2. The most critical factor in air combat has bright spots, the first point is speed, and the second point is height! Compared to these two points, all other hard indicators can only be ranked behind. For a true master, as long as you grasp these two points, you can be invincible, you don't see that when the FW190 first appeared, relying on a top speed of more than 650 kilometers per hour and a decent climb and roll, the John's Bull Spitfire 5 next door was all over the ground. Don't you see, in the 2nd World War, there was no plane to play with eggs, but in the later stage, the eggs are not extinguished, and the flowers are blooming?

Aerial combat is not a spell of data. The belligerent situation can also be ever-changing. If you don't have an advantage in your data, you will definitely have an advantage when you meet. During normal cruising flight, the twin engine will choose the most suitable altitude and speed according to the composition of the formation, especially when the fighter and bomber act together, the fighter generally needs to control the speed to accompany the bomber. So the BF109 fighters of the Germans had to give up their superiority and fly at a lower speed at a not too high altitude. And this gives the Huaxia Air Force a chance, what Sun Xin needs to do is to seize this opportunity and turn it into an advantage!

As a wing commander, Sun Xin is first and foremost an excellent Air Force pilot, and he is an Air Force pilot who has flown many kinds of aircraft! He has flown the main combat planes of various countries, even the BF109 of the Germans, and this plane is said to have been obtained by the technicians of the Huaxia Air Force after repairing the aircraft captured on the battlefield in Italy, and in the process of test flight, he also has some understanding of the characteristics of the BF109 fighter. In terms of performance, the BF109 fighter has good hard indicators, climb, speed and dive performance are medium to high-class, and it can also maneuver with gravity. But the soft indicators are poorer, for example, the cabin is too narrow, and the rearview vision is very sad, so that Sun Xin, who is used to flying foxes and stone tea falcons, has to remove the bulletproof steel plate behind the seat.

"The 109-degree view behind the BF120 fighter is very bad, and this is a exploit. Even if the alert is carried out at different heights in scattered formations, the blind spots are still very large. For Sun Xin, the tragedy of the rearview vision is the most fatal weakness of BF109 in the process of group fighting. You must know that there is no data link in this plane, and in large formation operations, even if a vigilant pilot realizes that someone is outflanking behind, it is difficult to accurately and quickly tell this information to the entire squadron. The situation on the battlefield in an air engagement changes rapidly, and a split second delay can lead to the collapse of the entire battle front!

The Germans were not stupid, and although they had to take into account the bomber and attack aircraft groups that could not fly high for the load, the Luftwaffe arranged several squadrons of fighters at the front, and they flew at an altitude of 6,000 meters. This altitude is almost the highest combat altitude for all current fighters. The turbocharging of the US imperialism has not yet been made, the 2-level 2-speed supercharging of the British has not been completed, and the Germans have just made the 1-level 2-speed supercharging neat. If you fly any further, the plane will really only be able to fly, and you will not be able to fight!

"Damn, BF109 looks like a stupid duck at this height!" Squadron Leader Hoffman cursed involuntarily as he felt the vibration of the engine. This height is a bit too high for a BF109 fighter carrying a 300L drop tank, with a large load, and the air is too thin and the engine intake is not enough. It's hard to fly even with a boost. With the exception of the old squadrons, the new units from home do not seem to be familiar with the climate, and the care and maintenance is very different from what happened in Europe. Hoffman's squadron had just been transferred from Europe. At the moment, he is fighting against the fighter who is not adapted!

Just as he was cursing the plane and cursing the ground crew, the gray-yellow figure that appeared above the clouds from 500 meters below the front caught his attention, with the help of the cover of the clouds, the white traces formed by the condensation gas in the tail of these planes were well covered, but in the end it still did not escape the eyes of Hoffman 2.0! "It's a Foxbat! I remember them! These unbeatable demons on the Apennines! "In Hoffman's memory, these guys who had used to fly back to base with all their ammunition and still full of bullet holes seemed to have little merit other than being sturdy and fast. But I don't know why those old birds call them the toughest fighters in the Entente!

