Zhou Zhihan retracted the throttle with his left hand, then manually lowered the landing gear and fixed it, opened the landing flaps, pulled the tail hook handle and lowered the tail hook, flipped the adjustment plate, converted the fighter into slow flight mode, and released the slats , while doing these actions, shake the joystick left and right to correct the excess stick force and release the airspeed, and the Wildcat slowly descends in altitude.
When he was still 50 meters away from the aircraft carrier, Zhou Zhihan suddenly adjusted the flaps to 35 degrees, and the horizontal tail deflected accordingly. The F4F Wildcat rolled over at 35 degrees and flew above the 45-degree angle on the left front of the bow of the Raider aircraft carrier, and Keep falling.
At this time, the Wildcat was in slow flight mode. Under such a falling gravity, 90% of the time it would be impossible to lift it up and fly again.
"Huh……"
There was a sudden commotion on the ground. People saw that the Wildcat's landing posture was not right. At this angle, it was impossible for the Wildcat to land on the aircraft carrier deck. With its current posture, it was very likely that it would hit the left side of the ship or fall into the sea. .
A thought appeared in the minds of most pilots almost at the same time - Zhou Zhihan's landing technology was not mature enough.
This is just a crappy operation.
"Wow..."
Almost everyone who was sitting stood up.
This Chinese pilot is very likely to have a landing accident.
An accident involving a carrier-based aircraft crashing into a ship is far more serious than an accident on land.
The Japanese saw light in the darkness, and the fire of hope burned in their hearts.
Nishizawa Hiroyuki, Kato, and Nakasa Moritaka believed that Zhou Zhihan's physical strength had seriously declined after performing the incredible flight stunts just now, or he had a physical problem during the continuous large overload maneuver rolls, so he was unable to complete the normal landing.
If Zhou Zhihan could not complete the landing, all the wonderful maneuvers he had done before would be eclipsed, leading to his final defeat.
In the 100-meter dash, no matter how good you are in the first 99 meters, if you fall down in the last 1 meter, your performance will be mediocre.
The landing commander, who had just been impressed by Zhou Zhihan's shocking stunts, changed his expression: "Zhangkong, your landing posture has shifted. Quickly raise the fighter plane, quickly raise the fighter plane!"
There was no immediate answer.
Watching the Wildcat drop below the deck and begin to slide toward the water, the sailors on the aircraft carrier panicked.
This is going to be a big accident.
Suddenly, Zhou Zhihan's voice came to the ears of the landing commander: "Zhangkong received it! This is not a deviation in the landing angle, this is also a flying stunt."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge black figure suddenly jumped up from under the left chord of the aircraft carrier, landed on the deck with a "bang", rushed forward five or six meters, and stopped steadily.
The area on the roof of the Sixing Warehouse was so small that Zhou Zhihan could land on it, not to mention an aircraft carrier. Moreover, Zhou Zhihan had been baptized by the war at this time, and his mentality and skills were much more advanced than those at the Sixing Warehouse.
Except for Zhang Mufei and Gong Yeti, who were sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai with smiles on their faces, everyone could not believe what was happening in front of them.
How can this be?
Just when the Wildcat was about to fall into the sea, it actually performed an upward jumping maneuver and landed firmly on the aircraft carrier.
It's nothing short of miraculous.
"God! How did this guy do it?"
Dick Best held the back of his head with his hands and kept shaking his head, shouting loudly, "Zhou Zhihan, you bastard, you actually know this trick. If you don't give me this trick today, I will throw you on the beach and count the seagulls." "
As soon as the Wildcat came to a stop, all the sailors on the aircraft carrier gathered around it.
"oh……"
"God……"
"my God……"
The sailors became even more uneasy. The Chinese pilot's pull-up jump to land on the ship actually stopped without using the tail hook.
"This Chinese pilot, we must stay!"
The American admiral's hands were sweaty. He turned to the other generals on the aircraft carrier and said, "His move is from God's perspective. It can save the lives of our carrier-based aircraft pilots at critical moments."
Nishizawa Guangri's face turned pale. He knew that the situation was over and Japan had lost. With his current strength, no matter how hard he tried, he could not surpass Zhou Zhihan's aerobatics. Not to mention anything else, Zhou Zhihan's lifting jump just now It was impossible for him to do it with the ship. Before this, he had never thought about this maneuver, nor did he dare to think about it.
Nishizawa Hiroyuki has lost confidence.
The sailors on the Raider aircraft carrier pushed the Wildcat piloted by Zhou Zhihan to the designated position. Then the sailors lined up in a horizontal line and checked back and forth along the deck of the aircraft carrier to see if any parts of the aircraft had fallen off.
People on the base were discussing Zhou Zhihan's series of dazzling and breathtaking flying stunts, and seemed to have forgotten that the Japanese pilot Nishizawa Hiroki had not performed yet.
"China! Zhou Zhihan. China! Zhou Zhihan, China, victory..."
Led by Mary, the British team shouted from the bottom of their hearts for China's victory. During the Battle of London, Zhou Zhihan repeatedly performed extraordinary feats for Britain and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the British people.
Shouting "Long Live China" is to stimulate Nishizawa Guangyi's take-off performance. Now the Japanese are fighting fiercely with China and Britain on the Burma Highway, and the British hate the little devil.
