Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

In the original World War II, the German BF109 entered service one year earlier than the British Spitfire, but the earliest prototype of the BF109 still used the British Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine. In mid-May 1940, a few days before the Dunkirk evacuation began, the British Spitfire had a head-on confrontation with the German Bf-109 for the first time. At this time, the German army was mainly equipped with the 109E type, while the British Spitfire was the Mark I. type.

The advantage of the Spitfire is that it has a smaller turning radius, and its level flight speed is slightly higher than that of the 109E at altitudes below 4,600 meters; however, the 109E climbs faster and will exceed the Spitfire 109E at altitudes above 6,000 meters. Experience has improved the previous generation, and Spitfire is still an early-generation work without actual combat at this time. In the next two years, both the Spitfire and the 109 were undergoing ebb and flow improvements. The Spitfire was upgraded from the Mark I and Mark II to the Mark V, and the 109E was upgraded to the 109F. The performance is comparable.

But just when the Spitfire and the 109 were inextricably fighting, the Luftwaffe launched another killer weapon, the Fw190. After the British army tested the performance of the Fw190 (in June 1942, an Fw190 belonging to the 2nd Fighter Wing accidentally landed at a British airport and was captured), they were surprised to find that the German Fw190 performed well at all altitudes from 600 to 6,000 meters. The speed, climb, dive and roll rate are all better than the Spitfire Mark V. The Spitfire only has the advantage of turning and being more durable than the Fw190.

The British quickly developed the Spitfire IX (9), which finally equaled the FW190 and BF109G.

And in 1944, when the Spitfire Mark XIV (14) equipped with a Griffin 61 engine appeared on the scene, the balance of performance completely tilted towards the British side. According to the British Air Force's combat research report on the Spitfire Mark XIV (14) and the Fw190A and Bf109G, in addition to having the same dive and roll speed as the Fw190, the Spitfire Mark XIV can crush these two German fighters in all other aspects. .

Of course, in addition to paper performance, personnel quality and tactics also have a great impact on whether the fighter aircraft can fully exert its performance. Since the German army intervened in the Spanish Civil War before World War II, it not only tested the performance of fighter aircraft, but also trained a group of early Luftwaffe pilots, which also added to the collective experience of the entire Luftwaffe. Marceuil, the German pilot who shot down the most British and American aircraft in a Bf109, had 20 Spitfires among his 158 victories.

In addition to the advantage of pilot experience, the German army also reformed air combat tactics earlier, especially the "four-finger formation" that was first used. As the name suggests, when you look down at your right hand, except for the thumb, the tips of the other four fingers are "four-finger formation". The positions of the four aircraft in the formation. This formation is more flexible than the British army's traditional V-shaped three-machine formation.

During the Battle of Dunkirk, British Air Force General Hugh Dowding withstood the pressure and only sent a small number of fighter planes to assist the front line. A total of 67 Spitfires were shot down during the Battle of France, but the British Air Force gained a lot of practical experience. , conserving strength for the upcoming air battle over Britain.

Of course Albert didn't know this. He had already passed death several times at this time. Finally, he locked onto a lone German BF109F and prepared to shoot it down.

Judging from the opponent's flight movements, most of the German BF109F fighter jet was occupied by a novice pilot. The opponent's escape route was disorganized and he looked nervous.

Yes, looks nervous. As an old British pilot, Albert had seen many novice pilots - not just British novices, but also German novices.

So he didn't want to give up such an opportunity. There were not many opportunities to shoot down an enemy plane. He flew his plane up rapidly, the engine also roaring melodiously.

His finger had already touched the trigger, and the opponent's aircraft was shaking left and right in his sight. As long as the opponent continued to shake at this frequency, he would be able to give the opponent a heavy blow the next time he locked on it.

"Okay! Okay..." He also murmured subconsciously, seeing that the other party was about to enter the middle position again; at this moment, a cold feeling rushed from the soles of his feet. to the top of his head.

It was as if the plane had been punctured and the cold sea breeze suddenly rushed in. Albert was startled by this feeling.

Subconsciously, the kind of intuition before the strange danger came made him decisively give up this attack.

In just a split second, no more than a thousandth of a second, Albert's feet staggered, causing the plane to roll and deviate from its original flight path.

And less than half a second after his plane rolled away, the dazzling straight line drawn by the tracer bullets covered the original trajectory of his plane.

"Oh my God!" He cursed loudly, because he saw at least five dense tracer bullets. And it's not the cannons and large-caliber machine guns of German fighter jets, but medium-caliber machine gun rounds of about 7 mm!

Therefore, his first reaction was that he had been accidentally hit by friendly forces!

If it was an enemy plane, he would definitely make large maneuvers to get rid of the enemy plane. He was very confident in his escape skills, and few German pilots could keep up with his movements.

Unfortunately, his subjective consciousness now told him that this was a friendly attack. He just dodged for a moment and did not make continuous maneuvers. He turned around to see which one was so indistinguishable between us and the enemy!

But in the next second, dazzling tracer bullets poured in again. Beating his left wing to a pulp.

"Shet!!"

Seeing the badly beaten left wing, he knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he immediately pulled the hatch cover, climbed out of the plane and jumped out.

However, he finally solved his doubts. It was a German fighter jet that attacked him. With sharp eyes, he discovered that three machine gun barrels protruded from the left wing of the German plane.

""Aren't all German fighter jets equipped with cannons and large-caliber machine guns? Why is there still a model equipped with a medium-caliber machine gun?

The power of the cannon is great, but the ammunition capacity is a flaw. After the pilot flies the fighter jet for thousands of kilometers and encounters an enemy plane, he will shoot out all the ammunition with a few bursts of fire, and the escort aircraft will lose the meaning of existence. .

In order to have a high sustained combat capability, long-range escort fighters are best equipped with machine guns. The bomb load of several thousand rounds is enough for pilots to fight. Moreover, as an escort mission, shooting down the enemy's incoming fighter jets is not actually the most important. The important thing is to drive them away, and the goal can be achieved by injuring them.

Therefore, the German army is trying various combinations of machine guns and cannons. What Albert encountered was the FW190 fighter test model equipped with eight 62 mm caliber aviation machine guns.

In mid-air, Albert saw a steady stream of German fighter jets joining the battlefield in the distance, and another group of German fighter jets rushed toward the group of British bombers.