The gunshots and cannons quickly rang out, and the fierce air battle once again unfolded at the "Death Cross" portal. .

Miller soon realized his mistake in his judgment, because these "ganese" were flexibly interspersed among German fighter jets and shot down German fighter jets from time to time.

This surprised Miller and hurriedly swooped down and joined the battle group with his assistant.

Miller made sense for this, because most of the fighter jets used by the German army at this time were b109. This fighter jet was the main force of the German fighter jets and was also a multi-function fighter jet. Because it can carry bombs to perform bombing missions, there was once a record of a British cruiser being sunk by a b fighter jet.

Just imagine, a fighter can be used as a fighter and a bomber. At the airport, you can often only deploy a relatively small number of fighters to complete tasks that originally required a larger number of fighters... For example, in the North African battlefield, the number of German bombers is often not enough, because "Stuka" wants to bomb Malta Island and blockade the route from Asanda Harbour to Malta, and on the other hand, it also needs to support Rommel's African Legion.

At this time, the bombing function of the B fighter was reflected. It was often used as a bomber, but the B fighter with the bomb was very bulky and could not fight the fighter air. At this time, part of the fighter jets transferred by the German army were temporarily transferred.

The performance of the foreign B fighter jet is not as good as the "Hellcat" of the US military.

This is mainly reflected in its range... The range of the b fighter is only 700 kilometers, less than half of the 1500-meter range of the "Hellcat".

On the surface, the range seems to have no big impact on the fighter jets in air combat, but in fact it plays a key role in it.

For example, a considerable number of the fighter jets temporarily transferred by Miller have been flying in the air for a while, and the remaining fuel is not much. At this time, the psychological pressure to invest in air combat is quite high, because the pilot has to always calculate how long he can fight and whether he has enough fuel to fly back to the base if he continues like this.

Therefore, although Miller invested more than 100 fighter jets almost at the first time, and the total number of the Third Air Brigade was more than 300 fighter jets, in fact, only more than 100 fighter jets participated in the battle at the same time... Although fighter jets continued to replenish in during the battle, there were also constant fighter jets that had to withdraw from the battlefield due to insufficient fuel.

What's worse is that Miller saw that these "ganese" were more difficult to deal with than expected, so he estimated that if the Germans continued to fight like this, he would likely lose.

Miller's landline is a more advanced fighter than the B fighter. It is nicknamed "Bullshit Bird". It still has the disadvantage of insufficient range. Its maximum range is only 837 kilometers, but its speed reaches an astonishing 760 kilometers, which is much faster than the "Hellcat". It is obvious that this gives it an advantage in air combat.

Sure enough, as soon as the group of "butchers" led by Colonel Miller joined the battle group, the situation in the air gradually tilted towards the German army.

But at this moment, Miller received a report from his subordinates: "The Third Flight Squadron was intercepted by British fighter jets on his way to reinforcements!"

Miller, who was flying a fighter plane, just destroyed a target in front of him. Before he could cheer for his own battle results, he was poured with cold water...

After that, Miller lamented in his heart that if the third flight squadron could not arrive in time for reinforcements, it would mean that the German fighter jets on the battlefield would soon be in a weak quantity... because some fighter jets would inevitably withdraw from the battle due to insufficient fuel, and even their own landlines could only last for ten minutes.

In this way, the little advantage that the German army had just gained would soon disappear.

And if it's just a loss of advantage, it's still a good thing, and even worse... Miller knew that this "Genten" fighter has twice the range of German fighter jets, which means that they even have the ability to follow behind and chase for a while. At that time, Miller didn't know how many more of his fleet would fly back to the base alive.

After thinking about it, Miller issued an order that shocked everyone: "All fighters exit the battle and return to the base, and the First Patrol Team is responsible for cover!"

This was nothing strange at first, but the First Patrol...is Miller's Patrol.

Miller's order was for a reason, because twelve of the eighteen fighters of the First Patrol were "Bullshit Birds" fighters, and only such advanced fighter jets could block the enemy for a while.

"Colin!" At this time, a subordinate raised an objection: "Our fighter plane is almost out of fuel. If we take on cover missions, we will not be able to return to the base!"

Miller was silent for a while before saying, "We won't go back to the base!"

Everyone was silent because they all knew what "not returning to the base" meant for pilots flying the fighter.

But Miller ordered again without any doubt: "Execute the order, except for the First Patrol, all withdraw from the battle!"

"Yes, sir!"

...

Then the German fighter jets quickly evacuated in batches, and more than ten "butchers" continued to fight against the enemy in the air, and even intercepted the enemy aircraft attempting to catch up with the German fleet with their speed advantage.

Soon, more than ten "butcher birds" were shot down one after another... Although it had excellent performance and the pilots were experienced veteran pilots, it was still outnumbered after all.

Colonel Gail, who was commanding the US air force to fight at a high level, couldn't help but look at the German aircraft fleet gradually fading away. This operation was an ambush carefully deployed by Britain and the United States, and even the air radar on the destroyer cooperated. He wanted to capture the German third air force in one go, but he didn't expect that they would escape at a critical moment.

Colonel Gale had thought about chasing, but he also knew that the "Hellcat" was only a trivial point faster than the B fighter, and after being delayed for a while, the pursuit became meaningless.

Then Colonel Gale turned his gaze to the last "butcher bird" that was destroyed and burst into flames in the air... The Germans are indeed an admirable opponent. They have a qualities similar to the Japanese, that is, they can fight bravely on the battlefield.

This is rare compared to European countries, such as Italy, France, and even the United Kingdom.

At the same time, the Germans still have nothing to do with Japan, that is, their stronger industrial and scientific research capabilities, which can be seen from the performance of their fighter jets.

So Colonel Gale believes that there will be a long way to go in the future.
Chapter completed!