After thinking about it, Zhang Chi said to Smith and Manrum: "That's the case...... I have a good friend on the battlefield at home, and he seems to be ...... Be a member of your American Air Corps......"

"Oh! I know! Smith replied: "That's the U.S. Volunteer Air Force for China!" ”

The "U.S. Volunteer Air Force" that Smith refers to is Chennault's Flying Tigers, and Zhang Chi certainly knows its name, but he just pretends not to remember it to increase the credibility of his words.

"Yes, this is the air fleet!" Zhang Chi put on a thoughtful expression and said, "Some of their fighters are different from yours, aren't they?" ”

"Yes!" Smith replied, "They use a P40 and we use an F4F!" ”

"Could it be...... The performance of the P40 is much better than that of the Japanese Zero fighter? ”

"No!" Smith replied: "It should be said that it is comparable to the performance of the F4F, but because the F4F is a carrier-based aircraft, it is slightly inferior in take-off weight and flight speed!" ”

"That's weird!" Zhang Chi pretended to be puzzled.

"What?" Smith asked.

"You know." Zhang Chi replied: "The U.S. Air Force has also trained a group of pilots in China, and my friend is one of them, so I learned some information, such as that they can easily defeat the Japanese in Zero Battle!" ”

Smith and others also heard about this, that is, Chennault and others fought very well on the Chinese battlefield, and there are even legends that the US Air Force for China shot down hundreds of Japanese planes and only lost a dozen pilots, but Smith and others have never believed this legend.

In fact, Smith and others are right, because a large part of these achievements are exaggerated by the Chinese side in order to encourage the soldiers of the army and civilians, of course, the Flying Tigers have indeed shot down many Japanese fighters on the battlefield, but the number and casualty ratio are far from what outsiders see.

Looking at Smith and Manrum, there were still disbelieving looks in their eyes. Zhang Chi continued: "And I also heard from my friends about the weaknesses of Japanese fighters......

Smith and Manrum's eyes lit up as soon as they heard this, and of course they knew what it meant as pilots...... If you know the weakness of the enemy's fighters, it almost means that their planes can shoot down the enemy planes in the air without easily avoiding the weight, which is a life-saving thing, so even if they are not sure whether the weakness Zhang Chi said is true or false, Smith and Manrum still showed great interest.

But Zhang Chi shook his head at this time. said: "Alas, forget it...... I don't know if what my friend said was right or wrong, you know, I don't know anything about airplanes, so you just don't say it! ”

"Sir!" Smith hurriedly said, "We'd like to hear it, what if it's true?" ”

"Oh, really?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Yes!" Manrum also said expectantly: "If it's not true, we'll find a flaw!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded with satisfaction, this is the effect he wants.

"That's right!" I sorted out my thoughts. Zhang Chi said: "The first one, it should be said that it is the merit of Zero Battle, my friend said...... The Zero's climb rate and turning radius were excellent, so fighting the Japanese planes was tantamount to suicide......"

Just one sentence made Smith and Manrum look at each other with their mouths wide open, because this is the characteristic of the Japanese Zero fighters, and many American fighters "committed suicide" in the struggle with the Zero.

"But ......," Smith asked, "how can you shoot it down if you don't fight Zero?" ”

"Don't worry! I'll talk about it slowly......" Zhang Chi took the coffee handed over by Clifton, took a sip, and continued: "Because Zero War has these two advantages. Therefore, there are three things to remember when fighting Zero: don't hope to escape by climbing when you are bitten by Zero's tail, and don't get entangled with Zero. Don't chase the Zero battle in the climbing state. ”

Hearing this, a trace of shock flashed in Smith's eyes, and he nodded and said, "Sir, you said a lot, most of our fighters were destroyed in these three states!" ”

"The second is the weakness of Zero!" Zhang Chi said: "Compared to its excellent climbing ability, its diving performance is terrible. It is said that its engine stalls easily during a dive, on the other hand...... You know that, too. In order to reduce the weight of the fuselage, the materials used to make the aircraft are very thin, and the dive speed is too fast, which can easily cause the disintegration of the Zero War. ”

"That's what we don't know!" Smith replied.

"So......" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically, "Based on these two points, can you formulate a better countermeasure?" ”

After thinking about it, Smith replied, "If that's the case." Then our fleet should always be kept at a high altitude, and once it encounters the enemy, it will be fought at a high altitude, so that we have room to dive...... If you are bitten by the tail of an enemy aircraft, you can dive and roll and escape. ”

Zhang Chi nodded, Smith is worthy of being the commander in charge of fighter operations, and his strategy is exactly what the US military used before the new fighter came out.

"One more point!" Zhang Chi added: "It's easy to do...... I think you also know that in order to reduce the weight of the Japanese aircraft, it is made of aluminum alloy, and the material contains a large amount of magnesium that is flammable at high temperatures, so I think you should replace ordinary machine gun bullets with armor-piercing incendiary bombs! ”

"This ...... Is this true? Smith was a little incredulous, because if it was really like what Zhang Chi said, he only needed to hit a few bullets casually...... If this had been done in the past with an ordinary machine-gun bullet, as long as it did not hit the vital point, it would not have been a big deal, but if it would have caught fire...... That would soon set the entire fighter plane on fire.

"I'm not sure if that's true!" Zhang Chi replied: "But I think you can try!" ”

"That's right! We can try! Smith said with a fist.

"No, you can't!" Clifton reminded: "As soon as you take to the air, it means that the hidden fighters and emergency runways on Kuah Island are exposed!" ”

Hearing this, Smith and Manrum couldn't help but be disappointed.

"But we can let other troops try!" Clifton went on to say, "This will determine whether the Japanese planes have these weaknesses and whether our style of play is working." This will be good for our future battles! ”

Zhang Chi nodded.

Of course, he would not object to this, after all, it was a dispatch of nearly 100 fighters, and it was impossible to make a decision lightly just because he said something and it was "supposedly".

(To be continued.) )