Chapter 489: The Battle of Volleys (Part I)
"Hawkeye Eighteen calls the Sea Shark Squadron, please answer when you hear it."
"The Sea Shark Squadron has received it, please speak."
"The enemy aircraft group has entered the Philippine airspace, please go to the east longitude ** and north latitude ** to prepare for interception."
After all the Sea Hawk-3s of the Sea Shark squadron took to the air, they received instructions for the actions of the AWACS aircraft. Twenty-four Seahawk-3s of the entire squadron formed four groups, arranged in diamond-shaped attack echelons, and advanced towards the airspace indicated by the AWACS aircraft.
At the same time, a large number of Warhawk-3 and Warhawk-2G also gathered in the predetermined airspace over Borneo. It's just that they were far away from the target and landed behind the Sea Shark squadron.
Outside the waters of Manila, a total of three squadrons of Sea Hawk-3 also took off from the First Emperor-class aircraft carrier docked in the bay, lined up in an attack and interception formation, and headed straight for the southern airspace.
In fact, the performance of the Seahawk-3 carrier-based aircraft is similar to that of the Warhawk-3 in all aspects, but the functions and combat missions assigned are different from those of the Warhawk-3. The most obvious similarity is that both fighters have the ability to intercept air and attack on the ground, and can also attack ship targets at sea. In terms of the focus of the main functions, it is much worse. Both were born to seize air supremacy, but the Warhawk-3 is more suitable for ground attacks, while the Seahawk-3 is more suitable for ship attacks.
Half an hour later, the Sea Shark squadron had arrived in the predetermined area, and by this time, the Sea Hawk-3, which belonged to the other three squadrons with the other aircraft carriers, had also arrived. At this time, China had a total of four aircraft carriers guarding the southern part of the Philippines, and the home port of the Dahan had always been in Borneo. Suluhai has also been its main activity site. Although he is also part of the South China Sea Fleet, he is only responsible for fire support operations in this attack on the Philippines, which is an additional force.
At this moment, the Hawkeye 18 early warning aircraft has been guarding this airspace, and in the airspace not far ahead, there is another early warning aircraft that has just taken off to assist in this interception mission.
Below the scheduled battlefield is the Sibuyan Sea, a relatively large bay in the Philippine archipelago, separated by an island of Panay. On the other side is the Suluhai. In the sea of Sibuyan. Two city-class destroyers are cruising here, guarding the sea, separating the many small islands inside. And the original Japanese gunboats have been destroyed.
Adjust the communication of the combat mission with one voice. It has been echoing in the radio channels of the squadrons.
"The Hayabusa Squadron is responsible for diverting the opposing escort fighters. The fluorescent squadron was responsible for the assault from the left airspace. The Blue Eagle Squadron is responsible for the right side assault mission, and the Sea Shark Squadron is responsible for the high-altitude assault mission. The group of fighters that will support the interception mission will rush directly to the combat area. ”
With the adjustment of combat missions. The formation of the four squadrons is also constantly changing.
"The height of the enemy aircraft group is nine thousand, and the preliminary distance is still fifty kilometers."
The Sea Shark operated the fighter plane, and the other fighters maintained a constant altitude, and quickly flew forward. Fifty kilometers for the Seahawk-3 does not take long at all. In a short time, four battle formations of four squadrons had come to a place only ten kilometers away from the enemy's aircraft group.
Looking at the yellow peace charm on the electronic instrument, the sea shark's heart was filled with boundless emotion. In fact, on his chest, there was also a peace charm, which the wife of the family had personally asked for him. From the moment he walked into the barracks, the peace charm on his chest was only removed when he was rolling mud and bathing. Usually time, it has always been in his heart.
"Old man, this peace charm is yours, let's fight side by side." Tapping the peace charm stuck to the instrument with his hand, the sea shark muttered to himself. Like every pilot, he has always regarded his Seashark 1 as his best comrade. In heaven, they are even more dependent on each other.
"Attention planes, the enemy fleet is only ten kilometers away from you. After launching the missiles, please adjust their respective directions according to the needs of the scheduled mission. "In the radio channels of all the pilots, the sound of AWACS aircraft was heard again.
"Attention all members of the Sea Shark squadron, prepare to launch missiles and abandon the drop fuel tank." The Sea Shark gave the order on the radio and clicked the button to prepare the missile for launch, and when the four green signal lights were on, it meant that the four missiles could be launched at any time.
"Give up the drop tank." As the Sea Shark's command sounded, all the pilots pulled on and off the suspension fuel tanks at the same time.
Suddenly, in the group of planes at high altitude, the auxiliary fuel tanks hanging under the belly of the aircraft all fell off one after another, and under the gravitational pull of the earth, they fell towards the sea below. While putting down the drop tanks, all the fighters were also raised a little higher due to their weight.
