The 910-horsepower "Land God"-Rhone 14N-11 was started, a puff of black smoke came out of the exhaust pipe, and after a few seconds, the engine was working normally.
In the cockpit, Bruce carefully checked the instruments in front of him. In the high latitudes of Finland, he hoped that the engine's data would be normal.
From the outside, the most special feature of this aircraft is the nose. In order to balance the torque, the engine is tilted to the left by about 2.5 degrees, creating a strange crooked neck.
This kind of ugly fighter is not as good as German fighters, or even better than American fighters, but now, Bruce has no choice.
After he came to Finland, successive fighters and pilots were transported over, but until now, as the head of the Finnish Volunteer Air Force, Bruce’s men are almost all foreigners. There is no purebred Germanic.
Recently, the situation in Finland has become more and more tense. As the Soviet Union continues to increase its troops toward Leningrad and gathers toward the Finnish border, it is conceivable that the fighting will almost start.
Therefore, every day, there is a need for combat readiness on duty.
The combat readiness duty is divided into different levels. It is one situation for the pilots to stay in the waiting room, and to sit in the cabin is another situation. Now, it is a more extreme situation. Most pilots sit While waiting in the cabin, there will be aircraft taking off in turn, cruising along the Finnish border.
This came in order, even if Bruce was the commander-in-chief, he also participated in the rotation, and now it was his turn to take off to patrol.
Just when he started the engine and was about to patrol in the air, a sharp siren sounded in the airport.
The war begins like this!
Hearing the sirens, everyone was in the cabin instantly, starting their engines quickly, and Bruce, who was aimed at the runway, did his part, pushing the throttle lever, the engine output 910 horsepower maximum power, the variable pitch propeller Rotating fast, the legal fighter jet slid for several hundred meters on the runway before pulling up.
"Attention, a fleet of Soviet bombers was found. In airspace No. 3, it is flying in the direction of 270." The sound of the tower has been heard in the headset, which was discovered by the front-line radar station.
The bomber group! This kind of large-scale bombing was of course the prelude to the war. The Soviets finally couldn't hold back and began the invasion of Finland!
It seems to be inspired by the blitzkrieg in Germany. Unlike the Soviet-Finland war in history, the Soviets gathered a large number of bombers at the beginning of the war and wanted to blow up Finland into a sparse, various military bases. The outposts, barracks, ammunition depot, air force, etc. all seem to be solved by this bombing!
More than two hundred bombers are flying towards Finland!
After Bruce led the team to Finland, they discussed with the Finnish Air Force and divided their respective air defense areas. The northern part belonged to the Finnish Air Force and the southern part belonged to the voluntary air force.
After all, Finns are more resistant to the cold, and the farther they go north, the colder they are, and the main cities in Finland are also in the south. This is equivalent to volunteer aviation, who need to guard the skies of Finland.
The airport is not far from the boundary line. After all, the fighter jets of this era have a short range. The abnormalities like the German FW190 are only a few.
Not long after taking off, Bruce saw the Soviet fleet coming from the opposite side, dozens of DB-3 bombers, flying smoothly on the route.
The Soviets, let you know how powerful the Volunteer Air Force is!
Looking at these prey, Bruce stuck out his tongue greedily. As a pilot, he loves flying and hopes to show his talent in the battle of blood and fire.
It's a pity that by mistake, he has never entered the battle, and now, in the first battle, the enemy is actually the Soviets, which really feels like a good luck.
No matter who your opponent is, fight bravely!
"Attention, two-plane formation, long-term attack, and wingman cover!" Bruce did not forget that he was the commander-in-chief of the volunteer aviation force. While preparing to attack, he gave orders to his subordinates and followed him, one after another. All of the legal fighters are also ready for battle.
The Soviet 3rd Aviation Brigade, commander G-A-Kurishenko, at this time, his bomber was flying at the forefront. He was very relaxed for this bombing mission.
Finn, what is there? Putting all the available fighters in Finland together, there is no one hundred! The Finnish Air Force is quite weak, so their bombing, apart from having to deal with ground artillery, has almost no threat.
Because this was the first bombing of a large aircraft group, hundreds of aircraft took off from different airports. As a result, some errors occurred in the scheduling in the middle, which caused a five-minute time difference between them and the **** aircraft group behind.
They didn't want to slow down and wait, so they flew over the border first.
Now, when he saw the fleet that appeared before, Kurishenko was taken aback.
As a pilot, he has a pair of sharp eyes. Although the distance is still far away, he has already recognized it. The intercepting aircraft that flew over were definitely not the Finnish Fokker D.19 fighter jets, but...
"Legal fighter! Damn it! How come the Finns have this kind of fighter, pay attention, all bombers, be prepared to deal with the interception! Machine gunner, machine gunner ready!"
Although Germany has secretly intervened in the Finnish war ~www.novelhall.com~, because Germany's secrecy work is very good, and the Soviet Union rarely conducts aerial investigations, the Soviets actually have a lot of attention to the Finnish Volunteers under their noses. Unconsciously!
The Soviets didn't know that the strength of the Finnish aviation force had at least doubled, and almost all of the pilots who participated in the volunteer army were veterans.
If you encounter an enemy's interception, you turn around and fly away. After you return, you will face an investigation by the Ministry of the Interior. Kurishenko just issued an order to protect it.
Bombers are heavy and slow to fly. It can be said that they are the best targets in the sky. In the entire World War II, the losses of the bomber troops were considerable.
However, as the crew of the bomber, they have no choice. They have to perform the mission. If they give up because of danger, then they have to have their companions to continue bombing.
This is their mission.
On the back turret, Ivanov operated his 7.62mm machine gun, preparing for the cruel battle that was coming.
