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, Zhou Dapeng and Masao Suzuki pulled the machine gun trigger at the same time.
There is no luck. In such a stand-alone hedging battle, whoever aims more accurately and takes the lead in shooting 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.
Zhou Dapeng 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 protective capability of the modified P40 is strong enough, but the greater firepower of the 12.7 machine gun is only one aspect of it.
The biggest advantage of the modified P40 compared to the Type 96 Land Attack is actually not the maximum speed, nor the armored shields in their cockpits, nor even the firepower that far exceeds theirs, but the sights.
The 96 Land Attackers use mechanical sights that are relatively common in the world but also relatively awkward. This means that when they want to aim at aerial targets and shoot, their heads must be at the same level as the sights. This naturally limits machine gun shooting.
Accuracy.
The planes are moving at high speed. Even if they are locked by the plane behind them, they are still doing all kinds of maneuvers to dodge. Unless they are experienced enough, no one can be sure that using a machine gun can kill an aircraft hundreds of meters or even a thousand meters away.
Goal.
But what the P40 uses is a reflex sight that the U.S. Air Force has begun to equip on its latest aircraft. Many people may not be familiar with this term, but its other name must have been seen by many people, red dot sight.
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That's right, it's the red dot sight that future soldiers will install on their rifles. Another name for the red dot sight is the reflective sight. The principle is very simple. Its main body is a curved semi-reflective mirror, a laser
It is launched on the mirror and reflected into the eyes. The red dot light source shoots towards the glass at a fixed angle. After reflection, it shoots backward parallel to the barrel. The angle of the ray is calibrated according to the ballistics of different guns and forms two intersection points with the ballistics, which is used to improve aiming.
Speed and sight field, but it requires the eyes to be within a fixed range before it can be used. If the head is too high, the red dot cannot be seen or cannot be seen clearly. The advantage is that the eyes do not need to be directly facing the sight. If it is slightly offset, as long as the red dot can be seen
If the point is placed on the target, it means that the muzzle of the gun is facing the target.
This advantage alone gives the mechanical sight a huge advantage in the ever-changing air battles between extremely high-speed fighters.
Red dot sights are commonplace for future soldiers, but for the early 1930s and 1940s, they were not very high-tech. In fact, this thing had already appeared as early as 1900, and even appeared in World War I.
It has been tried to be installed on aircraft. By 1941, two years after the outbreak of World War II, almost all the latest aircraft of the world's military powers were equipped with this device.
Of course, the technology of this era is limited after all, and it cannot be considered a real red dot sight. The real red dot sight was not until the 1970s. After the emergence of LED technology, LED lights were used for projection, which was very concentrated.
With an easy-to-identify red dot, it can be regarded as the red dot sight equipped by future soldiers, but it is much better than the aircraft reflex sight used in warfare in the 1930s and 1940s.
However, even this elementary form of reflective sight is much stronger than the mechanical sight equipped on the Japanese aircraft, and it is definitely not on the same level.
At this time in 1937, let alone the Japanese, even the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, the French Empire, and the Third Reich had not yet installed this thing!
To people on the ground, the pilots of both sides seemed to be competing in an almost straight line, but in fact, both Zhou Dapeng and Masao Suzuki were using minimal operations to allow the aircraft to maneuver out of the lock of the opponent's sight in 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, Zhou Dapeng finally let out a breath, and his reflex sight finally locked onto the crazy enemy plane. That aircraft might not have the best technology he had encountered since the war started, but its fighting spirit was the best.
The toughest enemy.
A series of armor-piercing incendiary bombs were sprayed from the muzzle of the 12.7mm machine gun. Living up to the reputation of the reflective sight, it accurately hit the wings and fuselage of the 96 Land Attack, including the cockpit. The powerful 12.7mm caliber
Machine gun bullets punched large holes visible to the naked eye in the windshield in front of the open cockpit of the 96 Land Attack.
By the way, it penetrated the body of Masao Suzuki who was sitting in the cockpit behind him. The damage caused by the 12.7mm caliber bullet to the human body is huge.
