A/N I might go on hiatus for a while due to my academic load. However, the next chapter I will post will be posted until the ending, and I'm rushing things up to start Saga 3...
BTW, the battle for Dimmsdale, California will be full of aircraft maneuvers. You must be familiar on how each maneuver works.
And to give credit, the game that gave me the ideas for air combat is IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, and the modifications that gave me an idea on how the heatseekers and radar-guided homing missiles work are from the SAS community's various modes
Chapter 54 Start of Training
NMD1MU1: Turner residences, Dimmsdale, California, USA February 6, 2012 8:00 am
"This is the day Wanda..." Timmy said. Isabel is the one who woke him up and the one responsible for him since yesterday. His mom and dad left him yesterday and he, together with Isabel, has a great time together because Isabel's siblings came. However, unlike Vicky, Timmy is allowed to stay in his room to play or to go outside and play with his friends. Unlike ordinary school days, this Monday is unique because he could wake up a little bit late.
Tang Residences, 8:00 am
Unlike Timmy, however…
"Uncle Yao, why did you wake me up at that time?" Trixie asks towards China. It is because she is awake 3 hours earlier and they are now training in the Chinese Martial Arts.
"It is because what you need to learn is that the next day starting from this day is about training-aru." China replied "You will be worked up to the limit as a fighter pilot…"
"But isn't it the KND are the ones who's going to train us?" Trixie suddenly replied.
"Just drink your tea and calm yourself-aru." Both of them seep up of some tea from their teacups. "Remember that your first lesson from this day forward is concentration… just relax, since you have a long way to go-aru."
De Leslie Residences, 8:00 am
Tootie has just awaken from her sleep. Since her sister is now on her school, she is now more than ready to take the challenges she will face. However, what impressed her mind is what happened last night while playing together with her virtual squadron.
"Sector V and Sector M are sure hard opponents in the virtual realm… what more in the real world?"
Virtual World: Battle of the Bulge, 1942
Sector CL1, together with the members of the Dimmsdale Tiger minus the countries, took the Russian side of the conflict with Sector N and Sector R. Sector R and N are using the famous Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik while Sector CL1 and the members of the Dimmsdale Tigers are using the Yakpolev Yak-1.
"Alright, this is your first day of training…" A.J. said "…protect the Sturmoviks at all cause against Sector G, V and F."
"Roger that Flight 1." Trixie replied. At that moment…
"Guys, 10 109's 12:00 high!" a distinctive Russian voice said.
"Alright, Defensive maneuver!" A.J. yelled. They climbed upward and the enemy 109's are diving on their backs. Both groups found out each other and an aerial battle now begins. Immediately, Trixie, Tootie, A.J., Sanjay, Elmer, Chester, and Timmy break formation and aims on the 109s attacking the Ilyushins.
The battle is a long grueling one and the 109s manage to take down 2 Ilyushins. All of them are having problems on how to get these 10 109s out. Minutes later, a 109 has smoke in the radiator due to the Il-2's tail gunner and was forced to retreat.
"I've never face such skilled opponents!" Trixie yelled in frustration.
"Remember that three brains are better than one?" A.J. yelled. This created an idea for them. Timmy positions for an easy kill but the 109 jerks away and Timmy has a hard time to get him on his firing range.
"TIMMY! Enemy on your six!" Trixie yelled. Timmy immediately pulls up and begins to perform jerking and defensive maneuvers. Timmy saw that the 109 he is fighting is now after him and the three planes are in a scissors.
"DARN IT! HELP, I CAN'T FACE TWO AIRCRAFT!" Timmy yelled. At that moment, he saw Tootie joining in a chasing one of the plane that immediately pulls up However, 2 more planes line up on both of them and attacks on their 6 o'clock.
"A.J., Chester, Sanjay. Elmer, HELP!" Both of them yelled on the radio.
"Sorry but we are too busy!" All four of them yelled. Finally, the two spot a column of smoke trailing from the sky at Timmy's 2 o'clock and Tootie's 1 o'clock.
