Chapter 145 The Battle of Poland (8)

More than 100 Mosquito bombers of the 3rd German Army Aviation Regiment rushed aggressively towards various airports near Warsaw, the capital of Poland, without the cover of fighter jets.

Because Warsaw is only more than 400 kilometers away from the German border, even the short-legged Stuka can fly back and forth, and the mosquito bomber will have no problem.

These bombers carried more than 3,000 50-kilogram SC50 bombs, enough to plow the airport near Warsaw.

Although the bombers had to lower their altitude in order to achieve precise bombing, the pilots found that there was almost no threat. The Polish fighters had been left behind, and the Polish ground anti-aircraft artillery, which was not very powerful, was also left behind by the speed of the aircraft.

As the bombs in the magazine were detached one by one, the aircraft became lighter and lighter. When the last few bombs fell, the flight speed had exceeded 600 kilometers per hour, making those Polish fighters with a maximum speed of less than 400 kilometers per hour out of reach.

The pilot on a bomber sighed. "It's a pity that this plane doesn't have cannons, otherwise I could have shot down those Poles."

The co-pilot on the side smiled. "There is no other way. Inform the guys in the Air Force that there are more than thirty records here. If it's too late, they will be gone."

He didn't talk about fighters, but the results.

In his opinion, those Polish planes that took off were indeed a success. They couldn't even deal with bombers like themselves. How could they be able to professionally deal with air fighter opponents?

Just when the Polish pilot in the air was so depressed that he was about to vomit blood, suddenly a sharp-eyed pilot shouted. "German plane!"

Accompanied by his warning, Bf109 fighters swooped down from the clouds one after another in the sky, roaring towards these Polish fighters!

In the cabin, Adolf Galland stared at his prey with cold eyes.

Adolf Galland was born in Westerholt, a small town in Westphalia. He was the second eldest son in his family. The eldest son was a lawyer and he had two younger brothers (these two younger brothers were also ace pilots, and each shot down 17 aircraft. One person shot down 54 enemy aircrafts and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross).

Galland started making airplane models at the age of 12, and started flying gliders at the age of 16. In 1932, after graduating from Hindenburg High School, he entered Lufthansa Aviation School to receive civil aviation flight training, and obtained his first pilot license one year later. At this time, the German military began to establish the "Black Air Force", and he was "invited" to join the Air Force and become a fighter pilot.

In 1935, an accident occurred while flying a Fw 44 biplane on a training flight. A small shard of glass remained in his eye forever, causing partial blindness. Although he was able to continue flying with the help of his commander, Major Reiter, he crashed again and was hospitalized a year later. Unwilling to give up, he memorized the order of every letter and number on the hospital's eye chart and passed the physical examination.

He also participated in the Spanish Civil War, but unfortunately he was not one of the first to enter. During the entire civil war, he shot down a total of 9 enemy fighter planes. He was depressed for a long time when he failed to destroy 10 to become a real ace.

Having just heard the news from the dispatch center that there were enemy fighter planes near Warsaw, Galland, who was leading a small team doing nothing, immediately increased his power and rushed over, for fear of missing these hard-won achievements.

Now he is about to become a real ace! Galland calmed down his excitement and put a Polish fighter into his mechanical sight!

The Poles seemed to have discovered them too, clumsily making evasive movements. Unfortunately, they would soon understand that the disadvantages of equipment could not be compensated for by technology.

The most important thing about a fighter plane is speed. As long as you have speed, you have maneuverability. The performance of the German FW190 far exceeded that of the Polish fighter. It still swooped down from the clouds, leaving the Poles with only a split second to react.

He suddenly pulled the trigger of the machine gun, and the bullets like raindrops were blasted into the air by the Polish fighter he was aiming at.

"Yeah!" Galland shook his fist excitedly, the tenth victory! He finally entered the ranks of aces!

During World War II, the German Air Force had a large number of ace pilots with more than 100 aircraft records. These people also became the spiritual idols of the German Air Force and even the army.

Many people in later military forums questioned whether the German Air Force's incredible achievements were too exaggerated. But if you carefully read the biographies of Hartmann, Nowotny, Schnaufer, Helmut Lanter, Marceiu, Prince Wittgenstein and others, you'll find that the Germans' deep-seated rigor was also evident in the confirmation of their aerial performance.

Even if you suddenly burst into combat and single-handedly take on a brigade of enemy planes and shoot them all down, if the investigating authorities don't find a direct witness, an indirect witness, or an aerial camera gun (it should be noted that a camera gun is just that, a camera gun, it's not even a camera gun. So it is not a panacea for all ills. On the contrary, as a camera in the 40's and to produce tens of thousands of units of tens of thousands of road goods, the quality of its hundreds of meters away from the target of the shooting is questionable, and the frame rate is limited, in fact, can not completely restore the process of the attack on the enemy aircraft, the picture quality is also very poor) of the evidence, I'm sorry, we do not think that you shot them down, and you will not be credited with the war effort.

At the end of World War II, Nowotny flew the me262 into the air for the last time. After returning to the ground, he claimed to have shot down a B24 and a Mustang, but only the B24 was confirmed; while Lant once shot down a B24 after a night battle. Another pilot also claimed to have shot down one of the four-engine bombers. After arbitration by the investigation department, the victory was awarded to the other pilot.

If it weren't for such a rigorous confirmation method, Hartmann's effective record plus "unconfirmed results" would definitely be more than 352.

It's just that few people understand deeply that one of the reasons for the high performance of the German Air Force is that these pilots have to fight to the end when they go to the battlefield. The performance of talented and high-level pilots is indeed unparalleled. But it was not conducive to teaching and learning, so the level plummeted in the later period. American pilots fly for a few months and then are sent back to the rear to serve as instructors. They educate rookies based on their actual combat experience. This is a virtuous circle. War is not a matter for a few elites. What needs to be looked at is the largest number of backbones.

Of course, Wilhelm would not let this "tragedy" happen again. Although compared to Britain, the United States and France, who shot down five enemy planes were considered aces, German fighter pilots are now considered aces after shooting down ten enemy planes. But once ten enemy planes are shot down, these pilots will immediately be transferred to the rear, spend a month teaching experience to the eggs in the nest, and then return to the front line to continue fighting.

Because they do not need to undertake escort missions or fight with opponents, these German fighter planes have fully developed the "one-hit and away" tactic. In less than a few minutes, the entire Warsaw fighter brigade had been wiped out, and the German aircraft that had settled the battle flew away.

Marshal Rydz-Śmigły, who rushed to the headquarters, was stunned to hear the news that the Warsaw destroyer brigade had been destroyed, and said to himself in disbelief. "It seems we need help from our British and French friends. We need better aircrafts..."