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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 661 (Part 2) Falling at a disadvantage again

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    For a team to grow, it must pay a price. Almost half a squadron of SE5s were lost on the first night. Fortunately, most of the pilots successfully parachuted. July 29 was originally the day the Allied Air Force was scheduled to launch an attack on the German Air Force in Ukraine.  On the day of the offensive, the purpose was to use the overwhelming advantage in the number of aircraft of the two fighter-bomber wings to annihilate the 1st Fighter Wing of the Luftwaffe in Ukraine north of the Dnieper River.

    The air battle the night before was just a rehearsal for the two sides to learn about each other. In fact, if Goering had not reacted quickly, five fighter squadrons would have been mobilized early the next morning from Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donets.  Kharkov and Rovlov and other places rushed to the Krasno Field Airport about 90 kilometers south of Kharkov to gather, so at least the aircraft from the German airports in Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kharkov  It was likely destroyed on the ground by coalition air strikes.

    This is also because the Krasno Field Airport has just completed the construction of ten new airports in a concealed manner. There is a large forest nearby, so the coalition's aerial reconnaissance did not list this place as the first priority target along with other airports where German fighter squadrons were stationed.  .

    To put it bluntly, in order to successfully attack ground targets in the skies over Ukraine, the first priority is to dispatch fighter squadrons to compete for air supremacy through air battles. Without air supremacy, blindly dispatching bomber groups can only serve as a gift to the opponent's fighter jets.  Side dishes delivered to your door.

    Although the Allied Air Force lacks practical experience in air combat, large formation flying and maneuvering in the air are the most important training subjects for all the first, second, and third batches of accelerated trainees in the past six months after they are put into active service. It is a 1vs1 duel against the German ace pilot.  Most Chinese pilots are far from capable. Beating the master to death with sticks is the basic tactic designed by Wang Geng for the Allied Air Force, which is to mainly fight in large formations and formations, and never fight with the Germans unless necessary.  Play alone or against two machines.

    In fact, in last night's air battle, 15 SE5s attacked 8 of the opponent's aircraft, but the result was only 6:4. The SE5 pilot who was shot down was actually a pilot in the coalition who had relatively good skills at ordinary times and liked to fight in single combat. This shows that the pilots of the coalition  There is still a big gap between them and the German aces in terms of technology and experience.

    The coalition Hawkeye 1, 2, and 3 early warning aircraft and the fr18 escort squadron at an altitude of 5,000 meters were the first to discover the unusual movements of the German fighter squadron north of the Dnieper River. Then several coalition reconnaissance teams that parachuted in in the middle of the night also sent back information.  , the German fighter squadrons stationed in Ukraine are gathering south of Kharkov.

    Huang Jingbo, commander of the coalition's frontline air force, boarded the Hawkeye 4 early warning aircraft and, escorted by a squadron of FR18 fighter-bombers, personally took off to direct the air battle on July 29.

    At 9:00 on July 29, 1918, the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Allied Air Force stationed on the northern front dispatched 1 SE5 fighter jet from four airports in Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod and Rylisk.  The group, 1 DH4 fighter-bomber group, and 2 FR18 fighter-bomber squadrons, a total of 104 fighters assembled in formation over Belgorod. All fighters were not equipped with aerial bombs.

    8:30 The 2nd Fighter-Bomber Wing stationed on the eastern front also dispatched 1 SE5 fighter group, 1 DH4 fighter-bomber group and 2 FR18 Excellent squadrons, a total of 104 fighters, assembled over Kamenskshakhtin.  Maneuver back towards Belgorod.

    The two air formations of the coalition air force are both at an altitude of 3,000 meters. The combat formations have three dh4 fighter-bomber squadrons in the center, one se5 fighter squadron on the left and right wings, one se5 fighter squadron in the front, and two fr18 fighter squadrons.  The Excellent fighter-bomber squadron overlooks the overall situation from the position above the formation.

    The Allied Air Force Major General Commander Huang Jingbo is responsible for overall command on the Hawkeye 4 early warning aircraft led by the air front enemy command headquarters at an altitude of 5,000 meters. The remaining Hawkeye 1, 2, and 3 early warning aircraft are each in two squadrons of FR18 fighter-bombers.  Under the escort, it is responsible for the warning and reconnaissance in the west, north and south directions.

    At 9:20, five squadrons of the German 1st Fighter Wing completed their take-off and formation over Krasno, Ukraine. A total of 85 Fokker fighter jets from the wing headed towards Belgorod in a neat formation.  In the sky, the two sides began a fierce air battle of unprecedented scale over Ukraine.

    Since the only genuine fighter of the Allied Air Force is the SE5 biplane fighter squadron, and the SE5 of the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing lost 7 in the air battle last night and there is no time to replace them, so at the beginning there were only 33 aircraft over Belgorod.  A coalition SE5 fighter jets participated in the battle, and the 40 DH4 fighter-bombers in the middle were more like a firepower platform.

    If the 24 Chinese FR18s above the formation had not acted as a stabilizing force, the 1st Allied Fighter-Bomber Wing over Belgorod would have been afraid before the 104 fighters of the Allied 2nd Fighter Wing outflanked it from the east.  The losses are even greater.

    Of course, among the 85 Fokker fighters in the 5 squadrons of Hermann Wilhelm Goering's 1st Fighter Wing, the latest Fokkerdviii monoplaneThere are only 37 fighter planes, and the remaining ones are 32 Fokkerdvii type fighters with slightly inferior performance, and 16 earlier Fokkerdri three-wing fighters.

    If Goering's 85 fighter jets are all Fokker Dviii type, I'm afraid the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Allied Air Force will have a hard time coping. Although the Allied fighters have been striving to maintain large formations for combat, the attacks of Fokker fighters flown by German ace pilots  The formation was still broken up many times, and the pilots of the Allied Air Force lacked experience after all. The German ace pilot's melee skills were much better than those of the Allied Air Force.

    Even though there were 24 FR18 single-wing two-seater fighter jets that stalked the 37 FokkerDviiis led by Goering personally, there were still many DH4 and SE5s that were shot down by German Fokker fighter jets after being separated from the formation.

    The fierce air battle lasted for half an hour. By 9:30, G?ring's 85 fighter planes had lost 30, including 8 Fokkerdviii, 10 Fokkerdvii and 12 Fokkerdri, 5 of which were destroyed by the coalition ground forces.  The gun battalion's 37mm anti-aircraft gun was shot down.

    The 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing of the coalition lost 36 fighters, including 16 SE5 biplane fighters, 18 DH4 biplane fighter-bombers, and 2 of the latest Chinese FR18 fighters.

    Although the number of aircraft participating in the battle was dominant, the 1st Bomber Wing of the Allied Air Force was at a disadvantage. Hermann Wilhelm Goering was right. Although the rookie pilots of the Allied Air Force had mastered a certain amount of formation flying,  technology, but the actual combat experience is still too lacking, and they adhere to dogma. Faced with the opportunity to shoot down enemy aircraft and the choice of returning to the formation, many fighter pilots flying SE5 chose the latter, and in vain let their opponents fall into passive situations.  escaped a bullet
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