The appointed time came, but the weather was not very good that day, early in the morning, it was foggy, and the visibility on the airport was not even 300 meters. It wasn't until near noon that the fog cleared, but visibility near the ground was still not particularly good. There are also quite a lot of clouds in the sky, and the height of the cloud base is only about 1,000 to 1,500 meters. The second confrontation began in such weather.

This time it was Boynton and McGaia against Valia and Skomorokhov, with Valia continuing to drive her P-39 this time.

"There are so many clouds in the sky, there will be a lot of time to drill the clouds, so that the air battle can be interrupted at any time, or it can start at any time. This is more beneficial to the P-39, which has too much lethality for a single shell. Ron thought. He stopped Boynton, who was walking towards the plane, and said to him:

"Hey, Dad, the visibility isn't very good today, be careful. In addition, the Soviet woman may use the clouds to make a near-stall maneuver to get a chance to fire a cannon and then hide in the clouds. ”

"I know that the weather was more favorable to them today. But it's not that easy to beat me down. Boynton smiled at Ron.

Two American P-51s took off first, followed by two P-39s of the Soviets.

Ron also boarded a modified version of the Dreadnought and flew along.

When the plane rose to the height of 1000 meters to the left, the visibility gradually improved, the air began to become clear, and when I looked up, the sky was as blue as a huge sapphire, and the huge clouds reflected dazzling white in the sun, like towering snow-capped mountains.

These cumulus clouds in the sky are not very big from the ground, but when you approach them in a plane, you will see how big they are. Their base is often around 1,000 meters high, but their tops are often 2,000-3,000 meters high.

Since the background of the air battle was set to start from an altitude of 1,500 meters, the two Dreadnoughts as referees could not fly too high in order to see clearly, so they could only pass through the clouds.

With the planes of both sides in place, the director gave an order, and the confrontation drill officially began.

Both sides started with a set position at 9 o'clock, and at the beginning of the game, Boynton and McGay steered the plane as they climbed and turned to the opponent's 6 o'clock.

In general, their opponents should take the same approach and try to pivot to their six. But Valia knew that if the P-51 climbed in a spiral, the P-51 would take advantage of the speed, as long as he kept a good distance, and then take them to climb slowly, patiently climb for a while, and wait until the altitude exceeded 5,000 meters, the P-39's engine without a supercharger would have a problem of insufficient output due to severe altitude sickness. The P-51 with Merlin engines did not have this limitation, and at this altitude, its flight performance would be pressed to that of the P-39 in all respects. So it's not necessarily a good idea to climb up with your opponent.

But if you don't follow, isn't that equivalent to taking the initiative to give up the height advantage to the opponent? Yes, but after studying the difference in the performance of the two aircraft, Valia also had to admit that due to the difference in the performance of the aircraft, it was almost inevitable that the enemy would gain a height advantage.

Originally, this trick was not a big deal, the German bf109 also liked to play this trick, of course, the Germans climbed more fiercely, they will take you to climb at a large angle until you stall.

If you can't keep up, keep your pace while trying to put yourself in an angle where your opponent will be difficult to attack. So Valia and Skomorokhov just began to turn to the left, but did not follow the climb, relying on a better circling angular velocity than the P-51, and finally they firmly occupied the position below 7 o'clock for the American P-51. And by diving and climbing from time to time, they also maintain a speed suitable for maneuvering. In this way, when the Americans swoop down, they have enough energy to do a dodge move, and maybe even pull up and shoot head-on with the Yankees who swoop down. Considering Valjah's terrible hit rate and the terrible lethality of the 37mm gun, a head-to-head shot was really not a good option. For the Americans, it would have been best to attack from the six o'clock direction of the Soviets, but the two Soviets had been firmly in their positions below seven o'clock. This makes it difficult to implement this plan.

However, as an old ace, Boynton will not be stumped by such a small problem. The numerous clouds in the sky now gave him help.

"Let's go around the clouds, follow me carefully, don't get lost." As he spoke, Boynton took McGaia into a cloud.

