The Japanese fighter jets took off long before the arrival of the American planes. With a long climb, even aircraft with poor high-altitude performance like the Zero Fighter had climbed to an altitude of 9,000 meters. In the eyes of the Japanese, the U.S. military's

Although fighter jets have excellent high-altitude performance, they generally do not fly too high when performing escort missions. For aircraft, flying too low will certainly increase fuel consumption, but flying too high will also increase fuel consumption.

A big increase. For Americans who perform long-range escort missions, it is very important to maintain low fuel consumption during flight. Therefore, U.S. military aircraft cannot fly too high. Such a height is enough for the Japanese to start an air battle.

It's time to gain a height advantage.

However, the Japanese have always had a problem, that is, when they make a certain decision, they always prescribe in their minds what their opponents should do. They seem to think that the whole world should operate according to their predetermined rhythm, otherwise

It's unreasonable and unscientific. However, things in this world are often unsatisfactory, and the Japanese are no exception. Once their opponent makes a move that the Japanese did not expect, the Japanese are often dumbfounded at first, and then become furious: "

You, you, how could you do this? This... this is so unscientific!"

When Ron dispatched the fighter group, he had already considered the issue of Japanese fighter jets climbing to a higher altitude first. So after the Army Aviation fighter jets and the Navy fighter jets merged, several P-81 fighter jets began to accelerate and quickly surpassed the entire

The fleet flew to the front.

These P-81 fighter jets are tasked with detecting the status of enemy aircraft. They will determine the status of the enemy fighter group before the two groups come into contact. These P-81s quickly accelerated to 700 kilometers per hour, and at the same time,

The flight altitude was increased to 8,000 meters. In this great air battle, the earliest contact between the Japanese fighter group and the American fighter group took place under such conditions.

"At 10:30, an enemy fighter group was discovered! The distance is 8 kilometers." Mark Perry, the pilot with the sharpest eyes, first spotted the Japanese fighter jets.

It is not easy to spot a target the size of a fighter jet at a distance of 8,000 meters with the naked eye alone. However, the Japanese have a large fleet of one or two thousand fighter jets, so it is relatively easier to spot it. Not to mention flying

Fighters at high altitudes will also drag obvious silvery white trails.

After discovering Japanese fighter jets, the P-81 began to turn and reported to the rear via radio: "Enemy fighter group found, altitude 9,000 meters..."

The hovering performance of the P-81 is not good, and it should even be said to be relatively poor. Although according to the US military, the P-81 has poor low-speed hovering and high-speed hovering performance, especially when circling at a speed of more than 600 kilometers.

Quite good. However, the so-called hovering speed of more than 600 kilometers is quite good. That is because the number of fighter jets that can maintain such a speed and have enough energy to hover is too small. Now, for the sake of safety, these few fighter jets

The speed of fighter jets is as high as 700 kilometers per hour. At this speed, the radius of the hover is naturally larger. In addition, flying at an altitude of 8,000 meters, a snow-white track will naturally be drawn behind the aircraft. This

The Japanese also quickly discovered them.

Several Japanese fighter jets immediately dived towards Mark Perry and his P-81. These Japanese fighter jets accelerated very quickly during the dive. Although it was still difficult to see their opponents clearly from a distance, with this dive alone, Mark Payne

It can be judged that these aircraft should be j2m3, blast or Zhongkui.

What dived down was a team of Zhongkui fighter jets led by senior pilot Asada Er. The Zhongkui fighter jets had almost the best dive among Japanese fighter jets, with a maximum dive speed of more than 800 kilometers. The Japanese developed this type of fighter jet in order to be able to dive in

It bit the American P-38. When the American P-38 first appeared, the Japanese found that the Zero War was in a dilemma when facing the P-38. This dilemma is not that the Zero War

It will be defeated by the P-38. In fact, as long as it is not attacked by a sneak attack, it is not difficult for the Zero War to avoid the attack of the P-38 by circling better. The real problem is that since the appearance of the P-38, the Zero War

It is no longer possible to effectively protect the bomber. Because the dive speed of the Zero War is too slow, even if it bites behind the P-38, people can completely ignore it, pounce directly on the bomber, and shoot down the bomber first. In order to deal with what they call

The "Twin Devil" P-38, the Japanese developed a second-type single-seat fighter, and also gave it a name specifically for fighting ghosts, called Zhong Kui.

Seeing the Japanese fighter jets swooping down, Mark Perry did not intend to fight immediately. The enemy had a height advantage and the resulting energy advantage, and once they were entangled, there were so many other planes that were not fooled.

.So, Mark Perry simply made a 180-degree roll, and then pulled the nose of the aircraft into a dive.

The initial speed of the Japanese fighter jets was not high. Although they relied on dive acceleration, the altitude difference of one thousand meters only brought their speed to just over 700 kilometers. At this time, the P-81 fighter jet, which had a speed of 700, was

Through a short dive, it accelerated to about 750 kilometers. Zhong Kui, who came down from the dive, was not able to bite the P-81 immediately.