In addition to a bullet hole as big as a teacup on his right chest, exposing fresh lungs and making Suzuki Masao's mouth and nose bleed blood, one of Suzuki Masao's arms has also been severely broken, revealing fresh red and white bone stubble that makes people's hair stand on end.
, the red ones are flesh and blood, and the white ones are bones.
The right arm that was holding the machine gun trigger was carried out of the open cabin by the powerful kinetic energy of the machine gun bullet, and the roaring aviation machine gun suddenly arrived.
Since then, all of Masao Suzuki's counterattacks have come to an end. Without the machine gun, he has lost all threats to the Chinese fighter jets rushing in from 500 meters away.
This air battle will end with a complete victory for the Chinese, and the battle loss ratio of 0:24 will shock both China and foreign countries.
But, is this the end?
No, Zhou Dapeng's eyes narrowed slightly. Through the 500-meter void, he could clearly see the Japanese plane and the Japanese pilot sitting in it. He could even see the big hole in the Japanese plane's fuselage. But in fact,
You can't see the face of the Japanese pilot.
However, he actually seemed to see that cunning and tenacious opponent smiling.
Yes, Masao Suzuki, who suffered such severe damage that even if the plane landed safely, would definitely die, was laughing.
There is no machine gun, but he still has a fighter plane! The distance of 500 meters is only 1.5 seconds. Even if the Chinese want to turn left and right to avoid him, it is too late. The distance is too close, and the speed is too fast.
He, and his fighter plane, will hit it at a speed of 150 meters per second or even higher.
This air battle is destined not to be 0-24, but 1-24.
After all, the Chinese could not escape unscathed. And he finally won a glimmer of glory for the Imperial Air Force, although that "honor" was full of bitterness. The Chinese fighter plane numbered 001 will be what Masao Suzuki left to his mother.
The final gift.
Mom, I love you! Masao Suzuki 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 Zhou Dapeng's plane, like a bird that knew it was fire but still jumped into it.
of moths.
Brutal and determined.
Zhou Dapeng pulled the trigger of the machine gun and continued to fire desperately. He did not try to dodge, because just as Suzuki Masao thought, he couldn't dodge in such a short distance, no matter whether he turned left, right, up or down, he was already crazy.
All Japanese pilots would make the same maneuver and crash into them.
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 together 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 a short distance, almost no one can escape, even if the Chinese fighter plane is the ace among aces.
The Japanese army was also so stimulated by the heroic act of its own fighter plane that its eyes turned red. Slogans of "Be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, the Empire is proud!" were heard in every corner, and the declining morale reached its peak again.
Even the future general who already had a happy face had closed his eyes in pain, not wanting to witness this tragic scene again.
Liu Lang's hands were already clenched tightly. The landline number 001 belonged to Zhou Dapeng.
Could it be that he could no longer see that little guy who spoke the Minnan Hakka dialect and was full of enthusiasm and a little cute at the same time?
In front of Liu Lang's eyes, Zhou Dapeng seemed to appear again and said to himself with a smile: Brother Liu, believe me, there must be our Chinese planes in the blue sky of China.
Now, he has fulfilled his promise because of his request. But, he is about to merge with this blue sky and become eternal.
Liu Lang's expression did not change and he just looked up at the sky. However, in his heart that no one could see, he felt a heartbreaking pain that made him almost dig his nails into his fists.
There were tears in his eyes, but no traces of tears on his face.
That is also his fate.
Fighting against the Japanese invaders, watching the Japanese invaders die one by one, and watching one's comrades sacrifice one by one, each one getting further and further away from oneself.
Only through sacrifice can we win.
However, this sacrifice is really painful! The pain is so painful that it is almost impossible to breathe.
Amidst Yingying's tears, Liu Lang's eyes suddenly opened wide.
All the 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 suddenly widened.
The Japanese have the madness of Japanese Bushido.
The Chinese people do not lack the courage to sacrifice.