The Rise of the Third Reich

Looking down at an altitude of 6,000 meters, everything on the ground becomes very small. Looking far into the distance, the rising sun in the east has emitted golden-red light and sprinkled it on the desolate sandy ground, giving people the illusion of gold everywhere.

"We are almost there. The weather is very good, with almost no clouds. It seems to be good weather for bombing." The voice of Colonel Li Mei, commander of the U.S. 305th Bomb Wing, came from the earphones.

Major General Golovanov, commander of the 8th Long-Range Bombing Division of the Soviet Red Air Force, glanced into the distance from the cabin of the Pe-8 heavy bomber he was driving, and then asked the navigator Ivanov next to him: "Where are we now? "

"Comrade Division Commander, we have arrived in Iraq. We can reach the Kirkuk oil field in another 20 minutes' flight."

"There are still 20 minutes left. The enemy pilots will not sleep. We will definitely have a fierce battle." Major General Golovanov raised a hand to tighten the tie of his canvas oxygen mask as he spoke. Then he adjusted the American radio station on the plane.

"Comrades, I am Major General Golovanov, commander-in-chief of the air strike, and I order you to prepare for battle!"

As if to verify how accurate his prediction was, as soon as he finished speaking, the voice of Colonel Li Mei, who was piloting a B-17 aircraft to open the road ahead, came from the earphones.

"Enemy plane found, enemy plane found! Prepare to fight!"

finally come! When Major General Golovanov heard the enemy plane approaching, he let out a sigh of relief. In fact, the enemy plane arrived later than he thought. He thought that the plane would be intercepted by German night fighter aircraft as soon as it crossed the border between the Soviet Union and Iran. According to intelligence, the Germans deployed radar on the Soviet-Iranian border, which was completely possible. Discovered the intruding US-Soviet aircraft fleet.

Moreover, it was still the darkest time in the early morning. Among the fighter jets serving as escorts, the P-51 with excellent performance is a day-fighting aircraft. Although the MiG-5 is a night-fighting aircraft, it is not equipped with a radar and is not a match for the legendary and powerful German twin-engine night-fighting aircraft (it is a Helicopter fighter aircraft). -219).

However, the Germans did not intercept them on the Soviet-Iraqi border. Instead, they allowed the Soviet and American planes to fly slowly for nearly 2 hours, all the way into Iraq.

It seems that the German Air Force is not as powerful as the legend says!

Major General Li Mei's shout came again: "Fighters! Nine o'clock direction! There are so many! Sixty, no, at least eighty!"

Then someone shouted in English: "They are coming! 12 Fw-190s, six o'clock position!"

"Block them, block them!"

Then Major General Golovanov heard the sound of machine gun fire. It was obviously an American B-17 firing.

Then the voice of Colonel LeMay came again: "General Golovanov, we have to raise the altitude to guide the German plane to a high altitude. I wish you good luck."

What an American who is afraid of death! Major General Golovanov almost didn't curse when he heard Li Mei's words. Raise the height... Your B-17 and P-51 can fly very high, but our Soviet Pe-8 and MiG-5 can't fly high!

Why did you lead the enemy plane to a high altitude? It is obvious that you abandoned your Soviet allies and fled for your own life. The imperialists really can't believe it!

After cursing the American reactionary Li Mei in his heart, Major General Golovanov could only bite his tongue and order: "Comrades, stay in formation and charge with me! Long live the Bolshevik Party! Long live the Soviet Union! Long live the great leader Stalin!"

While shouting long live, Major General Golovanov reached out and touched his pistol - this is for suicide! As a glorious Bolshevik member, you must never betray the motherland or the people!

And being captured was a betrayal of the Soviet motherland!

Just when Major General Golovanov made up his mind to commit suicide and die for his country once the plane was shot down, his navigator Ivanov suddenly shouted: "Comrade division commander, look, the Germans are really diverted by the American plane." "

Really lead away? Such good luck? Major General Golovanov took a closer look and saw that there was indeed no Fw-190 in front of him. He looked up again, and what he saw instantly made his scalp numb. He saw hundreds of fighter planes strangled together in the sky. Those Fw-190s were fighting with the escorting P-51 Mustangs. Tracer bullets were flying around in the sky like a meteor shower. From time to time, planes exploded in the air or fell with thick smoke.

Suddenly, there was a continuous scream in English from Major General Golovanov.

"Oh my God, we have enemy planes overhead!"

"It's a twin-engine heavy fighter...it flies so fast!"

"Oh, God, I was hit...20mm, no, it was a 30mm shell!"

"Damn it, there's an ambush among us!"

