Captain Kondo looked happy and relaxed, sitting in the cockpit of Zero War, his eyes wandering between the No. 214 Messerschmitt and the Type 98 reflex sight. He held the joystick firmly with his right hand and controlled the throttle with his left palm. With his thumb resting on the cannon firing button, he never imagined that in the descriptions of Colonel Moritaka Nakaba and Major Kato, the almost invincible Zhou Zhihan would be so easy to deal with, allowing him to easily form a T-shaped attack.
Just when the Type 98 reflex sight showed that the No. 214 Mei-type had entered the 300-meter range, and the ring center of the sight was about to catch the Mei-type, the Mei-type in front of Kondo suddenly did a sideways roll and swam out of the sight, and the wings cut open. The resistance of the air suddenly caused the plane to sink suddenly, and flew toward the lower right side of its nose. The speed and attitude changed as fast as an eagle's.
This change was completely beyond Kondo's expectation. When he occupied the decisive T-shaped bombing position just now, as an ace pilot, he instantly predicted and predicted all the maneuvers that Messerschmitt could do at this time. Block.
But he never expected that Zhou Zhihan would hit his gun muzzle as if to kill himself.
Kondo pressed the stick slightly to the right and then pushed lightly. The nose of the Zero Fighter moved to the right and sank. The sight easily caught the No. 214 Messerschmitt, opened fire, and made a long shot.
"Da da da……"
A hail of crimson bullets spurted out, gliding over the wings of the Mei-style aircraft pointing diagonally at the sky, still far away from the fuselage.
"idiot!"
Captain Kondo cursed loudly, what a hell, the inevitable hit just now missed completely. The speed of this Messerschmitt was so fast that he misjudged the advance of his shot.
To put it bluntly, the two fighter jets are actually 300 meters apart, and the two fighter jets are approaching each other faster than the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, a terrible thought appeared in Kondo's mind: The Chinese were unable to fire, so they wanted to use fighter jets to collide with themselves and die together?
Captain Kondo followed his heart and yanked the control stick. The Zero fighter recovered from a dive at a small angle, drew an arc on its nose, and pulled up.
Kondo has a good idea of whether his own fighter jets are strong and durable. This Matchbox can never touch the German Messerschmitt. Even if he fires and hits the No. 214 Messerschmitt, the distance is too close. Even if he wasn't hit, he would still be affected by the fragments produced by the Mei-type explosion. He was sitting in a layer of iron without any protection and could be carried away by any piece of shrapnel.
Even Kondo doubted that his matchbox could be easily pierced by the plume's wings.
He turned back after pulling up. His heart was beating fast and he was secretly glad. Sure enough, it was consistent with his judgment. The Mei fighter appeared at the position where the Zero was just now. If he hadn't pulled up just now, the two fighter jets might have collided with each other at this time. When they were together, the matchbox collapsed as soon as it was squeezed, and there was no chance of parachuting.
Captain Kondo's back was sweating, and he accelerated to fly forward. He wanted to keep a certain distance from Messerschmitt. This Chinese was really crazy. He actually dared to use the imperial pilot's life-threatening tactics at critical moments.
Seeing that the Zero Zero was accelerating forward, No. 214 Messerschmitt recovered from the roll, flew upside down quickly, and caught up with him. What Zhou Zhihan had to do now was to tightly wrap around the Zero and restrict it. Stay with Kondo and don't let him get the chance to fire easily.
Zhou Zhihan's move just now seemed very dangerous, but it was actually what he expected.
All ace pilots must have superb skills, excellent judgment and reaction capabilities.
Since Kondo is the ace pilot of the Japanese army, it is impossible for him not to know that if the No. 214 Messerschmitt without firepower wants to win or draw, the only way is to crash.
It is impossible for Kondo not to know that the Zero he drove was just a layer of iron and could not hit the tough Mei-type.
The Japanese Type Zero is just a matchbox. How can Kondo himself not have any tricks?
When Zhou Zhihan was at Randolph Air Force Academy, he learned that Japanese military training was completely different from that of the United States. The Japanese army pursued students to be loyal to the emperor and fight for Japan regardless of personal interests.
For centuries, the Japanese education philosophy has been that if you die fighting for your country, you can receive the highest honor.
The most important part of the Japanese army's training of pilots is to inculcate a concept: "Don't be afraid of death, don't surrender, and seek to die with your opponent before you die!"
Japanese pilots all had this belief, so Kondo could not have imagined that Zhou Zhihan would seek to die with him when there was no chance of winning.
Before Zhou Zhihan traveled through time, he had read the diary [Kamikaze] of Japanese Imperial Army aviation pilot Oho Kuwahara:
Regardless of nationality, soldiers abide by the same rules. The biggest difference is how to enforce them.
