The group of fighters took off long before the arrival of the American planes, and with a long climb, even a high-altitude plane like the Zero Combat had climbed to an altitude of 9,000 meters. In Rì's own opinion, although the US fighter jets can fly at high altitudes, they generally do not fly too high when performing escort missions. For airplanes, flying too low will greatly increase fuel consumption, but if flying too high, it will also greatly increase fuel consumption. For Americans on long-range escort combat missions, it is very important to keep fuel consumption low during flight. So it is impossible for US military planes to fly too high. Such a height was enough for Rì himself to gain a height advantage at the beginning of the air battle.

However, Rì himself has always had a problem, that is, when they make certain decisions, they always have a mental prescribing of what the opponent should do. They seem to feel that the whole world should operate according to their predetermined beat, otherwise it is unreasonable and unscientific. However, those who are not as good as they should in the world are always **, and Rì himself is naturally no exception. And when the opponent makes a move that he did not expect, he is often dumbfounded, and then angry: "You, you, how can you do this? This...... This is so unscientific! ”

When Ron sent out the fighter group, he had already considered the problem of the Rì fighter plane climbing to a higher altitude first. So after the Army and Navy fighters converged, several P-81 fighters began to accelerate, quickly overtaking the entire fleet and flying ahead.

These P-81 fighters are tasked with reconnoitring the condition of enemy aircraft, and they will determine the status of enemy fighter groups before the two groups come into contact. These P-81s quickly accelerated to a speed of 700 km/h, while also increasing the flight altitude to 8000 meters. In this great air battle, the earliest contact between the Rìben fighter group and the American fighter group took place under such conditions.

"Above half past ten, a group of enemy fighters was spotted! Distance 8 km. "Mark Perry, the sharpest-eyed pilot, was the first to discover the rìben fighter.

To say that with the naked eye alone, it is not easy to find a target the size of a fighter at a distance of 8000 meters. However, Rì himself has a large fleet of one or two thousand fighters, and it is relatively easy to find it. What's more, the fighter jet flying at high altitude will also drag a clear silver-white track.

After the discovery of the Rìben fighter, the P-81 began to turn, and at the same time reported to the rear by radio: "Enemy fighter group detected at an altitude of 9000 meters......"

The P-81's hovering ability is not good, and it should even be said that it is relatively poor, although according to the U.S. military, the P-81's low-speed hovering is poor, and the high-speed hovering Xìng is quite good, especially when hovering at speeds above 600 km. However, the so-called hovering speed of more than 600 kilometers is quite good, and that is because the number of fighters that can maintain such a speed and still have enough energy to hover is too small. And now, for safety, these fighters are all traveling at speeds of up to 700 kilometers per hour, and at such speeds, the circling radius is naturally larger. In addition, flying at an altitude of 8,000 meters, a snow-white track will naturally be pulled out behind the plane, which also allows Rì himself to quickly discover them.

Several Rìben fighters immediately swooped down on Mark Perry's P-81. These Rìben fighters accelerated very quickly in the dive, although it was still far away and it was difficult to see the opponent clearly, but just from this dive, Mark Payne could judge that these planes should be J2M3, Hurricane or Zhong Kui or something.

The dive down was a team of Zhong Kui fighters led by veteran pilot Asada Er, and the Zhong Kui fighters had almost the best dive of the rì series of fighters, with a maximum dive speed of more than 800 kilometers. Rì himself developed this fighter in order to be able to bite the American P-38 in a dive. When the American P-38 first appeared, Rì himself found that Zero War was in a dilemma when facing the P-38. This predicament does not mean that Zero War will be defeated by the P-38, in fact, as long as it is not a sneak attack, it is not difficult for Zero War to avoid the P-38's attack by hovering better. The real problem is that since the advent of the P-38, the Zero can no longer effectively protect bombers. Because the dive speed of the Zero is too slow, even if it bites the back of the P-38, people can completely ignore it and pounce directly on the bomber and shoot down the bomber first. In order to deal with the P-38, which they called the "twin devil", Rì himself developed the Type 2 single-seat fighter, and also gave it a special name for fighting ghosts, which was called Zhong Kui.

Seeing that the Rìben fighter was swooping down, Mark Perry did not intend to meet it immediately. The enemy has a height advantage, and the energy advantage that comes with it, and once they are entangled, so many other planes are not soy sauce. So, Mark Perry simply did a 180-degree roll, and then pulled the nose into the dive.

The initial speed of the rìben fighter was not very high, and although they accelerated by dive, the altitude difference of one thousand meters only made their speed just over 700 kilometers. At this time, the P-81 fighter, which already had a speed of 700, accelerated to about 750 kilometers by taking advantage of a short dive. Zhong Kui, who swooped down, failed to bite the P-81 immediately.

