Chapter 52: Aerial Duel
"Guys, it's time for us to get on the pitch, beat all those Japanese monkeys down for me, this airspace belongs to us" Mike, who was flying in the clouds, pushed the joystick, and the F4U fighter he was piloting swooped down quickly towards the Zero fighter group in front of him. Behind him, closely followed by 15 brand-new F4U fighters, the extremely fast F4U fighters were simply a group of sharks that smelled blood under the cover of the morning sun.
The group of planes commanded by Mike had just been transferred to Tengchong Airport the day before, and when he heard that the Japanese army was going to use the airborne troops to attack the Songshan position at night, how could Mike, who had been idle for a long time and had changed to a new type of aircraft, let go of such a good opportunity for actual combat. A few minutes before the third and last group of Japanese airborne troops flew over Songshan, the F4U fighter group commanded by Mike was still hidden in the clouds, and they pursued in the air just waiting for the Japanese fighters to return. , Mike originally flew a P40 fighter, and the opponent's ordinary Japanese fighters were quite advantageous, but if it was against the Japanese Zero fighters, the chances were not great. The F4U fighter is a new carrier-based aircraft developed by the United States, because of its good acceleration performance, powerful firepower, fast climb, sturdy and durable, it is the first fighter of more than 400m.p.h. in the United States, and it is also one of the fastest piston fighters, and is called a pirate fighter by US pilots. Thunder's fighter unit has always avoided encountering the Japanese Zero fighters, because they are worried that the P40 is not the opponent of the Zero, and the appearance of the F4U fighter allows Mike to see the dawn of suppressing the Zero.
The F4U fighter was installed with the U.S. military as a carrier-based aircraft, but Thunder had a large number of Jewish military technicians in his hands, and under Mark's strong request and Zhao Zhi's encouragement, 20 F4U fighters aided by the U.S. military were sent to the arsenal in Kunming. After a toss and turn by the Jewish technicians, without changing the parts of the aircraft and affecting the original performance of the F4U fighters, the Jewish technicians simply changed the carrier-based aircraft into army fighters, and Mike's squadron was also upgraded to a fighter group, and he dominated 16 of the 20 F4U fighters. "There are enemy planes, there are enemy planes behind us" Watanabe Hiroko, who was flying at the end of the line, sounded the alarm at the same time that his landline was hit by a sudden machine gun, and with the disintegration of Watanabe Hiroko's landline, this inevitable air battle kicked off. 16 F4U fighters, known as pirate fighters, used their high-speed maneuvering and powerful firepower to separate the dozen or so Zero fighters escorted, and the impatient P40 formation began to attack those clumsy Japanese 95 transport planes, for this air battle, Mike not only sent all 16 F4U fighters in his hands, but also let the remaining 16 P40 all take to the air, but their goal was to lose the Japanese 95 transport planes escorted by the Zero.
"It's so painful, guys, this is mine, don't grab it from me" Jason pulled the button of the cannon, and the Japanese 95 transport plane that had been bitten by him was broken by Jason's cannon on one side of the wing, and fell to the ground with its head turned over. There was no time to take a closer look at his results, Jason pulled the joystick, and the P40 made an upward flip to avoid the Zero sneak attack from behind, and after continuous evasion actions, Jason finally got rid of the Zero fighter that bit him with the help of two F4U fighters.
"Damn, why don't you always get along with me" Looking at the Zero fighter that had caught fire and fell, Jason couldn't help but curse in a low voice, if it wasn't for the appearance of the Zero fighter, he might have shot down another Japanese 95 transport plane. The P40 may not be the opponent of the Zero, but it is more than enough to deal with the Japanese 95 transport planes, and under the death-defying escort of those Zero fighters, 23 of the 40 Japanese 95 transport planes participating in the airborne mission were shot down in less than half an hour, while Mack's fighter group only lost two P40s.
"Damn, give up the 95 transport planes, repeat, give up those 95 transport planes" Hikaru Watanabe, the Japanese flight captain who commanded the escort of the Zero fighters, shouted loudly, in this situation, if the Zero still took care of those 95 transport planes, maybe his Zero fighter group would also be eaten by the thunder. "Climb, climb, get rid of them" Hikaru Watanabe pulled the joystick to manipulate his landline to climb up, and all the Zero fighters that were still entangled with the fighters commanded by Mike made the same tactical move and began to accelerate upwards.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, the Japanese Zero fighter is also a carrier-based aircraft like the F4U fighter, but the Zero fighter has the characteristics of fast climb speed and small turning radius, although it is the first time to collide with the Thunder's F4U fighter, but Watanabe has made up his mind to use high-speed dives and flank flips to deal with F4U fighters. "Let's go up too, leave it to P40 to clean up here, our target is the Japanese monkey Zero fighter" Mark whistled and pulled the joystick to control his landline to start climbing, and the other F4U fighters also made a climb and chase action.
