In the [Air Overlord] system, Zhou Zhihan learned that the training time of Japanese pilots was long and the training requirements were demanding, so they were all excellent, but even the best pilots had their own weaknesses and shortcomings.
There is nothing to say about the willpower of Japanese pilots, but their weaknesses are also relatively obvious, that is, they deliberately pursue smooth and coordinated maneuvers when maneuvering. In their evasive tactics, they generally use sharp turns and regular stunts, and rarely do so. Use sideslips or violent uncoordinated maneuvers.
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight without danger.
After previous theoretical study and actual combat experience in the past three months, Zhou Zhihan has become very familiar with the daily learning methods of Japanese pilots and the performance of Japanese aircraft, and truly knows himself and the enemy.
In one-on-one aerial combat, head-on shooting is an unavoidable encounter for both sides. Everyone wants to shoot down the opponent when the opponent is head-on, or use superb head-on shooting technology to force the opponent to make evasive actions in advance or panic and take position, thereby gaining an advantage in one fell swoop.
The main focus of head-on shooting is psychological quality, followed by superb shooting skills. Without excellent psychological quality, if you are timid and panicked when you see the opponent flying from a distance, how can you achieve superb and effective shooting.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"Duoduoduo..."
The No. 214 ship and the No. 00 fighter were about 200 meters apart and opened fire almost at the same time.
Four tongues of fire spit out almost at the same time, biting the nose of the opponent's machine.
200 meters is already the most dangerous edge for escape after an attack. If the two planes are not careful, they will collide due to recovery errors of one or both sides. This kind of collision is fatal.
Military god Nango Shigeaki fired and rolled 90 degrees to the left and left.
Zhou Zhihan shoots, presses the stick, and makes a 90-degree roll to the right to escape.
Since the ballistic trajectories of both sides are almost on the same plane and on the same flight path, if you change the direction of the other side, you will almost send your fighter planes towards the other side's firepower.
Four tracer bullets spit out flames, forming a fire net about seven or eight meters wide, which was very shocking in the air.
Ship Battle No. 214 and Fighter No. 00 quickly recovered after breaking away from their original tracks and flew level.
If the two planes fly back according to the trajectory at this time, they will fly out of a figure 8 and then the two planes will shoot head-on again, but it is obvious that the military god Nango Shigeaki cannot do that. His fighter planes are far superior to the 214 in terms of speed and hovering maneuverability. In the USS ship battle, flying a figure-eight and shooting head-on would be tantamount to nullifying the advantage.
After the military god Nango Shigeaki recovered, he immediately made a sharp turn with a small radius to change the course and pulled the lever, hoping that the nose of the aircraft could point to the turning course of the No. 214 ship battle in advance and gain a firm advantage.
Zhou Zhihan knew that the military god Nanxiang Maozhang would do this, and he would do the same thing if he were to fly the No. 00 fighter. He would use his super maneuverability to hover stably and quickly change his position.
Since the No. 00 fighter is a high-thrust-to-weight ratio fighter with good climb performance and vertical potential, while the No. 214 ship-to-ship fighter is a low-wing-borne fighter, Zhou Zhihan dragged the military god Nanxiang Maozhang into a low-altitude dogfight and limited it to one thousand meters. The low-altitude horizontal plane below at least limits the diving advantage of the No. 00 fighter. To dive at this altitude is to seek death.
When the two planes staggered, Zhou Zhihan did not take advantage of the hovering advantage of the low-wing-loaded fighter to quickly recover and then turn around at a small angle at high speed to quickly occupy the position. Instead, the two planes staggered and flew straight, using the distance between the two planes to maintain temporary safety. distance to ensure that the opponent's tail will not be bitten, and then recover, maneuver at a small angle, and maintain the same course as the No. 00 fighter, with a slightly forward position and a slight disadvantage.
When both aircraft fly in the same direction, the fighter in the rear position has the advantage and has a greater chance of catching the opponent's rear hemisphere.
Zhou Zhihan knew that the performance of the No. 214 ship was lagging behind the No. 00 fighter in all aspects. He maneuvered at a small angle to seize a favorable shooting position, basically taking the initiative to send the gun to the No. 00 fighter.
Ship Battle No. 214 did not make a sharp turn at a small angle but flew straight, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the military god Nango Shigeaki.
Does the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force know that the performance of the A5m4 crushes the Type 96 carrier-based aircraft?
Knowing that the advantage No. 214 had over other fighters turned into a fatal weakness in the face of the A5m4, why did they abandon the previous rapid maneuver after the two planes fired at each other and instead fly side by side with the two planes maintaining a distance?
If this is the case, then the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force is terrible!
Because the pilots of the Empire of Japan were repeatedly defeated by the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force, the Emperor was furious, so he sent out the most powerful carrier-based aircraft and one of the strongest pilots in the empire at the moment, traveling by starry night to fight against the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force.
