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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 661 (Part 2) Almost the entire army was wiped out

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    In the process of returning to the formation to assemble, the coalition fighter planes were often hit and lost by the German planes chasing behind them. If it were not for the fact that the pilots of the two FR18 fighter-bombers were the best first batch of Nanyuan Aviation School.  As a student, the losses of the 1st Coalition Fighter-Bomber Wing were far greater than the 36 shot down.

    Of course, both sides were furious. For Hermann Wilhelm Goering, the captain of the German Fighter Wing, the result of 36:30 the next day was absolutely unacceptable, which meant that he almost  Two more squadrons were lost, and since the battlefield was located within the territory of the Volga Federation, the German aces who made the forced landing and crashed and survived had no other way out than being captured by the coalition ground forces.

    Since the endurance of the German Fokker fighter jets was only one and a half hours, it took half an hour to assemble the formation above Krasno, and it took more than half an hour to fly over the 120 kilometers on the road. The two sides fought in a melee until 9:30.  The air battle only lasted half an hour, but it was obvious that the Germans had to consider returning. The remaining fuel was only enough to fly back to the field airport south of Kharkov. Many Fokker fighter jets had even burned out their machine gun bullets.

    Hermann Wilhelm G?ring had to lead 29 Fokker Dviiis to intercept and cover the formation's retreat to the south. During the battle over Belgorod, five Fokkers were shot down by the opponent's ground anti-aircraft fire. This was something he did not expect at all.  , although the accuracy of the anti-aircraft artillery fired by the coalition ground forces was average, the rate of fire and firepower were quite intense. The aerial fire net weaved by them shot down the planes flown by five of their own ace pilots.

    Fortunately, although Hermann Wilhelm G?ring was disappointed, judging from the current record of 36:30, his ace fighter wing was at least a miserable victory. What's more, after returning to the field airport in the southern suburbs of Kharkov, it was still okay.  Use the firepower of the three anti-aircraft artillery battalions deployed on the ground to inflict huge damage to the aircraft chasing the coalition forces, if the opponent dares to pursue them.

    On the other hand, the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Allied Air Force, the Chinese pilots who participated in the first large-scale formation actually withstood the test. The cheers and cheers of the ground troops made these aerial heroes enter a state of excitement after the initial tension.  era, everyone was holding back their energy to beat the Germans down. Although the dh4 fighter-bomber looked somewhat huge and clumsy in front of Fokker, the 30:36 record was against the 1st Allied Fighter-Bomber Wing.  Still inspiring to pilots.

    Since they were fighting right at home, not far below was the coalition air force's field airport in Belgorod. In addition, each coalition pilot was equipped with a parachute. Therefore, the morale of the 1st Coalition Fighter-Bomber Wing not only did not increase with the casualties.  It goes down as it increases, but becomes even higher.

    Several SE5s even replenished their ammunition after landing the machine gun bullets and flew back to the sky to return to the battle. After losing 36 fighters, the remaining 60 coalition fighters continued to bite the 55 in Goering's formation.  The fighter planes chased after them, and those at the forefront were 22 fr18 Excellent fighter-bombers.

    Because the Fokker aircraft in his formation were running low on fuel, G?ring had to retreat towards Kharkov while fighting. Of course, at this time he knew that although the coalition pilots were slightly immature, they had absolute fighting spirit and courage to sacrifice.  No worse than his own ace pilots, during fierce battles in the air, there were more than one scene where the planes of both sides collided and crashed together after being unable to avoid the situation. This made Hermann Wilhelm Goering seem to have returned to the war-torn Western Front battlefield.

    Although the German 1st Fighter Wing shot down more coalition fighters in one day today than in a month on the Western Front, on the other hand, in the two air battles yesterday and today, Goering's 1st Fighter Wing lost 45 aircraft.  , which far exceeded all the losses suffered by the regiment in the Western Front in the past three months. Hermann Wilhelm Goering felt very bitter and heavy.

    Now we can only hope that the formation can be covered and landed safely at the German field airport on the southern outskirts of Kharkov before the fuel is exhausted. If the coalition forces give up the pursuit, Goering plans to take off again after refueling and replenishing fuel. He believes that the opponent's Chinese rookie  The pilots were exhausted now and were unable to fight any more. When the time came, he would turn around and kill them all.

    As one goes and the other goes, G?ring believes that if the second wave of air combat is between 55 Fokkers and 60 coalition fighters, he is sure to shoot down all the opponent's DH4 except for the abnormal new fighter aircraft like the FR18, and at least kill the opponent's remaining ones.  Only in this way can we achieve a complete victory. Although the price is already high, that's what Captain Goering thought!

    Of course, one of the ten unsatisfactory things in the world, the appearance of the 2nd Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Allied Forces, which landed at Shakhtin Field Airport 300 kilometers away to refuel and then transferred to support the air battle, completely ruined Herman Wilhelm.  G?ring hoped to save the honor and face of the Luftwaffe, the 1st Fighter Wing and himself, the third wing commander.

    The 2nd Fighter-Bomber Wing of the coalition transferred from Kamensk, 300 kilometers away, except for 40 SE5 fighter jets still had one-third of their fuel supply, and the DH4 and FR18 fighter jets had more than enough fuel. 104 coalition fighter jets cut off the retreat path of Goering's formation from behind, while those behind them continued to chase their unrelenting 60  A fighter plane from the 1st Allied Fighter-Bomber Wing.

    This battle finally had no suspense anymore. A total of 164 coalition fighter planes surrounded the remaining 55 Fokker fighters of G?ring's wing, which started to warn of fuel and running out of ammunition. Wing leader G?ring was able to intercept the rear after the desperate efforts of two Fokkerdviii squadrons.  and escorts, only 8 German fighter planes were able to return to the field airport in the southern suburbs of Kharkiv after breaking through the siege. The remaining 47 fighter planes were shot down by coalition fighter planes during the retreat.

    The blood of the German aces was spilled in the 70-kilometer airspace from Belgorod to Kharkov. During the encirclement and pursuit, the desperate German aces ran out of fuel, ran out of ammunition, and were outnumbered.  Even though he was attacked from the front and back, he still produced remarkable statistics. Although he was shot down a huge number of 47 aircraft, the two coalition fighter wings still paid the price of 32 shot down.

    The air battle on the morning of July 29, 1918 was the largest large-formation air battle that the Luftwaffe participated in on the Eastern Front. The glory of the Imperial Air Force was that the German 1st Fighter Wing lost almost 6 squadrons of fighter planes. Except for the garrison in Odessa, it had no aircraft.  Except for the 27th Squadron that participated in the battle, the remaining six squadrons were almost completely wiped out. Hermann Wilhelm G?ring, who desperately broke through the encirclement and returned to land, was almost a bloody man when he was helped out of the cabin by the ground crew.
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