artillery arc

Chapter 457 Simulated Air Combat
Wang Zhong smiled.

When he first played "War Thunder", the game only had air combat, and Wang Zhong was also into air combat. At that time, he was still a German stickman, so his ID was Manfred von Richthofen, the famous Red Baron.

At that time, the game's air combat historical mode was divided completely according to historical facts. The Germans could only be teammates with the Japanese and Italians, and on the opposite side were the American, British and Soviet Allied Forces.

At that time, the Americans had just released a gold-coin machine called XP50 (that is, it could be bought directly with real money). It had a very fast climbing speed and could suppress the German Air Force at an altitude of 1000 meters on a daily basis.

Therefore, Wang Zhong mastered the basic skills of low-altitude defense - there was no other way, if he couldn't master it, he should give up this game.

"This is the first time we're approaching each other like this." Emilia picked up a model of a Spitfire fighter jet that looked like it had been painted.

"Okay!" Wang Zhong replied while maliciously bringing the plane to his chest height.

Emilia frowned and stared at Wang Zhong's face.

Although Emilia is tall, she is still a little bit taller than a tall guy like Wang Zhong. She has to stretch her arms out and raise them high to simulate the situation of attacking from a high altitude.

Wang Zhong pretended not to notice why she frowned.

The next moment, Emilia pulled over a chair, stood on it, and lifted the airplane model above Wang Zhong's yellow-nosed model.

Wang Zhong quickly said, "You win! Come on, get off. You can't simulate the plane moving forward while sitting on the chair."

This type of simulated air combat using models usually requires two people to walk forward together to simulate the advance of the aircraft; they cannot stand still.

Wang Zhong said this and put the plane down to a position lower than his waist.

Emilia: "You just acted like a boy going to scout camp for the first time, deliberately making things difficult for a girl."

The United Kingdom has a Scout culture, and children will go to a Scout camp for the first time to participate in collective life before going to school.

This sentence is essentially an insult to Wang Zhong: "Why are you like a kindergarten kid?"

Wang Zhong was a little embarrassed. He just wanted to tease Emilia and didn't think much about it. It was just like he usually teased Nellie. He didn't expect Emilia to not indulge him.

Wang Zhong: "Let's simulate a battle, get in position quickly."

Emilia raised the model to a position higher than Wang Zhong’s yellow nose and said, “I’ll enter from here. How are you going to react?”

Wang Zhong: "I need to adjust the propeller pitch first to change the fuel mixture ratio. The pitch should be adjusted to..."

After hearing the data reported by Wang Zhong, Emilia was shocked: "You... have flown a BF109?"

Of course, my BF109 scored 1000 kills! Although because I was flying in the historical air battle mode, shooting down a player counted as two heads, but that was still 500 kills!
Emilia: "This propeller pitch and fuel-gas mixture ratio are the numbers that only 109 veterans can adjust!"

Wang Zhong: "Uh, Vasily told me! He...he interrogated several Proson pilots!"

Emilia: "Would you ask this kind of question when interrogating a pilot?"

Wang Zhong decided to skip this topic, so he urged, "Okay, let's get started. If I perform a maneuver that exceeds 109 maneuvers, it means that I have precisely manipulated the engine and propeller to bring out % of the performance of the aircraft."

Emilia: "Okay, I'm going to attack now. I'm going to roll to the right--"

Wang Zhong: "I maintain my course and my altitude is now 3000."

Emilia's plane aimed its nose at Wang Zhong's plane: "I'll put you in the sight!"

Wang Zhong: "I felt threatened, looked up and saw you! So I quickly turned left to avoid your only shooting window."

Emilia: "I'll give up the attack, pull up to regain altitude, and turn the plane sideways to observe your position."

Wang Zhong: "I will resume level flight and shallow climb to regain speed."

Emilia said proudly, "Now I can easily catch your six points. You have no chance."

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Then come on!"

Emilia shook her head and continued, "I pulled the joystick and switched to pursuit, while recovering the speed lost in the turn by diving. I caught up with you."

Wang Zhong: "My altitude has now recovered to 3000. I have enough altitude to break S! Now I'm cutting into your negative G area."

The so-called negative G area can be commonly understood as the "bottom" or "underneath" of the aircraft. When all aircraft maneuver toward the bottom, blood will rush to the head, and blood vessels may burst easily.

When humans are at positive G, blood will flow to the soles of the feet, and the brain will experience black vision and other phenomena due to lack of blood. Most people will faint at 8G, but they can recover. Trained pilots can even reach 10G before fainting.

However, as long as the negative G reaches 6G, people with fragile blood vessels will start to burst, and this process is irreversible, and the person will die if not treated in time.

Because of this, it is common practice to cut into the enemy's negative G area in air combat, so that the enemy aircraft cannot directly follow the maneuver and must roll first. In order to get his aircraft model into the negative G area, Wang Zhong had to get close to Emilia, almost sticking to her, and the aircraft model was also dangling near her front armor.

