Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong smiled.

When he first played "War Thunder", the game only had air combat. Wang Zhong also came here for air combat. At that time, he was still a German player, so his ID was still called Manfred von Richthofen. , also known as the Red Baron.

At that time, the historical air combat mode of the game was completely divided according to historical facts. The Germans could only be teammates with Xiaoli and Italy, and the opposite was the American, British and Soviet Allied Forces.

At that time, the Yankees had just released a gold coin machine called the XP50 (which was bought directly with money). It climbed very fast and could suppress the German Air Force at an altitude of 1,000 meters on a daily basis.

Therefore, Wang Zhong has developed super basic low-altitude defense skills - there is no way, if you can't practice it, you should give up this game.

"For the first time, we entered the field facing each other like this." Emilia picked up the model and saw that it was painted as a Spitfire fighter jet.

"Okay!" Wang Zhong responded, and at the same time, he held the plane at the level of his chest with evil intentions.

Emilia frowned and stared at Wang Zhong's face.

Although Emilia is also tall, she is still slightly different from a tall person like Wang Zhong. She has to straighten her hands and raise them high to simulate launching an attack from a high altitude.

Wang Zhong pretended not to see why she frowned.

The next moment, Amelia pulled up a chair, stood up directly, and raised the airplane model higher than Wang Zhong's yellow-nosed model.

Wang Zhong hurriedly said: "You win! Come on down, you can't simulate the plane moving forward on the chair."

This kind of simulated air combat using models usually requires two people to walk forward together to simulate the movement of the aircraft, and they cannot stand still.

Wang Zhong said and put the plane lower than his waist.

Emilia: "The way you just deliberately made things difficult for girls is like a boy going to the Scout camp for the first time."

The United Kingdom has a Scout culture, and children will go to the Scout camp for the first time to participate in collective life before going to school.

This sentence is scolding Wang Zhong, "Why are you like a kindergarten kid?"

Wang Zhong was also a little embarrassed. He just wanted to tease Emilia and didn't think much about it. It was just like how he usually teased Nellie, but he didn't expect that Emilia wouldn't tolerate him.

Wang Zhong: "Come for a simulated battle. Get in position quickly."

Emilia raised the model higher than Wang Zhong's yellow nose and said, "I'll enter from here, how do you want to react?"

Wang Zhong: "I need to adjust the propeller pitch first and change the fuel mixture ratio. Adjust the propeller pitch to..."

After listening to the data reported by Wang Zhong, Emilia was shocked: "Have you... driven BF109?"

Of course, my BF109 achieved 1,000 kills! Although because I have been flying in the historical mode of air combat, shooting down a player counts as two kills, but that is still 500 kills!

Emilia: "The propeller pitch and oil-gas mixture ratio are numbers that only 109 veterans can adjust!"

Wang Zhong: "Well, Vasily told me! He...he interrogated several Proson pilots!"

Emilia: "Would an interrogation pilot ask this kind of question?"

Wang Zhong decided to skip this topic, so he urged: "Okay, let's get started. If I make a move that exceeds the 109 maneuverability, it means that I precisely control the engine and propeller to exert 120% of the aircraft's performance. ”

Emilia: "Okay, then I will switch to attack now, I will roll right -"

Wang Zhong: "I kept the course unchanged. My altitude now is 3000."

The nose of Emilia's plane was pointed at Wang Zhong's plane: "I'll put you in the scope!"

Wang Zhong: "I sensed a threat, raised my head on alert and saw you! So I veered left at high speed to avoid your only shooting window."

Emilia: "I give up the attack, pull up to regain altitude, and turn the plane sideways to observe your position."

Wang Zhong: "I resumed level flight and resumed speed in a shallow climb."

Emilia said proudly: "Now I can easily catch your six points, but you have no chance."

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Then come!"

Emilia shook her head and continued: "I pull the joystick and enter the pursuit posture. At the same time, I recover the speed lost in the turn through dive. I will catch up with you."

Wang Zhong: "My height is now back to 3000. I have enough height to break S! Now I'm cutting to your negative G area."

The so-called negative G area can be commonly understood as the "bottom" and "below" of the aircraft. When all aircraft maneuver toward the bottom, blood will flow to the head and blood vessels can easily explode.

When humans are at positive G, blood will flow to the soles of the feet, and the brain will produce black vision and other phenomena due to ischemia. Most people will faint at 8G, but they can recover. Trained pilots can even reach 10G before fainting.

However, as long as the negative G reaches 6G, people with relatively fragile blood vessels will begin to burst blood vessels, and this process is irreversible. If not treated in time, they will die.

Because of this, it is a common practice in air combat to cut into the enemy's negative G zone, so that the enemy aircraft cannot directly follow the maneuver and must roll first.

In order to let his aircraft model enter the negative G zone, Wang Zhong had to get close to Emilia, almost touching her body, and the aircraft model was also hanging near her front armor.

But Wang Zhong wasn't looking at the front armor at all. He now had the pride of a pilot and just wanted to compete with Emilia.

