New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

After receiving the report from the fighter jet group for sudden reconnaissance, the U.S. fighter jet group began to climb rapidly.At this time, they were already on the Japanese radar screen.The Japanese radars stared at them closely and reported their every move to the Japanese Air Defense Command.

"The enemy plane began to climb, and the climbing speed was very fast, and now the altitude has reached 8000 meters." An officer reported this information to the group of Japanese generals in the command room.

"The enemy's leading fighter jets have already sent the signal, what should we do now?" an officer said. Obviously, once the enemy is unwilling to act according to the script written by the Japanese, the first reaction of the Japanese is to be surprised and caught off guard.

"These American ghosts are so cunning! How could they do this..." Another officer complained angrily like most Japanese.As if Americans have a natural obligation to act according to their will.

"Shut up!" An officer who looked older and had a higher rank yelled, "If the curse can shoot down the enemy plane, we would have won!" Then he didn't even look at the officers who were still a little bit unwilling , turned to a combat staff officer and asked: "If our fighters actively approach the enemy plane, can we continue to maintain a high altitude advantage when in contact with the enemy plane?"

"General, this needs to be calculated." So a group of staff immediately got busy, and finally, they gave this answer: "If the enemy plane is P-51, and they don't change their course, we take the initiative to attack. Fang may continue to maintain an altitude advantage of 100-200 meters."

"If you can have such an advantage, then let the fighter force act immediately!"

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If the U.S. fighter jets are all P-51s, and if the Japanese fighter pilots are all normal pilots, when the large fleets of the two sides meet, the Japanese should indeed be slightly higher.However, there are p-81s in the U.S. military fleet that can climb better at high altitudes. With the climb rate of these aircraft, when they meet, their altitude will definitely be much higher than that of the Japanese fighter fleet.Also, those fighter pilots in Japan were not normal fighter pilots.Their flying hours are so few that in their hands, it is difficult to bring out the true performance of a fighter.In this way, it is even more difficult to say whether it can take advantage of the altitude.

On the radar screen of the Japanese army, the US fighter group began to divide into two parts, and one part climbed rapidly.Their rate of ascent was astonishingly high, gaining altitudes of more than 9000 meters in a very short period of time.Other fighter jets continued to climb at a more normal speed.

"The altitude of some enemy planes has surpassed ours, and their altitude is still increasing." An officer reported.

"So fast? How is this possible?" Some people were not calm about this unexpected situation.

"How many planes are there in this part?" someone asked.

"About 300-400."

Then everyone was silent.Obviously, this kind of fighter that climbs very fast must be the p-81 fighter that has only recently appeared in the sky over Japan.The Germans provided the Japanese with information about this fighter jet a few months ago, but the Japanese didn't pay much attention to this kind of aircraft at that time (because they had never encountered it before), so they sent this information to the Japanese for archival.It was only recently rediscovered.

After this information was found, the Japanese were stunned by a series of abnormal figures estimated by this aircraft in terms of climb, roll, speed, firepower, etc., but after careful research, they still discovered this. A "fatal" performance flaw of the aircraft-the hovering is too bad.In the words of the Japanese, things that are so rotten are not eligible to serve in Japan at all.As a result, countless Japanese were relieved, thinking that p-81 is not too difficult to deal with.But Americans do not necessarily agree with this view.

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Demicri continued to climb in his p-81. He is a pilot who has just returned from the "Inverse Cross" training. Although the flight time is not long, his record is good. He was just near Iwo Jima a day ago. Got his fourth shot down - a Saiun reconnaissance aircraft of the Japanese Navy.Today, he only needs to achieve one more victory to become an ace pilot.

Now Demicri's fighter plane has climbed to an altitude of 10000 meters.At this altitude, even the P-81, using two turbocharged Twin Wasp engines, could not climb as quickly as before.However, the p-81 can continue to climb, and it can climb to 13500 meters in one breath, an altitude that overwhelms any Japanese fighter.

But Demicri didn't need to climb that high, because he had already seen the Japanese fighter group.A large group of fighter jets dragged a long flight path and were approaching from a height about 1000 meters lower than themselves.

At this time, the voice of the squadron leader also came from his earphones: "This is Peregrine No. 1. We have spotted an enemy plane and are going to launch an attack according to Plan No. 3!"

The attack method in the so-called No. 81 plan is that the P-[-] fleet continues to maintain a shallow climb, and after the fighter jets of the two sides pass by each other, they dive down and attack the enemy plane.This is also one of the most common ways to launch an attack. It is a very useful attack method when the altitude difference with the enemy plane is relatively large.

The fighter planes of both sides passed by each other, and the squadron leader took the lead in swooping down.Demicri also quickly called his wingman "Peregrine 8, follow me!" He rolled and then dived down with the lever.From a height of 81 meters, nearly 10000 P-[-]s swooped down toward the Japanese fighter jets below, pulling a silver-white flight path, like a group of seagulls rushing toward a group of sardines.

