Chapter 89 Air Combat 2

"Bach, be careful they open fire!" Frank reminded his wingman loudly. "Hurry up and circle up!!"

"Damn it! Damn it!" Bach's somewhat embarrassing curse came from the earphones. "These unchivalrous beasts!!"

As mentioned earlier, after the German and Italian aircraft assisting Franco's army entered the battle, the Spanish government aircraft suffered heavy losses. Franco's army seized air supremacy in several important directions. With the cooperation of air power, the ground forces stepped up their offensive. The government The army is in danger.

The I-15 and I-16 fighters dispatched by the Soviet Union quickly fought against the BF109, but were shot down by the Bf109B with an overwhelming advantage every time.

As a result, after losing several air battles, these guys began to play tricks and use ambush tactics.

No, Frank and Bach fell into the trap today. The battle report they originally received was that two old-fashioned biplanes were attacking Franco's ground targets. As a result, when they arrived, they encountered four I- Siege of Type 16 fighter jets.

Hearing his curse, Frank gave a helpless smile. Hearing that Bach was a descendant of a certain minor nobleman, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

It's a pity that this child is a little naive and doesn't know that chivalry cannot win the war. Only by winning the war can one be qualified to talk about chivalry. What's more, the current Soviet Union is not the Russian Empire. The nobles of the Russian Empire have probably been cleared out long ago.

Muttering in his mind, Frank glanced at his altimeter and began to dive downwards. Without his help, Bach would have been in trouble.

At the moment of the dive, he saw through the not-so-wide bulletproof front windshield that Bach had entered a spiraling state. (Under Yannick’s attention, German technicians actually conquered the blow molding technology of water drop canopy (bubble cockpit). But it was immediately discovered that this technology has two shortcomings. One is that it is not easy to process, and the other is that it is costly. . The wealthy British Empire or the United States may be able to afford it, but it is really too much for Germany to completely replace it with this kind of water-drop canopy. In desperation, Yannick decided to give this kind of water-drop canopy as a reward. Ace pilots, the rest of the pilots can only continue to use straight bulletproof glass that is simple to process and easy to replace.)

Bach's fighter plane is climbing rapidly. You must know that the excellent climbing performance of the bf109 can surpass most opponents. Generally, it is not a problem to escape from the battle under the cover of this technical action.

So he locked onto an enemy plane that was climbing with Bach.

The I-16 is a fighter jet developed by the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. It is also the world's first fighter jet to adopt a retractable landing gear, cantilever lower wing and variable-pitch propeller design. Its emergence has stimulated the development of new fighter jets in various countries.

Unfortunately, the Soviet Air Force, which was one step ahead, began to debate the merits of biplanes and monoplanes. Although biplanes had better combat performance, they were slower, while monoplanes were just the opposite. Therefore, they finally decided to develop dual-wing aircraft. , this is the origin of the I-15 (biplane) and I-16 (monoplane). If they had concentrated on developing monoplanes, they probably wouldn't have been beaten so badly in the early stages of the war.

The I-16 represents a change in the concept of air combat between the two wars. The design concept of the I-16 is to install a high-horsepower engine on a small fuselage. The aircraft has a stubby low-wing wooden monocoque structure. , the fuselage is made of short cylindrical wooden plywood, the front and rear spars of the wing are steel tubes, the front skin and wing ribs are aluminum alloy and the rear wing is canvas, using an open cockpit and a retractable Tricycle landing gear.

The landing gear has to be moved by the pilot 44 times before it can be retracted into the wing. When landing, as long as the handle is released, the landing gear will be lowered under the suction force, but at this time, the pilot must be careful not to be caught by the rotating handle. It hit the arm, and there was an accident in which the pilot's arm was broken by the rotating handle.

What’s interesting is that the I-16 pioneered the armored cockpit (there is a bulletproof steel plate behind the seat) and its cockpit was originally closed. However, because the pilots were accustomed to using open cockpits and there was a blind spot at the rear of the cockpit of the I-16 (you have to put your head Only when the rear part is extended can the rear be seen), the cockpit cover was removed and changed to an open cockpit.

The pilots during the Spanish Civil War in the original time and space still used the experience of World War I as their tactical guidance. Moreover, the main force of the German and Italian air forces were biplanes, including the German He? 51 fighter and the Italian 32 fighter. Therefore, the I-16 had a brilliant performance at first and suddenly made the Soviet Union become an advanced aviation country.

But now, under the guidance of Yannick, Germany did not play with those useless biplanes at all, but only put in the advanced bf109. As a result, the poor I-16 could only be abused. This is also the main reason why I-16 has to set up decoys and dispatch in large numbers to make up for the performance gap.

Therefore, even if you encounter an ambush, as long as you don't mess up your position and respond calmly, the chance of counterattack is still quite high.

Frank, who gained the speed advantage by diving, quickly approached the I-16 he was eyeing.

The Bf109's wings cut through the air and rushed towards its target like a bolt of lightning.

"Bach, cover me after you climb!" After instructing his wingman, Frank suddenly pulled the machine gun lever.

The fuselage of the Bf109 fighter jet trembled slightly, and the four 62mm machine guns on the wings simultaneously sprayed long tongues of flame.

As for the Bf109 axial cannon and nose machine gun in the original time and space, they were simply cancelled by Yannick.

There is a saying in later generations that the Bf109 gradually fell behind the Spitfire after the F model because of the drag of the engine, and the engine was dragged by the axial cannon.

Yannick didn't know whether this statement was true, but he knew that because of the existence of the axial cannon, the engine and the cockpit were not completely separated. In order to accommodate some auxiliary components, such as the barrel of the coaxial cannon on the propeller hub on the Bf109F, an opening had to be made on the firewall so that it could extend to the cockpit. In this way, once the engine was hit and oil leaked into the cockpit, the pilot would most likely be burned to death.

Bullets after bullets were hit by the primer and sprayed out of the gun barrel. The tracer bullets seemed to hit the enemy plane accurately like four whips. The hard metal bullets easily hit the skin, breaking the wooden boards and metal frames inside, and finally nailed to the inside of the fuselage on the other side.

The unfortunate i16 was hit and was emitting thick smoke. The fuselage was spiraling down. The pilot inside could be seen being thrown around by the centrifugal force. As for whether he was dead or not, no one seemed to care.

Frank pulled the joystick hard, and the plane began to climb sharply.