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Chapter 314 Chapter [-] A well-matched fight; dig a hole for you

In this case, the reaction time left for the Russian pilots was too short, and they were almost fatally attacked in a blink of an eye.

Not to mention that some fighter jets at the front and on both sides of the formation didn't even notice the surprise attack from the sky behind.

The opponent has already seized the opportunity, and it is not clear how many surprise attacks the opponent has. At this point, it can almost be concluded that the defeat is over.

Life is important!

Lieutenant Mikhail knew that it would be fruitless to continue to entangle at this time, so he resolutely flew away while complaining about the cunning and insidiousness of the Ming army.

He pulled the throttle to the bottom, and at the same time desperately pushed the rod. Under his control, the I-16 dived obliquely and deftly, and broke away from the entire formation in the blink of an eye.

Now the formation of Russian fighter jets has actually been disrupted, and the scene is a mess—some unyielding pilots recklessly launched a counterattack;

The No. 1147 fighter jet piloted by Zhao Xuwu was in the middle and rear position. When he and his wingman launched an attack, the airspace here was already in chaos.

As it should be, the planes of the Ming army began to disperse, and they cooperated in pairs, each looking for a suitable target to attack.

An Iraqi-16 tried to evacuate to the southwest, but was spotted by Zhao Xuwu.

The Russian fighter finally escaped from the messy fleet, and before the pilot could catch his breath, he was hit from behind.

Zhao Xuwu's wingmen seemed to be eager to do good work, so they fired early. Although they had indeed entered the effective range, the hit rate at this time was actually very low.

A series of bullets mixed with tracer bullets passed the enemy plane, and it immediately began to try to maneuver to avoid incoming fire.

Compared with the wingman, Zhao Xuwu was relatively more experienced. He firmly bit the enemy plane in front of him, and waited until the distance was reduced to less than 400 meters before shooting.

Since the machine gun installed at the root of the wing will be slightly inclined inward, so that the ballistics will converge at a distance, so it is not appropriate to be far or close.

Several rounds of 12.8mm full metal armor and tracer rounds hit the panicked I-16, and one of the tracer rounds hit its left wing impartially.

The I-16 fighter jet uses a steel-wood mixed skeleton with a fabric skin structure. The tracer bullet directly ignited the left wing. In just a few seconds, the initial flame turned into a raging fire and enveloped the entire left wing.

Due to the loss of lift, the whole plane gradually tilted to the left, dragging black smoke like this and drifting into the distance, the pilot had to abandon the plane to escape.

A figure could be seen falling quickly, and then a group of white umbrella flowers suddenly bloomed, and the pilot landed safely.

Zhao Xuwu was overjoyed, and couldn't help beaming with joy—he finally shot down the first one this time!
On the first day of the conflict, he damaged a landing bomber and knocked out two grounded fighters in a trail attack, but that was not counted as an air battle.

Now, he has finally achieved his first air battle results.

With a smile on his face, Zhao Xuwu looked left and right, trying to find new targets while figuring out the current situation.

At this time, he saw the situation in the distance to the left front—it was an I-16 that was speeding away, as if it was desperately trying to escape.

Do you still need to ask?Chase!
And the one he was chasing was none other than Lieutenant Mikhail who ran away decisively when he saw the situation was not going well.

The Type 16 Type B is already faster than the Yi-[-], not to mention the speed and altitude advantages of the former.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, Mikhail, who was constantly observing the surrounding situation while running away, quickly realized that the danger was approaching.

But what he can do now is actually very limited, because the fighter jets of the Ming army who came to chase him are full of advantages, and it is extremely difficult to escape.

The dignified Zhao Xuwu manipulated his landline slightly, put the target into the aperture of the reflex sight, and then lightly pressed the button to fire a short burst.

The so-called reflex sight is also known as the red dot sight. It was born very early and can be traced back to the European War period, but it has gradually become popular today. Later generations also have various small red dot sights installed on rifles and pistols. , is widely known.

The Ming Dynasty began to apply it on a small scale on the Type [-] B-type fighter jets, while Tsarist Russia’s progress was basically the slowest among the big powers. Even today, almost all aircraft are still using telescopic sights—— That is, the magnification mirror in the shape of a long tube.

[Telescope sights and reflex sights]

Zhao Xuwu wasn't in a hurry to fire in advance, he just tried to feint his gun to scare his "prey" and see if he could show his weakness.

The calm and calm Mikhail did not lose his composure. He was sure that the other party could not pose a threat to him at this distance—unless God was on the other side.

