The commander's voice came over the loudspeaker: "Steady, steady...... Damn, they actually have ten Cross Zeros! ”

Smith and the others immediately became nervous, and they knew what the Ten Zeros meant to the twelve Wildcats, having had experience fighting the Zeros.

"Sir, what should I do?" A U.S. military pilot asked.

"As planned!" The commander ordered: "Fire!" ”

Then there was a burst of gunfire and the shouts of American pilots, and occasionally a few explosions and cries for help, coupled with the sound of wind and the whistling of airplanes, all kinds of sounds were intertwined to make Smith and the others a little dizzy but nervous...... Smith and the others are pilots who have fought in battles, and of course they know that this is the most tense moment in air combat, and it can even be said that as long as they react a little slowly, they will be eliminated by this world forever.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound gradually stopped.

Smith and the other pilots did not dare to breathe, and waited quietly for the results.

After a long while, I heard the commander's very exaggerated "yo shout" and shouted: "It's hard to imagine that we actually won...... We took out five Zeros, but only one fighter was lost! ”

“Yeah！” Smith and the others let out a cheer.

"Please make a detailed report, Lieutenant Colonel Will!" Colonel Joseph said to the commander: "How many planes are you fighting, do the Japanese planes really have the said weaknesses, and whether the new tactics are useful!" ”

"Uh...... Captain! The commander, Lieutenant Colonel Weir, replied: "The role is obvious, we are fighting with ten Japanese Zeros, and at first I thought that we would not be able to go back." But...... We beat them away, unbelievable! Yes, they turned around and fled after being shot down five fighters! Are we going to go after it? ”

Colonel Joseph was silent for a while, then said, "No. There is no need to pursue, lest the Japanese perceive something ......"

Joseph's decision was certainly correct.

The current situation is that the U.S. air force can be said to have mastered the weakness of the Zero, and if it catches up now and fights the Japanese again, it may be able to annihilate a few more enemy planes, but the result of this is that it is very likely that the Japanese will realize that the enemy has found the weakness of the Zero and make adjustments to the tactics.

Conversely, if you don't go after it. Then the Japanese army will more attributed the result of this air battle to coincidence and do not take it to heart, so when a large-scale naval and air war breaks out, the Japanese will suffer great losses.

But in fact, Joseph's concern is somewhat unnecessary, because these shortcomings of the Zero fighter are the defects of its fighter itself, such as the Zero fighter is easy to stall during diving, that is because of the design of the floating carburetor of Nakajima Sakae's 12-star air-cooled engine, which was not solved even by the Japanese army at the end of World War II; Another example is that in order to reduce the weight of the fuselage, the Zero fighter uses flammable magnesium-aluminum alloy skin, which is also to reduce weight without any automatic fire extinguishing device...... To solve these problems, it is necessary to increase the weight of the fuselage, but the weight increase does not change the engine output. As a result, the Zero loses its advantages such as mobility and long range.

In other words, these shortcomings of the Zero fighter are not something that the Japanese can avoid immediately after discovering them, let alone make up for them with tactical adjustments.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" When the test unit returned, Joseph asked Lieutenant Colonel Will again: "Report the details of the battle, I need to know how the five Japanese planes were destroyed by you!" ”

"Uh...... One was wrecked while chasing my tail! Lieutenant Colonel Will replied, "Not that I destroyed it, to be exact, but that it suddenly malfunctioned and fell to the ground while diving at high speed after me...... I'm not sure what the reason is, but I think it must have hurt. ”

Immediately, the laughter of the other pilots could be heard.

One pilot then reported: "I was also bitten by a Zero in the tail. But it was easy to escape with a dive roll, which was not difficult at all. And the Blue Bird Three. He also escaped by diving down! ”

"The other destroyed enemy planes......" Lieutenant Colonel Will continued, "they were all hit by our armored incendiary bombs, and it was incredible that we only fired a few rounds, but the planes quickly caught fire." It's like hitting a gasoline barrel, and the Japanese can't do anything about it. Then ...... 'poof'! ”

"Great!" After hearing these words, Major Smith couldn't help but clench his fists and shouted, "The weaknesses of the Japanese fighters are all real, we can kick their ass hard in the air!" ”

“Yeah！” The U.S. pilots shouted again.

Inside Clifton's headquarters. The phone rang suddenly, and Clifton, who was looking at the map, picked up the phone casually and answered impatiently: "This is a land regiment!" ”

"Colonel Clifton!" A slow-speaking voice came from the other end of the line: "I'm William Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet." ”

Hearing this, Clifton couldn't help but half-open his mouth, and after he reacted, he hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Yes, sir! ”

"You guys did a great job!" Nimitz said, "You and your men. Thank you for all you have done on Kuah Island, you valiant soldiers, and the United States is proud of you! ”

"Yes General!" Clifton replied, "It's our pleasure!" ”

"But I'm not looking for you this time!" Nimitz said: "I heard that the Chinese named Zhang Chi is in your headquarters!" ”

"Yes General!" Clifton replied.

Perhaps Clifton was so surprised by Nimitz's call that he didn't even understand what Nimitz meant.

Until Nimitz said to Clifton: "So, can I talk to this Chinese?" ”

"Oh, of course!"

Only then did Clifton react, he handed the microphone to Zhang Chi on the other side, and whispered: "Zhang, it's General Nimitz!" ”

"Nimitz?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but be confused.

Of course, he had heard of this name, one of the top ten five-star admirals in the United States, and in modern times there was an aircraft carrier named after him, which also showed his status in the United States.

But...... How could such a prestigious general call here to find him, a colonel?!

"General!" Zhang Chi took the phone and identified himself in English: "I am Zhang Chi, the colonel of the new regiment!" ”

"Colonel!" Nimitz said on the phone: "I want to say...... You change the whole situation on the battlefield because of your ideas and suggestions, and everything is going in a good direction. Given your talents, I would like you to be in charge of commanding the operations of the Sino-American coalition forces stationed on Guadalcanal and the air force hidden on the island. ”

(To be continued.) )