"In fact, when attacking 109, the situation is the same as being bitten tail, if the target does not find your plane, the faster you get to the target, the better, and the faster the target is discovered, the lower the chance of being discovered, so the faster the attacking plane approaches the enemy, the better!"

"The teaching course says that fighters should fire at close range from six o'clock, but in many cases this condition is not available in actual combat, and pilots should have the ability to shoot at a large amount of time at a long distance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Vasily, beware, if you are spotted by your target while attacking, no matter what way it tries to get out of it, no matter what maneuver it takes, the plane will not be able to immediately move out of your sight. You can still fire as an attacker and have a good chance of hitting. In this case, any opportunity to fire at the target cannot be wasted! ”

"In fact, whether you are dealing with 109 or 190, you must be careful of its powerful firepower when attacking from the front hemisphere; If you dive from the side of the target at 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock, the target will not be able to return fire at all, but in this case, the hit rate is relatively low, so be prepared to anticipate the amount in advance. It also takes longer to turn horizontally than vertically, so it's best to dive only at a small angle when attacking from the side. ”

"This is okay for experienced pilots, few new pilots can do it, and there are many times when opportunities are wasted like this in actual combat. And some of the new pilots, when they dive head-on, gave the Germans a chance to raise their heads and fire back. ”

"After all, good pilots are in the minority, and many young people are very brave, and often take a head-on attack when encountering German fighters, and the probability of casualties is very high."

Sometimes a head-on attack is not only brave, but even stupid, especially when new pilots often make the same mistake: the 109F is equipped with two 7.92mm machine guns and a 15mm or 20mm cannon, while the early Model 109G sometimes has two 20mm wing gun mounts, whether it is a Yak, Lag or MiG in a head-on situation, that bit of armor is useless, and even a 7.92mm machine gun bullet can pierce it at a slightly close range! Bulletproof glass can also only block 7.92mm machine gun bullets at long distances.

"Marshal, since there has been no major battle in the Ukrainian direction since we started this spring, we generally encountered small formations in the air, and these tactics you mentioned should be very effective."

Lin Jun listened, "Is it a hunting formation?" ”

"Yes, there are generally wins and losses with our hunting formations, and I have already lost a wingman."

"The Germans gave enough fuel and mechanical hours to good pilots, which is actually a good thing for us, indicating that there is a problem with the supply of their logistical reserves. And they will have more rookies in the event of a large-scale campaign like this, as long as our good pilots can withstand the attrition of hunting tactics and new pilots survive the first few battles. ”

The super-ace record of the Germans was terrifying, because they adopted the tactics of free hunting, and the logistics were fully supported by a small number of pilots, while most of the novices did not have enough flight hours and real combat opportunities, and they were novices no matter how long they stayed on the front line.

At present, the fighter unit of the Red Army Air Force was the first to adopt the tactic of "free hunting" by Sergei's unit, so the achievements of aces such as Sergei and Kozhdub have skyrocketed. Now the fighter regiments are also learning from the experience of Sergei's troops, organizing pilots to go on free hunts on fronts where large-scale battles have not broken out, and to confront the Germans.

However, unlike the German army, which basically only had excellent pilots, the new pilots of the Red Army also received enough training time: they had enough fuel and could replenish a sufficient number of new pilots -- thanks to the vigorous training in flying sports carried out by the official, semi-official, and civilian authorities over the years, which provided the Air Force with an extremely large reserve talent pool.

Almost an hour later, the convoy arrived at the Zhukov Air Force Academy, and after inspection, the convoy arrived at Airfield No. 1.

Two brand-new Lager-7 fighters are on runway 2, and there are 10 more in two large hangars on one side. As soon as Vasily got out of the car, two pilots were taking off.

A group of people watched the plane take off from the runway, and Vasily craned his neck and said: "It seems to be about the same as the Rag 5, the climb speed is good." ”

"Andrey, Vasily, do you want to try it later?"

Lin Jun turned his head and saw that it was Uncle Ivan.

"Of course, Uncle Ivan, I'll have to compete with the marshal later."

Vasily replied: I have known each other for the past few years, and I am very familiar with it.

"Hello, Uncle Ivan." It was Svetlana who spoke.

