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Chapter 313 Chapter [-] Dogfight or BZ?praying mantis and titmouse
The Type [-] fighter now accounts for half of the fighter units of the Ming Air Force. It is a medium-sized fighter with a low wing and an all-metal fuselage produced by Changyang Aircraft Company.

The air combat theory of this era is still being explored, and the Ming army is no exception.

Traditional tactics of "close combat" or "dive-pull" energy tactics?The two factions in the Air Force disagree with each other, and neither can convince the other.

Tactics determine weapons, and whether the latter is good or bad actually depends mainly on whether it fits with the former.

When Zhichang released the bidding documents in 34, even though the two factions were constantly arguing, some of the conservatives held high positions. Therefore, the technical indicators finally released by the Air Force to the major government and private aircraft companies still focused on traditional dogfighting tactics.

At that time, the Air Force required it to achieve the performance of "climbing to a height of 4m within 3000 minutes, while the level flight speed at this height is not lower than 450㎞/h", and "as easy as possible to maintain".

The prototype of the Type 4 fighter gave up certain protection capabilities in order to achieve such technical indicators. There was only a [-]mm surface-hardened armor plate behind the pilot's seat as protection, and no self-sealing fuel tank was used.

The mass-produced Model A is basically the same as the prototype, and the pilots are full of praise for its flexible handling performance, commenting that it is a wonderful enjoyment to drive it, extremely clever, and do whatever you want.

But correspondingly, many "cowardly" pilots expressed concern, thinking that its protective ability is too weak, and it is not even as good as the old-fashioned biplane-there are 4mm steel plates on the back and sides of the seat.

"Fortunately", the report concluded by the military expedition sent to Spain later became a powerful argument for the reformers in the Air Force.

After some games and rebuttals, a series of adjustments including formation tactics were carried out—the original three-aircraft formation was reduced to a more flexible two-aircraft formation, training on energy tactics was strengthened, and so on.

As the guiding ideology changes, the weapons and equipment will naturally change accordingly.

Therefore, the Type [-] fighter, which focused on dogfighting performance in its initial design, seems to be eliminated soon after it was born?
Changyang Aircraft Company is naturally not happy - they are preparing for the Air Force to continue to place orders with them, so they reorganized their production lines early to expand production capacity. Wouldn't it be a big loss if they were abandoned like this?

Therefore, Changyang Company is reasoning, relying on the relationship and guaranteeing the ticket, claiming that improvements on the basis of the Type [-] fighter can still meet the new technical indicators.

After doing everything possible, they finally managed to get the Daming Air Force to change their minds.

The Type [-] Fighter Type B debuted at the beginning of this year. The design team has made considerable improvements both internally and externally, significantly increased the structural strength of the whole machine, and applied more new technologies - using three-bladed metal variable-pitch propellers. , Retractable landing gear, reflex sight, first-stage two-speed supercharger.

At the same time, the rear of the pilot's seat is replaced with a 6mm surface-hardened armor plate, and 4mm steel plates are installed on both sides.

The engine is changed to the Diaosi 950 horsepower nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, so even though the weight has increased a lot, the maximum level flight speed can still reach 4000㎞/h at an altitude of 480m.

In terms of comprehensive performance, the Type [-] fighter B, which has been greatly modified midway, cannot be better than the fighter that has been redesigned and redesigned.

However, considering the yield and cost, the Air Force finally accepted it readily.

Otherwise, from the first flight of the new aircraft to finalization and then to mass production, I am afraid that it will have to wait until the next year, but time waits for no one.

Thanks to this, in just half a year, the Type [-]-B delivered by Changyang Aircraft Company has already allowed several detachments to complete part of the refitting.

The No.11 destroyer detachment stationed in Fuyuanzhou and guarding the airspace of northern Xinjiang is one of them.

"Remind me again, don't lose your composure! Keep in formation, turn around and turn around, let's talk about you, close the margin!" The major who led the team said loudly.

The fighter numbered 1147 hastily moved its tail slightly, yawed slightly and kept close to the formation.

And it was none other than Zhao Xuwu who had just returned to the team.

After miraculously returning, he was treated like a hero in the first two days. It can be described as a lot of attention. Even the Cultural and Entertainment Department (Officers and Soldiers Club) gave him free bills, and free food and wine.

But when they play again now, some ridicule from comrades in arms is inevitable.

So Zhao Xuwu thought he had to show his skills this time, to prove that it was pure bad luck that he had to parachute because he was injured last time.

