() The four P-51s that rushed down from Sasaki's six o'clock direction did not rush towards Sasaki, but rushed towards the rookies who were attacking the transport plane. Obviously, the only way to prevent the Japanese from continuing to attack the transport plane was

is their number one goal.

Although the rookies below have been reminded by Sasaki's wingman on the radio, the situation of low altitude and slow speed cannot be changed all at once. They are now on the chopping block in front of those P-51s rushing over at high speed.

They were just dead fish that couldn't move. In just one attack from four planes, two Ki-43s were knocked into the air. Another Ki-43 actually stalled and crashed because it turned too fast.

After completing this round of attacks, the four P-51s did not stay at low altitude to continue the entanglement. Instead, they used high speed to quickly distance themselves from the Ki-43s, and then jumped up at a large angle to prepare for the third attack.

Second round attack.

At this time, those Ki-43s also began to wake up from the panic of being attacked. They pushed the throttles to the end and began to climb hard. So when the four P-51s turned around with a sledgehammer and rushed over again.

time, the performance of the rookies was much better than last time. In this round, only

An aircraft was hit and caught fire, and the bullets they fired randomly during the counterattack injured a P-51. This P-51 had a fuel tank leak. In order to ensure that it could fly back, this P-51

51 had no choice but to turn around and fly home immediately, and the other P-51 also followed him and left.

Now, Japan has nine Ki-43s left, and the Americans only have two P-51s. It seems that Japan can definitely fight. But Sasaki knows that the situation of his formation has not improved much. Because

Now that a group of P-51s have discovered themselves, it means that it won't take long for more P-51s to appear. Just like when the first vulture appeared over the corpse, the big vulture came to dismember the body.

The group is not far away.

"Yamagata-kun, it's up to you to take the newcomers back, and Takeda and I will try our best to hold off our opponents." Sasaki issued an order to his fleet.

"Sir, we want to stay and fight alongside you!"

"Sir, how can the samurai of the Japanese Empire turn around and run away when facing the enemy!"

Those rookies started yelling on the radio.

When he heard the first sentence, Sasaki was a little touched, but as soon as the second sentence came out, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. If it wasn't to save these pig teammates, how could Sasaki do such a near-suicide?

decision? At this time, some people actually came up with nonsense like "Imperial warriors should not escape". In fact, Sasaki also wanted to say to this little rookie, "Well, you stay

After the decision is made, we will withdraw." But the veteran's sense of responsibility towards the rookies prevented him from making such a decision. If he stayed, he would have a better chance of surviving than the rookies who stayed.

Although these rookies are so stupid that it makes Sasaki vomit blood, as long as they can survive, they will always have a chance to grow up. Japan can't always rely on a few veteran pilots to fight?

"Shut up, everyone, and obey the military orders honestly!" Sasaki roared angrily.

Now that there are only two aircraft left, the Americans no longer directly cross over the higher-altitude Sasaki-Takeda formation to directly attack the lower-positioned Ki-43. Now their number is too small. If they want to attack, they will

We should attack the target with the greatest threat. This target can undoubtedly only be Sasaki and the others who are in the highest position.

The two American fighter jets began to turn, trying to find a better attack angle. But Sasaki kept staring at them, adjusting the direction of his nose to ensure that when the Americans pounced, he could use the simplest possible attack.

The movement avoided the American attack. Then a strange situation emerged: two P-51s drew circles at a higher altitude, and two Ki-43s drew circles at a much lower altitude.

The p-51's hovering performance is not very good, especially compared with the invincible ki-43. In such a circling, it is not easy to curse the opponent by drawing circles. If these two ki-43

If the height is higher, it will be easier to deal with. It will be directly large.

Just dive at an angle. But now, Sasaki's Ki-43, which is the tallest, is no more than 900 meters high. If it rushes at a large angle, it will probably hit the earth and die. Sasaki couldn't help but think with a little pride: "

Those beautiful animals must feel very embarrassed."

But Garfield, who was driving the P-51, was not as embarrassed as Sasaki imagined. Because this situation was analyzed by instructor Ron when preparing for the battle. Just as Ron demonstrated at that time, he

He began to accelerate and distanced himself from his wingman. After a while, he and his wingman were separated by half a circle. Now, no matter how Sasaki and Takeda adjust the direction of the nose, there will always be a P-51 appearing very far away.

in a dangerous position.

Since he couldn't take care of both, of course he could only focus on the most dangerous one first. Sasaki carefully kept Garfield's P-51 at his 10 o'clock position, so that it would be difficult for Garfield to attack him. Of course, by doing this

The result is that Garfield's wingman, Phillips, will appear at his 5 o'clock position.