However, Asada felt that he still had a chance, because his plane was far from reaching the limit speed of the dive, and there was still room for further acceleration. And the enemy is not too far from himself. Asada's Zhong Kui followed Mark Perry's P-81 at a distance of about a kilometer. And it seems that the distance is still shrinking. As long as you chase for a while, you can most of them catch up.

Mark Perry's left hand is on the throttle cāo longitudinal rod, and he is slowly retracting the throttle. In fact, with the speed and acceleration ability of the P-81, if the horsepower is at full power, those Zhong Kui will definitely only eat dirt in the back. But Mark Perry had another plan: to control the speed and give the planes behind him the illusion that they could catch up. Take them away from the enemy's fleet and then ......

"It's only 600 meters away from the enemy plane, so you can ...... as long as you get closer" Asada Er's eyes widened, and he almost jumped out of his sockets. However, it is still far away from the enemy aircraft, and firing at this distance is very unlikely to hit the opponent, and on the contrary, the recoil when firing will also cause a slight loss of speed. So it has to be a little closer!

At this time, the P-81s began to climb upward, and Asada followed without hesitation, because climbing was one of Zhong Kui's most prominent strengths.

Mark Perry pushed the throttle valve forward, and the engine's power went up. At the same time, he looked back, and he saw that the Zhong Kui that was still following them seemed to be a little unable to keep up.

"Hmph, climb than P-81? And it's a climb above 6,000 meters, isn't it looking for death? …… Well, it seems like it's time! Mark Perry thought, and then he gave the command over the radio: "Start fighting back!" Sledgehammer back! ”

The pilots of several P-81s pushed the throttle to the end almost simultaneously, and the two twin wasps on the P-81 roared, and then, as the pilot pulled the lever, the P-81 began to increase the angle of climb, and finally climbed upwards at a near-vertical angle.

By this time, Asada knew that he had been fooled. He knew that his fighter would not be able to keep up no matter what, and the result of forcibly following it would only be a stall. So Asada immediately withdrew from the climb and turned to a shallow dive. Now the offense and defense have been transposed, but Asada knows that compared to most American fighters, Zhong Kui's flexibility is still good. If you do a good job of defensive action, you can still hold out until the large group arrives.

Mark Perry turned around with a sledgehammer and swooped straight down, biting into a bell at 6 o'clock. Relying on the acceleration of the dive, coupled with the super acceleration ability brought by the powerful power of the P-81, he quickly approached the Zhong Kui. The distance between the two sides continued to approach, and in a blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was shortened to about 600 meters. The p-81 cannon can be very sè, up to 1000 meters per second or more muzzle velocity plus the optimized projectile type, so that the range of this cannon is much greater than that of ordinary fighters, even in the case of tail chase, at a distance of 600 meters, this cannon also has a good degree of impact and power. Mark Perry licked his lips and placed his finger on the firing button.

Asada kept looking back at the enemy plane that was chasing behind him, and he knew that the enemy's cannon was far away, and even at a distance of more than 600 meters, it was quite threatening. At this time, he suddenly saw a flash of fire on the wing of the enemy plane behind him. "The enemy has fired!" Asada jerked the rudder lever, and the plane immediately made a barrel roll, and almost at the same time, a string of shells flew past his plane with a burst of fire.

The longer shè range gave the US military aircraft another advantage. That is, there is more reaction time in the face of such actions of enemy aircraft. If the US fighter planes, like those of the Rì Army, could not effectively fire until they were only about 300 meters away from the enemy planes at most, then the just right barrel roll of Asada II just now would definitely make the American pilots who were unable to react rush to the front at once. But now, the situation is different, the distance of 600 meters is enough for Mark Perry, who is following him, to have enough time to react, plus the P-81 out of the sè head up rate, so Mark Perry quickly pulled up the fighter and let his fighter return to a higher altitude.

No matter how you move, it will lead to a loss of energy, and this is especially true if you continue to do it. Compared to other movements, such as sharp turns, the barrel rolling action generally loses less energy. But if the barrel rolls down, the energy loss is also very huge. However, when the barrel is rolling, the pilot is affected by centrifugal force, and it is often difficult to effectively observe the situation of the enemy aircraft. This also made some pilots reluctant to stop the maneuver casually, because they feared that the enemy was also leaning on such a barrel to bite him in the back. This often leads to the defensive aircraft consuming energy in vain, while the attacker stays at high altitude, calmly preserving the energy advantage, waiting for a better opportunity to attack.

However, Asada was an experienced pilot, and after rolling two laps, he had already observed that the enemy plane was not following behind. So he withdrew from the barrel roll, and at the same time searched the rear and upward with his eyes wide open for the trace of the enemy plane.

However, he saw nothing but a hint of feathery Altocumulus clouds and a dazzling sun. Wait, the sun!

A P-81 swooped towards Asada from the sun, its wings glittering with fire......