Chapter 16 Heavy Fighters Blocking the Way

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Under the night sky, the F-2 multi-role fighter had already been tracked and locked by the radar of the Air Self-Defense Force, and in a short period of ten minutes, the spirit core had already listened and obtained a number of unfavorable information.

First of all, the four SDF air bases in the Tokyo area have been put into combat readiness, and the air defense units equipped with Patriot-3 surface-to-air missiles that are responsible for defending Tokyo are ready for launch.

In addition, the Air Self-Defense Force has taken off two two-plane F-15J Eagle fighters from two bases.

The AN/APG-63(V)1 Doppler fire control radar of the F-15J Eagle fighter has a search and tracking range of up to 185 kilometers, and several radars on the ground have been tracking the F-2B two-seat multirole fighter controlled by the spirit core, so there is no need to hide.

When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

The spirit core quickly consumed as much fuel as possible in the auxiliary fuel tanks mounted in the two anchor points, and the speed continued to rise.

A single-engine multi-purpose third-generation light fighter, in the face of four twin-engine heavy air superiority fighters, there is a gap in number and combat power, but the F-2 fighter is like a warrior of iron cavalry on the verge of death, and does not test missiles from a long distance, but constantly accelerates the speed, as if it is going to crash head-on into these roadblocks.

Open the afterburner, the F110-IHI-129 turbofan engine is roaring and roaring, the maneuverable fighter suddenly becomes quite wooden, the fuselage begins to tremble slightly, with a deafening loud bang, the sound has long been left far behind.

The F-2 fighter entered the supersonic cruise!

All the radar stations and control centers, including the radar officer in the E-767 airborne early warning aircraft, the weapon system officer in the back seat of the F-15J Eagle fighter, and so on, everyone was shocked.

Everyone is thinking, what does this fighter want to do? Do they want to re-enact 911 and cause a horrific incident by having a high-speed, third-generation fighter crash head-on into a high-rise building in the Tokyo area?

Soon there were calls from various radio channels, both from the ground and from the air.

"Ikebe-kun, Sakata-kun, please think about your family and friends, you are all warriors of the empire, you are the pride in their eyes, you should not be so reckless, take it easy, follow us and fly back, we guarantee your safety!"

Four F-15J Eagle fighters flew towards the F-2 fighter at high speed, and they were not ready to attack, and they were still trying to persuade the two Self-Defense Force pilots flying the fighter to stop, and even tricked them into losing control of their emotions for a while, so that they could be tried by a military court at their discretion.

In any case, the fighter jets from the two combat readiness hangars on duty at the Matsushima military base that night, Hangar No. 1, took off without orders, proving that at least the pilots were either weapons systems officers, or even two people, were involved in the operation.

Is there any suspicion of assistance from the ground staff? Is it one person or two people on the fighter? What is their purpose?

All sorts of information such as this were consumed by the ferocious explosion, and intelligence analysts could not tell the difference, so they could only conclude that the fighter jet's rise into the air was most likely due to the flight crew's mental loss of control.

If they really defected, then they should go straight to Russia, China, or even North Korea after taking off, instead of flying at ultra-low altitudes and suddenly coming straight to Tokyo.

The reckless fighter was unreachable by all communication channels, and all radars monitored its supersonic flight above Mach 1.5.

With the speed of sound of 340 meters per second as the standard, Mach 1.5 is 510 meters per second, and theoretically 100 kilometers only takes less than 200 seconds, that is, three or four minutes.

Such a fast speed, of course, is based on an unprecedentedly large fuel consumption, and the damage to the engine itself is also extremely tragic, causing material ablation and deterioration, resulting in a sharp reduction in service life.

This is also why the third-generation fighter can only use supersonic flight for emergency situations, such as getting rid of enemy aircraft tracking or missile pursuit, and only the fourth-generation fighter will use supersonic cruise to achieve high-speed penetration and expand the missile attack range.

The last communication contact was still not available, and seeing that the F-2 fighters were about to penetrate into the air defense security cordon in the capital Tokyo, the air defense units equipped with Patriot-3 surface-to-air missiles on the ground did not receive the order to attack.

Perhaps the Minister of Defense thought that the hit rate of the Americans' anti-aircraft missiles was not very good, so the four F-15J Eagle fighters that were intercepting in the air at an angle received the order to attack.

In the case of the defection of the fighter plane, the identification of friend or foe code on this F-2 fighter has already classified the Air Self-Defense Force from a "friendly force" to an "enemy," so there will be no "accidental damage" to any missile launched by the F-15J Eagle fighter.

History, should remember this moment.

Since World War II, the F-15J Eagle fighter of the Yuben Air Self-Defense Force has set a new historical record, that is, it has launched the AAM-4B medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the AMM-4B medium-range air-to-air missile jointly developed by the United States and equipped with the headquarters of the F-2B two-seat multirole fighter jointly developed by the United States.

AN/APG-63(V)1 Doppler Fire Control Radar, Lock on to the Target!

Fire control data imported into AAM-4B missiles!

In order to ensure that no erroneous orders were carried out, the commander of the team's chief weapon system once again asked VHF whether to launch an attack, and after receiving a clear answer that "it is okay to attack," the responsibility for the success of the attack will no longer be borne by them.

