Hailan left with the convoy that afternoon. On Kuah Island, the transport ship did not dare to stay until the evening. It's the world of the Tokyo Express at night. Almost every night, a group of Japanese destroyers would take advantage of the night to deliver supplies to the Japanese soldiers on the island. And then by the way, the shelling of the airfield. Of course, the destroyers' firepower did not do anything to the airfield, but it was necessary to trouble the ground crew to tow the planes to a hidden place every evening, and the next morning, trouble them to tow them back to the airfield.

This time, there were also several technicians from the Big Python company who came with Hailan. When a new weapon is handed over to the troops, the arms company always has to send a few after-sales personnel. Now they are installing Vulcan anti-aircraft guns near the airfield.

Yesterday 10 sets of anti-aircraft guns were delivered, 4 were given to the marines, and 4 more were ready for direct deployment on airfields. There are also two sets for backup. Before leaving, Hailan told Ron that the anti-aircraft version of Vulcan was no different from the aircraft gun version, except for the addition of a gun mount. If Ron wanted to, the technician could have put one of the two spare sets on his plane. At the time, Ron was skeptical that there was a clear difference between the gun's ammunition feeding system and the anti-aircraft gun version, and that he needed to install some other accessories in the aircraft. Is it really that easy to mod?

When the after-sales service completed the installation of the anti-aircraft guns and took Ron to see the remaining two "spare anti-aircraft guns", Ron found out that the so-called spare anti-aircraft guns did not even have a gun carriage at all, it was $1$ book$ read $ novel (.( yb)(d)(u).) Two guns that were fake. Even the supporting openings on the plane are complete, such as different noses, different sights, well, and brackets. Hailan means that he hopes that Ron can use this weapon to achieve more results, and then in the next interview, he can directly blow the conch for the Vulcan cannon. Of course, if something goes wrong with the modification, it is definitely Ron's own personal actions and has nothing to do with the company.

It took less than four hours for a couple of technicians to load the cannon on the plane. The rest was up to Ron himself - take the plane around the sky and see if the flight performance suffered. Then fire a few more shots to test whether the cannon is good or not.

Ron was accompanied by an original P-38 from Kanoo for performance comparison. According to Hailan, according to their previous test flights at Lockheed, there is basically not much difference from the original in terms of flight performance. The truth is similar to what she said, the entire Vulcan aircraft gun system, including shells and new brackets, is still slightly heavier than the original configuration, about twenty kilograms. But the effect of this distinction is not too obvious, and sometimes carrying a little more oil is more than that.

However, while climbing, Ron was aware of the subtle effects on his climbing performance. Fortunately, considering the benefits in terms of firepower, it is worth the price. As for Kanu, he didn't see the difference between Ron's plane and his own in terms of flight performance, whether it was climbing or circling.

The next step is to test the artillery. The first is to hit the trailing target. A P-38 towed the target plane into the air, and he climbed all the way to an altitude of 4,000 meters, and Ron flew from its 9 o'clock direction and fired a long point shot at a distance of 600 meters.

This shooting proved two things.

First, the power of the Vulcan cannon is really worthy of the name of Vulcan, the target plane was directly broken into pieces by the dense shells, you must know that there is neither fuel nor ammunition in the target plane, it is impossible to have the problem of the fuel tank explosion like the zero battle or the ammunition being detonated after the plane catches fire. Its own structure is also simpler, and it is relatively stronger. It turned out to be like this. This fully proves that the power of the Vulcan cannon is indeed beyond doubt. Later, the largest piece of the fallen target plane was found, a section of the fuselage less than 3 meters, and 4 large holes were punched by the Vulcan cannon. (This is the result of Ron's cooperation with the rudder strafing, if not, with the rate of fire of Vulcan 6000 rounds, it can shoot 2 to 3 rounds within a range of 3 meters) You know, it is at a speed of 400 kilometers from Ron's front of the side, Ron's firing window time is very short, can play such a result, it can be seen that the rate of fire and accuracy of the Vulcan cannon far exceed the original combination of 4 .50 and a 20mm gun.

Second, the recoil of the Vulcan cannon is also not comparable to the original fire system. After a two-second long point shot, the speed of the plane was suddenly reduced from 500 kilometers to 480, which could be used as a brake. Moreover, the 800 rounds of spare ammunition were knocked out by one-quarter at once, and it seems that it will not be possible to shoot long points casually in the future.

This was followed by a head-on and rear-end shot, in head-on mode, Ron destroyed the target aircraft in one hit at a distance of 800 meters, and in rear-end mode, the Vulcan was still able to fire effectively at a distance of 600 meters and kill in one hit.

After this round of testing, several pilots came to Ron and asked to equip the remaining guns for themselves, and if that didn't work, it would be a good idea to lend Ron's plane to himself for fun. But they were all rejected by Ron. "This is an illegal modification, and I can't take responsibility for what happened." Ron said.

Early the next morning, a group of guys came running again.

"Good morning, sir!"

"Well, everyone, what are you all doing here?"

"Sir, those damned Japanese destroyers came back to shell our airfield the last night." A guy said indignantly.

"That's it, we're going to take revenge! Let you know that we are not easy to mess with! Sir, how about we go to Rabaul and practice," said another.

"Cut," Ron thought to himself, "is it the first time that the Japanese destroyers have come to shell the airfield?" When don't they come? Well, I didn't come the day before yesterday, and some of you still complained, saying that you couldn't hear the cannon at night, and it was too quiet to sleep. ”

But if you're idle anyway, you're idle, so let's go play.

