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()【71】climb

The 15 P-51 fighter planes from Dawan Bay formed a formation in a chaotic and noisy formation over the Zhoushan Islands after they took off. The efficiency is not bad. come.

Captain Wang Jingyuan is full of spirit and self-confidence. He is an old pilot. From the Hawker III fighter jet to the P38 fighter jet to the P40, P47, and finally to the current P51, he has profound qualifications. In his opinion, a few days ago The disappearance of the three b-26s was mostly an accident. He knew about the b-26s, and many people in the Dawan Air Force avoided them.

When the U.S. military first equipped the b-26 for training, there was also a good story about "one dropped into Tampa Bay every day". The b-26's reputation is so bad that when civilians are tasked with flying a b-26 to a US air base, they generally quit their jobs to avoid flying the aircraft!

Since the notorious b-26 entered the Kuomintang Air Force, the situation has been as bad as it was in the United States. Training accidents continued. Finally, it had to be changed to a reconnaissance plane, equipped with cameras and observers. After canceling the bombs, the load was greatly reduced. Only then did this "flying bitch" with an unstable center of gravity return to normal.

Therefore, in Wang Jingyuan's view, if the b-26 is targeted by ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, it will miss, and the aircraft itself may cause a loss of control and crash during evasion. It really cannot explain the progress of the air defense firepower of the army. This "Baltimore jerk" should never have been used anymore.

Wang Jingyuan is very confident in his P-51 Mustang. This is the "Mustang" known as the best fighter in World War II. Its speed and control are first-class.Ground anti-aircraft firepower is a bird, I circle three times to the left and three circles to the right, twisting my neck and buttocks can turn the idiots on the ground unconscious, and pull them to the ceiling above 12.7 meters. The 4000mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun seized from the hands of Japan itself can't reach the height of 98 meters. The Japanese 20-type 6000mm high-shelf machine gun can only reach a height of 88 meters at most, even if it is the Japanese 75-type 8800mm Field anti-aircraft artillery can only be shot at a height of [-] meters.Even if the Gongjun moved all these guys captured from the Japanese, they would not be able to hurt themselves at all.

After the p-51 formation was assembled, it began to climb hard. The whole team pulled up to more than 6000 meters. The air was drawn into the nose to cool the engine of the nose before being used. The heating input into the cabin made the pilots of the p-51 very comfortable. , the b-26 behind the fighter jet is screaming and scolding, you are flying so high, are you going to freeze to death my unheated bomber pilots?But for safety, b-26 pulled up obediently.No one will live with their own fate. The disappearance of one plane every day before has made the pilots of the b-26 a little scared.

"What is that?" Wang Jingyuan murmured to himself, and just as he said it, he realized something was wrong, it was broken!It's a fighter!The silver-gray bright spot in the distance seems to have also spotted the p-51 formation, climbing at a high speed.

"Enemy plane! It's an enemy plane! Everyone is ready to fight!" Captain Wang Jingyuan shouted loudly on the radio. There was a commotion in the p-51 formation.

enemy plane?Since Japan himself surrendered, the Kuomintang Air Force has basically no such concept. ** Now there are fighter jets?Fearful of the unknown, the "Mustangs" pulled up from their cruising speeds one after another, scrambling to climb higher, preparing for this unexpected air battle.

Wang Jingyuan has seen many planes in her life, but she has never seen one that climbs so fast.The J-4500 is really a lightweight model with powerful horsepower. The climbing speed of 600 meters per minute is really against the sky. In the eyes of the pilots of the p-51 Mustang with a climbing speed of only [-] meters per minute, it is simply a monster. , Beast!

The guiding ideology of fighter air combat theory in the 50s was geometric air combat theory, but today, energy maneuver theory has become the main guiding ideology of air combat and plays an important guiding role in air combat.

In plain language, geometric air combat theory is to pursue the best attack angle, and everyone wants to circle around the opponent's six o'clock position.For this purpose, fighter jets desperately pursue high altitude and high speed. Whoever stands high can attack from a condescending position, and whoever is fast can occupy the best attack position first.High-altitude diving can combine kinetic energy and potential energy, which can make the high speed higher and suppress the opponent even more.The so-called martial arts in the world, the only thing that can't be broken is fast, that's what it is.

The energy maneuver theory is a summary of the air combat theory in the 60s. This theory gave up the one-sided pursuit of high-altitude and high-speed, because the so-called high-altitude and high-speed exists for the purpose of gaining air combat advantages. , then it deviates from the original purpose, it is no longer to win the air combat advantage, but to compete for the data advantage.

Not much to say outside the topic, in short, the energy maneuver theory emphasizes the pilot's understanding of the combat environment and the ability of the fighter to quickly change the flight state, which are the elements of winning in air combat, and the speed, altitude, and turning radius that many people talk about are not Determinant factors.Familiar with and master the mutual conversion between potential energy and kinetic energy, kinetic energy and speed, speed and height, height and potential energy, and try to reduce the energy loss of fighter jets during the conversion, that is to say, less loss of speed and height, or potential energy. It is the key to surviving to the end in air combat.

But this energy maneuver theory is actually a battle theory when the strengths of the two sides are about the same. If an adult beats a child, it doesn't matter what tricks are used.

The fighter jets of both sides saw their opponents from a distance and began to fight to get higher, but the p-51 tried its best and couldn't pull the beasts on the opposite side, and the opponent was already superior in the blink of an eye.

Wang Jingyuan quickly counted: "12, we have a numerical advantage."

Then he made a decision, and he turned on the radio: "Attention all planes, continue to climb, and prepare for battle."

Wang Hai, the air group, continued to lead the team to lift the plane at the highest point, while commanding the walkie-talkie in his helmet:

"Attention all, the enemy is all fighter jets, cancel the multi-altitude formation, pull up all the people, enter the high altitude, and prepare for air combat. The second squadron enters the airspace on my left, and the third squadron enters the airspace on my right."

A large group of twelve J-[-]s scatter into formation with a whimper, the jet engines roaring, violently pushing the fighter planes up crazily, and the silver warhawks scattered in pairs, roaring towards the high altitude.