There are two big jokes in the military blind circle, one is that during the British Air War, the Japanese wanted to give Germany aid to the zero war, and it was still a thousand.

The Germans rejected the goodwill of the Japanese because of the problem of face, otherwise the air war in Britain would have been rewritten.

The other is that Citi picked up the wreckage of Tadashi Koga's "Zero Battle" and developed a restrained "Zero Battle" F6F fighter.

The latter will be shown later, but let's talk about the former first.

The Battle of Britain began on July 10, 1940, when the "Zero War" was just being finalized, and only 93 aircraft were produced by the end of the year.

And Yamamoto Isoroku, who clamored that "1,000 Zeros are needed", by December 1941, there were no 400 on hand.

At this time, the Battle of Britain had ended for half a year.

Relying on the pitiful production of the Japanese state, the Germans had already been beaten all over the ground to find teeth.

Moreover, it would be strange if the German pilots found that the fighter they were piloting did not have even some basic protection, and they did not take out the designers with their guns.

To get back to the point, the "Zero War" had another accident, and this time it was still disintegrated in the air.

When the time entered 1941, "discerning people" knew that it was inevitable to fight against Britain and the United States.

To this end, pilots of various air forces are undergoing intensive training. It is also higher than an almost comprehensive and non-stop training method, that is, the policy of "moon and month, gold, wood, water, fire and fire".

But at this time, they encountered a strange problem.

According to previously published data, the speed at which the Zero dive could reach 500-600 knots. That is, 925-1110 km / h, the plane will not tremble.

But they have only entered 300 knots, that is, 555 km / h, and the wings of the aircraft will have an accident of skin falling off.

Captain Shimokawa fell into the sea and died when he was diving.

Jiro Horikoshi is once again pulled in to be a mud bodhisattva, and just as he waits for the matter to end, a new accident appears.

The wingman of Captain Gao Xiu, the pilot Xiangsheng, suddenly fell into a spiral, and he urgently dived to catch up, prompting the wingman pilot to change out.

At this moment, Xiangsheng Gaoxiu was stunned to find that the right wing of his plane was wrinkled.

Also this time, the pilot landed safely.

Otherwise, Jiro Horikoshi will be in big trouble.

But even so, he was denounced by the pilots as a "murderer!" ”

Fortunately, this incident did not happen in Germany, otherwise Jiro Horikoshi would have been dragged out by the pilot to shoot the target.

After a series of research, the technicians finally found the problem.

The skin of the wing was too thin, and the number of rivets was insufficient.

To put it bluntly, the structure of the body is excessively weakened.

The evil consequences of Jiro Horikoshi's insistence on losing weight were finally released.

According to ordinary people's thoughts, it is time to send him to live in the gendarmerie for a long time.

Surprisingly, the Navy did not hold them accountable.

In addition to patching the production of Zero, it also cleared the responsibility of the relevant technical personnel.

This abnormal move is very different from the "Japanese military." ”

But if they hadn't made such perverted requests, I'm afraid Jiro Horikoshi wouldn't have used such an extreme method.

Moreover, there are problems with the calculations of the Naval Air Skill Plant.

At a speed of 500-600 knots, don't be crispy and zero-fight, even the P51 Mustang fighter can't bear it either.

Anyway, Jiro Horikoshi is confused and innocent.

And the "Zero War" he designed finally came to fruition.

After reviewing this history, Lin Chao asked:

"What kind of model can fly?"

Zhao replied:

"It's a Zero Combat Type 22."

There are still 7 Zero fighters that can fly, one of which is the "Zero Combat Type 52", and most of the rest are "Zero Combat 22 Types". ”

The Zero Fight 22 that participated in the war this time was bought from Citi's museum for 350 million yen, or about 3.12 million U.S. dollars.

Ironically, the pilot turned out to be a Citiman.

In December 1942, the Japanese Navy revised the naming rules.

The "Zero Type 1 Type 1" was renamed the "Zero Combat Type 11" carrier-based fighter.

It is the mass-produced version of the "12 test carrier-based fighter", and due to the lack of landing devices, the "Zero Combat 11" cannot fight on aircraft carriers.

Therefore, the Japanese Navy calls it a "local fighter" and its role is to "meet the attack by air defense." ”

can't get on the ship, "Didn't the locust army come in vain?" ”

To this end, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has installed a landing hook, radio navigation system and other equipment on the "Type 11".

But the wingspan of the Zero has already reached 12 meters, which is already more than the width of an aircraft carrier lift.

As a result, the tips of the left and right wings were changed to foldable.

This modification is the "Zero Type 21" carrier-based fighter.

The Japanese raid on Citigroup Pearl Harbor used this aircraft.

In the early stage of the Pacific War, the myth of the "invincibility of the Zero" was won by ramming other backward aircraft.

However, in order to further improve the performance, in June 1941, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began to develop a new modification, namely the "No. 2 Zero Battle." ”

In June 1942, the No. 2 Zero entered mass production and was called the "Zero Type 32" carrier-based fighter.

This time, it was replaced with a 1,130 hp Wing 21 engine with a two-stage supercharger.

Because, the engine has become longer and heavier, and the aircraft has also been adjusted considerably.

In order to improve the process, the original semi-circular wing was changed to a straight wing, the wingspan was reduced by about 1 meter, and the total fuel load was reduced from 518 liters to 470 liters.

Although the empty weight has increased by more than 100 kilograms, the climbing, rolling performance, and dive speed of the Zero Combat 32 have been improved to a certain extent, and the only drawback is that the endurance has decreased by 20%.

The Japanese Navy, which has always been careful about flight performance, does not know for what reason it actually accepted this "short-legged zero battle." ”

Who knows, as soon as the Zero Type 32 was put into service, the Battle of Guadaconnar began.

After the Citi Army landed on Kuah Island, the Zero Combat Type 32 was forced to take off from 1,037 kilometers away.

However, it had a range of only 1800 km, which made it impossible to escort bomber groups.

It can only be watched as the bomber group becomes a target for Citi fighters.

The Japanese Navy, which suffered a heavy loss, immediately terminated the production of the "Zero Type 32".

The requirements of the impatience and corruption will restore the endurance of the "Zero Battle" to the level of the Zero Combat 21 type.

Mitsubishi then developed the Zero Combat 22 based on the Zero Combat 32 Type. ”

The designers added a 40-liter fuel tank inside the wing, while at the same time restoring the folding wing of the "Zero Combat 21".

Although the endurance has been improved, the flight performance has been reduced.

However, the "Zero Combat Type 22" has finally improved the accuracy of cannon fire.

Before that, because of the bending trajectory of the cannon, it was also called a "pee cannon" by the pilot, and it had to be a veteran to shoot.

Most rookie pilots prefer to use the other two 7.7mm machine guns.

But at this time, the requirements for endurance on the part of the navy have been greatly reduced.

Equipped with such a fighter with a comprehensive regression in performance, the situation can be imagined.

At this time, the "Myth of Zero War" has been poked into holes one by one, especially when it encounters "F4U Pirates" and "P38 Lightning", it is already powerless.

The latter, in particular, tore through the defense line of the Zero fighter and knocked down Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander of the Combined Fleet, from the sky.

In the face of a rapidly changing opponent, the Japanese Navy once again asked Mitsubishi to come up with a plan, and what will they get this time?