Michael is a P-47 ace and has already recorded 7 shootdowns. Early that morning, he received an order: take his squadron, go to Scotland to pick up a new aircraft, and begin acclimatization training. The task was urgent, and they had less than a week to spare.

At first, Michael thought that the new aircraft was the P-51, but in fact, quite a few squadrons had already replaced the P-47 with the P-51. Michael knew that the P-51 was a good aircraft, one that was better suited to the current situation than the P-47. The P-47 legs were too short, which seriously affected the performance of its performance.

But Michael is still very reluctant to P-47, this chubby big guy has too many advantages. Sturdy, powerful firepower, can dive without scruples, and has excellent high-altitude performance. However, the current US military needs long-legged aircraft.

But when the C-47 landed at an airfield in Scotland, Michael saw a completely different plane.

"This guy! It's, it's really, too big! Looking at this thing, which was slightly larger than the P-47, Michael couldn't help but let out such an exclamation.

"Captain, from now on we will fly this thing out to escort the bombers?"

"Probably." Michael replied.

However, the content of the training after that was completely different from Michael's expectations. In less than a week, they practiced mainly low-altitude safaris. Read > novel xstxt

……

Unlike Michael, Bob?? Johnson was reluctant to give up the P-47 in any case.

"There could not be a better aircraft in the world than the P-47, which saved my life in the siege of 16 FW-190s. I'll never fly another plane again in my life! So, he continued to fly the P-47 and was sent on a mission to intercept the V1 missile.

"It's a boring task. Every day is going around in fixed airspace. And fighting missiles is much more interesting than attacking enemy planes. "Bob?? Johnson even regretted his choice a little.

Just then, a new command came over the radio.

"Iron Gate calls Husky One, and there is a target in Area 3! Please answer when you receive it! Please answer when you receive it! ”

"Husky One received!" Bob?? Johnson replied to the command center.

"Husky One! Adjusted the course 211, the altitude was reduced to 2000 meters. ”

"Husky One understands!"

"Husky One" is the number of Bob's squad. Now they are in the hands of the British, who liken the interception mission to a housekeeper, so they named each participating squad after the name of the canine. When deciding on the name, Bob?? Johnson and the others went a little late, and as a result, the good names were snatched away by the family, leaving the code name "Husky".

"Nima's, why is it the turn of such an unlucky codename?" Everyone knows that the most unsuitable canine for tasks such as "housekeeping" is probably a husky. In terms of housekeeping, it is estimated that even the "Chihuahua" is not as good, there is a thief in the house, and the "Chihuahua" will bark at least twice, but if you change the husky, most of them will only run over to the thief to get slippers, and then take the thief to steal things vigorously, and finally will diligently help the thief drag the stolen things and send the thief out of the door.

Such an unlucky code name on the wheel, Bob?? Johnson was literally cursed. For two or three days, Bob?? Johnson's squad has all shot down a V1 missile, and those squads codenamed "Foxhound", "Greyhound", and "Dugo" have all shot down nearly a dozen V1 missiles, Bob?? Johnson's "Huskies" squad hasn't been drawn yet.

But now isn't the time to complain about this, Bob?? Johnson led his squad to the target area, and two minutes later, they reached the sky above the target area.

"Look, oh my God!" Bob?? Johnson's wingman, Bird, shouted.

Directly in front of them, at least fifty or more V1 missiles were flying at high speed with tail flames.

"Husky One called Iron Gate and found a large number of V1 missiles. At least 50. Preparing to attack! "Bob?? Johnson briefed the command center on the situation as he pushed the throttle valve all the way down. "Attention Husky Squad, follow me, attack!"

Bob?? Johnson's P-47s and those V1 missiles flew in the opposite direction, so the proximity of the two sides was surprisingly high. Almost in the blink of an eye, the double reversal is about to stagger.

If it's a fighter that intercepts, Bob ?? Johnson will certainly swoop in the first place and come up with a head-on shot. With the firepower of 6 20 guns with an ultra-long range, most of them can take advantage of a head-on attack. After staggering, with the advantage of energy, he can immediately use a half-somersault to turn back and bite the enemy plane.

