After seeing off the 385th Bomb Group, and before even having time to rest for a few days, the "Reverse Cross" welcomed a new group of guests, but this time it was different from the last time. If the last time they came was a tour group, this time they

They are all individual passengers. A group of fighter pilots who have just completed basic training in flight school. They will spend a month here to further master the new fighter jets newly equipped by the U.S. Army Air Forces and further complete advanced air combat skills training.

Then the superiors will refer to the opinions of the "Reverse Cross" and assign them to various fighter groups in the Eurasian battlefield. But Ron understands that most of them will go to Europe, because the so-called new fighter jets they refer to are p

-47. In the Pacific, the P-38 is enough now.

Dealing with individual travelers is sometimes more troublesome than dealing with teams because they lack organization. The tactical coordination that is crucial to air combat must be established bit by bit. So the first step here is to organize them first.

Ron's approach was to temporarily divide them into several flight squads based on the aviation school they came from, and assign an instructor to each squad. This approach is somewhat similar to assigning classes to freshmen in middle schools.

The instructor of the team, of course, became the class teacher.

The content of the training in the past few days was the same as the last training for bomber pilots. The main thing was to recognize the aircraft. But the difficulty has been increased. There was not only training on the movie screen, but also training directly in the air. Compared with bomber pilots,

, it is more important to quickly and accurately determine the enemy aircraft's model and energy status. This is the basis for choosing the correct air combat tactics.

During this kind of training, Ron really discovered several rookies who performed particularly well, especially a young man named Henry. His judgment of distance and speed was as good as that of many instructors. But maybe it was because

In this regard, this guy is also extremely arrogant. He even tried to challenge the instructor on the first day of lift-off training. As a result, the Poles severely repaired him in the air. I thought that after this guy landed on the ground

Be more honest. Who would have thought that as soon as this kid landed, he got off the plane, didn't even have time to take off his helmet, and started shouting:

"Why don't you just use the plane to bully us? What's the big deal!"

It is absolutely impossible to say that the "Reverse Cross" bullies rookies by relying on airplanes. However, many rookies do tend to think that the P-47 is not good. Because this fighter with the highest production volume in American history is not similar to the British Spitfire.

, or an all-round fighter like the Americans' later P-51, which has its own outstanding advantages and particularly obvious flaws.

Its high-altitude performance is absolutely outstanding. It can reach 30,000 feet. Any fighter jet of this era is like a cloud in front of it. And its dive is even more unique. With its strong body, it can dive to nearly 1,000 kilometers per hour.

Extreme speed, other aircraft will definitely disintegrate at this speed. What is even more frightening is that even at a speed of more than 800 kilometers, it can still make turns, barrel rolls and other actions. If other aircraft dare to do this

If you open it, you will probably turn into an angel with broken wings immediately.

However, the flaws of this guy are equally obvious. This guy is too heavy. As the heaviest single-engine fighter in World War II, its climb is a "tragedy". And its hovering is also a tragedy. For novices,

A fighter jet that can neither climb nor turn is indeed not a good aircraft. For example, in history, a group of American rookies driving P-51 were beaten by the Japanese in Burma with the Ki43, whose top speed did not exceed 500 kilometers.

Just claim that the p-51 is not as good as the p-40. In what way is the p-51 inferior to the p-40? It is not as good as low-speed circling. But rookies almost only know this.

Now Henry yelled like this in front of many instructors as soon as he landed, which made all the instructors present amused.

"Hahaha, a rookie is just a rookie. Besides pushing the grindstone, he still only knows how to push the grindstone."

"That is, if you give him a halberd, he will still only use it as a spear, and he will complain that it is not as easy to use as a spear."

"That's wrong. I gave him a chainsaw, but he used it as an axe. After using it, he said it didn't work."

…

Obviously, the instructors' reaction was completely beyond Henry's expectation. He originally thought that the instructors would yell at him angrily, but he didn't expect that none of the instructors would be angry. On the contrary, they were all happy, like watching a clown show on Broadway.

.And this kind of scene gave him even greater stimulation. People can often accept being hated by others, but they can never bear to be despised by others. This is especially true for Henry, who has a high self-esteem.

"Smile, laugh at your mother's size! If any of you are smart enough, come out and switch planes with me, and let's practice!"

"Haha, challenge us. The little rooster is angry. Well, who is going to teach him?"

"As for the initial conditions just now, wouldn't it be the same no matter who goes there?"

"But the challenge cannot be without a prize. How about whoever loses gets to clean all the public toilets here?"

…

In the end, Ron was thrown out because everyone agreed that he could kill his opponent in the most clumsy way.

At an altitude of 7,000 meters and a distance of 1,000 meters, the duel began.

