Chapter 299: The Fallen Ace
The fact that an American plane launched an attack at such a distance was quite a surprise to Nishizawa Hiroki. However, such an attack did not cause much trouble to this experienced veteran. He just turned slightly.
With a flick of the wing, two rockets flying towards him fell into the air.
The rockets fired by the Americans actually caused interference to the Americans themselves. The vibration caused by the rockets' continuous flight and the smoke left by the rockets interfered with the American's aiming, so the Americans' P-81 did not catch it.
There was a chance to fire with the cannon. Of course, the Japanese fighter jets that made evasive movements did not get the chance to fire. However, Nishizawa Hiroyuki had temporarily occupied a higher height through his upward pulling action.
The American fighter jet passed under Nishizawa's belly. Nishizawa did a half-somersault and successfully occupied the enemy plane's 6 o'clock position. But Nishizawa knew that this did not mean that he had possession of the enemy plane's 6 o'clock position.
The enemy plane is too fast, and even if it occupies the position above 6 o'clock, it cannot catch up with the opponent. Unless the opponent is too stupid and tries to immediately rotate to his own six o'clock.
But those two strange enemy planes were not so stupid. In fact, before boarding the P-81, all pilots got a booklet called "Performance Comparison of the P-81 Fighter and Known Japanese Fighters".
In this booklet, the pilots were clearly told, "The biggest weakness of the P-81 is its horizontal hovering, especially
It is a low-speed hover. Below 7,000 meters, the horizontal hover performance of any currently known Japanese fighter is better than that of the P-81. Therefore, do not enter a horizontal hover with a Japanese fighter." Therefore, in Nishizawa Hiroki
In his eyes, the two weird fighter jets quickly distanced themselves from him, and then began to climb rapidly.
"What a fast plane!" Nishizawa sighed as he watched the enemy planes getting smaller and smaller before his eyes. "This speed is probably almost 700 kilometers per hour, right? It's really fast!"
Ze Guangyi couldn't help but become more and more worried about the future of the war: "In just a few years, the original performance
The Zero Fighter, which leads the world, has fallen behind like this. Not only is the level of Japanese pilots getting lower and lower, but the technical level of aircraft is also further and further behind that of the United States. Now, even those fighter jets that are still under development are inferior in performance
Isn’t it far inferior to the aircraft in front of me?"
The brochure mentions: "The climb rate of the P-81 is better than that of any Japanese fighter at any altitude, and this advantage will gradually increase as the altitude increases." Therefore, the brochure recommends using
With this advantage, as well as the P-81's good roll advantage, the bz style of play is the most suitable style of play for the P-81 fighter.
Nishizawa Hiroyuki followed the two weird planes to climb for a while and then stopped climbing. He had determined that the climbing ability of this fighter was obviously better than his own Zero Fighter. Once upon a time, the Zero Fighter was one of the climbers in the Pacific battlefield.
Wang, however, now, it is obviously beyond its capabilities. Rather than reluctantly climbing with others, and finally stalling and being beaten to death by others, it is better to maintain a certain speed and benefit from it.
Use the hovering advantage of zero combat to dodge the enemy's attack, and you may have a chance to counterattack. Moreover, if you climb too high, the enemy will rush down to shake them off and attack the rookies below.
The suicide plane he piloted had poor diving performance and could not keep up with others. It would be better to maintain such an altitude so that the enemy would not dare to easily attack the suicide planes at a lower position.
Nishizawa Hiroyuki noticed that the enemy fighter jets had two propellers one behind the other. He thought that the two propellers must be rotating in opposite directions, so that the enemy fighter jets would not be affected by the propeller torque. They turned to the left and
The roll speed on the right side is probably the same. In this case, compared to ordinary aircraft that generally roll to the right slower than to the left, their roll to the right will be terrifyingly fast. "So, no matter what, don't
Roll to the right." Nishizawa Hiroyuki said to himself.
The two P-81s had already occupied a clear height advantage. They dived one after another towards the escorting Zero Fighter. Their attack target was not Nishizawa Hiroyuki, but another Zero Fighter.