"Well, F4F and P-39 are staying at home, and P-38 is going to open a dungeon with me!"

Of course, this is just obscene, and the original words are, "Follow me to teach little Japan a lesson." At the sound of the order, the monster farming army immediately got busy, only the caretakers still asked with a bitter face: "Sir, when will you change the P-38 for us." ”

And "Sir, a bowl of water must be served evenly, and we can't discriminate against our navy, or let them drive the F4F, let's drive the P-38!" ”

Just as the fuss was raging, a telegram interrupted it all.

"Sir, discover the Japanese fleet. Expected to arrive in Kuah airspace in 2 hours"

It was Tom, the telegraph operator, who came in.

"Damn, you don't want to live anymore? Dare to come? "Someone is shouting.

"Hooray! Little Japan, I love you so much! "Needless to say, the person shouting this will not be able to drive the P-38 for the time being.

"nnd, it's against them, I haven't had time to brush up on a copy, and I'm going to play monster siege?" Ron thought.

"The original plan was cancelled! Gather in the war room immediately. Ron gave the order.

The group came to the war room, and the intelligence officer Huck?? Finn was already waiting there.

"Sir, this is the case."

This time the Japanese concentrated a large group, with a total of more than 60 Zeros, escorting 8 bombers.

"Damn, that's a lot. Some of them hit this time! "Someone got excited.

Ron was not so excited, he had a total of 58 fighters in his hand, which was not much less than the Japanese fighters. But considering the reliability of the machinery, there are only about 20 P-38s that can fly immediately, (there were originally 7 more, two were destroyed by Japanese destroyer fire during the Tokyo Express night raid two days ago, and 5 were under maintenance due to some minor malfunctions.) Plus 13 Wildcats, (the reason for the decline in numbers is the same as the P-38) 11 Flying Snakes. Together, there are a total of 44 aircraft, not to mention that this number is not very auspicious, in terms of quantity alone, even if Ron does not leave reserves again and presses them all at once, their number is much less than that of more than 60 Japanese fighters. I don't think that tactic worked well last time.

And what is even more peculiar is that the Japanese came with so many fighters, how can there be so few bombers? Ron almost instinctively sensed something was wrong. If the aim of the Japanese was to destroy the airfield on Kuah Island, what was the use of some bombers? Even if they could drop a lot of bombs, 10 bombers would not be able to destroy the airfield, not even enough to temporarily disable it.

"Isn't there another wave behind the Japanese? If that's the case, it's a really big game. As long as they win this one, it is estimated that the Japanese will have to be honest for a long time. Ron thought.

"Inform the Marines, then they are ready for air defense." Ron ordered, "Notify the observation post and continue to keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese." ”

The Japanese already knew something about the P-38, and they knew for sure that it had a long range and a good climb, especially at high altitudes, which was far superior to the Japanese fighters. So what will the Japanese do to restrain it?

Ron began to think back to the time he used to play the game, and whether he had ever used Zero to deal with the P-38. As a result, I am unfortunately and relieved to find that there is really none. There is really no one on the two sides of the open room battle who will take the zero battle to challenge the P-38. Ron only had the memory of using Zero Combat to deal with the AI P-38 before, but that was nothing, the AI was always stupid, didn't know how to judge the situation, and often used his own shortcomings to fight for other people's strengths.

Fifteen minutes later, news came from the observation post: a Japanese formation of 30 bombers and 30 fighters had been spotted.

That's a lot of money. Now the Japanese have clearly seen their calculations: the task of the first attack wave is to deplete the US air defense forces on the island. When Ron's fighters engaged the first wave of enemy planes, if too few planes were put in, they would be easily eaten by the Japanese escort fighters, who were overwhelmingly superior in numbers. Then the Japanese planes would hold the airfield firmly until the arrival of those 30 bombers. If they all take off, they will be dragged down by the slightly superior Japanese fighters, and their ammunition will be quickly depleted in the melee. At that time, they will also not be able to intercept the second wave of Japanese bombers.

"Sir, what are we going to do?" Clearly, Ron wasn't the only one who saw the problem.

"I don't think we can afford to be fooled by the Japanese. Why don't we just take the B-17 and go straight to his lair? ”

"I don't think it's good, we only have a few B-17s, and it's useless to go."

"Sir, if this is not the case, we will take off immediately, pass the first wave of enemies, and go directly to attack the second wave."

Ron turned his head to see that it was a new pilot named Joyce. This little guy has a lot of ideas.

"Tell me what you think?" Ron said encouragingly.

"Sir. I don't think the first wave of them will blow up the airport. Let them go to the anti-aircraft artillery to pinch it. We ignore him, get past them, and attack the second wave of bombers directly, as long as we knock out those bombers, or even force them to drop bombs in advance, we will win the battle. ”

"Okay, let's do it." Ron smiled, Joyce thought a lot like him.

"All the P-38s and F4Fs that can fly will go with me to intercept the second wave, the P-39's legs are not long enough, don't go this time, just find a hidden place to hide and watch the show." Ron ordered, "Cartographer, let's look at the charts." ”

"Sir, we're also fighters, and we can fight!" Some of those who were still flying the P-39 had an opinion, "Moreover, if there is not a single interceptor plane, the Japanese will definitely find out that something is wrong." ”

"But the P-39 is indeed a little bit behind the Zero Combat in terms of performance, and it will be very dangerous for you to intercept the first wave of enemy aircraft. But what you're saying makes a lot of sense. Otherwise, I will allow you to take to the skies, but you must strictly follow my tactics......"