However, the target intercepted now is not the same as the enemy fighter. They don't shoot back, they don't dodge, but they're much faster than fighters. (The speed of the V1 missile at 640 km/h does not look faster than the speed of those fighters that are close to 700 or even more than 700.) But it should be noted that the nominal maximum speed of a fighter hundred is flown out at an altitude of 6000-7000 at an altitude where the air is relatively thin and the drag is relatively small. However, the speed of the V1 missile 640 flew at an altitude of only 600 meters above the ground. At this altitude, most propeller planes cannot fly at such speeds. For example, the P-51D, which has a nominal maximum speed of 705 km/h, cannot even fly at a speed of 600 km/h at this altitude. If you still want to deal with it just now, after you finish the half-somersault, it's not sure if you can catch up with v1 smoothly. (The P-47 can gain high speed by dive, but at low altitudes, it can maintain high speed for far less time than the P-51 due to its high drag.) And, Bob?? Johnson knew that behind him, not too far away, there was also an anti-aircraft gun position of the British. If the pursuit is a little slower, the V1 will enter the fire network of the anti-aircraft artillery, and in order to avoid accidental damage, he will have to withdraw from the attack.

So, Bob?? Johnson's squad intended to intercept by maintaining altitude until the two sides were fairly close to each other, and then rolling the lever and diving vertically. In this way, if the time and distance are judged well, when they finish the dive and level out, it will appear exactly in the direction of 6 o'clock for the V1 missile, and the distance between the two sides will be very close. At the same time, by diving, the P-47 will also be much faster than the V1 missile, and then with the help of Gao Youyou and the like, they will have the opportunity to launch several attacks on these missiles.

Bob?? Johnson is now flying upside down. (That way he can make a vertical dive at any time.) At the same time, he can always maintain visual contact with the V1 missiles) staring closely at the V1 missiles, judging the distance between the two sides.

Now is the time! Bob?? Johnson yelled: "Attack! With a sharp pull, the nose of his P-47 sank downward, and immediately dived vertically. Behind him, three other P-47s swooped down on his heels.

As expected, when he leveled the plane, the V1 missile was just a little in front of them, less than 600 meters. At this time, the speed of the P-47 was about 800 kilometers, and the distance between the two sides was shrinking sharply.

At a distance of 400 meters, Bob?? Johnson fired at a V1 missile. Shoot a target that won't dodge for a fighter that fires 6,000 shells per minute (of course, in fact, there aren't that many spare ammunition in the fighter). It's not a difficult task. With a short burst, Bob cut off one wing of the V1 missile in front. The missile immediately spinnered and fell.

Bob then pulls the plane up to reduce its horizontal velocity and select the next target. He stared at another V1 about 400 meters away from him at 11 o'clock, then pushed the nose of the plane and rushed straight over, firing six guns in unison, and the V1 missile was smashed to pieces. Then Bob pulled the plane again, looking for the next target.

Before the V1 missile flew into the anti-aircraft gun's circle of fire, Bob completed three attacks and shot down three V1 missiles. Now, although there are still a lot of targets that have not been shot down, they have all flown into the anti-aircraft fire zone, and Bob has given up the pursuit. With his squad began to climb in preparation for the interception of the next batch of possible targets.

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While Bob was busy intercepting V1 missiles, Major Harry's squadron of P-81s, the first to be equipped, was flying over Europe on a "safari" mission.

Harry's task was to test the feasibility of a large-scale "safari" and draw lessons for reference.

According to the experience provided by the Russians during the "reverse cross" joint exercises, the fleet of "safaris" could not be too large. So the P-81 fighters that departed this time were all sent out in a two-plane formation. Their goal is to build eight airports with extra-long runways. According to reconnaissance, there was jet activity at those airfields.

The ME-262 accelerates very slowly just after takeoff (it's all to blame on the cheating engine, the throttle valve caught fire when pushed a little faster.) So for a long time after takeoff, this jet will be in a state of low altitude and low speed, which is when this aircraft is most vulnerable. The task of the P-81 formation is to find it at this time and shoot it down!

Harry and his wingman were flying more than ten kilometers in the air from the German airfield, at a distance where it was difficult for the Germans on the airfield to see them, while they were able to see the airfield.

Now, Harry sees, there seems to be some movement at the airport. So he held the joystick steady with one hand, and with the other he removed the telescope from the binoculars clip and held it up to his eyes (like all American fighters, the P-81's cockpit was so spacious that it was easy to add a little to it). ）

Harry's telescope is purpose-built. The so-called "special" does not mean that it is a large multiple. On the contrary, since the jitter of the aircraft is unavoidable, a telescope with a higher magnification is almost unusable on the aircraft. (Actually, the same is true for hand-held telescopes, which are almost impossible to use in their hands if they are larger than ten times.) Plus the way it is used is hand-held, so the magnification of that telescope is only 4 times. Only half the size of the Zeiss military binoculars commonly used by the Germans.

Still, something is better than nothing, and with this, Harry discovers that two jets are preparing to take off at one end of the runway.