Chapter four hundred and seventy-ninth failed mission
"Eaha!"
After shooting down a Zero, Feng Xiaoming shouted with excitement and joy. He pulled the joystick with his right hand, pushed the throttle with his left hand, and pushed the rudder with his right foot. The silver-gray fighter plane was like a light swallow.
Usually they roll on the spot and then fly straight into the sky.
"You are worthy of the nickname Wild Horse, you are so hot-tempered!" Feng Xiaoming couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and shouted excitedly.
Last week, the Logistics Department replaced Feng Xiaoming's squadron with this new fighter jet. Feng Xiaoming was not very happy at first. He hadn't had enough of his Vixen fighter, so why did he change it to another fighter jet? But the military order
Rushan, after the order was issued, Feng Xiaoming had no choice but to fly this new fighter plane obediently.
This newly upgraded fighter is actually the P-51 "Mustang" fighter in another time and space that was rated as the best fighter in World War II by some people. Since the liberation of all of Jiangxi and Fujian, Su Rui's subordinates controlled
The territory more than doubled in an instant, and the troops' combat area expanded, so problems arose.
As the area under control expands, more places require air force support, and some problems arise. The territory is large, but the two main models of Suri's air force, the P47 Thunderbolt and the F6F Vixen fighter, are
It is not a fighter with a long range. For example, the combat radius of the P47 Thunder fighter is only more than 400 kilometers, and the combat radius of the F6F Vixen fighter is only more than 600 kilometers. It simply cannot meet the long-term requirements of ground troops for air support.
Detention and large voyage requirements.
In this way, Suri thought of another fighter, that is, the P-51 "Mustang" fighter, which is known as the universal fighter in another time and space. To be fair, if we only talk about combat performance, the Mustang fighter is not the best, for example
It is not as strong as the P-47 Thunder in terms of strength, stability, bomb load and high-altitude dive performance. It is not as good as the F6F Vixen fighter in terms of low-altitude hovering combat and instant climbing performance, but it is a very balanced performance in all aspects.
fighter plane.
It is particularly worth mentioning that although the P-51 is called a fighter, it can do a lot of things. It can be used in air combat, long-range escort, bombing, interceptor, and even reconnaissance aircraft.
, so it also got the nickname "Universal Fighter". To be honest, despite the popularity of the P-51 fighter, Suri himself does not think highly of this fighter. In Suri's view, something with balanced performance means that
Everything was sparse, but a few days ago when he ordered Zheng Shaoyu to send more fighters to the front line, he was told that the two fighters currently in service did not have enough range. Even if they could barely fly to the front line to support the ground troops, they could only wait.
Such a short stay is simply not enough to meet the long-term stay required by the ground troops.
In desperation, Suri then remembered that there was such a so-called universal fighter, so he tried to cash in dozens of P-51s and delivered them to the Second Air Division for them to try flying. Unexpectedly, they were attacked.
The pilots praised it very much. The pilots below all claimed that compared with the two fighters, the P-47 and the F-6F, the biggest feature of the P-51 is that it is easy to use. For novice pilots, the P-51 is simply a good aircraft.
Their tailor-made fighter jets.
In particular, the P-51D fighter aircraft delivered to the army by Suri is the most produced and widely used excellent improved model in another time and space. Its firepower is six 12.7mm Browning machine guns (portable) installed in the wings.
It has 1880 rounds of bombs) and two external 454kg bombs or 10 127mm rockets. For the first time, it adopts a bubble-shaped canopy with a full view (and no obstruction at the rear). This solves the shortcomings in the view in one fell swoop.
Coupled with its ultra-long range (the range reaches 3,860 kilometers), its range is enough to cover several surrounding provinces, which instantly makes up for the shortcomings of the P-47 Thunderbolt and F6F Vixen.
Since switching to this new fighter last week, Feng Xiaoming has felt the excellent performance of this new fighter. The long range, high bomb load and excellent high-altitude performance make Feng Xiaoming very satisfied. Although it also has insufficient protective performance
, the low-altitude combat performance is not as good as that of the Vixen fighter, but overall it is a very excellent fighter.
Feeling the refreshing feeling of the fighter plane climbing, Feng Xiaoming felt that his whole body was full of power. When the altimeter pointer pointed to 8,000 meters, Feng Xiaoming pushed the joystick and made a beautiful "back kick".
The entire aircraft instantly changed from head-up to head-down and dived down due to excessive overload. At the moment of overload, Feng Xiaoming only felt that there was darkness in front of his eyes. This was due to the black vision caused by excessive overload.
At the same time, Feng Xiaoming's ear also heard the shouts of his wingman: "Sir, you don't want your life. It's easy to get into trouble if you make such a big move! Sir... did you hear that? Sir, please answer if you hear it.
