New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

Hailan left with the transport fleet that afternoon.In Guadalcanal, transport ships dare not stay until night.Here at night is the world of the Tokyo Express.Almost every night, there will be a team of Japanese destroyers delivering supplies to the Japanese soldiers on the island at night.Then bombard the airport along the way.Of course, the firepower of the destroyer can't do anything to the airport, it just has to trouble the ground crew to tow the planes to a hiding place every evening and hide them, and trouble them to tow them back to the airport the next morning.

This time, Hailan also came with several technicians from the Boa Constrictor Company.When a new weapon is handed over to the army, the arms company always has to send several after-sales personnel.Now they are installing Vulcan guns near the airfield.

There were 10 sets of anti-aircraft guns shipped yesterday, 4 sets were given to the Marine Corps, and 4 sets were ready to be deployed directly on the airport.Two more sets are kept as spares.Before leaving, Hailan told Ron that the high-shelf version of Vulcan is the same as the cannon version except for the addition of a gun mount.The technicians could have fitted one of the two spare sets to Ron's plane if he wanted to.At that time, Ron was still skeptical that the bomb feeding system of the aircraft gun was obviously different from that of the anti-aircraft gun version, and he also needed to install some other accessories in the aircraft.Is it really that easy to modify?

It wasn't until the after-sales staff finished installing the anti-aircraft guns and took Ron to see the remaining two "spare anti-aircraft guns" that Ron discovered that the so-called spare anti-aircraft guns didn't even have gun mounts at all. Replacement cannon.Even the matching noses with different openings, different sights, um, brackets and other things on the aircraft are complete.What Hailan meant was that he hoped that Ron would use this weapon to achieve more results, and then he could directly brag about the Vulcan Cannon in the next interview.Of course, if something went wrong with the modification, it was definitely Ron's own personal behavior and had nothing to do with the company.

It took less than four hours for several technicians to install the cannon on the plane for Ron.The rest was Ron's own thing--fly the plane into the sky to see if the flight performance would be affected in any way.Then fire a few more shots to test whether the machine gun works well.

Also taking off with Ron is Kanu's original p-38, which is used for performance comparison.According to Hailan, according to their previous test flight at Lockheed, basically the flight performance is not much different from the original version.The facts are similar to what she said. The entire Vulcan cannon system is slightly heavier than the original configuration, including the shells and the new bracket, about [-] kilograms.But the impact of this difference is not very obvious. Sometimes a little more oil is more than this weight.

However, when climbing, Ron still noticed the slight impact on climbing performance.Fortunately, considering the benefits obtained in terms of firepower, it is worth paying this price.As for Kanu, he didn't even notice the difference in flight performance between Ron's plane and his own plane, whether it was climbing or circling.

The next step is to test the artillery.The first is to hit the target.A p-38 dragged the target drone into the air, and he climbed to an altitude of 4000 meters. Ron flew over from its 9 o'clock direction and shot a long shot at a distance of 600 meters.

This shooting proved two points.

First, the power of the Vulcan cannon really deserves the name of Vulcan. The target drone was directly smashed into pieces by the dense shells. You must know that there is neither fuel nor ammunition in the target drone. Problems with ammunition being detonated after a fuel tank explodes or an aircraft catches fire.Its own structure is also simpler and relatively stronger.The result was beaten like this.This fully proves that the power of the Vulcan cannon is indeed beyond doubt.Later, the largest piece of the fallen target drone was found. A section of the fuselage less than 3 meters was punched with 4 large holes by the Vulcan cannon. (This is the result of Ron's cooperation with pedaling the rudder to sweep the shell. If not, at the firing speed of Vulcan's 6000 rounds, it can shoot 3 to 2 rounds within a range of 3 meters.) You know, it is flying at a speed of 400 kilometers Sweeping across the front of Ron, Ron's shooting window is very short, can hit such a result, it can be seen that the shooting speed and precision of the Vulcan Cannon far exceed the original 4 .50 and A combination of a 20mm gun.

Second, the recoil of the Vulcan cannon is not comparable to the original firepower system.After a long she of two seconds, the speed of the plane suddenly dropped from 500 kilometers to 480, which can be used as a brake.Moreover, a quarter of the 800 rounds of ammunition was knocked out at once. It seems that we can no longer shoot longer shots casually.

Then came the test of head-on shooting and tail-shot shooting. In the head-on mode, Ron destroyed the target drone with one shot at a distance of 800 meters, but in the tail-chasing mode, how could the Vulcan Cannon still be at a distance of 600 meters? Shoot effectively and kill with one hit.

After completing this round of testing, several pilots came to Ron and asked to install the remaining cannon for themselves. If it didn't work, then it would be good to lend Ron's plane to him for fun.But they were all rejected by Ron. "It was illegally modified, and I can't take responsibility for what happened," Ron said.

Early the next morning, a group of guys came running again.

"Morning sir!"

"Well, good morning everyone, what are you all doing here?"

"Sir, those damn Japanese destroyers came to bombard our airport again last night." A guy said outrageously.

"Yeah, we're going to get revenge! Let the bastards know we're not easy to mess with! Sir, how about we go to Rabaul and practice our hands," another said.

"Tch," Ron thought, "is it the first time that Ri's own destroyer came to bombard the airport? When did they not come? Well, they didn't come the day before yesterday, and some of you complained that you couldn't hear the gunfire at night, It was too quiet to sleep."

