In addition to the speed, the performance of the newly arrived fighter is almost above the ME-262, but the gap in speed is still a shortcoming that is difficult to make up. The fuel consumption of the early jets was enormous, which made it almost impossible for its range to reach the skies over Germany. For example, the British's "Meteor" has only a short hour of empty time.

But it's still good news for Americans. After all, it is better to fight the ME-262 with this thing than with the P-51 and P-47.

"Can I try this plane?" Ron asked.

"Ah, General, I can't answer this question, because I'm just an employee of Lockheed. My role is simply to take care of these P-81 fighters and give back to the company. ”

"So," Ron turned to the squadron leader of the flying squadron, "Harry, get me a plane, I'm going to try it out." ”

"General, this ......"

"Don't you think my skills are enough to fly it?" Ron seemed a little upset.

Although, Ron is no longer the ace with the highest number of shots down in the U.S. military, and he has never had a chance to go to the battlefield again since he participated in the construction of the "Reverse Cross". So now, there are already quite a few pilots who have surpassed him in terms of performance. Especially recently, the number of shots shot down by some pilots has risen particularly fast. Just yesterday, a guy named Michelle actually shot down 6 German planes in a single sortie of {1 + {read} novel YBDU. If it weren't for running out of ammunition, he might have been able to shoot down more. However, Ron's status in the hearts of American pilots did not decline because his position on the downed rankings fell, on the contrary, because he became the "principal" of almost all fighter pilots in the "reverse cross", resulting in his status in the hearts of American pilots now being much higher than before. It can be seen that being a "principal" is indeed an extremely promising thing.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the principal of a military school ranked among the top four in the world, although he often lost battles, and was almost captured alive by the Japanese once, and later when he fought with the TG Party, he was beaten thousands of miles under absolute superiority. In addition, life is still very disorderly, suffering from severe plum (that) poison. If he was an ordinary general, he would have retired a long time ago with so many problems, but he could still properly get the support of President Roosevelt and be regarded as a hero by the free world. Isn't it because he's the principal? Of course, the later Truman did not eat this set, and the result was only tragedy for the principal. (Chang Kaishen: Niang (that) Xi (that) skin, baby bottle, black me again!) Bottle: Chang Gong, wronged, I didn't really mean what I said this time. ）

"This, General, you can fly it, but you can't fly it across the strait." After a moment's hesitation, Squadron Leader Harry agreed to Ron's request.

Ron took a hard look at the plane's technical instructions in the pilot's lounge. I changed into a full set of flight gear. By the time he stepped out of the pilot's lounge, two P-81s were already ready for takeoff at one end of the runway.

"General," said Ron, just as Ron was about to board the plane, Major Harry, who was also dressed in neat clothes, and said to him, "I will be your wingman on this flight." This kind of aircraft also has a propeller at the back, so the angle of attack pulled out when taking off and landing cannot be too large, otherwise, the propeller behind will easily hit the ground. ”

"Thank you for the reminder." Ron nodded at him, "Alright, get on the plane." ”

Sitting in the cockpit, the Lockheed technician spent nearly an hour comparing the real thing. Ron revisited all the takeoff, flight, and landing procedures, and asked Ron to repeat them word for word.

After tossing like this, it was already half past five in the afternoon, and the time to go up to the sky to go around was only an hour at most, and then you had to land honestly, or you had to fly at night.

The two engines were started in turn, the brakes were released, and the plane began to taxi on the runway.

Ron gently pushed the throttle valve, and the roaring engine immediately made him sense that the plane was unusual. The acceleration of the plane is very noticeable, as if a rocket was installed in the back. The acceleration of twin-engine aircraft is generally better than that of single-engine aircraft, for example, the acceleration performance of the P-38, which brought Ron a lot of honors, is quite good. But compared to this guy, the acceleration of the P-38 seems gentle.

The speed of the plane soon rose to 260 kilometers per hour, and if it were any other fighter, it would have been able to pull the control stick and take off. However, due to the influence of the swept wing, the take-off speed required for this aircraft was much greater than that of a single flight. Only by this time did the P-81 fighter reach take-off speed.

With a very light pull on the lever, Ron felt the front wheels of the plane begin to lift off the ground. Unlike most aircraft, the P-81 uses a front-three-point landing gear, which is similar to the P-39.

The rear wheels glide on the ground for a while before gradually moving off the ground and starting to climb.

The plane's climb was indeed not covered, better than any plane Ron had flown before. (In other words, among the planes that Ron flew before, the only one that climbed was the P-38.) In just over 4 minutes, the plane climbed to an altitude of 5000 meters. This climb is a bit worse than Lockheed's claims, but it is perfectly normal that Ron is driving it for the first time and is not able to use it to its full strength.

