artillery arc

Chapter 550 This is not an ordinary Pei 2, it is different from Pei !

As soon as Emilia climbed onto the plane and put on her headphones, she heard the airport dispatcher shouting, "Emilia, Emilia, don't take off yet."

"I'm still doing my pre-takeoff checks. But why the specific mention?"

"The Air Force Commander believes that in order to complete the mission, we should wait until the sound array master hears the engine sound of the enemy reconnaissance plane before taking off. This will ensure that the bait is taken."

Emilia replied "I know" and continued to check the status of the instruments. After completing all the steps, she made the last check on the acceptance form in her hand and handed it to the ground staff waiting outside.

Then, with nothing to do, she looked at Rokossov who was talking to other pilots.

From this angle only Rokossov's back can be seen, and he appears to be accepting the pilot's compliments.

Emilia was shocked and adjusted her blonde hair that had escaped from her pilot's fur cap.

"You didn't even come to say hello to me, the bait."

The ground crew leader who was filling out a ground maintenance form nearby looked up in surprise: "What? Do you need anything?"

"Nothing," said Emilia.

At this time, the fighter plane regiment responsible for the ambush took off first. It was a fighter plane regiment that had cooperated with them many times before. They had not been able to get into the battle when they covered the red Pegasus III on board General Rokossov in the previous few times, and they were very angry. Today's ambush was exactly what they wanted.

The field airport was on the east coast, next to the largest field hospital, which probably housed tens of thousands of wounded soldiers waiting to be evacuated. Although the pilots rarely had the opportunity to enter the hospital, they often had the opportunity to build good relationships with the tired nurses, so they indirectly heard a lot of inspiring stories happening on the other side of the coast.

Everyone was filled with rage, just waiting to vent their anger by beating up that bastard Prossen.

Soon, the second squadron responsible for the ambush mission took off and waited for the enemy reconnaissance plane to arrive, and then the red Pe3 took off and began to lure the enemy.

Of course, the enemy might not take the bait. In that case, the red Pelican piloted by Emilia could cover Rokossov's real plane to complete the reconnaissance and find all the enemy's artillery positions.

Emilia continued to stare at the back of the front commander.

The ground crew leader noticed his gaze, turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes immediately lit up. It seemed that the ground crew would have something to talk about when they drank behind the military chaplain's back tonight.

Emilia noticed this with her witch's keen perception. Just as she was about to say something, the tower's voice came through her headset: "Master Sound Array has heard the sound of an enemy reconnaissance plane. The route is the same as yesterday. Prepare to take off."

At this time, the sound of anti-aircraft artillery came from a distance, the purpose of which was to create a sense of atmosphere for the enemy's high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

Emilia yelled to the ground crew leader, "Start the engines!"

"Okay!" The team leader immediately called on the team members to come over and push the propeller.

Soon both engines of the Pei 3 were running at full power.

The ground crew pushed the plane out of the hangar with a little effort and started taxiing on its own.

Emilia had already sensed Proson's reconnaissance plane. She slightly suppressed the taxiing speed of the Pe 3 so that the enemy could see it clearly and give the enemy some time to react.

But after a few minutes the plane slid to the start of the runway.

Tower radio: "Wind direction...wind speed...clear to take off."

Emilia pushed the throttle to the limit. The plane shook and gradually accelerated. It had only traveled more than half the runway when the wheels left the ground.

Emilia pulled the joystick and the plane soared into the sky.

She looked back and saw Rokossov waving at her from under the hangar.

Well, the only question left is when the enemy will arrive, Emilia thought.

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Plossen high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, tactical number 454.

"Red Pendant 3 found. Repeat. Red Pendant 3 found." The observer reported.

Immediately the radio operator began calling: "Coyote, coyote, hare appears, hare appears."

"Coyote understands."

Observer: "Red Pe3 is flying along the Valdai River, which is consistent with the previous reconnaissance route. It should be directly inserted into our controlled area at some point. We can intercept it as planned."

Radioman: "Coyote coyote, hare is going down the trail, hare is going down the trail."

"Coyote understands!"

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Emilia looked towards the sun. Although she couldn't see the Second Pursuit Squadron hiding in the direction of the sun, she could feel that they were flying there.

Maybe the enemy will first encounter the Second Squadron in the direction against the light, and then the ambush will turn into a fair fight.

I guess the pilots of the Second Squadron wouldn’t resist “such a good thing”.

Most pilots in the Ante Air Force had only 200 hours of flying time, and many new pilots had only hours of flying time when they were conducting combat flights.

It is said that new pilots of the Proson must train for at least 300 hours before they can go to the front line.

But all the people in the Second Squadron are veterans. Except for the two new recruits who have just joined, the others are old pilots who have been fighting since last year. They can compete with the most elite Plosson pilots.

Emilia glanced at the direction of the sun again, and suddenly, she felt a sense of crisis.

At such times she would definitely avoid it, and this subconscious avoidance action has saved her life countless times.

