Chapter 580: Big Fleet Dogfight (Plus 2)
At the same time, the British fighters on the opposite side are also climbing, and whoever climbs higher first will be able to accumulate more energy.
However, when the fighter plane is at high altitude, its performance will decline again, and because the distance is not far, when the two sides almost climb to 4,000 meters in the air, the two sides collide together.
Fighter pilots in general don't like to fight head-on.
In the movie, the head-to-head battle is exciting, with both sides flying at each other, constantly shooting at each other, turning, until they blow each other up.
But in fact, it's dangerous.
The bullets flying in the air are not so easy to hit, once the two sides enter the battle, it is like a martial arts master competing for internal strength, who stops first, who dies first.
If the opponent is blown up, then it is good to say, if the opponent is not blown up, then the final result of this kind of battle is to collide together, in order to avoid collision, then you have to turn, pull up or dive.
However, whoever changes first will have a larger projection area and will be easily hit by the other party.
On the battlefield, it's not about courage, it's about wisdom and tactics.
For example, now, almost all of the two sides are close to the large aircraft group, but, after approaching, they did not rush up directly to fight, but chose to turn, only by turning, can they go around the back of the other party, the air battle of this era, the best way is to bite the tail, bite the other party's six o'clock direction, and then go up and attack quietly, one blow will kill!
"Fight in formation, keep up!" In the Spitfire, Henry shouted over the radio that his squadron had also separated.
Unlike the Germans, their fighters separated and formed a dense three-plane wedge-shaped formation, one fighter in front and two fighters in the back, forming a triangle, and at the same time, their intervals were very close.
In this way, the most important thing, of course, is that for aesthetic reasons, from the ground, such a three-plane formation is quite beautiful.
Pushing the joystick, Henry took his two wingmen and turned quickly, at this time, the cockpit canopy above his head was still uncovered, and the open-top fighter made it quite clear for him to observe.
After half a circle, he clearly saw a German four-plane formation, chasing a three-plane formation of his side, he immediately pushed the throttle, the engine in front of him was at full power, and a heat wave hit him, he endured this heat wave, ready to approach from behind the opponent.
Vic looked at his long plane, which was gradually approaching the opponent's fighter plane, at this time, his eyes were full of excitement, and his adrenaline was constantly secreting, stimulating his every nerve.
He was finally able to shoot down the enemy plane, even though it was his long plane that shot it down, and he was just as excited!
However, as a wingman, he did not forget his duty, and when the long plane attacked, he had to follow behind and take on the task of covering.
He turned his head and looked in all directions, and suddenly, his eyes widened: "At five o'clock, three Spitfires are approaching us!" ”
"Tom tom." Almost at the same time, his long plane had already fired, flames came out of the shaft cannon, and in an instant, the Spitfire in front of him, with thick smoke, fell downward.
A victorious start!
Lieutenant Klee won the first battle.
The height of their four-plane formation was very high, and after the two sides made contact, they immediately discovered a three-plane formation that was turning too slowly and launched an attack.
But in this kind of melee with large aircraft groups, the attacker will become the enemy's prey at any time.
After hearing Vic's warning, Lieutenant Klee seized the opportunity and calmly opened fire, and at the same time, the other party was already very close to Vic behind!
"Separate to disengage!" The voice of the squad leader came from the earphones, and in an instant, the four-plane formation spread out in two directions, with two planes on the left and right, and they immediately broke away according to the predetermined plan.
The BF109, which has also undergone some improvements, compared to the historical one, like the current F190, has raised the cockpit, and the pilot does not not have any backward vision, at least he can see some.
The four-plane formation, divided into two two-plane formations, flew in two directions, and the three-plane formation behind them, the other party had to make a choice.
Damn it! Vic couldn't help but curse in his heart, the other party followed his own two-plane formation!
In air combat, the pursuer always has an advantage, because the pursuer is behind, can see all the maneuvers in front, and respond in advance, for example, if the front is turning, the rear will directly cut the radius and chase over.
When fighting against other fighters, the BF109 can rely on its strong climbing performance to get rid of it, but now, they can't climb because the Spitfire's climbing performance is just as strong.
Moreover, once they climb, their precious speed will be lost, and now it is a melee of large aircraft groups, and there is no guarantee that there will be planes waiting at high altitude, if they climb up by themselves, the speed will be gone, and it will be easily hunted by high-altitude fighters.
You can't make mistakes.
At the same time, they cannot hover in the horizontal plane.
It is not that the BF109's circling performance is not excellent, but because the BF109's rod force is too large, and the pilot's physical exertion is great to do several continuous circling actions.
However, they also prepared a special trick to deal with the British!
Henry's long plane, flying at the front, he almost bit the other party's 6 o'clock direction, he could make a move, at this moment, suddenly, the prey in front of his eyes disappeared.
Where did the other party go?
Before the other party disappeared, Henry briefly captured the trajectory of the other party, and it seemed that the other party was rolling and falling, just under his nose?
Henry didn't keep up, and at this time, the meaning of the formation was reflected, and the wingman on his right immediately moved.
The wingman pilot could see clearly, and the opponent made a downward roll, just so that the opponent's fighter was blocked by the nose of his own long plane!
He pushed the lever, kicked the rudder, and followed the other man in the same motion.
The sky was spinning, the sea and the sky had changed positions, and he had made a one hundred and eighty-degree roll.
The other party was still in his sight, but the distance between him and the other party was increasing, and at the same time, the roar of the engine in front disappeared.
Worst! At this time, he suddenly realized that he had fallen into the trap of the other party!
In the sky, after flying for a long time, pilots will even have an illusion of space, and the sky and the earth will be reversed, especially after the operation is skilled, and such pilots who think that they are integrated with the aircraft are prone to make this mistake.
He only knows what the other party does, so he follows and catches up with the other party, but he forgets the performance of his fighter plane, and he can't fly upside down, or rather, he can't fly with a negative G.
If the engine is not powerful, negative G will cut off oil!