But Wang Zhong didn't even look at the front armor. His pride as a pilot was ignited, and he just wanted to compete with Emilia.

Emilia: "I decided to give up following and look for new opportunities."

Wang Zhong sincerely praised: "It's a reasonable decision."

When aircraft fight in the air, they consume their own energy. This energy can be altitude potential energy, which is mainly provided by the altitude at which the aircraft flies, or it can be kinetic potential energy, which is mainly related to the speed of the aircraft.

If Emilia had chosen to roll and then pulled the joystick back to keep up with the maneuvers of Wang Zhong's plane, she would have been dragged into endless consumption and eventually been pulled to the same energy level.

It is a smart move to give up the attack and restore altitude and speed, because Wang Zhong's plane also consumes energy during the maneuvering process. If Emilia does not follow up, the energy gap between the two sides will widen.

Wang Zhong thought for a moment and said, "I will continue to fly straight and climb shallowly to recover energy. At this time, our flying directions are different. If you don't keep up with me, I can lose contact and you will never find me again. If this happens, I will win as the defender."

Actual combat is not a game, there is no map boundary, Wang Zhong's plane can keep flying to increase the distance. Today's single-seat single-engine fighters do not have radars, so it is not easy to find a fleeing enemy plane several kilometers away.

Emilia: "I know, so I circled left after regaining altitude, confirmed your position, and then moved in the same direction as you, and accelerated in a shallow dive."

A dive converts the potential energy of altitude into kinetic energy, which increases the speed of the aircraft. It is also a common means of recovering energy in energy air combat.

Wang Zhong was about to speak when Emilia reminded him, "The height difference between you and me has actually increased. This way, I can always catch up with you by shallow diving."

"Don't be impatient." Wang Zhong said, "I saw you catching up with me in a shallow dive, so I waited patiently for the moment when you dived down."

Emilia: "I'm diving now. Are you going to break the S again? You don't have the height this time. You might crash into the ground!"

Wang Zhong: "Of course not. I choose to roll and move the joystick, enter a hover, and avoid your shooting line. Do you want to follow?"

While asking the question, Wang Zhong had a sarcastic smile on his face that said "You don't dare to follow".

Emilia gritted her teeth and said, "I'll follow! Remember, the Spitfire's roll is no worse than 109's!"

So the battle between the two turned into a chase.

Wang Zhong: "You are faster than me, you will be ahead!"

"I'm entering the high-yoyo route. Now you're in my sights again!"

Wang Zhong: "So I went into a defensive barrel roll. Your energy is higher than mine, and the Spitfire's pitch efficiency is not as good as the 109, especially when you are faster than me, you can't keep up."

As he spoke, the plane in his hand was maneuvering, and he moved behind Emilia.

He almost whispered in the girl's ear, "You lost. You lost when you entered the barrel roll. You were too impatient. You should have disengaged from the attack, maintained your energy advantage, and continued to chase me. If you repeat this a few more times, my plane's speed will be so slow that it will seem like it's glued to the sky."

Emilia shook her head. "This was an aerial battle where both sides knew each other's movements. It doesn't count."

Wang Zhong continued to whisper in the girl's ear: "In a real air battle, the first time I entered your negative G zone, you couldn't find me."

Emilia: "I am a witch. No matter where you are, I can find you accurately."

Wang Zhong shrugged, distanced himself, and spread his hands: "Okay, but I won this time. I can't do anything if you don't recognize me."

Emilia looked at him and smiled. "You didn't just hear about some air combat techniques from Vasily. You have systematically studied air combat, and what you studied is the latest data on the air combat in the capital of the United Kingdom."

Wang Zhong: "You think too highly of me. I am the last in the military academy and I am an uneducated and unskilled playboy."

Emilia: "Really? Since you insist, let's just say so. Oh, by the way, I heard that the United States has invented a new dual-aircraft combat method. I've always wanted to see it. I wonder if you can demonstrate it?"

Wang Zhong: "I don't know anything about dual-plane tactics. I don't know anything at all."

In fact, we know that the United States used the Sachi cut to defeat the Zero Warrior.

Emilia looked at Wang Zhong with a half-smile. At this time, the communications staff came in and saluted: "Report! The 393rd Brigade and the Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment successfully landed on the beach and are attacking Moha Port as planned!"

Wang Zhong clenched his fists and said, "Good! Great! We have passed the first level! The next step is to see when the enemy's armored counterattack will come. There are organized Prosen people among the enemy, and they will definitely fight back!"

Pavlov: "The anti-tank artillery unit is from the 225th Division. It is a reliable old unit. According to the plan, they should now set up defenses in this area and prepare to block the enemy's tank units."

At this time, Colonel Benjamin of the United Kingdom was a little worried: "Even our first-generation Matilda tanks have good armor. Can the 57mm gun handle it?"

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, the penetration of this 57mm gun may even be better than the commonly equipped 76.2 anti-tank gun. Not to mention Matilda, even if Churchill comes, he can hit the weak point."

(End of this chapter)