Just as she cut into the left circle, a Type 109 with a wolf's head painted on the nose rushed over and intercepted Emilia's original route.

When the enemy plane crossed Emilia’s plane, the pilot looked over—yes, Emilia felt the gaze.

She glared back, only to find the enemy pilot looking surprised.

Was it because he saw a woman in the cockpit? But Ant should have had many female pilots fight against the Proson Air Force, and even produced an ace.

Emilia herself should also be on Prosom's list of "witches".

However, there is no time to think about these things at this time. The aerial combat requires full concentration. Any wrong decision can cost one's life.

Emilia relied on her sixth sense to quickly grasp the situation in the air and chose to continue changing direction, aiming at the negative G direction of the imagined enemy plane.

As expected, the enemy's wingman swooped down, and the barrage of interception fire almost grazed Emilia's wings.

Emilia turned on the engine afterburner to the maximum, unleashing the full acceleration performance of the Peugeot 3, and restored the aircraft's speed in a shallow dive - she had just lost a lot of speed in the continuous maneuvers, and in this situation there was no way she could deal with the enemy aircraft that had an altitude advantage.

While regaining her speed, Emilia looked around - although she could sense the enemy, it was no substitute for seeing with the naked eye.

The two enemy planes in the first wave of attacks were regaining altitude, but where were the other enemy planes? It was impossible for the enemy to send only two planes to intercept!
Soon, Emilia discovered that several planes were fighting above her. Apparently, the covering Second Squadron had entangled the remaining enemies.

Then all we have to do is shoot down these two enemy planes.

Emilia glanced at the speedometer and gently pulled the stick, returning from a forward dive to a shallow climb. This way, the speed would continue to accumulate and the altitude would increase little by little.

The twin-engine Pei 3 has an advantage in terms of production capacity over the single-engine 109, but the fuselage is heavier.

When confronting two 109s, the key is to conserve your own energy and consume the enemy's energy.

The two enemy planes that failed in the attack did not give up. They turned back and tried to catch up with Pei 3.

At this time, if Emilia wants to save her life, she just needs to continue flying level.

But she decided to give the enemy a little more loophole.

So she deviated a little bit, which increased the enemy plane's closing rate and soon reached a position suitable for attack.

"Come on, rush down and attack."

At this time, one of the two 109s dived down. They also adopted the common tactics of formation combat, one maintaining a high speed while the other attacked.

This way, if Emilia loses energy while dodging, another one can take advantage of the situation and swoop in.

Normally speaking, this tactic is foolproof.

However, Emilia has experienced this situation many times.

She knew that the enemy would be careless at this time, and that would be her opportunity.

The attacking enemy plane dived down, and Emilia gently tilted the joystick until the last moment. The plane just tilted slightly in the air, and the barrage of 109 bullets flew past the bottom of the Pe-3.

Then the enemy planes crossed each other at a close distance. Emilia pulled the joystick and forced the nose of the plane to turn. Having flown the Peugeot 3 for so long, she knew the direction of the plane's nose very well. She had been deliberately adjusting the speed to ensure that it was at the highest direction.

At that moment, Emilia opened fire.

The shooting window was very small because the enemy plane dived down very quickly, and Emilia might only have a few tenths of a second to pull the nose over and open fire.

But Emilia caught this window.

The tail of the 109 caught fire and fell to the ground with a trail of thick smoke.

Emilia turned her attention to another enemy plane.

This series of maneuvers just now has reduced Emilia's speed a lot. The enemy will not miss this opportunity.

He dived.

Emilia then confirmed that there were no more enemies around, so she took a larger action to evade without worry.

As expected, the enemy gave up attacking when Emilia was maneuvering, leaving her no chance to seize the instant window and counterattack.

The enemy began to regain altitude, and Emilia decided in an instant to give up pulling the nose of the plane to catch up, and instead to make a shallow dive to regain speed.

Sometimes air combat is a test of patience on both sides.

Whoever loses patience first is often the loser.

At this moment, a MiG-3 came from high altitude and hit the climbing 109 with a wave of strafing.

The MiG pilot's voice came over the radio: "It seems that the Second Squadron has eaten up all the enemies. We are here to pick up some leftovers. Do you mind, Miss Witch?"

“No problem!” Emilia responded. “Happy hunting.”

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Wang Zhong vaguely heard a female voice on the radio saying "Happy hunting" and guessed that Emilia should be done.

At this time, his plane was flying along the west bank of the Valdai River.

Several artillery positions were marked on the map in his hand.

"These Prosen people actually put the artillery position in the same position as before. Aren't they afraid that we are just guessing?" he muttered.

The pilot in the front seat asked in surprise: "General, can you really find the artillery position?"

"Yes, I observed the ground more carefully." Because the driver was not a "witch", Wang Zhong could only make this excuse.

Fortunately, the driver did not doubt it, but said happily: "Now we can teach the Prosen people a lesson! Are we going to bombard them tonight?"

"Yes, we will bombard it tonight."

(End of this chapter)