After receiving the report of the sudden reconnaissance fighter group, the U.S. fighter group began to climb rapidly. At this time, they were already on the Japanese radar screen. The Japanese radar stared at them closely, and they were

Every move was reported to the Japanese Air Defense Command.

"The enemy plane began to climb, climbing very quickly, and now the altitude has reached 8,000 meters." An officer reported this information to the group of Japanese generals in the command room.

"The enemy's leading fighter has transmitted the signal, what should we do now?" an officer said. Obviously once the enemy is unwilling to act according to the script written by the Japanese, the Japanese's first reaction is to be surprised and caught off guard.

"These American ghosts are so cunning! How could they do this..." Another officer complained angrily like most Japanese. It was as if Americans had a natural obligation to act according to their will.

"Shut up!" an officer who looked older and had a higher rank yelled, "If the curse could shoot down enemy planes, we would have won long ago!" Then he didn't even look at the officers who were still a little unwilling.

, turned to a combat staff officer and asked: "If our fighter jets take the initiative to approach the enemy aircraft, can they continue to maintain a high altitude advantage when in contact with the enemy aircraft?"

"General, this needs to be calculated." So a group of staff officers immediately got busy. Finally, they gave this answer: "If the enemy plane is a P-51 and they do not change their course, we will take the initiative to attack. When the two sides contact, I will

The other side may continue to maintain a height advantage of 100-200 meters."

"If we have such an advantage, let the fighter units take action immediately!"

…

If the US military's fighter jets are all P-51s, and if the Japanese fighter pilots are all normal pilots, when the large fleets of both sides meet, the altitude of the Japanese should indeed be slightly higher. But the US military's fleet still has high-altitude climbs.

The better P-81, with the climb rate of these aircraft, by the time of encounter, he

Their altitude will definitely be much higher than that of the Japanese fighter jets. Moreover, those Japanese fighter pilots are not normal fighter pilots. Their flight hours are so few that in their hands, the real performance of a fighter jet is very low.

It is difficult to exert it. In this way, it is even harder to say whether it can take a high advantage.

On the Japanese radar screen, the US military fighter group began to divide into two parts. One part climbed quickly. Their climbing speed was astonishingly high, gaining an altitude of more than 9,000 meters in a short period of time. And some others

The fighter jet continued to climb at a relatively normal speed.

"The altitude of some enemy planes has exceeded ours, and their altitude is still increasing." An officer reported.

"So fast? How is this possible?" Some people were no longer calm about this unexpected situation.

"How many aircraft are there in this part?" someone asked.

"There are about 300-400."

So everyone was silent. Obviously, this fighter that climbed very fast must be the P-81 fighter that appeared in the sky over Japan recently. The Germans provided the information about this fighter to the Japanese a few months ago.

, but the Japanese didn’t pay much attention to this kind of aircraft at that time (because they had never encountered it), so they sent this information to the archives. It was not rediscovered until recently.

After this information was found, the Japanese were dumbfounded by a series of estimated abnormal numbers of this aircraft in terms of climb, roll, speed, firepower, etc. However, after careful research, they still discovered this kind of aircraft.

A "fatal" performance flaw of the aircraft——

The hovering is too bad. In Japanese terms, anything with such bad hovering is not qualified to serve in Japan. So countless Japanese are relieved and feel that P-81 is not too difficult.

Deal with it. But Americans may not necessarily agree with this view.

…

Demicri continued to climb in his P-81. He was a pilot who had just returned from the "Reverse Cross" training. Although the flight time was not long, his record was good. He had just been near Iwo Jima the day before.

Obtained his fourth shot down - a Japanese Navy Caiun reconnaissance aircraft. Today he only needs to obtain one more victory to become an ace pilot.

Demicri's fighter has now climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters. At this altitude, even the P-81 using two Twin Wasp engines with exhaust gas turbocharging is not as fast as it was just now. However,

The P-81 can continue to climb. It can climb to 13,500 meters in one breath, a height that overwhelms any Japanese fighter jet.

However, Demikri did not need to climb that high, because he had already seen the Japanese fighter jets. A large group of fighter jets were approaching from an altitude of about 1,000 meters lower than him, dragging a long trajectory.

At this time, the squadron leader's voice also came from his earphones: "This is Peregrine 1. We have discovered an enemy aircraft and are preparing to launch an attack according to Plan 3!"

The so-called attack method in Plan 3 is for the P-81 fleet to continue to climb shallowly, and after the fighters of both sides pass each other, they dive down and attack the enemy aircraft. This is also one of the most common ways to launch an attack.

This is a very useful attack method when the altitude difference with the enemy aircraft is relatively large.

Fighters from both sides passed each other, and the squadron leader took the lead in diving. Demikli also quickly called his wingman, "Peregrine 8, follow me!" He rolled and then pulled the lever and dived. Nearly four hundred P-

From an altitude of 10,000 meters, 81 pulled a silvery white track and dived towards the Japanese fighter jets below, like a flock of seagulls rushing towards a school of sardines.

