Chapter 369: Aggrieved Air Battle
Before the advent of air-to-air missiles, the three elements of air combat were altitude, speed, and firepower, and nearly 20 Type 1 fighters were caught off guard by 10 Wildcat fighters that swooped down from a high altitude.
"Fire!" Chu Yuangao, who swooped down from a high altitude, yelled at the transmitter, and as the captain, he was the first to pull the trigger.
The Americans, who believe in the supremacy of firepower in their bones, are still the same even on airplanes, and at this time European or Asian countries are generally equipped with two machine guns on airplanes, plus one machine gun at most. But the Americans did not think so, and they were equipped with six 12.7 mm Browning machine guns on a small plane, which is rare in the world.
In the flash of fire, the six Browning machine guns spewed out hundreds of bullets in just four or five seconds, instantly enveloping a Type 1 fighter plane more than 300 meters away from him. Only a "boom" was heard, and the fighter turned into a fireball in an instant.
Seeing that the fighter on the opposite side turned into a fireball, the corners of Chu Yuan's mouth turned upward, and while pulling the joystick with his right hand, he pushed the throttle valve with his left hand, and the nose of the fighter plane that was originally rushing down immediately climbed up and into the sky again. The fireball behind him was so dazzling, and not only that, but there were also two Type I fighters next to him who emitted black smoke and fell to the ground.
The results of this sudden attack were very good, and four Japanese planes were destroyed in just a few minutes, and such good results were all thanks to Su Jin's suggestion.
After losing four planes and pilots last time, Su Jin, who felt that he had too few pilots, tried hard to recall the characteristics of Japanese planes in World War II that he had seen in later generations. Came up with a method for the Japanese machine. This method is to change the bullets of all fighters. The aviation machine guns on the original fighter planes were loaded with armor-piercing shells, but now Su Jin ordered that there must be an armor-piercing incendiary bomb every few bullets.
This is due to the fact that the Japanese are too focused on reducing the weight of the aircraft and use a lot of aluminum alloy. Moreover, this material contains a large amount of magnesium, which is flammable at high temperatures, which also leads to the fact that the aircraft is extremely prone to fire, in which case the effect of armor-piercing incendiary bombs becomes apparent. In the battle that took less than a minute just now, the downed Japanese planes were hit by armor-piercing incendiary bombs, which caused the planes to catch fire and explode instantly, otherwise if the armor-piercing shells were replaced, unless they hit the fuel tank, the pilot's cockpit, or the engine, at most they could only add a few bullet holes to the Japanese planes.
"Yaga. Miyasaka-kun, be careful of the fighters of the Shina people, and never let them attack our bombers! "Yuzo Yamato in the sky saw that it was just a swooping kung fu. Three fighters were knocked out on his own side, and he was so startled that he quickly contacted the formation commander of the second wave of fighters who had just arrived.
Captain Miyasaka, the commander of the second wave of attack formations, took a deep breath and replied: "Yamato-kun, don't worry, look at us!" ”
Miyasaka tightened his grip on the lever in his hand. His landline immediately swooped and immediately began to climb and rush towards one of the opponent's fighters. At this time, he was already staring at a plane above him with four red triangular stars on its body. Miyasaka is also an old pilot, and when he saw the three yellow three-dimensional stars, he knew that the owner of this fighter plane had shot down the pilots of three enemy planes, because he himself had such markings, and he also painted two red cherry blossoms on his fuselage.
"Yo Xi, it's you, I'm going to shoot you down and use your blood to add another cherry blossom to my plane and make them more vibrant." Come to think of it. A hint of cruelty appeared on Miyasaka's face.
The plane that was targeted by Miyasaka Jun was the Wildcat fighter piloted by Chu Yuan, and when he climbed to a distance of five thousand meters in the air. In the rearview mirror, a shadow was seen rushing towards him from the left, and the distance between the two sides had narrowed to three hundred meters.
Chu Yuan did not panic, but pushed the throttle valve, and the whole plane immediately began to accelerate, and then the tail of the plane swung, and immediately got rid of the pursuit of Miyasaka Jun, and then he rolled down on his side, but instead bit the tail of Miyasaka Jun, and a rain of metal bullets splashed towards him in the flash of firelight.
Seeing that the other party's actions were so fast, Miyasaka Jun's forehead immediately broke out in a cold sweat, he found that the performance of the other party's plane was even better than his type of fighter, and the pilot's skills were also old and skilled, so he couldn't figure out that he was going to plant here today. Thinking of this, he pulled suddenly, and the entire fighter plane soared vertically into the sky, Miyasaka's reaction can be described as fast, and he could still see orange-red bullet rain passing through his fuselage while sitting in the cockpit.