"Finally!" Trixie yelled. She actually shot down one 109 out of the sky with the pilot bailing out.
"Could you now help us!" Timmy yelled in the radio.
"Roger that!" Trixie yelled while adding telepathically "Just try the thatch weave."
"AND LOOSE ENERGY?" Both of them responded. However, the two decided to perform the maneuver. Unfortunately, the three chasing planes climbs up on a corner and are waiting for one of them to make a mistake. Trixie swoops her La-5 down the sky and aims at one of the 109's but the pilots notices and breaks away. Now Trixie has to fend for herself again.
"Guys, even an ace like me can't fight three planes!" Trixie yelled.
"Roger that!" the two others goes to the fight the planes chasing Trixie. All three tried to chase but the three planes just dodges and avoid the one-second burst they released.
"Guys, don't waste your bullets!" Trixie yelled at them. However, the 109s they are fighting are superior in climbing and the two can't give a chase and instead goes to Trixie's position and form a formation. Now the three are seems to look like sitting ducks.
"Alright, we are now low on ammo and fuel, how are we able to defeat them?" Timmy asks.
"Alright, I can't believe I'm saying this, but the best option is to bailout…" Trixie replied.
"Wait, what if we do the thatch weave with the three of us doing that!" Tootie replied.
"But that's close impossible!" Trixie yelled.
"Guys, let's just try it." Timmy said. At that moment, the three starts to weave in a pattern where the leftmost plane goes to the rightmost position and the other planes going to the left, having the rightmost plane as the center plane and center plane as the rightmost plane, and the maneuver is repeated. This is a difficult maneuver to perform due to the very high risk of air collision, but the three has a very high degree communication thru the wands and they could monitor and adjust quickly to the situations. Trixie turned on the enemy radio and notices that the persons they are fighting are actually the combination of Sector V and Sector M.
"Did you see that?" a voice said that Trixie recognized as the Massachusets Flying Hornets, the squadron of Sector M.
"Let's find a hole in that maneuver!" #1 yelled.
"Elaborate, but a very desperate tactic." #2 continued. Trixie communicated thru her wand the situation and the three are now prepared for an attack. The three 109s now positions at the tails of the La-5. However, they have to always break off because whenever one of them is on the tail of the Lavochkins, they have to face either 1 or two Lavochkins at the same time. The problem the 109s are facing seems to be very hard. It is because the La-5 doing the widest curve is the one who could easily adjust his or her turn to a wider or tighter turn. However, one of the 109s has its left wing deprived thanks to Trixie's effort. When that happened, the three wielders knew that the maneuver is effective.
"But there's two left." Tootie said.
"Alright, let's wait…" At that moment, Trixie, who has a 109 on her tail, begins to climb up, so is Timmy, who also have a 109 on his tail. All three of them lined up is a way that while Trixie is climbing, Timmy will aim at the 109 and the 109 behind Timmy is Tootie's business. All five planes line up in a deadly line formation. Simultaneously, the 109 in front of Timmy was hit on the left wing and begins to spin towards the ground while the one behind him did not engage and pulls away, with Tootie now on pursuit.
"Let's try the offensive variant." Trixie said.
"Roger that." Unknown to them, the pilot, who happens to be #2, heard it and was forced to bail his player avatar out of the 109.
At that moment, Tootie heard the doorbell and Tootie's mom is the one who answered the door.
"Hello, you're looking for my daughter right?" Tootie's mom said while shivering. It is because…
"Da! ^J^" a distinct Russian accept said with a smile that looked like the smiley attached. Tootie's mom called her and Tootie went out while carrying a huge bag. The Russian helped her and takes it to the limousine found outside the house. After a wave of goodbye, Tootie left the house via limousine. Aside from Russia and the Baltic Trio, America and Japan are there, with Japan driving the limousine towards the Tang residences.
"So, I heard you manage to defeat Sector V and M in an online fight…" America said "… but failed to protect the bombers."
"Yes." Tootie replied. The limousine stopped at the Tang mansion and Trixie is waiting outside the gate with China carrying her baggage for 2 weeks. After placing everything at the right place, China and Trixie entered in and they had a short chat with America and the others. Similarly, they stopped at Timmy's house and took Timmy, but Isabel was left behind to watch the house over.
