Chapter 547

Hadman's plane rushed to the opponent, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer. Just as the Soviet fighter pilot aimed at hadman with his sight, hadman's plane suddenly began to move to the side.

This new ta-152 fighter seems to have a life in hadman's hands. It can flexibly make all kinds of movements in the air. No Soviet plane can catch him. However, Hardman was not only avoiding the siege of Soviet fighters, but also capturing his own fighters while avoiding most of them.

Since the first World War, the air forces of all countries have been sorting out their fighter tactics, and the tactics at this stage are often naive and immature. Air combat relies on individual flying skills.

At the end of the war, the war experience gained from the Spanish Civil War and other local wars enabled the air forces of various countries to develop their own unique fighters and supporting fighter flight technology. There is no doubt that the Germans are leading the world in summing up the war experience and learning advanced technology. They are the direct participants in the Spanish Civil War, and almost the biggest beneficiaries.

In Spain, the German air force gradually denied its air combat theory of large-scale and dense formation flying, because the actual combat proved that this formation method originated from the first World War was out of date. German pilots began to try flexible flight cover mode, and began to popularize the more threatening "four aircraft formation".

This flight mode is called "four finger formation" in Germany, because four planes keep a distance to form an inclined straight line to accompany the flight, much like a person holding out his four fingers. This kind of flying formation is much more flexible than the British arrow flying formation. The actual combat results of British air combat also prove that the German flying formation is indeed more advanced.

The four finger flying formation is composed of two independent two aircraft formations, that is to say, the German fighters are based on the mutual cover of two aircraft in combat. This is also the connection between the chief plane and the wingman -- the chief plane attacks and the wingman covers, and the wingman attacks and the chief plane covers. Most of the time, the German pilot's rear will have a companion to provide cover, which for air combat, is undoubtedly a very efficient way of fighting.

Now hadman lost his long plane and became a man fighting alone, which caused a lot of trouble for his battle: he had to pay attention to his rear at all times to avoid his opponent biting his tail to attack. He is like walking on the edge of a cliff. If he is not careful, he will fall off the cliff and be doomed.

Out of the way of the Soviet fighters, hadman lost his altitude, but he didn't want to climb. In order to avoid the firing of Soviet fighters, he finally chose to dive down. Soviet fighter pilots were also happy to see this choice. At least at low altitude, their fighter performance gap would be smaller.

But no one thought that, taking the opportunity of diving, hadman was lowering his altitude for another purpose. Only when the Soviet pilots' headphones were filled with panic screams and calls for help did they know why the German pilots kept diving.

At low altitude, there are two I-16 old-fashioned planes that can't be on the platform! That's also a Soviet fighter! Although it is inhumane to use ta-152 fighters to attack I-16, who can control so much on the battlefield?

After all, the first rule of the German Eastern Air Combat code clearly states that all planes without iron cross on their wings should be killed. Hardman didn't forget the two soy sauce bait I-16 fighters from the beginning to the end. He just didn't make time to shoot them down.

At the beginning, he wanted to save his squadron leader, so he had to fight with the Soviet pilot's superior P-40 fighter in the middle and high altitude. Now that his long squadron leader is out of danger, it doesn't prevent him from taking time to expand his ability to shoot down enemy planes - after all, shooting down I-16 is also a record.

He put the aperture of the sight on the fuselage of an I-16 fighter, ignored the frightened and twisted face of the Soviet pilot in the open cockpit, and gently pulled the trigger to open fire. The cannonball flew out again and easily knocked the old Soviet fighter into the state of parts. After all, the 30mm axis gun of the German fighter is too powerful. It's designed and installed in advance to deal with the strategic bombers of the Allied forces. It's too cruel to use it when fighting fighters.

This is one of the reasons why the proportion of British and French Air Force pilots who met the German air force remained high. Because the German fighter used 20 mm and 30 mm caliber machine guns, hitting on the fighter would immediately cause the other aircraft to disintegrate and explode, while the aircraft of other countries in the same period often used 7. With a 62mm machine gun, we can imagine the huge gap in firepower between the two sides.

