Major Moriya certainly didn't expect that his opponent, Captain Yu Ping, the commander of the Eighth Route Army, had also studied BF109.
Yu Ping analyzed it this way: "The enemy fighter planes are faster than ours. If we miss a hit, it will be difficult to distance ourselves from the enemy, and it will be difficult for space-time missiles to work. Therefore, we should try our best to
Create more long-distance launch opportunities for yourself!"
The deputy captain asked doubtfully: "But the enemy will approach us after discovering us, and the distance will definitely be shortened. How can we create more launch opportunities?"
Yu Ping only answered with two words: "Height, angle!"
Then the vice-captain understood.
If there is a height advantage, it means that the enemy will climb up at a long distance... This is common sense. No fighter would like to be in a low position and be beaten by the enemy from the beginning. Therefore, they must rush before entering the enemy's range.
Try to climb to the same height as the enemy or even higher.
This was not a problem originally, because as it climbed outside the range of the enemy's machine gun, the enemy could only stare blankly without being able to hit it.
But if the Eighth Route Army used long-range air-to-air missiles, it would be very dangerous for enemy aircraft to climb in front of the Eighth Route Army fighters.
First of all, when the enemy aircraft climbs, the entire belly of the aircraft will be exposed in front of the Eighth Route Army's radar, and the radar can easily and prepare to capture their position.
Secondly, when climbing, the target surface will be increased, because at this time both wings of the enemy aircraft are displayed in front of the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missiles, which will undoubtedly increase the hit rate of the air-to-air missiles.
Thirdly, it is difficult for the enemy aircraft to see the Eighth Route Army fighters when they are climbing, so they cannot react such as evasive maneuvers at a large angle.
This is because the pilot's line of sight is towards the sky when climbing, and the Eighth Route Army fighter planes are probably in the direction of the soles of his feet. Unless the Japanese pilot can see through, there is a high probability that he will not be able to see the air-to-air missile launch.
This in turn can increase the hit rate of air-to-air missiles.
As for the angle...as long as the enemy and our fighter planes are not flying in a straight line face to face, the enemy fighter plane will have some extra turning time to change direction.
This gave the Eighth Route Army pilots some time to launch air-to-air missiles.
Sure enough, the Eighth Route Army had one more opportunity to launch air-to-air missiles, and they fired two air-to-air missiles in one encounter.
In this air battle, the Eighth Route Army used twenty "La 5"s to fight against the Japanese's thirty BF109s.
This was not Wang Xuexin's show of strength, but the fact that the Eighth Route Army only had time to arm twenty "La-5" with air-to-air missiles in a short period of time.
Therefore, the Japanese have both quality and quantity advantages.
The only thing the Eighth Route Army pilots could rely on were air-to-air missiles.
Fortunately, the air-to-air missiles did not disappoint them.
The first wave of twenty air-to-air missiles was launched, and seven Japanese fighter jets were shot down in a burst of "bang bang" explosions... This hit rate is already quite good. After all, this is an air-to-air missile that has not been tested and has not been improved for emergency launch.
The missile can hit seven out of twenty shots as soon as it is put on the battlefield, which greatly inspires pilots who originally lacked confidence in it.
However, objectively speaking, the true hit rate is actually not that high. The reason why twenty air-to-air missiles were able to hit seven in the past is because the Japanese were not prepared at all. The fighter planes were lined up in a tight formation and had not dispersed, and the air-to-air missiles hit
It is also a continuous long rod bomb. Once this thing explodes, long rods will fly around in the air. When it hits the aircraft, it will be cut with scissors.
The skin of BF109 is made of thin aluminum skin. This thing is hard enough, but once it is cut, it will be easily torn from the crack, so a large piece of it will be knocked down with a "squeak".
Then, before the Japanese pilots could react, another round of air-to-air missiles came over. This time, the number of hits was less, and only five hits were made.
However, Yu Ping was very satisfied with the result of this battle. The point was that twelve Japs were knocked out without even firing a single shot. In this way, the Japs’ original numerical advantage was gone, and it became 18 BF109s versus 20
Frame "Pull 5".
At this time, the Japanese still didn't understand the situation.
When Colonel Harada heard that the Eighth Route Army was using new air-to-air missiles, he was still disapproving. He replied casually: "You are flying BF109, Moriya-kun! No matter how powerful the air-to-air missiles are, they are no match for you!"
Major Moriya was already breaking out in cold sweat. Hearing what Colonel Harada said, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart: "You idiot, if this were the case, would I still report to you in this tone?"
But of course, I dare not say this.
"The enemy's air-to-air missiles can be launched from a long distance!" At this time, Major Moriya discovered that the enemy had launched another batch of air-to-air missiles. He reported nervously while flying the fighter plane to avoid: "Their range has increased a lot, at least more than two kilometers.
We had no power to fight back and suffered heavy casualties!"
Only then did Colonel Harada realize the seriousness of the problem. His head even short-circuited for a while: BF109... was unable to fight back against the Eighth Route Army's "Pull 5"? And it suffered heavy casualties?
However, it is indeed possible if the enemy's air-to-air missiles have a range of more than two kilometers, because this range is several times beyond the range of machine guns and cannons, so the Imperial fighter planes cannot fight back at all.
After hesitating for a moment, Colonel Harada immediately ordered: "Get close to them quickly and don't distance yourself from the enemy!"
Major Moriya thought so too.
Obviously, if the Eighth Route Army has long-range air-to-air missiles, then they should not be good at close combat... This is similar to the reason why artillery cannot fight bayonets.
If you guess wrong, there is nothing you can do about it. The Imperial Air Force will never be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army at any time.
Therefore, Major Moriya didn't think much and immediately ordered his men to approach the enemy plane.
Then Major Moriya discovered to his relief that he had guessed correctly. The Eighth Route Army fighter planes could only use machine guns to fight at close range, and they seemed to have only one machine gun.
Take a closer look at the "La 5" flying nearby. There are rocket-like things hanging under their wings, and there is also a big guy who doesn't know what it is hanging under the belly. This will obviously affect their maneuverability.
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Major Moriya felt relieved: "Pull 5" was originally not as fast as BF109, but with so many attachments, how could it still be an opponent?
Therefore, Major Moriya ordered: "It's time for us to show off. Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
"Yes!" His subordinates responded one by one.
However, at this moment, there was only a "boom" sound, and another Japanese fighter plane was taken away by an air-to-air missile.
Major Moriya looked back and saw that the Eighth Route Army fighter planes had separated themselves... Twenty fighter planes were divided into groups of four, with each group separated by two kilometers.