New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

"Hey, I said Ron, what's so good about the army, let's come to our navy." He didn't know it was John.This was the first time Admiral Thatch had mentioned this to Ron.

"Well, the airport will never be sunk, and..." Ron said after a moment of serious thinking.

"Tch, the airport is fine, your army's planes are better than ours." Petrov immediately jumped up and objected.

"Don't believe me?" Ron glanced at Petrov, "Let's go back and fly a plane to see who is better."

"Tch, that's because you're good, not because the army's planes are good. Why don't your army play a friendly match with us, with seven games and five wins, we're sure..." Petrov originally wanted to brag about zero seals, but he saw Looking at Ron, he changed his words again, "It will definitely win by a big score."

"Stop bragging, our army will definitely beat you." Ron did not show weakness.

The officers like this kind of dispute among the pilots. Anyway, there is no new aircraft carrier for them now, and it is impossible to send out combat missions. If they are idle, they are idle. It is better to use this kind of competition to strengthen their training.Besides, in the eyes of the navy, Midway Island is not new to the level of the army.It's also good to boost morale by torturing them.However, the army is also very confident: "What's so great about the navy? Half of the training time is spent practicing ship landing. How high can the level of air combat be? Besides, we still have new weapons." So a battle later became a tradition. Thus began the friendly match between the American Naval Air Force and the Army Air Force (later the U.S. Air Force).

The new weapon that the army regards as its hole card is the p-38 fighter jet.Although the aircraft is not perfect, at least it has not been replaced with a 20mm Vulcan cannon.But those f4fs used to deal with the navy are more than enough.

The time p-38 came to the alliance was actually two days earlier than the time when Ron came back from visiting relatives.At the beginning, the pilots of the flight team still had a lot of doubts about this kind of aircraft.For example, is this kind of aircraft with a tail support structure strong enough? (In fact, apart from the later P-47, the US Army has no fighter that is stronger than the P-38.) As a twin engine aircraft, is it flexible enough?You must know that in the Battle of Britain, the Nazi twin-engine heavy long-range fighter bf110 was bullied by the British fire and hurricane because it was too inflexible, so that the Germans had to send a single-engine bf109 to escort it.As a result, the name "fighter that needs escort" has become a lifelong pain for following bf110. When it comes to maneuverability, twin-engine fighters really can't afford it.Since then, the twin-engine fighters have been too shy to go out during the day, and they have all changed their careers to night fighters and reconnaissance aircraft.Now that the United States has equipped the Army with such a twin-engine thing, can it not repeat the mistakes of the bf110?

It was already August when Ron came back, which is the hottest time of year in Hawaii.Fortunately, Hawaii is located in the tropics, but because it is an island, the temperature is actually not high, and the hottest time of the year is only about 8 degrees.And the first time he really came into contact with this legendary fighter in reality was the morning of the second day after returning to the team.

In the early morning, Hawaii is covered in a magnificent glow, and the beach, coconut trees, and reefs by the sea are all covered with a layer of golden red and red rouge.The cool wind from the sea gently rustled the huge leaves of the coconut trees.At one end of the runway, a strange-looking fighter plane was parked there.

The fuselage of this fighter is very short, and the tail is not installed on the fuselage like ordinary aircraft.Instead, there are huge wings protruding from the left and right, and then there is an engine nacelle on each wing on both sides, and a slender tail structure extends back from there, which together support the tail fins connecting them.Ron walked to the plane, closed his eyes, and stretched out his hand to gently caress the fighter plane. It felt like he was stroking his lover.

"Hey, isn't this guy a pervert? I heard people say that the more powerful guys are a bit perverted."

"Go, it should be a perverted guy who is a bit more powerful. Think about it..."

So a big debate began about whether to be abnormal before being powerful or to be powerful before being abnormal.Both sides criticized each other by citing scriptures.In the sparks generated by the collision of thinking, a classic topic comparable to which came first, the chicken or the egg, arose.

But Ron didn't bother to pay attention to them for the time being, his mind was attracted by the plane.After boarding the plane, checking various items, starting the engine, releasing the brakes, the plane began to speed up and roll on the runway, and then gently raised the nose and took off into the air.

The p-38 is indeed far superior to the p-40. Not to mention other things, the climb and acceleration are far from what the p-40 can hold.In the blink of an eye, the plane climbed above the clouds.Looking down from there, you can see the small toy-like ships pulling long white trails on the sea, and the white clouds cast their shadows on the islands and the sea, making bad luck and the sea It is no longer a whole piece of green or blue, but a drawing board covered with dark or light tones.

