Although the development of new and better aircraft models can cure the root cause, at present, "far water cannot quench the near thirst." For this reason, the Japanese Army's General Staff Headquarters also came up with an emergency solution. Since the enemy is using the Type 95 biplane fighter to
The advantage of being high and climbing quickly is that
So as long as the Japanese army also uses the same aircraft, wouldn't there be no problem? Therefore, the Type 95 biplane fighter, which had begun to be quickly withdrawn from active service, was picked up by the Japanese army as a treasure, but the actual combat results disappointed them...
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First of all, the new tactics of the First Air Force Division have three prerequisites - ceiling, climb rate and range. The first two properties of the original Japanese Type 95 biplane fighter are equally good, but in terms of range, how can the 7.7mm aviation machine gun compare with the 37mm or later
Replacement 30mm
Compared with aircraft cannons? Therefore, the Type 95 fighter jets of the First Division can fire first, and turn around and retreat before the Japanese aircraft close the distance to shoot. In the case of the same aircraft model, as long as they focus on running away, the Japanese will not matter.
How can I not catch up...
What's more, although both sides are also Type 95 biplanes, the 88 aircraft of the First Air Force Division are equipped with turbochargers, so they are more powerful, and the improvement in high-altitude performance is particularly obvious (the booster device improves high-altitude performance)
It is larger than the low-pressure device. If it is a mechanical supercharger device that requires additional power consumption, the low-altitude performance may even be better.
will decrease to varying degrees.). Although due to the innate limitations of the biplane, the Type 95 biplane fighter of the Chinese Air Force is only a few percent stronger than the original version in terms of speed, ceiling, etc., but this is enough to make the original version of the Japanese fighter
The Type 95 can no longer catch up with our improved version, so the Japanese military staff’s plan was impossible to succeed from the beginning...
After many battles, the Japanese soon discovered that China's Type 95 biplane fighter was faster than the original version. Japanese aviation technology experts immediately realized that the border area must have mastered a method that could improve engine performance, so they eagerly wanted to
A Type 95 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force was obtained for research, but the Japanese aircraft could hardly damage enemy aircraft, so it was naturally more difficult to capture. Instead, the Air Force Command realized that the Japanese army was eager to fight for a war, and deliberately set up a trap to destroy the enemy's aircraft.
A large number of 95 style pairs
Biplanes were attracted by biplanes, and then the i16 fighters of the Soviet Air Force were dispatched to kill them. The weakness of biplanes was fully demonstrated in this battle. In many battles, more than 180 biplanes were shot down by the Soviet Air Force.
The Soviet aided air fleet lost less than thirty aircraft. Of course, it was able to achieve such a brilliant victory because of the rapid progress of Soviet pilots such as Pokryshkin in the past few months of fighting. No less than ten of them were already called
He is a veritable ace pilot...
By the end of June 1938, the Border Air Force had shot down a total of 398 Japanese aircraft (including the first battle), of which the first division shot down 161 and the second division shot down 237. However, the losses of the first division (including irreparable serious injuries) were only in the area.
There were 8 aircraft in the area (2 were shot down or destroyed by Japanese anti-aircraft artillery, 3 were naturally scrapped due to the aging of the airframe, 2 crashed during the mission, and 1 was shot down by a Japanese fighter because the pilot rushed too close), which is far less than the
The Soviet Aided Air Force had 54 aircraft, but only three pilots were sacrificed, which was even more unmatched by the Soviet Aided Air Force, which had a permanent reduction of 27 people. But whether it was the founder of the Air Force, Hu Weidong, or the current commander
Liu Yalou, everyone knows that pilots grow faster in head-to-head battles, but in China, where the literacy rate is less than 20%, those who can fly planes are cutting-edge talents, and how can they be willing to let them be like the Soviets in hard battles?
What about "natural selection"?
The pilots of the Soviet Union Air Force originally included dozens of super aces who would later become world-famous. Their average potential was unparalleled in the world. Now that they had so many opportunities to practice in actual combat, Hu Weidong had no choice but to witness the Soviet Union Air Force pilots.
The pilots of the Soviet Air Force gradually left behind their Chinese counterparts. In fact, by the end of June 1938, eight pilots of the Soviet Air Force had shot down more than 10 enemy aircraft.
According to the standards of the US military, it is already a "double ace", and such outstanding results were achieved on the premise that the performance of the aircraft is slightly inferior to that of the Japanese aircraft. However, what surprised Hu Weidong was that most Chinese pilots did not feel that they were better than the Japanese aircraft.
Not only because of the natural self-confidence of a pilot, but also because so far, it is not the Soviets who have shot down the most enemy planes in the Air Force, but our own Chinese pilots...
Until much later, the instructors at that time found it incredible that Zhong Ming, a guy whose flying skills were not outstanding until he retired, actually became the same as the Soviet pilot Grigory Andreevich Rechkalo.
Husband (Note 1) was one of the three major air combat aces of World War II, as famous as German pilot Erich Hartmann...
Although Zhong Ming, who was born in the Army Field Force, had received training as early as the formation of the 15th Army Flying Corps and quickly joined the war a few months later, he had never achieved any good results in air combat. He remained unknown as a pilot for a year.
After many years, he suddenly rose up quickly and became a world-class fighter ace. It can be said that he is a typical example of "times make heroes". If the first division adopts the usual
Using conventional tactics, his flying skills could only be regarded as average in the division, and he was probably shot down by the Japanese without achieving much results. However, the disguised "one-shot escape" tactic invented by Hu Weidong, Gao Zhihang and others made his flying skills inferior.
Its good weaknesses have been avoided, but its rare shooting talent makes it stand out among many pilots because of its long-range artillery attack method.
Note 1: Pokryshkin is a rare air force marshal in the world. After coming to China, he not only shot down dozens of enemy planes, but also showed outstanding commanding skills. In addition, at this time, there were large internal conflicts in the Soviet Red Army.
Due to the purge, there were many vacancies in senior leadership positions, so his promotion was frighteningly fast.
When the Soviet-German war broke out, he was already a lieutenant general (promoted to general before the Battle of Moscow, and became the supreme commander of the newly independent Soviet Air Force in mid-1942). As a result, the opportunity to directly fly a plane to participate in the war disappeared early.
He worked part-time as an instructor at Luoyang Aviation School very early and was lowered
The frequency of combat operations eventually ranked him only fifth among Soviet ace pilots. Although Kozhedub, the number one Soviet ace in history, later joined the Soviet-aided Anti-Japanese Air Force, Grigory Andreevich
.Lechkarov, the third ace in history, already had more than 20
Based on the number of enemy planes shot down, there is actually not much difference in strength between the two, and it is really difficult for Kozhidub to overtake him... (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome
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