In fact, although the quality of this Lager III fighter is as rough as ever. It was even produced during the war, and the workmanship is even worse. Its climbing performance is not as good as the basic Type 1 fighter, and its low-altitude performance is not as good as the Yak-1 fighter developed in the same period. Its maneuverability is also abnormal. It's bad, not much better than the I-Sixteen fighter jet, which is known for its poor maneuverability.
However, the combat performance of this fighter at medium and low altitudes is quite good. At least it has the ability to compete with Japanese aircraft at medium and low altitudes. Moreover, after these aircraft arrived at the Anti-Japanese Alliance, based on the performance of this aircraft, it was compared with the known Japanese aircraft. Comparing the performance of the aircraft, Kanglian also took certain measures to reduce weight and improve the maneuverability of this aircraft.
After these aircraft arrived at the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in order to reduce the weight of the aircraft and improve its poor climbing performance as much as possible, the Anti-Japanese Alliance dismantled the 20mm aerial cannon, leaving only two 12mm machine guns. Anyway, the Japanese Type 1 fighter The protective performance is not much better than that of Zero War, and the firepower of two 12mm machine guns is enough.
After dismantling the 20mm aerial cannon and the 120 rounds of artillery shells, the performance of the Lager III fighter jet, which was reduced by hundreds of kilograms, actually changed. After the original overweight aircraft body was reduced by a certain amount, , whether it is climb rate, turning performance, or even speed, there has been considerable improvement.
The maximum speed basically meets the standards of the design manual, and the horizontal combat performance has also been greatly improved. The vertical maneuverability and horizontal combat capabilities are basically equal to the Type 1 C and Type 2 Japanese Type 1 fighters. Again Coupled with the maximum horizontal flight speed, it far exceeds all models of Yiyi.
Except for the fact that the climb rate is still not as good as that of various models of the Yi type, and the range is too different, the rest of the performance is no less than that of the Japanese aircraft. Moreover, the batch of Lager III fighter jets received by the Anti-Japanese Alliance are newly manufactured and later improved models. .The handling performance of the aircraft is not as good as that of the P-40 fighter, but it has been improved compared to the earliest model, although the improvement is not much.
After receiving all 200 Lager III fighter jets, the Anti-Japanese Alliance Air Force adopted a tactic of combining three types of aircraft based on the different performance of the three types of aircraft based on exploration and experience in this air battle. The Hurricane II-B fighter jets were used The bombers attacking the Japanese troops no longer engage in aerial combat with the Japanese troops.
The Lager 3 fighter jets and the Hurricane II C fighter jets were responsible for entangling the escorting Type 1 fighter jets at medium and low altitudes. The few P40B fighter jets currently left by the Anti-Japanese Alliance used high-altitude dive hit-and-run tactics to create surprise attacks. .As for the Zhongkui fighter, which has excellent climbing performance and extremely fast speed, it was left to the few remaining MiG-3 fighters.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance relatively effectively combined the respective combat characteristics of these three types of fighter jets to curb the gradual deterioration of the air combat situation. However, after the air battle in October, the only remaining MiG-3 fighter jets of the Anti-Japanese Alliance , although more than ten Zhongkui fighter jets were shot down, the remaining ten or so MiG-3 fighter jets that could still fly were all lost.
In other words, by October, the anti-alliance MiG-3 fighter jets had completely withdrawn from the battlefield without a source of supplementary resources. In order to cope with the high-altitude defense pressure from the rear, in the absence of high-altitude fighter jets with excellent performance, they were helpless. Yang Zhen could only use his depleted gold reserves to purchase another batch of second-hand goods from the Soviets, all of which had also been transferred to the Homeland Defense Force.
After the air battle in October, the anti-alliance fighter force, which was severely weakened, relied on these 200 Lager III fighter jets, the subsequent purchase of a hundred MiG III fighter jets, and only a few dozen P40B fighter jets left.
, struggling to hold on until the follow-up Yak-9 fighter jets and Hurricane IV fighter jets arrived.
Although the British quickly sent a batch of Hurricane IV fighter jets before November after receiving the report that Yang Zhen was forcibly pulled to the Xinjing Aviation Frontline Command Post to observe the battle. However, the number was too small, only 120.
Ten aircraft are simply not enough to replace the original Hurricane II B and C fighter jets.
Before the subsequent exchange of Yak fighters from the Soviet Union reached a sufficient number, it was the Lager III fighter jets that finally supported the overall situation. The Americans, who also received Pearson's report, provided a batch of P40D-type and F-type fighter jets.
This batch of U.S.-made fighter jets arrived in April 2003.
However, although the mid- and low-altitude performance of this type of LaG-3 fighter is barely competitive, it suffers from poor maneuverability, short service life of the Soviet-made aircraft, and high unreliability of the engine. This batch of LaG-3 has a total of 200 aircraft.
There seemed to be a lot of three fighter jets. However, more planes crashed than were shot down in air battles.
After the agreement was signed, the Soviets initially fulfilled the agreement. However, the Soviets were always being slippery about the provision of follow-up fighter jets. It turned out that the La-5 fighter jets with better performance in the agreement, no matter how much the Anti-Japanese Alliance urged them,
By the end of 1943, there was no trace of him.
In the original agreement, the Soviets promised to give the Yak-5 fighter jets, but they were replaced by the Yak-7 type with much poorer performance. Only one hundred Yak-9 fighter jets were actually delivered to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The Yak-7 type fighter could only compete with
When facing Type 2 fighters, they are still no match for Type 2 fighters, but they are not as helpless as the Hurricane Type 2 fighters.
