"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A German Mark II fighter plane streaked over a British anti-aircraft machine-gun emplacement, and the small bombs hanging beneath its wings had already been dropped.
Boom! Boom!
The bombs exploded beside the anti-aircraft machine-gun emplacement, destroying not only two anti-aircraft machine guns but also tearing the gunners to pieces.
Rat-a-tat-tat!
The British anti-aircraft machine guns began firing madly as well, their bullets chasing the German aircraft through the sky. But because the planes were moving too fast, the anti-aircraft fire found it difficult to score hits.
The German fighters also began strafing the British anti-aircraft machine-gun emplacements with their aerial machine guns, inflicting even greater casualties on the British.
"Good, wipe out these Britons! They actually dared to ambush us!" The Squadron Leader of the German Army Air Corps' 31st Fighter Group was furious. The British ambush had just cost them several aircraft, and expensive bombers at that. He no longer knew how he was supposed to explain this when he returned.
Although the British air-defense troops fought with great courage and effort, ground targets were inherently at a disadvantage against threats from the air. Under the German aircraft's strafing, they suffered appalling losses.
However, the German Army Air Corps' 31st Fighter Group would not have long to celebrate. Within the clouds not far from them, dozens of British Camel-class fighters were rapidly closing in under the cover of the cloud layer.
"God bless us! The Germans have been drawn in by the anti-aircraft fire on the ground and haven't noticed us! This is our chance!" A faint smile appeared on Lieutenant Colonel Henry's face as he commanded the British Camel-class fighters. As a veteran pilot who had clashed with the German Army Air Corps many times on the French front, Lieutenant Colonel Henry knew only too well