After Ram returned to the flying team, he talked with his comrades about some of his and Ron's analysis of Japanese aircraft and tactics, and conducted some graphic exercises on some tactics. Some of the tactics, especially the two-plane scissor tactics,

It was praised as a genius creation. In addition, news from the Army confirmed his identity as an ace pilot. For this reason, the commander of the aviation wing, Major Oscar Peterson, approached General Fletcher and proposed to let Ron come and fight with him.

Let’s talk about it. In his words: “Take a boat while he is still in the Navy and squeeze out all his experience.”

So, Ron was taken aboard the Yorktown aircraft carrier by a small boat.

As soon as he got on the deck, Ron saw several officers wearing flight jackets walking toward him. Ron recognized one of them as Ram.

"Hello, sir!" Ron saluted them quickly. He noticed that except Ram, all of these people had the rank of major.

"Well, the young man is nice and energetic!" A tall officer nodded and said after returning the salute, "Ram talked to us about some of your ideas, and we are very interested... You see the wind is too strong on the deck, we

Let’s go to the pilot’s restaurant to talk.”

The pilot restaurant is the place where pilots usually stay most often, especially when there are no combat missions. Although it is not meal time yet, there are many people in the restaurant. Many pilots are here to drink some coffee or have a meal.

Playing poker here. Seeing Ron and the others coming in, everyone focused on Ron. And Ron also faintly heard some comments.

"Is this the ace of the Army? He doesn't look young at all."

"The Army likes to brag the most. Maybe it was just a boast..."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Ron's lips. He knew that the U.S. Navy and Army were often at odds with each other. It was common for Navy pilots to suspect the Army, but it was not as hostile as the Japanese Army and Navy.

It's just a bad situation.

Lieutenant Colonel Peterson led everyone to sit down at the largest dining table. On his left was Lieutenant Colonel John Thatch, the commander of the VF-3 Wildcat Squadron, and on his right was Maxwell, the commander of the VB-3 Dauntless dive bomber unit.

Lieutenant Commander Er. Leslie, and Lieutenant Colonel Lance Massey, the commander of the VT-3 Avenger torpedo bomber unit. The main officers of the entire flight wing, except for the commander of the VS-3 Navy, Wallace Short Jr.

The major was unable to arrive because he was on combat readiness duty, so he was almost all here. The pilots in the restaurant also gathered around spontaneously.

"Ram said that you have some knowledge about Japanese aircraft, especially the Zero Fighter... You know, this kind of aircraft has caused a lot of trouble for our team. We think your experience may be helpful to us. So.

We hope that you can communicate with us. I think this will not only be beneficial to the navy but also to the army." The person who spoke was Lieutenant Commander John Thatch, who commanded the Wildcat.

Ron understood that the so-called "trouble" was not just "trouble". The fact was that in the early days of the war, the aircraft of both the U.S. Naval Air Force and the Army Air Force were basically the targets of abuse in the face of zero war. In history, not long ago

In the subsequent Battle of Midway, although the U.S. Navy achieved a decisive victory, they only shot down 42 Japanese aircraft in the air, but they were shot down more than 140. Obviously, "Trouble" is saving face.

However, Ron also understands this very well. Who doesn’t have a little vanity? Seeing that everyone is here to fight the Japanese, Ron decided to reveal the background of Zero War to them. Of course.

He would not say that this is common knowledge that can be seen everywhere on the Internet in later generations, but would say it is his own conjecture.

"Many colleagues here have encountered the Zero War in combat. The Zero War is indeed a very good aircraft. It is fast, especially the acceleration is very fast. The climb is terrible, and the hovering performance is also very good. No matter what

Both on the horizontal and vertical planes, our P40s have an advantage. I think the situation of the Navy may be similar to what I encountered. The first time I encountered Zero War, I was almost stunned. I still remember that I followed

Behind a Zero Fighter, the Zero Fighter began to climb, and then I climbed with it. As I climbed, my speed became lower and lower, and I was getting closer and closer to stalling. At this time, the Zero Fighter suddenly did a backflip, and it was like this.

It occupied my back hemisphere, and then a storm of bullets kept hitting my plane." Ron looked around and saw many people nodding silently. It seems that many people have encountered this situation.

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"In the first battle, I was injured and a bullet hit me. I was unconscious in the air for a while. When I woke up, the plane was rolling to the left and diving crazily toward the sea. I exhausted all my strength.

