Chapter 203: Twin Demon
The P-38 Lightning fighter was once called the "Twin Demon" by the Japanese, and the P-38 "Lightning" fighter was the first military aircraft developed by the American Lock-Heed Corporation, which was designed by the legendary Kelly Johnson.
In 1936, the U.S. Army's 6th Air Force announced the design requirements for a double interceptor, the maximum of which was 576 km/h (61oom). On June 23, 1937, the 6th Army adopted the design of Lockheed, and in January 1939, the XP-38 prototype was delivered, and it was successfully flown on January 27.
There are many variants of the P-38, including the P-38, P-38D, P-38E, P-38F, P-38G, P-38H, P-38J, P-38L, P-38M, and its height and large nose space are also suitable as reconnaissance aircraft, so reconnaissance F4 and F5 equipped with cameras were also built.
The P-38 was widely used in the Pacific theater, and the -38 had many excellent characteristics, such as height, heavy armor, and powerful firepower, and was the only fighter that could compete with the Japanese Zero fighters in the early days of the Pacific War.
In 1939, in view of the sharp deterioration of the situation in the world, the US Congress began to approve appropriations for the creation of new aviation units. Especially after the world watched the provocative tour of the German Bf1o9, the development of the new fighter was a priority.
In addition to the streamlined design ideas brought about by the traditional degree requirements, people have realized the importance of firepower. Several aircraft developed under the guidance of this ideology have been put into service with the United States No. 6 Airlines. Including P-35, P-36 and other aircraft.
General Motors Allison designed the V171o-11 liquid-cooled motor. A General Electric turbocharger was also used to make the motor more powerful. In order to prove the effect of the improvements, they used experiments and built more than a dozen XP-37s. Although they were only used for testing purposes, the data collected was used in the design of the P-4O.
Although the P-4O is cheap, easy to form combat effectiveness, and its own design is also remarkable, its own concept and the strategic thinking of the 6th Air Force limit its exhibition. (Voyage 6 believes that such fighters should cruise at medium altitudes from 3,66o meters to 6,1oo meters.) And even with improvements, the turbocharger looks very bulky on the P-4O. Therefore, such a design gap makes it possible for fighters to adapt to high altitudes and altitudes. This is probably how the P-38 was born.
The special combat team is facing a p38 reconnaissance F5 fighter, the two planes have already started to exchange fire when they are separated by thousands of meters, p38 first out of 2omm cannon bullets, with yellow light, bullets and mountains continue to pass by, a skirmish in the sky unprepared.
As one of the first batch of pilots after the founding of New China, Zeng Sanbao had excellent psychological quality and excellent flying skills, even if he was piloting such a behemoth as the deep mountains, he still controlled the plane to dodge bullets from high and low.
Wei San's roar caused the 12 cannons on the deep mountain to fire at the same time, and 12 more yellow rays immediately appeared in the sky, and the distance of a thousand meters was simply a blink of an eye for the planes.
Since both sides met the enemy in a hurry, neither of the first round of strikes could hurt the other side, and it was also related to the pilots of both sides, if a pilot did not know how to observe the trajectory of the bullet when it was fired, it would certainly increase the hit rate by several tens of percentage points.
Because the main firepower of Shenshan comes from the nose position, after wiping the body, only the two cannons in the middle of the cabin are left and the firing angle, and Ma Youde is continuing to vent his fire on the turret on the top of the cabin.
Compared to the twin demon, this point is advantageous, because the twin demon can only shoot bullets in the direction of the nose, so in the moment of passing by, it can only be passively shot.
It didn't last long, and the flexibility was ruthlessly pushed out again, and the twin demon made a big turn in the sky, and the nose of the plane was aimed at the deep mountain again, and at the same time, the firepower that had been paused for a while just now spewed out again.
In the face of the enemy planes that were much more flexible, Zeng Sanbao tried his best to control the deep mountains and sway up and down, and at the same time he had to catch up with the double demon, otherwise he would not be able to let the firepower on the deep mountains be displayed.
The two planes were just a mistake in the time, and the special combat team in the cabin immediately showed this fatal problem, the plane they were flying was not fast enough!
After the problem, everyone will inevitably get nervous, if you can't do it, then you can only be beaten passively?
The reality is true, at the moment when the twin demon turned back to the fuselage, the deep mountain has been bitten to death by it, hanging on the tail of the deep mountain, shooting bullets furiously towards the deep mountain, and the bullets are shot in strings, and everyone in the nose pilot compartment can see from the nose that those bullets are shot into the distant sky from the side of the fuselage with yellow light.
It's false to say that they are not nervous, air combat is not better than 6 battles, you have nowhere to run, they can only rely on the pilots to decide their own fate, if the deep mountains are faster, they can also rely on themselves to attack enemy aircraft, but now they have ten cannons in their hands but have nowhere to focus!
This feeling is really bad, it's like you have an empty body of martial arts, but you are tied up and hung up and beaten, and you are uncomfortable to death.
If it weren't for Zeng Sanbao's two more hits, maybe the deep mountain would have been shot down, Zeng Sanbao had already begun to sweat, the deep mountain was huge, the relative chance of being hit was greater, and the pressure he was under was greater!
Coupled with the fast pace of air combat, people dare not have the slightest relaxation, although the two fighters are few, but the crew in the plane is not easy, this is in the sky, once you are hit, you still plan to be like the ground, turn over and hide to escape?
If you are hit, there is only one possibility, the plane will be destroyed and people will die!
In other words, whoever wants to live, the other person must die!
In the face of this situation, Wei San has no choice, he is just a mortal, not a god who covers the sky with one hand, and now all they can count on is a turret in the middle of the fuselage.
If you want to eliminate the threat of the twin demon, you must blow it up!
(End of chapter)
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