The flying altitude was getting higher and higher. In a blink of an eye, it had exceeded 20000 feet. Ron activated the turbocharger. With its help, the engine maintained a strong power output even at high altitudes.The flight speed is getting faster and faster, and it will exceed 400 (miles) in a while.Now, at least for now, there is no enemy aircraft in the Pacific that can match it, fly as high and as fast as it does.If possible, Ron really wanted to yell, "I'm here, I see, I..."

But Ron is not in such a mood now, because the cockpit is terribly hot.As far as the p-38 is concerned, everything is fine, but the temperature in the cockpit is unbearable.Historically, when the p-38 was performing missions in Europe, because it was always at high altitude and the latitude was high, the cockpit was often very cold, and there were even embarrassing things that made the pilot faint from freezing; while in the Pacific Ocean, the cockpit The temperature can always be high enough to cause heat stroke.So much so that everyone who flies a few laps on the p-38, the first thing after landing is to find water to drink.

Originally, even in the tropics, it wouldn’t be too hot to fly a plane. If it’s really hot, you can fly with the cockpit cover open, but the problem is that the p-38 can’t just open the hatch cover in the air.Opening it will cause severe tremors to the aircraft.So as soon as the p-38 was equipped with troops, it got the nickname of the oven.

For this reason, and the strange shape of the 38, coupled with the horribly slow roll at low speeds.It wasn't loved by most pilots at first.But Ron knew that people would soon find out about this aircraft and love it.

The first is its firepower.Although at first glance, as a heavy fighter, it has one more 40 guns than the p-20, and even compared with the p-39's one 37 guns, two .50 machine guns and two 7.62 mm machine guns, Not necessarily strong.But the rare thing is: all the weapons of the p-38 are installed on the nose, so the bullets it fires will be very dense, and those aircraft with weapons installed on the wings, the bullets they fire cross the intersection The dots will fly apart.Therefore, even if the p-38 shoots at a fairly long distance, it can still guarantee the density of the projectile, and still have a high hit rate, which can be called an air sniper.

In the afternoon, the squadron carried out the first shooting training just after the change of equipment. Ron was the first to go out on the field, and at a distance of 500 meters, he hit the target with a long gun and was riddled with holes.At first, everyone thought it was because of Ron's superior technology, but when they installed the p-38 themselves, they realized that the p-38's shooting was really accurate, compared to the p-40 and the like.What a world of difference.If those Japanese who are used to zero combat with shells flying around have the opportunity to shoot with a p-38, they will be so greedy that their saliva will flow out.

而在后来队内的对抗xing演练中，p-40和p-38的差距就更是大得惊人。现在给规则都已经改成先让p40占据6点位置再开始演练了。但即使这样，p40还是处境艰难。

Ron pushed the throttle valve to the end, the two engines roared, relying on the powerful acceleration ability, his p-38 easily got out of the range of the p-40 behind.Then he lightly pulled the control lever, and the huge twin-body fighter began to climb lightly in a spiral. The p-40 couldn't catch up with the p-38 during the climb, and after a short climb, the p-40 behind it was already dragged to the point of being unable to climb, and its speed had dropped to a dangerous level. If you go down, you will only stall.Now the fooled P-40 can only slide straight down to escape, while the P-38 even has the energy to do various high-g maneuvers.Gently bring the left engine to idle and start turning sharply to the left.Regardless of the large size of the p-38, one would think that its turning radius must also be large.By adjusting the two engines to make their thrusts different, the p-38 can also complete a very wonderful sharp turn, almost comparable to that of Zero War.

After completing this sharp turn, the P40 has appeared in front of Ron. Although the plane has begun to dive, the speed has not yet fully increased.But to say that his choice in the middle is absolutely the right choice, at the current height, isn't that just waiting to be killed?

But diving can only escape for a while, you can't fly into the sea to be a submarine.Relying on a dive does not allow the p-40 to escape the pursuit of the p-38.The p-38 with dive flaps is not a zero battle that will disintegrate in the air after a slight dive.

Kanu's p-40 was firmly pressed at a low altitude close to the water surface, watching Ron's p-38 dive from different angles again and again, and roaring back to the high place with a high astonishing rate of climb, And then again.Kanu knew that if it was an actual battle, he would have been beaten into a sieve long ago.He had no choice but to shake the wings of the plane helplessly, and then reluctantly said on the radio: "I lost... This is pure bullying."

Yes, the battle between p-38 and p-40 is indeed pure bullying.Sometimes, when the gap in technology reaches a certain level, any flying technology is just a cloud.Those skilled Japanese ace warriors may still be able to barely save their lives, but with the arrival of the p-38, the era of zero battles ruling the sky is gone forever.

既然p-40和p-38之间的差距到了使飞行技术起到的作用如此的弱化，那么在技术水平上和p-40差别不大的f4f面对着p-38的螺旋爬升又能有什么办法呢？所以布劳恩少校虽然明知自己的飞行员大多是新手，但是海军这次还是死定了！