Having received clear instructions, Kozhdub began to climb at every opportunity. There is a well-known rule in air combat, that is, at all times, whenever you have the opportunity, you should try to climb. So at first, Vogts and his group didn't pay much attention to the opponent's moves, anyway, the opponent would climb, they would climb, and their own speed was faster, even about the same as the opponent's dive speed. So as long as you maintain a high level of speed, even if your opponent gains a little height advantage, it is not enough to pose much of a threat to yourself.

But it wasn't long before Vogts realized something was wrong. The height of both sides is getting higher and higher. At the beginning, the height of both sides was only about 6,500 meters, but after entangling for a while, the height is now close to 7,500 meters, and the height is still rising.

Although the specific data on the performance of the P-81 cannot be too clear to Vogts, the German army and the P-81 have not fought once or twice, and there is still some understanding of its performance characteristics.

This new twin-engine fighter of the enemy has no less roll than a single-engine aircraft, quite high speed, very good dive, it has been observed that this aircraft dives at a speed of more than 900 kilometers, and also adjusts its flight attitude several times during the dive. In addition, the high-altitude performance of such an aircraft is very good. Even at altitudes above 9,000 meters, it has been observed to easily fly at speeds of more than 700 kilometers per hour in level flight.

In contrast=one = this ~ read = novel = YBDU, these two fighters that are now fighting against the P-81 have the defect of poor high-altitude performance. The engine of the BF-109G will have a heart attack at high altitudes, and the power output will plummet. This also makes its high-altitude athletic performance compared to that of the P-81.

The problem of the BF-109G at high altitude is only the lack of engine output, in contrast, the problem of the ME-262 is much more serious. Its two engines, whose reliability was already a mess, were even more problematic at an altitude of more than 9,000 meters, either gasping or suddenly stopping in the air without warning. Especially when doing movements, the chance of these problems is particularly high. But in the battle with P-81, if these problems suddenly arise, wouldn't it be dead? So, now we can't let the enemy climb like this anymore.

In an air battle, as long as the fighters used by the two sides do not differ too much in performance, it is not too difficult to stop the enemy from climbing. As long as you engage in close-quarters grappling with your opponent and force them to keep consuming energy. In this way, the two warring sides will not only not be able to climb, but will even quickly lose altitude, and it is not impossible to fight from an altitude of 10,000 meters to a height of 1,000 meters in 7 to 8 minutes.

But can Vogts do that now? Use the ME-262 to play hand-to-hand grappling with others? If anyone dared to propose such a plan to Vogts, Vogts would have said to him: "If you want to commit suicide, you will jump into the river, but the Rhine has no cover!" Don't come to us! "In hand-to-hand grappling, the speed advantage is not reflected, and the rather tragic hovering of the ME-262 coupled with the even more tragic acceleration and deceleration performance, coupled with the rolling of the incomparable cup, all determine that in the melee dogfight, it is purely a target.

As a result, Vogts could only harass the P-81 as much as he could, making them climb a little slower so that the BF-109 below could catch up. But this goal is still difficult to achieve, and it didn't take long for the air combat altitude of the two sides to reach 8,500 meters, and at this time, the BF-109, which was climbing with all its might, also climbed to 7,500 meters.

At the heights, Kozhdub's fleet and Vogts's fleet were still playing a game where one could not catch up, the other could not turn around, everyone had been fighting, but there had been no chance to fire, and at the low altitude, the BF-109's climb was gradually becoming difficult. Now that it was high altitude, the problem of the lack of power in the BF-109 engine began to be exposed. Still, Vogts is confident of the outcome of this fight. Because, firstly, the BF-109 is getting closer and closer to them, and secondly, in this air battle, they have a clear numerical advantage.

The air battle continued like this, and it was extremely boring. The two sides climbed higher and higher, and in a blink of an eye, they had reached a height of 10,000 meters. This is already the stratosphere. Eighty percent of the air has been thrown underneath. At this time, although the sun outside the cockpit was still brilliant, and the intensity of the sunlight was much stronger than on the ground because it was less than 80% of the atmosphere, the color of the sky began to get darker and darker. The blue sky on the ground had become almost black by now. Koridub knew that the reason why the sky appeared blue was because the blue band of light was scattered in the atmosphere as sunlight passed through the atmosphere. And now there was too little air above them to scatter more blue light, so the sky began to darken.

