() The second round of confrontation drills in which roles were exchanged has begun. It is now almost noon, and the strong sunshine has made the airport runway extremely hot. The fighter planes on the tarmac have also been burned by the sun. Valia is now really

I know how much hotter the summer in the United States is compared to Russia. In beautiful Russia, no matter how hot the summer is, it will never exceed 30 degrees Celsius, and only

If you walk into a shade, you can cool down immediately. In the United States, summer is too hot. Now if you walk to the tarmac, crack an egg open and spread it on the wing, it will take less than three minutes.

, you will find that the eggs are already fried. This is true, Varya has personally seen that American named Ron perform fried eggs on the wings for everyone.

The cockpit covers of those aircraft are covered with a white cloth cover to prevent the cockpit from overheating. This is a Yankee approach, but Valia feels that the use of that thing is actually very limited. It is still extremely hot inside the cockpit. Therefore, stay

It was impossible to stay on standby in the cockpit. Varya and the others were waiting obediently in the pilot's standby room next to the tarmac, waiting for the order to attack.

According to regulations, the exercise began at 6 o'clock in the morning, but until this time, the enemy's armored forces still did not appear. Walia knew that this was a deliberate trick by the Americans to tire out their troops. In order to prevent the Americans

The attack was launched early in the morning. The Soviet pilots had breakfast at 5 o'clock in the morning, and then waited here to prepare for attack at any time. The long wait will make people anxious, which will affect the status of the pilots.

But such little tricks can't trouble the Soviets. In fact, everyone has ways to relax. For example, in the lounge right now, some people are playing bridge and some are playing chess. As for Varya herself, well, she is carefully giving a

An American gave her a model battleship made of a very special and extremely hard dark red material to remove dust. In short, everyone has something to do.

"Comrades, get ready to eat. Only when you are full can you have the strength to teach the Yankees a lesson." Ke Jin walked in from outside, and then several chefs came in pushing carts. The pilots put down what they were doing and walked over to each other.

People took a portion and started eating.

At this moment, a harsh alarm suddenly sounded. A call came from the radio: "Enemy planes are found, all dispatch!"

Varya had just taken two bites at this time. When she heard the sound, she immediately dropped the tableware, quickly swallowed the food in her mouth, grabbed her flying gloves, helmet and a large piece of chocolate and ran outside.

.By the time she ran to her P-39, she had already put on her flight gloves and helmet. The ground crew had also prepared everything.

Climb into the aircraft from the side door that has been opened (the P-39 is an extremely strange aircraft. Its cockpit does not push back like a normal aircraft, but opens from the side like a car), and start the engine.

, fasten your seat belt, and then slide towards the runway under the command of the tower.

It was extremely hot in the cockpit, but the P-39 could not fully open the canopy like ordinary airplanes, and could only open a small window. Valya felt like he was in a big oven, with big drops.

Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead

Fortunately, those A-20s have finally flown up, and now it's their turn to take off. As long as they fly up, it will naturally be cooler. Valia pushed the throttle to the end, and the plane began to accelerate rapidly. From that small

The wind blowing in through the small window is getting stronger and stronger.

It’s just that the wind didn’t lower the temperature much. It’s noon now, the air on the runway is very hot, and the wind blowing in from the small window is also hot, just like blowing out of the blacksmith’s bellows. Varya feels

The tip of my nose started to feel a little numb, and then the numbing feeling quickly expanded to the entire face.

This was a sign of impending heat stroke. Fortunately, at this time, the speed of the plane was enough. Valia gently pulled the operating lever, and the P-39 immediately took off. As the height of the plane increased, the temperature in the cockpit finally

It began to descend. At an altitude of one thousand meters, the temperature in the cockpit finally dropped. Varya reduced the throttle, leveled the plane, and waited for other teammates to take off to complete the formation.

Taking advantage of this time, she took out the large piece of chocolate. Chocolate is a good thing. It is high in calories, easy to digest, and can quickly replenish the pilot's physical strength. Since then, in accordance with the Lend-Lease Act, American aid supplies began to appear in Russia.

Almost all Russian soldiers fell in love with this new gadget from the United States when they were in front of others. (Many friends who don’t know much about the effects of chocolate always like it.

The U.S. military’s inclusion of chocolate on the munitions list during World War II was understood to mean that American soldiers were too delicate. This is actually wrong.) Varya also liked this very much. She even felt that the best three chocolates shipped by the Americans were

Among the items, chocolate even ranks ahead of the P-39 aircraft. Of course, Spam is also a very good item, but her American colleagues are very firmly opposed to it.

