Chapter 433: P47's Counterattack
"The creator of the Zero is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' famous designer Jiro Horiki, who achieved a number of firsts, such as the first fully enclosed retractable landing gear, electric thermal flight suits, machine guns, constant-speed propellers, ultra-duralumin load-bearing structures, large vision cockpits, and large disposable auxiliary fuel tanks. It reached a speed of 533 kilometers per hour, and was equipped with 20 machine guns and 2 60-kilogram bombs, so it also had a name, "universal fighter". Su Tong on the stage was talking, and the flight officers in the audience were listening attentively, and they were listening to Su Tong explain this new fighter that had just appeared on the battlefield. This is the Feilong Airport in Zhangjiakou, and now Su Tong is explaining the characteristics of his fighter to the hundreds of pilots and officers in the audience.
"Sir, please speak!" , a captain in the audience raised his hand.
"Permission to speak!" , Su Tong stopped talking, nodded and said.
"Do you mean that the performance of this fighter has surpassed all the fighters in service with us in Chahar?" , Su Tong smiled and said, "This statement is not correct or incorrect. Let's put it this way, among the main fighters in our current service, the B6-109 is also a light fighter like the Zero fighter. But it is really inferior to the Zero in the rate of climb and maneuverability. But it is different for our P-47, the P-47 is indeed inferior to the Zero in terms of maneuverability, but it is much stronger than the Zero in terms of dive performance and solidity of the airframe. Let me tell you about the advantages and disadvantages of zero. Su Tong turned on the slide projector, and a pair of clear photos of the plane appeared behind him. There was a Japanese plane with a salve flag on it.
"This is the Zero aircraft of the Japanese Hon, which is characterized by an excellent climb rate and turning radius, and can easily surpass the F4F Wildcat and P4, and it is tantamount to suicide to use these two aircraft to fight with the Zero at low altitudes. However, at high altitude, the Zero's excellent vertical maneuverability begins to deteriorate because the ailerons are sluggish and react slowly. The dive speed of the Zero is not fast, if you are bitten by the Zero in battle, you should immediately dive at a high speed and roll to get rid of it, but remember not to use climbing means to get rid of it, and do not chase the Zero that climbs sharply, otherwise it will be a dead end. Also, the Zero did not have any armor to protect the pilot and the fuel tank, and the fuel tank did not have a self-sealing device and fire extinguishing equipment, which could easily be hit and regretted"
Hearing Su Tong say slowly, the pilots below, including Gao Zhihang, couldn't help but look at each other, this is a fighter that has just been put into service by himself, where did Chief Su get these data? Listening to his tone, it was as if he had personally opened the Zero set of the "Day" himself for several years.
Su Tong on the stage didn't care what the pilots below thought, but these things he said were exchanged for the Allied pilots in later generations at the cost of thousands of lives and blood. When the Zero fighter first appeared, whenever the Allied pilots took off to meet the Zero, both the pilot and the commander understood that after the fighter flew out, eighty percent of them would not come back.
"The Zero fighter has an unparalleled ultra-long range, its range has reached 3,000 kilometers, and the ceiling has reached 10,000 meters."
After hearing Su Tong's words, everyone in the audience gasped, and the range of 3,000 kilometers means that with Mukden as the base, the Zero can wreak havoc on almost half of the area controlled by Chahar, and the 10,000-meter-high ceiling also means that the bulking bombers equipped by Chahar are also within its strike range, and the high altitude is no longer their paradise.
Seeing the somewhat worried looks of the pilots, Su Tong smiled slightly and continued: "But everything has weaknesses, and Zero Style is no exception. His disadvantage is that because he attaches too much importance to maneuverability and range, he ignores its protective armor, so that it cannot withstand even a slightly larger caliber bullet, especially since their fuselage is made of ultra-light and hard-boiled pot alloy, as long as a few incendiary bombs are in the middle of the fire, they will burst into fire in the air like a torch, so we only need to ......"
With Su Tong's explanation, the eyes of the pilots in the audience became brighter and brighter, and they felt that the Zero type was not so terrible, as long as anything mastered its weakness, there was always a way to deal with it...... a new day began again, and the terrible sirens on the Fengtian Airport sent the impatient "Ri" aviation soldiers into the sky. In the past two days, Chahar's planes did not come to bomb, which made the Japanese air force begin to be complacent, and they began to claim that their 35 Zeros could be worth hundreds of Chinese fighters.
Known as one of the four heavenly kings of the pilots, the brand-new Zero fighter of the three-wheeled Kuan Shaozo piloted was patrolling, and the 35 Zero fighters were divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, and the sky was covered with black pressure.