I just leveled the plane, but fortunately there was no enemy plane chasing me. Later I stayed in the hospital for a while, and during that time I had nightmares almost every day. As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw a Zero Fighter suddenly flip over.

My six o'clock position." Ron smiled self-deprecatingly and continued.

"In the hospital, I was also thinking about how I escaped. Why didn't the Japanese shoot me down and got rid of me during the time when I was unconscious? Later, I finally figured out how I escaped from Zero.

Fighting."

"Tell me about it!" a pilot interrupted.

"I think that when I was unconscious, I pressed my hand forward and to the left on the control column, so the plane made a barrel roll downward and to the left. Maybe it was this action that saved my life. Since then, I have been

I'm thinking about zero war. I never believed it, and I think you all will have the same idea as me." Ron looked up and looked at everyone, "I don't believe that Japan's aviation technology can comprehensively lead us. Therefore, zero war

Your advantage must be gained through paranoia!"

Everyone looked thoughtful, and Lieutenant Commander John Thatch spoke first: "You mean that zero war is an imbalance in which other attributes are strengthened by sacrificing some attributes.

s plane?"

"Yes, sir. That's what I think. I think the Zero War's nose diameter is not large, so it shouldn't have a very powerful engine, but it has excellent climb and acceleration. This may be

Because it is very light in weight. This guess also explains why Zero War has such excellent hovering performance, and also explains why Zero War can fly so far. I don’t know how Japan himself made Zero War become

It's so light, but I think it's impossible for such a light aircraft not to make sacrifices in other aspects. So I made some guesses."

"Go on, Ron! Come on!"

"My father is an aircraft engineer, so I also have a certain understanding of aircraft design. I think that if an aircraft is particularly light, it may encounter such troubles. First of all, the strength of its body structure may be very limited.

, therefore, its maximum dive speed must not be high, which also explains why the Zero War failed to bite me when I dived. Moreover, it must have great difficulty in overcoming the propeller torque. In other words, it must have a very difficult time with the propeller torque.

In the opposite direction, that is, rolling to the left will be very slow, and the higher the speed, the more so. And I was rolling to the left when I was unconscious. In this way, when I started to roll, he could not bite me immediately.

I waited until he completed the roll to the left and entered the dive, and my dive speed had far exceeded his, making it impossible for him to continue chasing me - this is how I came back with my life."

Having said this, Ron laughed out loud. "I have to say, I'm very lucky."

"Ron, I have to wonder if you are the illegitimate son of God. Your unconscious actions during the temporary coma have fooled you." Lieutenant Commander John Thatch said as he stood up and stretched out his hand across the table to pat Ron.

En's shoulders, "Keynes had a similar escape last time. But he didn't sum up anything valuable. After getting off the plane, his face was as white as a woman's..." It can be seen that he understands

He was so happy to know what he could rely on to escape from the zero war that he forgot to pay attention to the navy's face in front of the army.

"Sir, you can't slander me like this!" someone in the crowd protested.

"Come on! We all saw what you looked like at that time." Someone continued to cheer.

"Okay, stop making trouble and let Ron continue!" Lieutenant Commander Peterson spoke, and everyone became quiet again.

"If you are bitten, the height is not enough and there is not enough space to roll and dive, you can also take advantage of the problem of zero combat roll and use barrel roll for defense. Of course, timing is very important. If you do it too late, the shell will

It hits you. If you do it too early, people will just climb up and see where you are wasting energy. Moreover, the Zero War is too light, which means that the same airflow will interfere with it even more. There is really no way to skim the sea at high speed.

Escape is also an option. The airflow close to the sea surface is changeable, which will cause the Zero War to shake violently and interfere with its firing. In addition, its machine gun is very powerful, its gun speed is not high, and its trajectory is as curved as urine (

Laughter from all around). This will give us a greater chance of escaping."

"But the war cannot be won by running away. Now I will talk about some of my ideas on how to fight zero combat. I have tried this in my original army, and the effect is very good. I think zero combat is so light,

There must be problems with its protection. Maybe it doesn't even have a self-closing fuel tank. It's just that we didn't have the chance to shoot it before because we couldn't get around its six points. It's too flexible, and this flexibility is what it is.

protection.”

"That's right, even if you know it's not armored, it's still not in vain if you can't hit it."

