Chapter 255 Overwhelming Advantage
The first thing Boington saw at first sight were the four BF-109s at the lower position. However, the cautious habit he had developed in countless air battles prevented him from immediately pounced with his fleet. Instead, he began to search for the lower ones.
Are there any enemy fighter jets at a high position? Boeing is a brave pilot, but bravery does not mean bravery. In fact, any pilot who has survived countless air battles knows that before entering the battle,
Must be cautious.
Therefore, Boeing naturally discovered Lindbergh's two BF-109s that were further back but at a higher altitude.
"Sure enough, these German guys actually want to play tricks on me!" Boeing suddenly laughed, "But to be able to design such a trick, it seems that these guys are not all rookies. Well, this is interesting.
, always bullies newbies and ruins their skills."
"02-04 Follow me and attack the higher enemy aircraft at 9 o'clock, and the other aircraft attack the enemy aircraft at 12 o'clock!" Boeing issued the order. Then he led three other P-81 fighter jets towards
Lindbergh's fighter flew straight over.
Because the P-81's six 20mm rotary cannons have obvious advantages over the German 20mm aircraft cannons in terms of rate of fire, range and even power. In addition, Boedon is quite confident in his shooting skills.
Therefore, he chose to fly head-on towards the enemy. If the enemy was willing to engage him in a head-on shootout, Boeing was absolutely sure to knock him out of the air. In addition, the P-81 was much stronger than the BF-109.
, unless it is directly hit by the mk-108, even if it is hit by one or two rounds, there will not be any fatal consequences. Therefore, P-81 pilots like to shoot head-on.
Lindbergh did not have much experience fighting P-81 fighters before. However, he did not know anything about this aircraft. The German army manual described this aircraft in detail and called it a propeller fighter.
The pinnacle. Whether it is speed or acceleration, whether it is climbing or diving, whether it is firepower or anti-strike capabilities, it is unparalleled. Those German pilots who have fought against the P-81 praised it like a flower.
Lindbergh knew that the P-81 had six 20mm guns. The Germans had obtained this gun on the downed P-51 fighter. German tests showed that this gun far exceeded the German 20mm gun in performance, especially
The range is almost twice as far. Germany also tried to imitate this kind of aircraft gun, but there were problems with the yield and reliability. As a result, German fighter jets still had to rely on the original 20mm cannon and
Enemy confrontation. Although he has never fired against the P-81, Lindbergh has seen other German fighter jets firing against the P-51 fighter. Even the more powerful FW-190 is equipped with four 20mm guns.
The P-51's revolving gun didn't take any advantage in the cross-fire. What's more, now he is driving a BF-109 with weaker firepower than the FW-190, but his opponent is a P-81 with stronger firepower?
The shooting was obviously seeking death.
The P-81's speed was astonishing, and the two sides were head-on. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was already very close. Lindbergh pushed hard, and the BF-109k4 immediately made a considerable negative G movement.
Dive downwards.
This action caused Lindbergh's BF-109K4 fighter jet to disappear in front of Bodenton's eyes. The nose of the P-81 blocked his sight, making him unable to see the BF-109. Bodenton did not try to pass.
Make a roll and then pull the lever to dive and bite the opponent. Although the P-81's roll is very good, it can even be said to be no worse than the FW-190, but the roll takes time after all. Doing so will only give the enemy a sharp pull.
He raised the nose of the plane and shot at himself once. So he took his wingman and pulled it up at a wide angle. At the same time, Boeing also knew that the No. 03 and 04 P-81 fighter jets that were farther behind him were there.
Opportunity to shoot at your opponent.
Because P-81 No. 03 and No. 04 were still far away, they had time to react to Lindbergh's actions. They rolled 180 degrees, then pulled the lever, and entered a shallow dive. However, at this time, Lindbergh and his
The wingman performed a barrel roll with negative g during the dive. Such an action caused the shells fired by 03 and 04 to miss. Of course, such an action also caused them to lose the opportunity to fire at the American aircraft.
Fighters from both sides passed by each other, and Lindbergh immediately leveled the plane and began to climb. In an air battle, as long as there is an opportunity, you must seize the opportunity to climb. Besides, although the speed of the BF-109k4 is compared to the BF-109g series
It is much faster, but the high-speed control of the bf-109k4 is not good, and the opponent's P-81 is a typical high-speed fighter. It is definitely not a good idea to fight the P-81 in the high-speed section. By climbing, the kinetic energy is converted
It is certainly a better approach to increase potential energy while keeping the fighter at the most sensitive speed range.
But at this time, Boedon, who quickly pulled up the P-81 and completed a semi-somersault, had already occupied Lindbergh's 6 o'clock position and was now diving towards them.
