Time has entered the end of January 1916. At this time, there was not much time left before the most brutal Meat Grinder Battle of Verdun in World War I.

This was also the time when Xiafei and the Army Flying Team were most scratching their heads.

The rainy season has begun. Although the Verdun area is quite far away from the sea, as the weather gets warmer, warm and moist airflows continue to intrude here, leaving very little time for air combat.

Five hundred Thunder attack aircraft were nestled in the hangar, unable to do anything. This was completely unexpected in the original plan.

If the initial assumptions were followed, they should have immediately launched attacks on the enemy's artillery positions, logistics bases, and lines after the fighter jets gained air superiority at the beginning of the war.

In this way, when the Battle of Verdun began, the German side did not have enough artillery cover, and their attack power would be greatly reduced.

But the current weather conditions have made General Joffre secretly worried. If the Thunder attack aircraft cannot attack the enemy artillery as planned, will the new defensive strategy applied in Verdun become ineffective?

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Worried, he moved the first division to complete the reloading task to the Verdun area and stood by for action.

The main force of this division is the Hunter Regiment led by Major Miller, and its division commander is Joffre's once most stubborn opponent—Colonel Emile de Lyon, a congressman from Nancy and an outstanding military analyst.

Team Lafitte was unable to go into battle for the same reason, which made the pilots somewhat agitated.

Faced with this situation, Captain Georges Senault arranged mostly flight training courses, and at the same time recruited more American pilots to start training in order to prepare for the next brutal period of air combat.

The strength of the flight team can be replenished in time when needed.

"See, this is the function of our ailerons. Different angles can make our aircraft make different maneuvers..."

Now Tang Yunyang has completely abandoned the original idea of ​​"hiding his clumsiness". After all, this extremely oriental feeling cannot be tolerated in a flying team that is almost entirely composed of Westerners.

Therefore, what he and his teammates discuss most in their spare time is aerial tactics, and during flight training, they do most maneuvering flight training.

After all, Mike Prince Company added ailerons to the aircraft. Although this change can increase the maneuverability of the aircraft, it also has a certain impact on the safe flight of aircraft that are generally underpowered at this time.

Frank suddenly remembered the "spring maneuver" that Mike Lang performed during the last air battle.

"No wonder that guy Mike Lang can fly like that!"

Tang Yunyang has always admired Frank Luke's ability to understand. Just think about it, in this era when air combat tactics and theories are completely immature, and most pilots have to explore on their own, people like him can definitely be called

Talent. As for the ending in the movie, such a flying genius ends up dying on a farm. This ending must be changed.

"Yes, this is a maneuver that we figured out when we were testing the aircraft in the company, but we still have to be careful. If we are not careful with these complicated maneuvers, we will fall to the ground like stones. So,

We must fly more times and practice the movements I mentioned more times!"

Frank Luke admired Tang Yunyang's flying skills, even though he had not participated in the war. Just this aileron alone could "imagine" such a number of maneuvers. This was not just a technical issue, but even

It will bring about a revolution in flying skills.

Generally speaking, these Newburgh 11 aircraft are equipped with ailerons that other aircraft of this era do not have, which greatly improves their maneuverability, but for novices, this kind of aircraft is full of dangers.

This also indicates that flight training will be much longer in the future.

"Okay, I will talk to the squadron leader about this matter. If the weather continues to be so gloomy and we cannot fight..."

While talking, Frank Luke looked up at the weather. Although clouds as heavy as lead were still gathered there, the clouds were much higher than in the past few days. If there is another strong wind, the combat operation will definitely be difficult.

unfolded in the past few days.

"Hey!"

At this time, cheers came from the training ground not far away, indicating that someone had broken the record. This was a very happy thing for the new pilot who was tortured by the training equipment made from the blueprints Tang Yunyang brought. Now.

, this new training method has replaced the original equipment such as rotating seats or swings in the past.

To be honest, Tang Yunyang has never seen the formal training of the Air Force. Even if he occasionally saw it on TV, it was only half-scale. Moreover, most of what he saw on TV were simulators for training in modern air combat, so he directly stole the training simulator from the park.

Amusement facilities.

Instead of the rotating seat for training balance ability, there is a gyroscope-like ring. The training person sits in the center to experience the earth-shaking feeling of rotating around three axes. I believe that if you don’t get dizzy while sitting on this, you will also feel comfortable during the flight.

No dizziness.

These cheers made Frank Luke smile slightly, turned to Tang Yunyang and said: "I guarantee, these guys will love you to death!"

Just like the Allied pilots, the German pilots who were equally agitated at this moment were also looking forward to fighting against the Allied pilots again because they had a new toy - the Albatross D-type aircraft.

The difference between this new aircraft and the previous Fokker e aircraft is that the engine capacity has been increased from 100 to 120 horsepower. In particular, the laminate spindle-like streamlined wooden fuselage. This monocoque structure of the fuselage

It has high specific strength, good survivability after being shot, and is not difficult to manufacture.

The "Albatross" D became the world's first mass-produced aircraft with a monocoque structure. Since an in-line cylinder water-cooled engine is buried deep in the nose, a very thick semi-oval propeller hub cover is installed on the front of the engine.

.The engine's water cooler is cleverly laid out on the wing surface to minimize windward resistance.

The aircraft has two pairs of double-layer wings with swept-back wingtips imitating bird wings, and a flat tail in the shape of a disc. Some modified engine exhaust pipes tower above the nose, which have also become the exterior of this aircraft.

feature.

The "Albatross" d fighter, designed by Delay, Soubert and Gettych, was produced by the Albatross (Albatross) Aircraft Factory. The earliest modification was the Albatross d.

1, entered service in the fall of 1916. Among other advantages, the minimum aircraft horsepower was much greater than the 100 horsepower of the Newburgh 11.
Chapter completed!