During the development of the A5m4, confidentiality was very good. No one outside had ever seen this fighter before. The Japanese army just wanted to use this fighter to fight against the No. 214 ship, achieve a quick victory, leave quickly, and give the outside world Leave a veil of mystery behind.
Military God Nango Shigeaki's eyes narrowed. Since the other party is the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force, and he piloted the No. 214 ship to win in many air battles, he should know that the hovering and small-angle maneuvers of the Type 96 carrier-based aircraft are unique in the world today. , and now that he suddenly gives up this advantage, it means that he knows that the performance of the No. 214 ship battle lags behind the No. 00 fighter in all aspects.
This Chinese pilot's hands are really terrible. Not only is he superb in skills, but he also has a vicious vision. It can be seen at a glance that the No. 00 fighter plane crushes the No. 214 ship battle in terms of performance.
With both aircraft advancing hand in hand, No. 214 took the initiative to launch an attack, seeking scissor maneuvers.
On the same plane, against high-thrust-to-weight ratio fighters, low-wing-loaded fighters have a natural advantage when performing scissor maneuvers. On the contrary, when circling upward and performing scissor maneuvers, high-thrust-to-weight ratio fighters have the advantage. This also confirms that any two fighters In combat, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and what the pilot has to do is how to use the advantages of his own fighter plane to attack the disadvantages of the enemy plane.
The lag capability of fast-flying fighters is naturally inferior to that of slow-flying fighters. Therefore, facing the No. 214 ship battle, seeking scissor maneuvers, the No. 00 fighter responded with a roll maneuver, exchanging space for time to ensure that the fighter would not Rush forward and become the tail-biting target of the 214th ship battle.
Zhou Zhihan secretly cheered. The military god Nanxiang Maozhang really lived up to his reputation. He was able to roll slowly compared to the fighter when he pushed a heavy weight. For now, apart from himself, the military god Nanxiang Maozhang did the best.
Such opponents must be eliminated.
Zhou Zhihan also pressed the lever, and the No. 214 Warship and the No. 00 Fighter performed slow rolls on the same plane. Taking advantage of the lag, they gradually regained the disadvantage of the forward fuselage, becoming almost indistinguishable between the noses of the two aircraft. before and after.
The two fighter planes simultaneously performed wonderful delayed slow rolls at an altitude of 1,000 meters. Senior military observers from various Western countries continued to applaud. The aerial dogfight between the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force and the Japanese military officer Shennango Shigeaki was definitely the first since World War I. The most exciting aerial battle.
Although the people on the south bank of the Suzhou River could not understand the various maneuvers, the two sides chased, rolled, and blasted each other in the air in a dizzying manner, which opened their eyes and opened their mouths in applause.
Driven by the uniform drumbeats of the big drum beaters, the common people cheered for the chief instructor in unison. There were tens of thousands of Japanese troops helping the battle, and the cheers became louder and louder.
The most difficult thing at this time was the Chinese defenders of the Sixing Warehouse. Although the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles did not dare to forcibly bombard the walls of the Sixing Warehouse, their soldiers relied on the cover of the armored vehicles and tanks to advance layer by layer. In a matter of seconds, , and broke through the first layer of positions outside the Sihang Warehouse.
"boom!"
"boom!"
After two sudden huge explosions, a Japanese tank and armored vehicle suddenly exploded and burst into flames. The soldiers following the vehicle had no time to escape and were instantly blown to pieces and suffered heavy casualties.
It turned out that just when the Japanese army broke through China's first line of defense, several Chinese soldiers who were seriously injured and lying in a pile of corpses pretending to be dead suddenly pulled off the bombs tied to their bodies and died together with the tanks and armored vehicles, killing one of them. Kill two and earn blood.
The soldiers witnessed that the brothers who were captured last night not only did not receive medical treatment from the Japanese army, but were delayed. Therefore, when they were seriously injured and died, the soldiers chose to die in a vigorous battle.
Before entering the Sixing Warehouse, Commander Sun Liangyuan said that the families of all soldiers who died in the Sixing Warehouse would receive double pensions.
On the battlefield at this time, I knew very well that if I was seriously injured, there was only one way to die. Rather than lingering and suffering, it was better to die and gain a lifetime of fame.
Faced with the Chinese soldiers' flesh-and-blood blocking of aircraft and armored vehicles and tanks, the momentum of the Japanese soldiers was immediately suppressed. They abandoned the destroyed tanks and armored vehicles one after another, carried the wounded soldiers and retreated back, and were immediately commanded by waving sabers. They forced back and continued the attack.
Suddenly, the military god Nanxiang Maozhang slightly pulled the nose of the aircraft, and the No. 00 fighter plane changed its plane roll to a small nose upward roll. Immediately, the fuselage lagged slightly and took advantage.
This change by the military god Nango Shigeaki made the No. 214 ship battle very uncomfortable. If the nose of the aircraft rolled upward at a small angle, the energy of the fighter aircraft would decrease rapidly due to insufficient thrust-to-weight ratio, and the aircraft would eventually be rolled over its head by the opponent, forming a dive attack. If you give up the roll and make a recovery maneuver at this time, the opponent will take the opportunity to occupy a high position and bite the tail.