In order to achieve the tactical goal, the staff of the Air Force Frontline Command planned a careful operation, intending to deal another severe blow to the Tsarist Russian Air Force.

But... how to prevent the enemy from avoiding the fight?

The No. 11 Bomber Detachment has one team as the main force, only carries half of the aerial bombs, and is responsible for luring the enemy; a detachment of the No. [-] Destroyer Detachment escorts them.

Since one bomber was unable to take off due to a mechanical failure, the formation actually consisted of 15 bombers and 4 fighters.

They pretended to be decent, and just swaggered to bomb one of the Tsarist Russian air force airports.

At the same time, the 11 fighter jets of the No. 16 Detachment No. [-] team followed them in the air behind them, using the clouds to hide.

In this way, the Russians are likely to organize fighter jets to take off to intercept because they cannot bear the "contempt".

If you choose to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, then the airport will have to be bombed again.

The sun is rising in the east, and the gentle autumn sunshine is extraordinarily warm and pleasant on people.

But the pilots sitting in the cockpit didn't care, because the heat from the engine was enough to keep the cockpit warm.

The two formations, one in front, one behind, and one up and one up, turned to fly due north, and then turned due west.

In this way, the rising sun is behind the Ming army's ambush fighter formation, and the vast light and clouds will provide them with excellent cover.

At 7:49 in the morning, 92㎞ east of Irkutsk, at an altitude of 4000m.

Looking out from the cockpit, the dark blue "sea" is in the distance on the left—it is actually Beihai Lake, with white clouds and blue sky meeting the water surface, which is vast and boundless.

It is no exaggeration to say that the beautiful scenery here is one of the best even in the north and south of the river. Even though the pilots of the No.11 destroyer detachment often saw it during training in the past, they never got tired of seeing it.

How can such a quiet and beautiful scenery be allowed to be defiled by the enemy?

It is a human instinct to protect beautiful things, and it is a bounden duty to defend the sky of the motherland.

At this time, the Ming army fleet crossed the center line of Beihai Lake and officially flew over the airspace.

The formation leader sent a telegram back to the front-line headquarters: "At 51:[-] a.m., the staff departments crossed the line successively and penetrated into the enemy's airspace. The cloud is thick and the condition is good."

The bomber formation used as bait in front was at an altitude of 3000 meters, about a few hundred meters below the clouds.

Just a few tens of seconds later, the patrols and air defense observation posts deployed by the Russian army on the border discovered these menacing Ming army bombers.

"Buzzing-"

At Irkutsk No. [-] Airport, the harsh air defense sirens sounded suddenly, and the officers who received the early warning report hurried to the headquarters.

Although the sun is already high, some Russian pilots are still sleeping in their rooms, some are participating in briefing meetings in the conference room, and some are having breakfast talking and laughing in the restaurant.

Hearing the air defense alarm, they reacted immediately after a short shock, and ran towards the runway one after another.

"The observation post reports that they have about fourteen to eighteen twin-engine bombers and four fighters."

"Are there only four fighter escorts? Why are they so bold?!"

"Lieutenant Colonel, maybe our passive response these days has made them relax their vigilance..."

"That's just accumulating strength, but they think they have completely defeated us? These Khitan people must be taught a lesson!"

The officers in the war situation conference room were all excited without exception—they had been suppressed and beaten for several days, and this time they must put their fists to good use!

"Yes, Commander!" They shouted in unison, then turned around impatiently, and ran to the pilots who were gathering on standby on the runway.

Because it was an emergency lift-off operation, many Russian pilots were disheveled.

The treatment of the "Sky Knights" is naturally extraordinary, and many of them still wear scarves, because they were eating Russian Bollinger cakes leisurely before.

In contrast, some even wore their pajamas.Lieutenant Mikhail is even more unique, because he is used to taking a shower in the morning, so he just rushed out of the bathroom, wearing only shorts on his lower body and a bath towel on his upper body.

He muttered as he climbed into the cockpit: "Why haven't (Ming fighter jets) been around to suppress us these two days?"

The ground crews had already warmed up the fighter jets. They put their hands on the propellers, pulled them down suddenly, and then took a few steps back quickly, and the propellers whizzed and spun rapidly.

Later, a number of Yi-16 fighter jets took off quickly, circling in the sky and waiting for formation...

Due to the short warning time, when the formation of Russian fighter jets headed to intercept climbed to an altitude of 3000 meters, the Ming army fleet had already flown close enough to be able to visually see the distance of the airport runway in the distance.

Fighters usually attack from the rear against bombers, either by diving down to attack the wing engines from the top, or killing the tail self-defense turret first from the bottom up.