To Henry's expectation, Ron did not immediately pounce on him. On the contrary, he actually used a shallow dive to further distance himself from himself, and then began to slowly climb while maintaining this distance.

If it is purely about climbing, although the altitude is now 7,000 meters, the P-47 with a turbocharger system has a clear advantage in terms of engines, but the F4u can still climb faster than it, but at this altitude, in terms of level,

The speed is still slightly faster than the P-47 with a more powerful engine. So now Henry found that he could not catch up with Ron at all and could only follow him higher and higher.

"We can't go on like this." Although he is a rookie, Henry knows that if he climbs down again, when he climbs to 30,000 feet, which is close to an altitude of 10,000 meters, the gap between his engine performance and that of the P-47 will be huge.

Amazingly, at that time, whether climbing, diving or circling, f4u was no match.

"Hahahaha, I knew Ron was the most wretched guy." In a B-17 bomber watching the battle, Dad was extremely happy.

"Guess whether the little guy will go crazy because of this vulgar behavior?"

…

"It's so wretched! This guy is so wretched!" Henry was so angry that he wanted to twist the operating rod into a twist. It's not that Henry didn't take measures. He tried to climb up quickly to take advantage of the height, but whenever this happened

Sometimes, Ron would always put a little distance between him and him, so that even if he swooped over, he would still be out of reach. He also tried to stop following him altogether, but Ron immediately hung behind and chased after him...

As a result, after almost twenty minutes of teasing, the air combat altitude between the two had reached 30,000 feet. It was already very cold at such an altitude, but Henry felt like he was sweating. His opponent had no use for any tricks now.

, directly pushing and circling, but it has already firmly occupied his six points, and continues to attack him.

Don't think about defeating your opponent now, run away! Henry turned into a dive. But at such a height, due to the thin air, the efficiency of the ailerons was significantly reduced, and the originally flexible roll became much more clumsy. Although

In the end, he successfully distanced himself from the P-47 behind him. But he also knew that it was actually Ron who had given up the attack. At that moment, he had already shot at him many times. No need to wait.

When the photos of the camera gun came out, Henry knew that he had been shot down several times. But he, from beginning to end, didn't even have a chance to fire.

As soon as the plane landed, Henry, with red eyes, strode towards Ron.

"Damn it, this guy doesn't want to beat Ron! Go and hold him!" Several people ran over in a panic. But their speed was obviously not fast enough, and Henry had already rushed in front of Ron.

However, the martial arts scene did not go as those people expected. Henry raised his hands to Ron and gave a respectful military salute.

"Thank you for your advice, sir. Now I finally know what a terrifying aircraft the P-47 is. I also know how superficial my previous understanding of air combat was."

After saying this, Henry turned back and trotted away.

"Hey! Ron, what did this guy say to you? I thought you were going to fight." asked a guy who rushed over.

"That's right, I still want to see a show, but it's a pity!"

"That little guy is pretty big. If we fight, Ron will definitely suffer."

"I can't see..."

Ron really couldn't laugh or cry when he looked at his subordinates who were worried about the world being in chaos.

"This young man is very good, very smart, and has a lot of future." After saying the three words "very", Ron put the flying hat into the hands of the Polish man who was regretting that he didn't see the fight, and said to the rest patiently.

Go to the room.

…

Not far away, several rookies who had just watched the battle on the B-17 were also surrounding Henry.

"Brother, you scared me to death just now. I thought you would be stupid and start a fight with instructor Ron."

"If you ask me, what a bullshit instructor, he's too insignificant. How can he fight like this? I don't think he dares to directly confront you, boss."

"It's just that, I don't see any great technology at all."

Henry stopped suddenly and stared at the guys sternly, "Do you really think so?"

"Of course, could it be..."

"How could I have a bunch of stupid brothers like you! Never say you are my brothers when you go out in the future, I can't afford to embarrass this person!"

…

"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Looking at the guys next to him with their heads full of black lines, Henry felt as if iron could not turn into steel.

"Boss..." Someone looked at him with wide innocent eyes.

"Well, forget it, I'd better make it clear to you." Henry said, "The reason why Instructor Ron and I started fighting was because I thought the P-47 was a bad airplane, and Instructor Ron couldn't fly it.

He defeated me without using any high-tech moves. In other words, even a rookie like you can still have a chance to kill me as long as he flies according to Instructor Ron's method. Instructor Ron told me through this-

The 47 is such a good aircraft. And I have no countermeasures to instructor Ron’s tactics. No matter how I fight, no matter how good my skills are, it’s useless. The most I can do is escape. From this

It can be seen that instructor Ron's understanding of air combat has reached a terrifying level, and how lucky we are to be able to learn from him. And you guys... Okay, come with me to get the toilet cleaning tools. We are brothers, as we said

We should share adversity!"

"ah?!"
Chapter completed!