Lindbergh knew from the German flight manual that the P-81 rarely made hovering movements. This should indicate that the hovering performance of this aircraft was not very good, so he planned to use a horizontal movement to get rid of Boedon's attack. But this way
The timing of a horizontal sharp turn is very important. If it turns early, people will pull up the plane and watch you make movements on your own, wasting energy. If it turns late, with the brutal firepower of the P-81's 6,000 shells per minute, people will
Just one shot can beat you to a pulp.
The bf-109 is a fighter with a very poor field of vision. Even the latest bf-109k4 has very limited improvements in this area. Therefore, judging this timing depends more on the interaction between the two aircraft.
Helped. At this time, Lindbergh observed that the enemy's P-81 fighter had approached his wingman from behind, reaching a very dangerous distance.
"Leena 2, make a sharp left!" Lindbergh shouted.
"Lena No. 2" immediately made a sharp turn to the left. However, at this time, another advantage of the P-81 was revealed, that is, the P-81's excellent roll-off performance, basically any movement except somersaults.
They all start with a rolling action, and sharp turns are no exception. The breakdown of a sharp turn to the left is as follows: first roll 90 degrees to the left, and then pull the lever. The hovering performance of the P-81 is indeed not good.
But its roll was much faster than that of the BF-109k4, so Boeing completed the 90-degree roll before the "Leena 2" and started to pull the lever. In this way, when the "Leena 2"
"When he started to pull the lever, Bodenton had already had a chance to shoot.
Boeing fired a long burst, and the "Leena 2" happened to run into the rain of bullets. The dense rain of bullets tore the aircraft apart almost in an instant. The "Leena 2" burned
A raging fire broke out, the wings and tail were also broken, and the plane fell downwards in a package of red flames and thick smoke.
"Lena 2, parachute!" Lindbergh shouted.
However, the pilot on the "Leena 2" did not jump out. In the sharp turn just now, the cockpit of the "Leena 2" was just perpendicular to the defense line where the artillery shells were flying. Judging from the density of the artillery shells, there was
Then it is very likely that one or two shells will hit the cockpit. Maybe the pilot on the "Lena 2" was killed in the shelling just now.
The shooting down of his wingman put Lindbergh immediately into great danger. Now that there was no wingman to help him observe 6 o'clock, the tragic vision of the BF-109 series fighter jets immediately became a fatal problem. Under the siege of four aircraft
Down, he simply couldn't take care of all directions. Lindbergh couldn't even dive to escape. Once it enters the high-speed section during the dive, the bf-109k4's movements will become very sluggish, but the opponent has no such problem.
Under such circumstances, the opponent can definitely shoot him down easily.
Boedon once again entered the 6 o'clock direction of Lindbergh's BF-109. Lindbergh had just barely escaped the attacks of 03 and 04, but Boedon once again occupied the attack position. Boedon quickly approached the target.
, but his wingman slightly increased the distance between him and him, so that if Boton failed to hit his opponent, his wingman would be able to replenish his gun more calmly.
But at this time, Lindbergh made an action that surprised both Boston and his wingmen. He suddenly lowered all the flaps and even extended the landing gear. The speed of the aircraft dropped sharply.
, which forced Boedon, who had already calculated the advance, to launch an attack and pull up the plane again. Boington's wingman barely opened fire, but the shells also flew past the front of Lindbergh's BF-109k4.
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At this time, Lindbergh suddenly opened the canopy and jumped directly.
"Damn it! Why did this guy parachute! We haven't hit him yet!" This move surprised Bodenton. But Bodenton immediately figured it out. Although this guy's behavior was a bit like that, it was indeed
This is the most reasonable approach. The dodge action just now consumed too much energy. Although I escaped this round of blows, I can't dodge the next round of blows anyway. What else can I do except parachute?
Woolen cloth?
Lindbergh opened his parachute in the air. The air battle just lasted actually very short, only a few minutes. He began to think about the air battle just now. He felt that he did not actually make any tactical or technical mistakes, but it was still so fast.
were wiped out without any possibility of resistance. This is really a despairing gap!
Lindbergh had no time to pay attention to the conditions of other aircraft in his group just now. Considering that the US military basically did not have the habit of attacking parachutes, now that he was finally safe, he could check out the conditions of other aircraft. So Lindbergh looked around and
As he expected, there was no shadow of bf-109k4 in the sky. The other four bf-109k4s in his group were attacked by a full 20 P-81s and had long been shot down. And those who had just flown
Many of the BF-109Gs and FW-190As that got up were also shot down. The remaining ones only dared to fly at low altitude near the airport and along the airport's walls, relying on the protection of the airport's anti-air firepower to survive. Lindbergh understood
Chapter completed!