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Chapter 142 Only Zhong Kui’s fighter can deal with it

I have to say that Liu Xiu's luck was quite good. If Liu Xiu had come half an hour late, it would be hard to say who would lose when faced with six fully fueled fighters.

However, if Liu Xiu's fighter plane retreats, it will never be able to catch up with the opponent's fighter plane.

After Liu Xiu finished dealing with these six fighters, he flew away from Tiyuan Airport leisurely. In fact, with the supercharger, Liu Xiu's fighters no longer had to worry about the Japs' planes.

At least there is no need to worry about the Type 1 fighter of the Little Devil, because the Type 1 fighter of the Little Devil is not equipped with a supercharger, so even if it wants to, it cannot fly to an altitude of more than 10,000 meters.

Of course, it was not Liu Xiuchuang who came to deal with the Japs at high altitudes. As early as when the Zero fighters were rampant, the United States discovered the shortcomings of the Zero fighters, which was that they could not fly to an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, so they dived at high altitudes. The hunting naturally begins.

So after learning from the lessons of the United States, the Little Devils also began to research fighters that could adapt to high altitudes, so the Nakajima II fighter Zhongkui fighter came into being.

However, by the time Zhongkui fighter jets were mass-produced, it was already the end of 2002 and the beginning of 2003.

At this time, due to the seizure of the island chain and the lack of local resources, Zhongkui fighters no longer have the ability to mass-produce.

There are only more than 1,200, which is less than the previous one type and the later three types and four types. And as an interceptor, the main mission of the Type 2 is to use it for homeland defense. After the Type 2 was developed, it caught up with the American army and the Japanese in the island seizing operations in Pingyang, so it was mainly equipped for the mainland and Pingyang areas. Of the little Japanese army aviation units, not many were deployed on the inland battlefield. Moreover, it was only in 1944 that some troops were transferred to the inland battlefield.

In fact, not long after the design of the "Type-141" fighter began, Nakajima Company received a request from the Army of the Little Japanese Army to build an interceptor aircraft. Changing from the fine tradition of the Little Japanese aircraft being limited in maneuverability, the performance of the new aircraft focused on speed and climb rate. Nakajima chose his own company's Ha-1250 radial engine with a rated power of 60 horsepower for the prototype. The machine was tested in comparison with Kawasaki's Ki-601 in the s. The latter uses the German DB engine, which has a higher design speed, but its take-off time is too long, it is laterally unstable, and its control response is poor. In addition, it did not reach the design speed during the test flight, so it lost the competition.

The first production model of Type II was Ki-44Ia. In addition to the two 2mm Type 7.7 machine guns that had been widely used before, two Ho-89 HMGs derived from Browning M1921 were added. The caliber was increased to 103mm. Later, The two 12.7-inch ones were further replaced with 7.7-inch ones, which "greatly" enhanced the firepower configuration. However, these firepower configurations seemed useless, so only about 12.7 were produced in total.

The Army Air Force pilots of the Little Devil missed the mobility of Type 109 very much, so Nakajima replaced it with a Ha-44 engine and became the Ki-2 II type. The Type IIb used two 40mm Ho-301 cannons and two 2 machine gun. This configuration was still criticized by pilots in the early days of equipment because the heavier weapons led to reduced maneuverability, but soon the little devil pilots felt the benefits of this weapon because the B-12.7 came.

When B-29s began bombing Kyushu Island from inland airports in June 29, the Type II fighter, the Zhongkui fighter, was the only fighter jet that could intercept B-s at high altitudes.

The first bombing occurred on June 29, 400. Forty-seven B4s dropped 29 bombs on the Yawata Steel Plant. At that time, the steel production of this plant accounted for nearly a quarter of the total output of the Little Japanese. The Type II fighter jets of the Army's 7th Flying Group took off to intercept. This should be the first direct meeting between the Type II fighter jets and the B-29s. As a result, seven Mi fighter jets were lost. At this time, the B-7 was still in its initial stage, and there were many mechanical failures. Almost all of them crashed due to mechanical failures.

However, Type II also played its due role. In subsequent battles, the large-caliber aircraft cannon on the aircraft still exerted a lot of power. The power of the 20mm shells was not small, and the caseless shells of the 40mm aircraft guns each had a charge of 65 grams. It is said that one shell can blast a 29-meter hole in the B-1.5. This power is almost unrivaled among the aircraft shells at the time. However, the disadvantage is that the projectile is too heavy, so the propellant thrust is not enough, and the effective range is only One hundred and fifty meters is similar to a grenade launcher.

If you take into account the B-29's strong self-defense firepower, you can probably understand how the little Japanese pilot risked being beaten into a sieve to get the few attack opportunities. In the end, he thought that he was already so close, so he might as well hit him It used to be... Of course this is a joke. Although the little Japanese pilots often crash aircraft, it is not for this reason... This gun is not used much in air combat, most of it is used for ground attacks. . Among them, a total of 2 Zhongkui B models were produced, equipped with two 40mm guns, 394 Zhongkui C models were produced, equipped with four 4mm guns, and 20 Zhongkui A models were produced with four 427mm machine guns. The series basically accounts for the vast majority of Zhong Kui's total production of 4 aircraft.

But these have nothing to do with Liu Xiu. At least so far, Liu Xiu has not encountered Zhong Kui's fighter plane!

Moreover, even if the Zhongkui fighter Liu Xiu encounters a Zhongkui fighter jet with a similar altitude, it can rely on the excellent flexibility of the Cricket aircraft to deal with it. This does not mean that it is completely restrained, but it only means that the Zhongkui fighter jet can fly to this height to be qualified to fight with it.

However, just when Liu Xiu just parked the plane on the airport runway, Wei Dayong and Duan Peng ran over with serious faces. After Liu Xiu just jumped off the plane, Duan Peng said:

"Captain, I'm sorry. I just got the information that six more planes have arrived at Taiyuan Airport and parked at Taiyuan Airport. It seems that the little devil is determined to continue to deal with us!"

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Duan Peng's words. Then he thought of the six planes he had just shot down at Taiyuan Airport half an hour ago, so he smiled and said to Duan Peng:

"If there are no accidents, the fighter planes mentioned by the intelligence comrades at Taiyuan Airport should have been shot down. You should quickly verify it with the intelligence officers at Taiyuan through the radio!"

Just when Duan Peng went to verify, Wei Dayong said:

"I'm telling you, Commander, did you just fly the fighter plane to Tiyuan Airport?"

"Yes! On the plane, I wanted to go to Taiyuan Airport to see if the little Japs had given up on Taiyuan Airport, so wasn't it a coincidence that I happened to encounter a fighter plane flying over from the other side, so I gave it to him in one fell swoop!"

After Liu Xiu finished speaking, Monk Wei looked at the plane Liu Xiu flew and said:

"One against six, but no one was injured. So this plane is very powerful!"

"This aircraft is good. It perfectly exploits the weaknesses of the Little Japanese aircraft, so it has such a good record. If it is used well, it is not a problem to fight ten against one!"

Liu Xiu's words immediately aroused Monk Wei's interest. You must know that Monk Wei can also fly fighter planes now, but Wei Dayong in the air is completely unable to use his skills as a martial arts master.

(End of this chapter)