Chapter 322： Emergency takeoff

"Quick, quick!" Rushing out of his dormitory, Lieutenant Skalski of the 142nd Squadron started to organize his equipment while running.

The alarm is the command! Skalski has always been strict with himself, and he has the habit of getting up early. When he heard the alarm, he just got up.

However, other people are different. Some pilots, getting up, wearing underwear, start running out.

what happened?

"Attention, the Germans have already attacked on the border, we immediately took off to meet the German plane!" The voice of the officer on duty sounded from the base.

German, come here?

take off! Skalski ran quickly onto his fighter plane and carried his umbrella bag.

"Quickly, start the engine for me!" he shouted loudly.

"Report, there is no refueling and bombing!" The ground crew who hurried over shouted.

It is not a state of war, and the aircraft is not in a state of combat at all.

Hearing the news, Skalski jumped from his cockpit and, together with the ground crew, quickly stuffed the machine gun bullets into the bomb bay.

The fuel had just started to be filled, and a rumbling sound came from the distant sky.

"Quick, quick, start the plane for me immediately!" Skalski knew that if he didn't take off quickly, he would be destroyed on the ground!

Now, there is no time to wait, although it has just been filled with fuel, it is enough!

start up!

Following his yelling, the ground crew unplugged the fuel pipe in a panic, and just closed the lid, the ground crew in front began to turn the propeller by hand.

This is definitely a technical job.

There are various ways to start the engine of an airplane. In the beginning, the airplane mainly relied on the hand-operated propeller. Some airplanes have a slot in front of the propeller, which is used to lock the crank.

Technically speaking, it is completely possible to use electric start, but as long as you ride an electric bike, you should know how heavy the battery is. For the bomber, the weight of the battery is nothing, but for the fighter, it must be You have to care about this weight!

For old Polish fighters, hand cranking is the most common way!

With the rotation of the propeller, a puff of black smoke came out from the nozzle of the engine. Then, the peculiar vibration came and the engine started!

The MercuryVIS2 630-horsepower engine gave out a roar, and the throttle was fully pushed. Skalski shouted loudly: "Get out, I want to take off!"

Wait, why is it only 630 horsepower?

Of course, this 630 horsepower is already the largest aircraft engine in Poland at this stage!

Look at the shape of this aircraft, the upper monoplane, the seagull wing, the cockpit is still open, and the landing gear below is still not retractable. Compared with the German Air Force fighter jet, this aircraft is far away. Be behind!

However, this is still the most advanced fighter in the Polish Air Force, P11!

The Polish aviation industry is also autonomous. After World War I, Poland developed a series of fighters, among which the PZL Aviation Manufacturing Group has been making progress.

In the early 1930s, they made an improved version with a more powerful air-cooled engine based on the original P.7. This is the P.11 fighter.

The engine of the aircraft is mainly from the United Kingdom. From the original Bristol MercuryIVS2 575-horsepower air-cooled engine to the current 630-horsepower C-type, it has been very advanced.

When P.11c entered service in 1934, it was very advanced. However, these years have also been a period of rapid development of aviation technology.

All kinds of new technologies, large engines with more than one thousand horsepower, retractable landing gear, fully enclosed cockpit, etc., have come out, but P.11c has not been improved for a long time.

This fighter with only four 7.7mm machine guns can be said to be completely behind Germany by an era.

For example, this P.11 fighter has a top speed of only 365 kilometers per hour, which is even lower than that of some German bombers. In terms of maneuverability, the maneuverability of German dive bombers is similar to that of this fighter!

Although the Polish Air Force has a total of about 1,900 aircraft, there are very few front-line combat aircraft. Of the 1,900 aircraft, 650 are training aircraft, and the other 700 are obsolete and useless aircraft.

There are only 392 aircraft capable of taking off, including 185 fighters, 114 reconnaissance fighters, 36 medium bombers, and 84 reconnaissance aircraft. Among them, the main fighters are 128 "PZLP.11" and 30 "PZLP.11". PZLP.7".

Although the performance of Polish Air Force fighters is not good, the quality of Polish pilots is definitely strong! In the history of later generations, the moment when the Polish Air Force exerted its power was in the British air battle!

And now, taking the risk and taking off in an emergency, is the first ace pilot of the Polish Air Force in history!

The P11's 630-horsepower engine made a huge roar, the two-blade propellers were rapidly rotating, and the fixed landing gear was rolling and rolling on the runway.

"Pay attention to the back!" The ground crew on the ground couldn't help shouting loudly.

In the sky, a BF109 suddenly emerged from the clouds and dived quickly toward the airport! On the side of the fuselage, the black cross is so dazzling.

In the cabin, Corporal Heinz looked at his prey with cold eyes.

Heinz Barr was born on March 21, 1913 in Sommerfeld near Leipzig. He was a glider enthusiast when he was a teenager. He started gliding training at the age of 17, and then joined the secret pilot training and went to the Soviet Union.

In 1935 ~www.novelhall.com~ Barr formally joined the Luftwaffe. He first flew Junker 52/3m, and then changed to BF109, and was assigned to the 51st Day Fighter Wing under the command of Moldes.

After that, he entered the Spanish battlefield. Unfortunately, unfortunately, when his squadron was rotated, it was already in the late period of the Spanish Civil War. There were no government fighters in the sky. He had the greatest fun on the Spanish battlefield. , Just dive down, hit the car or play, it's so boring.

Now, the real battle is finally here! As a pilot of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Battalion, he and his squadron companions flew fighter planes and escorted a group of bombers to bomb Polish airports.

They took off with other formations, and when they reached the national border, they officially declared war.

Therefore, there were no obstacles along the way. The Poles had not yet completed the preparations for takeoff. Before arriving at the airport, he saw the taking off fighter plane on the runway and immediately swooped down!

His eyesight is the best, and at the same time, his eagerness to fight, this flying fighter is his prey! Like a fierce eagle, BF109, swooped down from the sky.