Vorozheikin and Aleryuqing took off first, followed by Ron and Bunge. Contrary to previous predictions, Vorozhyikin and Aleryukhin did not fly the P-39 they had been flying all along, but changed the landline to an F6F. Obviously, this is a trick played by the Soviets.

One of the purposes of the previous series of joint exercises was to find out the details of the opponent, and the Soviets were not fools, of course they understood this, and they also wanted to understand the opponent in this way.

Since they did not come with Soviet-produced aircraft, they had to use American fighters. If you switch to other unfamiliar fighters, you will definitely suffer in the confrontation competition, but fortunately, there are two kinds of American fighters that they are also quite familiar with, one is the P-39 and the other is the F6F. This fighter plane, which lost the competition in the navy, later became the new favorite of the Soviets, and the Soviet pilots who flew it were impressed by its sturdy airframe, powerful firepower, excellent circling, and rare range of Soviet aircraft.

The fighters were quickly delivered by the Soviets to the most elite flying teams, and many of the pilots who were originally flying the P-39 were replaced with F6Fs. However, in the previous training, they deliberately avoided this kind of aircraft, and always flew the P-39 to play with the Americans. In order to surprise the Yankees at this time.

Ron actually considered this situation. But he was not too worried, because firstly, the United States flew @一@本@read-novelXSTXT liner, and secondly, in his opinion, the F6F fighter was really a fighter with obvious flaws. And that flaw is its speed.

Of the three fighters in the United States that use twin hornet engines, the F6F has put the least amount of thought into aerodynamic shape. It's almost literally an as-is, enlarged version of F4F. There are many advantages to this, such as low difficulty in development, fast research process, low difficulty in changing clothes, and saving money. But it also brings with it a common problem from the F4F design era, which is to focus on hovering over issues such as maximum speed and climb.

As an aircraft with a true 2000 hp engine, the F6F barely managed to reach a maximum speed of more than 600 km/h, while the F4U, which also uses the Double Wasp, can fly to 651 km/h, and the P-47 can fly to 680 km/h. Moreover, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the speed of the latter two fighters.

Secondly, the climb of the F6F is also a problem. The sturdy body is extremely heavy, which makes its climb quite laborious. Of course, the climb of the F4U and P-47 is not so good.

Moreover, it is not only the Soviets who will use this trick, but also the Americans, and they have more options. In the hangar of the "Reverse Cross" there were several improved versions of the P-51 with the British "Merlin" engines. Ron shamelessly drove them into the sky.

Compared to the F6F, the improved version of the P-51 is faster, climbs better, and maneuvers much better in the high-speed section. If it was a low-altitude large group, Ron could not guarantee that the P-51 would have the upper hand, as the F6F was significantly stronger, which allowed them to take advantage of more shooting opportunities. However, in the confrontation of the small group, Ron felt that using the P-51, whether it was against the F6F or the P-39, could be regarded as bullying.

Two more "Dreadnought" reconnaissance planes took off from the airfield. This aircraft was a modification of the "dreadnought" dive bomber, and now its rear-seat machine gun has been removed and replaced with a camera. On each of the two planes, a U.S. and Soviet pilot served as a referee to determine whether the plane during the exercise had been shot down.

After reaching the predetermined altitude of 1,000 meters, with the order of the director's department, the confrontation drill officially began.

As soon as the battle began, Vorozheyigin and Areliuqing planned to use a head-on hedge to give the Yankees a disadvantage. Although I don't know much about the P-51, in general, air-cooled aircraft are always more robust than those with liquid-cooled engines, and the F6F will probably not suffer when firing at each other.

Because of this, Ron and Bunger, of course, would never have chosen to fight like this, and when they were still far apart, they pulled up the plane and then dived to the right side, which gave the Soviets a chance to bite their 6 o'clock on the inside line. Of course, the Soviets would not let go of such an opportunity, and they also pulled up a little and then swooped after Ron. And firmly bites the back of Ron and Bunge. Both Vorozheikin and Aleryuqing felt that the situation was good, and their F6F steered at a much smaller angle than Ron, so they lost relatively less speed in the steering. This makes them faster than those two Yankees now. With both an angle advantage and a speed advantage, Vorozheikin and Aleryuqing even felt that they might be able to win right away.

But that wasn't particularly nerve-wracking for Ron. Because the two F6Fs of the Soviets were far away from themselves, they were still far from the range of their 20mm guns, and they were not much faster than themselves. The distance between the two sides did not shrink so quickly. Moreover, now his fighter has a speed of more than 550, of course, with the acceleration of the dive, the Soviets F6F is still faster than him, but Ron knows that at such a high speed, the P-51 has better maneuverability than the F6F, and the P-51 will lose much less energy when making a turn at such a speed. In other words, as long as you take them to make a continuous turn, the Soviets will soon slow down at a slightly higher speed.