During the dive, Demikri bit a Japanese Type Zero, maybe it was a Type 500 fighter. These two fighters are so similar that most American pilots can't tell them apart in a fierce air battle. Two types of aircraft.At a distance of about [-] meters, Demicri fired a long burst, and the plane immediately turned into a big fireball.Obviously, the pilot who was flying this plane was a rookie, and under the attack of Demicri, he almost didn't make any decent resistance.

The entire Japanese fighter group was in a mess. Although they were larger in number, they had no effective means of counterattack and could only dodge passively in the face of the American fighter planes that used high-speed dives and one-shot escape tactics.And the large fleet makes it easy for them to accidentally hide from the muzzle of one American plane to the muzzle of another American plane when dodging.

The chances of shooting were greatly increased, and Demicri had just shot down a Japanese fighter, and another fighter that was spinning sharply turned in front of him.Demicri fired a round of shells, and he saw flames burst out from the Japanese fighter jet. It seemed that his hand was very smooth today.

The p-81 fleet rushed through the formation of Japanese fighters, then split into two, and flew from the bottom of the Japanese fighter group to the left and right sides.Behind them, dozens of Japanese fighter planes were on fire.It's not that the Japanese didn't think about fighting back, but at this time the p-81 fleet was diving, and the speed was close to 800 kilometers per hour. Even the best Japanese fighter jets in diving could not keep up with them.

Demicri followed his squadron and pulled up at a farther place, jumping to a height of nearly 10000 meters, and then the fleet turned around again and approached the Japanese fighter group.

At this time, the height of the Japanese fighter group has dropped slightly. When avoiding the attack just now, some fighters have lost their altitude due to the loss of energy in their actions. Some fighters have poor high-altitude performance. To about 8000 meters.Of course, there are still some fighters that have not been attacked and have climbed up again. For example, some j2m3s have also climbed to a height of nearly 10000 meters.

However, the number of these j2m3 is too small, and the Americans have no intention of paying attention to them.The p-81s that climbed up again smashed down at the Japanese fighter group like a sledgehammer.This time Demicri didn't get any good chances.One of the enemy planes he had been eyeing was killed by his comrades first, and there was another one, well, he wanted to snatch it from someone else, but he couldn't get it.But when he was about to level up, a voice suddenly came out from the headset: "Peregrine 7, pay attention above 6 o'clock."

Demicri turned his head and looked back. He saw two J2M3s biting behind him.He looked down at his speedometer, it was already 491 miles per hour, if converted into kilometers, his speed is now 790 kilometers per hour.And these two j2m3s are still biting behind him.

"Are they dying?" Demicri thought about this, while giving up the plan to pull up, and continued to maintain a dive posture.The plane was traveling at a speed of more than 497 miles, or 800 kilometers, in no time.At this time, those two j2m3s that are not afraid of death are still following behind.Demicri kicked the rudder hard and did a right barrel roll.When the plane is doing this, it's like turning around a big wooden barrel.In this way, because there is an angle between the flight direction of the aircraft and the actual forward direction, the actual forward speed will be much slower than the flight speed of the aircraft.If this action is done well in defensive combat, the enemy will often rush in front of you.What's more, it costs you far less energy than dropping the flaps or even the landing gear.

If it is in level flight now, only in terms of the distance between the two sides, Demicri's barrel roll is a bit early.The enemy plane can pull up to see him wasting energy.But now he and the enemy plane are diving, and the speed of both sides is very high.At this time, whether it is doing a barrel roll or turning, the requirements for the structural strength of the aircraft are very high.Demicri believed that, except for the p-81 himself or the p-47, no one would dare to do such a barrel roll at such a high speed, which would disintegrate his aircraft in the air!So he decided that the two planes would definitely rush in front of him.

However, only one j2m3 rushed to the front of Demicri, and at the same time, his teammates shouted from his earphones: "Peregrine 7, good job! That guy disintegrated in the air!" Obviously, a red-eyed little Japanese followed him to do a barrel roll. However, at such a flight speed, the structural strength of his aircraft was not enough to support him to do such an action.

Demicri changed out of the barrel roll and bit tightly behind the overcharged j2m3.The speed of this plane is already too high, and it has already exceeded the allowable dive limit speed by a lot. It must slow down immediately, and to slow down, it must change the flight state. If you continue to maintain such a dive attitude, the only way is to destroy the plane and kill people. , but changing the flight status is likely to disintegrate the aircraft immediately.So the j2m3 first tried to put down one flap.Then, uh, the flaps lowered were ripped off the wing by the oncoming air and narrowly missed hitting Demicri's fighter.When Demicri dodged for a while, and was about to re-target the enemy plane and fire, the plane suddenly broke its wings first, and then exploded directly.The pressure from the excessive speed finally crushed the plane.

Demicri slowly pulled up the plane. Compared with the p-81 fighter jet's dive limit speed of 1000 kilometers per hour, the current speed of less than 860 kilometers per hour is not a problem.He leveled the plane slowly and began to turn into the jump. At this time, he saw that the p-51s they left behind were also approaching the battlefield.