"Duoduoduo..."
Gong Yeti calculated the shooting advance between the P40 Tomahawk and the ascending balloon, decisively pressed the machine gun button and fired a burst.
"Bang!"
The balloon popped.
P40B/C/Tomahawk passed through the red smoke, pulled upward rapidly, and reached the top of the last cone-shaped weathervane.
"Immermann Maneuver!"
The crowd on the ground almost shouted in unison. Gong Yeti opened fire to explode the balloon and then pulled the lever to perform the Immelmann maneuver, which detonated the entire audience.
The most beautiful thing about this maneuver is that the P40B/C/Tomahawk passes through and rises through the red smoke from the bursting balloon. The movement is done in one go. The fuselage is covered with red mist, drawing a beautiful red arc in the air, and in the clear blue It is highly ornamental against the colorful sky background.
The high appeal of Immelman's maneuvers lies in the fact that when viewed from the vertical perspective, the aircraft flips upward 90 degrees and is lifted into the sky above the opponent. When viewed from the horizontal view, the fuselage climbs up a height, suppressing the enemy aircraft in a volleying and downward attack attitude. .
Amid people's praises, when the fuselage reached its peak, Gong Yeti did not recover from level flight. Instead, he pushed the stick forward vigorously, pointed the nose of the aircraft down to the ground, dived to increase speed, and opened fire.
"Duoduoduo..."
The red tracer bullet hit the wind direction target from top to bottom. Gong Yeti pulled the stick slightly and raised the nose of the aircraft slightly to avoid the weather vane and the connecting steel cable that were coming towards him. Then he pushed the stick and continued to dive at a small angle and fired, hitting a burst shot. .
"Bang!"
A balloon burst, and the P40B/C/Tomahawk passed through the red smoke again, dazzling in the sun.
Gong Yeti instantly completed the lever and rudder push, and the fighter plane rolled beautifully and landed on top of another red balloon more than 500 meters away.
Fire.
It hits with a "pop", the balloon pops, and red smoke bursts out.
The more Gong Yeti hit, the smoother he became, and he pulled the lever with all his strength.
The nose of the plane was raised and it shot upward, like a red eagle chasing another rising balloon.
Gong Yeti's series of dive attacks followed by a pull-up, then a dive, and then a pull-up pursuit, won continuous applause from the audience on the ground.
Gong Yeti's dive shooting is slightly more difficult than Kato's plane shooting, but the balloon shooting method is relatively simple and more rough and effective. This is a shooting method tailor-made by Zhou Zhihan based on the performance of the P40.
Kato used the plane hovering tactics to intercept the rising balloons. The advantage was that the interception area was large for plane shooting, but the disadvantage was that once the balloons flew over the plane where the fighter planes were, it was difficult to catch up due to the limited energy of the fighter planes. There were two just now. The balloon was missed and missed by Kato. Although this did not deduct points, it compromised the viewing experience.
Gong Yeti uses a speed-increasing dive to attack the balloon. After hitting it, he can roll left and right to change the trajectory and shoot down the balloons that may appear on both sides. He can also quickly fly backwards and lift up and then hit the balloon head-on again. After all, the fighter plane can't lift up quickly. Far more than the balloons, so Gong Yeti hit eight balloons in a row, none of them missed the net.
Watching Gong Yeti popping eight balloons in a row, Nakasa Moritaka, Kato, and Nishizawa Hiroyuki's faces gradually turned ugly.
When Gong Yeti hit the wind direction target, Nakazo Moritaka and Nishizawa Hiroyuki kept watching with telescopes. Although they could not judge the accuracy, they estimated that Gong Yeti's hit rate should be about the same as Kato. They were both ace pilots, and they were experts. You will know if there is one when you take action.
At present, there are no purple bullet traces in the rain of bullets blasted by Gong Yeti, which means that he still has enough bullets, and there will be no problem in shooting down two or three more balloons. In this way, Kato will lose more than he wins.
Watching Gong Yeti pounce on a rising balloon, Zhang Mufei, who was standing on the ground holding a telescope, had a smile on his face. As long as he hits this balloon, Gong Yeti will almost be invincible, because so far he still has a lot of bullets. Plenty, if you can pop two balloons, you can ensure victory.
Gong Yeti opened fire.
This time, the tails of the two bullet rains had a purple light, indicating that Gong Yeti had at most 50 bullets left.
This is enough. 40+ rounds of bullets can completely pop up two balloons, and a pilot with good shooting skills can pop up three balloons.
Pilots and reporters from various countries on the ground knew that China was about to win its first victory, and they all raised their thumbs towards the observation area where the Chinese Embassy was located.
"Bang!"
The balloon burst and red smoke flew.
Immediately after Moritaka was hit, Nishizawa Hiroyuki and Kato's hearts began to sink. They knew that Kato had no chance of winning. If Gong Yeti dropped another balloon, the Chinese would win the first game.
"Mu Fei! How is it?"
Song Ziwen couldn't hide his excitement and looked at Zhang Mufei and asked.
Zhang Mufei was also very happy: "In the first battle, we can ensure that we are undefeated. As long as Ye Ti pops one more balloon, we will win for sure."
Song Ziwen and all the embassy staff were happy when they heard this. The first battle was crucial. Gong Yeti won, and China basically secured the victory, because no matter whether Zhang Mufei won or lost, there was no suspense about Zhou Zhihan's victory over Nishizawa Guangyi.
At this time, all pressure was thrown on the Japanese.
Knowing that the critical moment was coming, Gong Yeti took a deep breath to calm down his inner joy. The fighter plane rolled sideways and recovered. His eyes wandered between the N-3A reflective sight and the balloon. He calculated the advance and fired.
Zhou Zhihan, Zhang Mufei, Song Ziwen, and the embassy staff who came to cheer were ready to celebrate the victory in the first battle.