Seeing the rain of bullets passing by, a layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on Miyasaka's forehead, and he was only a little short of going to the Yasukuni Shrine to report just now.
Frightened, he no longer had the idea of using the other party's blood to decorate the cherry blossoms on his plane at this time, and the only thing he wanted to do now was how to dodge this guy's attack.
"Someone...... Is there anyone to help me get rid of this guy behind me! The frightened Miyasaka Jun couldn't care about it anymore and began to shout on the public channel.
Miyasaka Jun estimated that he looked at the yellow calendar when he went out today, his luck was very good, just when he shouted reinforcements, his wingman finally followed, and fired a shuttle bullet at the enemy plane that was biting his own plane, this shuttle bullet was very effective, and the opponent's fighter plane rolled towards the sky and began to climb, and the crisis of Miyasaka Jun was finally lifted.
But before the wingman could smile on his face, he heard Miyasaka Jun's shout in his headset: "Inoue-kun, hurry up and get out of the way...... Get out of the way, the people are coming at you! ”
However, Miyasaka's reminder was obviously too late, and a Wildcat fighter that had long noticed him swooped down from a high altitude, and six sharp bullets swept by, although this one-type fighter desperately dodged, it was still hit by a string of bullets in the tail, and the entire tail was cut in half.
The wingman struggled to control the plane, and after circling for half a circle, it flew over the artillery position and headed east, but the plane naturally refused to give up and immediately chased after it. Seeing that his wingman was being pursued, Miyasaka Jun rushed over and entangled the fighter, but Chu Yuan, who had been waiting for a long time, was willing to let him get his wish, and immediately rushed over to stop Miyasaka Jun.
In this way, the wingman who wanted to escape had no one to help him cover, and in the rain of bullets, under the burst of six machine guns, the wingman disintegrated in mid-air, and even the pilot did not have time to parachute.
After defeating this Japanese plane, the Wildcat fighter proudly turned a somersault and began to climb to seek height, seeing the triumphant appearance of this fighter, Chu Yuan, who was shoveling, couldn't help but scold: "Hong Weitao, you bastard boy, don't hurry up and roll over to Lao Tzu to help, this old boy in front of me is too cunning." ”
"Yes!"
Hong Weitao, who had just shot down an enemy plane, was extremely happy, and immediately rushed towards the plane piloted by Miyasaka Jun. It's just that he forgot that there was another enemy plane staring at him on the side, Chu Yuan, as an old pilot, naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and chased after Miyasaka Jun who was still rolling with a shuttle of bullets.
When Miyasaka stabilized the fuselage from the tumble, he found that his fighter plane was already a little uncontrollable, he turned his head to observe, and found that his left wing had been cut off at some point, and the whole fighter plane was still spinning.
Miyasaka Jun can only work hard to hold the joystick, so that his fighter does not lose control, and constantly correct his direction, he is doing this at the same time the plane is also constantly sliding, the plane that was cut off a wing swayed and approached the ground, trying to control the plane taxiing for a distance, the plane finally touched the ground, but this ground is undulating hills, the plane taxied less than ten meters is a rollover, the whole plane was turned over, Miyasaka, who had already unbuckled the safety belt, was also thrown out of the cockpit, and the huge impact directly knocked him unconscious.
After Miyasaka was shot down, the battle continued. The Japanese army, which had lost five planes, did not panic, but still tried to entangle with the ten Wildcat fighters in the sky. Up to now, the Japanese army still has thirteen Type 1 fighters, and in terms of numbers, they still have the upper hand.
It has to be said that in 1939, the quality of the pilots of the Japanese army was still very high, and although they lost their commanders, they did not fall into a panic. Yuzo Yamato, who was originally watching the battle from a high altitude, immediately took over the command and immediately gave the order to continue the battle with all his might.
The air battle is still continuing, although the F4F Wildcat aircraft is very advanced, but in the face of the crazy counterattack of the Japanese aircraft, coupled with the pilot's skills at this time are also good, finally after destroying six Japanese planes again, the Wildcat squadron also had three fighters wounded, but compared to a type of fighter, the Wildcat is much stronger, except for one plane that could not support it and was forced to parachute, the remaining two fighters still tried to staggering towards the west.
By this time, the ratio of the two sides had become 7:7, and the number was already even. Even if the Japanese pilots were brave enough to fight so far, they knew that if they continued to fight, they would probably have no choice but to wipe out the entire army. The quality of the pilots of the opposing side is not inferior to theirs, and their fighters are more advanced in performance, faster, and stronger; the fuselage of some fighters has obviously suffered dozens of bullets, but they have not crashed in a daze, but have been driven back by the pilots in a staggering manner, and as long as their own planes are hit by the other side, they rarely do not catch fire, and this kind of battle is really too embarrassing. (To be continued.) )