Everyone knew that no matter how Nishizawa Hirobi flew, he was destined to study with the prince, and he was bringing humiliation upon himself.
Nishizawa Hiroyuki knew he would lose, but he still took off. Just now, Moritaka Nakasa was so angry that he vomited blood, bringing shame to the empire. If he didn't take off again, he would be afraid of war.
There were waves in Nishizawa's eyes like a dead fish. After taking off, he climbed to 1,500 meters at a high angle and performed a wonderful somersault first.
The sparse applause on the ground was all from the Japanese.
The beautiful jade is in front of you, but it is difficult to succeed.
Zhou Zhihan's flight just now was too exciting, and Nishizawa Hiroyuki's maneuvers could no longer be discerned by the audience.
Unless he flies even more brilliantly than Zhou Zhihan.
A speedboat carried Zhou Zhihan to the shore.
Reporters from all over the world flocked to the event, waiting for interviews.
Pilots from all over the world lined up in two long lines, applauded and welcomed him. They all asked him how he flew those maneuvers and hoped to have the opportunity to get his guidance.
These pilots all know that the maneuvers Zhou Zhihan just flew can save lives on the battlefield in the future. The world is currently in chaos and war is raging. Maybe one day they will fly into the sky and go to the battlefield of life and death.
Zhou Zhihan first accepted an exclusive interview with British reporter Mary. The flashlights kept flashing and reporters were everywhere.
Some reporters knew that they could not interview Zhou Zhihan for the time being, so they began to interview the Chinese mission's special section, hoping to dig out some life and become a foil.
A few reporters were ignorant and interviewed the Japanese mission:
"I would like to ask General Nakasa Moritaka, do you think your team still has hope of drawing with China?"
"Major Kato, who do you think is more exciting, Captain Nishizawa Hiroyuki's flight performance or Colonel Zhou Zhihan's?"
"..."
Faced with the interview, the Japanese could only be stubborn and said that they had full confidence in Captain Nishizawa Hiroyuki.
Finally, Hiro Nishizawa's flight show ended, the Wildcat landed steadily, and boarded ashore in a small boat to sparse applause.
All judges unanimously agreed that Zhou Zhihan won with an absolute advantage in this flight performance.
From then on, Nishizawa Guangyi was not allowed to set foot in China during his lifetime.
That afternoon, General Secretary Luo signed an executive order allowing the Chinese delegation to recruit pilots, mechanics and ground staff at all aviation bases in the United States. However, the United States had a condition, which was that at the appropriate time, Zhou Zhihan would do a period in the United States. Time flight instructor.
The U.S. Navy is very straightforward. It wants to learn Zhou Zhihan's flying stunts, especially the pull-up jump landing, which can land the fighter plane when the flight deck is damaged, and can also save the pilot's life at critical moments.
In the evening, the Japanese did not attend the base celebration banquet. At noon that day, Moritaka and the others left with the embassy staff and were defeated miserably by the Chinese pilots. How could they be in the mood to attend the party? They were tortured by reporters when they did.
At the banquet, the American admiral personally toasted to the Chinese delegation and asked Zhou Zhihan when he would come to the United States to serve as a naval carrier-based aircraft instructor.
Zhou Zhihan said that once the fighter jets are leased and shipped back to China and everything is arranged, he will go to the United States and will definitely teach all his skills.
So both parties decided that Zhou Zhihan would arrive in the United States to teach before December.
During the dinner, the U.S. Navy admiral took the initiative to recruit American pilots, mechanics, and ground crews for the Chinese Air Force.
Chinese Ambassador Song Ziwen announced on the spot that he would sign a one-year contract with every American volunteer pilot who went to China to participate in the war. After expiration, the contract could be renewed. The salary would be three times their current salary, and all their reasonable requirements in China would be met. The most tempting The treatment of people is that for every Japanese fighter plane destroyed by an American volunteer pilot, the Chinese government will give a reward of US$500, and a reward of US$200 for damaging a Japanese aircraft. In addition, the families of American volunteer pilots will go to China, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation will be provided by China.
At the end of May, after Zhou Zhihan, Chennault and others lobbied and recruited at various military bases in the United States, a total of 300 pilots and 500 technicians were recruited. The United States provided 100 P40BC Tomahawks, 100 export-type Mustang fighter jets, and another 100 Various bombers, reconnaissance aircraft and transport aircraft.
At the end of June, all fighter jets arrived in China.
On August 1, 1941, the U.S. Air Force Volunteer Corps, as an independent unit of the Chinese Air Force, was formally established in Thonggu, Myanmar. Chennault served as the commander of the volunteer team with the rank of colonel. Zhou Zhihan temporarily served as the technical general adviser of the Air Force to assist Chennault, they were in Burma together, training this mixed flying team.
During this period, Zhou Zhihan told the team members all the combat characteristics and performance of Japanese aircraft, and simulated air battles every day so that every pilot knew how to deal with the Zero fighter.
These American volunteer pilots all have a certain flying foundation and have grown rapidly under the training of Zhou Zhihan, Chennault, Zhang Mufei, Gong Yeti and others.
Coupled with the Spitfire and Hurricane fighter jets that the UK had previously provided to the Chinese Air Force, the Chinese Air Force has become unprecedentedly powerful.
End of September.
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