"Duoduoduo..."
The bullet track missed the balloon.
Missed.
Under the impact of the fighter jet's airflow, the balloon flew out of Gong Yeti's attack range in an instant.
Zhang Mufei and others secretly said that it was a pity, but although Gong Yeti's shot missed, there was no problem in shooting down a balloon with the remaining ammunition, and he still had a chance to win.
At the critical moment, Zhou Zhihan encouraged Gong Yeti: "Yeti, hold on, we have enough bullets and time to win."
After missing a hit, Gong Yeti took a few deep breaths with further encouragement from Zhou Zhihan, and then immediately pressed the stick and rudder. The fighter rolled sideways and flew towards another balloon on the lower left. This time he stabilized his mentality and ensured the final blow. It hits steadily, so the shooting distance is shortened to 50 meters.
Gong Yeti was under no pressure and made the final critical blow steadily.
Fire.
"Card!"
Gong Yeti heard a slight jamming sound in the bullet chute, and there was no slight tremor in the fuselage caused by the spray of bullets.
"It's jammed!"
Gong Yeti yelled and watched helplessly as the inevitable balloon floated past the front of the plane. He waved his fist in annoyance. At the critical moment, the bullet actually jammed, but he was not panicked. This kind of jamming happened. He experienced mechanical failures many times.
Zhou Zhihan said in a deep voice: "Find a way to deal with the jammed bullet, we still have a chance." As he said that, he glanced down and saw two balloons rising one behind the other.
While Gong Yeti was pulling up the fighter plane, he flipped the weapon switch on the joystick with his right hand. The gear made a light sound. First, he ruled out that there was no problem with the cartridge case coming out of the slot, and then made a weapon switch. However, the magazine on the wing did not respond, indicating that there was something wrong. A bullet got stuck in the notch of the ammunition compartment behind the supercharger air inlet. He fiddled with the weapon switch several times, but still couldn't get rid of the stuck bullet.
Gong Yeti continued to pull up the fighter plane, always keeping it above the balloon that rose first. As long as the jammed bullet was discharged, he could immediately push the rod to blow it up and win.
But no matter how he flipped the switch on the airborne weapon to deal with the jammed bullet, the bullet in the slot stayed stuck in place. He could only watch helplessly as the first balloon flew faster and faster as the height increased. Then it quickly floated into the air in front of him, helpless.
"Don't be anxious," Zhou Zhihan said comfortingly, knowing that Gong Yeti was very anxious at this time, "Our current results are slightly advantageous. Even if we give up here, we will not lose."
The crowd on the ground saw a balloon floating not far in front of the P40 driven by Gong Yeti, but the fighter plane did not fire. They knew that the shooting system of the fighter plane was malfunctioning. Based on experience, they judged that the bullet might be jammed because of the flight path of the fighter plane. No exception occurred.
Finally, when the second balloon flew past Gong Yeti's eyes and flew higher and higher into the air, he knew he couldn't catch up, so he had no choice but to push, and the fighter plane landed steadily.
There was a burst of warm applause from the ground, and reporters from various countries rushed over to interview Gong Yeti. Everyone wanted to know what would have happened if the jam had not occurred...
Journalists are like this, they all like suspense. In fact, everyone knows that if there is no jamming, the result will definitely be different. With Gong Yeti's ability, he can at least pop a balloon and win his first victory.
The entire process of loading the fighter jet this time was completed under the strict supervision of all parties, and the cause of the jamming can be ruled out as human error.
In current air battles, mechanical failures such as bullet jamming in fighter planes occur frequently, and no country can eradicate them because the current technology is there.
All current fighter jets are likely to get stuck as long as they pull out maneuvers above 1.5 or 2G.
The reason why a machine gun jams is usually because the bullet cannot enter the machine gun smoothly from the ammunition belt, causing the bullet to jam.
Although various countries have taken some measures in this regard, the jamming problem still exists in all fighter jets and occurs frequently. This is also one of the main reasons why many excellent pilots die in air battles. However, every pilot cannot not do something just because he is afraid of getting stuck. Violent maneuvers.
Ten minutes later, the target shooting data of both sides were compiled. According to the launch recorder of the airborne weapons, Gong Yeti used 320 rounds of bullets to hit the four cone-shaped direction markers and hit 181 rounds. He also exploded 9 balloons and used bullets to hit the target. 140 rounds, 40 rounds jammed.
In the end, the judging panel judged the first game to be a draw based on a fair and equitable competition mechanism.
Because Kato took off first for target shooting, Gong Yeti had the advantage of observing first and then shooting. However, Gong Yeti suffered a loss because the fighter plane was jammed, which meant that he used 40 fewer bullets...
For this draw, China and Japan could only accept it because of the 40 jammed bullets.
If Gong Yeti hits a balloon with 40 rounds, he will definitely win. If all 40 rounds are empty, you will lose with a slight disadvantage.
Both China and Japan can accept this result, because both sides believe that they will at least be undefeated in the next competition.
The Japanese believe that it will not be a big problem for Nakasa Moritaka to defeat Zhang Mufei next, and Nishizawa Hiroki can almost definitely win against Zhou Zhihan, who has not flown a real aircraft carrier so far.
The Chinese side believes that Zhou Zhihan can completely defeat Nishizawa Guangyi. No matter whether Zhang Mufei wins or loses, China can ensure undefeated. If Zhang Mufei wins or draws, China will win.
Next, Zhang Mufei piloted the Mustang fighter to take off first, preparing to attack targets on the sea.
The blue water laps at the beach, and ten yellow targets are separated on the sea surface, in a circular fence about six or seven kilometers in diameter, undulating slightly with the waves.
The base is already much higher than the sea, so people can watch it from a high position.