"I think it's really difficult to deal with zero combat with a single player, so we can rely on teamwork to protect each other. For this reason, I designed such a tactic..." Here again, Ron shamelessly used other people's future creations as evidence.

Own it for yourself.

"Facts have proved that whether it is a diving attack, a hit and run that escapes with one blow, or a scissors cross that protects each other at 6 points, they all have good effects." Ron ended his experience introduction with this sentence. He looked at the audience around him,

They all looked thoughtful. It seemed that their own experiences that transcended time and space were very inspiring to them.

Ron's lecture earned him considerable respect among naval pilots, and the next day, when the pilots conducted tactical drills together, this respect increased further, almost turning into respect.

Today's tactical exercise is actually a review of the Coral Sea Battle that just passed. Everyone used it to analyze the problems exposed in the battle to improve the efficiency of the next battle. This is extremely important for the flying force, and also for the entire fleet.

The key. Therefore, the commander of the fleet, General Fletcher, was also present. Ron originally planned to listen with his ears, but unexpectedly, after roughly reviewing the entire battle process, General Fletcher actually asked him to express his views by name.

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"I think we have some problems in this battle. Some of our advantages have not been fully utilized." After being named by General Fletcher, Ron began to express his views as if he were driving a donkey onto a shelf - in fact, it was

Some spamming content he saw in the forums of later generations.

"First of all, Japan himself was not sure of the existence of our fleet. This was originally a big advantage. We could completely conceal ourselves on the one hand, and on the other hand, use the long range of the land-based B17 to help search for targets. Waiting for Japan's carrier-based aircraft

After attacking the port, use the window of their recovery aircraft to attack them." Ron raised his head and looked at General Fletcher, the fifty-year-old veteran frowned.

"Does he think I'm going too far? Do you think I'm blaming his command?" Ron thought, "Maybe it's better not to say this stuff from future websites."

"It's a good idea," the general said as if he was aware of Ron's hesitation, "continue. This battle is the first battle between aircraft carriers in history. We have no experience before, so there must be many problems."

"Okay, General." Ron looked at General Fletcher, and there seemed to be a hint of admiration in his eyes, so he decided to continue.

"We mistakenly took the initiative to attack an unimportant anchorage. Although it hit the Japanese, it also exposed the existence of the fleet. This was our first mistake. Secondly, our pilots' interpretation of the Japanese ships

A problem occurred and the light carrier was recognized as a fleet aircraft carrier. This directly affected the subsequent operations. Our pilots later misjudged again that the enemy fleet aircraft carrier was severely damaged or even sunk, which affected the combat arrangements. Of course...

...After all, this is the first aircraft carrier battle. I lack experience, so it is normal for such omissions to occur." Although he is in the army and the navy is a separate system, Ron does not intend to offend them for no reason.

"Training in this area must be further strengthened." Interposed was Lieutenant Commander Maxwell Leslie.

"We have radar, which gives us an advantage when intercepting enemy aircraft. However, this advantage is not fully used. The interception point we set is too close, so that our interceptor aircraft will even be attacked by fleet anti-aircraft artillery.

." Lieutenant Commander John Thatch said, "I think our interception point should be moved earlier. Just reach this position in advance, and it can be done based on time."

"Yes, this way our anti-aircraft artillery department doesn't have to worry about hitting our own people."

"And when we intercepted, it was too easy to get entangled with the escort zero battle, and as a result, too many bombers ran past. The enemy's altitude at this time was about 13,000 feet. If we could climb higher here,

Climb to 16,000 feet, and then dive towards the bomber at high speed from this altitude. The Zero Fighter can attack us head-on at most once. As Ron said yesterday, the Zero Fighter's cannon has a curved trajectory and is far less efficient than us in a head-on attack.

The four .50s. And once they pass by each other, their dive speed is not as good as ours. Even if they appear at our six o'clock, they will not be able to pursue us. In this way, we can more effectively teach those bombers an unforgettable lesson."

"But is there enough time to climb to 16,000 feet?"

"General, unless the warning time can be extended by more than 5 minutes, it will be difficult for the fighter force to climb to such a height while expanding the interception range." Lieutenant Commander John Thatch replied.

"Oh, this is indeed a problem." The general muttered, "Does any of you have any opinions?"

