Ten minutes ago, the field airfield of Huairen.

"Datong is attacked! All personnel are in place quickly! Be ready for any battle! I repeat again! This is not a drill! This is not a drill! ”

As the screeching sirens sounded over the airport, the pilots in the dormitories rushed to the hangars and tarmacs.

The reaction speed of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion was faster, and it only took two minutes for all members to enter the combat state, after all, no one knew if the devils would make a detour to Huairen.

During the period when the Air Force had not yet taken to the skies, they were the main force guarding the airspace.

Moments later, Captain Wang Hai came to the Spitfire fighter numbered 079. Looking at the busy ground crew, he did not hesitate to devote himself to the preparation work.

"You don't need to bring Red Sun rockets, just load the ammunition of aviation machine guns and cannons."

"According to the intelligence provided by the defenders of Datong, the enemy did not dispatch heavy bombers this time. The power of the West Artillery was enough to deal with fighters and dive bombers. ”

"The reloading speed of the rocket is too slow, and there is a risk of delaying the fighter."

"Yes!"

Since the Huairen airfield is in a state of combat readiness, ammunition and other supplies are placed next to the plane.

In order to ensure the speed of the sortie, the person in charge of the airport also equipped each Spitfire with a dedicated ground crew, and asked the comrades to be on standby at any time.

It is precisely because of adequate preparation that pilots can rush to the battlefield in the shortest possible time.

Six minutes later, thirty-six Spitfires rose into the air one after the other. The slender fuselage and graceful elliptical wings perfectly illustrate the combination of speed and aesthetics.

Looking at the dashboard in front of him, Captain Wang Hai picked up the communicator at hand and said:

"Comrades, we are not fast enough! Keep speeding up and be sure to reach the battlefield in two minutes! ”

"The ground aviation of the North China Front is bombarding the positions on the periphery of Datong, and the anti-aircraft artillery regiments on the ground have opened fire on the counterattack. It is difficult to deal with the bombers of the devils with anti-aircraft artillery alone, and the people and fraternal troops of the whole city need our support! ”

"There will be a fierce battle next, and you must not let any enemy plane go back to Suiyuan!"

Hearing this, the communication channel suddenly became excited, and the morale of the team reached the extreme in an instant.

One after another, the Spitfire fighters picked up speed again, the exhaust pipes on both sides of the piston engines seemed to erupt scorching flames, and the speed of the entire formation had exceeded 600 kilometers per hour.

"Roger!"

"Hurry up! It's not the limit of Spitfire yet! ”

"Shoot down one more enemy plane, and I'll be able to meet the minimum standards of an ace pilot. Today I want to teach the devils a lesson and let them know that Shanxi's airspace will always belong to the Eighth Route Army. ”

The comrades who participated in this battle were all elites of the 1st Air Division, and each of them had at least three shot down records, and there were even five new aces.

As a talented pilot, everyone naturally knows how important air supremacy is on the battlefield.

In a sense, a defensive position that has been unilaterally attacked by enemy aircraft is like an unmaintained and dilapidated embankment. As long as there is a leak at any point, there is a possibility that the whole will burst the embankment.

With an almost overflowing battle spirit, the formation finally arrived in the combat zone.

Today, the clouds over Datong are very high, and the comrades' view from the sky is very good, and it can be regarded as almost unobstructed.

Although the exact casualty figures were not known, the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield made everyone's hearts feel like knives, and they even began to blame themselves for why they didn't come earlier.

"Attention all crews, attention to all crews."

"We are about to pass over Datong, don't do anything that will cause tension on the ground."

"The anti-aircraft artillery regiment below has just finished fighting, and their nerves should not have recovered from their tense state. Be careful not to be accidentally injured by friendly fire. ”

"Next! We are in pursuit! ”

As soon as the word "pursuit" came out, the comrades immediately responded positively on the communication channel, and no one was afraid to fight the enemy.

After all, at this point in time in 1941, the Big Jet Nine was the best fighter in the Republic of China and even in the whole of Asia. The advanced Merlin 61 engine gives it a maximum level flight speed of 656 km/h.

This data makes the Air One Division always have an innate advantage when fighting against the devils.

Even if it is your own rookie against the enemy's ace pilot, as long as the rookie is not bent on death, he can definitely get out of the battlefield smoothly.

