Just when Myitkyina Airport was attacked by the U.S. military again, Hashimoto's fleet was also watched by the U.S. fighter group. Initially, they found that the number of P-51s, hanging far behind, went from four to eight, and then to twelve. The U.S. fighter jets, having achieved numerical superiority, began to accelerate, and now the distance between the U.S. and Japanese fleets is rapidly decreasing. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was reduced from about 4 kilometers to less than 2 kilometers.

Obviously, the air battle was already inevitable, and Hashimoto began to direct the group to turn to climb in preparation for the upcoming air battle. It wasn't the first time Hashimoto had engaged the American P-51, but this air battle was unlike any Hashimoto had ever experienced before. At that time, the P-51 was dragged by a transport plane and never flew so fast.

Hashimoto's original experience with the P-51 was that the Ki-43 could easily bite their 6 points with a vertical heel fight. But now, Hashimoto knew that this trick might not work now, and at the current speed of the P-51, even if the Ki-43 bit its 6 points, it would not be able to form a real threat.

So, Hashimoto was ready to deal with the P-51 by circling horizontally in a small radius. Now the speed of the P-51 is so high that when they hover horizontally, the hovering radius will be so large that it is simply impossible to bite the Ki-43, which has a much smaller horizontal hovering radius.

In order to reduce the radius of the circle, some guys will stupidly reduce the speed of 'one' book to read the 'novel' ybdu degree, put down the flaps and then desperately pull the joystick. Hashimoto is now going to try to induce the Americans to do so. Therefore, Hashimoto and the Ki-43s under his command did not exert their all efforts to make a way that the P-51 could not keep up with the sharp turn no matter what, but carefully controlled the angular velocity of the turn, so that the Yankees felt that as long as they made a sharp turn, they would definitely be able to bite their six. As long as the Americans did this, Hashimoto was sure that within a few moves, he would have reduced the speed of the American aircraft to a point comparable to that of the Ki-43. Then you can use the Ki-43's unrivaled horizontal hovering performance to take advantage of the P-51's ability to turn or climb at low speeds.

However, the Americans were not obliged to fly according to Hashimoto's wishful thinking. Just as the Ki-43 began to turn in front of them, almost all of the P-51s made an upward pull motion, and at a speed of more than 600 kilometers, they quickly jumped to a much higher place than the Ki-43. This jump, as well, caused their speed to drop rapidly, and then they made a roll in the direction of the Japanese, and then pulled the nose of the plane sharply, and rushed down towards the Japanese plane that was making a horizontal turn.

This action is called "Gao Youyou", and in the original time and space, this action was invented by an unknown Chinese pilot during the Korean War. The essence of this move is to control the interconversion of speed and altitude, so that fighters with higher energy but not as good as their opponents in horizontal hovering can firmly bite their opponents without losing too much energy.

In Ron's "Reverse Cross" troops, this action, as well as the corresponding "Low Yo Yo" action, are already the basic technical actions of the rotten street (the American pilots in this time and space even named these two actions "High Ron" and "Low Ron"), but in Burma, in the air battles that Hashimoto had experienced before, because of the drag of low-speed transport aircraft, the P-51 almost never achieved an overwhelming energy advantage over the Ki-43, and basically had little chance to use this tactical action.

This move was completely unexpected by Hashimoto. Therefore, he and his fleet were not able to make the most reasonable defensive moves. Twelve P-51s swooped down with a roar, firmly biting into the Ki-43 at 6 o'clock, and with the help of gravitational acceleration, the distance between the P-51 and the Ki-43 was rapidly narrowed, and some of the P-51s with a farther firing junction were already firing.

The Ki-43s, who were in danger, began to make sharp turns in an attempt to escape the P-51's attack. But at this time, the difference between the melee of a large group of aircraft and the confrontation of a small group of aircraft is revealed. In a small group of planes on both sides, which only added up to a few planes, the Ki-43 only needed to make a sharp turn at the right time, and the P-51 could only abandon the attack, pull up again and wait for the next opportunity. However, in the battle of large aircraft groups, the sharp turn of this action is likely to bring another unexpected result: it turned out from under Zhang San's gun, but crashed headlong under Li Si's gun. Under this round of attacks, two Japanese planes were smashed under such circumstances.

Although the remaining Ki-43s dodged this round of attacks, the entire formation was completely chaotic in the panic dodge. Now the Americans P-51 is pulling up again, and, apparently, they are ready to repeat the same trick and do it again.

In the attack just now, Hashimoto dodged the attack of the Americans with a sharp turn. But he understood that if the Americans were allowed to launch a few more such attacks, the entire fleet would definitely be destroyed. He had to come up with a countermeasure right away.

"Immediately form a garden formation and protect each other for 6 points." Hashimoto, who didn't have time to think about it, gave such an order.

