Komatsu immediately gave up continuing to climb at a high angle and began to fly levelly to increase speed and restore energy. The two sides were still flying towards each other. Komatsu estimated that if everyone continued to fly like this, by the time the two sides got close, his plane would be

There is an opportunity to engage in a cross-fire with the enemy by suddenly pulling up. In terms of the weapons used by both sides, the cannons on the American fighter jets have a higher muzzle velocity, flatter trajectories, and higher accuracy at long distances.

, head-on shooting should be more beneficial to the US military. But now, the quality of Japanese pilots has declined too fast. In normal combat, they have little chance to fire on American fighter jets. Many rookies have been shot down from the moment they take off to being shot down.

There is not even a chance to fire at the enemy. Therefore, although head-on shooting is theoretically detrimental to Japanese fighters, it can at least give the Japanese pilots with poor skills a chance to fire at the enemy. So, now, head-on shooting has become

The situation that Japanese pilots like the most is exactly the same as when the war first started.

But now, US military pilots are no longer willing to play head-on shooting with the Japanese. Although the exchange ratio of head-on shooting is still more beneficial to the US military, the exchange ratio that can be obtained by avoiding head-on shooting is more beneficial to the United States.

You know, the level of some Japanese pilots nowadays makes it difficult to maintain level flight, and all kinds of problems arise when they make a move.

For example, in terms of circling alone, the Japanese Zero Fighter and Ki-43 are obviously better than any American fighter jets, but those rookie pilots can't even circling the Americans. When circling, they often get anxious because of their eagerness.

He moved too hard in pursuit of success, causing himself to stall and enter a spiral, and then failed to change the spiral technique. As a result, the Americans even saved bullets, and the Japanese were shot down.

However, Komatsu soon discovered that his calculations may have been wrong, because the speed of the enemy planes on the opposite side exceeded his expectation. Leading the group of American fighters were three squadrons of P-81 fighters. This kind of fighter

It has rarely been used in the Pacific battlefield before, so the Japanese army is not familiar with this kind of aircraft. Compared with those single-engine aircraft, the P-81 uses two Double Hornets with a total horsepower of more than 4,000. If we say that due to the propeller efficiency at high speed,

If the advantages of the P-81 fighter compared to single-engine propeller fighters are not particularly obvious in terms of top speed, then in terms of acceleration performance, the advantages of the P-81 fighter over other single-engine propeller fighters are too obvious. In terms of acceleration alone

, the maximum acceleration that the P-81 can achieve is even close to twice that of the P-51. Such a powerful acceleration capability far exceeds any fighter Komatsu has ever seen before. The acceleration capability of the Type 5 Hayate fighter driven by Komatsu himself is

The Japanese aircraft are already among the most outstanding, but when compared with the acceleration capabilities of the P-81 fighter, it is hard to tell how much worse it is. As a result, when the two sides approached a certain distance, Komatsu discovered that his fighter had no

After accumulating enough energy for him to pull up and complete a head-on duel with the Americans, the Americans did not press the nose of the plane to dive towards him, and even pulled the nose of the plane slightly to allow the plane to climb a little higher.

In this way, the fighter jets from both sides passed each other without firing a single shell at each other. But the next move became the key. Just as the two sides passed each other, Major Lodell made a 180-degree roll.

Then he pulled the operating lever and dived down.

If there is enough energy, Komatsu and his wingman can pull up vertically and engage in a vertical confrontation with Major Loder's P-81. But with the current energy state, doing so is almost a suicide attempt. So.

, Komatsu could only make a small g-value turn to the left in order to continue to see the enemy aircraft coming from behind, so that he could take defensive actions at any time.

Rodel dived to the 6 o'clock rear of the Japanese fighter and then pulled up. Relying on the high speed gained from the dive, he quickly approached the enemy plane. The circling radius of the Type 5 Hayate fighter was much smaller than that of the P-81, so

Theoretically, Komatsu can avoid Loder's attack by horizontally circling with a small radius. But this is only theoretical. In actual combat, the timing of making this turn is difficult to grasp. If the turn is too early, someone will pull up,

A Gao Youyou can still bite you at six o'clock, and consumes less energy than you do. Turn a little later, because the P-81 rolls surprisingly well, and there is a great chance that it will finish before you

The preparatory action for a sharp turn - complete such a roll before the 90-degree roll and enter the turn first, so that when you start to turn, he can rely on this time advantage to get a shooting opportunity. Considering p-

The powerful firepower of 81, one shot, may be fatal. Of course, if it turns a little later, well, the result will be that it will be hit by a long point shot.