Varya originally planned to take this opportunity to eat two bites of chocolate. She almost didn't eat the lunch just now. However, she found that the large piece of chocolate wrapped in a tinfoil bag felt wrong. It seemed, it seemed.

It has completely melted into liquid.

It was inedible, so Varya had no choice but to put down the chocolate and wait for it to re-condensate after the temperature dropped, cursing the weather in her mind.

After a while, several other planes directly belonging to her formation completed takeoff, and followed her, forming a typical "Kuban shelf" (consisting of two double-plane formations slightly lower and two

A composite formation composed of a two-plane formation slightly higher up.) At this time, an order came from the tower: Climb to 2,000 meters.

Varya flew her formation a little ahead of the A-20 fleet, and behind and above her was an upper formation composed of 8 F6Fs.

It takes about forty minutes to fly over the target area. Taking advantage of this time, Varya picked up the tinfoil bag wrapped with chocolate, held it with the palm of his hand and raised it to the small window that was not closed. This would not take a while.

, the chocolates can be eaten. She looked at her wingman by the way, and saw Skomorokhov giving her a thumbs up, and then imitated her and lifted her bag of chocolates.

Go to the small window.

Moving armored units are the easiest targets to find because they kick up a lot of dust as they move, and the dust will rise so high that it can be seen from a long distance.

Since the armored force was in front, the enemy's fighter force must also be nearby. Varya raised his head and carefully searched the sky ahead.

…

Ron discovered his opponent earlier than Valia and the others. This was because there was a group of A-20 attack planes on Valia's side. They were several times larger than fighter jets and were easier to spot in the air. And once they were discovered,

, based on some superficial understanding of the Soviet tactics, the escort aircraft must be above them, and there must be a fighter formation behind and above the escort aircraft. So if you follow the clues and take a closer look, it is natural.

Valia's formation was discovered.

How to intercept it now? Americans have three options before them.

The first method is to take advantage of altitude and attack the highest Soviet aircraft first, peeling off the outermost layer like an onion, then take out the lower Soviet fighters, and finally eliminate those attack aircraft.

This is the safest strategy for you. The number of fighters on both sides is the same. Fighting like this means that you are always in an energy advantage. If you only look at the air combat exchange ratio, this is undoubtedly the best way. It’s just this

The strategy is to wait until the end to attack the enemy's attack aircraft. The attack opportunity will be given a certain amount of time to attack the ground troops. With such a strategy, it must be able to kill the enemy's escort fighter jets in a short time. But considering that the opponent also has

They are all trump cards, how easy is it to solve them quickly?

The second method is to send some fighter jets to hold back the Soviet fighter jets, while other fighter jets give priority to attacking the opponent's attack aircraft. If you have a numerical advantage, this is a good method. But now, this method is difficult to implement, because sending

If there are fewer aircraft to deal with other people's fighter jets, they will not be able to hold them back. If more aircraft are given, the number of aircraft sent to attack those attack aircraft will be too small, and it will be difficult to complete the mission with quality and quantity.

The third method is the simplest, which is to rely on the high-altitude advantage regardless of it. Directly rush towards the attack aircraft group, giving priority to attack the attack aircraft. As for being attacked when climbing, just let it go. War is impossible.

There is no loss, no victory without paying a price!

If Ron and the others were the Luftwaffe, then they would choose the first option without hesitation. The regulations of the Luftwaffe give fighter pilots great freedom. They have the right to choose the combat method that is most beneficial to them.

They have the right to choose to retreat if the situation is not advantageous. What? What should the ground troops do? Haha, wish for good luck.

However, the U.S. Army Air Forces does not have this tradition of being a die-hard friend rather than a poor one. At yesterday's preparation meeting, everyone unanimously opposed this safest plan. On the contrary, the third plan was supported by more people. The reasons are very similar.

full:

Those who fly the A-20 are all rookies, and it is much easier to deal with them than those Soviets. And according to the rules, who wins and who loses does not depend on the exchange ratio of aircraft, but on whether the campaign objectives have been completed, that is

The success or failure of land washing. In fact, this is not only the rule of this exercise, but even the core rule of the entire air combat. No matter how high the exchange ratio is, if you cannot effectively wash the enemy's land, you cannot prevent the enemy from washing your own.

Land, no matter how high the exchange ratio is, what effect will it have on the war?
Chapter completed!