However, the number of fighter jets given by the Soviets was only this large. In 1943, when faced with the Type 3 fighter jets invested by the Japanese army, Yang Zhen spent all his efforts to get 200 fighter jets from the Soviets.
A Yak-9 fighter jet. As for the more anticipated La5 fighter jet, it is still far away.
After receiving this batch of Soviet-made fighter jets, the Anti-Japanese Alliance directly withdrew all Hurricane fighter jets except for the fourth type from front-line air combat and transferred them to ground attacks. By mid-1943, the British
Before the People no longer provided any type of fighter aircraft except Stirling bombers, the Hurricane IIs obtained by the Anti-Japanese Alliance were all converted into ground attack aircraft.
Under the situation that all models of American-made P-40 fighter jets were unable to compete with the new Japanese fighter jets, these Soviet-made fighter jets, although small in number, became the most important fighter jets in the Anti-Japanese War. Especially among the Japanese Type 3 and Type 4 fighters.
After being put into the front line, although the number was small, these Soviet-made fighter jets still took on the main task of fighting for air supremacy together with some P-40K fighter jets assisted by the United States.
The British provided a large number of Hurricane fighter jets. By the time they stopped supporting fighter jets in 1943, the total number had reached 1,000. However, the total number of the latest Type 4 models was only 400, and the rest were still
They are all old-fashioned Type 2 fighters. Let alone compete with the new fighter jets that are emerging one after another from the Japanese army, they are even unable to compete with the old Type 1 and Type 2 fighters.
As the Type 4 Hayate fighter jets entered the battlefield, even the Soviet-made Yak-9 could not compete with them. Yang Zhen could only find a way to negotiate with the Soviet Union. In the end, the Anti-Alliance got the latest Soviet La5 FN fighter jet, as well as
The follow-up La-7 fighter jets were already in the first half of 2004. Only 300 of them were obtained by Yang Zhen in exchange for 500 tanks.
However, even though the Soviets adopted the method of substituting others and replacing Yang Zhen with the aircraft models, they still had a hand in developing long-range fighter jets for the Anti-Japanese Alliance. However, under Yang Zhen's repeated urging, they finally made the decision.
As stipulated in the agreement, in the first half of 1943, the Yak 9DD type, which is a super long-range fighter jet, was handed over to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
It's just that the Soviets only asked the Amur Komsomolsk Aircraft Factory to manufacture a hundred aircraft. As for the rest, the Anti-Japanese Alliance still needs to manufacture the rest. The attitude of the Soviets is that I have done everything you asked me to do. As for you
How much the Chinese can produce has nothing to do with the Soviets.
I have handed over the design drawings to you and sent personnel to coordinate your production. And through the Amur Komsomolsk Aircraft Factory, I have trained a large number of skilled technical workers for you. If you cannot produce even one, you will not be able to produce one.
The Soviets had nothing to do with it.
Although the Soviets, in compliance with the requirements of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, designed an interface for discarding the auxiliary fuel tank for this aircraft. The engine was also changed from the Klimov engine of the prototype to a Soviet copy of the Merlin liquid-cooled engine used by the Hurricane IV fighter.
.This makes this long-range fighter jet have a maximum endurance of more than 3,500 kilometers when carrying an auxiliary fuel tank, which is more than 1,300 kilometers farther than the prototype.
The aircraft is equipped with two 12mm machine guns and one 20mm machine gun, and the firepower is enough to deal with most Japanese fighter jets. When equipped with disposable auxiliary fuel tanks, it can take off from Jiamusi and Hunchun, and its range can basically cover the entire Japan.
Locally. However, it did not provide any auxiliary fuel tanks to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, only two prototypes of its own design.
This batch of Hurricane IV fighter jets arrived at the end of 2002. As soon as they arrived, they were very satisfied with their performance after test flights. They were even more satisfied with the engines used in the modified aircraft. They were immediately provided to the Soviet Union.
Two spare engines were mapped and copied by the Soviet Union.
It also required the Soviets to use this British-made engine when designing long-range fighter jets instead of the Klimov engine used in the Soviet-made Yak-9 fighter jets. This made the already excellent mid- and low-altitude performance of the Yak-9 fighter jets even more powerful.
.The old problems of poor climbing effect and lagging maximum level flight speed have also been fundamentally improved.
Through similar imitation work on imported American, British and French engines in the early years, the Soviets, who had already established a foundation for copying other people's products, also completed reverse mapping at the first time. Although due to wartime craftsmanship, the power of the engine was slightly reduced.
But the power drop of 37 horsepower is completely negligible compared to this 1,620 horsepower engine.
But after using this British-made engine as the engine, this ultra-long-range Yak-9 fighter jet specially developed for the Anti-Japanese War was compared with the prototype using the Soviet-made Klimov M107 liquid-cooled engine. The overall aircraft
It is not an exaggeration to describe the performance as "reborn."
Relying on the high-horsepower engine and the excellent aerodynamic shape of the Yak-9, its maximum ceiling has reached 11,000 meters, and its maximum level flight speed has reached 654 kilometers. And although the speed and range are still
There is nothing comparable to the Mustang B fighter jet that the United States put into the battlefield at almost the same time.
But in other performance, especially the hovering performance, it is better than the Mustang fighter. The climb rate and maximum ceiling are almost the same. The most fundamental thing is to solve the problem that the Americans refuse to provide Mustang fighters.
The need for long-range escort of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
However, the Soviets refused to produce and manufacture a batch of this imitation engine for the Anti-League. They only provided a complete set of drawings, fifty engines, and sent two engine engineers to assist the Anti-League in independent manufacturing. As for the Anti-League, they wanted to order directly.
The request for one thousand units was simply rejected by the Soviets.