But anyway, idle is idle, just go to play.

"Well, keep f4f and p-39 as housekeepers, and p-38 will follow me to open a dungeon to spawn monsters!"

Of course, this is just intentional, the original words were "follow me to teach Little Riben a lesson." With the order, the army of monster spawners immediately got busy, and only those who looked after the house still asked bitterly: "Sir, when will you give me a lesson?" Let's change to p-38."

Also, "Sir, a bowl of water must be served in a fair manner, and we must not discriminate against our navy. If they are not allowed to drive f4f, we will drive p-38!"

Just when there was a mess, a telegram interrupted it all.

"Sir, the local aircraft group has been spotted. It is expected to arrive in the airspace of Guadalcanal Island in two hours"

In came Tom the telegrapher.

"Damn, you don't want to live anymore? How dare you come?" someone shouted.

"Long live! Little Riben, I love you so much!" Needless to say, those who yelled this could not drive the p-38 for the time being.

"Nnd, against them, before I have time to make a dungeon, why are you playing monster siege?" Ron thought.

"The original plan is cancelled! Gather in the war room immediately." Ron gave the order.

A group of people came to the war room, where intelligence agent Huck Finn was already waiting.

"Sir, the situation is like this."

This time, the Japanese gathered a large group, with a total of more than 60 Zero Fighters, escorting 8 bombers.

"Damn, there are quite a few. This time some hit!" Someone was excited.

Ron was not so excited, he had a total of 58 fighter jets in his hand, not much less than Ri himself's fighter jets.But considering the reliability of the machinery, there are only about 20 P-38s that can fly right now , and 7 were overhauled due to some glitches.) plus 5 Wildcats, (the number dropped for the same reason as the p-13) 38 Vipers.Added together, there are a total of 11. Not to mention that this number is not auspicious. In terms of numbers alone, even if Ron does not leave the reserve team again, and they are all overwhelmed at once, their number will be more than 44 or more. Japan has a lot of fighter jets.The tactics used last time may not be very useful.

And what's even more peculiar is that Japan himself has so many fighter jets, why are there so few bombers?Ron felt something was wrong almost instinctively.If Ri's purpose is to destroy Guadalcanal Airport, what's the use of bombers?Even if they could drop a decent number of bombs, 10 bombers wouldn't destroy the airfield, or even cripple it temporarily.

"Couldn't Ri himself have another wave behind him? If so, this matchup will be really big. As long as he wins this round, I guess Ri himself will have to be honest for a long time." Ron thought.

"Notify the Marine Corps, and then they will prepare for air defense." Ron ordered, "Notify the observation post, and continue to pay attention to Ri's movements."

Japan already has a certain understanding of the P-38. They must know that it has a long range and climbs very well, especially the high-altitude climb is far superior to Japan's fighter jets.So what method will the Japanese use to restrain it?

Ron began to think about when he played the game before, whether there was any successful battle against p-38 with zero combat.The result is regrettable and gratifying to find that there really is not.No one between the two sides who opened a room to fight will challenge p-38 with a zero fight.Ron used to only have the memory of using the P-38 to deal with AI in zero battles, but that was nothing. AI is always stupid, doesn't know how to judge the situation, and often uses its own shortcomings to compete with others' strengths.

Fifteen minutes later, another news came from the observation post: a Japanese army formation was discovered, with a total of 15 bombers and 30 fighters.

This is really a big deal.Now Ri's own calculations have been clearly seen: the mission of the first attack wave is to consume the air defense force of the US military on the island.When Ron's fighter jets fought the first wave of enemy planes, if too few planes were invested, they would be easily eaten up by the overwhelmingly superior Japanese escort fighter planes.Then the Japanese planes will firmly suppress the airport until the 30 bombers arrive.If they all take off, they will be held back by the slightly superior Japanese fighters, and their ammunition will be quickly consumed in the melee.By that time, they will not be able to intercept the second wave of Japanese bombers.

"Sir, what should we do?" Obviously, Ron was not the only one who saw the problem.

"I don't think we can be fooled by Ri himself. How about we just take the b-17 and go directly to copy his lair?"

"I don't think it's good. We only have a few B-17s, and it's useless to go there."

"Sir, otherwise, let's take off immediately, bypass the first wave of enemies, and directly attack the second wave."

Ron turned his head to look, and it was a new pilot named Joyce who was speaking.This little guy has great ideas.

"Tell me what you think?" Ron said encouragingly.

"Sir. I don't think it will do anything to the airport if they bomb the first wave. Just let them go to He Gao and shoot the cannons. We ignore him, go past them, and attack the bombers of the second wave directly. Just destroy those Bombers, even forcing them to drop their bombs early, we've won the battle."

"Okay, let's do it like this." Ron smiled, Joyce's thinking was very similar to his.

"All the p-38s and f4fs that can fly will go with me to intercept the second wave. The p-39's legs are not long enough, so don't go this time, just find a hidden place to hide and watch the show." Ron ordered , "Cartographer, let's look at the charts."

"Sir, we are also fighter jets, and we can fight!" Some people who are still flying P-39 have objections, "And, if there is no interceptor plane, Ri himself will definitely find something is wrong."

"But the performance of the P-39 is indeed far behind Zero War. It would be very dangerous for you to intercept the first wave of enemy planes. But what you said is indeed very reasonable. Otherwise, I You are allowed to go into the air, but you must strictly follow my tactics..."