However, Asada Er felt that he still had a chance, because his plane was far from reaching the ultimate speed of the dive, and there was still room for further acceleration. Moreover, the enemy was not too far away from him. Asada's Zhong Kui followed Mark Perry's p

Behind -81, the distance is about one kilometer. And the distance seems to be shrinking. As long as we chase for a while, we can probably catch up.

Mark Perry's left hand is holding the throttle control lever, and he is slowly retracting the throttle. In fact, with the speed and acceleration capabilities of the P-81, if the horsepower is fully turned on, those Zhongkui will definitely only be able to

But Mark Perry has another plan: to control the speed and give the following aircraft the illusion that they can catch up. Take them away from the enemy's fleet, and then...

"We are only 600 meters away from the enemy plane. Just get closer..." Asada's eyes widened and almost jumped out of his sockets. However, he was still far away from the enemy plane. He fired at this distance.

The chance of hitting the opponent is very small. On the contrary, the recoil when firing will also cause a slight loss of your own speed. So you must get closer!

At this time, the P-81s began to climb upwards, and Asada Er followed without hesitation, because climbing is one of Zhong Kui's most outstanding strengths.

Mark Perry pushed the throttle forward, and the engine power increased. At the same time, he looked back and saw that the Zhongkui still following them seemed to be a little behind.

"Humph, compared to the climb of the P-81? And it is still higher than the climb of more than 6,000 meters. Aren't you looking for death?... Well, it seems like it's time!" Mark Perry thought, and then he issued an order on the radio:

"Start counterattack! Turn back with the sledgehammer!"

The pilots of several P-81s pushed the throttles to the end almost at the same time, and the two Twin Hornets on the P-81 roared. Then as the pilots pulled the stick, the P-81 began to increase the climb angle, and finally reached almost

Climb upward at a vertical angle.

By this time, even Asadaji knew that he had been fooled. He knew that his fighter would not be able to keep up anyway, and the result of forcing it to follow would be a stall. So Asadaji immediately quit the climb and turned

Shallow dive. The offensive and defensive positions have now changed, but Asada Er knows that compared to most American fighters, Zhong Kui's flexibility is still good. If he takes defensive actions well, he can still hold on until the large fleet arrives.

Mark Perry turned around with a sledgehammer, dived down directly, and bit the 6 o'clock of a Zhongkui. Relying on the acceleration of the dive, coupled with the super acceleration ability brought by the powerful power of the P-81, he quickly

The Zhongkui was approaching. The distance between the two sides continued to close, and in the blink of an eye the distance between the two sides was shortened to about 600 meters. The performance of the aerial cannon on the P-81 was very good, with a muzzle velocity of over 1,000 meters per second and an optimized

The bullet type makes the range of this cannon much greater than that of ordinary fighter jets. Even in the case of tail pursuit, this cannon has good shooting accuracy and power at a distance of 600 meters. Mark Perry licked his lips

, put his finger on the firing button.

Asada kept looking back to observe the enemy plane chasing behind him. He knew that the enemy's cannon had a very long range and was quite a threat even at a distance of more than 600 meters. At this time, he suddenly saw the enemy plane behind him.

There were flashes of fire on the wing of the enemy plane. "The enemy has opened fire!" Asada pushed the rudder lever violently, and the plane immediately made a barrel roll. At almost the same time, a string of shells with fire flashed from him.

of planes passing by.

The longer range brings another advantage to US military aircraft. That is, they have more reaction time when facing such actions of enemy aircraft. If the US military's fighter jets are the same as those of the Japanese army, they will have to reach a distance at most of

Enemy planes can only fire effectively when they are about 300 meters away, so the just-right barrel roll by Asada Er just now will definitely make the American pilots who can't react quickly rush to the front. But now, the situation is different, 600 meters away

The distance was enough for Mark Perry, who was following him, to have enough time to react. Coupled with the P-81's excellent head-up rate, Mark Perry quickly pulled up the fighter and returned his fighter to a higher altitude.

on the height.

Any movement will result in energy loss, especially continuous movements. Compared with other movements, such as sharp turns, the energy loss of barrel rolling is generally less. But if the barrel rolls continuously,

The loss of energy is also very huge. However, during the barrel roll, the pilot is affected by the centrifugal force, and it is often difficult to effectively observe the situation of the enemy aircraft. This also makes some pilots hesitant to terminate this action casually, because they are worried that the enemy will also

He is relying on such a barrel to roll and bite his back. This often causes the aircraft in a defensive state to consume energy in vain, while the attacker stays at high altitude, calmly conserving the energy advantage, waiting for a better attack.

Chance.

However, Asadaji was an experienced pilot. After rolling two circles, he had already observed that the enemy plane was not following him. So he exited the barrel roll and at the same time opened his eyes wide and looked behind and above to search for the enemy.

Traces of the machine.

However, he saw nothing but feathery altocumulus clouds and the dazzling sun. Wait, the sun!
Chapter completed!