It turns out there was an ambush among the Americans! The Germans not only dispatched the high-altitude Fw-190, but also the terrifying He-219 - the He-219 cannot deal with the P51. After all, it is a twin-engine aircraft. But it has 4 20mm cannons and 2 30mm cannons! This firepower is enough to hit a tank. No matter how strong the B-17 is, can it compare with a tank? Of course I couldn't help but beat him up.

So when the staff of the German 4th Air Force discovered that the altitude of the incoming enemy plane was 6,000 meters, they guessed that it must be a mix of B-17s and Soviet bombers that could not fly high (German intelligence already knew that there were a large number of B-17s -17 to the Soviet Union). So a plan was made to first use 10 squadrons of 160 Fw-190 fighters to drive the B-17s to high altitudes, and at the same time use 10 squadrons of 160 He-219s to ambush at an extremely high altitude of 12,000 meters.

As a result, most of the American P51 fighter jets were busy blocking the Fw-190, and only a few P51s were protecting the B-17s. However, these B-17s had just climbed to 10,000 meters, and 160 He- 219 rushed down and started killing. In a very short period of time, dozens of B-17s were smashed into sieves, rolling and falling to the ground. The losses were unimaginable!

Major General Golovanov suddenly discovered that there seemed to be hundreds of terrifying German fighter jets in the sky massacring American bombers... Moreover, these fighter jets seemed to ignore the existence of Soviet aircraft and went to attack the Americans. Could it be that these Germans Still thinking about the old relationship between comrades and brothers?

After thanking the German comrades in his heart, Major General Golovanov still did not dare to take it lightly and quickly ordered: "Quick, quick, move forward at full speed, let's leave quickly! Go to Kirkuk quickly, drop the bomb and leave!"

The place where the air battle took place was actually very close to the large oil field in Kirkuk, so not long after flying, clouds of black smoke suddenly appeared in the sky. It was very dense. This was the German anti-aircraft guns firing!

Boom!

A 128mm artillery shell exploded near the Pe-8 aircraft driven by Major General Golovanov. The huge airflow mixed with shrapnel rushed towards the aircraft, causing the fuselage of this huge four-engine heavy bomber to tremble several times. , there are several more air leakage holes on the fuselage and wings.

But luckily, nothing was hurt. Just when Major General Golovanov felt lucky, in the sky not far from his plane, a Pe-8 aircraft had been hit. Major General Golovanov discovered that it was the plane of his group leader, Major Nikonov. Then he saw people jumping out of the various hatches of the burning plane, and opening their parachutes shortly after jumping out. Obviously, none of these people wanted to become glorious revolutionary martyrs...

They betrayed the motherland and the world revolution! Major General Golovanov became angry when he saw the white parachutes opening. That was Major Nikonov, a veteran party member for almost ten years. How could he lose control and surrender to the enemy at the critical moment? Why didn't he crash the plane into an enemy target on the ground? Why couldn't he just shoot himself? How cowardly!

"Comrade division commander, the German oil field has been discovered, the target has been discovered!" The navigator Ivanov shouted again, "It's at 9 o'clock!"

It turns out we have arrived at the Kirkuk oil field. No wonder there are so many anti-aircraft guns! Major General Golovanov lowered his head and took a closer look and saw countless oil pumps standing on the sandy wasteland!

"Comrades, follow me and charge!" Major General Golovanov did not wait for the Americans who were being beaten. He directly pushed the accelerator and rushed towards the wasteland full of oil pumping machines. , and soon flew over these oil pumping units.

"Drop the bomb! Aim and drop the bomb!"

"Got it!" the bombardier replied loudly. At the same time, he aimed the Soviet-made bombsight at the target on the ground, then turned the switch to open the magazine. When the green light came on, he did not hesitate to pretend to drop the bomb. When the switch was turned on, there was a sound of metal friction in the magazine, and the plane instantly rose more than ten meters.

"Everyone fasten their safety belts! We are going to climb!" Major General Golovanov pushed the control stick of the Pe-8 aircraft fiercely, and the bomber's nose immediately pulled up and shot into the sky.

Boom boom boom!

At this time, the pleasant sound of bomb explosions came, and then there was a burst of cheers.

"Hurrah! Hurrah!" Major General Golovanov heard many people cheering through his headphones, "We have won, the German oil fields have been destroyed!"

He quickly turned his head and looked at the ground, only to see dozens or hundreds of blue-black smoke pillars heading straight into the sky, and he could still vaguely see the flames tumbling.

This is probably what it looks like when an oil field is destroyed, right? Major General Golovanov thought to himself that at least half of the German Kirkuk oil fields had been destroyed. Now their armored forces and fleets no longer had enough fuel. The world revolution was going to win!