Chapter 412 Myths Busted
The 1st Fighter Squadron of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Battalion of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, plus the spare aircraft, had a total of 20 F4U fighters. These fighters flew to the front of the entire formation.
The 2nd Fighter Squadron, plus the spare aircraft, has a total of 199 F4U fighters. These fighters, together with dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft in the rear, provide them with protection to avoid being raided by Japanese fighters.
Because we are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of Zero fighters, the carrier-based aircraft troops of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army stay in high altitudes and avoid fighting with the Japanese Zero fighters at low altitudes as much as possible. In that case, the excellent performance of the Zero fighter will be maximized. This is very unfavorable for the F4U fighter. In air combat, it is easy to be shot down by Japan's zero battle.
"Attention, all teams, the Chinese are coming soon. After discovering them, drag them to the low-altitude battle we are best at. In that case, even if the Chinese have advanced fighter jets, they will perform their performance at all." Captain Jiro Uetani, commanded.
"Hi, Squadron Captain." All the Japanese pilots replied.
The Japanese aircraft carrier "Shokhe" and "Ruihe" are composed of 18 Zero fighters, 27 Type 99 critical strike aircraft and 27 Type 97 attack aircraft. In addition, these three aircraft have four backup aircraft each.
Although Captain Miyatani Jiro had only eighteen Zero fighter jets at this moment, he was still unafraid. On the Pacific battlefield, they were indeed inferior to the US military, and they were beaten by the Americans and suffered heavy losses. However, they believed that in front of the Chinese, they were still powerful. How could the weak Chinese defeat them?
Indeed, on the Chinese battlefield, the Chinese Air Force is very difficult to deal with the Japanese and Chinese Army Air Force. The performance of the Japanese and Chinese Army Air Force is much worse than that of the Japanese and Chinese Navy. Even the most advanced single-type fighter jets of the Japanese and Chinese Army Air Force is not an opponent of the Zero fighter jets, let alone other old fighters.
Of course, this is also related to the performance of the fighter jets used by the Chinese Air Force. The Americans supported the Chinese Air Force were just outdated P-40 fighters. Even those used by the Flying Tigers were all this type of aircraft. You should know that this model was almost impossible to fight back in front of the Japanese Zero fighter.
"I discovered Japanese*'s own Zero fighter. All teams are careful and ready to launch an attack!" The squadron leader of the 1st Fighter Squadron of the 1st Fighter Squadron issued an order to attack.
The tactics of f4u fighters against zero fighters are actually very simple. It is to maintain high speed and dive down from high altitude to launch an attack. Regardless of whether the enemy hits the enemy or not, continue to dive at high speed to get rid of the pursuit of the zero fighter, and then find a chance to climb to high altitude and launch an attack again. In order to avoid getting into a fight with the zero fighter as much as possible. After all, once the fight is carried out, the f4u fighter will not take any advantage. In addition, the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft troops of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army may not be as good as those of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots. At that time, it will be even more difficult for the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army air force to win.
"Occurrence!" With the order of the squadron leader, 20 F4u fighters in the sky launched an attack on the Japanese Zero fighter jets.
These F4U fighters dive down from high altitude, with six 12.7mm aerial machine guns, fired violently.
"Da da da da!"
The dense machine gun fires at the Japanese Zero fighter jets, while the Zero fighter jets keep dodging.
However, even so, under the intensive firepower strike, Zero fighter jets were still hit.
A Zero fighter was hit by a shuttle of aviation machine gun bullets. The fragile fuselage was directly knocked out of a series of bullet craters. Half of the wing was directly knocked out. This caused the Zero fighter to lose balance and fall towards the sea.
There was also a Zero fighter, whose cockpit glass was penetrated by the bullets of an aviation machine gun. The pilot was shot directly, and blood sprayed all over the cockpit. After the pilot was shot dead, the Zero fighter lost control and fell directly into the sea.
In the first fight, the carrier-based aircraft unit of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army killed two Zero fighters without any casualties. The number of fighters on both sides on the battlefield became 20 to 16.
"Beautiful job! Keep diving, get rid of the Japanese myself, find opportunities to continue climbing, seize the height, and then launch an attack again. Brothers, it will be very easy to do this and kill Japanese myself Zero fighter jets." The squadron leader said excitedly.
"Haha, I'll kill a Type Zero." The pilot who shot down the Sun Army Zero fighter even cheered.
While the air force of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army cheered for victory, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft troops fell into anger.
They lost two Zero fighters just now. What's more, the flight skills of the anti-Japanese and national salvation army seemed to be a little immature. However, their tactics were very old! This undoubtedly proves that they are familiar with the weaknesses of Zero fighters. Under such circumstances, it would undoubtedly be very difficult for them to defeat the Anti-Japanese and National Saving Army.
"Chasing and killing the Chinese people's planes." Captain Uetani Jiro roared angrily. Being shot down by the Chinese planes that he looked down on was a shame for them!
"Hi, sir." The other Japanese pilots were also red-eyed and chased the fighter planes of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army.
"Oh no, I was bitten by Japan myself." A pilot exclaimed.
"Continue diving, then roll and get rid of them!" The voice of the captain appeared in the pilot's headphones.
The pilot immediately did as he did, first continuing to dive, diving to a position one thousand meters away from the sea, and then immediately rolled.
After a whole set of actions, he could easily get rid of Japan's Zero fighter.
It has to be admitted that the American fighter jets are rough and thick in skin and very durable. If it were Japanese Zero fighter jets, if they were scared of such a set of actions, they would have disintegrated long ago. The excessive pursuit of the weight of the fighter jets as light as possible makes the Japanese Zero fighter jets very fragile. In air combat, if the action is too large, it will easily disintegrate by itself.
Although the carrier-based aircraft unit of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army was fighting with the Japanese Zero fighter for the first time, it did not fall into a disadvantage, but instead gained the upper hand.
The myth of Zero Fighter has indeed been shattered.
Chapter completed!