The belated wind was actually the greatest defeat of the British in a normal battle. If Commander Weatherall had enough knowledge of the strength of the Southern Liberation Army's air force, he would definitely let the wind strike first, and use carrier-based aircraft to cooperate to burn the flames of war to the side of Malaya first. However, he was a naval officer, and he was not enterprising, believing that the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower was strong enough that it would not be a problem to arrive first, but if the wind was allowed to arrive early, then these fighters with limited time in the air would expose the fleet to a war zone without more protection once they completed their mission.

Anyway, by the time the Tornado arrived, the British task force had already been destroyed by half.

Although the British army's group of Tornadoes is mainly IDS (ground attack), with about seven or eight ADVs (air defense interceptors), although the IDS is the same as the Flying Leopard, it is still slightly more than half a point stronger in maneuverability. Although it is not an orthodox fighter compared to the Thunder, it also has a chance to fight. According to the base's combat simulation, the Thunder Dragon and Tempest have a theoretical win rate of about 61%, which is not an overwhelming advantage, and this data relies heavily on the PL-12's long-range interception.

Qi Yiming immediately instructed: "Expand the space for activity, don't take the initiative to fall into the chaotic battle before, make use of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, and try to solve the opponent with medium-range bullets at a long distance!" ”

The previous aerial melee had to be fought, and the Thunder Dragon needed to protect the bomb-dropping bomber Flying Leopard, at this time the Flying Leopard had returned, and the Thunder Dragon could choose the combat method more flexibly to intercept these incoming winds. In fact, the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and now the Tornado needs to protect the IDS attack and four Victory bombers in its fleet.

Fifteen Thunder Dragons (one was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery) was naturally not too reliable to deal with 36 enemy planes, but fortunately, Qi Yiming immediately reacted, and a Thunder Dragon air regiment on urgent standby all took off, and 24 Thunder Dragons drove to a top speed of Mach 2 and rushed to the airspace 400 kilometers away.

The four Mirage 4000s, which Qi Yiming and the French had high hopes for, also formed an aviation squadron and took off with the Thunder Dragon Air Regiment, and their fuselages had been painted with the star flame logo representing the Southern Solution.

Different from the PLA that uses the August 1 Red Star, the Southern Liberation uses the starflame in the national flag as a symbol, but the painting used by the military aircraft and warships of the Southern Liberation is similar to that of PLA, which is a relatively light silver-gray color.

After solving the threat of carrier-based aircraft in the task force, the PLA military planes were less than 60 kilometers away from the fast-approaching Tornado. There was not much time for the Thunder Dragons to prepare, and after receiving Qi Yiming's order, the Thunder Dragons even took the initiative to evade them, trying to keep a distance from these Tornado fighters, and waiting for the opportunity to prepare to attack the big targets in the fleet, that is, the four Victory bombers.

The Thunder Dragon mounted by pure air superiority is basically with eight air-to-air missiles, four in four and four close, in that round of confrontation, most of the aircraft used short-range combat shells or even machine guns to solve the battle, at this time the PL-12 has not fought much. Taking advantage of the strong wind at this moment, several bold Thunder Dragon fighters took the lead in firing a few PL-12 missiles, which were weapons that were fired anyway, and immediately after the fight, they made a maneuver and began to move with the formation.

Because of the sloppy nature of the attack, only one of the many missiles hit a Tornado. The fragmentation damage caused the wind to lose one of its engines, and the other gasped and shook in the air, seemingly unable to continue the fight.

"Is this the Chinese's active medium-range bomb?" The British pilot Watson was secretly frightened, although it was a complete cold shot just now, and they only lost one Tornado, but everyone knew that this was a stress reaction made with almost no preparation.

"Shoot back!" Watson led his companions to try those Thunder dragons with fire control radar, but because of their small size and the design also incorporated a lot of stealth factors from later generations, the radar reflection cross-section of the Thunder was relatively small, which also made it difficult for the wind to catch them for a while, which was not yet the most advanced radar.

Another factor is that the Thunder is rebuilding and changing the formation at high speed, and the constantly maneuvering Thunder makes the British pilots very troubled, they plan to use semi-active medium-range bombs, which are also Sky Flash missiles developed from the American-made AIM-7 Sparrow missile, but as long as they are semi-active, their radar must always lock on to the opponent, and the nose of the aircraft has to move with the constantly moving Thunder.

Of course, this was very difficult, and several pilots who were under great pressure hurriedly fired their Sky Flash missiles, but all of them hit the air and none of them hit.

"Form a formation of two planes and pursue enemy planes!" Almost half of this group of Tornades are mainly equipped with ground-to-ground weapons, and the Tornades for escort air warfare are not all ADV air defense interception types, this model is still relatively new, and it only began to be mass-produced after the eighties, so it is not as large as the IDS of the ground-facing type. In this operation, some IDS Hurricane did not hang bombs much, but carried weapons such as AIM-9 and Sky Flash to act as air combat platforms.

