When flying the Albarot H-25 carrier-based fighter jet of the German Navy took off from the Galway Naval Training Base, Japanese Navy Lieutenant Hiroshi Sugida was completely focused on the handling performance of the aircraft, and he had never thought about what kind of "black" situation he would encounter in the subsequent confrontational training. The Japanese military had long known about the Chinese pilots' further study in Ireland, and had also used the Germans to put pressure on the Irish government to try to get the Irish people to repatriate these Chinese people who pose great threat to the Japanese aviation forces in advance. However, Ireland determined that this was a reasonable clause in the military purchase contract, so he ignored the Japanese government's requirements and continued to train pilots for the Chinese Air Force.

Another H-25 participating in the confrontation training was piloted by Captain Hansen, an experienced German naval pilot. He took off before Sugita. When Sugita's plane climbed to a height of 2,000 meters, suddenly dived from the upper back, then suddenly pulled up the nose and jumped up, then rolled around to the right for a while, showing the Japanese pilot the powerful maneuverability of the so-called "Europe's first carrier-based fighter" with a series of smooth movements.

The air movements performed by Captain Hansen can be achieved by most fighters. What really distinguishes the performance of the fighter is the speed and consistency of completing these actions. The performance of the h-25 is many times stronger than that of Japan's active carrier-based aircraft. During this trip to Europe, Sugita's horizons were wide open and he worshiped Germany's aviation technology. He and most of his colleagues on this trip had reached a consensus: the h-25 is the ideal choice to increase the strength of the Japanese naval aviation force to a higher level!

In close range, Sugita saw Captain Hansen making a gesture of "I'll go up" to him. The theme of this confrontation training is offense and interception rather than search and avoidance, so the flight route of the offensive side is established. The two fighters of the defensive side only need to wait on this route. The difficulty of winning the battle is that the opponent has three fighters. They just need to wrap around the defending fighter jets and cover the only torpedo aircraft to reach the open position of Galway Bay. So before departure, Captain Hansen formulated a clear and simple tactic: Sugita's fighter jets intercepted frontally in the air, and Captain Hansen ambushed at a high altitude. After discovering the opponent's aircraft group, he stared at the torpedo aircraft to dive and strive for a blow.

Hansen is a German pilot stationed in the naval base in northwest Ireland. It was Sugita who had first contacted him and did not know much about his strength, but Sugita had no confidence in himself. Including his itinerary in Germany, he had less than 30 hours of contact with the H-25, and his real flight was less than 10 hours. If Hansen's tactics could work, no matter how he performed in this confrontation training, it would not detract from the image of the Japanese naval aviation force. But on the other hand, the intention to investigate the ir-30t could not be achieved. After thinking about it, Sugita already had his own ideas. Before the plane took off, he also rewarded Major General Yamamoto, who was the leader, and he was recognized by him. Only then did he feel at ease.

After saying hello, Hanson climbed up with his head raised. Sugita looked up at it and watched it leave with his head tilted. He silently estimated the climbing rate of the h-25 in this weather condition in order to provide valuable first-hand materials for the comprehensive assessment of the Japanese Navy. When it hid in the clouds, Sugita turned his eyes back to the front. There was no trace of the opponent's fighter jets in sight. The offensive party only determined the flight route and did not fix the flight altitude and tactical arrangements. They took off at the same time as the defending fighter jets. They could not only allow three fighters to open the way forward, form an escort formation, and disassemble it and combine it in any way, and could circle around on the prescribed route. Anyway, their respective fuel was enough to go back and forth in the drill airspace multiple times.

Sugita guessed that Irish pilots would adopt the common tactics of fighting for air superiority on the battlefield, that is, to use the numerical advantage of three carrier-based fighters to first eliminate the defense, so that there is no need to consider the cover of torpedoes, and directly win the confrontation training, and demonstrate the performance of the fighter as the other party wishes. If neither side fights any extra moves, it only takes four or five minutes to fly straight to each other's vision, so Sugita did not take advantage of the last chance to explore the tactical actions of the H-25, but maintained a high concentration of spirit. As expected, non-natural flying objects soon appeared on the edge of the clouds in the southeast. In such weather, the white paint of the Irish Navy carrier-based aircraft had a slight advantage over the silver-gray paint of the Germans. After a while, Sugita confirmed that there were two rather than three "enemy aircraft" in sight.

Two frontal interceptions, one ambushed at high altitude?

Sugita gritted his teeth. He was not sure about one against one, let alone one against two. If Hansen dived from the clouds before he discovered the opponent's torpedo plane, even if he successfully "shooted down" an opponent's fighter plane, he would still be in a tactical "counter-trend". Unless he could survive the start and not be killed instantly by the skilled Irish pilot, the chance of winning might be greater.