"Sea Shark 1, Flying Fox 1 and 2 missiles, launched."
"Sea Shark 2, Flying Fox 1 and 2 missiles, launched."
Sea Shark 3 ,...
With the slogan of missile launch one after another, it was not the air-to-air missiles of the era of precision guidance in later generations, and as soon as they went out, there were a lot of them. The entire aircraft group, four squadrons, ninety-six warplanes, and one hundred and ninety-two air-to-air missiles, roared out of the group, burrowed into the clouds and flew into the sky. Subsequently, nearly 200 missiles flew through the sky, followed the orbits of the missiles in front of them, and roared away in the sky ahead.
As soon as the missile came out, the fuselage was much lighter, plus there was one less fuel tank. In this way, the fuselage is much lighter, and it adds a lot of convenience to the plane for the air battle that will take place next.
The fighters are easy, but the two AWACS aircraft are not so easy. Because they are also responsible for the terminal guidance of the missile launched by the fighter, and through the wireless control of the gyroscope of the missile warhead, some basic guidance is realized. Although it is not yet possible to do some precision guidance very effectively, in terms of quantity, these missiles are enough to exert great lethality against the bombers in the enemy group. Because the opponent's fuselage is large and slow, by the time they see the missiles, it is already too late. Unlike some fighter pilots, if they react quickly and can dodge in time, then the missile does not pose much threat to them. After all, there is no way for the current missile to be guided freely in the air, and once it flies past the target, as soon as the power is exhausted, it can only do free fall and fall helplessly.
Inside the AWACS aircraft, located in the tail part, several large displays are placed here, and there are many circular rotating devices underneath. On the huge display, on the left is a dense red dot, large and small. The small red dot surrounds the big red dot in front of the back, left and right.
On the opposite side of the red dot are two dense green dots, each with a small numeric code. The red and green sides are rapidly approaching, and at the highest point of the display, a group of numbers is beating rapidly, from the 10,000 that appeared in the green dot before, to 4,000 now.
The trajectory of the green dot also changes a little from time to time as the distance between the two sides approaches.
Under the monitor, there were seven or eight staff members, who were dazzling and operating the semi-circular spherical objects in their hands, and their eyes were staring at the monitor in front of them, without blinking their eyelids, as if they were afraid to pay less attention to any details.
At an altitude of about 10,000 meters 20 kilometers in front of the AWACS aircraft, a huge group of Allied bombers, accompanied by fighters, advanced toward Manila on the other side of the Philippines.
In the fleet, there are various aircraft types, and the flags are also divided into two types. The United States fighter planes are all under their own national flags, while Japan's Hawk-2 and Zero fighters are also marked with their own plaster flags. The two air forces, which were originally fought to the death, have now come together.
This can only sigh with emotion, what will happen in the future, no one can say clearly.
However, what will happen next is not unexpected by the Chinese air interceptor force.
As soon as the missiles that appeared densely in flames came out of the clouds, this allied coalition force immediately became a chicken.
"Oh sell cakes, Chinese missiles."
"Yaga, get out of the way."
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In the leading group, the radio channels between the planes suddenly became a mess, and all the planes immediately began to maneuver and dodge, and those who reacted quickly narrowly avoided the missiles with the help of the performance of the fighters, and those who reacted slowly could only have a close contact with the missiles.
Because it is not possible to communicate directly with each other by radio, the main reason is that the time run-in is not enough, and there is no way to clearly connect the radio stations on Japanese planes to the United States. The two have just stood together, and some things have not changed. So, in this fleet, there are two universal radio channels, one for American aircraft and one for Japanese aircraft.
Moreover, the American bomber has a channel of its own. In the Allied Air Force, it was basically difficult to achieve free communication between the various aircraft branches for the time being.
This also led to the fact that many fighters behind did not know what was happening in front of them, and could only see the chaos in the group of planes in front, followed by a firelight, and seven or eight fireworks suddenly appeared in the sky.
Only then did they reflect that this was China's missile, the fighter unit in the rear, and there was no need for an order, and all the fighters left their original positions, high or low, left or right to maneuver and dodge.
Those huge bomber forces, although the pilots inside are already trying their best to control the planes to dodge, but the huge planes have a very fatal flaw, that is, slow action.
The larger the volume, the slower the action.
Although the missiles are not good at turning, there is absolutely nothing wrong with them in the straight forward speed, up to the minimum speed of Mach 2, and when these allied planes see the missiles, even if the fighters can dodge it, the bombers are definitely not immune.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and the fear on the faces of all the bomber pilots could be seen at this moment. The attack came too suddenly, and it caught them off guard. The joystick was almost broken, but the plane was still at turtle speed. (To be continued.) )