The Japanese military regarded the Zero fighter as the world's number one fighter, and in the naval battle between the Japanese Combined Fleet and the US Navy, the Zero carrier-based aircraft was indeed a headache for the US military. The high-speed climb of the Zero fighter often makes the US pilots lose their targets, and the small corner attack of the Zero fighter is a nightmare for the US pilots, for the Japanese Zero fighter, the US military has collected a lot of information, and when the Thunder received the F4U fighter, he also received these information, so Mike and his pilots are no strangers to the Japanese Zero fighter.
The F4U fighter group chased the Zero fighters who had evacuated in a hurry, but the battle between the P40 and the Japanese 95 transport group was not over, and the P40 formation, which had already occupied the advantage, bit them to the death, and kept using machine guns to catch the 95 group that had collapsed, and as one Japanese 95 transport plane after another dragged the black smoke to the ground, when the pilot driving the 95 transport plane saw Mandalay Airport, only three of the 40 95 transport planes at the time of departure remained.
"Guys, I guess we've found the Japanese airfield" Jason screamed and pulled the button of the cannon, punching a row of bullet holes in the fuselage of the 95 transport plane in front, and with the reloading of other P40s, the already scarred 95 transport plane staggered and dragged the black smoke tumbling and falling, and at the same time, the remaining two 95 transport planes were also blasted in the air and turned into two fireballs. "Guys, I don't want to bring the ammo back, let's go down for a walk, what do you think?" Jason had the intention to descend and sweep around Mandalay Airport, so he loudly asked for the advice of his companions.
In the shouts of killing the Japanese monkeys, the P40 fighter formation began to dive towards Mandalay Airport, the sky was already bright, and the fierce battle in the air had also been discovered by the Japanese troops on the ground, as the air defense alarm was sounded, the Japanese troops on the air defense position of Mandalay Airport were in a panic. The Japanese army did not expect the retribution to come so quickly, not long after the 95 transport plane sent back the alarm, the Thunder fighters had already appeared over the airport, and the anti-aircraft guns began to load ammunition to intercept the Thunder fighters in the air, but unfortunately they were still a little slower, and the P40 had already locked those anti-aircraft guns as targets.
The dull cannons sprayed bullets as the P40 squad swooped down, and the air defense positions around Mandalay Airport were covered in high dust as the P40 fighters swooped down. A large-caliber cannon bullet would be a big hole in the ground, and if it hit a person, I am afraid that it would not even be necessary to carry the corpse, and it would be more appropriate to shovel it up directly. Jason and others drove the P40 back and forth through the wounds of Mandalay Airport, using cannons to constantly plunge Japanese planes and buildings into the sea of fire.
"Haha, it's so exciting" Jason and the others, who had finished all the ammunition, drove the fighter plane away, leaving the Japanese army with a ruined Mandalay airport, not to mention that those Zero fighters may not be able to come back, and even if they come back, there is no runway for them to land. Jason, who sang a triumphant song and returned home, they flew not far from Mandalay Airport to meet the victorious Mike and them, the 18-4 fighter was enough to make Mike smile from ear to ear, and only two of the four F4U they lost were blown up in the air, and the other two were only injured and withdrew from the battle, and it is estimated that they have all flown back to Tengchong and landed.
"Sir, the performance of this F4U fighter is really fantastic, is it possible for us to add more of this kind of fighters, if you can give me another 100, no, give me another 60 of these fighters, I will no longer see the shadow of Japanese aircraft in the sky over Burma" Mike, who won a big victory and was praised by Zhao Zhi, was a little fluttering, and actually instigated Zhao Zhi to ask the United States for F4U fighters on the radio, and there were 60 of them, and he completely regarded the F4U fighters as a bargain for a big sale.
"It's not a problem to ask the United States for planes, but what do we do to get these fighters into the air? Our aviation fuel can't afford to raise so many fighters, if it weren't for the fuel problem, I would have sent bombers to follow you directly to level Mandalay Airport, but we can't do it now, our fuel is too tight" Zhao Zhi, who has always been wealthy, rarely pretended to be a poor man. At first, I didn't think it was in Shanxi, but the airborne operations before crossing the river consumed a large amount of aviation fuel stored by Zhao Zhi in Kunming, and Luo Lin, who took over the management of the Kunming base, had continuously said that Zhao Zhi was defeated, and if the problem of aviation fuel affected the war in Burma, Zhao Zhi was afraid that he would be named a loser by Rowling.