Komatsu is an "experienced pilot" with nearly 200 flying hours. In the US military, this number of flying hours is an absolute rookie number, but in the current Japanese army, he can definitely be considered an experienced pilot.

.You know, his wingman’s flight hours are only forty hours. For a pilot with such a small number of flight hours, he is required to accurately target the enemy aircraft while basically knowing nothing about the performance of the enemy aircraft.

It is very difficult to seize such an opportunity. Generally speaking, out of fear, pilots in a disadvantageous position will often make such a move in advance. However, Komatsu has been suppressing his fear and constantly looking back at the enemy aircraft.

distance from himself, calculating the time for his actions. Being able to do this actually shows that Komatsu still has some talent as a fighter pilot. If he is given enough time, he may also be able to grow into a fighter who is very capable of attacking the enemy.

Deadly Ace's.

But now, the Americans will not give him such time. When Komatsu decided to start turning, it was already a little late. When he completed the 90-degree roll and then yanked the operating lever to enter a sharp turn, a series of

Dense 20mm artillery shells have been fired. In the blink of an eye, Komatsu's Type 5 Hayate fighter has been hit by five or six 20mm artillery shells. These shells tore the skin of Komatsu's fighter and tore its

The right wing was broken into two pieces. Another shell directly hit Komatsu's cockpit, ending all Komatsu's fear and pain.

Almost at the same time, Loder's wingman also bit Komatsu's wingman and used a string of cannonballs to knock off the plane's vertical tail and left tail. The plane also spun and fell.

Because the Japanese mistakenly interpreted the U.S. fighter jets as bombers, their fighter jets did not engage the enemy at the same time, but successively. The first batch of Japanese fighter jets that encountered the U.S. fighter jets and the last batch of Japanese fighter jets that came into contact with the U.S. fighter jets

The difference in the time of contact with the enemy is nearly half an hour. Therefore, although the total number of Japanese fighter jets exceeds that of the US military, the number of any one batch is much smaller than that of the US fighter jets. This gives the US military the opportunity to defeat each one.

Opportunity. They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, the technical level of the pilots, the performance of the fighter jets, and the flight posture. This resulted in the Japanese pilots encountering a tragedy that was even more tragic than that of Maria.

The massacre of turkey hunters.

Within half a minute of Loder and his wingmen each shooting down a Japanese plane, the US fighter formation shot down all 16 fighter planes in Komatsu's flight formation, without losing any of them!

This change almost shocked the Japanese. The original little sheep suddenly turned into a big tiger, and the originally snarling hungry wolf suddenly turned into a little fat sheep that was allowed to be slaughtered. As a result, the radio over Tokyo suddenly became chaotic.

One regiment, in the Japanese army’s channel, there were shouts like this:

"Attention, attention, the enemy is not a bomber, it is a fighter plane! It is a fighter plane!"

"Tonghua formation, turn to direction 096 to meet up with Senbon formation! Please reply if you hear it!"

"Call the command center! We discovered the enemy's new heavy-duty fighter jet, which is extremely fast and climbs extremely fast! Everyone, be careful!"

"He bit me! Someone help me get rid of him! Ah..."

"I'm hit!"

The Japanese actually wanted to simply avoid the war, but what was terrible was that the fighting airspace at this time was already over the city of Tokyo. Countless Tokyo citizens who had survived the disaster were watching the battle with their heads held high. If the Imperial Army's planes

The impact of running away would be too bad. So the Japanese fighter jets still have to continue to participate in the battle. So the people watching the battle below will have a "blessed eye".

"Long live! Another fight! Long live!" On the streets of Tokyo, the onlookers cheered.

"Long live! Another one! Long live! Long live the Emperor! Kill the American devil!...Ah, another one is smoking!"

One after another, the fighter planes fell down in flames, and some were even turned into fireworks in the air. The battle was carried out at an altitude of more than 7,000 meters. It was difficult for people on the ground to see clearly the status of the air battle, but the fighter planes caught fire.

You can still see the fall. But how can ordinary civilians tell which fighter jet was hit or shot down? At this time, a man with only one arm said this: "All the shot downs were American planes."

? Can you tell the difference clearly? It seems to me to be a Japanese plane." It immediately attracted a lot of curses:

"You non-national! What nonsense are you talking about!"

"How could the Empire of Japan lose? All the planes that were shot down must have been American planes!"

"Where are you from? Why haven't I seen you before? Police! There is a suspicious guy here!"

At this time, a parachute floated down leisurely.

"An American monster has landed! Go and kill him!" Then everyone ran towards the direction where the parachute fell, leaving only the "non-national" standing there.
Chapter completed!