Without him, the planes of the Army Airlines were too slow. Whenever they encounter a spitfire that pushes the oil to the end, they don't even have the slightest desire to pursue.

Before the four-type war wind was officially put into service, the ninety-seven type, falcon, Zhong Kui, and Feiyan all had to eat ash behind the fire-breathing butt, and the first two couldn't even see the taillights.

Even the rapid speed of the Japanese fighter jet, which is called the decisive victory of Greater East Asia by the Army Airlines, must be paired with high-octane gasoline to compete with the Spitfire in terms of speed.

But by 1944, maybe the sky of the Republic of China was full of performance monsters like Storm + Resentment, or even a jet combination of meteor + vampire.

Four-style warfare?

Stay cool.

To get back to the point, just as the Spitfire formation was about to rely on its speed advantage to launch a pursuit of the enemy fleeing from the battlefield, Captain Wang Hai received a message from the ground command center.

In addition to the specific number of enemies and the direction of evacuation, the intelligence also specifically emphasized the discovery of Regiment Commander Liu.

This includes the change in the size of the "Type 97 fighter", and the fact that the devil seems to have made technical iterations on the landing gear, so that it can be freely stowed away.

"The ninety-seven style that can retract the landing gear, and the ninety-seven style that looks like a fathead fish?"

Muttering the key words in the intelligence, Captain Wang Hai was driving the fighter plane in pursuit, while meditating in his mind.

Soon, a bold guess came to mind.

"It seems that the devils have also changed their equipment, and there should be a type of battle and a type of battle in the formation of attacking Datong today."

"Interesting, it seems that the air war in North China ended the stage of the Western Front in Europe and officially entered a new chapter in the Pacific War."

During the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the main force of the Eighth Route Army Air Force was the three brothers Fighter, Hurricane and Spitfire.

Among them, Spitfire and Hurricane are mainly responsible for taking out the escort Type 97 fighters. And the Gladiator and a small number of Hurricanes, responsible for intercepting incoming bombers.

It is precisely because of the above combination that the comrades of the 1st Air Division after the war will jokingly call the air battle of Zhongtiao Mountain the Republic of China's version of the air battle of Britain.

After being beaten for half a year, the devil Army Aviation finally learned from the pain and came up with two new fighters.

As a result, the air battle in the North China battlefield will usher in a wave of epic escalation. The players on both sides are about to become Hurricane + Spitfire + Typhoon + Blenheim vs. 97 + 1 Falcon + 2 Zhong Kui.

Counting the underage version of the M3 Steat running on the ground, isn't this the youth version of the Pacific War.

After analyzing the correct answer, Captain Wang Hai shook his head and threw the distracting thoughts out of his mind, and then reminded the team members in the communication channel:

"Comrades, I have just received urgent information. The enemy's army aviation, equipped with two new fighters. ”

"Among them, the appearance is very similar to the Type 97 is the Type 1 fighter, which has not been upgraded in terms of firepower, and is still only equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns. However, there is an increase in mobility and speed, so don't circle and fight enemies. ”

"In terms of overall performance, our Spitfire has the absolute upper hand. We need to play to our strengths and force the enemy to fight outside of their comfort zone. ”

Captain Wang Hai's tone was relaxed, and he didn't seem to take the enemy's new plane into account.

It's not that he's too proud, it's mainly because the early model of the devil's one-style battle is really average.

Under normal circumstances, as long as you choose the right tactics in the course of the engagement. Even Blenheim's somewhat outdated heavy fighter can use self-defense firepower to take out the ace pilot's pilot.

Without waiting for the team members to reply, the Wang team continued to teach the experience of facing the enemy.

"The Fighting Falcon I just mentioned can perform a lot of difficult stunts at low speeds."

"This fighter has a strong acceleration ability in the range of 240 kilometers to 400 kilometers per hour. Tactically, we should take the enemy to an altitude of more than 5,000 meters. ”

At the beginning of the Pacific War, there was a group of pilots from the British mainland who had to use the horizontal maneuvering against the BF109 to fight the devils.

As you can imagine, the British lost more than half of their losses in just one week.

After all, the weight of a one-style battle is very light, and you can cut directly from the inside during the circle, and it will eventually go around your six points in an unbelievable way.

The most correct way to fight them is to dive and shoot, and immediately climb back to altitude after a round of attacks, which is a classic BZ tactic to put it bluntly.

