Although he had missed the best time to intercept this group of American transport planes, General Kato felt that it was still necessary to send a group of fighters out for a spin, and he sent 16 planes in one go, so that he could see if there was a chance to catch the tail of the transport planes. According to the reports of the observation post, those American escort fighters have not yet returned. They can also be heard on the radio. Kato believed that as long as these American planes could be found in the air, his Yamato samurai would be able to turn the game around. Because those American planes turned so stupidly that it didn't take a few turns for the Ki-43 to firmly bite their six.

The Japanese did find the American plane in the air, or rather, they were spotted by the Americans. Just in the direction of 9 o'clock in the Japanese fleet, four American fighters appeared.

Japanese pilots are already familiar with these "new P-40s" from the Yankees. In the eyes of the Japanese, these things seem to be inferior to the P-40 in all respects, except for the longer range. So the Japanese fighter groups began to disperse and quickly climbed. Only this time the Americans behaved differently from previous battles, not only because this time, these four American planes had a clear altitude advantage, but also because they were amazingly fast.

With the help of gravitational acceleration, the speed of the four P-51s that swooped down from a higher position +1+Ben+Read+Novel XSTXT reached an astonishing 750 kilometers per hour, more than double the Ki-43, which was struggling to climb at a speed of a little more than 300 kilometers.

In the past, the Japanese pilots also knew that the American P-51 flew faster than them, but they rarely had the opportunity to see the P-51 fly so fast, so when judging the approach speed of the two sides, just as Ron had foreseen when he was giving tactical guidance before the war, the Japanese miscalculated. By the time the four P-51s approached the range of the cannons, some of the Ki-43s had not yet had time to make proper defensive moves.

Four P-51s opened fire in unison, and the Japanese fleet immediately became a mess. However, the Ki-43's rotation performance is indeed extraordinary, and in the first round of attacks, only one plane that could not dodge was hit by a bullet and exploded, and several other fighters in the US attack line narrowly avoided it.

Now that you have dodged the attack, the next step should of course be to fight back. Most Japanese pilots felt that the Japanese planes were more agile and numerous, and that they would definitely have an advantage.

However, the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny. The Americans did not leave them any chance to fight back. The four P-51s quickly pulled up, and climbed to a high place again at once, with an incredibly high rate of climb.

"When, the American fighter climbed so well?" Koji Sakamoto, who didn't die last time, was also in the air this time, and his eyes widened in surprise as he watched the rapid climb rate of the four P-51s, which were far greater than their Ki-43s, and his heart was unconsciously clouded.

In fact, the climb of the P-51 is not so good, at least the climb of the current P-51A is definitely not so good. The P-51's groundbreaking laminar flow wing reduced drag and improved the aircraft's high-speed performance, but had an impact on climb. However, because the four P-51s are now diving down from a high altitude, the sharp dive makes these planes have extremely high speed, and with this speed, relying on the way of jumping, the P-51 can play the kind of super-fast climb that looks incredible.

Now in the air are extremely experienced pilots, and as soon as they see the P-51 climb like this, they know that there is no chance of counterattack. Not only did there be no chance of counterattacking, on the contrary, when the Americans climbed to a high place, they would definitely have another high-speed dive attack. At present, the formation of Japanese fighters is too dense, and it is easy for a group of planes to be overwhelmed by so many planes that they cannot climb up. So, Saburo Hashimoto, who led the team, immediately gave an order: "Each team spreads out in formation. ”

Japanese planes began to disperse rapidly in units of two. In this way, the American fighters that swooped down could threaten only one Ki-43 at a time. There will never again be a situation where there are several Japanese planes on the attack line of one American plane, and once attacked, several planes will have to make a turnaround maneuver. In this way, while the Americans attack one aircraft, the others have a chance to climb to high altitudes. And when the American plane pulls up again, it can follow up and launch an attack on it.

The Americans were not slow to react either, and in fact, the reaction of the Japanese in the face of this situation was precisely what was expected at the pre-war preparatory meeting.

"If the Japanese disperse, then you gather and take turns attacking one of them, enough to keep a good distance and make sure that the second plane will be able to hit him just as soon as he dodges the first plane. In this way, even the best pilots will not be able to make mistakes when facing several aircraft in turn. ”

That's what Ron told them at the prep meeting. Later, in pre-war drills, almost every pilot tried what it was like to be attacked by someone else taking turns to dive. As a result, although prepared, most of them did not survive a round of intensive attacks by three or four aircraft.

