The mountains in the Taihang Mountains are steep and rugged, with sheer cliffs everywhere and especially many valleys.
Amidst the huge roar, Tetsuzo Iwamoto suddenly piloted the plane into a valley that was less than a hundred meters wide and with peaks on both sides of more than 300 meters, and disappeared before everyone's eyes.
Huang Xinrui dived in without hesitation, holding on to the Japanese machine hundreds of meters away.
But, he had to slow down.
Although the predecessor of the Zero fighter, the 96 Land Attack, is not as good as the Yi-153 in most of its performance, it has a single wing and a smaller fuselage, making it more flexible than the Yi-153!
The valley is not long, only close to 3,000 meters in length. For an aircraft that has reached a speed of more than 470 kilometers per hour, it only takes more than ten seconds.
At the end of the valley is a majestic and broad mountain. Tetsuzo Iwamoto is truly an ace pilot. Under his control, the furious 96 Land Attack circled the mountain like a fish in the rapids, clinging to the mountain dangerously and dangerously.
Bypass on the right at high speed.
The Yi-153, which is only 500 meters away from the 96 Land Attack Fighter, can only be forced to slow down again. The Yi-153 with a bi-wing structure does not have the small radius turning performance of the 96 Land Attack Fighter. If it does not slow down, his aircraft will look like
It was like a sharp arrow hitting the mountain, no luck.
But in this way, the cunning Tetsuzo Iwamoto used the mountain to break away from his locked pursuit. It was not that easy to occupy a favorable position again.
Huang Xinrui's face was calm, and he did not choose to chase Iwamoto Tetsuzo around the right side of the mountain, but chose to pass from the left.
Two fighter planes jumped out of the valley, one behind the other, left and right, and appeared in front of everyone again.
Only this time, the Japanese troops on the ground began to cheer.
The imperial eagle they were looking forward to finally got rid of the pursuit of the Chinese fighter planes with skill and extraordinary courage, and made a beautiful little turn during the crazy rise, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky around the mountain.
At an altitude of 800 meters, they charged at the Chinese fighter planes that also jumped to the altitude from the other side of the mountain.
"Keep chasing him! Why did you leave the damn Japs a chance to fight back!" A scout beside Gu Xishui thumped the ground hard.
"Our aircraft is low on fuel. If we want to fly the fighter plane back to Zhengcheng intact, we must resolve the battle within one minute. Teacher, this is a dangerous situation!" Shen Chonghai, who had been looking up at the sky, murmured to himself.
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"I'm going to suffer!" Gu Xishui, who had always been calm and calm for his age, suddenly changed his face when he heard what Shen Chonghai said.
And a few kilometers away, Tang Dao almost said the same word as Gu Xishui!
No one in the world knows the Japanese army better than Tang Dao and his elite soldiers who fought the Japanese army for a year.
They are beasts, but their madness cannot be underestimated!
What choice would a crazy beast make in such a battle? No one knows.
Not knowing itself contains too many dangers!
Just as Shen Chonghai said, in order to save time in the air, Huang Xinrui had to give up the plan that basically guaranteed that he could shoot down the Japanese plane by continuing to pursue, and he chose a more dangerous strategy.
He wanted to intercept the Japanese plane in its path.
But for Tetsuzo Iwamoto, who was already in a state of madness, this was something he couldn't hope for.
When he saw that damn Chinese plane coming around from the other side of the mountain from the cockpit, he couldn't believe his eyes, and his face showed an unprecedented smile for the first time since the war began.
In this battle, his ace pilot's record was 0, and from now on, it will be at least 1!
Although he does not understand why the Chinese made such an unwise choice, you must know that the engine of his 96 Land Attack has begun to emit white smoke, and there is almost no need to fight anymore. He will lose all combat effectiveness in a minute or 30 seconds.
, However, this is the last chance Amaterasu gives himself, and it is also the last chance belonging to the Provisional Army Aviation Corps.
In front of tens of thousands of people, the two fighter planes staged a scene like an ancient cavalry-style duel, charging at each other's bayonets and spears.
The distance of two thousand meters takes at least eight minutes for a well-trained and fully armed infantryman, and nearly two minutes for a cavalryman riding a horse running at full speed.
But for fighters with both sides turning on their afterburners to maximum full speed and facing each other at a relative speed of 300 meters per second, what is the time? It is less than seven seconds.
In fact, the moment the two machines faced each other and pushed down the afterburner lever and stepped on the accelerator to the deepest level, Huang Xinrui and Tetsuzo Iwamoto put their hands on the machine gun button.
At the moment when the fighter plane roars forward, press hard!
There is no luck. In such a stand-alone hedging battle, whoever aims more accurately and shoots first will have a greater chance of victory.
Vice versa, this kind of lose-lose battle is a great test on the pilot's psychological quality. Whoever is the first to be afraid or the first to evade will lose the initiative on the battlefield and give his life to the opponent again.
Huang Xinrui dared to make such a decision. Although he had no choice but to run out of fuel, it was not a blind and arrogant choice. He also had enough confidence.
Not only do you have confidence in your own courage and flying skills, but you also gain confidence in the performance of your aircraft.