Nishizawa Hiroki knew that the pilot Fujisawa on that plane was not a veteran. In fact, he was much better than the rookie pilots who performed kamikaze missions. He was just a novice who had just completed another hundred flying hours.
, among Americans, he is not even qualified to go to the battlefield.[
"Unit No. 4, be careful!" Nishizawa Hiroyuki reminded him loudly. Fujisawa made a sharp turn and avoided the first enemy plane, but then the second enemy plane pounced down, and the six 20mm cannons went crazy
After firing, in just a split second, Fujisawa's plane turned into pieces.
"One!" Salas shouted excitedly on the line. "I've scored one. I'm only 4 planes away from becoming an ace!"
"Shut up! Follow me! We are still fighting!" Captain Duy's scolding came from the earphones.
After completing this round of attacks, the two P-81s once again relied on the high speed of their dive to distance themselves from the Japanese, and then climbed up quickly. It seemed that they planned to follow the same pattern again.
A guy.
Duy and his wingman Salas jumped to high altitude again, and were about to dive down when they saw that the two P-38s actually took advantage of them to attack the escorting Zero Fighters and aimed at the lower Zero Fighters.
Pounced over.
"Damn it! How did they get in? Did they think they were flying a P-38?"
However, although the flight performance of the P-38 attack aircraft with an improved engine is still not as good as that of the original P-38 fighter, the difference is not very far. Only the cannon firepower is compared to the fighter version. Although the single-shot firepower has increased, the firepower density has not.
It has dropped a lot. Compared with the original version, it is more suitable for hitting ground armor targets rather than fighter jets.
Romney's original flight altitude was about 1,200 meters, while the height of the Japanese suicide plane was only 800 meters. The altitude difference of 400 meters gave Romney the opportunity to increase his speed to 600 kilometers per hour. This speed has exceeded zero
Zhan 52's maximum level flight speed. Romney's fighter quickly approached those "Kamikaze" version of the Zero fighter.
After being reminded by Nishizawa Hiroki, the rookies spotted the P-38 rushing towards them. However, they could not tell the difference between a P-38 and a P-38. They all regarded it as a P-38 fighter jet.
P-38 fighter jets are far more active in the Pacific than in Europe. Japanese pilots are all familiar with this "double devil". They all know that P-38 fighter jets are more active in the Pacific than in Europe.
Fighter planes are aerial snipers, with high long-range shooting accuracy. Americans often use them to fire at very long distances. The ferocious firepower of the P-38 is even more of a nightmare for Japanese pilots. Therefore, those rookies
As soon as they saw the "P-38" rushing towards them, they swerved to dodge. However, the rookies forgot that the "Kamikaze" version of the Zero Fighter they were driving was different from the ordinary Zero Fighter.
Completely different. They are much heavier, their movements are much clumsier, and more importantly, they lose energy much faster, and their stall speed is much higher. And the effects of methamphetamine
Therefore, in such evasive actions, two of the six "Kamikaze" version zero battles entered the spiral due to stalling. Not to mention that the height of 800 meters is too high.
Low, the pilot has no time to correct the spin. Even if the altitude is higher, these plus the training time in flight school are only dozens of hours, and the rookie has never learned how to correct the spin, such a difficult subject.
For them, the possibility of changing the spiral was almost non-existent. As a result, Romney killed two enemy planes without even firing a single cannon.
But at this time, Nishizawa Hiroki, who had jumped down from a higher position, was already closely following Romney. Under normal circumstances, the top speed of Zero Battle 52 would not reach 600 kilometers per hour. But
With the help of dive, Zero War 52 can theoretically reach a top speed of more than 700 kilometers. However, at this speed
, the aircraft may disintegrate even if it makes the slightest movement. Of course, the experienced Nishizawa Hiroyuki will not make such a mistake. It controls the speed very well, making its speed only higher than Romney's P-38.
The output is very limited. In fact, at this speed, the Zero War is already shaking so much that it is difficult to control.
Nishizawa Hiroki knew that he only had one truly effective attack opportunity. A little later, the enemy's weird fighter jets would come to the rescue. Moreover, he also knew that it would be difficult for the Zero Fighter 52 to maintain such a speed for a long time.