In contrast, when the No. 214 ship makes a recovery maneuver, it is easier to fall into a passive position than to follow the upward roll. At this time, the No. 00 fighter will immediately gain the advantage of tail bite + dive, follow the upward roll, and at least still be able to survive. Preserve changes.
Just when senior military observers from various Western countries believed that the No. 214 ship battle would never be reversed, Zhou Zhihan stopped rolling, the fighter plane reversed, and flew away in the opposite direction of the No. 00 fighter's nose, with a slight turn in the track.
This sudden change surprised senior military observers from various Western countries.
Sure enough, Fighter No. 00 seized the opportunity, made a simple hook, and then dived from a high position, instantly biting the rear half of the battleship No. 214.
Military God Shigeaki Nango breathed a sigh of relief. He finally made a mistake in selecting the No. 214 ship. He put his thumb on the button of the joystick and adjusted it a few times. The center of the sight circle bit the No. 214 ship. At the tail end of the battle, just when he pressed the button, fired, and was almost ready to harvest the soul of Ship Battle No. 214, an incredible scene appeared in front of him - Ship Battle No. 214 was driving like a ghost in the track slightly to the left, and suddenly Drift to the left for more than ten meters.
"Duoduoduo..."
Two hails of tracer bullets mixed with high-explosive incendiary bombs streaked across the track of the No. 214 ship battle just now.
Just now, just before the No. 00 fighter plane recovered from the roll, performed a series of actions such as hooking, diving, biting its tail, and firing, Zhou Zhihan pedaled the left rudder with ten feet in a row at extremely high speeds. The first nine pedals were all halfway through. Hold it back, push the last kick to the bottom when fighter No. 00 fires, and ship No. 214 instantly slides sideways, just like a car drifting on an F1 track.
Ship Battle No. 214 made an incredible mid-air drift.
Before this, the No. 00 fighter jet passively drifted due to the shock wave from the explosion of the Type 96 ship battle. This time, the No. 214 ship battle took the initiative and made an unprecedented large drift in the air in the history of aviation.
As the performance of fighter aircraft continues to improve, and the skills of pilots are also improving with each passing day, a technology that is considered to be able to effectively affect the actions of attack aircraft pilots has emerged - mid-air drift.
Air drift is an unbalanced flight technique used by the defender during evasive maneuvers. This technique usually involves pushing a large amount of rudder in one direction or another during the micro-turn of the aircraft to cause the fighter aircraft to slide sideways. This resulted in a large angle between the flight path of the defender's aircraft and the attack aircraft, affecting the attack aircraft pilot's shooting judgment.
The technology of attack aircraft to conduct stable tracking and shooting depends entirely on the pilot's ability to judge the flight trajectory of the target aircraft. Pilots often use the flight attitude of the target aircraft as the basis for judgment, such as the direction of the target aircraft's fuselage, the degree of coordination of the slope, etc.
The unbalanced flight state of mid-air drift will give the attack aircraft pilots false visual cues, which will disrupt their judgment and vision, and is very difficult to overcome.
"Oh! It's so exciting!" Young Erich Hardmann held his head in his hands, with a look of disbelief but could not believe it in his eyes. He came to China with his parents and had seen air battles many times, but he had never No other air battle had fascinated him like this one, opened his eyes and benefited him immensely.
Erich Hardmann's father is a senior German aircraft mechanic who can also fly. A few months ago, he was hired to fly to China with the 139WC Martin heavy bomber. His wife and son came with him. During this period in China, Hardman became more interested in flying skills and often flew into the sky with his father in a training aircraft.
"Oh God!" Wallis Stevens was so shocked that his mouth opened wide and his eyes widened. He could not imagine how the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force made the fighter plane suddenly make such a superb drift in flight.
"Oh! Fuck!" The cigar held between Wallis Stevens's fingers almost fell to the ground. At this moment, he felt that he had seen God, because only the power of God could save this aircraft that was already in despair. In the battle of No. 214, a sideslip drift that can only occur when a battleship is fully ruddering on the sea surface suddenly occurs.
The soul of Military God Shigeaki Nango seemed to pause for three seconds after this moment, because when the No. 214 battleship skidded and drifted to the left, his No. 00 fighter plane inevitably rushed forward. What made him feel even more horrified and desperate was that, When the No. 214 ship battle drifted, the tail of the aircraft flicked to the left even more, which caused the nose of the aircraft to turn to the right during the drift, and formed an excellent shooting lead as the No. 00 fighter jet continued to rush forward.
Military God Nango Shigeaki turned around helplessly. He once again saw the "cut throat" gesture made by the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Ship battle No. 214 opens fire.
The tracer bullets were fired mercilessly, licking towards the belly of the No. 00 fighter.
Although the military god Nango Shigeaki was not frightened, he made a desperate move 0.5 seconds before the No. 214 ship battle opened fire.