Coincidentally, this thing is the basic training subject of the First Air Division, and it is also the specialty of every soldier.

After a rough description of the advantages and disadvantages of the first type of fighter, Captain Wang Hai began to talk about the second one.

"The overall size is smaller, but the fighter with a larger head is a Type 2. This one, both in terms of firepower and speed, is better than the Ninety-Seven and One-Style. ”

"It is armed with two 7.7 and 12.7 mm aviation machine guns, and the number of ammunition in reserve is also remarkable."

"At an altitude of 5,000 meters, this thing can infinitely approach 600 kilometers per hour. It takes five minutes to climb to this height. ”

"It is worth mentioning that the devil pilot who pilots the Type II fighter will most likely use the same tactics as us."

The size of the Type 2 Zhan Zhong Kui is very small, only a little larger than the Yak 3, and the size of the La 7 is in the middle of the second, and it can definitely be ranked in the queue of the smallest fighters in World War II.

The reason why the enemy will use the same tactics is that it was not less influenced by the Battle of Normenheim in the early stages of its design.

At that time, Mao Zi's pilot was driving the Yi 16, and he pressed the 97 type with the BZ tactic of diving and breaking away, which made the army aviation urgently need an aircraft that could use vertical maneuver tactics.

In this way, the two-style war was born.

Moreover, Kuroe Hohiko himself is known as a pioneer of vertical maneuver tactics for army aviation. In the original timeline, he fought through buffaloes and hurricanes in Southeast Asia in a two-way battle.

Listening to the description of the Wang team, all the comrades in the formation fell silent, not because everyone thought that the new planes of the devils were too strong.

On the contrary, on paper, this so-called Type II fighter is nothing remarkable.

From the point of view of firepower, the combination of four machine guns and two machine guns completes the Devil 7.7 and 12.7.

In terms of speed, the Spitfire has a top speed of 656 kilometers per hour, and the devil struggles to break through 600.

The most outrageous thing is the ability to climb, the big spray nine can climb to 6,000 meters in five minutes, and you are still eating dust at the position of 5,000 meters in the second type of battle.

Based on the premise of the above situation, if you use the same tactics to fight me, isn't that self-defeating?

What's more, the Spitfire of the Eighth Route Army Air Force is standard equipment, and the devil's second-type battle Zhong Kui is still in the exploration stage. The technology is not fully mature, which means that there must not be too many of them.

Our equipment occupies the performance, and we also firmly use the righteous group fight, why should you Lu Hang fight me?

After a few seconds, the silence was finally broken by someone in the communication channel.

"That's it?"

"Team Wang, I don't seem to understand what you mean. How do I think the devil's new plane is still not good. ”

"Maybe compared to the ninety-seven style, the so-called one and two styles will indeed add some difficulty to the battle. But I have always believed in one thing, and that is that we will win this battle. ”

The comrades' answer did not surprise Captain Wang Hai, who thought for a moment and then said:

"Be serious, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated!"

"Explain the performance and characteristics of the enemy's new equipment for your own good, so as not to see strange planes during the battle and be directly caught off guard by the devils."

"Remember one word! We must attach importance to the enemy tactically and despise the enemy strategically! ”

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When the five flying squadrons left Shanxi, all the devils breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

In their mindset, as long as they can return to their territory smoothly, it means that the next voyage will be safe.

Unlike the players who let their guard down, Kuroe has always had a sense of foreboding. The old devil frowned, and from time to time he would observe the rear of the formation.

As if he had guessed what his Shaozo was thinking, the wingman pilot on the side said in the communication channel:

"Heijiang-kun, you're too nervous, relax."

"Our Type II fighter is a new weapon that even the BF-109E can defeat. Intelligence shows that there are only six Spitfire fighters in the Eighth Route Army, and it is not a matter of holding a group of hurricanes. ”

"Even if there are a lot of hurricanes, our second style has an advantage in speed, and we can't run if we can't beat it?"

The wingman's persuasion soothed Kuroe Hohiko's tense nerves a little.

yes, there's nothing to be afraid of in a hurricane.

That thing has to have firepower without firepower, and it has to be mobile without mobility. Compared with the advanced Type II fighter, it is completely outdated.

The ace pilot of Renjia Desan said that if the Japanese Army Air can fly the Ki-44 well, then it will definitely be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army using British aircraft!

(End of chapter)