If reliability issues are not taken into consideration, the Ki-84 Hayate is really a good aircraft. It is equipped with Japan's first 2000-horsepower "Yu" engine, which is more powerful than the Ki-43 Hayabusa fighter jet.

Fully doubled. This is also

This makes the Ki-84 much faster than its predecessors. Its maximum speed can even reach 624 kilometers. This speed is no faster than the American P-51's 706 kilometers per hour, or the P-47's 690 kilometers per hour.

Faster per hour.

But compared to the 490 kilometers per hour of the Ki-43 and the 565 kilometers per hour of the Zero Fighter 52, it is much faster. In Ron's original time and space, after the Americans won, they obtained some Ki-84 Hayate fighter jets.

And tested it. After using American high-grade fuel, it is said that the ki-84 flew at a higher speed. American technicians believe that if American technology is used to optimize high-grade fuel, the ki-84 will fly at a higher speed.

-84 is expected to fly at a speed of 680 kilometers per hour.

Some Japanese fans in later generations also came up with the so-called nominal method for the maximum speed of Japanese aircraft that is different from other countries. These Japanese fans claimed that the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union and all other countries in the world, all

The maximum speed marked on the aircraft is the fastest speed the aircraft can fly in an instant. Only Japan marks the so-called maximum speed during sustainable flight. Therefore, although some Japanese fighter jets have marked speeds much lower than American fighter jets,

But the actual speed is not slower than them, and may even be faster than them.

In fact, as long as you carefully check the Japanese's own records, you will know that this is pure nonsense. In fact, during the war, the Japanese also captured American P-51b fighter jets, and the Japanese added

Japan's inferior fuel was then used in a comparative test with the fw-190a2 obtained from the German allies and the Japanese's own ki-84. Although the result was that due to faster acceleration, both the fw-190 and ki-84 were once ahead.

p-51, but in the end, as the speed gradually increased, the p-51 quickly caught up, leaving the fw-190 and ki-84 far behind. Even when using the same inferior fuel,

The P-51 still flew significantly faster than the Ki-84. According to the Japanese pilot responsible for the test, the P-51's flight quality at high speeds made him despair. In the high-speed section, the P-51 was faster than any other aircraft.

Japanese aircraft are much better.

Of course, this kind of aircraft still has unique advantages over the P-51 or P-47. First of all, the acceleration of this kind of aircraft is quite fast, faster than the P-47 and P-51 in the hands of the Americans. In addition,

Its climb is also quite good. It only takes 6 minutes to climb from zero altitude to 5,000 meters. Therefore, when facing the American P-51 and P-47, this aircraft is no longer as good as the Zero Fighter or Ki-43.

, almost at a loss.

In addition, although the hovering performance of the Hayate fighter is much worse than that of the Ki-43 and Zero Fighter, the two winners of World War II, it is still much better than American products that basically do not consider the hovering performance. In this way

First, at least at medium and low altitudes, the ki-84 is facing the p-47

It has the advantages of hovering, acceleration and climbing compared to the P-51. In terms of performance alone, the Ki-84 "Hast" can completely compete with the Americans. Of course, if the Japanese dare to go to high altitudes to compete with the P-

51 or P-47 gesticulating, it's the same as committing suicide.

In addition, the firepower of the Ki-84 has also been greatly improved compared to its predecessor, the Ki-43. It is equipped with four 20mm cannons, and can already kill targets such as the P-51 with one hit.

Okay. Even for a thick-skinned guy like P-47, it would be uncomfortable to be next to such a guy.

This type of aircraft was deployed to Wuhan by the Japanese, and would often engage in air battles with those of the 14th Air Force that escorted B-25 medium bombers, or with P-51 fighter jets that went out for hunting. These air battles all occurred at medium and low altitudes.

In these airspaces, ki-84 has performed well.

The emergence of this kind of aircraft attracted the attention of the Army Aviation. Obviously, after the success of the Normandy landing, the end of Nazi Germany was not far away. After the Nazis were eliminated, the Japanese were the next target to attack. How to deal with it

The Japanese fighter jets naturally became an issue that required careful study, and in the Army Aviation, Ron was recognized as the king of fighter jets. Therefore, the Army Aviation sent this information to Ron, hoping to solicit some information from Ron.

En's opinion.

However, Ron, who has experience in his previous life, knows that the Ki-84, which looks good in performance, is actually just beautiful to look at. The threat it poses to the Americans is much smaller than what the Army Aviation thinks. Because it

The "Yu" type engine used

The reliability is really terrible. In fact, during World War II, the Japanese produced more than 3,000 Ki-84s. This number is as high as the German BF-109 series or FW-190 series, and the American P-47

and p-51's

Compared with the production volume, it is naturally not worth mentioning. But among the production of Japanese fighter jets, it is not very small. But you have to ask those U.S. military pilots fighting in the Pacific, do you often encounter Ki-84? Those U.S. military pilots

Most pilots will ask you, what is a ki-84? Because this aircraft is hampered by the "Yu" engine that may strike at any time. It is a hangar queen. Among all ki-84s, it is guaranteed to fly.

