Chapter 366: Correct and Effective Tactics
As he blurted out the word attack on the radio, the P39 Fighter Group and the P40 Fighter Group, which were waiting somewhat impatiently at an altitude of 8,000 meters, did not hesitate to swoop towards their respective targets in accordance with the division of labor plan formulated by Dawn.
looked obviously a little impatient.,After receiving the order, he went directly to the subordinates who were assigned to him.。 And the surrounding area that was empty in a blink of an eye, Dawn could only shake his head and laugh and scolded: "These little rabbits, what the fuck are they in a hurry." The devils down there are enough for you to fight. ”
Liming said it easily, but in fact, whether the real situation was the same as what he said, he knew very well. The flying squadron led by Yu Ming is the one with the strongest combat effectiveness and the best combat record among the more than a dozen combat squadrons of the Anti-United Nations Air Force stationed in the entire area under the jurisdiction of the Nenjiang Military Region. Each of the planes of the squadron was recorded as a down.
But it was only ten minutes of air combat, and the eight fighters were now left with Yu Ming's solitary self. It shows that the devil below is definitely not a good stubble. And for the power of this new fighter like the devil, as the deputy chief of staff in charge of training, Liming is still quite clear.
Don't look at the fact that there are only more than 20 new fighters deployed in the northeast, but since they arrived in the northeast to participate in the war, the losses brought to the anti-coalition air force have exceeded those of the devil's several Type 97 flying teams. In the battle against this kind of Japanese aircraft with extremely high mobility, extremely high speed, and amazing endurance, although there were only a few engagements, the Anti-Union lost more than 20 aircraft.
This price was almost the sum of the losses of the anti-United Nations air force in previous battles with the Type 97 fighters, but only two such Japanese planes were shot down. In the course of the battle, this kind of Japanese military aircraft showed fierce firepower, amazing endurance, and extremely outstanding aerial combat ability, which left a deep impression on Liming.
Fortunately, when the Japanese army dispatched such aircraft, most of them were to cover the bombers to bomb the base areas. Most of the pilots of the downed planes in the air battle landed safely. Otherwise, with the current very thin foundation of the anti-United Nations air force, the loss of more than 20 pilots can be described as a rather severe blow.
Looking at the various formations rushing towards their respective targets, which were already in a melee, and the sky was full of fighting fighters and gunfire, Dawn shook his head and shouted on the airborne radio: "You little rabbits, you have to give Lao Tzu back alive." ”
Originally, there were various captains in command, and Dawn did not need to personally command the plane. However, after receiving the news that Yu Ming had found that the Japanese reinforcements included their new fighters and ME fighters, Yang Zhen's special plane was escorted to the rendezvous with the newly reinforced aircraft group, leaving a squadron to cover the special plane's return to the base area. Worried about the safety of the eight fighters who stayed behind as cover and the dawn of his own subordinates, he still came in person.
In order to ensure the suddenness of the battle, Dawn insisted on arriving at the battlefield from a high altitude. The Japanese Army's Type 97 fighter group, which was responsible for blocking possible reinforcements from the Anti-Japanese Alliance, did not have an airborne radio station and could not get in touch with the rear and other aircraft groups. And in the situation that the fighter group left behind by Dawn was stubbornly entangled, not even a single piece of information was sent back.
The Japanese fighter group, which originally thought that there was a group of planes in the rear of the guard, blocking the enemy's possible reinforcements, did not expect that the opponent's reinforcements would come so quickly and so suddenly. When the group of planes under the command of Dawn personally swooped down from a high altitude and high speed, they were suddenly blinded.
Yu Mingjian's tactics of diving, attacking, and then opening an afterburner to break away at high speed played an unexpected role in the face of enemy planes with excellent maneuverability. The Zero, which is extremely agile at low altitudes and speeds, is almost useless against this tactic. There is no other way but to be beaten passively.
When the first wave completed the dive and switched to level flight at an altitude of 1,000 meters, behind them were six ME-109 fighters spinning downward, and four Zero fighters were volleying fire. Before the Japanese could wake up from the first wave of blows, the second wave of dive bullets hit their heads and faces.
The opponent will run when he hits, and he won't play grappling with you at all. The Zero fighter wanted to pursue, but the opponent was about the same as his maximum level flight speed. Before he could wait for Zero, who had exhausted his strength, to catch up and bite those damn guys who didn't have samurai demeanor and could only sneak attack, the opponent's second wave of attacks hit him head-to-face.
The opponent's tactics of grabbing and leaving make the Zero fighter have no way to fight back. The overly sluggish reaction of the plane at high speed makes this kind of aircraft unable to fight back in the face of the opponent's next wave of sneak attacks in the pursuit. And the fuselage that exploded in a single hit, in front of large-caliber machine guns and three-seven-millimeter cannons, so that those pilots did not even have the opportunity to parachute.
