New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

() The agreed time has come, but the weather is not very good. Early in the morning, it started to fog up, and the visibility at the airport is less than 300 meters.It wasn't until almost noon that the fog gradually dissipated, but the visibility near the ground was still not particularly good.Moreover, there are quite a lot of clouds in the sky, and the height of the cloud base is only about 1000 meters to 1500 meters.The second confrontation began in such weather.

This one pitted Boyington and McGeater against Valya and Skomorokhov, and Valya continued to drive her p-39 this time.

"There are so many clouds in the sky, and there will be a lot of time to drill the clouds. In this way, the air battle may be interrupted or started at any time. This is more beneficial to the P-39, which has too much damage from a single shell." Ron thought.He stopped Boynton, who was walking towards the plane, and said to him:

"Hey, Dad, the visibility isn't very good today, so be careful. Also, that Soviet woman might use the clouds to make a near-stall movement to gain a chance to fire once, and then hide in the clouds. "

"I know, today's weather is indeed more favorable to them. But it's not so easy to catch me." Boynton smiled at Ron.

The two p-51s of the Americans took off first, followed by the two p-39s of the Soviets.

Ron also boarded a modified Dreadnought and flew up.

When the plane rose to an altitude of about 1000 meters, the visibility gradually improved, and the air began to become clear. Looking up, the sky was as blue as a huge sapphire, and huge clouds, under the sun, reflected She shot a dazzling white color, like a towering snow mountain.

These cumulus clouds in the sky don't look big from the ground, but when you fly an airplane close to these clouds, you will find how big these clouds are.Their cloud bases are often around 1000 meters high, but their tops are often 2000-3000 meters high.

Since the background of the air battle was set to start at an altitude of 1500 meters, in order to see clearly, the two dreadnoughts serving as referees could not fly too high, so they could only walk through the clouds.

With the planes of both sides in place, the director department issued an order, and the confrontation drill officially started.

At the beginning, the two sides set positions at the opponent's 9 o'clock direction. At the beginning of the battle, Poynton and McGaia manipulated the plane to climb while turning to the opponent's 6 o'clock direction.

In general, their opponents should take the same approach, turning hard to their sixes.But Valia and the others know that if the spiral climb is compared with the P-51, the P-51 will take advantage of the speed, just keep a good distance, and then lead them to climb slowly, and climb patiently for a while, until the altitude exceeds 5000 meters , The p-39's engine without a supercharger will suffer from insufficient output due to severe altitude sickness.However, those P-51s that use Merlin engines do not have this limitation. At this altitude, its flight performance will be lower than that of the P-39 in all aspects.So it's not necessarily a good idea to follow the opponent's climb.

But if you don't follow, isn't that the same as actively giving up the height advantage to your opponent?Yes, but after studying the difference in performance between the two types of aircraft, Valia also had to admit that due to the difference in performance of the aircraft, it is almost inevitable for the enemy to gain an altitude advantage.

Originally, this trick was nothing special. The German bf109 also likes to play this trick. Of course, the Germans climb more fiercely. They will lead you to climb at a large angle until you stall.

If you can't keep up, maintain your speed while trying to put yourself in a difficult angle for your opponent.So Valia took Skomorokhov and just started to turn left, but didn't follow the climb, relying on a better hovering angular velocity than the p-51, in the end they firmly occupied the American p-51 Position below 7 o'clock.And through diving and climbing from time to time, they have always maintained a speed suitable for maneuvering.In this way, when the Americans dive down, they have enough energy to make an evasive action, and they may even simply pull up and confront the diving Yankees head-on.Considering Valya's terrible hit rate and the terrible lethality of the 37mm gun, confronting her head-on is really not a good choice.For the Americans, it is best to occupy the six o'clock direction of the Soviets and launch an attack, but the two Soviets have been firmly occupying their positions below 7 o'clock.This makes the plan very difficult to implement.

But as an old ace, Poington will not be troubled by such a small problem.The multitude of clouds in the sky helped him now.

"Let's go for a walk in the cloud, follow me carefully, and don't get lost." Poynton said, and took McGaard into a cloud.

