The German fighter jets came out! This news immediately cheered up Boyington, who was spinning in the sky boredly with the fighter jets.

"Brothers! The German guy is out, follow me, move fast, otherwise it won't be our turn! Follow me!" Boynton pushed the throttle forward a short distance, and at the same time slightly pressed the nose of the machine.

, the aircraft began to accelerate rapidly. The speed of the 24 P-81s soon exceeded 700 kilometers. The speed of the P-81 has obvious advantages over other American and British fighter jets, which makes Boyington very confident.

Get to the battlefield first.

However, Boyington was not the first to confront the German aircraft. The first to fight the German fighters were 6 P-51s of the Ninth Air Force.

These 6 P-51s were originally on a safari mission, so they were watching the German planes as soon as they took off from the airport. At first, they wanted to make a sneak attack. But 4 of them had already

The long-nosed FW-190D that was ambushing aside attacked them. The German pilots driving these FW-190Ds must be veterans. This sneak attack was very neat. In just one attack, two P-51Ds were shot down.

After completing the first round of attacks, these four FW-190Ds quickly pulled up using the high speed gained from diving down, and launched another round of attacks on the other P-51Ds that were at an energy disadvantage.

Of course, the effectiveness of this round of attacks was far less than the previous one. They failed to hit the American fighter jets. After all, at this time, the U.S. fighter jets were ready. They began to form a two-plane formation.

The form of mutual cover. Although the BZ tactics of the fw-190d are very powerful, the P-51d is not that easy to deal with. Although the US military is not dominant in terms of numbers, the fw-190d still has a clear advantage in energy, but

Due to the P-51's advantage in maintaining energy, if it were just a four-versus-four battle like this, it would not be impossible for the Americans to make a comeback.

But obviously, it was impossible for these four P-51Ds to continue their mission of suppressing the airport. Therefore, the German fighter jets began to take off from the airport one by one. If these German planes all climbed up, then the remaining 4

Setting up a P-51D is really a dead end.

After weighing the situation, and after the Germans dived and pulled up again, Captain Lawrence issued the instruction: "Retreat, dive to zero altitude and retreat!" The so-called "zero altitude" does not mean that the aircraft is really with its belly close to the ground.

The altitude is zero, but the indication on the altimeter is zero. When the aircraft flies below 50 meters, the reading on the altimeter will become zero. Therefore, the so-called "zero altitude" refers to 50 meters

height below.

In the process of lowering the altitude, the aircraft can use the help of gravity to obtain a higher speed, and a higher speed also means that it has the energy to do more actions. Of course, the pursuing enemy will also have such benefits, but the fw-190d

The aerodynamic shape of the fw-190d is not as good as that of the p-51d, so after gaining a speed exceeding the maximum level flight speed by diving, once it levels off, the fw-190d decelerates faster than the p-51d. Moreover, it is high on the ground.

The speed can also make it difficult for enemy aircraft to dive. Coupled with the complex airflow near the ground, the aircraft will shake violently due to changes in airflow, which also increases the difficulty for the enemy to aim and shoot. Therefore, when the situation is unfavorable, dive

Escape from "zero altitude" is also a commonly used tactic in air combat. Of course, it is still a bit risky to use such a tactic now, because the genius is just bright and the vision is not good. Flying to such a low altitude, it is easy to hit something.

Lawrence dived down with the four remaining P-51Ds, and the four German FW-190Ds followed closely behind him. The FW-190D originally had an energy advantage, and with its fast acceleration, it was the FW-190 series of fighters.

A major feature of the aircraft, therefore, these German aircraft chased them closer and closer. They were about to enter shooting distance.

"Cross scissors!" Lawrence rolled to the right, and then jerked the joystick, causing the P-51D to make a sharp turn to the right. At the same time, Lawrence's wingman, Lieutenant Ronald, also completed a turn to the left.

sharp turn.

The fw-190 series of fighter jets are not very good at circling. Compared with the big-headed A-series, the long-nosed D-series fighter jets equipped with new engines can hover slightly better, but compared to stable circling, they also

It is still not as good as the P-51d, although the hovering of the P-51d is not very good. However, the fw-190 series aircraft have the advantage of a particularly high roll rate. Compared with rolling, they are much faster.

Like the A-series and D-series electric fans, on the basis of increased hover performance, higher altitude performance, and higher maximum speed, the roll has slightly decreased, but its roll is still much faster than the P-51. So when Lawrence started

When rolling to the right, the German pilot Major Heathfield who was following him immediately judged that he was going to make a sharp turn to the right. So he immediately followed suit and made a sharp turn to the right.

Due to his obvious advantage in rolling speed, although Heathfield started rolling to the right a little later than Lawrence, he completed the 90-degree roll before Lawrence and was a little ahead of Lawrence.

It started to pull the control column to turn. This allowed it to gain an angle ahead of Lawrence. Lawrence, who had just started to turn to the right, drove his aircraft towards the muzzle of his gun.

Heathfield stared at the P-51D that turned towards his gun muzzle, and pressed the firing button. The two 13mm machine guns on his nose and the two 20mm cannons on the wings pointed towards

The P-51D was firing hard.

"Puff puff puff." Lawrence knew without looking that this was the sound made by the German 13mm machine gun hitting his own fighter plane. If he was driving a thick-skinned P-47, he would have been hit by so many 13mm machine gun rounds.

There is no big problem with the bomb. But he is flying a p-51d, p-51 series

Fighters have never been considered strong. Not to mention that they cannot be compared with the so-called air-cooled four thick skins of the United States (P-47, P-81, F4U, F6F), but also with the P-38 and P which also use liquid-cooled engines.