During the dive, Demicri caught a Japanese Zero or Type 1 fighter. The two fighter jets were so similar that most US pilots could not tell them apart in a single encounter during a fierce air battle.

Two types of aircraft. At a distance of about 500 meters, Demicri fired a long burst, and the aircraft immediately turned into a big fireball. Obviously, the pilot flying this aircraft was a rookie.

Under the attack, he almost failed to put up any decent resistance.

The entire Japanese fighter group was in chaos. Although they were more numerous, facing the American fighters that adopted the tactics of high-speed dive and one-shot breakaway, they had no effective counterattack and could only passively dodge.

The large group of aircraft makes it easy for them to accidentally hide from the muzzle of one American aircraft to the muzzle of another American aircraft when dodging.

The chance of shooting was greatly increased. Demikri had just shot down a Japanese fighter jet, and another fighter jet that was turning sharply turned in front of him. Demikri fired a bunch of shells at it, and he saw

When he saw the Japanese fighter jet, flames suddenly burst out. It seemed that his technique was very smooth today.

The P-81 fleet rushed through the formation of Japanese fighter jets, then split into two, and flew to the left and right from below the Japanese fighter jet group. Behind them, dozens of Japanese fighter jets were left on fire.

Fighter planes. It’s not that the Japanese didn’t think about counterattack, but at this time, the P-81 fleet was diving at a speed of nearly 800 kilometers per hour. Even the best Japanese fighter jets could not keep up with them.

Demicri followed his squadron to pull up farther away, jumping to an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, and then the fleet turned again and approached the Japanese fighter group.

At this time, the altitude of the Japanese fighter group dropped slightly. When they were avoiding the attack, some fighters lost energy due to their movements and their altitude dropped sharply. Some of them had poor high-altitude performance. Fighters such as Zero Fighter even lost altitude.

It reached about 8,000 meters. Of course, there were still some fighter jets that were not under attack that struggled to climb higher. For example, some J2M3s had also climbed to an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters.

However, the number of these J2M3s was too small, and the Americans had no intention of paying attention to them. The P-81s that climbed up again hit the Japanese fighter group like a sledgehammer. This time Demicri failed to win

What a good opportunity. Yes

One of the enemy planes he had targeted was killed by his comrades first, and there was another one. Well, he wanted to steal it from someone else, but he didn't get it. But when he was about to level off, a shout suddenly came from the earphones.

: "Peregrine Falcon No. 7, pay attention above 6 o'clock."

Demicri turned his head and looked back, and he saw two J2M3s biting behind him. He lowered his head and looked at his speedometer. It was already 491 miles per hour. If converted into kilometers, his speed was now

The speed was already 790 kilometers per hour. And the two j2m3s were still biting behind him.

"Are they desperate?" Demicri thought as he gave up his plan to pull up and continued to maintain a dive attitude. The speed of the plane soon exceeded 497 miles, which is 800 kilometers. At this time

, the two J2M3s that were not afraid of death were actually following behind. Demikri pushed the rudder hard and made a barrel roll to the right. When the plane did this action, it was like

Circle around a large wooden barrel. In this way, because there is an angle between the flight direction of the aircraft and the actual forward direction, the actual forward speed will be much slower than the flight speed of the aircraft. This action is used during defensive operations.

If done well, the enemy can often rush in front of you. More importantly, it causes you to lose much less energy than tricks such as lowering the flaps or even the landing gear.

If we were flying level now, just in terms of the distance between the two sides, Demicri's barrel roll was a bit early. The enemy plane could have pulled up to see him wasting energy. However, both he and the enemy plane were now diving.

, the speed of both sides is very high. At this time, whether doing barrel rolls or turning movements,

The requirements for the structural strength of aircraft are very high. Demikli believes that no one except P-81 or P-47 dares to do such a barrel roll at such a high speed, which will make his aircraft in the air.

It would disintegrate! So he determined that the two planes would definitely rush in front of him.

However, only one J2M3 rushed in front of Demicri, and at the same time, his teammates shouted from his headphones: "Peregrine 7, good job! That guy disintegrated in the air!"

Apparently, a jealous little Japanese followed him and did a barrel roll. However, at such a flying speed, the structural strength of his aircraft was no longer enough to support him in such an action.

Demicri changed his barrel roll and bit tightly behind the overshot J2M3. The speed of this aircraft was already too high, and it had exceeded the allowable dive limit speed by a lot. It must slow down immediately, and

To slow down, the flight state must be changed. Continuing to maintain such a dive attitude will only lead to the destruction of the aircraft and the death of both people. However, changing the flight state is likely to cause the aircraft to disintegrate immediately. So the j2m3

First, I tried to lower one flap. Then, well, the lowered flap was peeled off the wing by the oncoming airflow, and almost hit Demik's fighter plane. Wait for Demik

He dodged for a while and was about to re-aiming at the enemy plane and fire when the plane suddenly broke its wings and then exploded. The pressure brought by the excessive speed finally crushed the plane.

Demikli slowly pulled up the plane. Compared with the P-81 fighter jet's dive limit speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour, the current speed of less than 860 kilometers per hour was not a problem. He slowly leveled off.
Chapter completed!