Now that he had the opportunity to attack, Phillips immediately rolled 180 degrees, then gently pulled the operating rod and rushed towards Sasaki.

Sasaki had actually been focusing his main attention on Phillips, who was in a more dangerous position. So when Phillips rushed over, Sasaki was already on guard. When the distance between the two sides shortened to the distance where Phillips could fire immediately

Sasaki made a sharp turn, and the shell fired by Phillips passed by Sasaki's Ki-43.

The first shot did not hit. Phillips did not pursue him fiercely, but calmly pulled up the plane and returned to a higher position. In fact, his attack was not ineffective. Sasaki wanted to avoid his attack.

To attack, he had to make a sharp turn, and Garfield, who was originally at his 10 o'clock direction, also got a chance to attack.

Garfield also dived over, and at this time Sasaki, who turned sharply, appeared in the aperture of his scope. Garfield quickly closed the distance and started shooting.

…

Koga's seven Ki-44s had climbed away from the P-51s entangled behind them. When they climbed to an altitude of 7,000 meters, the Americans, who had a numerical advantage, did not dare to catch up anymore due to a serious drop in performance.

At this height, p

-51a is really not enough to see. For safety, his formation has maintained such an altitude on its way back. Seven Ki-44s flew over from a high altitude, and the water droplets condensed on the micro-particles emitted by the aircraft engines were on the fuselage.

Then it pulled out a long track.

As Koga flew, he was calculating the outcome of this battle. Although the Americans fell into a trap, the losses to the Americans were not too great. The key is this loss and the strength in the hands of the Americans.

In comparison, it was just a drop in the bucket. Thinking of this, Koga couldn't help but worry about the future of the empire.

But Koga's worry did not last long, because suddenly someone shouted: "Enemy plane found!"

What appeared in front of Koga were 16 P-38s with ferocious shark mouths painted on them! These planes were approaching them at high speed from the 9 o'clock direction. Obviously, they had been discovered.

Koga suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Although the Ki-44 "Zhong Kui" was developed to deal with the "Twin Demon" P-38 (for this reason, it was named after the demon), except for rolling and diving, it

Almost no performance can compare with the P-38. The high-altitude performance of the Ki-44 is very good, but the high-altitude performance of the P-38 with two-stage supercharging is even more powerful.

"If you can't escape by running, then fight. As for the outcome, leave it to fate!" Koga thought as he gave the order to the formation: "Defeat the American devil! The Emperor's class!"

Ron has mentioned to others more than once the importance of a strong fighter body and powerful firepower. These two requirements will cause the aircraft to suffer a great loss in maneuverability. In a duel, it is always difficult for such an aircraft to fight against those with stronger firepower.

A light opponent. But fighting with a large fleet is completely different. The guns are fierce and the skin is thick.

This is the right approach, because in a melee, the chances of you attacking your opponent and your opponent attacking you are greatly increased. If your opponent has to hit you ten times to shoot you down, and you only have to hit your opponent once, then even if

Your opponent is far more flexible than you. In a large melee, you will also have an overwhelming advantage in the final exchange ratio.

The current situation is like this. Koga saw a Ki-44 bite the 6 o'clock of a P-38 and fire it for a long time. In the end, it just dropped some skin fragments. On that plane

When the Ki-44 She was working hard, a P-38 appeared out of nowhere, and with a short burst of She, the Ki-44 turned into a firework.

The number of p-38s was more than twice that of ki-44s, which meant that each ki-44 would be followed by a p-38. In just a few minutes, all seven ki-44s were shot down. Among them, the one who managed to parachute successfully

There are only two pilots.

…

The annihilation of Koga's army dealt a heavy blow to Kato. For Kato, even if all sixteen Ki-43s sent out this time were killed, the blow would not be as severe as the loss of all Ki-44s.

It came big. Because those who lost in this battle were all the most elite pilots of the 64th Squadron. But this was not all the bad news. Two minutes later, the news of Sasaki parachuting came out on the radio.

"Oh, if only those rookies were there, there are too many veterans going to Kudanzaka this time." The sudden change in the battle situation made Kato feel even more painful.

…

"Okay, that's it! Don't let the whole family run away." When the news came that the P-38s of the Fourteenth Air Force shot down all the Ki-44s at the cost of three aircraft being injured, everyone in the Tenth Air Force

Ron, who was directing the air combat in the team's operations center, almost jumped for joy.

However, General Bissel did not look very happy:

"Aren't there still a group of Ki-43s? Have you caught up with them? We can't compete with the Fourteenth Air Force!"
Chapter completed!