Miwa Kuan Shaozo Shaozo, who had just been transferred from the Kannai battlefield, had never fought against Chahar's air force before, and the praise of the Chahar air force in the military circles and newspapers made him feel sour in his eyes. A complex feeling of jealousy, surprise and disobedience disturbed his inner peace. He was like a boxing master who was trapped outside the rope, watching his colleagues and companions being knocked to the ground one by one by an inconspicuous little man, anxiously swinging his fists and stomping his feet, eager to try.
The 6-0 score the day before yesterday and the brief calm in the sky for two days in a row made Miwa feel better than ever. As soon as it was dawn today, he volunteered to lead a patrol to attack.
"Report to Your Excellency Shaozo, the plane has been found ahead!" The spearhead who flew at the front sounded the alarm in time. Hearing that Miwa Kuan had discovered the enemy's situation, his spirit was lifted, and he couldn't help but see bunches of fresh huā, cups of fine wine, and medals with golden light floating in front of him. It seems that as long as he takes one step further, he will embrace success and praise as before, and his reputation as the "king of heaven" will shine even brighter. He grinned and waved his hand lightly, "Flying warriors of the Empire, victory is ahead, rush forward!" As soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the plane rushed forward with a "whew". The upper and lower three-story aircraft groups, like hungry wolves, pounced forward in the dark.
The Chahar side led the team with Major Xiao Feipeng, who today flew a civilian fighter plane and more than 40 companions to test the results of the two-day training. After getting the heavenly machine leaked by Su Tong in advance, Gao Zhihang quickly organized a group of capable pilots to seize the time to practice the task that Su Tong personally explained. Compared with the Zero, the oral office is slightly inferior in performance such as climb speed, turning radius and dive pick-up, but it is not inferior in speed and dive performance, especially firepower and survivability, which is the best among current fighters.
The pilots of the Chahar Air Force have explored a set of effective tactics for exploiting their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses in light of the strengths and weaknesses of the two planes.
When the Japanese soldiers discovered Chahar's fighters, they were also discovered by the other side. Dozens of P-47s climbed some distance with their heads held high and then swooped straight down from the sky and swooped down towards the oncoming Japanese fighters.
Xiao Feipeng, who swooped down, fired first, and a burst of fire flashed, and a Zero fighter flew down with black smoke and turned over and fell.
Xiao Feipeng, who was victorious, rushed towards another fighter next to him, who knew that this Zero pulled the nose up lightly, and the Zero fighter flew straight up. Xiao Feipeng did not pursue, and after two days of training, he knew that if he wanted to fight with Zero in a low circle, or pursue Zero when it was rising, it would be an act of seeking death. So he pulled the nose of the plane, and the plane pounced on a Zero below.
Miwa Kuan Shaozo saw that the Zero fighter he had high hopes for was inextricably linked to the opponent's mouth today, and his heart almost exploded. He scolded loudly in the communication channel: "You bastards, hurry up and climb up, don't let the people of China take advantage of the loopholes." With that, he rushed towards one of the P-47s next to him.
The P-47 was Xiao Feipeng's car, and when he saw a Zero rushing towards him, he pulled the nose of the plane and dodged the bullets fired from the side. Miwa Kuan Shaozuo was not reconciled and continued to pounce.
Relying on good circling performance and superb flying skills, Sanlun Kuan quickly bit Xiao Feipeng's fighter. Xiao Feipeng, who had already received training in this area, did not panic, nor did he climb up as usual, he pressed the nose of the plane violently, and the plane dived downward. Seeing the prey rushing downward, Miwakuan was naturally not to be outdone and chased downward.
The P-47 is heavy, the body is very strong, and the dive speed is not to mention, under the control of Xiao Feipeng, the P-47 is like a sharp arrow from the Xuan, followed by the unwilling three-wheel wide.
"Da Da" A crisp machine gun sound came from behind him. Xiao Feipeng knew that his car must have a few more bullet holes, but he was not unmoved and continued to dive down. In the process of telling the pursuit downward, Miwa Kuan did not notice that his aircraft body had issued a slight "creak" warning, and continued to increase the throttle and rush downward.
When Xiao Feipeng flew less than 100 meters above the ground, he suddenly raised the nose of the plane and climbed up, he found that the Japanese fighter plane, which was originally chasing him behind, actually disintegrated in mid-air. Known as the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the "Day", the three wheels of Kuan probably never dreamed that he would die so aggrieved.
Miwa Kuan, one of the four heavenly kings that he boasted about, was so aggrieved that he drove his plane apart and fell to death.! ~!