As one of the referees, Ron could hear the radio conversation between Boynton and McGaa. As soon as Boyynton's words fell, Ron understood his intentions:

Drilling into the cloud means that the two sides lose visual contact, which leads to the fact that the engagement after the cloud becomes a real encounter. This is not a good thing for the party that has an advantage in the performance of the aircraft. But now the Americans had a clear height advantage, and the Soviets occupied an advantageous angle. Obviously, while flying in the clouds, the Soviets could neither recover the high superiority of the Americans in a short period of time, nor continue to occupy an advantageous angle. In this way, the subsequent skirmish became one in which the Americans had a clear advantage and the Soviets lost the angular advantage. At this time, the existence of clouds seemed to become favorable to the Americans.

"Daddy is Daddy after all, and tactically it's really very cunning and cunning."

Entering the clouds, Boynton and McGaia reduced their horizontal speed, increased the angle of climb, (so that the wind noise of the aircraft would be relatively reduced) and opened the canopy of the aircraft. (This makes it easier to hear where your teammates are.)

Carefully maintaining the formation, the eyes began to gradually brighten, and the edge of the clouds was almost there. Boynton and McGay drilled out of the clouds. They began to carefully search for traces of the Soviets. The sharp-eyed McGay soon spotted a Soviet P-39, but the other P-39 didn't know where it had gone. Could it be that they were separated when they burrowed into the clouds?

This is an opportunity: the enemy has lost the support of his teammates and has become vulnerable, and this could also be a trap, maybe another enemy plane is hiding somewhere, just waiting for you to attack.

In the interval between Boyynton and McGaya, the P-39 turned its head and burrowed into the clouds again.

This time, Boynton and McGay believe they did miss an opportunity. If there had been an ambush just now, the Soviets would not have hurriedly turned around and burrowed back into the clouds. And with such an entry and exit, it is almost certain that he and his partner will be separated.

"They can't stay in the clouds for the rest of their lives. As soon as it comes out, we will attack immediately, trying to destroy the first one before the second one appears. Boynton radioed McGaia as he began to climb around the big cloud. Only by flying higher can you be safeguarded, and only by flying higher can you condescend to monitor a larger angle.

After a while, a plane came out of another place - still a single plane.

"Keep up carefully, and when he's a little farther away from the clouds, attack with your hands!"

The P-39 below was already quite far from the clouds, and Boyynton and McGay immediately swooped down.

But the attacked P-39 was a tough one to deal with, and his pilot seemed to have a natural talent for dodging. He was always able to dodge the attacks of the Americans with a small movement between them, and even climbed up in the free time between the attacks of the Americans.

"Why is this guy so difficult?" Boynton, who swooped down again and again, but always returned empty-handed, muttered. In the midst of such an attack, they were getting closer and closer to the cloud they had just left.

Boynton pulled up from a dive attack and rose all the way to the high point, then turned back with a sledgehammer, ready to pounce straight down again. Just then, a P-39 suddenly emerged from the clouds next to him!

"Be careful! 8 o'clock! McGay issued a warning.

But this warning was too late. The P-39 quickly bit down on Point 6 in Pointon, and then fired 5-6 shots in a row.

"Daddy, you've been shot down." Ron made this judgment after consulting with the Soviets.

It may have been a trap, but luck also played a crucial role, and if Valia hadn't been in such a weird position, maybe Daddy wouldn't have been solved so quickly.

Now the Americans were left with only McGaa, but at this time, the clouds were now on his side, and in order to avoid the combined attack of the Soviets, McGaia began to constantly circle in the clouds, and later, altogether, everyone lost their goal. Turning around aimlessly, after a long time, the director had to simply announce that he would go home on vacation.

In this way, in today's simulated air battle, Valia and his teammates scored another point for the Soviets, and now the overall score is 1 to 1, and if it needs to be counted as a small score, the small score of the reverse cross still has the upper hand.

It's just that Boyynton is going to be ridiculed by everyone, at the beginning, that Mao Mei bragged that it would only take 20 seconds to solve Boyynton, but today, from the launch of the attack to being shot down by Mao Mei, the time in between is definitely not more than 15 seconds. It was only "more than ten seconds" that he was sentenced to be shot down. This made Boynton's face flushed after getting off the plane, just like a little Lori who had been bullied by the weird Shu Huang. Ron laughed at the sight.

"It's okay, Dad, it's a small score, or we're ahead." Ron walked up to comfort him.