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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 656 (Part 1) Result 1:0

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    Fokkerdviii's No. 2 and No. 3 aircraft pushed the operating sticks and took advantage of the opportunity of the coalition DH4 more than 300 meters ahead to turn with its head covered. They pulled up the aircraft and followed the lead aircraft of their team leader Dolin, quickly getting away and heading towards Ukraine.  Fly away.

    It is said that it was too late, but it was too soon. The air combat and pursuit were actually a matter of a few seconds or more. Han Gang, who was waiting in a corner and was sweating while being chased by the enemy's Fokker aircraft, finally took the No. 2 wingman and  When the No. 3 and No. 4 planes that had outflanked them merged, the three German Fokker Dviii fighter jets that were climbing quickly reached an altitude of 3,500 meters and withdrew toward Ukraine in the south.

    Of course, Han Gang saw the three German planes already running. He was also sweating nervously just now. Even though his dh4 twin-plane formation had no advantage in height or speed, it was defeated by the one with better maneuverability and climbing speed.  The German Fokker plane was tail-biting in pursuit. If it weren't for the rear-seat machine gun, a powerful weapon that blocked the opponent's attack, it's hard to say whether our own plane would have been shot down at this moment.

    "He Fang, you bastard, why didn't you say that the German guy ran away? You are still the navigator, and you are just watching the fun in the back seat?" The squad leader, Second Lieutenant Han Gang, was obviously looking for a scapegoat to cover up his panic just now.  , here He Fang muttered,

    "Captain, how can you rely on me? My machine gun fired loudly. I was so nervous just now that I was worried that I would run out of bullets. What will I do next? Our rear machine gun does not have the restrictions of the shooting coordinator.  , I took half the bullet out! Who knew that the German guy actually ran away! Now we win, the result is 1:0!" Lieutenant He Fang exclaimed in frustration at first.  got up.

    At this time, Han Gang's wingman suddenly swung his wings, signaling that there were aircraft approaching from the 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock directions behind him, and then He Fang shouted again, "Captain, we just received the radio order from the headquarters, two SE5 teams  We have arrived nearby and asked our dh4 team to return home. Let the se5 fighter team continue the rest of the battle. Oh no, the command headquarters said that four se5 teams have been mobilized and rushed to the war zone. It seems that they are going to kill the Germans! "

    Han Gang hesitated for a moment. Although the high-intensity air battle, pursuit and escape just lasted for less than 3 minutes, the sweat on his whole body was as if he had been fished out of water. Now after the fierce battle, he was even more sweaty.  There was a feeling of weakness. Han Gang knew that this was the sequelae of excessive tension and excitement. As the dh4 team performing night patrol missions, they were used as fighter jets with strong endurance. There were no aerial bombs mounted under the wings, so just now  The maneuverability was barely adequate when pursued by Fokker fighter jets.

    "Captain, do we want to continue chasing? The two SE5 team captains of the 2nd Fighter Group called. They took over the battlefield, congratulating us on the victory of DH4 in the first battle, and saying that the remaining tasks will be left to them!" the radio operator in the back seat congratulated.  Fang yelled again.

    Hearing this, Han Gang no longer hesitated. He gently swayed the wings and greeted the two SE5 fighter teams of the 2nd Fighter Group that quickly appeared on both sides of his team. He turned around and ordered, "Call back to the command center.  It is said that the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing, the 1st Fighter-Bomber Group of DH4, and the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Squadron pursued and shot down a German Fokker Dviii fighter. The remaining 3 fighter jets of the opponent have retreated towards Ukraine. Our team is now ordered to return!  complete!"

    In the night sky, 2 SE5 fighter squadrons and 8 fighter jets were arranged in a neat 4-plane formation, passing by the 4 fighter jets of Han Gang's DH4 squadron, and quickly heading towards Germany, where a few shadows could still be seen in the distance.  The Fokker fighter squad gave chase.

    While Han Gang was gently pushing the control stick, the lead aircraft numbered dh4-097-11231 in the night turned around slightly awkwardly and returned to the Belgorod frontline airport with the three dh4 formations behind him.

    In the first official air battle between the Allied Air Force and the German 1st Fighter Wing, the rookie Chinese DH4 fighter-bomber pilots put on a beautiful debut in front of the Germans' most advanced FokkerDviii fighter jets and German ace pilots.  The result was a beautiful 1:0.

    July 28, 1918 18:20 Over the southwest of Belgorod and the Ukrainian border

    Although Wang Geng looked down upon him, the SE5, the first-line fighter equipped by the Allied Air Force, was actually a fighter with excellent overall performance. Although Fokkeii shone in the "Bloody April" of April 1917, Germany was one step ahead.  The fire coordinator made the German aircraft far more powerful than the Allied fighters.

    The se5a, which was rushed into battle at that time, did not perform well. In the air battle on the Western Front, the pilot was unfamiliar with the aircraft's performance and lost control. As a result, it suffered heavy losses and was returned to the factory by the Royal Air Force. But gold will definitely shine, and se5 was made in the factory.  After further optimization and modification, the advantages of this aircraft that returned to the battlefield were gradually revealed in the air combat with Fokker aircraft.

    Compared with the Fokkerdri three-wing fighter and Fokkerdvii bi-plane fighter of the German Air Force at that time, the SE5 can be regarded as a heavy fighter.?

    Compared with the German Fokkerdviii high-wing metal-skinned fighter, the wingspan of the SE5 designed by the British is 0.23 meters shorter, the fuselage is 0.52 meters longer, and the empty weight is 234 kilograms. At the same time, the SE5 installed  1 Hispano-suiza8orwolseleyviperwatercooledv8 engine has 200hp (150kw) horsepower, and the engine power is 190% of the German Fokkerdviii1.

    The only shortcoming of the se5 may be its practical ceiling. The ceiling of this fighter is 17,000 feet (5,185 meters). Compared with Fokkerdviii?¡¯s practical ceiling of 19,685 feet (6,000 meters), the performance at high altitudes is obviously not as good as the se5.  fokkerdviii, perhaps, if the German fighter jet cannot defeat and escape, the probability of successful evacuation by flying upward is greater than diving downward.
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