As one of the referees, Ron could overhear the radio conversation between Boynton and McGahr.As soon as Boyington's voice fell, Ron understood his intention:

Going into the cloud means that the two sides will lose visual contact, so the engagement after the cloud will become a real encounter.This is not a good thing for the party that has an advantage in aircraft performance.But now, the Americans have a clear height advantage, while the Soviets occupy a favorable angle.Obviously, when flying in the clouds, it is impossible for the Soviets to recover the altitude advantage of the Americans in a short period of time, nor can they continue to occupy a favorable angle.In this way, the ensuing encounter became a battle in which the Americans had a clear advantage and the Soviets lost their angular advantage.At this time, the existence of clouds seems to be beneficial to the Americans.

"Dad is Dad after all, he is really cunning and cunning in tactics."

After entering the cloud, Boynton and McGaher reduced the horizontal speed, increased the angle of climb (so that the aircraft's wind noise would be relatively reduced) and opened the aircraft's canopy. (This makes it easier to judge the location of teammates by hearing).

Carefully maintaining the formation, the eyes began to gradually brighten, and the edge of the clouds was approaching.Boynton and McGuire emerged from the cloud.They began to search carefully for traces of the Soviets.The sharp-eyed McGaar soon discovered a Soviet p-39, but the other p-39 did not know where it went.Did it get lost while drilling into the clouds?

This is an opportunity: the enemy has lost the support of his teammates and has become vulnerable. This may also be a trap. Maybe another enemy plane is hiding somewhere, waiting for you to attack it.

Just as Boynton and McGahr hesitated for a while, the P-39 turned its head again and got into the clouds again.

This time, Boynton and McGeater believed they had indeed missed an opportunity.If there had been an ambush just now, the Soviets would not have turned around and dived back into the clouds in a hurry.And this kind of one in and one out, it is almost certain that he and his partner will be separated.

"They can't stay in the clouds for a lifetime. As soon as they come out, we will launch an attack immediately, trying to destroy the first one before the second one appears." Boyington explained to McGaher on the radio, and began to surround this place. A large cloud climbed up.Only by flying higher can we be safe, and only by flying higher can we monitor from a higher angle.

After a while, another plane popped up from another place - still a single plane.

"Follow carefully, and attack him when he is a little further away from the clouds!"

The P-39 below was already far away from the clouds, and Boynton and McGaia immediately swooped down.

But the p-39 under attack was difficult to deal with, and his pilot seemed to have a natural talent for dodging.He can always dodge the attacks of the Americans with a small movement in a short time, and he can even use the free time between the attacks of the Americans to climb up in many cases.

"Why is this guy so difficult to deal with?" Boynton, who swooped down again and again, but always returned empty-handed, muttered.In such an attack, they were getting closer and closer to the cloud they had just left.

Boynton pulled up from a dive attack, went up to the high point, and turned back with a sledgehammer, ready to dive straight down again.At this moment, a p-39 suddenly emerged from the clouds next to him!

"Be careful! 8 o'clock!" McGaia issued a warning.

But this warning is too late.This p-39 quickly bit Boyington's 6 o'clock, and then fired 5-6 shots.

"Dad, you were shot down." Ron made such a judgment after discussing with the Soviets.

This might be a trap, but luck also played a crucial role. If Valia hadn't appeared in such a strangely advantageous position, maybe Dad wouldn't have been dealt with so quickly.

Now the only American left is McGaa, but at this time, the clouds are now standing on his side. In order to avoid the joint attack of the Soviets, McGaa began to circle in the clouds continuously. In the end, everyone simply lost target.After wandering around aimlessly for a long time, the director department had no choice but to simply announce that they would go home on vacation.

In this way, in today's simulated air battle, Valia and his teammates scored another point for the Soviets. Now the total score is 1 to 1. If small points need to be counted, the small points of the reverse cross still have the upper hand.

It's just that Boynton is going to be laughed at by everyone. At the beginning, that Maomei boasted that it only took 20 seconds to solve Boynton. Today, the time between launching an attack and being shot down by Maomei is definitely not more than 15 seconds.It took only "more than ten seconds" to be sentenced to be shot down.This made Boynton flushed all over his face after getting off the plane, almost like a little loli who was bullied by the strange sorghum.It made Ron laugh.

"It's okay, Dad, it's a small score, we are still ahead." Ron walked up to comfort him.