, usually only a quarter.

By the way, many Japanese fans also believe that if the A7M Gale fighter, the successor to the Zero Fighter, which also uses the "Yu" engine, can be put into mass production, it will definitely change the situation of the war. But in fact, considering its use at sea, there are still

Considering the erosion of salt spray, the environment is worse than that of the land-based aircraft. I really have to replace the A6M Zero Combat with the A7M Gale. When it comes to naval battles, I really don’t know how many aircraft on the aircraft carrier can fly.

However, now that the Army Aviation has asked, Ron still has to give a countermeasure. But this is not urgent, because there are also records of the bombing of the Japanese mainland by the Army Aviation's B-29 bombers.

In May, B-29s began air raids on some cities in southern Japan. The methods of these air raids were completely different from the air raids on Manchuria. In these air raids, the US military rarely used night raids.

The reason why they used night raids was that in this series of air raids, the Americans used the bat bombs that Ron participated in the research. The first bombing was on May 14, and the target of the attack was Kumamoto on Kyushu Island.

.A fleet of 40 B-29s arrived over the target at about 2 o'clock in the morning. The Japanese were almost defenseless because before this, the Japanese mainland had not really received a decent air attack.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, bombers of the KMT Air Force once flew over Japan. However, these bombers did not carry bombs. In return for the Japanese army's indiscriminate bombing, burning, killing and looting in China, these bombers only dropped a large number of bombs over Japan.

They are just piles of leaflets expressing hope and the conscience of the "Japanese people". And this kind of propaganda without the backing of force is actually powerless. In fact, it just gives the Japanese some toilet paper.

After Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, General Doolittle led a group of B-25 bombers to take off from an aircraft carrier and conduct a real bombing of Tokyo. However, the number of bombs dropped in that bombing was still very limited, and it had political significance.

It was of greater military significance. Since then, the Japanese mainland has never been attacked by air attacks. Only this air attack was the first real air attack with military significance. Therefore, the Japanese were not well prepared.

The b-29 bombers approached the target from an altitude of 7,000 meters. After approaching the target, the b-29 bombers reduced the engine throttle and the engine entered an idling state. In this way, the originally roaring engine sound began to become smaller, and the group

It began to approach the target silently by gliding. When the aircraft group flew over the city, the altitude was about 5,000 meters, and the aircraft group dropped the Bat bomb at this altitude.

The parachutes carried by these bombs opened automatically at an altitude of 800 meters. They were pulled by the parachutes and slowly fell. When they dropped to an altitude of 400 meters, the small doors on the bombs were opened, and one by one they

The bat was ejected.

The bombs that have completed their mission continue to fall. Each bomb contains about 4 kilograms of TNT explosives. These explosives will explode after the bomb hits the ground to destroy the structure of the bomb and prevent the enemy from discovering the real means of attack. Of course, these

The explosion will also hurt some people and cause some commotion, but as long as the Japanese don't notice the problem of bats in the sky, they will still go home and sleep after these bombs are blown up.

Just as the Americans expected, the bombs that exploded on the ground alarmed the Japanese residents and defense forces in the city. However, before they could respond, the bomber group had already gone away. From beginning to end, the Japanese did not even launch a single bomb.

An anti-aircraft shell.

Since the bomb that landed was not very powerful, the explosive power of a 4kg TNT charge was only equivalent to that of a 155mm howitzer. Therefore, the damage caused was very limited. Several houses were ignited with flames, but they were quickly destroyed.

The fire brigade who came after hearing the news put out the fire. No one noticed that there were many more bats flying over the city. Soon after, the city fell into sleep again.

At about 4 o'clock in the morning, the bats carrying timed incendiary bombs began to descend, and one by one they got into the eaves of the wooden buildings. An hour later, the first flame started to burn from under a certain eaves.

, and then within just a few minutes, tens of thousands of ignition points spread throughout the

Fires appeared one after another in the city. This is also the time when most people sleep most soundly. Although some people who got up early discovered the fire, faced with so many fire points, they did not even have time to wake up the people in the house. Short

After just a few minutes, the fire became uncontrollable. Those who were there

The people who were awakened by the fire were in a mess. They had never seen such a fire sweeping through the entire city. At first, some people overestimated their ability and tried to put out the fire with basins, buckets and the like around them, but in a short time

After a few minutes, they realized that doing so was in vain. Even with him

They themselves were already in danger. Fleeing to the streets could not guarantee their safety, because when the fire burned raging, the temperature on the streets also rose rapidly. So the panicked crowd began to flee in all directions, but at this time, they

Only then did I realize that the street had been blocked by fire...

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a B-29 responsible for reconnaissance of the results of the war flew over Kumamoto again. The pilot saw that this soldier who had raised the most ferocious and brutal Sixth Division of the Japanese Imperial Army (the main perpetrator of the Nanjing Massacre)
Chapter completed!