Unfortunately, Sakamoto, who had not died last time, was targeted again, and four P-51s took turns to pounce on him. In a beautiful turn, Koji Sakamoto dodged the attack of the first P-51, but just as his eyes were blackened by the sharp overload, the second P-51 pounced again. A good Koji Sakamoto, another roll, let the shells fired by the P-51 miss. But at this time, the third one came again......

Hashimoto, who led the team, was not far away, and he watched as four enemy planes pounced towards Koji Sakamoto, and he saw that Koji had successfully dodged the attacks of the first and second planes, but his heart was violently lifted. He knew the burden on his body caused by Koji Sakamoto's two actions just now, and he knew that Koji Sakamoto must still be in a state of black vision (in the intense flight maneuver, the pilot's blood will be thrown to the legs, causing brain ischemia, blurred vision, and even darkness in front of his eyes. There was no recovery, and it must have been pitch black in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see anything. And at this time the third enemy plane also pounced.

"Koji, turn around!" Hashimoto shouted.

However, it was too late, as the third enemy aircraft fired a shell that hit Koji Sakamoto's Ki-43, and then the fourth enemy aircraft made up a series of shells against the already blazing fighter. Koji Sakamoto's fighter plane exploded to pieces right under Hashimoto's nose.

"Damn it!" Blood rushed to the top of Hashimoto's head at once, and four American planes dared to take the initiative to attack twelve Imperial Army fighters, and they also shot down two Imperial Army fighters without injury. This is an absolute disgrace to the Imperial Army.

But now, the rest of the Ki-43s have climbed to a higher position, and if the Americans still want to pull up at a wide angle like just now, Hashimoto feels that he has a chance to bite them and avenge Koji Sakamoto.

It's just that the Yankees once again disappointed Hashimoto, they did not pull up quickly, but relied on high speed, quickly opened the distance between them and the Japanese group, and then began to climb slowly.

"Catch up and destroy them!" Hashimoto ordered.

Ron, who had been ordered not to take off, could only stay in the command post honestly. After hours of silent waiting, the excited shouts of the pilots began to be heard over the radio.

"Well, 6 enemy planes have already been killed, and none of the pilots have been able to parachute. We haven't lost a single one, which is a pretty good performance. ”

At this time, a new situation came from the headphones:

"The Wangs called the Eagle's Nest, the Wangs called the Eagle's Nest, and there were more than a dozen enemy planes following us in the 15th area. The height is 3000 meters. ”

Ron immediately picked up the microphone:

"Wang Xingren, please keep a good distance and height, and lead them to Area 17. Don't let them get lost. …… This is the Eagle's Nest, call the Wasp, call the Wasp, you immediately rush to the 17th area, the height is 3800 meters, the height is 3800 meters, pay attention to the search for enemy aircraft! …… The Eagle's Nest calls the cats, and the Eagle's Nest calls the cats......"

Wasps, cats, cobras, pandas, raccoons, the entire five detachments, twenty fighters began to concentrate on area No. 17. Get ready for a feast.

"No, the Americans have a conspiracy, and at their speed, if they really want to run, they should have run a long time ago. They didn't come close enough to let us follow, which is absolutely not normal. ”

Unlike the angry pilots in the air, General Kato, who was in the command post, had long since calmed down from the frustration and anger of the loss, and he immediately realized that the situation was not right, that there must be a conspiracy here, and that the Americans must be preparing for an even bigger surprise attack.

"Don't chase anymore, return immediately!" General Kato gave the order.

"But the general ......"

"Say no more, obey orders!"

The prestige that Kato had brought with his previous victories took effect, and the pilots, who had always been arrogant, obeyed his orders and began to turn.

"Damn, the little devil is going to run, we're in area 16 now, and the devil turned in a 160-degree direction. Sir, what should I do? ”

"Chase them and harass them." Ron replied, "Take care of yourself!" ”

"One hundred and sixty degrees is Area 8, and beyond that is Area 5, and then there is the enemy's airfield." A staff officer immediately reported to Ron.

"At our pace, we can catch up with them in Area 5." One of the staff officers who made a map reported.

"Where's the transporter?"

"It's already in area 25, which is beyond the interception range of the Japanese."

"Well, let all the planes concentrate on Area 8 and prepare for battle!" Ron gave the order.

"Attention of the detachments, immediately concentrate at full speed towards Area No. 8, at an altitude of 3,800 meters. Repeat...... "This order was quickly transmitted to every P-51 fighter. The entire airspace is boiling, and a big war is inevitable.