So Ron exited the shallow dive and started doing a high-speed turn, which didn't have a lot of angular velocity, but both Ron and Bunge maintained a high speed throughout the turn. Vorozheikin and Aleryuqing also continued to follow, but they soon realized that something was wrong - their fighters had slowed down so fast that under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to catch up with the Yankees.

However, as the trump cards of the Soviet Union, Vorozheyikin and Aleryuqing were not given in vain. They reacted immediately. One by one, they pushed the nose and began to turn to the dive.

"Nima's, these two hairs, don't you want to play low?" Low Yo Yo is an advanced tactical move that allows him to dive down to gain speed when the pursuing fighter is no longer able to keep up with the enemy in a circle, and then pull up to cut the opponent's inside line.

And the way to deal with this trick is not impossible, directly change to a circling straight line flight to ensure that people can't catch up.

But Ron didn't completely change the circle, just changed the horizontal circle to the circle up. Simply changing out can only open up a safe distance, but spiral climb is different, it is an aggressive tactical move, once you have a height advantage, a dive attack will follow. But this action must be carefully judged people's energy status, otherwise, if someone jumps up and really bites their tail, it will be over.

Volozheyigin and Areliuqing pulled up the plane again, and by leaping, they followed again. However, it is still a bit far from the effective range. And they also understand that climbing is not the F6F's forte. Besides, spiral climbing is also a trick they are very familiar with. Those Germans who drove the BF-109 were the best at this trick, and if they climbed, they would only make their speed slower and slower, and finally they were on the verge of stalling, unable to move, and were beaten to death by others.

So Vorozheyikin and Alleliuqing simply stopped following Ron and Bunge, but took the initiative to turn and distance themselves from the Yankees. The opponent climbs high, and having an energy advantage is certainly not good. But it's hard to say whether the opponent will be able to make good use of this energy advantage. Dive down from a high place to attack, and the speed will get faster and faster due to the effect of gravity. As the speed increases, the more low-velocity air accumulates on the wing, which also causes the efficiency of the wing to decrease rapidly, which is called surface compression.

This phenomenon will make many fighters that are quite agile in the low-speed section immediately clumsy like a flying stone slab as soon as they enter the high-speed section. In this way, as long as Vorozhiyigin and Aleryuqing maintain an appropriate speed, they can ensure that their aircraft is not affected by the compression of the wing surface and can flexibly make movements. If an opponent tries to attack him at a speed much higher than his own, his plane will inevitably suffer from severe wing compression, and his plane will become quite clumsy. All he needed was a slight sideslip to miss his attack. And once the opponent attacks him with a speed just slightly higher than his own, then with the excellent hovering performance of the F6F, as long as the opponent is not careful, he will be bitten back.

Since Vorozheyigin and Aleryuqing no longer follow the climb, this means that they automatically cede the height advantage. Ron and Bunge naturally had the upper hand and attacked. So they swooped down from a great height and swooped down on the Soviets.

Volozheyikin and Areliuqing did not know the performance of the P-51, although seeing that the Americans were approaching them with an alarming approach, they judged that the speed of the opponent's aircraft must be very high at this time, and the wing compression effect must be quite serious. But the Soviets were not sure how serious this effect was, and whether it was enough to turn the whistling P-51 into a "flying slate".

So the Soviets made a big move to dodge, while carefully observing the actions of the Americans.

As expected, the Yankees' planes were clumsy, and they easily avoided the attacks of the Americans.

Of course, the Americans were too fast, so they didn't get a chance to fight back. Vorozheikin looked at the American aircraft, which began to turn to climb, while assessing the performance of such aircraft at high speeds.

"The jump is good, but the effect of the compression effect is also obvious, and the maneuverability at high speeds is generally similar to that of the BF-109G. Maybe a little better. ”

The next two attacks by the P-51 also seemed to confirm his suspicions. Several attacks by the Americans were also easily dodged. However, the Americans also had a good grasp of energy, and the Soviets never got a chance to fight back. So the Soviets decided to gradually reduce the amplitude of their dodge moves, so as to reduce the energy loss in the dodge, and thus win more opportunities for themselves to counterattack.

But all this is in Ron's expectation.

"The Soviets, accustomed to seeing German fighters that were extremely clumsy at high speeds due to the compression of the airfoils, certainly did not expect that our P-51 would be able to operate in this way at high speeds. So, as soon as we have a chance to attack them at high speed, let's not take full advantage of the P-51's performance, we're going to fly it like the German BF-109, until the Soviets really think of them as BF-109s, and we'll ......"

"Be patient and keep attacking!" Ron said to Bunge over the radio. "Be patient" is actually a code, and it really means: this time to be real!