Seeing that there was only one fighter plane flying under the clouds on the offensive side, the defending pilot was also easy to guess the opponent's plan. Next, it depends on who can perform better in direct dialogue. As expected, two Irish carrier-based fighters rushed towards the lonely H-25, and they kept a moderate distance from one behind. This is a standard dual-aircraft combat formation. Sugida had seen such air tactics before when he saw German training. He had only had one chance to break the formation, so he held the joystick with both hands, pulled the shooting button with his thumb, and kept tapping the pedal as if he was preheating. His eyes were focused, his heartbeat increased, his pupils dilated, and his whole body was in an excited state...

In air combat confrontation in non-live-fire drills, the winning standards of each country are different. The Germans' approach is to see who can catch up to within fifty meters and allow the target to stay steadily in the shooting scope. This is difficult to make an objective and fair assessment from a third-party perspective. Usually, the results are judged by the camera installed on the aircraft. The shooting button on the aircraft is the switch of the camera.

As the two Irish fighter jets approached, Sugita was ready to conduct an extremely risky "front charge". This tactic may cause the damage of planes and people to die. Therefore, it is not common in training. Sugita bet that the Irish pilots dare not "fight" with him. As long as the long aircraft in front turns to avoid him, he immediately adjusts his course and attacks the wingman who moves slowly behind him.

Sugita suddenly realized that the two fighters in front were not exactly the same as he took it for granted. In his opinion, the two ir-29ts should be formed together, and the better-performance ir-30ts lie in ambush at a high altitude. However, there is a difference between the shape of the fairing and the wing layout of the two ir-29ts in front of him. In this way, they are actually a mixed formation of an ir-29t and an ir-30t?

Sugita's thinking may be only a few seconds away from the slightest moment. Just in the flash, the opponent's long aircraft swung the wings, looking as if he was about to turn around. However, the next scene was a wonderful scene: the white fighter rolled horizontally for a week and a half, and his movements were like a kite that was off-line. It completely got rid of the established trajectory. The erratic body quickly moved to the oblique position of Sugita's sight, and continued to approach in a reversed posture. Sugita subconsciously pulled the joystick back so that he could lift the head to aim the sight at the target. However, in a blink of an eye, the white fighter suddenly turned down and rushed to the ground at the speed of Sugita's overwhelming speed, and then disappeared from his vision!

Sugita's brain was blank and he didn't know what to do next action. His retina almost passively received feedback from moving objects: the opponent's wingman rushed straight up from above, and saw that the two planes were about to collide in the air. The white fighter swung his wings lightly and drew a beautiful arc in the air, avoiding the h-25 driven by Sugita. When the two fighters were closest, the wingtips and wingtips were probably only ten meters away, but Sugita only realized that there was a figure in the other party's cockpit and did not even see what the other party looked like. When he recovered, he found that his hands were still holding the joystick tightly, but his feet were stiffly pressing against the pedal. During the whole process, he did nothing except pulling the joystick slightly.

Have you just...

Sugita, who was covered in cold sweat, turned his head to pursue the traces of the enemy fighter planes, but saw the silver-gray H-25 fighting against the white fighter plane. When did Hansen come down? Did his dive achieve results? What is the current battlefield situation?

Sugita's brain was hit again. Isn't this the feeling of a mortal watching a master fight?

It is true that practical experience is produced, but on the Chinese battlefield, Japanese pilots fight most of the time when the situation is dominant. They have not been able to draw too much combat experience from the weak Chinese Air Force. Moreover, the Japanese Navy Air Force has fought far less frequently in China than the Army Air Force, and most of the experience is achieved through daily training. In the same training, the Germans have to hold large-scale joint training every year. This tradition has been continued from the Prussian era and has almost never been interrupted. The investment in funds and energy determines the quality of training. Moreover, Germany always takes the allied countries to train after the war. In recent years, it has also been in the Caucasus, Persia and South America. The effect can be imagined.

Maybe he had not been shot down yet, maybe the opponent's torpedo plane was right in front, maybe he still had a chance to save the situation of confrontation training. With these unconscious thoughts, Sugita drove the H-25 forward at full speed. When he felt something was wrong, a white fighter jet had appeared from the corner of his eyes. He turned his head in shock and saw that the Irish fighter jet was flying close to him like Hansen before, but the cockpit was not a blond, blue-eyed, white-skinned European. The hair exposed from the lower edge of the flight cap was black, the forehead and facial skin was yellow, and the eyes behind the windscreen were also black, with a fierce look in his eyes...

Chinese!

Sugita was stunned and watched the other party make two gestures of wiping his neck, and then pounding downward. Could it be that he said he had been killed twice?

Before Sugita could make any statement, the white fighter turned right lightly and after a moment, it turned sharply in the air, climbing and rolling. The fighter made a series of dazzling moves, and the buzzing sounds made by the engine when it increased its horsepower was clearly audible.

Seeing that the white falcon occupied the attack position behind him again, Sugita swayed the joystick in a hurry, frequently stepped on the flight pedal used to control the rudder and coordinate the aircraft's steering, and tried to get the aircraft out of the opponent's pursuit, but it was ineffective. What made him even more disappointed was that after each attack, the yellow-skinned pilot had to fly the plane to the side, making gestures to him that smeared his neck and represented the number of shots.
Chapter completed!