Hardeman's plane rushed towards his opponent, and the distance between the two sides gradually approached, and just as the Soviet fighter pilot aimed Hardeman with his sight, Hardeman's plane suddenly began to maneuver to the side.

The new Ta-152 fighter seemed to have life in Hardeman's hands, nimbly making all sorts of maneuvers in the air, and no Soviet aircraft could catch him. However, Hardeman was not simply dodging the siege of Soviet fighters, but capturing his own fighters while avoiding most of them.

Since the First World War, the air forces of various countries have been sorting out their fighter tactics, and the tactics at this stage are often naïve and immature. Aerial combat relies on individual flying skills to fight alone.

At the end of the war, the war experience gained from local wars such as the Spanish Civil War made the air forces of various countries begin to develop their own unique fighter jets and supporting fighter flight technology. There is no doubt that the Germans were world leaders in summing up the experience of the war and learning advanced technology, and they were the direct participants in the Spanish Civil War, and they were probably the biggest beneficiaries.

In Spain, the Luftwaffe gradually rejected its own theory of air combat of flying in large and dense formations, because actual combat proved that this method of formation, which originated in the First World War, was outdated. German pilots began to experiment with flexible and changeable flight cover modes, and began to fully popularize the more threatening "four-plane formation".

This mode of flight is known internally as the "four-finger formation" in Germany because the four planes keep their distance to form an oblique straight line to accompany the flight, much like a person stretching out his four fingers. This kind of flight formation is much more flexible than the British arrow flight formation, and the actual combat results of British air battles also prove that the German flight formation is indeed more advanced.

The four-finger flight formation consisted of two separate twin formations, which meant that the German fighters were based on two aircraft covering each other in battle. This is the connection between the long plane and the wingman - the long plane attacks the wingman cover, and the wingman attacks the long plane cover. Most of the time, German pilots would have companions in the rear to provide cover, which was undoubtedly a very efficient way of fighting in air combat.

Now that Hardeman has lost his long plane and is alone, he has caused a lot of trouble in his fight: he has to keep an eye on his rear at all times to avoid his opponents biting his tail and attacking. He is like walking on the edge of a cliff, and if he is not careful, he will fall off the cliff and never recover.

Letting go of the Soviet fighters that surrounded him, Hardeman lost altitude, but had no intention of climbing. In order to avoid the shooting of the Soviet fighters, he finally chose to dive down, and the Soviet fighter pilots were happy to see this choice, at least at low altitudes, the difference in the performance of their fighters would be smaller.

But no one thought that by taking advantage of the opportunity of the dive, Hardeman was lowering his altitude for another purpose, and when the Soviet pilot's headset appeared in the accomplice's panicked screams and calls for help, they knew why the German pilot kept diving.

There are two old I-16 planes at low altitudes! Those are also Soviet fighter planes! Although it is a bit inhumane to use Ta-152 fighters to attack the I-16, who can control so much on the battlefield?

After all, the first article of the German Air War Code on the Eastern Front clearly states that all planes that do not have an iron cross on their wings must be killed. Hardeman hadn't forgotten the two soy sauce-playing decoy I-16 fighters from start to finish, he just didn't take the time to shoot them down.

At first, he had to save his squadron leader, so he had to fight the P-40 fighters, which were superior to Soviet pilots, at medium and high altitudes. Now that his squadron leader is out of danger, he doesn't have to find time to expand the number of enemy planes he shoots down - after all, shooting down the I-16 is also a record.

He put the aperture of the scope on the fuselage of an I-16 fighter jet, ignored the frightened and twisted faces of the Soviet pilot in the open cockpit, and gently pulled the trigger to open fire. Once again, the shells flew out, easily knocking the old Soviet fighter into a state of parts. After all, the power of the 30 mm shaft gun of the German fighter is too great, and this thing itself is designed to deal with the allied strategic bombers and installed on the aircraft in advance, and it is too cruel to use it when fighting fighters.

This is one of the reasons why the British and French air forces that faced the German air force had a high proportion of losses of pilots. Because German fighters used 20 mm and 30 mm caliber cannons, hitting the fighters would often cause the opposing aircraft to disintegrate and explode immediately, while other aircraft of the same period often used 7. With a machine gun of 62 mm caliber, a huge gap in firepower between the two sides can be imagined.

