Sun Erwei and Davis rushed into Wang Xuexin's office and hugged Wang Xuexin like a carnival.
"Have they tried diving?" Wang Xuexin asked.
"Yes!" Sun Erwei nodded excitedly: "Just now, our pilot successfully escaped from the fight with the enemy by diving, and then turned defeat into victory and shot down a 'Zero'!"
"General Halsey asked me to convey his gratitude!" Davis said: "He asked me to tell you that he owes you a favor!"
"Oh!" Sun Erwei introduced helpfully: "You may not know Halsey, he is the captain of the USS Enterprise!"
Of course Wang Xuexin knew Halsey. This guy became famous because he commanded the aircraft carrier to fight the Japanese during the difficult period of Eagle Jiang, especially when he escorted the first air raid on Tokyo a few months later.
But of course Wang Xuexin couldn't answer that he knew. It was very strange for an Eighth Route Army battalion commander to know about Yingjiang's general.
"I've written it down!" Wang Xuexin replied with a smile: "This favor is not something you can get casually. Tell General Halsey that one day I will ask him for it back!"
Sun Erwei and Davis couldn't help laughing.
"After the war, they analyzed the war situation carefully!" Davis pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "They believed that the 'zero battle' was probably because the fuselage was too light and the engine power was insufficient, and the air resistance encountered during the dive was
It greatly affects the speed and stability. God, who would have thought that you could have deduced these things. You may not even have seen the 'Zero'..."
"I have indeed never seen it!" Wang Xuexin replied.
This is the truth. If you have seen it before, it is on TV or in movies.
Wang Xuexin believes that Yingjiang’s analysis is reasonable. When an aircraft dives at high speed, its speed will produce a lot of air resistance.
Resistance of the same magnitude acting on "Wild Cat" and "Zero War" at the same time has different effects.
Although two iron balls hit the ground at the same time, the lighter the object, the greater the impact of resistance. For example, feathers in the air will make irregular movements due to the influence of air resistance.
Coupled with the insufficient horsepower of the "Zero War", this situation resulted in difficult control and unstable flight.
Sun Erwei raised a question: "But we can't always dive. Does that mean we are still at a disadvantage?"
"That's true!" Davis agreed: "But we are no longer as helpless as before!"
Wang Xuexin hesitated when he heard this. He had a way to make the Yingjiang fighter basically equal to the "zero war".
But Wang Xuexin didn't know whether to say it or not.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin believed that if Yingjiang could switch to counterattack in advance on the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese troops and resources could be transferred overseas earlier instead of to China, which would obviously be beneficial to China.
So Wang Xuexin said: "Sun Erwei, although I don't understand air combat, we in China have a saying that 'remain unchanged in response to all changes.' Since your aircraft are not as maneuverable as the enemy, then don't engage in too many fights with the enemy.
A competition in flight maneuvers..."
"We think so too!" Davis nodded: "So, Major Logan believes that tactically we should always maintain a high altitude, rely on the speed of dive to attack the enemy during battle, and then immediately disengage to prepare for the second round.
attack!"
"No, that's not what I'm talking about!" Wang Xuexin touched his pocket and took out cigarettes from his pocket. He held one in each hand and demonstrated while explaining: "What I mean is that our aircraft can cross-fly like this... so
The advantage of this is that each other can cover each other's tail. Once a fighter plane is bitten by the enemy's 'Zero', it will inevitably be exposed to the firepower of the other plane at the moment of crossing."
Wang Xuexin glanced at the two people who were in a daze, and then continued: "This is what I mean by 'keeping the same in response to all changes'. The 'Zero War' has strong maneuverability and can always bite the tail of the 'Wild Cat'. We simply don't
Consider shaking it off and letting it bite instead. But
At the same time, we will also use another Wildcat to bite the tail of the Zero War. Therefore, this is not a question of maneuverability, nor a question of who bites whose tail, but who can shoot more accurately and who has more firepower.
It’s a question of strength, don’t you think so?”
Sun Erwei swallowed his saliva with a "Gulu" sound, and then looked at Davis: "Is this tactic... feasible?"
Davis was stunned for a while before answering: "I'm not sure, but it does sound reasonable. Maybe our way of thinking is wrong. We have been thinking about how to get rid of enemy planes, but we have never thought of such a thing.
Let's change the situation... I mean, although this sounds a bit cruel, at least you won't be massacred by the enemy unilaterally!"
"Then what are you waiting for!" Sun Erwei jumped up: "We should tell the generals about this tactic immediately and let them analyze whether it is feasible!"
Davis woke up from a dream and knew that he could not wait for this moment, because a second delay might mean that he would have a chance to be shot down because he did not know this tactic, so he hurriedly got up and walked towards the dormitory with Sun Erwei.
Wang Xuexin is very sure that this tactic is feasible.
Because this is not actually a tactic he invented, but a tactic invented by the Eagle pilots in the air battle with the "Zero", which is the so-called "Saatchi Cross".
This tactic is quite similar to the style of Western cowboys using pistols to duel, but instead of shooting at each other, you shoot down one of mine and I shoot down one of yours.
If you can't outmaneuver the enemy, why not simply and crudely trade lives for lives? This way you can at least equal the battle loss ratio.
Judging from these tactics, Yingjiang fought very bravely against the Japanese during World War II.
It’s no wonder that they quickly rose to the top of the world after the war.
But this time and that time.
The common people of this era have experienced the Great Depression and rapid development under Roosevelt's New Deal. Most of them are hard-working, hard-working and very conscientious... Because they have lived in poverty, they have the opportunity to work and live a good life.
Only then will you cherish it more, have a full sense of happiness and confidence in the country, and then have the motivation and passion to work.
It is precisely because of these people that during the war we were able to launch an aircraft carrier a week and produce hundreds of aircraft and tanks every day.
(Note: According to statistics, Yingjiang produced an average of 128 aircraft and 82 tanks every day in 1942. This is inseparable from the fact that people worked overtime and rushed to work day and night)
But if the common people are made lazy by capital and welfare, and the factories cannot recruit people, but at the same time the common people are receiving subsidies and not going to work... this will no longer be the same thing as it used to be.
The eagle sauce during World War II deserves respect, but not now.
On the contrary, modern China, where the people have experienced decades of rapid development after suffering for so many years, has become like the eagle sauce of World War II.