Ivan wiped his hands with a towel in his hand, approached and said, "Old Vasily has already said hello, and will ask our hero to experience the flight and give some advice." Svetlana, if you want to watch aerial combat from the sky, I'll arrange a trainer plane for you. ”

Who is Old Vasily? Vasily Afayevich Arkhipov, the director and secretary of the Zhukov Air Force Academy and the secretary of the party committee, Lin Jun's eldest brother - two Vasilies, Vasily Stalin was training at the academy, and the rest of the academy was simply called "old Vasily" and "little Vasily" behind their backs to show the difference.

"Uncle Ivan, you have to talk and count!"

The girl's family, who had been depressed in the car just now, was happy: in Zhukov she had already taken a plane to the sky more than once to see the scenery, but she had not had such an opportunity since the outbreak of the war.

"Talking counts, but you'll have to go and change your clothes first."

Lin Jun didn't mean to stop him at all, and Svetlana immediately pestered Landscozy, who asked a pilot to take him to Lin Jun's villa, where there was a flight suit of her own.

"What about Lady Arhipo?" Lin Jun asked Uncle Ivan at this time.

"Hangar 5, Baltinina."

Today's look at the Lager 7 fighter is only one of Lin Jun's purposes, and another reason is that the genius and alternative aircraft designer Robert Orodisi Baltini has completed the two-seater "Ghost" and has already made several test flights.

"Andrei, which Baltini? How I haven't heard of it. Vasily felt a little strange, why did Comrade Dean not see anyone, usually as long as the marshal went to Zhukov to inspect, Arkhipov must be there.

"If you hadn't taken my car, you wouldn't have been able to enter the academy gate just now."

"That's a lot higher than the original security level. Forget it, when I didn't ask, I wasn't interested in what I shouldn't know. Vasily shrugged his shoulders, discipline is a strange thing.

Lin Jun smiled and said, "If you want to know, it's okay, but from today onwards, you have to stay in the garrison." ”

"I'll go to the hangar to see my rag."

Vasily was frightened and hurriedly flashed.

When he was far away, Lin Juncai asked Ivan: "When will you take a test flight next time?" ”

"At 7 o'clock this evening, an evening flight test has already been carried out, for the sake of secrecy."

Lin Jun turned around and asked his guard captain, "Landscozy, do I have any other arrangements today?" ”

"It's not important, originally you were going to give the Ministry of Armament and the Air Force Committee a few documents today, and I have already informed Paukel to have someone send here, and it should be on the way. There is also a night to attend a performance by the Red Flag Song and Dance Troupe to celebrate May Day, but the performance does not start until 9 p.m. I can tell Pauckel to go and say hi. ”

The captain of the guard replied neatly, the original performance was last night, Lin Jun forgot about it at all, and because of the meeting decided by Stalin on the improvisation, the performance was postponed to today, and it is estimated that the people who were originally scheduled to watch the performance will be very different.

"Okay, let them keep the box for me. By the way, let Kaya know and see if she has time. ”

"Yes, Marshal, I'll let you know later."

Lin Jun decided to return to Moscow after watching the flight test of the "Ghost" at night, "Uncle Ivan, accompany me to Hangar No. 5." ”

Ivan nodded, and shouted two orders to several of his subordinates in the distance, to the effect that if Svetlana returned, let her wait in Hangar 1 first.

Hangar 5 is at the other end of Runway 1, more than two kilometers away, independent of the other hangars, and needs to be transported by car. It's also a bad idea to say it's a hangar, as it's made up of a dozen large bungalow-style buildings that look exactly like a factory.

And 300 meters north of Airport No. 5 is the technical test area of the Academy, where it has the best aviation test equipment in the Soviet Union, and even the latest large wind tunnel!

Airfield No. 1 has been fenced off with barbed wire and has become the focal point of the heavily guarded Zhukov Academy, and near Hangar No. 5, there are specially increased guards patrolling it, because it hides one of the top secrets of the Soviet Air Force, the "Ghost".

"Is there time in the evening? Come with me to the National Centre for the Performing Arts. ”

"I don't have to participate in the ghost's test flight, but there is an aircraft test mission tomorrow morning, so I can't go." Ivan sat next to Lin Jun and said.

"It's okay, I'll send a car to take you back in the evening, I'm going to pick up the children too, and we'll just come back together when the time comes."

"Well, it's been a long time since I've seen a show."

Before the war, Lin Jun would bring people with him to the National Center for the Performing Arts many times, but after the war began, the performances of the Grand Theater almost stopped, and various troupes went to the front to perform condolence, and Muscovites seemed to have forgotten the taste of going to various theaters on weekends.

