() Just when Myitkyina Airport was attacked by the US military again, Hashimoto's fleet was also watched by a group of US fighter jets. At first, they found that the number of P-51s hanging far behind changed from four to

The number of fighter jets increased to eight, and then to twelve. The U.S. fighter jets that had gained the numerical advantage began to accelerate, and now the distance between the U.S. and Japanese fleets was rapidly shortening. Almost in the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides shortened from about 4 kilometers to

To less than two kilometers.

Obviously, the air battle was inevitable, and Hashimoto began to command the fleet to climb and prepare for the upcoming air battle. This was not the first time that Hashimoto fought with American P-51s, but this air battle was different from what Hashimoto had experienced before.

Every battle is different. At that time, the P-51 was dragged by a transport plane and had never flown so fast before.

Hashimoto's original experience with the p-51 was that the ki-43 could easily bite their 6 points through a vertical somersault. But now, Hashimoto knows that this trick may not work now. With the p-51

At the current speed, even if ki-43 bites its 6 points, it will not pose a real threat.

Therefore, Hashimoto is preparing to deal with the P-51 by circling horizontally with a small radius. Now the speed of the P-51 is very high, so when they hover horizontally, the circling radius will be so large that it is impossible to bite the horizontal circling

Ki-43 with a much smaller radius.

In order to reduce the circling radius, some guys will foolishly reduce the speed, lower the flaps and then pull the control stick desperately. Hashimoto will now work hard to induce the Americans to do this. Therefore, Hashimoto and his subordinates

Those Ki-43s did not use all their strength to make a sudden turn so that the P-51 could not keep up with the sharp turn. Instead, they carefully controlled the angular speed of the turn so that those Americans felt that as long as they turned harder,

If you hurry up, you will definitely be able to bite their six points. As long as the Americans do this, Hashimoto is sure that within a few actions, the speed of the American aircraft will be reduced to a level comparable to that of the Ki-43. Then it will be done

Use the long strike to hit the short end, and take advantage of the Ki-43's unparalleled horizontal hovering performance to defeat those P-51s that can neither turn nor crawl at low speeds.

However, the Americans were not obliged to fly according to Hashimoto's wishful thinking. Just when the Ki-43 began to turn in front of them, almost all the P-51s made an upward movement, leaning against the six

At a speed of more than 100 kilometers, they quickly jumped to a place much higher than ki-43. This jump also caused their speed to drop rapidly, and then they made a roll in the direction of the Japanese, and then violently

Pull the nose of the plane and rush down towards the Japanese plane which is turning horizontally.

This action is called "Gao Youyou". In the original time and space, this action was invented by an unknown Chinese pilot during the Korean War. The essence of this action is to control the mutual transformation of speed and altitude.

, allowing fighters with higher energy but inferior horizontal hovering performance to their opponents to firmly bite their opponents without losing too much energy.

In Ron's "Reverse Cross" unit, this movement, and the corresponding "low yo yo" movement, are already basic technical movements in the street (the US military pilots in this time and space even named these two movements

"High Ron" and "Low Ron"), but in Burma, in the air battles they had experienced before in Hashimoto, the P-51 almost never achieved overwhelming power over the Ki-43 due to the drag of the low-speed transport aircraft.

The energy advantage means that there is basically no chance to use this tactical move.

This action was completely beyond Hashimoto's expectations. Therefore, he and his fleet failed to make the most reasonable defensive action. Twelve P-51s roared down and bit firmly on the 6 o'clock of Ki-43.

In the clock direction, and with the help of gravity acceleration, the distance between P-51 and Ki-43 was quickly shortened, and some P-51s whose firing intersection points were set farther away had already begun to fire.

The ki-43s who were in danger began to make sharp turns in the hope of getting rid of the P-51 attack. But at this time, the difference between the melee of a large fleet and the confrontation of a small fleet was revealed. The total number of small fleets on both sides was only a few aircraft.

During the confrontation, as long as the Ki-43 makes a sharp turn at the right time, the P-51 can only give up the attack and pull up again to wait for the next opportunity. But in a large group battle, such a sharp turn will

But it is likely to bring about another unexpected result: turning away from Zhang San's gun, but crashing into Li Si's gun. In this round of attack, two Japanese aircraft were

In such a situation, he was beaten to pieces.

Although some of the remaining Ki-43s escaped this round of attacks, in the panic of dodging, the entire formation was completely messed up. Now, the Americans' P-51s pulled up again. Obviously, they were preparing to

The old trick is repeated again and again.

In the attack just now, Hashimoto used a sharp turn to avoid the American attack. But he understood that if the Americans launched several more such attacks, the entire fleet would definitely be destroyed. He must come up with countermeasures immediately

.

"Form a circle immediately and protect each other at 6 o'clock." Hashimoto gave this order without having time to think about it.