Although these Japanese pilots, in the face of the anti-union fighters who dived at high speeds, they repeatedly maneuvered to evade. However, the P39 fighter's climb performance is not good, but its dive performance is excellent. And the so-called extremely excellent hovering ability of Zero is only effective at low speeds. Once the aircraft is moving at high speeds, it becomes extremely sluggish.
And the shape on the battlefield now is no longer the same as when these zero battles just arrived. The balance of forces between the two sides has just come to a reversal. At present, the number of anti-coalition fighters in the sky is more than the 13 Zeros that are still on the battlefield.
The three-plane formation of each Zero fighter was waited on by their opponents with fighters twice as high as them, or even twice as many fighters as them. They dodged the attack of the first two-plane formation, but often sent their fighters to the guns of another formation, or even the third and fourth two-plane formations.
When he tried to fight his opponent in part of the zero battle that escaped the catastrophe, the opponent simply ignored it. Directly open afterburner, high speed detachment. And when these Zero fighters wanted to pursue, the enemy's second wave of dive attacks began again, and they didn't have time to adjust their battle formation at all.
When all three waves of dives were completed, there were not many enemy planes left in the originally lively air. In particular, the fragile Zero fighters who were greeted by the focus, except for the three that were shot down by Yu Ming, each of the remaining three-plane formations was greeted by two P-39 fighter formations. Three waves of dive attacks descended, and only a lone Zero was left in the sky.
As for the remaining ten, except for one shot down by Yu Ming and his wingman, one was disintegrated in the air. Seven of the remaining eight planes, along with their pilots, turned into fireballs in the air under the attack of their opponents, and went to meet their Amaterasu. The remaining one, in order to avoid the opponent's attack, moved too much, and the plane lost control and crashed on its own.
Yu Ming's reminder on tactics can be described as quite timely. Let the bulky P-39 fighters and P-40 fighters hover and fight in air with the Zero or ME 109 fighters, I am afraid that there will be no return. But playing multiple batches of dive attacks and hit-and-run tactics made the Japanese very injured.
Not to mention the 37 machine guns on the P39 fighter and the 12.7 mm machine guns on the two fighters, it is the four 7.62 mm machine guns on the wing of the P 40 fighter.
Although these Japanese pilots, in the face of the anti-United Nations fighters diving at high speeds, repeatedly evaded. However, the P39 fighter's climb performance is not good, but its dive performance is excellent. And there are more than the thirteen Zeros that are still on the battlefield. In each Zero formation, there are opponents twice as many as them waiting.
Even if some pilots were agile and evaded the attack of the first two-plane formation, they often sent their fighters to the guns of another formation. Under the dive attacks of the anti-coalition air forces in multiple batches, even if these zero battles have three heads and six arms, they cannot cope with the repeated attacks of a large number of opponents at the same time.
After hearing the pilot's report, the dawn who had been watching the operation from above couldn't help but shout in his heart that he was lucky. If it weren't for these Yu Ming and his subordinates, these veteran pilots who had been in battle for a long time exchanged their blood for experience and correct and effective tactics. Today, even if he repels the Japanese fighter group, the losses are probably not small.
This air battle was again conducted over enemy-occupied areas, and even if the pilots were able to parachute to escape, it would be difficult for them to return to the troops, which basically meant permanent losses. Compared with the loss of fighters, this loss is more unforgettable.
After the new group brought by Dawn used three rounds of dives to kill most of the Zero fighters and ME 109 fighters, the RE 2,000 fighters, who could only temporarily serve as a guard because of the engine, saw that most of the friendly planes were shot down, and greeted them regardless of it.
The Japanese pilots were not afraid of death, but the engines of such fighters were really ineffective. In order to seize the altitude, in the process of accelerating the climb, two more planes may have turned off their engines, or for some unknown reason.
With the addition of the previous two, four have already been lost before they officially entered the battle. The Japanese commanders, who feared that the planes would not be wiped out, would no longer dare to let them continue fighting. In desperation, the Japanese commander had no choice but to order the remaining RE 2,000 fighters to immediately leave the battlefield and retreat immediately.
This kind of so-called latest Eurofighter, which was boasted about by Italy but was not equipped with it, ended hastily without firing a shot in the first battle. The Zero and ME 109 fighters, who were originally going to use them for cover, now need to cover them.
Fearing that something would happen to these aircraft engines again, the Japanese commanders did not even dare to let these fighters break away at full speed. These fighters can only be allowed to fly backwards at a constant speed and slowly. But this is a battlefield where air battles are being conducted, not at the Japanese army's own flight training ground.
This fighter, which is at a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour according to the claims of the Italians, is no worse than the Zero War. In order to be able to fly back, the speed of flying is even slower than that of the Japanese Type 97 fighters, which are already lagging behind. Because only by maintaining this speed, the engine will not strike and stall. And when facing a group of opponents whose speed is almost the same as his maximum flight speed, a slow and uniform retreat is not much different from looking for death by himself.
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