At an altitude of 500 meters, the BF109 can already gain a speed advantage when diving down. After a moment of hesitation, Hoffman ordered all fighters to immediately abandon the drop fuel tanks and make a shallow dive to meet the enemy! A BF109 fighter swooped down to the enemy aircraft below in a two-plane group, relying on the height advantage, these aircraft gained huge kinetic energy in a short period of time, and at this time BF109 fighters another problem showed up, their maneuverability in high-speed conditions will be poor, and in the case of poor maintenance, this problem is magnified a little, Sun Xin has a very low evaluation of the control system of BF109 fighters, thinking that they are not as good as the Stone Tea Falcon and Flying Bat aircraft, This problem has arisen in previous battles, and this new arrival of the squadron has been further magnified by this technical and maintenance loophole for various reasons.

The whistling BF109 fighter swooped down from the front, and as the altitude decreased, the red pointer on the speedometer gradually pressed to the end, and the greater speed and overload made the plane flutter slightly, and the old birds had to open their flaps to control the speed and flight status. "The BF109 fighter is lighter, so the torque of the engine will have a greater impact on the steering, and they have poor anti-directional steering ability, while our Foxbat fighter is almost unaffected by the engine torque because of the anti-rotation propeller. If you see the BF109 swooping down, just turn in the opposite direction and we can beat them in a dogfight! Although the BF109 fighter is a single-engine aircraft, after comparing the horizontal maneuverability of this aircraft and the Foxbat fighter, Sun Xin believes that the Foxbat fighter as a double-engine heavy fighter may not be weaker than the other party in dog fights, especially when the opponent's engine turns in the opposite direction, it will have an advantage!

Sun Xin is worthy of being a great air force master who combines theory and actual combat, Qin Yue values him in addition to his strong personal strength, this guy also has a talent, that is, he can clearly tell his experience to others, so as to bring out a team of ace pilots! The number of elite pilots in the troops he commanded is always more than that of other troops, and even if other pilots are not trump cards, they are also theoretical masters, at least the kind that can be instructors!

When the Germans were controlling the BF109, which was somewhat inconvenient to operate, rushed down like an eagle with unsharp wings, the flying fox fighter that was supposed to be like a stupid bird in their eyes suddenly turned in a counterclockwise direction, and huge figures flashed past the German pilot's field of vision. When the Germans rolled or circled in the opposite direction, they found their planes unusually difficult to maneuver, and some pilots even made a tooth-sour sound from the fuselage and engine because they spun too fast! Soon, the consequences of the forcible maneuver were fully revealed, the altitude and speed were rapidly reduced, and the flight attitude was unstable, and while the German pilots were battling these changes, the Foxbat fighters who had just dodged a blow came around again!

(Note: The horizontal maneuverability of the P38 fighter is quite good, and when they first met, many German pilots rushed up to fight dogs with the idea of surrounding the opponent to death and then were surrounded to death by the opponent.) And the BF109 fighter really has a deterioration in performance at high speeds. In terms of operational performance, the BF109 fighter was inferior to the FW190. That's not to say that the BF109 is weaker than the P38. The later BF109K with the DB605 engine and drug performance is still very impressive, and if the BF109 uses a good climb for BZ, it is not bad, the key depends on the tactics. ）

Then the body is not very strong, the firepower is not fierce, and it is not called the BF109 fighter with rough skin and thick flesh and the flying fox fighter that is long in dog fighting, fierce firepower, and can be called a blood cow! The large-scale brawl in this case greatly limits the technical level of the pilot, God knows if you will run under the gun of another enemy after dodging one enemy, and it is for this reason that the German ace pilots in history are reluctant to fight the bomber like a fire hedgehog!

So 2 squadrons of BF109 fighters and 2 squadrons of Foxbat fighters fought in one place! In this case, it is no wonder that these German pilots who have just entered the battlefield can take advantage! THE FOXBAT FIGHTER DOES NOT HAVE WING GUNS, AND ALL THREE 20MM HISPANO CANNONS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE NOSE, WHICH MEANS THAT THESE GUNS WILL FORM A FUNNEL-SHAPED BARRAGE WHEN FIRING TOGETHER, AND THE EFFECT OF DEPLOYING WEAPONS IN THE NOSE IS DEFINITELY BETTER THAN PLACING WEAPONS IN THE WINGS, WHICH IS WHY THE GERMANS PREFER TO INSTALL A CANNON ON THE ENGINE SHAFT OR A MACHINE GUN ON THE UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE.

