It's not that this kind of Hurricane fighter is really hopeless. In fact, the performance of the Hurricane fighter in low-altitude combat is pretty good. It still has a certain ability to compete with the Type-1-C fighter, especially its rolling performance. In
The European battlefield is also the first choice for mid- and low-altitude dog fights.
At least it is much better than the low-altitude combat of the P40B fighter jets originally equipped by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the P39 fighter jets. However, this kind of combat performance is excellent, and it is aimed at the European battlefield, which is dominated by high-altitude and high-speed air combat.
.Compared with Japanese fighter jets that pay more attention to low-altitude combat, the so-called excellent low-altitude combat performance of these Hurricanes can be said to be average.
If the Japanese army invests in Type 1-C fighters, this Type 1 fighter is the first mass-produced fighter. Although its horizontal combat performance is worse than that of the Hurricane fighter, its climbing performance is similar, and its maximum level flight speed is not as good as that of the Hurricane fighter. The maximum The upper limit is almost the same.
Moreover, the low-altitude hovering ability of the Hurricane II-B fighter is not much worse than that of this Japanese aircraft. The roll performance, which is crucial for low-altitude dog fighting, is even better than it. But the firepower of the Hurricane II fighter
, as well as the protection capabilities and the sturdiness of the body, far exceed that of the Type 1 Type C fighter.
However, once it is in a disadvantageous situation during an air battle, at least relying on the strong thrust of its Merlin XX engine and its sturdy body, it can escape at high speed when necessary. Although the body is made of steel pipe cloth, it has the necessary protection.
There is also a lot of strength.
With reasonable tactics and the smaller air battles before the air battles in October, the overall performance of the Hurricane fighter was good. After all, the anti-Japanese aviation force has been fighting against the Japanese aviation force since the day it was formed. Accumulation
A lot of experience in dealing with Japanese air tactics.
In fact, combat experience is far from being a nostril. They have never looked down upon the Japanese army and navy aviation, and the aircraft they use are comparable to those of the United States and Britain. The United States and Britain, adhering to the belief that white people are always the noblest, have always treated the Japanese and
The Soviet aviation technology was scorned. They believed that Japanese aircraft were just imitations of second-rate Western aircraft.
Compared with the most developed countries in the West, the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, the Japanese aviation technology is indeed lagging behind. Most of the previous aviation products were indeed imitations of Western technology. But the Japanese, who are quite ambitious, are not just imitators.
It has always followed the path of introduction, digestion, and absorption. In the end, it formed its own unique aviation industry path that is more in line with our own national conditions.
If we say that the current Japanese development of high-horsepower aircraft engines and large aircraft is indeed inferior to that of the West. Especially for engines, which are more difficult liquid-cooled engines, the Japanese manufacturing level and craftsmanship are indeed far inferior to those of the West. But the Japanese are far inferior to the West in the development of liquid-cooled engines.
Under the circumstances that the cooling structure is relatively complex, a lot of effort has been made to create an air-cooled engine that has a relatively simple structure but not bad performance.
Although its air-cooled engines still have a technological gap with the West in the development of high-horsepower engines, they have taken a new approach in using engines for fighter jets. In terms of body materials and craftsmanship, the Japanese are not inferior.
Technology and research are the most basic resources.
Compared with the American and British fighter jets that value battlefield survivability, high altitude, and high speed, the Japanese pay more attention to the lightness of the aircraft body in order to increase the performance of air combat. However, the Japanese, who have always loved to be aggressive, went a bit too extreme on this road. Manufacturing
A simple dogfighting fighter whose fighting ability is excellent but whose survivability is poor.
This is also the reason why the United States, Britain and the United Kingdom were completely defeated by the numerically inferior Japanese fighter jets in the air battles in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The P-40 and Hurricane, which performed well in Europe and North Africa, were not as good as them in combat performance, but their flexibility exceeded them.
In the 1996 ship battle, the two old Japanese fighter planes, the Type 97, were fighting fiercely.
When faced with the Type 1 with more outstanding performance, after the zero war, the US and British air forces were no match. Although both fighter jets have weak survivability, their outstanding air mobility is not comparable to that of the US and British fighter jets. Especially the airframe
The overly strong P-40 will only die miserably in a dog fight with Zero and One-Shift.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance is different. From the day it was established, their main opponent has been Japanese fighter jets that are known for their combat performance. Whether it is 96, 97, or Zero Fighter and Falcon Fighter, in fact, for Japanese fighter jets, they are all
It is the same principle that never changes. To put it bluntly, before the emergence of Type II, the Japanese fighter jets had extremely excellent horizontal combat performance.
But the Japanese aircraft, whether they are fighters or bombers, have a weakness. That is that the body defense is extremely weak. Although the maneuverability is good, its excellent horizontal combat performance is based on low altitude and speed resistance. The fragile aircraft
The body cannot withstand excessive overload. The fragile body makes Japanese aircraft generally have poor rolling capabilities.
The Japanese, who are too willing to go to extremes, have gone too far in terms of their lightness and outstanding combat performance. As long as they grasp these two weaknesses of the Japanese aircraft and formulate good tactics, the performance of the fighter jets will not be too different.
Under low-altitude, low-speed conditions, avoid air combat. Using older fighter jets may not have the ability to win at all.
It is precisely because of this that the Anti-Japanese Alliance aviation forces were not completely at a disadvantage in air battles when they used Hurricane fighters whose performance was slightly worse than that of the Japanese Type 1. Although in order to train novices, the main ones sent to participate in the battle were new pilots.
It was the main force, so the exchange ratio was a bit high, but it was not beaten too miserably like the British army in the Southeast Asian battlefield.
