"To add armor, to add a self-sealing fuel tank!"

The once invincible mythical bird has now degenerated into a turkey.

High maneuverability, which has always been emphasized, is not even a fart in front of Citi aircraft.

When there are no hundreds of battle elites, because of lack of protection and fragile fuselage, etc., fall into the sea to feed the fish.

Even the most arrogant ones are the clearest aware of how important survivability is, which they have always neglected!

But this light fighter at hand, with these things, can it still go to the sky?

When Jiro Horikoshi shouted "The concubine can't do it," he was so annoyed that he pulled the hair on his head.

"Why don't I choose the Venus engine?"

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and Jiro Horikoshi began to examine his opponent.

The "F4U Corsair fighter" has one engine with 2000 horsepower, which is almost twice as large as the "Rong-21".

The "P-38 Lightning" was also equipped with two 1000 hp water-cooled engines.

Moreover, these "heroic flowers and ghost animals" also shamelessly use the tactic of "hit and run".

Zero War is already in a state where it can't be fought and can't run.

Even if you seize an opportunity, you may not be able to catch up with your opponent.

To this end, the 1st Yokosuka Naval Armory Factory tried to equip the Zero with a "Sakae-style" engine with a turbocharging device.

Although the power has increased, the device has been in constant trouble, and finally it has to be abandoned.

The Wakuni Navy decided to walk on two legs, and Jiro Horikoshi continued to perfect the "J2M Thunderbolt".

The improved version was handed over to Takahashi, who was formerly in the "12 Test Carrier-based Fighter" development group.

Sure enough, it is a substitution like a change of knives, and the improvement of the next "A6M5 project" is great.

The main wing has been redesigned, and the wing surface skin is more robust.

The wingtips are still semicircular, but they cannot be folded, and the wingspan is reduced to 11 meters.

The cylinders of the engine are equipped with independent exhaust pipes, and the exhaust gases injected backwards, which also increase the thrust backwards, increase the horizontal flight speed by more than 20 kilometers.

However, the other armored and self-sealing fuel tanks are still lacking.

Moreover, this platform that shakes as soon as it dives.

The 20mm "pee cannon" is still difficult to hit the opponent.

In the autumn of 1943, the "A6M5" entered service with the front-line units, officially numbered the "Zero Combat Type 52" carrier-based fighter.

The Japanese navy had high hopes for it, believing that with the "Zero Combat Type 52", it would definitely be able to regain its performance superiority.

Those damn "Yinghua ghost animals," this time will definitely suffer a lot.

In June 1944, the "Zero Type 52" entered the battle for the first time on the battlefield of the Marianas.

On June 19, 108 Zero Fight 52 aircraft took cover and attacked the Torpedo and dive bomber fleets of Citi's Task Force 58.

Just then, they were confronted with a new type of fighter.

Citi Navy's Grumman "F6F Vixen Fighter", which is a fighter that rivals the Zero in maneuverability.

What's worse is that it is fast, firepower, and deadly thick armor.

There was a burst of "bang-bang-bang" fighting, and the Japanese naval aviation, which originally wanted to show off its skills, was beaten down by others and nearly 300 planes.

From then on, the Japanese navy was greatly damaged and was unable to organize an effective air offensive, which was the famous battle of "Mariana Turkey Hunting".

When it comes to this point in the war, the best solution is to throw in new fighters and pull back the score.

In fact, as early as February 1939, the Military Command Department of the Japanese Navy confirmed the importance of air defense fighters and proposed three plans for this purpose.

In view of Horikoshi's good performance, the Navy appointed him to be in charge of the local fighter project.

At that time, he had two options, the "Mars" engine, developed from "Venus".

The power reaches 1450 horsepower, and the performance is good in all aspects, but the diameter is large.

Even two centimeters more than the diameter of Citi's Wasp R-2800 engine.

This is the "14 test ground fighter" scheme.

One is the DB-601A water-cooled engine imported from Germany.

There is also an episode in this, after the Japanese Navy bought the manufacturing rights, the army horse manure also took a fancy to this engine.

But they were also embarrassed to ask for a navy red deer, so they simply bought it again, and it is said that even the head of the state was amazed.

If you choose the replica version of the DB-601A Atsuta engine, the power can also reach 1100 horsepower, and the diameter can be half smaller.

This is more advantageous for increasing flight speed, and the liquid-cooled engine performs better at high altitudes.

This is the "15 test ground fighter" scheme.

In contrast, the latter is more dominant.

However, the Navy came up with another lever and chose the Mars engine.

Good luck didn't come in the end, and the new local fighter was unlucky on this engine.

Because the "head" was too big, the test pilots directly complained that they could not see anything.

Then, the prototype had an inexplicable accident.

By the time it was officially put into production, it was October 1943.

It stands to reason that production is also in time at this time.

However, pilots, who are accustomed to flying small planes, are guilty of hypocrisy again.

"It's hard to fly, it's big, it's long, and you can't see anything when you land. On top of that, it's too bulky. ”

Everything is back to square one, and the pilots continue to use the "Zero Battle", which is already completely backward. ”

If the aircraft does not work, then change it again, and the successive emergence of several models of "A, B, C" has made the Zero War different.

There was an armor plate behind the pilot's seat, bulletproof glass was added to the windshield, a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher was installed near the fuselage fuel tank, and even a self-sealing fuel tank appeared.

Firepower has also been strengthened, with the addition of two more 13.2mm machine guns and the ability to install air-to-air rockets under the wings.

However, the increasing weight requires a more powerful engine.

At this time, the only option they could choose was the Venus 62 engine.

The soldiers of the Navy actually refused, and they asked Mitsubishi to wait for the "Rong 31" engine.

However, the progress of the new engine is too slow, so the "Zero Type 52C Type" is still equipped with the "Rong 21 Type". ”

At the time of official production, the self-sealing tank was also canceled, citing the unfamiliarity of maintenance personnel.

At this point, the Zero War 52C type has weighed 3 tons.

But the power engine is still the "Rong 21 type".

This situation of the old ox pulling the cart has reduced the flight speed of the "Zero Combat 52 C" to the level of the "Zero Combat 22 Type", and other performances can be imagined.

But that's it, the Navy, which is thirsty for opportunities, still requires Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to vigorously produce and finally complete 341 aircraft.

Finally, Nakajima Aircraft Company manufactured the "Sakae-31" engine.

It added a "water-methanol" jet, which allowed the take-off power to reach 1300 horsepower.

With the light fuselage of the Zero Battle, it is definitely a sharp weapon in air combat.

Moreover, after repeated patching, Zero's mech has been greatly improved, and it seems that it can give the enemy a free hand.

But bad luck struck again, and there were many planes that had an accident where the propeller fell off during the flight.

After a check, it turned out that the strength of the reduction gear of the "Rong 21" engine was not enough, and even the "Rong 31" was affected.

When everything came to fruition, it was found that the "water-methanol" injection device of the "Rong 31" was unreliable.

By this time, the Wa Kingdom had been declining, and the famous divine bird "Zero War" had been reduced to a suicide machine.

Although, crashed into a lot of ships.

However, it still did not resist the pace of the Citi Army.

When the two atomic bombs fell, it was all over.