If the remaining Ki-43s form a garden formation connected end to end, they can indeed improve their own defense. However, this improvement in defense almost comes at the expense of completely giving up attack. Hashimoto now puts all his hopes into

We are counting on reinforcements from the airport. If the Ki-43s taking off from Myitkyina Airport can come to the rescue in time, and if the fleet that comes to the rescue and ourselves can form a numerical advantage over the P-51s, perhaps, our own

These Ki-43s can still fly back safely.

However, if timely reinforcements cannot be obtained, the consequences will be simply disastrous.

Ron also knew something about this kind of garden formation. He knew that this formation was originally a defensive formation put up by attack aircraft when facing fighter attacks. Unexpectedly, Ri himself actually used it on fighter jets.

In theory, this formation can indeed protect the tail of each aircraft. When you enter the 6 o'clock position of one aircraft to launch an attack, you will automatically sell your 6 o'clock position to another aircraft.

Enemy aircraft. Using this method, attack aircraft can often protect themselves well when facing fighters.

However, the ki-43 is different from the attack aircraft. Most attack aircraft are quite sturdy, and their anti-strike capabilities are not comparable to those of fragile aircraft like the ki-43. Moreover, most attack aircraft have more firepower than the ki-43.

43 is much more ferocious. Therefore, it is much easier to break through a garden formation composed of ki-43 than to break through a garden formation composed of attack aircraft such as il-2.

"Take turns to dive and focus on one or two targets!" Ron issued such an instruction through the radio.

So the P-51s swooped down again. They formed a group of four aircraft and concentrated on attacking one target. If the target did not dodge, the P-51s would definitely kill them with one blow. If they turned sharply to dodge, and

Regardless of whether they can evade the turns of the four fighter jets, the mere act of dodging has already declared the collapse of the formation. As for the Ki-43's counterattack, considering that the Ki-43 only has two 12.7mm machine guns,

Even if you get a few hits, it doesn't necessarily mean anything will happen.

Sure enough, under this round of attacks, the nondescript array of ki-43s completely collapsed. Two of the remaining eight ki-43s were shot down and one was damaged.

At this time, eight more P-51s arrived at the scene.

The arrival of these fighter jets shattered the last fantasy of the Japanese. Hashimoto issued his last order: "Disperse and break out." He drove his Ki-43 towards a P-51.

Then, in a head-on confrontation with an American plane, it was turned into a fireball.

The remaining Japanese aircraft broke out in all directions, but unfortunately their speed was too slow and they could not break out at all. Except for one Ki-43 that escaped by drilling into a nearby valley, the rest of the fighter jets were all mercilessly killed.

was shot down.

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india, tenth air force

General Bissel and Ron stood at the end of the runway waiting for the triumphant victory of the fighter units. Fighters one after another landed on the runway. The results of the air combat on this day were brilliant. The fighter units of the Tenth Air Force shot down nineteen times in one fell swoop.

There was an enemy fighter jet, but he was almost unscathed. Ron confirmed the effectiveness of his early clearance tactics, which further solidified his position as the number one fighter tactics expert of the U.S. Army Aviation. The P-51 also took advantage of this.

The war has proven that it is indeed an amazing combat weapon. The experience gained on the battlefield in Burma will be a valuable asset, and these experiences are destined to shine in Europe and the future general attack on Japan.

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Myitkyina Airport

For the Japanese, this is really an extremely tragic day. Being beaten like this by the Americans despite being warned in advance shocked every Japanese pilot still alive. Even the most arrogant

The guy had to admit that compared with the new American fighters, Japan's Ki-43 has completely fallen behind. After dinner, General Kato gathered all the pilots together and began to discuss the gains and losses of this battle and the future.

Tactics. After the meeting, within the aviation team they made this summary:

1. This failure was first due to insufficient foresight. The American fighter jets used night flights to avoid several key lookout posts and caught the imperial army by surprise. For this reason, the number of lookout posts must be increased and the number of lookout posts must be increased.

Place more lookout posts around the airport.

2. The airport has been attacked repeatedly, which has exposed the weakness of the airport's air defense force and the unreasonable placement of anti-aircraft guns. The protection of the airport must be strengthened. When there is sufficient fuel, it is best to be able to fire missiles over the airport at any time.

Make sure there are fighter jets to protect the airport.

3. Fighter performance lags behind. This is mainly reflected in the following points: 1. The maximum speed is too low, making it impossible to catch up on the battlefield and unable to run. 2. The firepower is too weak and cannot deal with enemy aircraft.

A hit will kill. Once the enemy's attack hits, it will almost always cause fatal losses. I hope to add some faster fighters as soon as possible.

At the same time, the aviation team also issued a battle report to the outside world, claiming that in this day's battle, the heroic 61st team of the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force shot down forty-three American fighter jets and 11 at the cost of losing two fighter jets.
Chapter completed!