He still maintained his heading steadily, and he was thinking about how to make reasonable evasive actions after waiting for the distance to get closer.

The speed difference between the two sides was about 20 kilometers per hour. After about 30 seconds, he looked back again and saw that the Ming army fighter jets chasing him had approached a distance of about 500 meters.

Mikhail immediately putt and then shot to the right, and the landline began to spiral downward under his control!
Seeing this, Zhao Xuwu from behind raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He felt that the enemy colleague in front must have been scared out of his wits.

Defensive downward spiral?court death!

The Russian army in the Far East is equipped with the Yi-16-10 type, which has an empty weight of about 1400 kg, while the empty weight of the Type 1750-B is about [-] kg. The descent and dive speed of the latter is obviously higher than that of the former.

At the same time, the Type [-] Type B has a good foundation. After all, the design of the early models focused on horizontal maneuverability, so its hovering performance is not bad.

Under the control of Zhao Xuwu and Mikhail, the two fighter jets circled and descended, one in front, one in back, one left and one right, and the trajectories they drew in the sky were in the shape of a double helix like DNA.

However, during this process, because the direction is constantly changing, it is almost impossible for the aircraft behind to attack the aircraft in front.

The two sides entangled from a height of 600 meters to a height of about 700 meters. During this period, Zhao Xuwu seized the fleeting window and opened fire, but failed to score a hit.

Suddenly, it was too late, Lieutenant Mikhail hit the stick to the left to recover from the spiral descent maneuver.

Due to the considerable acceleration, he could only turn his head to observe the situation behind him with all his strength.

To his delight, the Ming army fighter chasing him and the fighters following him recovered from the downward spiral, continuing to bite his tail and not let go.

At this moment, he skillfully performed a defensive barrel roll, followed by the second and third—this is a typical deceleration maneuver, which can quickly reduce his own speed.

Zhao Xuwu, who was behind, was about to aim and fire, and was shocked when he saw this, completely disturbed by this situation.

Because the reaction speed has to lag for a few seconds, and the greater weight of the whole machine makes the Type [-] Type B have greater inertia and it is not easy to slow down, so he inevitably jumped to the front.

In an instant, the offensive and defensive momentum changed!

But Zhao Xuwu was not a vegetarian either. He leaned against the back of the chair, tensed his body, made a standard anti-overload posture, and manipulated the landline to the right to circle to the maximum.

The exaggerated instantaneous acceleration made him dizzy, and the colors in front of his eyes quickly faded to gray!

The horizontal maneuverability of the Yi-16 fighter jet is also good, and Mikhail did the same maneuver without hesitation, trying to cut inside the Ming army fighter jet.

Such a large circle will lose speed, and even if the engine is running at full capacity, it will not be able to make ends meet, so after a while, both sides turned to a stable circle.

When hovering stably, the acceleration of the engine output is exactly equal to the deceleration when hovering. At this time, there will be no loss of speed, and it is a stable state.

The two planes kept circling like this, you circling me and I circling you, as if they were getting stronger.

The current altitude is too low, only more than 600 meters, the potential energy of gravity is limited, and there seem to be very few maneuvers that can be performed?
"Guaiba, what are you doing?! Get him!" Zhao Xuwu asked loudly where his wingman was while thinking about how to reverse the current situation.

The wingman hadn't joined the spiral descent before, he had been observing the situation nearby, and actually came to help immediately when he saw that the situation was not good.

So when Zhao Xuwu asked loudly for only four seconds, two fire whips were drawn from the side.

"Da da da da-"

His condescending dive attack forced Lieutenant Mikhail to give up and continue the circling competition.

The latter had no intention of fighting, and pulled the throttle to the bottom again, then turned the course and accelerated to escape.

Unconvinced, Zhao Xuwu was unwilling to let this guy go. After a beautiful turn, he chose to continue chasing the escaped Yi-16.

Mikhail's mentality was a little broken, he was annoyed and annoyed by this nougat-like opponent.

Be a human being and stay on the front line so we can meet each other in the future!Why bother to stalk like this?
He simply put his mind to one side, and decisively steered the plane to the due west—there was the Angarsk Hydropower Station, and the Russian army had deployed many air defense units.

You have wingmen as foreign aid, and I also have foreign aid!

Because he was so engrossed in chasing the Yi-16, Zhao Xuwu almost forgot about his current situation.

