Most of the pilots in the Great China Empire were taught by foreign flight instructors who had studied in Long Island and Tang Kingdom.
Their teaching materials were purchased directly from Tang Guo. Their flying habits and their understanding of flying were actually derived from Tang Guo's new pilot training manual.
These pilots have also undergone some aerial dogfighting training, but unfortunately what they have learned is only superficial and they have basically not been exposed to any core tactics.
They didn't even know the coordination tactics of the captain's wingmen, and they fought independently. It would be strange if they didn't suffer heavy losses when fighting against the Tang army's aircraft at this level.
The technology itself is poor and the training time is short - although the Dahua Empire has established a huge air force and established aviation schools to train graduates, these pilots rarely fly fighter jets for training after they serve.
There is no way, we must save fuel. Compared with the fuel consumed by cars, aircraft engines are more expensive, and the fuel they burn is also more expensive.
When fuel is needed for development everywhere, it is a good choice for the Air Force to reduce the amount of training. After all, one tank of fuel is consumed every time it takes off, which is much more valuable than a car.
But as a result, the training cannot keep up, so in terms of actual operation level, these Air Force pilots of the Great China Empire don't actually have much practical experience in dog fighting.
They did not even dare to do some difficult maneuvers because the aircraft did not support them during training, and the performance of the aircraft after service was not very good. The commanders were afraid of accidents, so they did not allow the pilots to perform flight maneuvers such as rolls.
Therefore, these pilots are inherently inferior to the pilots of the Tang Dynasty, and they are even more timid and disorganized when fighting.
Another reason that puts them at a disadvantage is that the performance of the Cyric 1 fighter is really poor. This aircraft is not very advanced, but is just a little better than the Camel fighter sold by the Tang Dynasty.
Because of its seriously lagging speed and insufficient ceiling, the Cyric 1 fighter is no longer the most advanced fighter even within the Dahua Empire.
However, in order to prepare for the southern offensive, the Dahua Empire still placed the new fighter jets "Dahua 1" that had been prepared early on the southern front line, which was in urgent need of air force support.
After all this time, the only thing left on the northern front was the shabby Type 1 fighter jet produced by Cyric.
Not only are the fuselage and wings of the Cyric 1 fighter made of wood, but there is also no closed cockpit made of clean glass.
The most exaggerated thing is that because this fighter was put into production in a hurry, it still does not have any communication system installed. It actually relies on "looking at hand gestures" to convey orders.
In such a situation where communication is almost impossible after takeoff, it is simply a fantasy to expect the pilots to cooperate exquisitely.
Comparing the two, one higher and one lower, the gap between them became more obvious. The boy piloting the Butcher fighter easily shot down four enemy planes, and then once again pulled his plane to a height that was difficult for the enemy to reach.
The pilots of the Dahua Empire were very desperate. Their planes were too slow and they could not catch up or escape. They were like fish on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered by others.
Even Stuka bombers performing dive bombing missions can easily shoot down these Dahua Empire aircraft that perform interception missions.
The difference is really too big.
After shooting down another enemy plane, the young man piloting the Butcher fighter had a smile on his face. His gains today were huge, and the captain would definitely praise him when he gets back.
Soaring in the sky like an eagle and keenly seizing the fleeting opportunity to defeat the opponent is what a fighter pilot should do!
They had never had such an opportunity before. They could only hang up bombs and perform ground attack missions like the pilots of Stuka dive bombers. It was really boring.
Like today, dogfighting with the enemy's fighter jets is the dream of these fighter pilots and the fight they really want!
In the past, the enemy had no aircraft, so this idea could only be hidden in the hearts of fighter pilots. After training, fighter pilots could only practice ground attack missions diligently, and they could only persevere if they were bored.
Well now, everything is back on track! Their fighter pilots can finally face the enemy's aircraft and fight gracefully.
Elegant, indeed elegant.
The boy gently pushed his joystick, causing the nimble fighter jet to hover in the sky. It was like an eagle suppressing the sparrows under its feet, or like a shark swimming around a sardine.
The twin-row radial engine on the nose of the fw-190 fighter jet emits a pleasant roar, driving the propeller directly in front to rotate rapidly.
This mature and efficient power system allows this fighter jet to fly at speeds close to the limit of propeller aircraft.
The carefully tuned joystick can give good feedback on the status of the aircraft, allowing the pilot to control the aircraft with more confidence in completing complex technical maneuvers.
