First ACE

After completing the attack mission, the German bomber formation quickly raised its altitude, and after the completion of the whole team, it began to return.

Where did the Soviet I-15 fleet promise that German planes would come and leave if they wanted?

They also began to increase their altitude and chased the German bomber formation.

However, they soon found embarrassingly that their fighter jets couldn't catch up with the German bombers that dropped the bombs, "light without bombs"...

The Soviet pilots drove the I-15 produced in 1934-1935. The I-15 in the past two years could not be delivered on time due to the insufficient production capacity of the "M-25 Whirlwind" engine, so they could only be changed to the "M-22". type engine.

The power of the M-22 engine is only 480 horsepower, which is 235 horsepower lower than that of the M-25 engine. As a result, the maximum speed of the I-15M-22 equipped with the M-22 engine is only a pitiful 350KM per hour.

The single-shot Yumo 211-J10 water-cooled engine power of the German JU-87C dive bomber is as high as 1410 horsepower, which gives the JU-87C a maximum flight speed of 410KM per hour.

At the request of Lyon, the FI-167 of this era did not use the DB-601B liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine of Daimler-Benz like the previous generation, but used the same 211-J10 engine as the JU-87. , the power has increased by 310 horsepower, and the maximum flight speed has also increased by 50KM per hour, reaching 375KM per hour.

Therefore, the I-15 with a maximum flight speed of only 350KM can't catch up with the German bomber formation. A group of poor Soviet pilots can only report this situation to the faster I-16 fleet through the channel, and want them to hurry up. Take out the German fighter fleet and go after the German bastards who are blowing up the airfield.

However, the I-16 fleet was destined to fail to fulfill the teammate's request, because the original I-16 fleet of more than 20 aircraft only had single digits left at the moment, and the rest became the record of German pilots.

Ansel drove the ME-109T flexibly to the left and right, firmly set an I-16 in the sight, and then pressed the fire button, and a string of bullets mixed with cannon shells flew towards the I-16, Soon, I-16 was hit by a volley and disintegrated, turning into a string of fireballs that hit the ground.

"Oh oh oh! I had another blowout, hahaha!" Ansel smiled happily at Albrison on the channel, "This is my second record!"

"Haha, you only have three? I just became an ACE!" Albrison replied proudly.

Another name for the ACE that Albrison refers to is ace pilot, which first appeared during World War I as an honorary title given to pilots who shot down more than five enemy aircraft.

"Oh, you shot down five planes?" Ansel exclaimed in surprise.

"Who? Who has become an ACE?" The squadron commander's voice also appeared in the headphones.

"I, the squadron captain." Albison said happily, "The most handsome Albison in the squadron!"

"Oh, God! You are so shameless." The squadron leader laughed and scolded, "but you are really handsome now, wow, the first battle is an ACE, you really gave us the face of the 151 squadron leader! I see this How can people from the 161st Squadron question their status as 'Zeppelling's second child'?"

"Haha." The other members of the 151 Squadron on the channel laughed.

"Sherf, don't be complacent, you bastard." Squadron Captain Wess of the 161st Naval Air Squadron smiled and scolded at Scherf, "This is only the first battle, but, Albison, congratulations on becoming a An ace pilot, and, are you interested in coming to our 161? Our 161 squadron's dormitory is the closest to the female soldier's dormitory."

"Uh, thank you..." Albison was speechless about Weiss' conditions for wooing him.

Well, the temptation of this condition is indeed great, Albrison thought.

"Weiss, you bastard, digging in front of me?" Sherf became anxious, "Albrison, don't listen to him, stay in 151 Squadron, what's the point of being close to the female soldier's dormitory? After going back I'll introduce you to one!"

"Hahaha!" Everyone in the channel laughed.

"Okay, guys." Scherf, who was also the commander of the operation, saw that the bomber formation had left the formation, and ordered everyone: "Leave the battle, the brothers of the bomber formation have run far enough, and we too Go back."

"Understood, sir!" everyone replied.

"Oh, even if you don't order the squadron to return, I don't think I'll be able to fight." Ansel glanced at the ammo indicator, which showed that the remaining ammunition had bottomed out, "I'm going to run out of ammo soon. already."

"Me too!" "To be honest, the ME109T is good everywhere, but the ammo is too low." "Yes, the HE51 still has more ammo." "But the performance of the HE51 is poor." "Indeed, if we drive the HE51 this time. Come on, I don't know how many people will die." Everyone discussed the ME109T's performance at a high speed.

More than two hours later, everyone drove the fighter plane and landed on the deck one after another to the cheers of the ground crew.

"Guys, welcome home!" Raeder personally greeted the main officers of the aircraft carrier, "I heard from the guys in the bombing formation, you kicked the Soviets' ass?"

"Long live the Führer! Yes, General, we kicked the Soviets' ass!" Sherf stood at attention and saluted, shouting, "And we didn't lose a single plane!"

"Great!" Raedl looked at the fighter jets parked not far away. Most of them had single holes, but none of them had major structural damage.

"Also, General, Olbrison of our squadron shot down five Soviet fighter jets!" Scherf said proudly.

"Oh?! Is that so?" Riddle laughed, "then he's really good, the ground crew will take off the film on your plane later, they'll see if they really shot down five planes, if it is. Yes, then we should praise him well at our meeting tonight!"

There is a camera installed next to the cannon on the central axis of the aircraft, which is specially responsible for filming the battle results. The film that Rader said came from here.

"The meeting at night?" Sherf asked suspiciously.

"Yes, there will be a memorial service at night to commemorate our comrades who died in this operation." Raedl sighed, "The bombing formation lost 5 planes, confirmed that 4 people were killed, and 17 planes returned. There were also three tail gunners killed."

"That's such a pity." Hearing that some comrades were killed in battle made Scherf feel a little down.

"Young man, it's not your fault." Raedl patted Scherf on the shoulder and comforted, "Your fighter formation is doing well enough, now, let's go to the cafeteria to have something to eat."

Sherf nodded when he heard the words. After fighting in the sky for most of the day today, he didn't eat anything, and now he does feel a little hungry.

Darkness gradually shrouded the earth as time went on, but the deck of the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was now brightly lit.

"We are here today to mourn our fallen comrades, who were the first soldiers of the German Navy to die. Blood was shed in foreign skies for our friendship with Spain. But their blood will not be shed in vain, because the motherland and the Spanish people will Always remember them!"

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"While we mourn for the loss of our comrades, we also rejoice at the rise of German naval aviation. Albrison, the ace pilot born in this battle, was the first ACE of our naval aviation. But it will never be the last!"