The Jacques-1 is a long-range fighter with a maximum range of 850 kilometers. After being mounted on the secondary fuel tank, the range can exceed 1,000 kilometers. In this way, the Soviet Air Force can escort it to Moscow as long as it takes off from the border.

This is also the reason why they chose the Jacques-1. This is the most representative aircraft that the Soviet Air Force has selected from its active aircraft. It has excellent flight performance and sufficient maximum speed, which is definitely the best escort aircraft.

However, they did not expect that they were still fucked by the Germans.

The Germans flew too high!

The Jacques-1 does not pay special attention to high-altitude performance, and the maximum is not more than 10,000 meters. This does not seem to be a big problem, because in the study of Germany's repeated combat missions, it can be found that the Luftwaffe has hardly ever flew at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters.

At the same time, Germany's most proud Atlantic airliner was not found flying over 10,000 meters.

Now, people are flying at an altitude of more than 11,000 meters!

This escort was led by General Alexander Alexandrovic Novikov, the most outstanding Soviet air force. When he heard the words in the radio, he was stunned and then reacted.

"Fly below the other side until our new escort fleet arrives." He gave an order to the 11th Fighter Regiment, then turned his head and said to the people beside him: "Immediately mobilize the MiG-1 fighter troops and let them welcome the visit of the German fleet over Belarus and escort them!"

The pursuit of altitude is never ending. The reason is too simple. As long as you can fly to this height and the other party cannot fly, you can fly freely, especially for bombers, which is very important.

Then, at the same time, there must be fighter jets that can fly to this altitude to intercept the opponent's bomber and ensure their advantage.

The high-altitude interceptor project was started a few years ago. The design indicators of this type of aircraft are that the maximum flight speed is 670 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 7,000 meters, the ceiling is 13,000 meters, and the am-35a water-cooled engine is used, with a power of 1,200 horsepower.

Unfortunately, because we do not pay enough attention to this project, the most important thing now is to tinker with advanced fighter jets that can compete with German fighters, rather than to engage in such high-altitude interceptors.

As a result, it was not until this year that this aircraft had completed the test flight, and so far it has only been equipped with about 20 troops.

Fortunately, I finally got it. If I didn’t have this plane, it would have been embarrassing to Moscow!

With Novikov's order, the 16th Fighter Army Guards of the MiG-1 Fighter Force quickly entered the mission state.

Captain Alexander Ivanovic Pokreshkin ran quickly towards his plane, a brand new MiG-1 fighter.

Although he didn't have a long flight experience and he graduated last year, the aviation school he studied was the most famous Kachin No. 1 Pilot School named after АФ Miyasnikov in the Soviet Union. After he came out, he became one of the first pilots to fly the MiG-1 fighter due to his superb flight skills.

If you look at it from the outside, the MiG-1 is not beautiful. The first half of this aircraft is occupied by a long engine, and the pilot's cockpit is in the middle back.

In this way, when taking off, the pilot could not see anything in front of him and his field of vision was quite poor. In short, this is definitely not a easy-to-fly fighter.

After successfully starting the engine, Captain Pokreshkin gently pushed the throttle rod, released the brakes, and the MiG-1 was on the track and slid forward.

This aircraft is definitely not a good aircraft. In order to make it fly higher, it is necessary to reduce the wing area. In this way, the unit load of the MiG-1 is very high, which leads to another problem, with poor maneuverability.

Because the wing load is small, the climbing is poor. In order to meet the climbing performance of the aircraft, aircraft designers simply and roughly achieved it by reducing the aircraft's fuel load, which led to its quite poor range.

Because the engine in front occupies too much space, there is not much space to accommodate the fuel tank. In addition, the wings are in front, the center of gravity of the aircraft is deviated from the back, which makes the plane rolling very difficult.

It can be said that this aircraft can be used to intercept high-altitude fighters. If you use this aircraft to fight against enemy fighters, you will die miserably.

However, Pokreshkin used this fighter and its modified MiG-3 to create miracles one after another, which shows that the ultimate factor that determines the outcome of the battle is still human!

And now, Pokreshkin's first contact with the Luftwaffe has suddenly arrived.

Behind him, the other three fighter jets also took off one after another. Instead of mobilizing more aircraft to come in immediately, they had to carry out missions in batches.

The reason is very simple. With just one wave of aircraft, they cannot complete the entire escort mission for the other party. Their range is limited and three waves of relay escorts are required.

Although it sounds a bit embarrassing, at least they can also achieve escort missions, rather than being like the brothers left in the air now, which is really embarrassing!

The German aircraft fleet was flying in the air of 12,000 meters. Below them, at a height of 10,000 meters, there was the Soviet Jacques-1 aircraft fleet. This scene was inconsistent.

"I really want to go down and say hello to the Soviets." A young pilot's voice came from the radio: "Ask them, is this escort for us?"

"035, pay attention to discipline. We are carrying out the mission of escorting the head of state's special plane. If we violate discipline again, we will be directly fired from the Air Force!" Heinz shouted in the radio.

The German army was invincible because of strict discipline. It can be said that the rigor of the Germans was as famous as the romance of the French and the British aristocrats.

Heinz was also very happy at this time. If possible, he would of course go down and say hello, but it is absolutely not possible now. Their mission is to protect his own special plane, and there is no mistake in this mission!

He looked down from the side of his fuselage and saw that the Soviet crew must have been embarrassed at this time, right?

But soon, his naked eyes captured several highlights in the air, and those highlights continued to increase their height while flying in!

"Please protect the special plane, 035,036, and go to intercept." Heinz shouted loudly in the radio: "Identify clearly, don't open fire easily!"

Intuitively, Heinz believed that it must be a new fighter jet from the Soviets to escort, but they did not inform them in advance, so they had to intercept according to the preset plan!
Chapter completed!