"General,..." Ron started, "I want to know if the Navy has destroyers equipped with radars. If so, we can move such ships a certain distance away in dangerous directions where the enemy may attack, and serve as the eyes of the fleet. Of course.

If you do this, the ships going forward will be more dangerous, just like..." Ron stopped, he almost mentioned the Falklands and the destroyer Sheffield.

"Ron, your idea is good, but now the Navy only has radars on cruisers, not every ship. Let them go forward and cause a lot of losses to anti-aircraft firepower. Moreover, their number is limited, so it is difficult to take into account too much.

Direction. But we can order and modify a batch of these destroyers in the future." General Fletcher nodded and said.

"General, the radar is too big and the existing destroyers cannot accommodate it."

"Ah, that's not something we worry about. It's up to the shipyard to consider. We can just make a request."

"In fact, as long as there are enough radars, we can also cut off one of the rear main guns of the destroyer, so that it can basically be installed. This kind of modification can even be carried out in Pearl Harbor." Another officer added.

…

The meeting ended successfully after a lively discussion. The officers and soldiers participating in the meeting said: This is a unity meeting, a victory meeting, and a meeting from victory to victory. After the meeting, the officers and soldiers said that they must study and understand the spirit of the meeting seriously.

Strengthen learning and make continuous progress...

The meeting was over, and Ron stood up and left like everyone else. Just then, he heard someone calling him.

"Lieutenant Ron, can you come with me for a walk on the deck?"

Ron turned around and saw that the person speaking was General Fletcher. He thought the general nodded, "Yes, General!"

The deck of an aircraft carrier was originally the busiest and most dangerous place in the world, but now because of a bomb, the take-off and landing of aircraft are basically impossible. So now the deck is quiet, with only the sea breeze blowing, bringing the sound of seagulls.

.Looking around is the boundless and calm sea. It is almost noon, and you can see the hot tropical sunshine jumping between the waves.

"Ron, how old are you this year?" General Fletcher asked, holding on to the railing and looking at the sea in the distance.

"General, I am, um, about 25 years old this year. I have been in the army for three years."

"About 25? Haha, this is the first time I heard such an answer." General Fletcher turned his face, leaned against the railing, and said with a smile.

"General, the last time I crashed, my head was hit. As a result, I am often a little confused about the past."

"So that's it. Fortunately, your head wasn't damaged." The general laughed, "At least it's better than I was back then. I joined the navy when I was about your age. At that time, my head was full.

I always thought that there would be a war soon and I would have a chance to become a hero. However, a war came, but nothing happened to our navy. So I waited again, year after year, until I was old.

I thought I was about to leave the Navy, but ended up in a war. But did you know?"

The general shook his head, smiled, and continued: "You know, when this war, this war that I have been waiting for and preparing for for decades, finally came, I didn't feel excited at all.

"On the contrary..." the general paused, as if he was thinking about what words to use, "On the contrary... I feel at a loss. Yes, I am at a loss. For decades, I have been preparing for a Ridland-style event.

The decisive battle - battle lines, formation maneuvers, seizing the front, and organizing artillery fire. For decades, all I dreamed about was the roar of battleship cannons. As a result, when the war started, I realized that I was prepared.

Things that have been cherished for decades and cherished for decades are like, um, have you watched "Gone with the Wind"?"

"Yes, General. I've seen the movie."

"Oh, just like what was said in "Gone with the Wind", the world of ladies and knights has... What does it say above?"

"I'm sorry, General, I don't remember this sentence." After all, Ron didn't study literature. He can remember everything. At most, he can only remember the beautiful and stubborn heroine.

"It's okay, anyway, everything I'm familiar with seems to have been blown away by a gust of wind. Look at how many mistakes I made in this battle. If we still fight in a decisive battle... It seems that I am really old, and I actually like to fight with

Young people talk about this." The general smiled self-deprecatingly, "Okay, I won't say more, now is not the era of old gunners. Ron, this era belongs to you sky knights."

The general faced Ron and stood up straight. He stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder heavily, "Young man, that's good! You have skills, and more importantly, you have a mind! This is your time, seize it.

!”

After speaking, General Fletcher slowly turned around, walked towards the bridge, and walked to the hatch. A sailor opened the hatch for him. He turned back again and said to Ron with a smile:

"If you are willing, I can ask you to join the Navy. In the Pacific, the Navy has more opportunities... Don't rush to answer, you can think about it carefully."
Chapter completed!