For example, U.S. soldiers who forget to shave or keep their shoes clean during inspection may be fined to do some extra small things.
However, for Japanese students, even for the slightest violation or the smallest mistake, the most severe punishment awaits us.
From the moment we arrived at the training camp, ruthless and endless corporal punishment followed us throughout the training process. Some of the corporal punishment was so cruel that some of us did not survive, no matter how well we completed our tasks. , the instructors always found reasons to pick on us, so corporal punishment became an integral part of our training.
Corporal punishment has two purposes, one is to establish iron discipline, and the other is to cultivate a fearless fighting spirit.
Regarding corporal punishment, the instructor's explanation is that as long as anyone can withstand the instructor's corporal punishment, he will not be afraid of the enemy. When facing a strong enemy, he will rather die than surrender. When facing a strong enemy, he will die with his opponent even if he dies.
Therefore, when Zhou Zhihan faced the opponent's T-shaped attack, he immediately decided to use a lose-lose style of play, either hitting the opponent or forcing Zero to avoid it.
Kondo was angry.
Just now, the Chinese used the Immelman maneuver to die, but he subconsciously used the barrel maneuver to defend and missed the opportunity. Now the enemy directly bumped into him, but he was frightened to avoid it, which made him lose face.
This sudden change just now triggered various reactions from all the spectators. The common people were watching the excitement. They didn't know any tactics. They only knew that whoever ran away first or was shot down would lose.
The military observer groups from various countries, as well as Zhou Zhirou and Yamaguchi Dawen, could all see that No. 214 Messerschmitt had just forced the Zero to give in with a strategy of mutual destruction.
Yamaguchi Takan and Nakasa Moritaka, Kato never expected that No. 214 Messerschmitt would actually have a lose-lose style of play, forcing Kondo to pull the lever to avoid, and wasted a rare chance to win.
"Baga..." Yamaguchi Dawen was so angry that his face was livid. Captain Kondo's greed for life and fear of death was in disgrace to the empire.
Seeing that No. 214 Messerschmitt used a lose-lose strategy to take advantage of the desperate situation, Zhou Zhirou's tense heartstrings relaxed slightly, but Zhang Mufei's words made his heart suddenly rise to his throat again.
"Commander-in-Chief! I always feel something is wrong. From the beginning of the war to now, Colonel Zhou has never fired. This is not his style. I wonder if his fighter jets have been tampered with?"
Hearing this, Zhou Zhirou and Chennault gasped almost simultaneously and shouted in unison: "What?"
Zhang Mufei is an ace pilot who has experienced hundreds of battles. His rich combat experience is not comparable to that of Zhou Zhirou and Chennault. He always felt that something was wrong, but he did not think about the lack of firepower of the Messers until No. 214 Messerschmitt used a lose-lose style of play. After hitting the Japs' Type Zero, Zhang Mufei realized that most of the Mei Types had been tampered with.
"Mu Fei, what if Zhihan's fighter plane is really tampered with?"
Zhou Zhirou asked anxiously.
Zhang Mufei shook his head and said nothing. He didn't know what to do. If Zhou Zhihan had his way, he wouldn't use the same death strategy.
Chennault shrugged his shoulders, his face full of anxiety: "If there are no bullets, what's the point of fighting? Let him come down."
"He won't come down." Zhang Mufei shook his head. At this moment, he remembered Liang Hongyun, who fought to the death and died for his country during the Battle of Songhu.
Zhou Zhirou's face was filled with sadness. He knew that Zhou Zhihan would never retreat first, otherwise the scene where he desperately crashed into Zero War would not have happened. He thought for a moment and immediately sent a telegram himself: Order, all personnel at Taiping Temple Airport must not Leave. If anyone leaves, arrest them immediately.
"I suspect that there is a problem with the weapon system of the allied ace fighter jet."
a member of the British Military Observer Group told his fellow members.
"Most likely!"
Several other British people also agreed.
Although Zhou Zhihan could not be seen sitting on No. 214 Messerschmitri, all the British people at the scene hoped that the Chinese could win. Zhou Zhihan made great achievements for the Royal Air Force while supporting the British operations. The people remember him, and in the hearts of these military observers, Zhou Zhihan has always been the number one trump card of the Allies.
In fact, not only the British military observation group, but also military personnel from other countries also saw the clues. If there was no problem with the weapon system, No. 214 Messerschmitt was not stupid enough to hit the muzzle of the Zero War and seek A lose-lose style of play.
The air battle took a turn for the worse. Principal Jiang's wife, who was about to leave with a gloomy expression, stopped. She picked up a telescope and looked up at the sky: "With such outstanding bloody soldiers, the Chinese nation will not perish!"
In the air, two fighter jets started a battle to chase and escape.