It cannot be simply assumed that 20 mm and 30 mm cannons with 13 mm caliber aviation machine guns must be better than 12. Aviation machine gun of 7 mm caliber plus 7. The 62 mm caliber machine gun firepower is well configured, because the larger the caliber, the smaller the amount of ammunition that can be carried, in other words, the two firepower configurations are just different in emphasis.

Before the appearance of the German Butcher strategic bomber, the Allied air force did not intercept the combat mission of the opponent's long-range bomber, so they generally chose a small-caliber firepower configuration to increase the amount of ammunition they carried, so as to facilitate long-term combat in the air. Because novice pilots have limited ability to grasp the fighter, a large amount of ammunition can better compensate for the embarrassment of firing and missing the target.

Another advantage is also obvious, weapons of small caliber can be crammed into a larger quantity, so the US military aircraft of the same period often equipped with 6 7 on the wings. A 62 mm machine gun, with twice or more more firepower than a German fighter, is another benefit.

The German situation was the opposite, and the Luftwaffe had been closely monitoring the development of its opponent's large bombers since the beginning of the Acardo. For example, the shaft gun of the FW-190D fighter has always retained a caliber of 30 mm, and in order to increase the amount of ammunition carried, the wing armament of some aircraft has been changed to a 13 mm caliber cannon.

The Luftwaffe aircraft that Accardo personally presided over were amazingly powerful, but they were not friendly to novice pilots, and many German pilots would run out of ammunition quickly due to nervousness, and were forced to return to the battlefield to replenish ammunition. Therefore, the moment the squadron leader's plane broke down, he was nervous, so he used up all the shells in his plane, and the result ended up in such an embarrassing situation.

Of course, because many German pilots participated in the Spanish Civil War, fought in large-scale air battles such as Poland, France, and Britain, and had rich combat experience, the problem of the low ammunition load of the Luftwaffe aircraft guns was not obvious, but the advantage of the aircraft guns over their opponents was vividly reflected. The power of this large-caliber increase in the caliber of the cannon brings more psychological panic, as well as the terrifying lethal effect of the opposing pilot's basic inability to parachute to escape.

Then again, it's not often that a freak like Hardeman uses a short shot when he first enters the fray, and this legend in the history of air combat can be considered an outlier that is not covered by statistics.

Hardeman, who had shattered an I-16 fighter with a few shells, once again played trick rolling, pulling the joystick and the whole plane rolled sideways, and then this time sideways, aiming the nose of his plane at another fleeing Soviet fighter. It was also a short shot, close enough to make it seem that the two planes had collided together. However, with an explosion, Hardeman's plane burst out of flames and continued to dive towards the ground.

"Oh my God, didn't he fly like this last time? The squadron leader hovered in the air, looking at the one happening in front of him and muttering to himself.

It was the first time he had seen a pilot rampage through the air so unscrupulously, and it was also the first time he had seen such a pleasing aerial dogfight. It doesn't seem like a battle of life and death, but a gorgeous aerial show. The bloody aerial dogfight was interpreted to the flavor of ballet, and the squadron leader knew why the Führer personally opened his mouth to send him to the front.

"Be careful! Hardeman! Three enemy planes are right behind you! There are enemy planes above you on your flanks and rear! Don't pull up, you'll be hit!" All he can do now is to remind Hardeman of the situation in his rear and let him not be shot down by his opponent because of his vision.

How nice would it be if there were still artillery shells? Even if there were only 20 shells, he could rush down and instantly rewrite the entire battle situation and win a brilliant air battle. Glancing at his dashboard with annoyance, looking at the flashing of the warning lights that constantly prompted engine failure, the squadron leader really wanted to scold the eldest brother who was repairing his plane to vent his unwilling mood at this moment.

The battle did not stop because of his chagrin and unwillingness, at this time, after Hardeman heard the prompt of the squadron leader, he did not rush to pull up his plane to regain the lost altitude, but quickly came to a sideslip, and the wings formed an angle of left high and right low.

Of course, the Soviet fighters who followed him after him could not let go of Hardeman, who was getting lower and lower, and as soon as they saw that the other party wanted to change lanes, they immediately adopted the same side-sliding posture, trying to cut into Hardeman's flight trajectory from the inner corner. However, when the Soviet planes slid to the right and followed Hardeman, they found that Hardeman had changed his flight status again. R1148