Chapter 263: MiG-23MLA

The pressure turned into motivation, and in the face of the threat of death, relying on the 750-round cannon, the defecting Cobra helicopter No. 024 took out the two helicopters that were chasing, and at the same time, used up the last ammunition. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The amount of fuel is also starting to run out, and the fuel can reach Kushiro with a lot of leeway, but now, the altitude must be increased to support the rest of the voyage!

Aligning the course, leaving the wreckage of two helicopters, a layer of fuel floating on the surface of the sea, and the Cobra helicopter continues to fly.

However, just two minutes after the flight, the sound of a radar warning receiver came from the earphones.

Locked by radar!

"It's definitely an empty F-4!" Rokuro Ohashi said: "Prepare to jump, we can't deal with the F-4!" ā€

Helicopter and helicopter, air combat can still maneuver, even if there is only an aerial gun, it can be hailed, but, with fixed-wing fighters? That's a complete search for death, what does a helicopter have? There is no radar, there are no advanced air-to-air missiles, anti-tank missiles simply cannot hail fast fighters, and it is impossible to even aim! As for the cannon? Can you wait until someone jumps right in front of you and waits for you?

Jump, jump now, there is still a chance to escape, now it has been locked, and the next moment, the Sparrow missile flew over, and it blew up its helicopter in three or five strokes.

It's still dozens of kilometers away from Kushiro, and now it's jumping, can you swim there? Even if you jump, it's almost like looking for death!

Just as he was hesitating, the unique radar warning sound was actually over!

Looking up, Rokuro Ohashi saw high in the sky. A white trajectory appeared, fighters. It's the fighter of the Soviets!

Damn, how did the Soviets show up at this time! Koizumi, a pilot of the Air Self-Defense Force, cursed.

They didn't take off from the Chitose base. The planes of the Chitose base are still halfway there, and they are conducting flight training over the sea in the southeast, and after receiving the order, they immediately rushed here, but fortunately they did not miss anything.

Originally, the radar had locked on to the helicopter, and the missile was pre-energized and ready to fire at any time. Just as he was about to press the button, the sound of a radar warning receiver came from his headphones.

"452, 452, two targets found, sixty at a distance, ten thousand at a height!" The wingman's radar did not lock on to the aircraft on the sea, and it was still in a state of air search, and the target was soon discovered.

Flying from the north. Definitely the fighters of the Soviets! At this time, what should I do? The death order given above was that the defected helicopter had to be shot down, as it would be a major general of the United States. And the high-ranking officials of the Self-Defense Forces have been killed, and they can't be allowed to escape!

And now, want to shoot down this helicopter. Then the Soviets had to be dealt with first! The Soviets are menacing, and it is clear that they are here to cover this helicopter!

ā€œ453怂 Sparrow missiles, planes to solve the Soviets! Koizumi pulled up the nose. Turn on the afterburner, and the F-4 fighter begins to climb up quickly, killing the Soviets first! According to the flight altitude and speed of the other party, it can be seen that it should not be the MiG-25, at this time, the air self-defense force of the entire island country is smelling the MiG-25 changing color, the altitude and speed of this aircraft is simply invincible! And now, it should be the MiG-21 or MiG-23 of the Soviets, both of which are not difficult to solve.

At this time, Koizumi didn't know that his big trouble had just begun.

The arrival of the 47th Regiment has greatly enhanced Hokkaido's air power, because the 47th Regiment is the first team in the Far Eastern Military Region to replace MiG-23MLA fighters!

MiG-23MLA, historically, this should be a mid-term improvement of the MiG-23, not much like the prototype. But now, this fighter has undergone earth-shaking changes, and its performance has been greatly improved compared with the original.

After the MiG-23K modified by the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the Navy was quite satisfied with the performance of this fighter, except for the fact that it could not compete with the American Tomcat fighters at long distances, the rest of the performance was quite excellent. Historically, the MiG-23K died early due to the lack of an aircraft carrier and was not put into service at all, and now, at Andrei's suggestion, the Minsk aircraft carrier has added a jumping deck to prepare for carrying this fighter. And at the same time as the Navy stabilized its equipment, the Air Force and Air Defense Forces were also looking at it.

Now, the third-generation MiG-29 and Su-27 will take several years to equip the troops, and at this time, the American F-15 has already entered service, for example, now, even part of the Self-Defense Forces of the island countries have begun to operate F-15 fighters, and the pressure on the Far Eastern Military District is very great.

So, at Andrei's suggestion, the MiG-23K was finalized and equipped with the aircraft carrier of the Soviet Navy, and at the same time, using the results of the MiG-23K, it became a natural choice to modify the existing MiG-23 fighters.

After all, the MiG-23K was changed to a twin-engine turbofan in order to get on the ship, which reduced fuel consumption and increased thrust, so as to meet the requirements of glide jump take-off and make up for the loss of weight gain on board.

The land-based MiG-23 uses a Tumansky R-35F-300 turbojet engine with a maximum thrust of 8,550 kg and afterburner thrust of 13,060 kg, and the fuel consumption rate is also greatly reduced. Compared with the original, there is still an improvement.

The internal electronic equipment is all modified with the results of the MiG-23K, and the control is a three-degree analog fly-by-wire, which is essentially an improvement compared to the original hydraulic control, and the wing, which previously required three-speed manual control, has now become computer automatic control.

Improved Sapphire-23 radar, updated fire control and automated interception systems, and more importantly, helmet sights! After these improvements, the MiG-23 is a qualitative leap in performance, except that it is still the same as the original.

Squadron Leader Captain Kuturiv will never forget the excitement when he took his comrades to receive the new fighter, and on the way back, he deeply liked this fighter, no need to manually adjust the swept wing, and it was even easier to guide the missile to the target in combat! With such fighters, needless to say the F-4 of the Americans, even the F-15 came up, and they also had full confidence to fight with them!

At this time, he took his wingman Yuri and took off quickly from the base to expel the American plane and protect the lone defected island helicopter, and he was full of confidence.

"R-23 launch!" Kuturiv shouted over the radio and, at the same time, pressed his finger to the red transmitter button on the steering stick. (To be continued.) )