The protection capability of the Yi-153 is strong enough, and the stronger firepower of the four Schkath machine guns is only one aspect of it. Another advantage compared to the 96 Land Attack is the sight.
The air-to-air weapons of fighter aircraft in this era only have machine guns, and the projectiles need to be fired directly to hit the target to shoot down the target.
Since both the attack aircraft and the target are in high-speed motion during air combat, the aiming of the machine gun becomes particularly critical. Several problems need to be solved: First, to accurately attack the target, the distance and relative orientation between the attack aircraft and the target aircraft need to be measured.
angle; secondly, the projectile has to fly a certain distance in the air, and its trajectory will decrease due to the influence of the gravity of the projectile; thirdly, when tracking the target, the advance amount of shooting needs to be determined based on the movement of the target.
Anti-aircraft weapons on the ground will also take these into consideration. Whether it is an anti-aircraft machine gun or a machine gun, all they use are mechanical sights!
When it comes to fighter planes, they are naturally more high-end and use optical sights, but there are two types of sights, one is called a fixed optical sight, and the other is called a gyroscopic optical sight!
The fixed optical sight produces several concentric halo rings on the lens. Each concentric halo ring is equivalent to the pilot's observation angle of the target. When shooting, the pilot controls the aircraft to track the target. According to the position of the target aircraft's wingspan on the halo ring,
Determine the distance between yourself and the target machine, determine the elevation angle of aiming based on the distance, determine the advance amount based on the movement direction of the target machine, and then shoot!
Gyroscopic optical sights are also called movable halo sights. The principle is the same as that of fixed optical sights, but its core component is the gyro measurement mechanism. The pilot only needs to always align the center of the movable halo with the center or vital part of the target.
, the halo can measure and form the corresponding aiming advance angle according to the target linear angular velocity.
Undoubtedly, the latter is much more advanced than the former.
This new technology was obviously not something that the 96 Land Attack, which was born in 1933, could be equipped with. It was just as fussy as a kid, and it wasn't until the Zero fighter debuted two years later that it was equipped.
At that time, the performance of the once-incomparable Yi-153 was completely crushed, and the fifth aviation group in time and space was beaten 0 to 8 in the sky over Chengdu.
But now the Yi-153 crushes the 96 Land Attack in many performances including the gyroscopic sight!
Time is so wonderful!
To people on the ground, the pilots of both sides seemed to be confronting each other in an almost straight line, but in fact, both Huang Xinrui and Tetsuzo Iwamoto were using minimal operations to allow the aircraft to maneuver slightly away from the opponent's sights during the fierce confrontation.
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One by one, the fiery red ammunition chains were clearly visible in the blue sky, sweeping past the two extremely determined aircraft.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds, five seconds, the distance between the two planes is getting closer and closer.
At a distance of nearly 500 meters, Huang Xinrui finally let out a breath, and his sights finally locked firmly on the crazy enemy plane.
Since the beginning of the war, that aircraft may not be the best in technology, but it is definitely the most tenacious enemy in terms of fighting spirit.
A series of bullets were sprayed from the muzzle of the airborne machine gun, hitting the wings, fuselage, and cockpit of the 96 Land Attack with great accuracy. The 62mm machine gun bullets that only flew a few hundred meters and had strong kinetic energy hit the open cockpit of the 96 Land Attack.
There were big holes visible to the naked eye one after another in the windshield in front.
By the way, it penetrated the body of Tetsuzo Iwamoto who was sitting in the cockpit behind him. Although the 62mm caliber bullet was not as terrifying as the 7mm machine gun, it would still cause almost brutal damage if it hit the human body.
In addition to a bullet hole as big as an egg on his right chest, exposing fresh lung lobes and causing blood to flow from Toru Iwamoto's mouth and nose, one of his arms had also been severely broken, revealing fresh red and white bone stubble that made people's hair stand on end.
The red ones are flesh and blood, and the white ones are bones.
The right arm that was broken by the bullet was only connected to the body by a few muscles. The machine gun firing button that was being held down lost its power, and the crazy roaring aircraft machine gun stopped.
Since then, all Tetsuzo Iwamoto's counterattacks have come to an end. Without the machine gun, he has lost all threats to the Chinese fighter planes rushing in from 500 meters away.
This air battle will end with a complete victory of the Chinese Air Force, and the record of nearly a hundred fighter planes fighting in the skies over North China will shock the entire world.
Will the Chinese battlefield be like their air force, with the weak defeating the strong?
However, as long as one side has not fallen, the air battle is not over yet!
Huang Xinrui's pupils in the air shrank suddenly!
Through the void of less than 400 meters, he could clearly see the Japanese plane, the Japanese pilot sitting in it, and the densely packed bullet holes on the fuselage of the Japanese plane. He even seemed to be able to see the Japanese pilot.
An incredibly weird and brilliant smile on his face!
But in fact, no matter how good your eyesight is, you can't see the face of the pilot under the flight hat.
But really, Huang Xinrui's crazy brain reminded him that he could see that cunning and tenacious opponent smiling at him.