The remaining Ki-43 could indeed increase its own defense if it formed a head-to-end array, but this increase in defense almost came at the cost of completely abandoning the attack. Hashimoto now pinned all his hopes on reinforcements from the airport. If the Ki-43s that took off from Myitkyina Airport can come to the rescue in time, and if the group of planes that come to the rescue and themselves together can form a numerical advantage over the P-51, perhaps, these Ki-43s under their command can fly back safely.

However, if timely reinforcements are not received, the results are simply unimaginable.

Ron also knew about this formation, and he knew that this formation was originally a defensive formation set up by attack aircraft in the face of fighter attacks. I didn't expect the Japanese to actually use it on fighter jets.

Theoretically, this formation could indeed protect the tail of each aircraft. When you enter a plane at 6 o'clock and attack, you will automatically sell your 6 o'clock to another enemy plane. Using this approach, attack aircraft often defend themselves well against fighters.

However, the Ki-43 is not the same as attack aircraft, most of which are quite sturdy, and their ability to resist strikes is not comparable to that of a crispy aircraft like the Ki-43. And most of the attack aircraft also had much more ferocious firepower than the Ki-43. Therefore, it is much simpler to smash through the garden formation formed by the Ki-43 than by smashing the garden formation formed by attack aircraft such as the IL-2.

"Dive in turns, concentrating on one or two targets!" Over the radio, Ron gave such a command.

The P-51s swooped down again, concentrating on one target in a group of four aircraft. If the target doesn't dodge, the P-51 will definitely be able to kill them in one hit. If they dodged sharply, regardless of whether or not they could dodge the alternate attacks of the four fighters, the mere act of dodging would already declare the collapse of the array. As for the Ki-43's counterattack, considering that the Ki-43 only has two 12.7mm machine guns, even if you get a few shots, it may not be what will happen.

Sure enough, under this round of attacks, the nondescript array of Ki-43s completely collapsed, and two of the remaining eight Ki-43s were shot down and one was damaged.

And at this time, 8 more P-51s arrived at the scene.

The arrival of these fighters shattered the last illusions of the Japanese. Hashimoto gave his last order: "Disperse the breakout." He drove his Ki-43 head-on to a P-51. Then, in a head-on encounter with an American plane, it was smashed into a fireball.

The remnants of the Japanese planes scattered to break through, but unfortunately their speed was too slow to break through at all. Except for one Ki-43 that managed to escape by burrowing into a nearby valley. The rest of the fighters were all shot down without mercy.

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India, 10th Air Force

General Bissel and Ron stood at the end of the runway, waiting for the triumph of the fighter unit. One fighter after another landed on the runway. It was a brilliant day, as the fighter unit of the 10th Air Force shot down nineteen enemy fighters in one fell swoop, while itself was almost unscathed. Ron confirmed the effectiveness of his early clearance tactics and further cemented himself as the No. 1 fighter tactician for the U.S. Army Aviation. The P-51 also used this battle to prove that it was indeed a great combat weapon. The experience gained on the battlefields of Burma would be an invaluable asset, and it was destined to shine in Europe and in the future general offensive against Japan.

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Myitkyina Airport

It was a truly tragic day for the Japanese. The fact that they had been warned in advance was beaten like this by the Americans shocked every Japanese pilot who was still alive. Even the most arrogant guy has to admit that compared to the new American fighters, the Japanese Ki-43 is completely outdated. After dinner, General Kato gathered all the pilots together and began to discuss the gains and losses of this battle and the tactics for the future. After the meeting, within the aviation team they made this summary:

1. This failure first stems from insufficient early warning. The U.S. fighter planes took advantage of night flights to avoid several key lookout posts and caught the Imperial Army by surprise. To this end, it is necessary to increase the number of lookout posts and place more lookout posts around the airport.

2. The airfield has been repeatedly attacked, which has exposed the weakness of the airfield's air defense forces and the problem of unreasonable placement of anti-aircraft guns. The protection of airfields must be strengthened, and it is desirable that there are fighter planes escorting the airfields at all times when there is sufficient fuel.

3. The performance of the fighter is backward, which is mainly manifested in the following points: 1. The maximum speed is too low, resulting in the inability to catch up on the battlefield, and the inability to run. 2. The firepower is too weak, and it is impossible to kill enemy aircraft with one hit. And once the enemy's attack hits, it can almost always cause fatal damage. Hopefully, some faster fighters will be replenished soon.

At the same time, the air force also issued a battle report, claiming that during the day's fighting, the 61st Sentai of the heroic Imperial Japanese Army Army Air Force had shot down 43 American fighters and 11 C-47 transport planes at the cost of losing two fighters. The military fortune of the Great Japanese Empire was unstoppable.