. If you can't shoot down the opponent as soon as possible, the opponent will definitely be able to escape.
Based on past experience, Nishizawa Hiroki knew that the two 77mm caliber machine guns on the Zero War had too little damage and could not pose a threat to the enemy's sturdy P-38. The only way was to get close and attack with the 20mm cannon.
Only then is it possible to shoot down something as unscientifically strong as the P-38
Fighter. However, Nishizawa Hiroyuki did not know at this time that he had made the same mistake as his good friend Saburo Sakai, that is, he had mistakenly identified the plane. The plane in front of him was not a P-38.
A fighter jet, but a P-38 attack aircraft with a tail self-defense machine gun.
P-38 attack aircraft have not appeared in large numbers in the Pacific before. They were given priority to troops in Europe, and only recently began to be equipped to the US military in the Pacific, and Romney's troops were also among the first to receive them.
Therefore, it is understandable that Nishizawa Hiroki, who had never seen this modified P-38 before, made such a misjudgment.
When Nishizawa Hiroyuki discovered that there was a self-defense machine gun behind the enemy plane, his fighter plane was already very close to the opponent, and the high speed made the Zero Fighter's maneuverability extremely poor, making it impossible to make light dodges.
, so now he can only bite the bullet and rush a little higher, trying to shoot down the opponent with the 20mm cannon.
Romney's self-defense machine gunner was a young man named Amrit. He began to use a 50-caliber M2 machine gun and fired wildly at the Zero Fighter that was rushing toward him. The Zero Fighter failed to make any evasive moves.
, Amrit was delighted to see that the bullet he shot hit the Zero Fighter hard, and many fragments fell from the Zero Fighter's body like broken bread crumbs, with a puff of black smoke.
Starting to emerge from that plane.[
"I hit it!" Amrit shouted excitedly. He knew that as soon as the Japanese crispy plane started to smoke, it would burst into flames soon, and then it would definitely crash.
A 50-caliber bullet penetrated the cockpit, shattering the cockpit glass. The flying glass scratched Nishizawa Hiro's face with blood. One of his eyes was completely covered with his own blood. And with
At the same time, a section of the cockpit frame that was broken into two sections flew over and penetrated directly into his abdomen, causing blood to flow out.
Nishizawa gritted his teeth, aimed at Romney's P-38 with one eye, and started shooting with the 20mm cannon. He saw the cannon fly out and hit the special P-38 in front.
A string of sparks flew up from the body, and then it was fired - the key parts of the P-38 had thick armor that was not inferior to the L-2 attack aircraft, and the Japanese attack was ignored.
"Baga, this is unscientific!" Nishizawa Hiroyuki scolded angrily. At the same time, he pressed his whole body to the left and pressed it on his joystick. Zero War began to roll to the left, standing upright during the roll.
When it got up, the wing hit the tail of Romney's P-38 hard.
"Crack!" The horizontal tail of the P-38 broke off along with a section of the right vertical tail. At the same time, Nishizawa's left wing also broke into two sections from the root. His plane spun and fell to the ground. Nishizawa
Guangyi was sitting in the cockpit, watching the strange P-38 also lose its balance and fall towards the ground. He suddenly remembered that last night, he proposed to the commander that he should lead the team to launch a "kamikaze" special attack.
matter.
"The premonition is so accurate. I knew something would happen soon!" Last night, Nishizawa Hiroki suddenly had a premonition that something would happen soon. He asked the commander to fly a "Kamikaze" aircraft to launch a suicide attack. This request was rejected by the commander.
The commander refused without hesitation. He replied that Japan was not yet ready to let such excellent pilots use kamikaze.
"Is the attack just now considered a 'kamikaze'?" Nishizawa Hiroki, who had lost a lot of blood, no longer had the strength to climb out of the high-speed rotating cockpit. The centrifugal force pressed him firmly on the seat, and countless scenery fell on his face.
Turning around so fast, his eyes became blurry, and strange phantoms appeared in front of him one after another: comrades in arms, classmates in military school, childhood playmates, and...
Chapter completed!