Tetsuzo Iwamoto, who suffered such heavy injuries that even if the plane landed safely, would definitely die, was smiling.
There is no machine gun, but he still has a fighter plane!
The distance of less than 500 meters is only 5 seconds for the two fighter jets flying opposite each other at high speed. Even if the Chinese want to turn left and right to avoid them, it is too late.
The distance was too close, and the speed was too fast.
He, and his fighter plane, will hit it at a speed of 150 meters per second or even higher.
The Chinese ace pilot will be shot down, or to be more precise, knocked down by him, the ace pilot of the Japanese Army Air Forces!
The Chinese ace fighter plane painted with four red stars that was knocked down was the weapon he left to his girlfriend to face all accusations!
Eyes, I love you! Tetsuzo Iwamoto tried his best to open his eyes that were about to fall asleep, stepped on the accelerator with all his strength, held the tiller with his left hand, and boldly rammed into Huang Xinrui's plane, like a bird that knew it was a fire
The moths still swooped in.
Brutal and determined.
Huang Xinrui's face changed drastically, but he did not dodge in a panic, but continued to aim at the Japanese plane and fire!
Just as Tetsuzo Iwamoto thought, with such a short distance, it was impossible to dodge even if he wanted to. No matter he turned left, right, up or down, the already crazy Japanese pilots would make the same maneuver and hit him.
The Japanese were crazy, but he was not crazy. He had to fly the fighter plane back to the airport intact. He could not die with the damn Japanese pilot. Although he did not lack the courage to die with the enemy.
The only thing he can do now is to continue shooting, kill him, blow up the plane, and earn a chance for himself.
The crazy red bullet chain was clearly visible to the naked eye, and it hit the 96 Land Attack, causing sparks to fly from the fuselage of the Japanese aircraft.
On the ground, the Chinese soldiers, who had almost raised their arms and shouted, looked in disbelief at the Japanese plane that had begun to emit thick smoke, and crazily crashed into their own fighter plane that was almost victorious.
Even if they don't understand flying, they also know that with such high speed and such short distance, almost no one can escape, even if the Chinese fighter plane that will be painted with five red stars is the ace among aces.
Shen Chonghai on the ground looked up at the sky, like a wood sculpture!
Would the teacher who improved his flying skills by at least two levels actually die in battle here?
This blow was even greater than the moment when he knew that he could not save the fighter plane and was ordered to parachute to survive.
Gu Xishui sighed slightly!
The entire reconnaissance team also lowered their heads in silence, no one dared to look at that tragic scene!
The final victory is not the sweetness of the wine, but the sour throat! Because this is the battlefield, and sacrifice is the only basis for victory!
On the other hand, the Japanese troops on the ground were so stimulated by the heroic act of their own fighter planes that their eyes turned red.
"Be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, the Empire is proud!" Slogans were heard in every corner, and the declining morale reached its peak again.
The 17th Division headquarters, which was originally bursting with joy, was now completely silent!
The white hair of the white-haired general trembled slightly in the mountain wind. At that moment, it seemed that the middle-aged man was brought back to the frost-covered battlefield of the morning last year. Under the white frost, all was deep blue!
When will the Chinese army stop making such sacrifices? That is the general's wish.
But the sacrifice is still close at hand!
Tang Dao's hand clenched suddenly. He had never seen this pilot, but he also knew how important an ace pilot was to China at this time.
In the past year, all the elites of the Chinese Air Force were buried in the blue sky. Now, is one more person's name going to be engraved?
Looking up at the sky, there are tears in my eyes, but no traces of tears!
That is the fate of a soldier in this era. Try your best to kill enemies one by one, but you have to watch your comrades fall one by one, say goodbye to you one by one, and wave away!
Suddenly, Shen Chonghai, who was already on the ground with tears streaming down his face, suddenly opened his eyes!
All the Chinese and Japanese soldiers on the ground watched silently as the two planes approached 100 meters and would collide into a ball of fire in almost a third of a second. Their eyes widened suddenly.
The Japanese have the madness of Japanese Bushido.
The Chinese people never lack the courage to sacrifice.
"No!" In the heart-rending roar, the air force second lieutenant stretched his hand into the air, as if to pull something back!
But he can't pull anything!
With a loud bang, the second lieutenant of the Air Force retracted his arm somewhat numbly, and just stood there with his head bowed, making no sound, like a dead tree that had lost all its vitality!
"Take him away!" Gu Xishui glanced at the heroic Chinese pilot with some pity, but calmly waved the order.
He understood the second lieutenant's mood at this time very well, because he had also lost someone he loved deeply on the battlefield.
Fortunately, the Japanese search team was probably attracted by the battle in the sky and did not follow them immediately!
The Chinese Air Force pilots in the sky have completed their mission, and he must also take the pilots home. This is his mission!
"All members of the 17th Division Headquarters salute our heroic Chinese Air Force!" the white-haired general's roar sounded.
"Salute!" On a small hillside, a group of dark blue people stood upright.
Look up to the sky!
Because, in the sky, there is the monument of the Chinese Army!
The Japanese, on the other hand, are as dumb as wood sculptures!
This chapter has been completed!