This round of raids, not only did not take advantage, but lost two jets, which was really unexpected by the Germans.

"The speed at which these enemy planes roll and raise their heads is terrifying! It seems that even high-speed raids must be carried out with extreme care, mainly to cover teammates and avoid head-to-head encounters with enemies. Vogts also reflected on the engagement.

In order to ensure safety during the raid, it is necessary to control the angle of entry so that the angle between the two sides at this time is as large as possible. Of course, this also means that the fighters may be delayed and the enemy will have more time to attack the BF-109s. And considering that the proportion of novices among the BF-109 pilots below is quite high, this may make them suffer even more losses. However, in Vogts's view, it is better to let the rookies suffer a little loss than to let the old birds or even the aces suffer.

After the P-81 fleet was pulled up from the attack just now, the BF-109s had basically finished leveling, and they were not lacking in speed now. Now dive straight down, and if the Germans want to, they can pull up and play a passionate battle with the P-81s. Of course, considering the firepower of the BF-109, using it to fire at the P-81 will most likely suffer a little. But the German aircraft had a numerical advantage, and in the current situation, this was actually a good choice for the Germans.

But Kori Dub does not intend to dive down immediately, empty (one) (this ~ read (novel) ybdu battle is a matter of life and death, a serious firefight, maybe a few seconds, the longest is a matter of a few minutes. But air combat is a matter that requires patience, and the advantages of position and speed need to be accumulated bit by bit. Kozhdub felt that now he should find a better angle to attack. Best, as just now, the BF-109s are all diving, and they automatically expose themselves at 6 o'clock. From such an angle, the enemy will not be able to pull up the nose and form a counterfire with you.

Moreover, Kozhdub was convinced that such a situation would inevitably arise again, because he knew that the cramped fuel tanks of those BF-109s determined this. If it drags on, the fuel tanks of those BF-109s will be empty first. In fact, the situation with the tanks of the Germans was even worse than Kozhdub had predicted. As the P-81 fleet arrived slower than scheduled, the BF-109s took off prematurely, consuming a lot of fuel while standby in the air. Since then, the continuous climb rate is close to the limit, and the fuel consumption makes people feel as if a hole has been cut in the fuel tank.

Sure enough, as expected, the BF-109 fleet began to lower in altitude again. This time, however, they split a large cluster into several smaller groups, which turned in different directions, and then began to descend at a shallower angle.

"Do you want to play with the swarm version of the cross scissors?" "If I bite one of them, they will turn to the other enemy planes, and then they will have a chance to shoot at us." But there are still flaws in this trick. It just makes it harder for us to get the right moment to enter and exit. As long as we get that right, they're still just a dish. ”

Kozhdub slowly lowered the altitude with the group of aircraft following the BF-109s, while observing the state of the enemy aircraft. The difference between a good pilot and an average pilot is technique, and the difference between an ace and a good pilot is the ability to observe. The grasp of the air situation directly affects the choice of tactics and the effectiveness of technical actions. The trump cards, and the reason why those super aces can always win air battles with more reasonable actions, is that they have mastered the air situation.

Later in history, when the third-generation aircraft first appeared, the F-14 Tomcat of the United States Navy Air Force had a series of confrontations with the F-15 Eagle of the Air Force. As a result, in this series of competitions, the F-15 eagle, which has a higher thrust-to-weight ratio, smaller wing load and better climbing performance, was caught by the tomcat and covered with eagle feathers. The two sides played 15 games, and the final score was actually F-14 Tomcats won by an overwhelming 14:1 advantage. Of course, there are reasons such as the Air Force's brain-dead entering the F-14's superior speed zone and the F-14 dogfight, and the Navy's shameless and secretly reducing the fuel carrying capacity of the F-14 (the less fuel it carries, the lighter the aircraft, and the better the maneuverability), but the F-14 has two pilots and has a better grasp of the air situation than the F-15 is also an important factor.