We can't simply think that 20 mm and 30 mm machine guns with 13 mm caliber aircraft machine guns must be better than 12. 7 mm plus 7. The firepower configuration of 62 mm caliber machine gun is good, because the larger the caliber is, the less ammunition it can carry. In other words, the two firepower configurations only have different emphases.

Before the appearance of German strategic bombers, the Allied air force did not intercept the enemy's long-range bombers, so they generally chose small caliber firepower configuration to increase the amount of ammunition they carried, so that they could fight in the air for a long time. Because the novice pilots' ability to grasp the fighter is limited, so a lot of ammunition can better make up for the embarrassment that they miss the target when firing.

Another advantage is also obvious. Small caliber weapons can be packed in more quantities, so the US military aircraft in the same period often have 6-7 on their wings. The 62 mm caliber machine gun has twice or more firepower density than the German fighter, which is another advantage. The current situation of the German army is just the opposite. Since akkado came to power, the German Air Force has been paying close attention to the development of its opponent's large bombers. The firepower configuration of Air Force aircraft has always taken care of the possible enemy long-range bombers. For example, the axle gun of fw-190d fighter has always kept the caliber of 30mm. In order to increase the number of ammunition carried, the wing weapons of some aircraft have been changed to 13mm. Akkado personally presided over the finalization of the German Air Force aircraft. The weapons are amazing, but they are not friendly to novice pilots. Many German pilots will soon run out of ammunition because of nervousness, and will be forced to return to replenish ammunition as soon as they join the battlefield. So the squadron leader was nervous at the moment when his plane broke down, so that he ran out of all the shells in his plane, and ended up in such an embarrassing situation. Of course, because many German pilots participated in the Spanish Civil War, fought in Poland, France, Britain and other large-scale air battles, and had rich combat experience, the problem of the low ammunition load of the German Air Force's air guns is not obvious, but the superiority of the air guns over their rivals is vividly reflected. The increased power of this kind of aircraft gun with large caliber brings more psychological panic, as well as the terrorist killing effect that the other pilots are basically unable to escape by parachute. In other words, it's rare for a freak like hadman to use short shot as soon as he joined the battle. This legend in the history of air combat can be regarded as an anomaly not covered by statistics. Hadman, who smashed an I-16 fighter with just a few shells, once again began to roll. As soon as he pulled the control lever, the whole plane rolled again. Then this time, he rolled horizontally. He pointed the nose of his plane at another Soviet fighter that fled in a hurry. It was also a short shot, so close that people mistakenly thought that the two planes had collided. But with an explosion, hadman's plane rushed out of the flames and continued to dive toward the ground“ My God, didn't he fly like that last time? It's too much for the heart. " Squadron leader hanging in the sky, looking at what happened in front of him, muttered to himself. For the first time, he saw a pilot so reckless in the air, and it was also the first time that he saw such a pleasant air fight. It doesn't seem to be a battle of life and death, but a gorgeous air show. The bloody air tussle deduces the taste of ballet, and the squadron leader knows why the head of state personally asked to send him to the front line“ look out! Hardman! Three enemy planes are right behind you! There are enemy planes on your side and back! Don't pull it up, you'll get hit! " What he can do now is to remind hadman of the situation in the rear, so that he will not be shot down by his opponent because of the problem of vision. If only there were more shells? Even if there were only 20 shells, he could rush down, rewrite the whole situation in an instant, and win a brilliant air war. Chagrined at his dashboard, looking at the warning lights flashing on and off, the squadron leader really wanted to scold his elder brother for repairing his plane, to vent his unwilling mood at this moment. The battle didn't stop because of his chagrin and unwillingness. At this time, hadman didn't rush to pull up his plane to recover the lost height after hearing the leader's hint, but quickly came a sideslip, and the wing formed an angle of high left and low right. Of course, the Soviet fighters who followed him couldn't let Hardman go. As soon as they saw that the other side wanted to change the line, they immediately adopted the same sideslip posture, trying to cut into Hardman's flight path from the inner corner. However, when these Soviet planes skidded to the right and followed hadman to turn, they found that hadman had changed his flight state again.