"Little devil, I will fight with you!"
In the sky, Chen Huaimin, who had shot down two Type 95 fighter jets, saw that he was still surrounded by three enemy planes. He knew that he could not escape.
If the enemy plane was just a Type 95 fighter, he could still escape at high speed, but among the enemy planes in front of him was a Type 97 fighter.
Although the squadron leader reminded him, when he faced this new type of fighter, Chen Huaimin discovered that this type of aircraft was not suitable for dealing with.
The Japs' new plane has a very strong ability to maneuver.
He had fought against the Type 96 carrier-based fighter of the Japanese Navy, but the latter's maneuvering ability and speed were not as good as the aircraft in front of him, which made him a little uncomfortable.
Moreover, his plane was damaged in the initial head-on shot. Even so, he managed to shoot down two Type 95 fighter jets in the subsequent battle.
But there were too many enemy planes, and he was also hit by a bullet in front of him. Although it was just shrapnel, blood continued to seep out from the wound.
The plane hit by too many bullets was also shaking.
If this situation continues, his plane will be shot down sooner or later.
But he was a little unwilling to do so. Looking at the new Japanese fighter plane in front of him that was dodging again, he gritted his teeth, drove the smoking plane, directly increased the throttle, and rushed towards the Japanese plane.
"Baga! Crazy Chinese!"
The pilot of the Jaap 97 fighter jet in front of Chen Huaimin saw the former rushing towards him like crazy, and he didn't know the other party's purpose.
While cursing, he quickly thought of ways to avoid it.
But Chen Huaimin was determined to die with this new Japanese fighter plane to relieve the pressure on the squadron leader and deputy squadron leader.
At this time, in other parts of the battlefield, the situation of Li Hang and others was not very good. They were basically fighting in groups of one to a few.
After a fierce battle, the two-plane formation was broken up long ago, and they all fought independently.
At the beginning, one person had to face at least six enemy planes.
Fortunately, three people from Yanagisawa's team joined, but at this time it was still 7 vs. 24, and the advantage was still with the little Japanese.
As the most powerful pilot, Li Hang is also under the greatest pressure. Not only is there a three-plane formation of Type 97 fighters entangled with Li Hang, but there are also three Type 95 fighters.
Fortunately, a Type 95 fighter jet has been shot down.
The rest of them also had to encounter two to four enemy planes at the same time.
Originally, Chen Huaimin should not have been surrounded by so many Japanese planes. Who told him to shoot down two Japanese planes in succession before, so the little devil came with a Type 97 fighter jet.
One against three, there is still a difficult opponent, Chen Huaimin is also a bit over the top, otherwise he would not be forced to die with the Japanese.
"boom!"
Suddenly there was an explosion, which immediately attracted the attention of other aircraft on the battlefield.
Li Hang, who was being chased by five enemy planes, also took the time to look in the direction of the explosion. He only saw an I-16 falling downwards with thick black smoke, and at the same time there was a Japanese Type 97 fighter jet. The tail of the plane was broken off and fell down again.
Li Hang didn't know that it was his comrade who flew the fighter plane and chose the tactic of dying together with the Japanese, but he didn't know which comrade it was.
But he could imagine how bad the current situation could be.
Since the first fighter plane was shot down, there will be a second and third one on our side.
We can't fight like this.
Li Hang decided to change his tactics.
It's not a common air combat fighting technique, but an energy maneuver.
It is not appropriate to copy it completely, but some changes must be made, and energy maneuvers have high requirements on aircraft and pilots.
Therefore, Li Hang did not tell others about the theory of energy mobility.
This theory can be regarded as the swansong of future air combat. It may not be absolute, but subsequent air combats rarely see two aircraft fighting in the sky. Because of the emergence of air-to-air missiles, it is difficult for two aircraft to engage in close combat. .
Of course, energy maneuver theory and spin tactics actually have a lot in common. Li Hang often used spin tactics before.
However, the little devil's Type 97 fighter jet has such good maneuvering ability that it makes it a little handicapped.
And under the current situation, he can't over-squeeze the performance of the fighter, otherwise he won't be able to survive for too long.
Even if he can shoot down one or two enemy planes, he will put his situation in danger.
In the current situation, he can't be anxious, otherwise many enemies will catch the flaw. He needs to discover the enemy's flaw during the maneuver.
Finally, a Type 97 fighter jet couldn't help but speed up and rush in front of him in order to shoot him down.
"good chance!"
Seeing the anxious Japanese pilot exposing the tail of the plane in front of him, he immediately seized the opportunity and pulled the trigger.
The Japanese pilot also noticed something was wrong. When he wanted to turn around and avoid it, it was already too late. The fighter plane piloted by Li Hang behind him had already opened fire.
The second enemy aircraft shot down alone.
Two minutes later, when he shot down a Type 97 fighter again, another friendly aircraft was shot down.
To be honest, even if it faced one or twenty Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets, the Fourth Brigade did not suffer such huge losses.
The main reason is that the Type 97 fighter's maneuverability is too strong, which makes the seven aircraft of the Fourth Group somewhat uncomfortable.
In terms of engine output power, the Type 97 fighter's engine has only 610 horsepower, while the Type 96 carrier-based fighter's engine has 710 horsepower, but the latter is not as fast as the former.
This is why the Type 97 fighter is called the "ultimate light fighter."
This naturally comes at a price, but we have to deny that the performance of this fighter is good.
When Li Hang shot down two Type 97 fighter jets one after another, the situation on his side was finally reversed. He, who was originally the passive party, began to take the initiative.
At this time, there were only three Japanese Type 97s in the sky.
Except for the one in front of him, the remaining two were staring at Liu Zesheng and Liang Tiancheng respectively.
"Baga, let the Chinese die."
"Squadron Captain, be careful!"
Just when Li Hang seized the opportunity to shoot down the third Type 97 fighter jet, an accident suddenly happened.
A Type 95 fighter jet seized this opportunity and fired fiercely at Li Hang's fighter jet. Although the bullets were empty, the Japanese fighter jet had no intention of turning around. Instead, it followed Chen Huaimin's previous fighting style and fired at Li Hang's fighter jet. The airliner's plane crashed into it.
Kato Takeo understood that if this demon could not be eliminated, once the opponent was freed, it would be a nightmare for the remaining Imperial fighters.
So when the bullet didn't hit, he chose to die together.
Don’t think that only Chinese pilots dared to adopt the strategy of perish together. The Japanese aviation force also dared to do this at this time, not to mention that at the end of World War II, Japanese pilots would form kamikaze squads.
Li Hang immediately pulled up the plane and climbed upwards. He used some energy to maneuver and avoid this dangerous moment first.