After a seemingly random circle in the air, he found a Dahua Empire fighter jet on the periphery that wanted to escape from the battlefield. The young pilot from Tang State opened fire again and shot down the opponent with ease.
He subconsciously uses short bursts of fire for every attack. This is a tactical method he summed up during his daily tail-biting training.
The Butcher fighter jet produced by Datang Group is good in everything, but there is a slight problem with the selection of weapons.
Originally, to deal with those weak wooden fighter jets, the Tang Kingdom did not need to equip the fighter jets with 20 mm caliber cannons.
To deal with the anti-Tang alliance, it was enough to use the Tang army's standard 7.92mm caliber machine gun, but Tang Mo decided to equip his fighter jets with 20mm caliber machine guns.
On the one hand, the 20mm caliber cannon is really convenient when licking the ground. On the other hand, I also feel that I should reserve some technology in advance to deal with the enemy's newer fighter-bombers that may appear in the future.
But as a result, the amount of ammunition carried plummeted, and the pilot had to always pay attention to saving ammunition when attacking.
This is very unfriendly to novice pilots, but in the eyes of experienced pilots, such flaws are simply not worth mentioning.
At least the damage efficiency of this 20mm caliber cannon is sufficient. It only takes a few shots to completely destroy those weak enemy aircraft.
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While the soldiers on the ground of the Dahua Empire let out desperate sighs, the field airport behind them was also visited by Tang bombers.
The Flying Fortress bombers that had previously carried out the mission to bomb Fengjiang were not carrying out a revenge mission this time, but actually destroying the enemy's field airfield.
After being carpet-bombed by the Flying Fortress, two field airports that had been detected long ago had basically lost the ability to take off and land aircraft.
Before the engineers repairing the airport could start work, the military officers over there saw another batch of Stuka dive bombers from the Tang Kingdom carrying out a precision strike on the airports throughout the Great China Empire.
The two runways were originally quite flat, but now there was a black crater. It takes time to repair these craters, and what the Empire of China lacks most nowadays seems to be time.
The bombs dropped by about two hundred Flying Fortresses not only destroyed the runway, but also blew up some buildings next to the runway.
The bombing destroyed more than 150 Camel fighters that had not had time to take off, and also destroyed about 50 Cyric 1 fighters.
At the same time, 10 large biplane bombers manufactured by the Dahua Empire were also destroyed, and an ammunition depot near the airport was also destroyed.
Although there were not many bombs in the ammunition depot, only machine gun bullets used by some aircraft, the losses to the Dahua Empire were still heavy.
Because these ammunition are not ordinary ammunition, but tracer bullets that were produced with great difficulty by the cooperation between Dahua Empire and Cyric.
If there are no tracer bullets to mark the trajectory during an air battle, the pilot has no way to correct his shooting deviation.
Therefore, tracer bullets are almost a necessity in air combat. This kind of ammunition has relatively high technical requirements, and the price is definitely not cheap.
The Chinese Army is not willing to use this expensive ammunition at all, and the Air Force has no choice but to use it.
But this bombing destroyed almost all the tracer bullets used by the fighter jets at the two airports. How could it not cause pain to the commanders of the Dahua Empire Air Force?
At the same time, another 30 Flying Fortress bombers carried out the mission of bombing Fengjiang. This time, the thirty Flying Fortress focused on taking care of Fengjiang's industrial area.
However, the bombing accuracy was somewhat poor, and their luck was not as good as that of the flying fortress formations that bombed the field airport, so all the aerial bombs dropped fell on the civilian residential areas of Fengjiang City.
This bombing injured another thousand people and at least 10,000 people were displaced and homeless. The streets and alleys were in a mess, and the whistles of the fire brigade echoed over the city.
Also on this day, only a few of the 200 planes that the Dahua Empire took off to intercept the Tang Air Force barely returned home. These planes were unable to land because the airport runway was damaged, and they had to make an emergency landing on a nearby lawn.
As a result, several pilots fell and were injured, but only one lucky person was unharmed.
The remaining two hundred or so pilots were all shot down and died in this unprecedented large-scale air battle. The Tang Army also created a miracle of annihilating two hundred enemies without any casualties.
The loss of more than 200 pilots and more than 400 aircraft of various types in one day also frightened the senior officials of the Dahua Empire.
It seems that the air force he has worked so hard to build cannot be compared with the Tang Dynasty's air force. Now, the only hope to defend the empire's airspace is the Dahua 1 fighter jet developed by the Dahua Empire's own technicians.
Of course, what can stop the Tang Air Force are dark clouds and rain...
