But what now? The light camels in history have increased their weight. In order to deal with the German bomber with thick skin and extremely resistant to attack, the British decisively threw the two Vicks 7.7mm machine guns on the camel fighter into the trash can, and then replaced them with two French 13.2mm Hatchais machine guns! However, the firepower has been increased, but the weight has increased. You must know that a Hatchais 13.2mm machine gun weighs 40kg with just the body. How heavy is the Vickais machine gun? It is only 15kg. The weight of the two machine guns alone is 50kg less. Consider replacing a stronger bracket and ammunition weight. The maximum take-off weight of this camel has increased by nearly 100kg... In other words, the empty weight has increased by nearly one quarter...

What's worse is that adding weight at the front destroys the balance of the aircraft. In order to ensure the stability of the center of gravity, the British also pressed the counterweight behind the aircraft, and the engine did not change at all. Therefore, the final result is that the original camel heart now has to bear the weight of an elephant, and the light and agile camel is no longer there. Now this aircraft is nicknamed a flying brick by the pilot...

By the way, one thing to say is that if you look at the maximum takeoff weight of a camel, you will not be able to have much confidence in the range of this aircraft. The internal fuel range of this aircraft is only 400 kilometers, and it will drop even after increasing the weight. So it eventually became an airport protector. The British wanted to build some airports on the front line, in fact, to satisfy these short-legged birds!

Then, now, these flying bricks encountered a very embarrassing situation on the battlefield. In the low-altitude chase, the camel fighter was no faster than the German aircraft that had already thrown away bombs and used up nearly half of the fuel...

At the beginning of the pursuit, Jerry visually measured the distance between each other, about 1,800 meters. After chasing at low altitude and high speed for several minutes, the distance between them narrowed to about 1,300 meters. It seemed to be a good effect, but it was still useless. According to his experience, in order to shoot the deadly 13.2mm machine guns into the German plane, he had to close the distance to at least 400 meters! In order to get enough hits to destroy the opponent in a short shooting!

However, now, 1300 meters? You're going to be fucked! The long-term high-speed operation of the engine has brought great pressure to this camel fighter. The temperature of the lubricant is constantly rising, and even the body of the plane is shaking. An obscure sound comes from the front of the cabin, and everything is telling Jerry that his plane is a little overwhelmed.

The maximum output power of a propeller aircraft is very particular. Generally, in the second battle, the real maximum output power of the aircraft will only last 5 to 10 minutes. If it is long, you can try it, but you must be prepared to damage the engine or even destroy the plane. In the first battle, the same is true. The engine of the camel fighter has reached its limit. Looking at the target that cannot be traced in front of you, Jerry weighed it over and over again and had to give up the attack, and then let the wingman behind him continue to pursue it.

Because the latter wanted to provide alert for the long aircraft, they were relatively high and could use dive to quickly close the distance. So, after Jerry made way for the attack position, the two aircraft dived and started chasing one after another. However, the second aircraft also did not complete the attack mission and barely launched an attack when it finally approached a distance of 700 meters. The two flying fire snakes opened several bullet holes in the rear of the German bomber and had to give up.

When the third British fighter launched an attack, the British finally touched the butt of the K-4 bomber, a sudden change occurred! The British spent too much time to attack this bomber! Do you really think the elites of the Bavarian Air Force who were hunting over the war zone did not exist?

A j-3 fighter quickly flew over the side of the camel fighter and came directly over the normal attack angle. When the camel fighter finally locked the target in the center of the scope, the hunter in the distance carried out a very accurate shooting at the deviation angle! Three fire snakes flew together and flew towards the unexpected camel fighter. The powerful 20mm shell easily penetrated the cockpit, smashing the pilot in half! Then, the j-3 fighter that succeeded in one strike quickly broke away. At this time, the other two camel fighters who were alert in the air were also trapped in a fight with German fighters.

Such small-scale battles were everywhere on the battlefield. The British fully fulfilled their promises and tried their best to block the attacks of German bombers on the French army. Over the 9th Armored Division of France, the largest battle in the entire battlefield finally kicked off. Three and a half squadrons of German bombers were under the cover of 40 fighters, and the British were unambiguous and directly invested 6 squadrons and about 62 various aircraft to launch a large-scale air battle! It even included a large number of dh9a ​​fighters!

"This is destined to be a tough battle." At an altitude of 5,500 meters, the Red Baron Richthofen was taking his teammates to overlook the entire battlefield, including a group of fighters on both sides that were approaching each other at an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 meters. At this time, as the top presence in Bavaria and even the entire German air force system, the Baron himself led a colleague who was completely different from the general elite fighter unit to join the battle.

This is a brand new J-4 fighter. Judging from the appearance, the biggest difference from previous aircraft is that this is a monoplane. Although the wing load has increased due to a lack of a layer of wings, which greatly deteriorates the horizontal performance, it has achieved greater speed and better climbing. Many test pilots expressed their discomfort after trying this aircraft. However, in Richthofen's opinion, although such an aircraft started to fly a little awkward, it can definitely become the most terrifying air killer after getting familiar with it. Not to mention anything else, relying solely on the speed of more than 250 kilometers per hour and the initial climb of up to 750 meters per minute, this will definitely allow him to seize the initiative in air combat!

This time, Baron Red and his colleagues have to test the aircraft's ability to fight in formations on the battlefield and their performance in dealing with various goals.

"The opponents we may encounter in the future are all here, Newport fighter, camel fighter, Haverland's DH9a, and there are some twin-engine aircraft in the distance, which seem to be from the French? This time the British are fighting hard enough. When will we attack?" said a colleague next to him.
Chapter completed!