Ron continued to climb to an altitude of around 7,000 meters and then began to try to make some moves. Ron made a horizontal scissors first, and the response of this plane was not bad, rolling almost the same as a normal single-engine aircraft, and in rolling, whether to the left or right, the speed was exactly the same, not affected by the propeller torque at all.

However, hovering is a bit of a tragedy, and there is no way to compare with the P-38 at low speed, and at most it is at the level of the P-47. But the P-47's low-speed hovering, this, this is really a horse's tail wearing tofu - it can't be lifted at all.

Ron had thought that hovering at high speed would be better, but it turned out, well, it was indeed better, no worse than the P-47 (the P-47's hovering was always a cup), and at speeds above 630 km/h, the hovering performance was even better than that of the P-38. But? Who would be hovering with you at such speed?

The climb was as good as ever, and the head up was fast, probably a little worse than the P-39. This means that this aircraft can complete somersaults with a small relative radius.

Soon, more than an hour had passed, and Ron began the last test before landing - the dive.

Ron steered the P-81 down from a height of 7,000 meters, and the plane's speed increased rapidly. At speeds of up to 850 km/h, Ron also did a barrel roll. The aircraft is very responsive, and there is no feeling of airfoil compression at all. Up to 900 km/h, there is still a good handling response. However, Ron didn't dare to continue diving at this time. He began to change out of the dive.

After this chase action was completed, it was already 6:50 p.m. It was getting dark.

"General, it's time for us to go home." Harry's voice rang in his ears.

"Okay, homecoming." Ron adjusted his course and began to fly towards the airport.

That's when something came into Ron's vision.

It was a flying object spitting out a long tongue of fire, flying at high speed at an altitude of about 600 meters above the ground. The long tongue of fire it spewed out was very conspicuous against the background of fading darkness.

"Let's see, what's that?" Ron said. Anyway, there is enough fuel in the tank, so there is no need to rush back to the airport.

That thing flew very fast, at a low altitude of 600 meters, it actually flew out of a high speed of about 640 kilometers. Fortunately, Ron's plane had just dived down, and it was ridiculously fast. So it didn't take long for Ron to catch up with that thing.

It looked like a small plane, but it didn't have a cockpit. Above its tail fin, there is a cylindrical engine, which is spewing flames. There is also a pronounced Iron Cross logo on the fuselage.

"Holy! V1 missiles? Why did this thing come out early? Ron couldn't help but be taken aback.

The V1 missile was the world's first cruise missile. Historically, this thing only appeared in June 1944, and now it's only August 43, how did this thing come out? Could it be that he has opened too many golden fingers and interfered with the historical operation of this plane, so the god of this plane can't stand it anymore and also opens his golden fingers, right? Ron couldn't help but think about it.

"But it's useless to think too much, anyway, you can't blame me for this, if you want to blame, blame the bottle." When Ron thought about it, he immediately felt mentally balanced. As a result, Shenma's worries such as "God's dissatisfaction" were all thrown aside. What the? What is a baby bottle, you ask? I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about, hehe......

In fact, Ron didn't know that in the original history, the Nazi V1 missile was successfully finalized at the end of '42, and according to the original plan, it should have come in handy from August to September '43. However, during the construction of the launch site, it was discovered by the French resistance. As soon as the information reached the Royal Air Force, the Royal Air Force sent more than 500 Lancaster heavy bombers to the launch site under construction to watch. As a result, the launch site was blown to shreds, and more than 700 crew members were killed. Plans for the V1 missile were also postponed as a result. After that, the British began to bombard the production base of the V1 missile. As a result, it was not until June 44 that the first missile was fired.

However, in this plane, for some unknown reason, the French resisters were unable to send information in time. As a result, the V1 missile appeared in advance.

Ron's fighter jet was not loaded with shells. So he asked Harry:

"Did you have any shells on your plane?"

"General, I didn't bring mine either." Harry replied. Since the flight was over an absolutely safe area, the ground crew did not load them with shells.

What can I do? Do you just watch this guy fly over and bomb the targets of the allies? Ron suddenly remembered the unconventional tactics that certain pilots had used to deal with V1 in their original history.

So he carefully controlled the plane to approach the V1 missile, then extended his right wing under the V1 missile's wing, and then made a gentle roll to the left.

The P-81's wing was lifted upwards and gently under the left wing of the V1. V1 immediately involuntarily rolls to the right, and then immediately loses its balance and falls headlong.