A few minutes passed by, unknowingly getting deeper into the enemy's territory, and at the same time far away from the initial combat airspace.

"Four corners, come back quickly, don't chase, this has passed Yicheng (Irkutsk)!" The wingman pilot who was 2000 meters away from the left rear eagerly reminded.

"Stop talking!"

Zhao Xuwu is constantly trying to aim, while Mikhail repeatedly twists left and right to interfere with his aiming.

Finally, he seized a good opportunity and fired immediately, a series of 12.8mm machine gun shells spewed out!

The damage effect of the large-caliber machine gun bullets containing more than 16 joules is quite impressive. Seven or eight bullets caused a part of the main structure of the Yi-[-] fuselage to break and was severely damaged on the spot.

Realizing that the landline was out of control, Lieutenant Mikhail chose to abandon the plane and parachute without any psychological burden. Anyway, the area below is his own control area.

At the same time, the air defense sirens on the ground also sounded.

The two heavy-duty anti-aircraft gun companies and three light anti-aircraft gun companies stationed at the waterproof power station were ready, and the Tsarist Russian soldiers watched the scene in the sky intently.

Mikhail, wrapped in a bath towel and wearing shorts, put on his parachute bag and climbed out of the cockpit.

The fighter plane fell down uncontrollably, pulling out a string of intermittent black smoke in the sky, and the white umbrella flowers also bloomed below.

"Heh! Thief grandson (Beijing taste)! Run? Run again? After all, I'm the one with the better skills."

Zhao Xuwu smiled disdainfully, and then prepared to turn around.

But in the next second, countless firepower shot obliquely from the ground enveloped the airspace.

"Boom! Boom!"

The 76.2mm high-explosive bomb that exploded nearby burst into black-gray smoke clusters, and dense fragments splashed in all directions.

String after string of 20mm high-explosive bombs shot into the sky like sharp arrows, as if piercing the sky.

Dog days!That guy actually brought himself into the pit!
At the same time astonished, Zhao Xuwu immediately pulled the "accelerator" to the full, and moved the lever slightly to the side, controlling the Type [-] fighter to accelerate and fly obliquely forward.

When encountering anti-aircraft fire, it is not advisable to turn, climb, or dive on the spot. These measures will make the aircraft exposed to enemy fire for a longer period of time.

The best option is to maintain the heading, accelerate the flight away, interspersed with some small deflection during the period to disrupt the enemy's aiming lead.

After finally escaping from this place of right and wrong, he turned his course and flew towards the territory of Daming.

"The one surnamed Zhao?! How's the situation?!" The wingman pilot asked eagerly.

"It's out, it should be fine..." As he spoke, Zhao Xuwu suddenly felt something wet in his ears.

He subconsciously reached out and touched it, as if it was water?

But when he held his hand in front of his eyes again, seeing the bright red liquid in his hand, his eyes widened instantly.

At this point, the pain gradually came.

He turned his head and looked to the side, only to see that the side glass of the hatch cover had been broken in several places. He guessed that the previous fragments might have penetrated the hatch cover and scratched the back of his neck.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xuwu felt the plane start to tremble uncontrollably, and wisps of gray smoke drifted out from the nose engine.

Bad things happened one after another, and soon he noticed that the fuel gauge was decreasing at an extraordinary rate.

In fact, the damage suffered by this aircraft was not light-except for the wings and the fuselage were penetrated by fragments in several places, and a cylinder of the engine was also smashed.

Moreover, the side of the cockpit was hit by two pieces of fragments. Fortunately, the Type [-] Type B was equipped with bulletproof steel plates to block this fatal attack.

After truthfully reporting the current situation, Zhao Xuwu manipulated the plane to climb rapidly, hoping to reach a higher position before the fuel leaked, so that he could float farther even without power glide.

Compared with a liquid-cooled engine that leaks coolant after being damaged and lies in the nest, the survivability of the air-cooled radial engine is better.

For example, the Diaosi type nine-cylinder radial engine used in the type [-] type B, for it, it doesn't matter if one cylinder is damaged, and the remaining eight cylinders can still work normally, but the stability is much worse.

Zhao Xuwu at this time can be described as having mixed feelings-depressed, troubled, and happy.

Depressed is that I am unlucky again; troubled is that I was severely pitted by the Russian pilot; happy is that I have scored two kills.

Although I used to have mediocre grades and belonged to the mediocre generation, maybe I could become the first trump card among the students in the same period?That would be a real dark horse.

But before that, he had to go back alive.

(End of this chapter)