Edwards Air Force Base, 10:15 pm
Timmy, Trixie, and Tootie can't believe that they are now in a huge Air Force base. In fact, Trixie is the most excited one among them because she could now see for the first time the jets she has dreamt of actually flying. Germany, Britain, and Italy North are the first ones who met them in the airfield.
"Alright, you are here for a crash training course on modern aviation. It is because we made a contract recently that KND will install kid-friendly avionics on one of the most advance fighters we have…" Germany said to them.
"Is it the prototype PAK FA of Russia or the J-10 of China? Perhaps the F-22 Raptor?" Trixie immediately said.
"I never saw her that excited." Timmy remarked using his wand.
"Actually, we planned to use the most abundant by now…" America said "… the government is not yet willing to use the F-35 for the basis of your personal fighters, but rather it is the F-22 that is chosen. The Senate did not approve the funding, so we just gave them the materials found in the 5 crashed F-22s and a B-2 and the scrapped F-117 and the KND will be the one who's going to built it!"
"But why didn't we use KND fighter aircraft instead?" Timmy suddenly asks.
"You three will lead the strike package, the only hope to repel the Darkness…" Britain said "…what you will need is a plane that both the none-KND pilot and the KND pilot that would instantly recognize as an ally. Besides, we already have this plan from the beginning to build a plane for the three of you, and the competition was really intense."
"Yeah-aru." China said "Aside from the four stealth fighters, Britain requested to use the Eurofighter Typhoon while France his Dassault Rafale. South Korea offered his T-50 but was rejected while India offered to do it on a lower cost."
"However…" Britain said "…the F-22 is the perfect platform because of these reasons: stealth is excellent, even though the Typhoon is able to defeat it…"
"In a guns brawl!" America yelled "Besides, Germany wanted a fair play, so I gave him fair play."
"But the F-22 was defeated by my planes-da, in a combat scenario!" Russia replied.
"But my F-22s got the first kill!" America protested.
"…it is also mass produced and is now outside the prototype stage, it has a decent maneuverability and the most highly candidate as the main contender against the so-called 'stealthy' enemy jets." Britain finished it.
"Besides, we asked the KND that it must also be compatible with both KND and non-KND arsenals…" America said "… and some WWII modified Hispano cannon system that Britain designed for the use of the former Wand Trio."
"KND has fairies to fix that system…" Britain said. "...anyways, it's a quartet."
"Yeah right... However, KND can only deploy it on February 10, and that means you are only able to practice with it on that day." America said. "However, that doesn't mean that we won't train you on the use of our weapons systems!"
"Indeed." Germany said while reading a manual "Let's see… the radar will be a KND standard issue, but the weapons system will be universal. KND has acquired the codes on how to operate the missile and guns systems and are now inputting it. You will be trained in several KND flying machines by an agent named #60 and the tactics would be thought by us, the countries…"
"WHAT!?" The three kids immediately yelled.
"Alright, aside from that, you are to be toured on nearly every aircraft stationed here to identify friend from foe. Your wake-up schedule is 6:00 am and you will sleep at 8 pm. KND also requested some care and respect and we could not do anything but to follow." Germany finished reading the policies. "Alright, that means I will lead you to the training and debriefing room."
On the room dedicated on training pilots, the three, together with Germany, are alone in a classic student-teacher arrangement. However…
"GERMANY!" Italy, together with Japan, entered the room.
"What are you doing here?" Germany asks them
"We are here for a pilot refresher course and Japan said that he is here to study on how kids behave on adult things like this!" Italy soon remarked.
"Alright…"
"Now, first, I want anyone of you to recite the Dicta Boelcke." Germany said. "What is the first rule?" Italy immediately raised his hand and Germany called him.
"Rule # 1. Don't attack at all! Keep the sun on your back!" Italy replied.
"Wrong…" Germany said. Trixie then raises her hand and answered "Rule #1 state that you have try to secure the upper hand before attacking. If possible, use the sun into your advantage."