Compared to the -40, it can be considered a thin-skinned weapon. With a few bullets like this, it is entirely possible to shoot it down.

The two engines passed by each other, and Heathfield pulled up the fw-190d. He saw that a long track had been drawn behind the P-51d - the aircraft was leaking oil. Apparently, just now

In the attack, he had already injured his opponent. So he rushed forward again.

It was another attack. This time the enemy evaded it very successfully. He failed to hit the opponent. On the contrary, the opponent's wingman who rushed from the side almost hit him. Heathfield reacted to his recklessness in the attack just now.

Afraid, his attack movements became more cautious. He believed that as long as he was careful enough and given a little time, he would be able to shoot down the enemy plane.

However, he soon discovered that he had no chance, because just when he completed another attack and then pulled up the plane, he saw directly in front of him, about 4 kilometers away, the crimson color of the rising sun.

In the colorful twilight, a large group of shiny airplanes were approaching. Although the distance between the two sides was still far enough that he could not yet judge the models of those airplanes, there was no doubt that they were.

Those must be enemy planes, and they far exceed me in number. Before fighting enemy planes, the higher the altitude, the better. If I continue to entangle with these P-51ds, I will definitely lose altitude. By then

, once these enemy planes arrived, he could not even run away. So Heathfield immediately gave up the pursuit, pushed the throttle to the bottom, and started to climb quickly with his fleet.

While climbing, Heathfield carefully observed the enemy planes approaching at high speed. He quickly recognized that this large group of enemy planes were all P-81s.

"The enemy's P-81 is an extremely terrifying fighter. If you encounter it, you must be careful." This is a warning that Heathfield heard more than once.

Three months ago, a P-81 belonging to the Ninth Air Force suddenly suffered a mechanical failure at a low altitude and had to make an emergency landing in enemy-occupied territory. Originally, the pilot should have burned the aircraft after landing. But the aircraft

An accident occurred during the emergency landing, resulting in the death of the pilot. The slightly damaged P-81 fell into the hands of the Germans.

The Germans repaired the aircraft and conducted test flights on it. During the test flights, the performance of this aircraft shocked the Germans. The Germans finally concluded that: except for the me-262, there is no other aircraft in Germany.

This kind of fighter is its opponent. Although the fw-190d currently driven by Heathfield has

It is already one of the latest fighters, but in terms of performance, it is still far from being comparable to the P-81. In addition, the enemy still has an obvious numerical advantage, so Heathfield made this judgment: If

If your own fleet blocks in front of these fighter jets, it will be like a mantis acting as a chariot, and will only be crushed into pieces mercilessly.

"It would be better if it was before." Heathfield couldn't help but think so.

In the past, according to the combat regulations of the fighter unit, in this situation, the fighter pilot could decide on his own whether to engage the enemy. With such regulations, Heathfield can now lead his formation to increase the accelerator and run away directly. The enemy

Ji is thinking about more targets over there, so he probably won't pursue him too seriously.

But just last night, when the battle mission was assigned, the fighter force first received a piece of bad news: the effectiveness of this lovely combat regulation was temporarily suspended. The fighter force must complete the enemy attack on the coast during this operation.

Before arriving at Sword Beach, no fighter plane may leave the battle for any reason unless it is shot down. Before the Allied attack planes over Sword Beach are driven away, no fighter plane may break away unless it is shot down.

On the battlefield, there are no exceptions, even if you are injured.

At least 40 fighter jets have now taken off from the airport, and together with the fighter jets taking off from other airports, at least more than 200 fighter jets will be involved in this big air battle.

Although Heathfield knew that they, together with the more than forty fighter jets that had just taken off from the airport, would probably not be able to defeat the P-81s approaching at high speed. This was not only because the performance of the enemy aircraft was too good, but also because

The more important point is: the more than 40 battles on my side

Although fighter jets are superior in number, most of the pilots who fly them are rookies who are no longer good at it. Their average flight time is less than 60 hours. But the Americans do not

Same thing, their pilots there, even the rookies who just graduated

, have hundreds of hours of flying time. And they have also received formal air combat training. In addition, the Americans have always had an advantage in the exchange ratio, which also makes their pilots have a higher chance of becoming veterans than

It seems particularly tall for the Germans. Therefore, in each team

, the proportion of pure rookies is not high. Basically, in a combat team, the proportion of veterans must be more than four-fifths. In addition, the P-81 is difficult to take off and land, so in a team equipped with P-81 fighters

There are no rookies here, there are only veterans and more experienced veterans.

"Such a confrontation is a massacre!" Heathfield thought in despair.

However, on the other hand, Heathfield felt that although he was defeated overall, he did not have no chance to win one or two tactical victories. "Let's stay away first and wait for the Americans to face off against those rookies."

, when they get entangled together, we can kill another one, and maybe we can win one or two fights."

"Follow me, let's rendezvous with the large aircraft group first!" Heathfield issued an order to his four-aircraft formation. Then, he issued an alert to the pink rookies through the radio: "An enemy fighter jet has been found, the model is

P-81, the number is no less than 20!”

This warning made the rookies quite panicked. Although before setting off, they knew that they would definitely be attacked by Allied fighter jets. But as soon as they left the airport, they encountered the most terrifying P-81 in the legend.

"Accelerate the climb! After the battle, protect each other in groups. Remember, protecting teammates is to protect yourself!" The commander began to remind the rookies through the radio. Although he knew that the rookies actually knew these truths, but he dared

Sure, when they get nervous, they will forget everything.
Chapter completed!