In the first round of test launches, only two of the four F-15J Eagle fighters cross-launched a total of four AMM-4B missiles, while the other two F-15J Eagle fighters provided real-time data guidance from the Doppler fire control radar through the tactical data link, accurately guiding the missile to fly at a medium range until the end of the flight, and the missile's active radar seeker was turned on.

However, the F-2 fighter jet controlled by the spirit core remained unmoved, as if the J/APG-2 active phased array fire control radar on the plane was not installed.

The four missiles approached at a rapid pace, and their flight Mach number exceeded Mach 4, which is four times the speed of sound.

If the F-2 fighter jet controlled by the spirit core at this moment is like a wild horse running wild, then these four missiles are like four cold arrows shooting head-on, so at relative speed, every second, the two are almost 2,000 meters closer.

As the world's first medium-range air-to-air missile equipped with an active electronic scanning array radar, the AAM-4B could have allowed the F-15J Eagle fighter jet to quickly disengage after launch, but they did not leave immediately.

On the contrary, they were very sure that the AAM-4B, which cost more than $1 million per unit, would be able to shoot down the "enemy plane", but they overestimated the reliability of this expensive weapon, and shortly after it was launched, a missile failed due to a malfunctioning component and lost its signal.

The remaining three bombs quickly hit the target, and the active radar seeker was successfully activated, and the active electronic scanning array also immediately detected and locked on to the F-2 fighter.

Life and death, maybe in that moment!

Missiles are not intelligent, they just blindly choose the nearest route, pounce on the target at the fastest speed, and then under the calculation of their own computing module, measure whether the target has entered their effective killing range.

If so, then they will explode in the air and kill the enemy aircraft with high-explosive fragmentation, otherwise, they will only chase fiercely until they are within the killing range.

Therefore, these three missiles attacked head-on, and their flight trajectory was almost straight, which was just a fire interception by using the J/APG-2 active phased array fire control radar to open the 20mm JM61A1 cannon for the spiritual core that completely controlled the F-2 fighter.

The AAM-4B's attack path is fixed and the speed has not changed, and the spirit core can easily determine their flight position in the next second, and can use the cannon to shoot the advance amount.

Perfectly controlling the spirit core of the FCS flight control system, the three AAM-4B missiles that came in a salvo almost side by side just came into the range of the cannons, just a few 20 mm caliber shells fired with a slight change of course lightly, and hit the three missiles very accurately.

It's like a stupid farmer who sees a peerless swordsman and throws three apples from a distance, only to be slashed in the air by a whizzing blade.

In the night sky, three missiles exploded into three brilliant fireballs, and all kinds of fragments of the explosion were wrapped in huge kinetic energy, penetrating the air and bursting out in all directions, which was no less than a stunning fireworks show for the people who were fortunate enough to look up at the sky on the ground.

None of the three missiles hit!

The F-15J Eagle fighter group, which had the hope of victory, was silent, and they obviously overestimated the advanced surname of the AAM-4B in the first actual battle, but they did not stop there.

The supersonic F-2 fighter is about to enter the end time of afterburner, and the third-generation fighter maintains supersonic flight for no more than 5 minutes, otherwise there is a risk of major engine failure.

After turning off the afterburner, the two F-15J Eagle fighters who were originally watching the battle had already fired four AAM-5 air-to-air near- and medium-range infrared guided missiles.

However, all of a sudden, the F-2 fighter swooped down, and although the afterburner was turned off to end the destruction of the engine, the fighter still maintained a high flight speed by diving.

Four infrared-guided AAM-5 missiles followed the infrared signature of the F-2 fighter's engine tail nozzle and chased it all the way.

But before he could dive, the F-2 fighter jumped into the air at a rapid pace.

Almost at the same time, the continuous release of infrared decoy bombs slammed and banged, and the fighter jets sowed bright spots in the night sky.

The AAM-5 missiles that crashed head-on into the infrared decoy bombs exploded two on the spot, and the remaining two were still in hot pursuit, and the F-2 fighter flicked its tail with a high overload that seriously exceeded the limit of human bearing, and suddenly let the remaining two AAM-5s rush over.

When they completed the large-radius course adjustment and fired at the F-2 fighter again, an even more terrifying scene happened.

The F-2 fighter actually rushed head-on towards the two missiles, the speed was extremely fast, and it was about to enter the effective killing radius of the missile, prompting its volley to explode, the F-2 fighter suddenly increased speed, a vertical climb, and the two AAM-5 missiles lost their targets, and the high overload flight finally ran out of fuel, and they had to start a self-destruct volley explosion scattered into fragments.

Got rid of the AAM-5 missile attack with an ultra-extreme maneuver that was by no means human, and completely mastered the spirit core of the F-2 fighter, and without Wu Feng's order, he had already attacked the four F-15J Eagle fighters with great momentum.

"Prepare for the fight!"

The pilot of the long plane shouted in the communication channel, and all the F-15J Eagle fighters immediately threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks in the air, and went into battle lightly like a flock of eagles preyed, and attacked the F-2 fighters in two or two formations.

Air combat, as if in the blink of an eye, is back to World War II, relying on machine guns to win hand-to-hand combat.

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