Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Beiyang 1917

Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 657 (Part 1) Winning through ignorance

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    More importantly, in the night battle, the German aircraft painted in white were obviously more eye-catching than the Allied SE5 with camouflage on the upper body and sky blue on the lower body. Although the two teams of the Allied Forces alternated turns and somersaults, the formation of the 4-aircraft formation was actually  has been maintained.

    This means that the 1vs1 aerial duel that the German ace pilots expected did not materialize as expected. Although the Allied Air Force would emerge with countless aerial aces in the future, in the autumn of 1918, Wang Geng¡¯s request for the Allied Air Force was to use  Collective combat makes up for the lack of individual pilot experience.

    The so-called beating the master to death with random punches means that even if the Red Baron is reincarnated, he will never be able to single-handedly defeat 4 enemy planes and win a total victory with one aircraft. To win, he can only defeat them one by one and shoot them down one by one. The problem is that this night, the Allied Air Force  The 4-plane formation is very dogmatic but tight. The lead plane decides the tactical movements and attacks of the formation, while the wingman is responsible for following and covering. The No. 3 and 4 double-plane formations are responsible for covering the No. 1 and 2 formations.

    As for the lead aircraft of SE5, he is always chasing and attacking the enemy aircraft that poses the greatest threat to his formation, rather than the enemy aircraft that appears to be the weakest. This is the concept that Wang Geng instilled in the Allied Air Force.  In the air battles on the Western Front of the European War, almost 80% of the shootdowns were completed by ace pilots of both sides. To kill a snake, you have to hit seven inches. Ace vs. ace is the best choice in air combat.

    In other words, the philosophy instilled in every flying squad of the Coalition Air Force is to win every battle with the squad¡¯s maximum survival rate, rather than simply shooting down numbers.

    The leader pilot of each squad must be the most skilled pilot in the entire squad, but this is not enough for the coalition air force. Only the commander who can command and lead his squad to win the battle with the highest survival rate can  As a qualified leader, emergency judgment is often more critical than technology. A wrong judgment and wrong choice means failure and being shot down.

    Of course, every pilot in the Allied Air Force is equipped with a parachute, and parachuting is a skill they must master even before they can fly solo in aviation schools. In contrast, at this time, no matter whether the American, British and French pilots in the Allied Powers or the German Allied Powers  Austrian and Turkish pilots are not equipped with parachute bags. In the words of the British, air combat is a duel of air knights. If you are shot down, you will have to make an emergency landing or fall to your death. Parachuting to survive is a cowardly act, which will reduce the morale of the troops and their determination to win.

    In Wang Geng's view, this pedantic idea is just nonsense. In fact, in Wang Geng's previous life, it was precisely because pilots from all countries in the European War were not equipped with parachutes. This encouragement and the concept of failure to become benevolent objectively made  The casualty rate in air combat was extremely high, as evidenced by the death of more than 50,000 pilots from both sides during the entire European War.

    If the goal of the seven Fokkerdviii white fighters led by Lieutenant Ruzer is to shoot down the enemy, then the air combat purpose of the two SE5 teams of the Allied Air Force is to save themselves and then destroy the enemy. This time and a half  The air battle between the two squadron-sized formations eventually evolved into an eagle catching a chicken, but the eagle was played by the German Fokkerdviii, who looked like a squat little white dove, while the chicken was played by the larger and slender Allied SE5.

    In the air, two camouflage-colored SE5 squadrons were hovering and two white Fokker fighter jets were fighting and chasing each other. The shooting distance between the two sides increased from 500 meters to 100 meters or even 50 meters. Of course, the intersection was instantaneous.  , tracer bullets splashed brilliant colors and light in the night sky.

    The first round of air combat:

    The four Fokkerdviiis led by German Lieutenant Rutzel pounced from high altitude and shot down the No. 4 aircraft at the rear of the second SE5 team of the Allied Air Force, damaging the wings of the No. 3 aircraft, but the show was not over.  , the three Fokkers led by Second Lieutenant Dorin, who was flying in front and somersaulting, apparently forgot that they were chasing four SE5 biplane fighters, not the DH4 fighter-bombers they had fought with before.

    Second Lieutenant Dorin and his team made such an oversight, and were quickly approached and attacked by a formation of SE54 aircraft behind them that were also as light as a swallow but had increased their speed to the maximum speed. The Browning 12.7mm large guns on the noses of the four SE5 aircraft  The caliber aviation machine gun sprayed out a hail of hot and shiny bullets that lit up the night sky, sweeping like a waterfall in the middle of the formation of three Fokkerdviiis that were turning and climbing.

    Just as Lieutenant Luzer led four FokkerDviiis in the back to shoot down and injure one SE5 of the Allied Air Force, the No. 3 plane behind Captain Dorin in the front was shot down, and the No. 2 plane was hit and a thick smoke erupted.  Smoke and fire staggered toward the ground.

    After somersaulting and leveling his plane, Kent Von Dolin¡¯s mind seemed to be petrified for a moment!

    Damn it, who said that these Chinese pilots of the Allied Air Force are all rookies? If I hadn¡¯t done somersaults just now, even my tail fin might have been swept away by the opponent¡¯s large-caliber machine gun. At this moment, Dolin even  There was no time to mourn the loss of three aircraft and three ace comrades in the entire team. Faced with the four allied aircraft that came over after somersaults.On the ??se5 fighter jet, Dolin pulled the control stick fiercely, rolled and rose rapidly, and was determined to get rid of the opponent's pursuit by relying on the excellent climbing speed of foxkerdviii.

    In the first round of the head-to-head battle between fighter jets from both sides, the coalition SE5 biplane fighter was shot down and injured one each, while the German FokkerDviii monoplane fighter was also shot down and injured one each, making it a draw!

    However, the pilot of the SE5 that was shot down by the coalition successfully parachuted, and a white parachute flower was particularly dazzling in the night sky 3,000 meters below. The downed FokkerDviii of the German army was hit and disintegrated in the air. The pilot and the aircraft  They all fell down like stones and were shattered into pieces.

    From the perspective of casualties, the two SE5 teams of the Allied Air Force clearly have the upper hand!

    July 28, 1918 18:25 Southwest of Belgorod, over Ukraine

    As the newly established ace squadron of the German 1st Fighter Wing, it was obvious that Lieutenant Ruzer, the leader of the 26th Fighter Squadron, could not accept the fact that a squadron that faced him had damaged two more Fokkerdviiis, and he was victorious, shooting down and damaging one of the coalition forces.  The joy of the se5 fighter plane disappeared in an instant. While Ruzer scolded Dolin for failing to live up to his expectations, he directed his team to abandon the se5 leader plane and his wingman that had already turned and turned away, and turned around to save them.  Dolin.
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report