"Good." Germany remarked. "What are the four things needed to secure an upper hand?" Italy raised his hand again.
"Speed and Altitude for easy retreat, and surprise to not engaged, but the fourth one is that you always have a white flag with you!"
"Next." Germany remarked. Trixie once again raised her hand.
"The four elements are Speed, Altitude, Surprise and Performance. Speed and Altitude would dictate your potential and kinetic energy levels, Surprise will dictate who would be the one shot down first, and Performance would help you compare both you and your opponent's planes."
"Good." Germany said. At that moment, Tootie raises her hand.
"Um, question…" Tootie asks "…why are we studying this rules?"
"It is because you are going to apply it." Germany said "KND will first train you in a biplane first and simulate dogfighting in the World War One scenario, of course, with no radar, missiles, and cannons."
"Alright…" Tootie said.
"Now let's proceed…" Germany said. "Now, what is rule #2." Italy once again raised his hand.
"When you attack, retreat as much as possible."
"No wonder why you are always shot down…" Germany said. "Japan, elaborate."
"Rule #2 states that once you attack, you should continue doing so. Retreating would only make your opponent position his guns on your back and shoot you down."
"Good." Germany said "What's rule #3?" At that moment, Tootie and Italy both raised their hands and Germany pointed at Tootie.
"You must fire your guns at close range. I do always remember that rule because that is very hard to achieve!" Tootie smiled at Germany.
"Correct." the German replied "What's rule # 4?"
"Don't look at the eyes of your opponent!" Italy yelled.
"Italy, do you realized that your opponent is suppose to do that?" Germany asks him.
"BUT IT'S SCARY! AS IF HE WANTED TO KILL ME!"
"YOU DUMKOFT, HE IS GOING TO KILL YOU!" Germany yelled. "Alright, the rule states to always look at your opponent at all times. Lose him and you'll lose the fight. Also, don't be fooled by a spinning opponent, which you always do Italy. Follow him until he bails out or he went hurtling down the ground. Now, what is rule number 5?" Timmy raised his hand and replied "Always attack your opponent right behind it, especially if it is a fighter plane. That's the easiest way to shoot your opponent down that doesn't put you at risk…"
"Don't forget that it has the less deflection calculation!" Trixie followed.
"Good." Germany said. "Now, this rule is related to the previous one. What is rule #6."
"If your opponent is attacking you from above you, bail out and fight another day!" Italy yelled.
"NO WONDER YOU'RE ALWAYS SHOT DOWN!" Germany yelled. "Alright, which of you, three, will answer a much more decent one." Timmy raised his arm and Germany recognized him.
"Simple. Get out of his firing range and turn around to meet him. Remember to also follow rule # 2 to continue your attack!"
"Alright, what is rule # 7?" Germany asks them. Italy raised his hands.
"You better answer this correctly…" Germany said.
"OF COURSE! KEEP YOUR LINE OF RETREAT!" Germany was just looking at himself somewhat saying you-crazy-coward-what-I-should-expect-from-you look.
"Alright." Germany said "Now, The final rule is the most important one. If you are in squadrons, attack in groups of four or six. Avoid 2 aircraft attacking the same opponent. Alright, you could now take a break and you're now dismissed."
After lunch time, the three are led by America to a certain kid commanding a group of kids which have different ages, all arranged in front of 17 planes that seems to be based on World War I biplanes. America saluted and said to the kid "Numbuh 60, these are the kids you will train."
"Good." the kid who acted as the superior, said. "You could leave them in here."
That night, on the room specially prepared for them to sleep, the three looks awefully tired and a dragging themselves for some sleep.
"I never thought that going in an actual air combat practice is this stressful…" Trixie said.
"I just felt my face being pulled up and down while maneuvering, what's worse is that we can't wear the magical G-suits that I wished…" Timmy said.
"Well, this day will be stressful… what about tomorrow?" Tootie asks them. The two others just collapse on their beds and said some goodnights.
"Alright, goodnight guys…" Tootie remarked.