Now that the Me-262 is far from the battlefield, it is clear that they are looking for an angle of entry that would avoid head-to-head contact with the P-81, but at least for now, they pose a limited threat to the P-81. Below him, the BF-109s were divided into four groups, one of which was the highest and was about to stagger with the other, and if it swooped down on this group now, it should be at its most vulnerable when the two sides came into contact.

Once you have made up your mind, you must carry it out resolutely, and hesitation in battle is just as deadly as recklessness.

"Follow me, attack!" The P-81 fleet roared down again.

The BF-109 team that was about to be attacked also discovered that it had been targeted. Those BF-109s in the group began to perform various dodge maneuvers. One of the planes attracted the attention of Kozhdub.

Judging from the situation of the formation, it was a wingman, and just now his long plane made a turn so that the incoming P-81 could appear in his field of vision, and it was such a turn that this wingman actually lost and rushed to the other side at once.

"This is definitely a rookie who has just joined the army." Kozhdub made such a judgment. Rookies are always the top priority. The reason is simple, attacking them has a high success rate. And it also prevented a possible ace from growing.

Wolf was really anxious now, he didn't expect that he would lose his wingman in such a simple move. Actually, this kind of thing is understandable. Rookies will always be very excited when they go to the battlefield, and too early, too excited, will only make them have problems with the distribution of attention when they really face the battle, focusing too much on one point and ignoring other things. For example, Wolf's wingman Schultz, although his skills are not good, it is not so good that he can't even keep up with such a turn. Now Schultz was looking for his long plane in a panic, completely unaware of the approaching danger.

Kozhdub entered from the direction of 5 o'clock, and a short shot turned Scholz's BF-109 into a torch. Then he gently pulled up the plane, and the wingman's cheer came from his ears: "Eagle 13, well done!" Another one! ”

Kozhdub turned his head to observe himself and his wingman at six o'clock, and as expected, he saw two ME-262s approaching from behind them.

"Eagle 14, pay attention, there are jets behind, stabilize the plane, and when they get closer, use B action to deal with them!" Kozhdub adjusted the attitude of the plane, maintaining visual contact with the high-speed Me-262 behind him, and gave instructions to the wingman.

"Understood, Eagle 13!" Kozhdub's wingman, Somi, was no rookie, and his combat flights were even much higher than Kozhdub's...... In fact, there is not a single rookie in the entire United Air Force.

The Me-262 in the back was getting closer. Kozhdub kept an eye on the enemy plane, and just before the enemy plane was ready to fire, he jerked the rudder and made a barrel roll.

The rolling performance of the ME-262 was so poor that it was impossible to keep up with this movement, so it had to rush headlong to the front. The deceived German pilot hurriedly made a nose push rudder - now that the enemy was in his rear, he was likely to fire at him, and he had to make a dodge maneuver. Considering his speed advantage, the opponent's shooting window is actually very short, and although this dodge is not large, it will at least interfere with the opponent's aiming. In this way, there is still a good chance that he will get out.

However, there was one thing beyond his consideration, and that was that behind him was the terrifying "Eagle 13", which was firmly encased in the shooting halo almost as soon as the enemy jet rushed forward. Then he hit a long shot. Then, the left engine of the ME-262 began to spew flames, and then, with a muffled sound, the left wing of the enemy plane broke into two parts.

"Well done, Eagle 13, it's another one!" Sommy shouted with joy. He had managed to dodge the Me-262's attack just now, but he had not been able to seize the opportunity to open fire on the enemy aircraft, let alone hit the target.

"Damn it! Actually lost another jet! It's actually this guy again, he can actually start and hit in such a state, this is too unscientific! Vogts was angry and fearful.

"Rock cliff calls the eagle group, return immediately, return immediately! Don't dwell on the enemy anymore. At this moment, an order from the airport came from Vogts's headset. This order immediately eased Vogts.

"Return, don't get entangled with enemy planes anymore." Vogts turned the nose of the plane and quickly flew towards the airport.

"Damn, those jets ran away, leaving us with the top cylinder!" When Wolf noticed that the ME-262s were gone, he screamed in anger. Now that he had lost his wingman, he waited for the next round of enemy attacks, and he was likely to be the next target.