With a gentle swing of the joystick, the P-81s of Kordhub remained firmly in the 3 o'clock direction of the Me-262s, who were circling in a large circle with the P-81s. The radius of this circle far exceeds not only the circling radius of the P-81, but also the circling radius of the Me-262. The opponent's speed is very fast, and even if he cuts the inside line, Kozhdub will definitely not be able to catch up with the opponent; But the opponent's circling is too poor, so even if the opponent cuts the inside first, the most he can get is a head-on opportunity, and it is definitely not a success to occupy his six points. Everyone climbed together as they grinded, and the space became darker and darker as they climbed, and stars began to appear in the black velvety sky like jewels.

It has now reached an altitude of 11,000 meters. Kozhdub had only reached this altitude in his usual training, and it was the first time he had reached such a height in air combat. And for Vogts, such heights were already out of reach. After barely climbing to 10,500, the ME-262's engines were already showing some not-so-good signs - their voices were starting to get a little off, and the plane's power output was getting less and less.

"We can't keep climbing, and now, we have to get out of this fight." Vogts said to himself.

Exiting is not too difficult for the ME-262, maintaining the speed and making a shallow dive all the way will definitely be able to get rid of the opponent's pursuit. But Vogts also understood that if they ran away, the lower BF-109s would be in danger. Although they are numerous, they are at a significant disadvantage compared with the opponent's fighters in terms of height and performance. And now, they are in their vulnerable airspace, at an altitude of about 10,000 meters. On their own, it is difficult to fight against those heavy fighters of the enemy.

In accordance with the Luftwaffe's discipline requirements for fighter pilots, pilots could decide for themselves whether to withdraw from the battle in the event of an unfavorable situation. Therefore, Vogts can completely abandon those unlucky BF-109s and run away by himself in the spirit of the dead friends and the poor road. Moreover, in Vogts's fighting career, he has not done this kind of thing of abandoning Taoist friends to protect the poor.

This time, however, Vogts was a little hesitant. This is because the Taoist friends below are not very different from the Taoist friends he sold before, and they are the same disciples and brothers who are serious about the eight classics. It is absolutely not sold unless it is absolutely necessary.

The Taoist friends that Vogts sold in the past were either from the army, and at that time these poor guys were being ravaged by a group of IL-2s. Vogts flew an FW-190A4 and was ordered to attack the IL-2 with his comrades in order to free the poor creatures on the ground. However, at this time, he found out that those Il-2s did not come naked, they also had escort fighters. It was a group of P-39s, counting the numbers, there were two more than on my side, and what was worse was that there were several in the middle, and the fuselage was painted with red stars. And at this time, another warning voice came from the radio: "Be careful, be careful, Pokryshkin is in the air!" "For the sake of the army's turtles, let the cold and noble air force fight hard with the enemy with numerical superiority? It seems that it is for the benefit of the Songshan faction to let the Huashan faction send them to death. How's that going to work? Whoever does this is a traitor to the Huashan faction! Therefore, Vogts had no choice but to sincerely wish the good luck of the army's fellow Daoists, and then turned the nose of the plane, turned around and left. Anyway, the Soviet escort fighters were absolutely not allowed to pursue the enemy planes too far because they were afraid of being tricked by the tiger and leaving the mountain.

On several occasions, Vogts was ordered to escort the Air Force's own bombers, only to be unlucky enough to be intercepted by large groups of Soviet aircraft. Not only are there more enemy planes, but they also have an advantage in altitude. What to do? Vogts almost immediately made up his mind - retreat! Because although the bomber is different from the army and belongs to the same family of Huashan, the bomber is the air sect, and the fighter is the sword sect. Let the disciples of the noble Sword Sect work for the lowly Qi Sect? How's that going to work? So Vogts flashed with great peace of mind. Before leaving, I didn't forget to explain: "If you really can't do it, you can skydive!" "This is also a friendship of the same family.

But this time it's a little different, this time the people below are all their own people from the Sword Sect, and they are all their own junior disciples, so it's not too embarrassing to directly smear oil on the soles of their feet, right? So Vogts decided to retreat by means of cross-cover.

The ME-262 first swoops away, and if the enemy pursues the ME-262, take them to the BF-109's fleet and trap them in a scuffle. If the enemy doesn't chase and turns around to bully the juniors, ME-262 turns around and attacks BF-109 while they are bullying them.

Having determined such a plan, Vogts informed the other fighters, including the BF-109 below, and then, with a press of the nose, began to lower the altitude to prepare for the flash. In fact, there was a situation that Vogts did not make clear with those BF-109s. The amount of fuel they had was already quite limited, and they would have to leave the BF-109s behind for two more raids at the most. The weight of the brothers and sisters of the same sect is also different, and they also have to separate an outer disciple, an inner disciple, and a true disciple, isn't it?