"Guys, it's time to get started."

Regaining the nose of the aircraft, Zhang Yun began to calmly give combat orders to his squad.

After receiving the order from Colonel Chennault, he immediately led his squad from the Minkaden airfield to meet the enemy, only to arrive at Tianmeng Mountain, only to find that the Japanese planes were wantonly ravaging the positions of the Chinese expeditionary force below.

"You just talked about the scissor tactics, you know how to do it, right?" He glanced coldly at the Japanese plane that had been exploded by himself, and asked in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, Lieutenant."

"Roger, Captain!"

…… On the airborne radio came the confident assurances of the comrades.

Zhang Yun smiled slightly: Just on the way to Tianmeng Mountain, he had already introduced the essentials of Thatch's cutting tactics and his subordinates, these guys - especially that George, although they usually fight and pick up girls everywhere, which makes people unbearable to look at directly, but their comprehension ability is quite amazing. After only one explanation, they have already grasped the key.

This can't help but feel a little comforting.

He glanced around again, and the remaining two escorting Zero fighters began to pounce on their squad, trying to cover the withdrawal of their bombers from the battle. Their wings reflected a blinding golden light in the setting sun, like the eyes of griffins, fierce and violent.

"Kip, David, you two face each other in formation!" Zhang Yun ordered in a deep voice, "George, you go and deal with those bombers, and leave the rest to me!" ”

"No problem, sir!" George shouted, "But Jon, I think there's something you need to fix first. ”

"What did you say?"

"It's time to name our squad~!"

Today, naming one's own team has become almost a common practice in the Air Force. In the history of world air combat, many famous teams have their own resounding names, such as the "Flying Tigers......

Another example is Bennitz's first squadron "Adam and Eve", and the third squadron "Hell Angels".

So George's proposal makes sense.

As soon as Zhang Yun looked up, he happened to catch a glimpse of the sun symbol on the wingtips of the Japanese plane......

"Day by day!"

He shouted as he tightened his grip on the joystick, and the inexplicable intimacy that had come to him again, every part of the P40 seemed to be connected to his body, and it was as if the plane had become an extension of his hands and feet.

Zhang Yun pushed the control stick and drove the "P40" to rush out of the formation first, and a somersault overturned over the enemy plane that was rushing straight ahead, biting the tail of another "Zero" in front.

"Dada~"

He fired, but missed, the "Zero" climbed sharply, and Zhang Yun immediately maneuvered the fighter to chase after it.

He leaped into the clouds, drilled through them, and began to climb at the same time as his opponent at an elevation angle of more than 80º.

"Jon, are you crazy?" The voice of wingman George in bewilderment came from the onboard communicator, "Didn't you say that you are committing suicide by climbing with the 'Zero'?" ”

Zhang Yun didn't answer, he stepped on the accelerator harder, and at the same time pulled the lever to the maximum. The P40 quickly climbed to a vertical angle.

The needle of the airspeed meter rotated rapidly, the reading became smaller and smaller, and when its pointer crossed 200km/h, Zhang Yun stepped on the rudder violently, and the whole plane was like a needle pointing to zero, turning on the non-existent clock face, pointing to six o'clock The moment it broke away from the clock face and planted vertically downward.

It's like a person who is walking forward and suddenly turns around, which is considered a difficult move in the flying skills of aerial combat. However, it allows you to directly change the direction of flight with a radius of almost zero degrees.

Unless the opponent also uses the same maneuver, no matter how fast the "Zero" climbs and how small the radius of the turn is, it also needs to reach behind the opponent by going around in circles, so that Zhang Yun can give priority to the attack position.

Of course, this requires predicting the opponent's flight trajectory, and if the "Zero" pilot also made the same maneuver, or did not try to go around his back after climbing, then Zhang Yun's maneuver was not only done in vain, but also directly exposed his tail hemisphere to the opponent.

However, Zhang Yun was confident in his judgment.

The Japanese pilots were too proud, and a series of victories in the early days of the war had already carried them away, and in their eyes, the Allied pilots were "rookies" who did not have to use any tactical maneuvers to deal with them, as long as they relied on the superior performance of the aircraft, it was enough to dominate the sky.

And pride comes at a price!

Really!