In an air battle before October, a Hurricane IIB fighter relied on its sturdy body, excellent rolling ability, and maximum level flight speed to exceed that of the Type 1 Type C fighter jet.
The fighter jets were suddenly pulled apart. It can be said that in the previous air battle, because of the right tactics, the Hurricane was still capable of fighting.
But just as Fang Ziyi was worried, this kind of British fighter can only rely on its own characteristics at low altitudes to barely compete with the Type 1-C fighter. Once it encounters a modified version of the Type 1 fighter with better performance, or a newer Japanese fighter
Fighters are probably far from rivals.
The Japanese army, which reacted quickly, discovered in previous small-scale air battles that their Type-1 Type-C fighter jets, which had swept through hurricanes in Southeast Asia, failed to take advantage of the Northeast battlefield, so they immediately modified the new type of fighter jets. Type-1 Type-C fighter jets.
Among them, the second type with the largest output was given priority to the Kwantung Army as soon as it left the factory.
The Type 1 fighters invested by the Japanese army this time are all the latest Type 2 fighters. During the entire World War II, the Japanese Army produced the largest fighter jet. Its first opponent was the Anti-Japanese Hurricane fighter. The reorganized Kwantung Army Aviation Corps
, is also the first Japanese army to equip this fighter with excellent performance and whose weaknesses have been greatly compensated.
Faced with this kind of substantial improvement, both the climbing ability and the maximum level flight speed are completely different. In addition, the already excellent turning performance has been further improved, and the original vertical maneuvering has been partially changed.
An improved fighter with weak points.
The Hurricane II-C fighter used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the air battle was far incomparable in terms of climb rate and maximum level flight speed. Although the Hurricane II-C fighter could barely cope with the challenge, it was obviously no longer an opponent. No matter it was
The C type, which participated in the battle at low altitude, and the B type, which was a high-altitude attack bomber, were far from rivals of the two Japanese fighter jets.
If it weren't for the only remaining MiG-3 fighter jets, which struggled to trap most of the closely escorting Type-2 Zhongkui fighters, and the Lago-3, which had entangled most of the Type-1 and Type-2 fighters at low altitudes. I'm afraid there would be more than thirty Hurricane II-Bs left.
The fighter jets, and the more than 20 Hurricane II C fighter jets that took off later, had no chance of approaching the Japanese bomber group.
However, although the MiG-3 fighter jets have excellent high-altitude performance, their maximum level flight speed is slower than that of the Type-2 fighters, and the number of dispatches is not far as high as that of the Type-2 fighters. Although they desperately entangled high-altitude and high-speed fighter jets like the Japanese, they still left a lot of enemies at high altitudes.
There are few loopholes. After allowing many Type 2 aircraft to escape the entanglement of the MiG-3 at high speed, they shot down many Hurricane 2B attacking bombers. And at medium and low altitudes, the Type 1 and Type 2 fighters also gave the Hurricane 2C fighter a try.
suffering.
In other words, the so-called latest model of the first batch of Hurricane II fighter jets that took off for interception operations shot down more than thirty World War I II fighters, but almost all of them were shot down. Moreover, the Hurricane IIB fighter jets that participated in the battle,
In an air battle with Type II fighters that had partially escaped the entanglement of MiG III fighters, they failed to shoot down a Type II fighter, but suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, taking into account the performance gap between the two armies' fighter jets, and in addition to the P-40 fighter jets, the fighter jets currently equipped by the Anti-Japanese Alliance are generally short-legged. In order to maximize the time in the air, radar can provide long-range early warning.
Next, the aviation force chose the interception area over the base area.
In addition, in order to intercept the huge number of Japanese bombers, the number of fighter jets invested was more than double that of the Japanese army. As a result, the Japanese fighter pilots who were accustomed to shooting the opponent's parachuting pilots basically could not spare the time to do such dirty things.
.And relying on the relatively excellent protection of the Hurricane fighter itself, most of the downed pilots parachuted to escape.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance also used the Soviet-made Wave 2 trainer aircraft in their hands, which had excellent short-distance takeoff and landing capabilities, to formulate rapid rescue methods. This enabled most of the pilots to survive and avoid the loss of both man and machine. This did not allow the aircraft to be lost.
The aviation force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance has completely lost its vitality. If an air battle is conducted over enemy-occupied areas, the losses of the aviation force will probably be even greater.
If not, it will completely destroy the vitality. After all, the plane is gone, and we can still think of ways to get it. Even if a certain amount of profits are damaged in a short period of time, we can get some of it back. But if the pilots also lose, then
It cannot be made up for in a short time.
Compared with the Hurricane fighter, which had the largest number but the poorest performance, it was the Lager III fighter that had the smallest number. Although 13 of the twenty-four that took off for combat were shot down, they shot down half of the Japanese Type 1 fighters that participated in the battle.
.Although the maneuverability is a little worse, the mid-to-low-level air combat capabilities are still quite outstanding.
Not only is the performance at mid- and low-altitudes almost the same as that of the Type 1 and Type 2 fighters, but it is also capable of fighting in air battles in medium and low altitudes with the Type 2 fighters that escape from high altitudes. Compared with the P-40B type fighter that makes a cold dive attack, a small amount of P
The 39 fighter jets cooperated and tightly entangled the Japanese Type 1 fighter, which had the largest number, alleviating the pressure of fierce high-altitude battles.
And shot down more than 20 Type 1 and Type 2 fighters, and six Type 2 fighters, laying the foundation for victory in this air battle. As for the P40B type fighter, facing these two new Japanese fighter jets, there was no room for counterattack.
Apart from relying on the maximum level flight speed and decent rolling performance, there is almost no way to sneak attack the Type 1 and Type 2 fighter jets.