Once balanced, the number of air combat planes of the Yugoslav Liberation Army and the British Army is actually roughly the same, but unlike the previous first half, now basically two or three planes are fighting together, fighting each other in a wider airspace, avoiding a headache and chaotic battle.

It seems that the Tempest is heavier than the Thunder, but it is still a full-time fighter in vacuum combat, and the Thunder will take advantage. The Tempest is not a real third-generation fighter in mind, especially in terms of aerodynamics, it is still the foundation of the second-generation aircraft. In addition, it is the identity of a war bomber aircraft, so it is still a little difficult to deal with the Thunder Dragon in air combat.

In order to deal with Britain's "best fighter," the PLA Air Force organized several rounds of training and simulation, and worked out some tricks to counterbalance the wind.

There is basically not much difference in speed between the two machines, so the method of bullying the Sea Harrier cannot be used on Tempest. However, the wind is still a little clumsy compared to the Thunder, especially when turning and circling, and cannot be as agile as the Thunder.

Therefore, the pilot of the Southern Liberation often accelerates and quickly enters a large slope turn, especially when the wind is behind him, this G-number action can quickly increase the off-axis angle, so that the nose of the Thunder Dragon can quickly turn to the opponent. And because of the gap in cornering performance, the Thunder Dragon already has an attack angle to attack quickly when the wind has not yet reached the point of keeping the enemy aircraft in its line of sight.

Of course, this simple Break-Turn may not be effective when facing more experienced pilots, some British pilots will use the strategy of backward attack or forward attack, of course, both of which require a strong ability to grasp the time, and because they maintain full speed when they are delayed attacking, they are likely to be targeted by another Thunder wingman.

With its own advantages of circling and turning ability, the Thunder will also use some skills similar to barrel flip or scissor flight to expose the weakness of Tempest's lack of such dexterous maneuvers and take advantage of them.

When a Thunder Dragon found a strong wind flying behind it, it immediately made a sharp turn to the right, and the strong wind also followed the right turn all the way, and when the turning angle exceeded 90 degrees, the Thunder Dragon turned over again and turned into a rapid climb, while the wind that could not react in time still maintained its turning action. Using its own hovering advantage, the Thunder can delay its own hovering speed, thereby increasing its altitude, accumulating its own speed and potential energy, and when pulling down the nose of the aircraft and starting to dive, the general sad wind inadvertently makes a flying action, making the Thunder in the back and above, and himself in the front and below, facing the Thunder's attack.

These are relatively ordinary maneuvers, and as long as you study and practice hard, a qualified pilot can basically complete them. But there are still a few Thunder Dragons in battle, which is simply incredible.

While the Thunder isn't a great high-angle of attack fighter, its powerful WS-13C vector propulsion engine is still capable of maneuvering many of the time's sensational stall maneuvers.

There was a Thunder dragon that used a performance-like cobra maneuver to get rid of the opponent and then attack, and although the pendulum maneuver and the Herbst wall landing and other actions are definitely not as pleasing to the eye as the F-22, Su-35 and other fighters, but here in the Red Alert pilots, they have removed the performance part of these actions, and after thousands of tempers, they have obtained the most suitable tricks for use on the battlefield.

Royal Air Force Colonel Watson constantly heard the wails of his comrades in the headphones, which were the most screams before being shot down, and his face was super ugly, "Where did the Chinese get so many excellent pilots, are they all monsters?" Is it actually an ace level? ”

However, Watson is not easy to mess with, he is also one of the few pilots in the Royal Air Force, and with the cooperation of his wingman, Watson bites a Thunder and finally finds a small flaw in its rolling, and releases two AIM-9s to shoot it down.

"Well done, Colonel!" After the start of the war, they were shot down one after another by Thunder fighters that were much smaller than their own, which made the British pilots, who still had a numerical advantage, hold their breath. At this time, Watson shot down a PLA fighter plane in a timely manner, and finally avenged them with an arrow.

However, this action caused even more anger among the dragons in the sky, and the FC-1s, who had been very patient in combat, suddenly adopted more aggressive combat methods, they began to pull the British aircraft group with their erratic flights, and then fired air-to-air missiles in positions that seemed almost impossible to shoot.

"It's impossible to hit, is it?" Watson was secretly happy, thinking that the Chinese had finally lost their minds, and that their skills as pilots were very good, but their psychological quality was still too poor.

But just when he thought that those missiles that had not been aimed at them would not be able to hit the target, those terrible air-to-air missiles changed their direction in the air like jugglers, and were even able to turn a big bend of nearly 180 degrees and hit the rear.

"Is this an over-the-shoulder attack? How can it be? ”

With a bang, Watson, who originally thought he was absolutely safe, was hit by an air-to-air missile fired by a Thunder Dragon on his right, and had to eject to survive. And the Royal Air Force, which had just ignited a little self-confidence, was like being poured cold water on its head again at this time.

It's a pity that the cold water has not yet been poured out, and in their radar, from the direction of Malaya, more small points of light have appeared - enemy reinforcements have arrived - despair fills everyone's face.