The fourth update is here, we will continue tomorrow!
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What Sakamoto did in the past two months was to train himself and his subordinates on how to avoid the Eighth Route Army's x2.
To be precise, it's not evasion...because for a missile that can turn and track, evasion is basically useless. The only way is to detonate it and use Sakamoto's method to deceive the proximity fuze to detonate it.
To achieve this, it is neither difficult nor simple.
It's not difficult to say, because it is practiced over and over again and it actually involves two basic tactical actions: deviating from the route when meeting the enemy head-on and not facing the enemy aircraft, accelerating at the right time and maneuvering at a large angle at the same time.
The former tactical action is usually not used in actual combat, because when facing the enemy head-on, if you do not go in the opposite direction with the enemy aircraft, it means facing the enemy with the fuselage sideways, which will increase the area to be bombed and make it easier for the enemy to shoot down. At the same time,
The nose of your own plane is still deviating from the enemy plane and you are unable to aim and shoot. This is almost giving up the opportunity to shoot and putting yourself in front of the enemy like a target.
Therefore, a considerable number of pilots were actually opposed to Sakamoto's tactics.
But Sakamoto convinced them with his powerful analysis.
"We need to treat the battle in two situations!" Taro Sakamoto said: "If the enemy uses x2, then our tactic is obviously effective..."
"What if the enemy uses a machine gun?" Someone asked: "We all know that after firing x2, the enemy will also use a machine gun to fire at the same time!"
Sakamoto nodded and continued: "But the x2 is at a long distance, isn't it? If it is launched at a close range, it loses its meaning and will also put their own fighters in danger!"
The x2's killing range is initially estimated to be tens of meters away, especially its shrapnel, which is very lethal to the defenseless "zero combat".
Because of this killing range, "La 5" does not dare to launch x2 at a distance of about 100 meters. Otherwise, at the moment the bomb explodes, "La 5" will just rush into the explosion area and still go towards the shrapnel.
...This is just like how recruits often make a fatal mistake when throwing grenades when they first enter the battlefield. They throw the grenade forward and rush forward before it explodes. As a result, they rush into the killing range of the grenade they threw.
Sakamoto continued: "So we should treat it in two stages. If the enemy fires x2, it is a long distance, that is, our aircraft is outside the range of the enemy's machine gun. At this time, it will make no difference even if we increase the target surface.
When we successfully dodge the x2, we will then consider the machine gun issue!"
After saying this, no one among his subordinates objected.
Because the situation is indeed as Sakamoto said, the enemy's attack is actually divided into two stages, first firing x2, and then machine gun fire.
However, in actual combat in the past, the two aircraft were usually facing each other, so that the time interval between the two stages was too short, and the pilots did not notice this at all.
Now, if the two planes were not facing each other, the time interval between these two stages would be lengthened, and the Imperial pilots would have time to react.
So, everyone agreed to Sakamoto's training plan.
But to say that this tactic is not difficult is obviously wrong.
Because the most important thing is to grasp the timing: when to yaw, what is the yaw angle, when to accelerate and maneuver at a large angle, all of this must be just right. If the angle is too large, it will not work, or if it is too small, it will not work, if it is too early, it will not be too late.
Nope either.
If the timing is wrong, it is very likely that the proximity fuze will not be deceived and it will not be able to detonate. The result will be destruction of the aircraft and loss of life.
This is also the reason why, after the Eighth Route Army's first dive, even though the Japanese had evasive tactics, they were still shot down.
At this time, it was suddenly discovered that the enemy had tactics to deal with x2, and most commanders panicked... The enemy was prepared, but our army was not. Each fighter plane only had two x2s. After firing one, the effect was not ideal, and the enemy and we were still the same.
We are evenly matched and the quality of our pilots is generally poor, so they do not have an advantage in dog fights.
However, Lei Jinsong was not afraid in the face of danger. He ordered: "Everyone is here, keep the speed, don't chase the enemy plane easily, turn the target to the enemy's 'high fire', pay attention to dive shooting! Repeat, target the enemy's 'high fire', dive and shoot!"
The reason why Lei Jinsong emphasizes "dive shooting" is because if the faster "La 5" chases the enemy's "High Fire" or "Zero Fight" tail and shoots, although the hit rate is higher, it must be lowered.
own speed.
As soon as the speed is slow, you will immediately become the target of the enemy's "zero battle".
The reason why the target should be turned to "high fire" instead of "zero combat" of diving and shooting at the enemy is because Lei Jinsong considered one thing: the quality of these Japanese pilots seems to be extraordinary. If "La 5" dives and shoots them,
, I'm afraid they will easily escape.
Not only that, they might even be beaten up by the Japanese... High-level pilots can predict the enemy plane's next position based on its regular flight trajectory and give an advance lead. Therefore, in a "zero battle", it is also possible to shoot down a "zero battle" that maintains high speed.
Pulling 5" is just quite difficult.
Lei Jinsong was unwilling to take the risk and let the pilots fight with the Japs. He thought: The Japs' "Human Fire" is a disposable item and is used for suicide bombing. Its pilots must not be of high quality, right? Then why not pick it up?
Soft persimmon?
Therefore, "La 5" changed its attack target and shifted its focus to the Japanese's "human manipulation of high fire".
I saw a large circle of "La 5" in the air, and most of them chose to climb up to the sky and then perform a hook maneuver to dive back from a high altitude to the Japanese "high fire" group... This maneuver is more
Safe, because it also completes the climb while making the return action, and can immediately "dive and shoot" the target.
Then, there was only the "click, click, click" sound of machine guns, and the Japanese "human missiles" were hit one after another and lost their balance...
The problem with the Japanese's "human-operated missiles" is not only that the pilots are not of good quality, they are just infantrymen sent to the battlefield after simple training. More importantly, the only operations that the "human-operated missiles" can perform are to maintain stable flight and simple steering, so
There is no way to avoid the "Pull 5" strafing attack.
In an instant, one after another was set on fire, and then exploded in the air with a "boom" sound. Some were hit on the wings. After losing their balance, they fell to the ground, spinning in circles along the way.
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As a result, the Japanese's "zero war" turned into chaos.
Their mission is to protect the "man-operated high-fire" aircraft to ensure that they can blow up the airport, but now they are shot down by enemy planes one after another. If this continues, only a few of them will be able to fly over the target.
In desperation, Sakamoto had to order: "Protect the missile, repeat, protect the missile!"