However, because they were too hasty, the Russian pilots had no choice but to choose to attack head-on.

This makes their attack window very short-the two sides fly face to face, and the range of a few hundred meters passes in a blink of an eye.

"Boooooooo-"

The theoretical rate of fire of the new ShKAS 7.62mm aviation machine gun is as high as 1800 rounds per minute. The gunshots no longer have clear intervals, but become strange sounds mixed together.

As the lead plane opened fire, the two wingmen on the left and right also opened fire immediately, and the hot bullets mixed with tracer bullets were drawn head-on to the Ming army bomber flying steadily towards them like whips of fire.

The latter maintained the utmost calmness, which is also an essential quality for bomber pilots - no matter what, they must not panic, and they must be united to resist fighters. A bomber fighting alone is the meat on the chopping board!

More than 20 Russian fighter jets were roughly divided into eight traditional three-aircraft formations. After firing one after another, they quickly pulled up and passed over the oncoming Ming army fleet.

Immediately afterwards, they began to turn around, intending to continue their follow-up attack, and the planes drew beautiful arcs in the sky.

These I-107s belonging to the 16th Fighter Regiment used a paint commonly used by air force units in the Far East-dark green on the top and blue-gray on the bottom.

In this way, it is easy to confuse them with the ground when looking down from the sky; and vice versa.

"Da da da—da da——"

The bomber machine gunners also manipulated the Type 12.8 [-]mm aviation machine guns to fire violently at the incoming Russian fighter jets!
Historically, machine gunners in the tail turret have a disproportionately high fatality rate, because fighter jets usually prefer to kill them first, so that they can attack the engine with peace of mind.

"Bah!"

The crackling sound and piercing sound of shattering made people tremble with fear. The machine gunner at the tail of the bomber numbered 711 looked in horror at the bulletproof glass covered with scars and white cracks in front of it—it blocked at least ten bullets.

However, as soon as he regained his senses, an I-16 following him also approached and fired. Hundreds of rounds of 7.62×54mm machine gun ammunition were poured out in just a few seconds!

Seven or eight of the bullets finally became the last straw that broke the camel's camel's back. The machine gunner pulled the trigger and fired, only to be knocked down by the bullet that shattered the bulletproof glass.

At this time, from the perspective of the fighter jet formation in the sky behind, the formation of more than a dozen bombers was very tight, and the self-defense machine guns fired fiercely, interweaving into a fire net.

"Team leader! Guaiyao Liuzuo is on fire! Zuofa is on fire!"

"Close the oil valve! Close the oil valve... Turn two, turn two, slow down, you are about to rush out of formation!"

"Damn it! Where are the beasts of the destroyer?!"

"The idiots are still watching the theater, and I will skin them when I go back!"

It's okay to be a bait, but what about the trust between colleagues? !
At this moment, the commander of the fighter formation finally gave orders calmly.

"Yaoyao Cave 15 and Cave [-], you two take the lead. After [-] seconds, yaw left [-] degrees and prepare to attack. All planes prepare."

"Yaoyao Cave has three decrees!"

The long-awaited call came out, and after watching from the sidelines for so long, the fighter formation was finally about to attack.

This is the so-called "praying mantis catches cicada, and the oriole follows".

Aircraft No. 1103, located at the front left of the formation, turned sideways and launched a dive attack on time. Its wingman, Aircraft No. 1104, also performed the same operation tacitly, almost exactly the same.

Then came the other fighters, two after two...

Although Tsarist Russia does not have the saying of "the left eye jumps for money and the right eye jumps for disaster", Lieutenant Mikhail's right eyelid jumped several times since he took off.

At this moment, he rubbed his eyes and shook his head, only to see something strange coming from diagonally behind and above.

He was so frightened that he felt his soul was flying away—God, I finally know why I am restless today!

Since there was no on-board radio, he could only ignore Sanqi 21 and shoot forward in desperation, hoping to attract the attention of others.

The pilots were a little dazed, and subconsciously looked back, thinking that some nervous idiot had accidentally pressed the firing button.

But then they...

【It was that moment that he knew, he fucked up.】

But they found out too late, and by now, everything was doomed.

Several dazzling fire whips descended from above, as if lightning had struck the plane.

The 12.8mm large-caliber machine gun bullet fired by the Type 7.62 aviation machine gun is much stronger than the 16mm bullet. Lieutenant Mikhail watched as an I-[-] on the front left almost disintegrated in the air, and the fragments flew everywhere!
(End of this chapter)