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After a moment, Feng Xiaoming's eyes returned to normal, he grinned, and then said: "It's okay, you little bastard, what are you yelling for? Didn't you see that I just killed a Zero? Follow me,
Kill the Japanese with me and start diving!"
After saying that, the P-51 piloted by Feng Xiaoming dived down from a high altitude like an arrow. In the short dive distance of less than two thousand meters, he stared at a 97 that was just about to climb up.
Type 97 land attack aircraft, slightly adjusted its angle, and brought the Type 97 fighter into the sighting frame. Feng Xiaoming immediately pulled the trigger, and six fierce bullets rained down from high altitude, hitting the aircraft directly.
The nose of the Type 97 fighter plane that had just climbed up hit the fighter plane and exploded on the spot. The entire fighter plane was scattered into pieces at an altitude of 6,000 meters. The Japanese pilot of the fighter plane had no time to react.
Then his fighter plane turned into pieces.
"Very good. It seems that this fighter's dive performance is much better than that of the Thunderbolt." After a volley of fire knocked the Type 97 fighter on the opposite side into the air and exploded, Feng Xiaoming was very satisfied. This P-51
Although its climbing performance and radius loading ability are not as flexible as those of the Vixen fighter, and its armor is not as thick as that of the Thunder fighter, there is still no problem in making a dive, especially its long range and high bomb load.
This saves him from having to worry about the risk of finding that he is running out of fuel halfway through the battle.
Feng Xiaoming, who shot down two Japanese planes, safely piloted the fighter plane down to an altitude of 800 meters. At this time, he knew the battle situation in the sky without looking at it. The Japanese fighter planes were composed of Type 97, Type 0 and Type 3 fighters.
The aircraft formation suffered a one-sided defeat in the battle with the P-51 fleet. After several months of training, the experience of the pilots of the newly established Air Force 2 Division also increased rapidly. The outstanding level and excellent performance of the pilots
The fighter planes caused heavy losses to the Japanese fleet. After more than 20 minutes of fighting, more than half of the more than 40 Japanese fighter planes were lost, and their result was only to shoot down two P-51 fighters. Even so, these two P-51s
The pilot of the fighter plane also successfully parachuted into Shicheng County.
"Da da da da..."
A flash of orange-red fire flashed in the air. The Zero fighter piloted by Suzuki Teiji deftly turned several somersaults in a row, and then escaped the rain of bullets fired from behind. Suzuki Teiji then made a light jump
Rising rapidly, the entire fighter jet spiraled toward the sky like a top. When he climbed more than 500 meters, he finally shook off the Chinese fighter jet that had been clinging to his tail.
At this moment, a hurried voice came to Suzuki Teiji's ears: "Your Excellency, Captain, I am Lieutenant Kubotsuka Yosuke, the leader of the second squadron. Where did these China planes come from? Didn't you just say that they
Is there absolutely not much fuel left? They have been fighting for more than 20 minutes and there is still no sign of retreat, and we have never seen these fighters at all. What on earth are they?"
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When Kubotsuka Yosuke heard this, he immediately became angry and shouted loudly: "Baga, how do I know what's going on? Generally speaking, China fighter planes will not be in the air for more than fifteen minutes after flying here from Guangdong. This is
Basic common sense. How can I recognize this fighter jet if you have never seen it? Is this your first day flying a plane?"
Everyone was silent. After dealing with the Seventh Army for so long, the Japanese had put a lot of effort into investigating the Seventh Army. Before now, they already had two main fighters equipped by the Seventh Army.
A general understanding. For example, the P-47 is good at high-altitude dives, has a large bomb load, and is extremely strong. The F6F Vixen is known for its good combat performance and extremely excellent low-altitude performance.
But this fighter has somewhat subverted their understanding. Its only feature is that it is fast, extremely fast. According to Kubotsuka Yosuke's visual inspection results, the speed of this fighter is estimated to reach an astonishing more than 700 kilometers, which is faster than
The Zero fighter is still over a hundred kilometers faster.
"This battle is unwinnable!"
Looking at the Japanese plane that continued to smoke and fall, Suzuki Teiji turned the nose of the plane sharply and shouted to the radio: "Everyone evacuate, evacuate here immediately!"
"Hai!"
After hearing these words, the Japanese troops in the sky turned around and flew back as if they were receiving an amnesty.
"Baga Yalu, these bastards from Lu Hang have become shameful deserters. I will definitely accuse you at the base camp!"
On the ground, watching his own plane fleeing into the distance, Suedou Chifumi cursed in despair. In anger, he even took out his Southern-style pistol and fired three shots in the sky, and then began to curse loudly these people who were afraid of death.
All the Army Air Force pilots were thrown to death. While cursing loudly, Suedou Chifumi also knew that his mission to capture Shicheng had completely failed... (To be continued)