"Ta-ta-ta!" The pilots of German military gave full play to the performance of their aircraft. They flew planes and chased these French planes.
After a Mark II fighter plane bit the French Army's Falman F.20 fighter jet, it immediately opened fire, pouring a string of aviation machine gun bullets into the tail of the French Army's F.20 aircraft.
The structure of the wooden body was so fragile that the tail of the French aircraft was immediately torn to pieces. Then, the French aircraft plummeted to the ground with billowing smoke, and both pilots were killed.
"God! Why are these German aircraft so fast? They are much faster than our planes." A French pilot Panic shouted.
"Yes! Compared to the German aircrafts we fought against last year, these aircraft seem to be more advanced." The observer and Archer sitting in the front seat also quite agreed.
Although the aircraft equipped with German military Air Corps is still Mark II fighter plane, it is also constantly being improved. In particular, the shape and structure are constantly being optimized, and the engines are also being updated, allowing the aircraft to have greater speed and maneuverability. Under such circumstances, the aircraft equipped with Britain and France was naturally left farther and farther behind by German aircraft.
"God! There is a German aircraft overhead." The observer and Archer Panic yelled.
The pilot immediately looked up and saw a German aircraft coming towards them from the sky. He immediately flew the plane and tried to escape. But it's too late. That German aircraft has fired.
"Da da da!"
German aircraft's aviation machine gun started firing, and the bullets hit the cockpit of the French aircraft directly. Aircraft of this era do not have glass cockpits, so the pilot is directly exposed to the outside.
The bullets from the aviation machine guns easily killed the pilots and observers on the French aircraft. After losing the pilot, the plane plummeted to the ground, hit the ground, and exploded into a ball of fire.
Facing the attack from German aircraft, the French aircraft had no power to fight back. The entire air battle has shown a one-sided situation. The French aircraft were shot down one after another, falling to the ground like burning firebirds.
On the other hand, German aircraft, although some were shot down. However, the number is very small. Often more than ten French aircraft were shot down, and only one German aircraft was shot down. Such a battle loss ratio is undoubtedly very large.
The pilots of both sides watching the battle on the ground were undoubtedly stunned. Usually, those pilots who wear handsome uniforms, receive generous salaries, and enjoy the best food are undoubtedly the objects of their envy. However, now it seems that they are not so good! Once shot down, there will be no bones left.
Of course, the ones who are dead mainly refer to the pilots of French Air Force. The pilots of German military will choose to parachute as long as they are not killed on the spot in an air battle. Compared to airplanes, these pilots are the most valuable asset.
However, because the battle area is located above Anglo-French Allied Forces, once the pilots parachute, they are likely to fall into the control area of Anglo-French Allied Forces. In that case, they will obviously not end well. Therefore, these pilots often choose to continue flying the plane after being hit until they fly to the North Bank of the Marne River, and then parachute. Only in this way can their safety be guaranteed. After all, in previous battles, pilots were captured by the enemy and directly killed by the enemy out of anger.
Although some downed pilots inevitably suffered casualties. However, overall, German military's casualties were much smaller than those of the French army.
Seeing his own planes being shot down one after another, Anglo-French Allied Forces's morale continued to decline.
The commander-in-chief of the French army, Marshal Joffre, was also watching the battle in the sky. However, as French aircraft continued to be shot down, his face could not help but turn as black as the bottom of a pot.
"God! Is the performance gap between our aircraft and Germany people so big?" Marshal Joffre couldn't believe this result. You know, in order to ensure victory, he mobilized hundreds of fighter jets to participate in the battle. However, German aircraft directly caused them to pay such heavy losses with less than half of the quantity, which Marshal Joffre had never thought of before.
"The performance of Your Excellency and German aircraft is indeed more advanced than ours. However, Farman Company is already developing an updated Falman F.30 fighter jet. By then, we will definitely have one that is not inferior to German aircraft." said a French Air Force general.
"Farman F.30 fighter jet? What's the use of that? What I want is an aircraft that can compete with German aircraft now." Marshal Joffre said angrily.
Suddenly, all the generals fell silent and said nothing. Obviously, the current result of the battle made all of them very ashamed. However, they have no other options besides this! Who told them that not only the performance of their aircraft was seriously inferior to German military, but the quality of their pilots was also seriously inferior to German military? So if it's like this, there's nothing we can do about it.
"Give me the order to mobilize more planes to the front line, and we must defeat the Germany people!" Marshal Joffre ordered.
This was the only way he could think of. Since the performance was not good, he could only use the numerical advantage to make up for it. Marshal Joffre also saw that during the air battle, German aircraft was shot down. This also means that German aircraft is not immune to being shot down. As long as there is a chance, or if the conditions are ripe, they can also defeat German aircraft.
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
The battle in the sky ended quickly. German 41st Fighter Wing, with the loss of five aircraft, shot down more than seventy French aircraft. The rest of the French aircraft saw that the situation was not good and fled one after another. Otherwise, German military's Air Corps's results would have been even greater.
However, even so, the French army did not admit defeat easily. On the afternoon of March 31, multiple battles broke out between the two sides in the South Bank of the Marne River airspace. The French army dispatched a large number of fighter planes in an attempt to prevent German military from bombing the French defense line.
In this afternoon's fierce air battle, German military lost more than fifty fighter planes. The French army lost even more fighters. According to preliminary statistics, they lost more than 600 aircraft. This is definitely a serious blow to French Air Force, which was just founded.