Rokosovsky considered that Sokov and his team would soon launch an attack on the Germans and replenish their air strength, and the work of doing very smoothly.
That night, Colonel Nemtevich, the commander of the Fighter Air Division, reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I will tell you good news. The two fighter squadrons that our superiors have all arrived at the field airport."
"What, the replenished fighter squadron has arrived." Sokov was overjoyed after hearing Nemcevic's report: "In this way, you don't have to worry about insufficient aircraft in the battle with enemy aircraft."
"Comrade Commander, you, I think you are too optimistic." Colonel Nemtevich said in a little depressed manner: "I think the two new flight squadrons may not have any combat power?"
"No combat power?" Henry asked unexpectedly: "Comrade Colonel, why do you say that?"
"When I learned that my superiors sent us two fighter squadrons, I was very happy, but unexpectedly, it was a group of women who came."
"A bunch of women?" Sokov couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard Nemcevic say this: "What is their commander's name?"
"The captain of the first squadron is Captain Laisha, and the captain of the second squadron is Lielia."
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov almost jumped up excitedly when he heard the orders from Nemtevich. He warned the other party: "I tell you that these female pilots have rich combat experience. They have made immortal achievements in the battle to defend Stalingrad. The superiors transferred them to you because they believed in their abilities. I remind you that you must not discriminate against them, otherwise I will advise the superiors to revoke your division commander position. Do you understand?"
Although Sokov's tone was very stern, Nemcevic said unconvincedly: "Comrade Commander, I have never heard of any female pilots, so I still doubt their level."
"Col. Nemtevich, Captain Resha and Lielia, have fought side by side with me. I know very well in my heart how their abilities are." Sokov said to Nemtevich: "Especially Lielia, who first participated in the battle, shot down one of the Messerchmit-109 fighters and one of the Junker-88 bombers, becoming the first woman in the world to shoot down an enemy plane.
She also shot down a Messerchmit-109 fighter jet pilot, piloted by German ace pilot. The pilot of the fighter jet was a lieutenant of the 3rd German fighter jet wing, with a record of 35 air battle victory. After being captured, he proposed to see the opponent who shot him down. When he saw a petite, young and beautiful girl standing in front of him, he would not believe that this was the one who shot him down.
Because her name is similar to the Russian lily, her comrades affectionately called her lily. She drew a lily on both sides of the fuselage of the plane she was flying. The Germans mistakenly thought lily for a rose, so they all called her the 'Stalingrad White Rose'."
"What? Commander, what did you just say?" Nechepolenko was shocked when he heard Sokov say this: "She is actually the legendary 'white rose above Stalingrad', which is simply incredible."
"Comrade Colonel," Sokov reminded him that Lillia seemed to have been injured once during this period, and said, "Lieutenant Lillia is a precious treasure of your Air Force. I order you to love her as much as you care for your own eyes. You must not let her have any danger. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Commander, this is not easy to say." Nechepolenko said in embarrassment when he heard Sokov's order: "You also know that whether you can survive in air combat depends entirely on your personal technical and tactical skills and air combat ability. If she is not lucky, even if I send more planes to protect her, it will probably be useless."
Necheborenko's words made Sokov realize that he was a little too whimsical. Air combat is not as good as land combat, and there are too many uncertainties. If Lilia's plane is destined to be shot down, then no matter how many planes are sent to protect her, it will probably be of no effect. Everything depends on her luck.
After Sokov put down the phone, he heard Vitkov on the side ask excitedly: "Comrade Commander, is it our Lily here?"
"Yes." Sokov knew that the person who called Lilia was a German, while the Soviet commanders and fighters still liked to call her Lily. Witkov had dealt with Lilia, and now he knew that his old friend was coming to fight side by side with him, so he couldn't help but feel happy: "Lieutenant Lilia has now become the squadron leader."
Lunev was not familiar with Lilia. Seeing that Sokov and Vetkov were both talking happily about a female pilot, he asked curiously: "Who are you talking about?"
"A young female pilot." Seeing that Lunev didn't know Lilya, Sokov explained the results of Lilya in the Battle of Stalingrad, and finally said: "Don't look at her youngness, she has achieved many results. If she could survive to the day of victory, I think she might become a general."
Hearing Sokov say this, Vitkov said weakly: "But our army has never had a female general."
"Not before, it does not mean there will be no in the future." Sokov smiled and said, "Maybe Lilia can become the first female general in our army."
"Comrade Commander, how do you plan to arrange them?" Lunev asked. "Do you let them fight German pilots like male pilots?"
"It's all right, comrades of the military committee." Sokov asked in surprise: "In war, there is only the difference between soldiers and civilians. From the day they put on their military uniforms, they are no longer simple women, but a soldier, a soldier who can sacrifice his life at any time in order to defend the motherland."
After hearing this, Lunev nodded and said, "Comrade Commander, you are right. After hearing what you said, I can't wait to see this amazing female pilot."
"Comrade Military Commissioner, the field airport is not far from us anyway." Sokov told Lunev: "If you have time, you can go over and take a look at this amazing female pilot."
Besides, after Lilia led the fighter squadron to the field airport, she only rested for two or three hours, then launched the plane and rushed to the traffic line to fight with the enemy fighter fleet.
There were three German fighters. After shooting down one Soviet bomber, they were attacking the remaining three. Four Soviet fighters were found to appear, and two fighters immediately left the Soviet bomber and rushed towards the new fighter squadron.