Walking into Hangar 5, Lin Jun saw the "Ghost" at first sight - he already knew that the two-seater "Ghost" was very different from the original single-seater, because since Robert Orosdi Baltini took over the position of chief designer, he gave full play to his usual alternative and bold idea: it has four engines!

As the designer of the "monster plane", Baldini directly believed that if the original flying wing adopts a parallel cockpit, the nose position arrangement will be very difficult, and the entire fuselage design will also encounter big problems, and even the landing gear and fuel tank layout need to be greatly changed.

When Lin Jun received the design report of the two-seater ghost a few months ago, he was shocked: the crazy designers designed a full set of drawings in only two weeks!

The following development is even more incredible, Baltini with incomparable enthusiasm for labor, with a group of "how bold people are, how prolific" stunned young light designer team, plus dozens of technicians and workers, day and night in a row to create four "ghosts".

There are no wind tunnel tests, and there are no normal steps - which takes at least a year.

"The speed of war! The speed of war! ”

Before that, Bian Lin Jun also followed the crazy designer to "go crazy" and approved his report, and the four-shot "ghost" actually flew into the sky!

If you just look at the aerodynamic shape, the ghost that appeared in front of Lin Jun's eyes was exactly the same as the original single-seater type, but the shape was almost more than 30% larger.

The volume of the aircraft is not simply proportional to the weight, although the shape is only less than half of the size, and the empty weight has increased a lot, but after the designer's precise calculation, the fuel load has more than doubled. The maximum take-off weight is exactly twice that of the single-seater type, and from the design point of view, the structural strength is even greater than that of the single-seater type!

The bold test pilots even proposed that in the later tests, when the aircraft dropped the load and simulated the return home, the two engines should be turned off to increase the aircraft's endurance.

This is feasible from a weight-point point of view alone, so that it can attack targets farther away with a maximum bomb load (almost all aircraft, whether bombers or attack aircraft, will basically not be able to fully fuel when they are launched with a maximum bomb load). ）

According to this logic, if a long-range attack is carried out, with a small load on it, and there are no strict requirements for flight altitude and speed, the two-seater Phantom can turn off the two engines for cruising at the right time in the first half of the sortie, and it is estimated that the flight distance will be increased by at least 50%.

However, the suggestions of the test pilots have not yet been put into practice, and when the comrade chief designer, who was unkempt and haggard for the new aircraft, told the opinions of the test pilots to Lin Jun, who arrived, Lin Jun's brain almost short-circuited: "Turn off part of the engine to fly? It seems that there are only a few airplanes in history that have had such a strange idea from the time of design, right? ”

Lin Jun thought about it, and there seemed to be only one kind of Yankee A-2 "Savage" hybrid attack aircraft in his mind, and it seemed that it could deliberately turn off one jet engine in the tail in the air and cruise with only two piston engines.

However, that is a special case, and it seems that it is not necessary to obtain sufficient take-off and climb power after ejection on the aircraft carrier.

Arkhipov and Bardini accompanied Lin Jun to take a closer look at the wooden plane: the wooden skin was painted and polished to an unusually smooth finish, and the side-by-side two-seater cockpit was almost handmade of aluminum alloy and wood.

Entering the cockpit, on the left is the pilot's position, while on the right hand is the pilot bomber, already with a bombing sight installed.

"Marshal, I didn't install any self-defense weapons on the Phantom, and at its cruising altitude and speed, there is no need to think about self-defense weapons at all for a few years. The maximum bomb load is fifty percent greater than that of the single-seat type, and if necessary, it can even be increased to three and a half tons. ”

Hearing the designer's words, Lin Jun drilled into his abdomen and saw that it only had a bomb magazine, and the bomb base connector was already installed in it.

"According to your request, I have adjusted the load-bearing structure in the middle to mount heavy bombs."

"How much?"

"Three tons. But marshal, as far as I know, we simply don't have such a large bomb. ”

What the designers did not understand was what was the use of a three-ton bomb? The power of a 1,800-kilogram super-heavy bomb is already chilling!

Little did Baldini know that the Englishmen were obsessed with the big guy who was heavier than that!

In fact, Lin Jun's advice at that time did not force this, but Baltini did it.

"After calculations, after the modification of the load-bearing structure, the maximum range of about 50 kilometers was lost." To mount a single super-heavy bomb, the load-bearing structure of the bomb is more dispersed (and it must ensure that it can carry a large number of 250 or 500 kg bombs. The arrangement is more complicated, which loses weight, and the easiest way to squeeze the weight is to start with the oil. (To be continued.) )