Zhang Yun looked down and saw that the "Zero" appeared in the direction of eight o'clock - it still adopted the old routine of "climbing and re-biting the tail" - but now it was moving at high speed in the background of the earth to get rid of the fate of being rear-ended, and obviously regretted that it had been fooled.

Zhang Yun immediately turned the joystick to catch up, and the distance between the two sides began to gradually widen.

But just as the "Zero" was about to enter the effective firing range, the unexpected happened!

As if he finally realized that he couldn't stop the Grim Reaper if he didn't do anything, the Japanese pilot on the opposite side suddenly miraculously turned over at the last moment.

“…… Still want to get rid of me? ”

Zhang Yun's natural sensitivity to flight made Zhang Yun immediately spy on his opponent's intentions - to use inverted flights, dive, and even break S maneuvers to get rid of himself.

This is an extremely dangerous approach for the Zero - but it's better than waiting to die!

However, this is only a futile death throes.

Zhang Yun drove the P40 into a 180º tumble, and the belly of the plane dived down to the sky!

The huge overload caused by the rapid turn caused everything in front of him to dim for a short time - but this was normal, and soon Zhang Yun's eyes were bright again.

And his judgment was confirmed - the "Zero" appeared at two o'clock, and it was also flying backwards and diving.

It can be said that this poor opponent is self-defeating. With the pursuers also flying upside down and diving, this maneuver instead shortened the distance between the two aircraft.

To make matters worse, in order to prevent disintegration, the "Zero" turned off its engine when flying upside down, which allowed Zhang Yun to quickly approach the target and fire again, and the P40's machine gun licked its tongue of fire again.

This is a high-deviation angle shot, and unlike a simple tracking shot, it requires you to anticipate the flight path of the enemy plane, fly the plane yourself in another line, and let the enemy plane fly into your line of fire.

This requires an in-depth understanding of the flight maneuver and the accurate judgment of the timing of the transition from lag tracking to lead tracking.

But Zhang Yun doesn't know why, he has a natural instinct and can predict the opponent's shooting deviation very smoothly; When using the rudder gang for precise aiming, it is also handy for sliding and quantifying.

"Da Da Da!"

Zhang Yun pressed the firing button on the joystick, and the four machine guns installed on both sides of the P40 wings flashed mercilessly flames, and a series of tracer bullets seemed to be beams of light, with the will of death, instantly penetrating the opponent's back.

Carrying forward the fine tradition of the "lighter", the fuselage was immediately engulfed by the flames, and then began to plant uncontrollably downward, the wings and tail detached one by one in the high-speed fall, turning into fallen leaves in the sky, and the burning fuselage fell vertically like a meteor.

"The third."

Zhang Yun counted silently in his heart.

He looked around, and in the distance, Kip and David's formation had just "cut" another "Zero", and George on the other side was biting a Nakajima 99 bomber desperately shooting.

"Guys, it's time to give the Japanese a taste of being beaten!"

Zhang Yun stepped on the gas pedal and quickly caught up with David and Kip. Three "P40s" entered the flock and swooped down on the Japanese bombers who had not had time to withdraw from the airspace.

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The aerial brawl lasted less than 10 minutes before it ended.

The Japanese army was so proud - probably they didn't expect that the Allied air force would dare to take off to meet the attack. They used six bombers, but only symbolically sent two "Zero" fighters to escort the escort, and the results can be imagined.

Without the protection of the fighters, the few bombers left alone became lambs to the slaughter - they were too scattered for defensive machine guns to pose a threat to the high-speed maneuvering fighters, and they were ravaged by the day-to-day squads, and they fled in disarray, leaving behind three wreckage.

As a result, as soon as they left, the Morikawa team on the ground became scapegoats. The bored day-to-day squad began to dive and strafe, so the Japanese infantry also appreciated the aggrieved feeling of Hu Jinxi just now.

And worse......

They were the attacking side, and the soldiers in the charge did not even have cover, and the attacking formation was quickly shattered. The officers and men of the 338th Regiment seized the opportunity, and all the weapons on the defender's position opened fire together, and under the upper and lower flanks, when the daily squad had to return due to the oil, the ridge of Tianmeng Mountain was already covered with the corpses of the Morikawa Wing.