Chapter 626: Victory or Defeat in Battle Is Not Determined by the Body's Performance
Although the battle was fought with the group, Otowa did not join any squads, and naturally there were no wingmen to cover each other.
Hawkers, for the Force fighters, the meaning of wingmen in melee is not very great anymore.
The F8F-1B used by Otowa is one of the strongest piston fighters, using a 2,100 hp HP R-2800-34 engine, which can even produce 2,400 hp in a short period of time with afterburner on.
Although it is the same engine as the P47 Thunderbolt, F4U Corsair, and F6F Hellcat, the F8F weighs only 3.2 tons. Compete with 4.9 tons of thunderbolts, 4.5 tons of pirates and hellcats...... It's scary-light, isn't it?
The superiority of the twin wasp engines was most evident in the Panda, and the group climbed rapidly at a speed of about 1,400 meters per minute, and it did not take long to reach an altitude of 6,000 meters equal to that of the enemy.
"It's ......"
Otowa's eyesight is very good, and he spotted the incoming enemy army from afar.
The small black dots appeared to be twin-engine bombers, but Otowa didn't see any propellers, instead they were flames from the tail.
"Attention units, the enemy is likely to be jet bombers with a speed of at least 400 knots. ”
Otowa is still very responsible, and he didn't forget to remind his teammates to pay attention to the goal.
As the distance between the two sides continued to get closer, the enemy plane's eyes became clearer and clearer.
It was indeed a jet bomber, yes, but it was not the twin engine she expected, but a four-engine jet bomber - AR-234C.
It's not that it's an Otowa interstellar player, but the two engines on each wing of the AR-234C are connected together, and it does look like a twin engine at a distance.
"It's strange that these bombers don't seem to have fighter escorts. ”
Otowa reacted quickly, and it didn't take long for him to notice something strange.
"Maybe these Germans are confident in their 'hair dryers', let's teach them a good lesson!"
Compared to Otowa, the squadron leader in charge of this operation was much more optimistic.
"I hope so. ”
Otowa nodded, and then focused all his attention on the enemy plane.
The AR-234 flew at a decent speed and was one of the few reconnaissance aircraft at the end of World War II that could do whatever it wanted. However, due to the lack of a magazine, the speed of this thing will drop sharply after the bomb is loaded, and it will only be about 700km/h.
This speed is not much ahead of the panda, and Otowa feels that he still has a good chance of being able to successfully intercept it.
Of course, this is provided that there are no special circumstances......
Just as Otowa was preparing to open fire, she suddenly felt a sense of pressure rushing up and down.
"Be careful, everyone, there may be enemies up there. ”
"Impossible, our radar is ......"
Boom –
There was an explosion in the group, and a panda was reduced to pieces almost instantly.
Looking up, a number of strangely shaped fighters emerged from the clouds, and then used their large-caliber cannons to strafe the pandas below.
Several fighters were shot down without reacting, and the rest of the fighters were thrown into chaos.
“HO229……”
Unlike these stunned soldiers, Otowa is a well-informed being.
These boomerang-shaped planes were also part of the Nazis' apocalyptic technology, but Otowa remembered that only a few prototypes had been built, and that they should have been placed in the Allied laboratories now.
Could it be that the remnants of the Nazis in Antarctica are so strong that they have already put it into small-scale mass production?
Each HO229 is equipped with two Jumo004D jet engines with a thrust of about 1,000 kilograms, so the speed of this thing is terrifying, and it once went to a terrifying 997km/h during a test flight.
At the same time, the weapons carried by the HO229 should not be underestimated. As long as you catch the window, two 30mm cannons are enough to kill any fighter in an instant.
Moreover, the 30mm cannon on the HO229 is not a potato launcher like the MK108, but an orthodox long-barreled MK103 with high muzzle velocity, and the air combat performance is not bad at all.
"What is the situation and why the radar did not detect these enemy aircraft. ”
"HO229 has a stealth design...... "Otowa paused, and then continued: "Now is not the time to care about this, hurry up and fight back." ”
HO229 was not designed with radar stealth in mind, but its unique shape, sleek silhouette and wooden structure make it have certain stealth characteristics, which can be regarded as an unexpected bonus.
With the altitude and the first move snatched and the plane not as good as the opposite, more and more pandas were beaten down, but these HO229s did not lose anything.
Ah, the latest Rui HNA fighter jet that only left the factory in March this year was blown up, and the current US imperialists have not yet mastered the core technology.
Goering's claim after his capture that in another four or five months, jets with flying wings would win the war for Germany, and it seems that he was not without reason.
Just as Otoha was thinking about it, a HO229 suddenly pounced on her panda, but it was skilfully dodged by Otowa with a broken S.
"Winning or losing a battle is not determined by the performance of the air. ”
After breaking the S, Otowa jerked up the nose of the aircraft and put the HO229 above it, which was also in a climbing state, into the center of the aiming ring.
This attack window is very limited...... It's not even a window, but it's enough for Otowa.
Dada
Four 20mm AN/M3 cannons spat out tongues of fire and fired shells at enemy aircraft at a speed of about 880 meters per second.
The rate of fire of these cannons was quite terrifying, and Otowa only pulled the trigger for a second, and more than 50 shells were fired.
Although the speed of HO229 was fast, it was still much inferior to the shell, and it was hit almost instantly.
Neither high-explosive fragmentation incendiary nor armor-piercing incendiary tracer shells could withstand the HO229's fragile fuselage, and the fighter was smashed to pieces almost instantly.
Well, the first results were finally achieved on the side of the Allies.
Otowa didn't stop, but continued to look for the next target.
Although the piston fighter is slow, it is not without advantages at all, after all, this thing is much more agile than the jet fighter, and it is not without any chance in the melee.
Soon, another HO229 entered Otowa's sights.
This HO229 did not notice the sound feather, or rather, it did, but did not think that the sound feather at a distance of 800 meters could do anything.
The hit rate in air combat is very low, and the best attack distance of the attacking side is generally between 200-300 meters, and it is almost impossible for a normal person to hit something from 800 meters away.
But Otowa is not a normal person, she is an Force warrior, a war girl!
The pilot of the HO229 quickly paid the price for the enemy, and the cannonball fired by Otowa hit his plane as if it had eyes.