() Volozheikin and Alleliukin took off first, followed by Ron and Banger. Different from what was previously expected, Volozheikin and Alleliuqing did not fly the car they had been flying before.

Instead of flying a P-39, he replaced his landline with an F6F. Obviously, this was a trick played by the Soviets against Xing.

One of the purposes of the previous series of joint training sessions was to find out the details of their opponents. The Soviets were not fools. Of course they understood this. In other words, they also hoped to understand their opponents in this way.

Since they did not bring aircraft produced by the Soviet Union, they could only use American fighter jets. If they used other unfamiliar fighters, they would definitely suffer in the competition, but fortunately there are two types of American fighter jets that they are quite capable of.

are familiar with each other, one is the P-39, and the other is the F6F. This fighter plane that lost in the naval competition later became the new favorite of the Soviets. Soviet pilots who flew over it were impressed by its solid body and toughness.

The firepower, excellent hovering, and the rare range of Soviet aircraft impressed me.

This kind of fighter was quickly delivered by the Soviets to the most elite flying teams. Many pilots who originally flew P-39 were replaced by F6F. However, in previous training, they deliberately avoided this kind of aircraft.

, always driving the P-39 to play with the Americans. Just to give the Americans a surprise at this time.

Ron has actually considered this situation. But he is not too worried, because firstly, American pilots are also familiar with this kind of fighter, and secondly, in his opinion, the F6F fighter is really a fighter with obvious flaws.

.And that flaw is its speed.

Among the three American fighter jets that use Twin Wasp engines, the F6F has the least amount of thought put into its aerodynamic shape. It is almost directly an enlarged version of the F4F. This has many advantages, such as less difficulty in development, faster research process, and faster replacement.

It is easy to install, saves money, etc. But it also brings about a common problem from the f4f design era, which is to attach importance to hovering and underestimate issues such as maximum speed and climb.

As an aircraft using a real 2000 horsepower engine, the maximum speed of the F6F barely exceeds 600 kilometers, while the F4U, which also uses the Double Wasp, can fly to 651 kilometers, and the P-47 can fly to 680 kilometers.

kilometers. And the speed of the latter two fighter jets still has a lot of room for improvement through improvement.

Secondly, the climb of the f6f is also a problem. The strong body is extremely heavy, which makes its climb quite laborious. Of course, the climb of the f4u and p-47 is not good either.

Moreover, it is not just the Soviets who can use this trick, Americans can also use it, and they have more choices. There are several British "Merlin" engines in the hangar of the "Reverse Cross"

An improved version of the P-51. Ron shamelessly flew them into the sky.

Compared with the F6F, the improved version of the P-51 is faster, climbs better, and has much better maneuverability in the high-speed section. If it is fighting in a large group of aircraft at low altitude, Ron cannot guarantee that the P-51 will definitely occupy a large area.

Advantage, because the f6f is obviously stronger, which allows them to take more advantage in group fights with more shooting opportunities. However, in the confrontation of small groups of aircraft, Ron feels that using the p-51, whether it is against the f6f or against

p-39, can be regarded as bullying.

Two more "Dreadnought" reconnaissance aircraft took off from the airport. This aircraft is a modified version of the "Dreadnought" dive bomber. Now, its rear seat machine gun has been removed and replaced with a camera. In these two aircraft

On the plane, there was an American and Soviet pilot as a referee to judge whether the plane during the exercise was shot down.

After reaching the predetermined height of 1,000 meters, with an order from the director, the confrontation drill officially began.

At the beginning of the battle, Volozheikin and Alleyukin planned to use a head-on confrontation to give the Yankees a showdown. Although they did not know about the P-51, under normal circumstances, aircraft using air-cooled engines are always better than aircraft using air-cooled engines.

The liquid-cooled engine is stronger, so for her, the F6F will probably not suffer.

Because of this, of course Ron and Banger would never choose such a combat method. When they were still far away, they pulled up the plane and then dived and turned to the right, which gave the Soviets an inside attack.

Seize their opportunity at 6 o'clock. Of course the Soviets would not let go of such an opportunity. They also pulled up slightly first, and then swooped over after Ron. And they firmly bit behind Ron and Banger.

Both Volozheikin and Alleyukin felt that the situation was good. The steering angle of their F6F was much smaller than that of Ron and others, so the speed lost during the steering was relatively smaller. This made their current speed faster.

Higher than the two Americans. With both angle and speed advantages, Volozheikin and Alleyukin even felt that they might be able to win right away.

However, this situation does not make Ron particularly nervous. Because the two Soviet F6Fs are still far away from him, he is still far out of the range of its 20mm cannon, and their speed is not much faster than him. Both sides

The distance is not shrinking so fast. Moreover, the speed of his fighter plane has now exceeded 550. Of course, with the acceleration of the dive, the Soviet F6F is still faster than him, but Ron knows that in such a high-speed section,

The P-51 has better maneuverability than the F6F. When turning at such a speed, the P-51 will lose much less energy. In other words, as long as they take them to make a continuous turn, the Soviets are now slightly

If the speed is higher, it will come down soon.

