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Chapter 1298: Fighting on the battlefield to retake the center (5)

Space fighters cannot fly into the atmosphere because the thrust provided by their engines is too small and their wings merely serve as a mounting platform for weapons and equipment. They cannot provide effective lift and therefore cannot fly at all.

What's more, space fighters have not been insulated. Even if a heat shield is installed, they will still be burned and disintegrated by the high temperature when falling into the atmosphere.

Similarly, aircraft within the atmosphere cannot enter the void. The higher the altitude, the thinner the air is, the lower the lift the wings can provide, and the engine will shut down due to lack of oxygen. Moreover, aircraft within the atmosphere have no protection against deadly and invisible cosmic rays and radiation. Forcing their way up would be courting death.

For the military, this is not a big problem, because according to previous war experience, there is no need to enter the atmosphere. Most of the time, I just put the fleet here, and the other side will basically choose to surrender in order to prevent everything from being destroyed.

However, the small demand does not mean that there is no demand. The military has still prepared aircraft that can carry out landing operations.

That is a modified shuttle.

Compared to fighter jets, shuttles are mediocre all-rounders that can carry people, cargo, and be equipped with machine guns and ion beams for use as heavy weapons. Most importantly, not only can this thing travel freely between the void and gravity environments, it can even hover in the air. However, its performance is significantly inferior to the previous two.

Due to its convenience, most warships will have one or two. Although they are not used in normal combat, they can be used as transport boats or to transport some supplies.

When carrying out landing operations, the so-called air force support mainly comes from assault landing ships, shuttles and orbital bombing.

With the simple addition of a heat shield, the shuttle can directly penetrate the atmosphere alone. After adding weapons, it can be used roughly as an attack aircraft to provide close air support.

However, the enemies in orbit have not been cleared out yet. In order to prevent their army from being beaten up like idiots, the Red Maple Republic naturally sent a shuttle to intercept them.

The result was an air battle with a huge span from an altitude of over 30,000 meters to an altitude of less than 3,000 meters.

How could Li Chengxi be missing out on such a good thing?
I must attack in the form of the Manta!
Li Chengxi doesn't care how the battle goes on the ground. I'm here to fight in the air.

In the cockpit, the invisible man pressed switches one by one, the powerful engine roared, and the altitude data on the instrument was rising rapidly.

"In fact, you can use Silver Cyclone to go to the ground to support the battle."

Li Chengxi's voice came from the speaker below the cockpit:
"I think there is a lack of heavy weapons down there."

Hall held the armrest of the seat tightly and shook his head gently:
"I have never fought in a gravity environment, nor have I conducted any simulations of driving a Silver Cyclone in a gravity environment. On the contrary, it would be more of a hindrance than a help."

That's true. Hall was a pilot, not a driver. The two cannot be completely equated.

It is true that the Silver Cyclone is a ground machine, but the magic mecha itself can only perform at its maximum efficiency in the void, so a tank is more suitable for use on the ground.

Hall knew very well that flying in a gravity environment was different from flying in the void, but she had never received any training in flying in a gravity environment.

Seeing the Manta preparing to attack, Hall immediately jumped up and said, "I want to take a look."

That's quite studious.

"Okay, it's impossible to do big maneuvers while flying in the atmosphere anyway, so just sit tight."

Li Chengxi's maneuvers of the aircraft were exactly according to the game, without considering whether the people inside were dead or alive. However, it is true that maneuvering in the atmosphere is different from maneuvering in the void, and air resistance will not forgive you.

To be honest, Li Chengxi was used to flying the Lionfish in the void, so he felt very uncomfortable driving the Manta in a gravity environment. The flight stick felt too heavy, and the acceleration was too slow, especially in the climbing state.

As I said earlier, the shuttle of the Whirlwater Federation was intercepted by the shuttle of the Red Maple Republic on its way down, which resulted in a huge span of the combat area between the two sides.

The Manta took off from the Swan and had to climb for a long time before reaching the battlefield. Anyone who has some knowledge of flying knows that an airplane is most vulnerable to attack when it is climbing.

Even if Li Chengxi was driving the Manta, he still needed to be extremely careful and always adjust his view to look above his head, otherwise he would easily be turned into a fireball on the spot.

Hall saw on the altimeter that Li Chengxi began to level off when he climbed to about 6,000 meters. His speed was clearly still far from the point of stalling, so he could continue climbing.

She didn't understand, so she asked.

"Seduce me and see if anyone comes after me."

When flying within the atmosphere and both sides only have weapons within visual range such as machine guns and ion beams, altitude will be a great advantage.

In the final analysis, air combat is nothing more than a battle of energy. When you climb, the kinetic energy of your engine will be converted into altitude potential energy, and when you dive, the altitude potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy.

Even with a magic engine like the Manta, its speed would of course drop after a period of climbing, making it a slow-moving target for enemies above.

If he was attacked by a dive at this time, even if Li Chengxi took evasive action immediately, it would be difficult to avoid the enemy's artillery shells, so he chose to fly level at a position of 6,000 meters in order to restore speed and see if anyone would come to catch him.

This is what is called sting enforcement. Li Chengxi has used this trick many times in the game to bully newbies.

After a brief explanation, Hall immediately heard the radar beeping and red warning lights began flashing in the cockpit.

"As expected, they are here. This is the only capability that the Red Maple Republic pilots have."

Then the Manta suddenly rolled and went down, drawing a C-shaped trajectory.

At that moment, Hall saw the engine lights fly past the side of the Manta, accompanied by tracers and ion beams.

The Manta's variable wings bring about the effect of dual vector propulsion, which is very advantageous in climbing and diving. In addition, Li Chengxi also deliberately maintained speed when climbing, so the Manta quickly completed a big turn in the sky.

Normally, after a dive attack, regardless of whether the target hits the target or not, the pilot should use the dive speed to accelerate and disengage, but the pilot of the Red Maple Republic chose to turn around.

Indeed, when the speed is fast, the rotation speed will also be fast, but a lot of kinetic energy converted from high potential energy will be wasted in this process.

"He really wants to get into dogfighting after all. So what kind of textbooks have these pilots read?"

Li Chengxi complained that the shuttle of the Red Maple Republic was still circling, but at this time it had entered the shooting line of the Manta Ray.

Aiming slightly at a position half a body's length away, Hall felt a tremor under his feet. The machine gun and ion beam were fired at the same time. The shield of the shuttle was destroyed, and its wings were torn apart, and it quickly spun down.

Hall didn't dare to speak, because the textbook she studied also said that dogfighting between fighter planes was the most effective...

(End of this chapter)