task given to each fighter unit by the senior Soviet Air Force was to attack German bombers at all costs.

Compared with the Bf     109 fighter jets, the bomber brought heavy blows to the intensively combated Soviet troops.

Zhou Zhihan affirmed that Messerchmitt was hiding in the sky. He pulled the joystick, pushed the throttle, and the No. 214 Spitfire climbed up at full speed. He ordered the Hurricane: "The Hurricane fighter pulled it up into the clouds, and detoured from the left, 110 degrees. Without my order, don't take the enemy."

The British pilots flying four hurricanes immediately replied "I understand". They had fought with Zhou Zhihan while in the UK and knew that this Chinese Air Force ace had extraordinary abilities.

The 214th Spitfire climbed to an altitude of 8,000 meters, and indeed found that 16 Messerschmitts were found 6 kilometers behind Stuka. Their iconic yellow noses were very conspicuous against the background of the blue sky.

The German fighter-bomber formation arrived one step ahead. At almost the same time, the Soviet fighter-bomber formation was discovered by General Potapov. Immediately, 12 Bf    110 Destroyers rushed towards the Soviet aircraft group.

Death Stuka and He111 bombers are ready to drop bombs at low altitude.

The distance between the two sides was quickly narrowed. Since they were walking towards each other, the hedging speed was extremely fast. After a moment, both sides could clearly see the other's bigger and bigger nose.

Since Zhou Zhihan was the first to discover the enemy situation, the Yi-16, which flew below 3,000 meters, was able to quickly rise to an altitude of 4,000 meters to face the Destroyer.

Squadrons 601 and 602 attacked the German bomber group.

"Doduo..."

At a distance of 400 meters, Yi-16 and Bf      110 fired almost at the same time, and the red tracer bombs flew densely in the azure sky. In an instant, the two sides fought head-on.

Judging from the weapon configuration, Df      110 obviously has the upper hand. Except for the turning radius and hovering ability slightly inferior to Yi-16, its firepower, speed and fuselage protection are all far superior to the opponent.

After the first round of shooting, the fuselage of an I-16 caught fire and exited the battlefield with thick smoke. Before flying far, the pilot was forced to parachute.

There was another Yi-16's wings, two holes as big as bowls were punched out, and smoke was emitting, and they could barely fight.

After one round of shots, Bf    110 was almost unscathed.

Yi-16 was too backward and was no match for the Destroyer at all. He immediately got at a disadvantage with a head-on shot.

The planes of both sides passed by, and the Yi-16 relied on the lightness of the fuselage and quickly turned around.

Major Pisanko looked up and looked for four Hurricanes and No. 214 Spitfire. He just hoped that these five excellent fighter jets could catch the other side off guard and deal a few first.

But in the air ahead, no British fighter jets appeared.

Where did the British man driving a hurricane go?

Major Pisanko didn't find the hurricane, and then he found that the No. 214 fire had also lost its trace.

"These damn hurricanes and fire spitting fire."

Major Pisanko finally got furious, "At the critical moment, the damn British man actually escaped, and the Chinese known as the world's top ace probably also escaped.

Sure enough, foreigners are unreliable. At critical moments, they still have to rely on the brave Soviet Red Army."

"Damn... Where did the big-nosed British guy and the timid Chinese go..."

"Hell...why are the hurricanes and firebreathing gone...who are they..."

"What's the situation? We exchanged fire with the German devils, why are the British and Chinese missing..."

Not only Major Pisanko was furious, but all the members of the 603 Squadron also cursed. They thought that hurricanes and fire would attack the German devils off guard. Unexpectedly, after their own side was destroyed and injured, they found that several foreigners had escaped.

Seeing five foreigners running away, Major Pisanko knew that his side would be in a tough battle today.

Although 24 of the 36 German fighters were bombers, these bombers were rough and thick in skin and fierce in defense of firepower, which was not easy to deal with by Iran-16 and Iran-15      3, not to mention that the opponent also had 12 twin-engine fighters. In the first round of shooting just now, our side suffered a great loss from the Destroyer, one of which was lost and one injured.

At this moment, the 601 Squadron and 602 Squadron also caught fire with the German bombers. Stuka and He111 rely on their own defensive firepower to force I-16 and I-15       3 to approach. At the same time, the bomb droppers began to turn on the drop device and prepare to drop bombs at the Soviet troops on the ground.

Suddenly, Major Pisanko's slightly panicked voice came from his ears: "Major, behind us, a large number of Messerschmitts appeared."
Chapter completed!