So Ron exited the shallow dive and began to make a high-speed turn. The angular speed of this turn was not large, but Ron and Banger maintained a high speed during the entire turn. Volozheikin and Alley

Liu Qing also continued to follow, but they soon discovered that something was wrong-the speed of their fighter planes slowed down very quickly. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to catch up with the Yankees.

However, as the aces of the Soviet Union, Volozheikin and Alleyukin were not given for nothing. They responded immediately. They pushed the nose of the aircraft one by one and began to turn and dive.

"Damn it, these two idiots, are they trying to play low?" Low is an advanced tactical action. When the pursuing fighter plane cannot keep up with the enemy plane while circling, he can dive down first.

, gain speed, and then pull up to cut the opponent's inside line.

And there are ways to deal with this move. Just change to circling and flying in a straight line to ensure that others can't catch up.

But Ron didn't completely change the circling, he just changed the horizontal circling to circling upward. A simple change can only create a safe distance, but the spiral climb is different. It is a tactical action full of aggressiveness.

, once you gain a height advantage, a dive attack will follow. However, you must carefully judge the person's energy status in this action, otherwise, if the person jumps up and really bites the tail, it will be over.

Volozheikin and Alleliukin pulled up the plane again, relied on the jump, and followed up. However, the effective range was still a bit far away. And they also understood that climbing was not the f6f's strong point. Besides,

Spiral climbing is also a trick they are very familiar with. Those German guys driving BF-109 are best at this trick. Following the climb will only make their speed slower and slower, and finally they will be on the verge of stalling, unable to move, and will be beaten by others.

Kill the dog.

So Volozheikin and Alleliuqing simply stopped following Ron and Banger, and instead took the initiative to turn around and distance themselves from the Yankees. It is of course disadvantageous for the opponent to climb higher and have an energy advantage. But can the opponent use it?

It’s hard to say what the energy advantage is. When you swoop down to attack from a high altitude, your speed will become faster and faster due to the influence of gravity. As the speed increases, more low-speed air boundary layers will accumulate on the wings.

This will also cause the wing's efficiency to drop rapidly, which is called airfoil compression.

This phenomenon will make many fighters that are quite flexible in the low-speed section become as clumsy as a flying slate as soon as they enter the high-speed section. In this way, as long as Volozheikin and Alleyukin maintain an appropriate position, they can ensure their own

The aircraft is not affected by the compression of the wing surface and can flexibly make movements at any speed. If the opponent wants to attack itself at a speed much higher than its own, then his aircraft will definitely experience a severe wing compression effect.

The plane will become quite clumsy. You only need a slight side slide to make his attack miss. And once the opponent attacks you at a speed that is only slightly higher than your own, then you can rely on the f6f to stand out.

With the hovering ability, as long as the opponent is not careful, he will be bitten hard.

Since Volozheikin and Alleyukin no longer follow the climb, this means that they have automatically given up their height advantage. Ron and Banger will naturally take the height advantage and launch an attack. So they

It dived down from a high place and rushed towards the Soviets.

Volozheikin and Alleyukin did not know the performance of the P-51. Although they saw that the Americans were approaching them at an alarming rate, they judged that the speed of the opponent's aircraft must be very high at this time, and the wing surface was compressed.

The effect must be quite serious. But to what extent this effect is serious and whether it is enough to turn the roaring P-51 into a "flying slate", the Soviets are not sure.

So the Soviets made a big move to dodge, and at the same time carefully observed the Americans' actions.

As expected, the Yankees' plane looked very clumsy, and they easily avoided the American attack with this evasive action.

Of course, the Americans were too fast, so they did not get a chance to counterattack. Vorozheikin watched the American aircraft that began to turn and climb while assessing the performance of this aircraft in the high-speed section.

"The jump is very good, but the impact of the wing compression effect is also very obvious. The maneuverability at high speed is generally very similar to that of the BF-109g. Maybe it is slightly better."

The next two attacks by P-51 seemed to confirm his suspicion. Several attacks by the Americans were easily dodged. However, the Americans had good control over energy, and the Soviets never received a counterattack.

opportunity. So the Soviets decided to gradually reduce the range of evasive actions. This would reduce the energy loss in evasion and give themselves a better chance to counterattack.

But all this was just as Ron expected.

"The Soviets are used to seeing German fighters that become extremely clumsy due to the wing compression effect in the high-speed section. They certainly would not have thought that our P-51 could have such operational response in the high-speed section. Therefore, once we have the opportunity to operate at high speed,

To attack them, we don’t want to use all the capabilities of the P-51 first. We want it to fly like the German BF-109. Until the Soviets really think of them as BF-109, we will..."
Chapter completed!