The roar of machine guns and the explosion of shells suddenly resounded in the sky, and jumping fire snakes rolled and chased between planes, and from time to time planes were bitten fiercely. Meng Fan felt his body shake slightly, and it should have been a cannonball hitting the tail of one of the planes. However, thanks to the twin tails and the connection between them, the aircraft quickly regained its balance. Except for the cockpit and engines, any attack by the BF109 fighter could hardly have caused fatal damage to this stout aircraft. Even some Foxbat fighters with more than 20 bullet holes can still return safely. As long as the BF109 is targeted in this dog fight, the oval barrage of three Hispano cannons can easily tear it to pieces. RELYING ON A THIN-SHELL BULLET WITH A LARGE CHARGE, A 20MM SHELL IS ENOUGH TO TEAR THE HALF-PULLED WINGS OF A BF109 OFF THE FUSELAGE, WHICH IS A 20MM * 110MM THIN-SHELL SHELL, WHICH IS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE GERMAN MG151-20'S 20MM*88MM SHELL!

From time to time, German planes were shot down, and the luckier pilots had the opportunity to parachute, while the less fortunate ones turned into a fireball with the plane. The Germans, realizing that the strikers were outnumbered, began to try reinforcements. All the escorting German fighters began to climb to seize the attack position. At this time, under the guidance of AWACS aircraft, the main forces of the Huaxia Air Force had moved to the rear and two wings of the German air group. When the commanders led the team out of the clouds, they were shocked by what they saw!

"I've never encountered such a good engagement situation, if it weren't for the BF109 fighter on the opposite side and the Iron Cross above telling me that they were Germans, I even suspected that my own people and we were cooperating in a scene! When we were sending out the clouds from a height of 5,500 meters, the other party was climbing from a height of about 4,500 meters! My squadron and I appeared behind them, and from the front, you could see planes exposing their wide upper projections to our guns, and because they had chosen to climb at a small angle, they still couldn't see our position, and we had plenty of time to enter the battlefield when they were most vulnerable as they climbed, and then kill them one by one like a flock of goofy geese! Han Yuntian, the first one-day ace in China, wrote excitedly in his diary, and because of this engagement, he destroyed 6 planes in one day, and became an ace pilot simply by virtue of his one-day record!

"It was definitely an accident, and if I believed in God, I would rather believe that God had instructed me to do it." As the direct commander of this air battle and the director of the first monsoon massacre (named after the German code name of the operation), Sun Xin has commented on this operation more than once in private. It is impossible for him to judge what actions the Germans will take by the intelligence of the AWACS aircraft, it would be good to let several groups of aircraft rush to the battlefield almost at the same time, and it is not easy to manage his own people, let alone the Germans. The most plausible explanation is that the German fighter fleet took a long climb time, and it happened to be met by the Huaxia fleet, which resulted in the largest loss of aircraft per unit time since the Luftwaffe was founded.

The Germans thought the same way afterwards. In order to form a formation with the slow attack aircraft, the flight speed of all the fighters is not high, and the engine is in an idle state, at this time I suddenly received an order that the buddy in front can't bear it, it's time for you to get on, all planes need a period of time for the engine to gradually increase the output power, and then start to climb slowly with a 300L fuel tank! That's right, to climb with a tank! This combat distance is a bit far, and it is a battle with the Huaxia Air Force, which consumes a lot of time, so in addition to the fighter squadron that immediately went to support and directly threw away the fuel tank and copied the guys up, the remaining main forces climbed up with a 300L fuel tank at a small angle! The rate of climb at low altitude of the BF109 fighter without load is very impressive, but now, with the drop tank, the engine begins to be idle, and it is necessary to maintain a certain speed, and the climb cannot be too fast. Under the combined influence of these factors, the height of the German fleet can be described as a snail! As for BF110? The thing itself climbs slowly, like a turtle!

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