"The two air groups of the Imperial Air Force deployed in the South Seas and Australia must also prepare for battle. Although Island Nation's air power is not weak, its only truly representative aircraft is the Zero Carrier Fighter. Our BF-109 fighters, as well as the carrier-based BF-109s, are no worse than the Zero Carrier Fighter, let alone the even more powerful FW-190 fighters. Moreover, our engineers have already found a way to deal with the Zero Carrier Fighter. I believe our pilots will be able to handle this fighter with its exceptional low-altitude dogfighting capabilities. This will give us a major advantage when dealing with the Island Nation Navy's carrier-based aircraft units!" Oscar said.
The most famous Island Nation fighter of World War II was undoubtedly the Zero Carrier Fighter. Although this aircraft was not particularly fast, it possessed excellent low-altitude dogfighting performance and an exceptionally long range. In World War II in another time and space, this allowed it to beat the Americans' F4F fighter planes into dogs during the early stages of the Pacific War. So much so that many American Navy aviators no longer dared to take to the skies. It was not until the F4U fighter plane entered service and the Americans found ways to counter the Zero Carrier Fighter that this situation changed.
The Zero fighter's strengths mainly lay in low-altitude dogfighting. As long as one did not engage them in a dogfight, they were easy to deal with. For example, the most classic tactic against Zero fighters was undoubtedly to exploit one's advantages in speed and climb rate, diving down from high altitude to attack. After completing one attack run, one would use those same advantages in speed and climb rate to break free from the Zero fighters' pursuit, then continue diving attacks