Although Lilia was a woman, she became the ace pilot of the Soviet army because of her repeated military achievements. Looking at the two enemy planes rushing towards her, she ignored her at all, but asked the other three to deal with it. She rushed directly to the enemy plane chasing the bomber.
The enemy planes chasing the bomber did not expect that Lilia would ignore the enemy planes facing them and rushed directly to him. The German pilot had just locked in a bomber in front. Before he could pull the trigger, he suddenly felt a shock in the fuselage. Based on his experience, he knew that his plane had been shot. He quickly turned around and wanted to see where the plane attacked him came from.
At this moment, Lilia aimed at the cockpit and pulled the trigger again. A series of bullets accurately hit the cockpit, knocking the pilot in the cabin into a sieve. At the last moment of his life, the German pilot saw the lily on the side of Lilia's plane clearly, and he murmured: "White Rose..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt dark before his eyes turned black, and then the plane that had lost control dived towards the ground. After a few dozen seconds, the plane plunged into the ground, and the fuselage quickly caught fire. Not long after, a shocking explosion occurred.
The two enemy planes in the sky were quite puzzled when they saw their companions being shot down. They knew very well in their hearts that even if they wanted to win two on one, it would take a lot of trouble. How could they crash in such a short time? Could it be that the Russians sent their ace pilot?
After Lilia shot down the enemy plane, she turned a circle in the air and rushed towards the two surviving enemy planes. A German pilot who was fighting with the Soviet fighter jet suddenly saw the lily on the fuselage and shouted as if he had seen a ghost: "Hell, it's the Stalingrad white rose, it's the Stalingrad white rose..."
After a series of wailings, the German pilots dared not continue fighting. They quickly left their companions and turned their heads to fly west.
The remaining enemy pilot did not hear what his companion was calling, but when he saw him turning around and fleeing towards the airport as if he had seen a ghost, he immediately realized something was wrong. Just as he was about to turn around and escape, Lilia's wingman, Lieutenant Kajia, had already fired a series of bullets at him, hitting the wing on the right, causing the fuselage to shake violently for a few times.
Fortunately, the pilot had rich experience. Although he was shot in the fuselage, he quickly stabilized the plane and turned around to get rid of Kajia who was rushing up. He was ready to retreat in the direction of the airport like his companions.
But he soon discovered that the Soviet plane that shot down his companion was rushing towards him. He could see the lily on the fuselage at a glance, and immediately understood in his heart that he had encountered the legendary "Stalingrad White Rose". No wonder his companion was so skilled, and he was shot down after a meeting.
He tried to lift the plane, but the oncoming plane had already opened fire first. The bullet hit the plane's mailbox, causing the German plane to explode in the air. The pilot did not even have the chance to jump. Then he scattered the debris of the plane with the fire like a celestial girl scattering flowers.
Lilia's fighter squadron was shocked when he returned to the field airport. He thought something had happened, otherwise how could the fighter squadron that had just launched would return to the airport so quickly?
He got into the convertible jeep next to the runway, and after Lilia's plane landed and stopped, he immediately ordered the driver to drive over. He came to Lilia's plane, stood up straight and raised his head to ask Lilia who had just opened the hatch: "Comrade Lieutenant, what happened? Why did your plane come back so soon?"
Lilia and the others were thrown into the battle shortly after arriving, so they naturally had no contact code for the airport, so they could not report the battle report to Colonel Nemcevic in time. At this moment, when he heard the other party ask, he quickly straightened his body and replied: "Report to the division commander, two of the enemy's three fighter jets were shot down by our squadron, and the remaining one fled back to their airport in a hurry."
"What, you shot down two enemy planes, and the remaining one ran away?" Colonel Nemcevic felt a little dizzy when he heard Lilia say this. Fortunately, he held the windshield in front in time and did not fall into the car. He asked tentatively: "Since you shot down the enemy plane, why didn't you report to me in time?"
"Comrade Colonel," Lilia said with some amusement when she heard Nemcevic ask, "Our squadron just turned over today. We didn't even know the contact code for the field airport, so we hurriedly took off to fight. How can we report the battle report to you?"
After resolving the misunderstanding, Colonel Nemtevich hurriedly ordered people to send Lilia and her subordinates to the nearby sheltering department to rest. After doing all this, he ran back to the command center to call Sokov: "Comrade Commander, you are so right."
"What am I saying so right?" Sokov asked blankly.
"You told me not long ago that Lieutenant Lillia had made immortal achievements in the Battle of Stalingrad." Colonel Nemtevich apologized to Sokov: "I thought you were exaggerating at the time. Even if a group of women are capable, how much role can they play in a battlefield dominated by men? But now I realize that I was wrong, and it was outrageously wrong. You are completely right."
Sokov was confused by Nemtevich's words, and he asked in confusion: "Comrade Colonel, please tell me clearly what happened? You said so blindly for a long time, but I didn't understand a single word."
"I'm sorry, comrade Commander, I'm so excited that I'm a little incoherent." Nemtevich apologized to Sokov and got back to the topic: "You also know that in order to cover the bomber squadrons that bomb the transport line, we often have to send fighter squadrons to deal with German fighters. Not long ago, our bomber formation was attacked by enemy bombers, and I immediately ordered Lieutenant Lielia's second squadron to attack and drive away the enemy fighters."
"Then what?"
Chapter completed!