Emilia: "I decided to give up following and look for new opportunities."

Wang Zhong sincerely praised: "A reasonable decision."

When an aircraft fights in the air, it consumes its own energy. This energy can be altitude potential energy, which is mainly provided by the altitude of the aircraft's flight, or dynamic potential energy, which is mainly related to the speed of the aircraft.

If Emilia had chosen to roll just now and then pulled back the joystick to keep up with the maneuvers of Wang Zhong's plane, she would have been dragged into endless consumption and finally leveled to the same energy level.

It was a smart idea to give up the attack and restore altitude and speed, because Wang Zhong's plane also consumed energy during the maneuver. If Emilia didn't follow up, the energy difference between the two sides would widen.

Wang Zhong thought for a while and said: "I will continue to fly straight and shallowly climb to recover energy. At this time, our flight directions are different. If you don't follow me, we will break away from contact, and you will never find me again. If this happens, I will be the defender." Just win.”

Actual combat is not a game. There are no map boundaries. The plane in Wang Zhong's posture can keep flying to widen the distance. Today's single-seat single-engine fighter jets do not have radar, so it is not easy to find an escaping enemy plane a few kilometers away.

Emilia: "I know, so I circled left after regaining altitude, confirmed your position, then moved forward in the same direction as you, and accelerated in a shallow dive."

Dive converts altitude potential energy into kinetic energy, which increases the speed of the aircraft. It is also a common means of recovering energy in energy air combat.

Just when Wang Zhong was about to speak, Amelia reminded him again: "The height difference between you and me has actually increased. This way, I can always catch up with you if I dive in shallowly to chase you."

"Don't be anxious." Wang Zhong said, "I saw you making a shallow dive to catch up. I'm patiently waiting for the moment you dive down."

Emilia: "I'm going to dive now, are you going to break S again? This time you don't have the height, you may hit the ground!"

Wang Zhong: "Of course not. I choose to roll and hold the operating stick, enter the circle, and avoid your shooting line. Do you want to follow?"

While asking the question, Wang Zhong had a mocking smile on his face that said, "Don't you dare follow me."

Emilia gritted her teeth and said, "I'll follow! Remember, Spitfire's roll is no worse than 109!"

The battle between the two then turned into a chase.

Wang Zhong: "You are faster than me, you will get ahead!"

"I entered the high-speed flight path. Now you are put in the sight again!"

Wang Zhong: "So I entered the defensive barrel roll. Your energy is higher than mine, and the pitch efficiency of the Spitfire is not as good as 109. Especially when the speed is higher than mine, you can't keep up."

While speaking, the plane in his hand was maneuvering, and people followed the trend and came behind Amelia.

He almost whispered in the girl's ear: "You lost. You lost when you rolled into the barrel. You were too impatient. You should break away from the attack, maintain the energy advantage and continue to chase me. If you repeat it a few times, the speed of my plane will increase." It’s as slow as sticking to the sky.”

Emilia shook her head: "This is an air battle where both sides know the other's movements. There are countless things that can be done."

Wang Zhong continued to say in the girl's ear: "The first time I entered your negative G area in real air combat, you couldn't find me."

Emilia: "I am a witch. No matter where you are, I can find you accurately."

Wang Zhong shrugged, distanced himself, and spread his hands: "Okay, but I won this time, and there's nothing you can do if you don't recognize me."

Emilia looked at him and smiled and said: "You didn't hear about some air combat skills from some Vasily. You have systematically studied air combat, and you also studied the latest information on air combat in the capital of the United Kingdom."

Wang Zhong: "Then you think too highly of me. I am the last in the military academy, and I am an ignorant and incompetent playboy."

Emilia: "Really? Since you insist on it, let's take it as such. Oh, by the way, I heard that the United States has invented a new two-machine cooperative combat method. I have always wanted to see it, no. Do you know if you can demonstrate it?"

Wang Zhong: "I don't know about two-plane warfare, not at all."

In fact, I know, Saki, the United States relies on this method of warfare to beat Zero War.

Emilia looked at Wang Zhong with a half-smile. At this time, the communications staff came in and saluted: "Report! The 393rd Brigade and the Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment successfully landed on the beach and are attacking Moha Port as planned!"

Wang Zhong clenched his fist vigorously: "Okay! Great! We passed the first level! Next, we will see when the enemy's armored counterattack will come. There are well-organized Prosens among the enemies, and they will definitely fight back! "

Pavlov: "The anti-tank artillery unit comes from the 225th Division. It is a reliable old unit. According to the plan, they should now be fortified in this area to prepare to block the enemy's tank unit."

At this time, Colonel Benjamin of the United Kingdom was a little worried: "Our Matilda tank has good armor even if it is a first generation tank. Can the 57mm gun cope with it?"

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, the penetration of this 57mm gun may even be better than that of the commonly equipped 76.2 anti-tank gun. Not to mention Matilda, even if Churchill comes, he can hit a dozen weak points."