Chapter 135 135 Tough battle in the air

Just last night, the Chinese Air Force played like a juggler with the MiG-31 and Su-27 new-generation fighters on which the Soviet Union relied on the most, and in the face of the Chinese fighters, it was very difficult for the Soviet aviation units to take any advantage. Even when they wanted to see the Chinese fighters in front of them became a luxury, and often when they were still more than 50 kilometers away, or even 100 kilometers away, the Chinese fighters had already released their medium-range bombs and shot down their enemies with ease and neatness.

The fear of the PL-12 of the Chinese Air Force had begun to give the brave Soviet pilots signs of a change of color, and they thought of ways to escape this long-range, maneuverable, and high-precision missile.

For example, the current 33 MiG-23Ms, in order to avoid the detection of the powerful airborne radar of Chinese fighters, use their variable sweep wings to provide low-altitude performance, so they fly as close to the horizon as possible. This is the best means they can think of before there is no fifth-generation stealth fighter. Naturally, it is possible to use electronic warfare weapons, but now the Soviet Union does not have this ability, so it can only work on the way of attack.

Thirty-three MiG-23s approached the direction of the Chinese fighters in a low-altitude raid, especially since they were coming from a mountainous area, so the complex terrain echoes also helped them delay the chances of the Chinese fighters spotting them, and the success of this tactic was the first time that the Soviets found a way to shoot down a bunch of fighters before they could start the engagement.

"Detection of enemy fighter radar signals." When the MiG-23 had come to the position of about 40 kilometers of the J-10 fleet, the J-10 captured the other party, and this situation could have been avoided, that is, to send an early warning aircraft to cruise in the sky, even if the enemy carried out a low-altitude penetration, there was a greater chance of being detected by the early warning aircraft.

Qi Yiming also wanted to send early warning planes at the beginning, but apart from some problems in coordination with the Xinjiang Military Region, the northwest was not as much equipped as the early warning planes in southern Xinjiang and northeast China, and then after such a delay, he did not wait for the early warning planes to take off.

Even so, the J-10 is still in range, while the R-24 and R-60 used by their rivals, the MiG-23, cannot be fired. More than 20 J-10s, which were used as air supremacy, urgently launched PL-12s, and took the initiative to shoot medium-range bombs in response, and each fighter fired two, once again staging this kind of game of throwing enemy planes from the air with money that the air forces of other countries could not afford to play.

It was originally thought that their side had broken the PL-12 advantage of the Chinese, but at a distance of 40 kilometers in the face of the PL-12, these MiG-23Ms still looked as weak as children. The chaotic situation at low altitude will somewhat interfere with the hit rate of some of these missiles, and the position of the Chinese Air Force is not particularly good when firing, but this wave of PL-12 after a short flight, it still banged and hit seven in one breath, six of which were directly shot down, and one was seriously injured, swaying, it is not clear whether to return to the scene or make a forced landing.

Fortunately, the Soviet Territorial Defense Force sent enough MiG-23s this time, although they lost 7 fighters in one face, they still had more than 20 Soviet pilots who were able to counterattack, and the Soviet pilots who were confident in their air combat skills gritted their teeth and vowed to achieve a glorious victory in this air battle.

Qi Yiming also got the above situation in the Dalinor base, and his face became solemn, "The person who came is not good." ”

Relying on the PL-12, a cheat-type air combat weapon, Qi Yiming has redressed the Air Force, and since Qi Yiming re-equipped, he has shot down no less than 30 or 40 enemy planes on behalf of the Chinese army, from Vietnam to South Korea. Even if it is really dragged into a close dog fight, at that time, often the Chinese Air Force has already knocked out more than half of the opponent and achieved an absolute superiority in numbers, and there is no problem in bullying it.

But now, he needs to face 26 MiG-23M fighters of the Soviet army, and the number of planes in the air battle on his side is about the same, although the J-10 is a generation and a half more advanced than these MiGs, but in a chaotic war of this scale, anything can happen.

It is said that the third-generation aircraft of the United States have repeatedly appeared on the battlefield, as if they have never been shot down. Of course, there are factors of its advanced nature, but in fact, even in such a "big scene" as the Gulf War, the US Air Force has never encountered a really strong opponent, and the Iraqi Air Force has constantly defected and Saddam Hussein's blind command is the most important factor that the US Air Force has not suffered any huge losses. As for dealing with Kosovo, it seems that it is very good to fight without contact, but F-16, F-117 and other fighters still say that they will be defeated and defeated.

In order to do the arms business and create an invincible image of themselves, the Americans will forcefully downplay these things, repeatedly saying that there is no evidence of the other side's downing, and that the plane was not shot down, but a mechanical failure.

Like the current air contest between the Soviet army and the PLA, which together is close to a hundred fighters, and it is a pure air battle between two military powers, it is almost a unique thing after World War II. During the battle between Israel and Syria in the Bekaa Valley four years ago, Israel claimed to have destroyed more than 80 Syrian warplanes, but in fact most of these warplanes were destroyed on the ground, not downed. The Israeli side claimed damage to two F-15s, one F-4, one Lion Cub, and one navigation drone. Of course, there are also rumors that they have lost more.

Qi Yiming was convinced that his J-10 fleet would destroy the Soviet MiG-23, but it was difficult for him to predict what would happen once the two sides engaged.

At a distance of 40 kilometers, it is difficult for the fighters to shoot two rounds of missiles, especially the MiG-23 does not have any weapons that can be fired and left behind, so the attack mode they choose is only the trick of biting the tail and attacking. A small number of J-10s found an opportunity to play some PL-12 or PL-8 again, this time bringing three more results, but at this time it was also the time for the two sides to enter their respective visual ranges and start a melee.

The commander of the MiG-23 was very wise and shouted: "Priority attack on enemy aircraft of the ground type!" ”

The J-10s on the other side also know that the ground-to-ground raptors loaded with guided bombs and anti-armor missiles are the most vulnerable targets, and before the two sides have made contact, these ground-fighting fighters have slowed down and turned, leaving the front to the air superiority aircraft to solve. The MiG-23s naturally discovered this situation, and they turned their noses to avoid those escort fighters and attack the "soft persimmons", but the J-10s with air superiority would never let this happen.

A scene seemed a little chaotic, but then a thrilling dog fight unfolded. At first, the MiG-23 was still aggressively trying to find trouble with those ground fighters, but soon they were horrified to find that those delta-wing fighters with an extremely flexible canard layout had a terrible small turning radius and an unimaginable speed of climbing, and as long as one of them did not pay attention, they would definitely bite their tails.

A few minutes after the engagement, the first victim appeared. A MiG-23 tried at least four or five maneuvers, but did not throw off the J-10 attached to the back of the buttocks, and after the opponent grabbed it, he immediately shot a PL-8 and shot the MiG-23 out of the air.

After the first one appeared, one after another unlucky eggs began to fall from the sky. The J-23, which was significantly superior to the MiG-10 in maneuverability, made the hot brains of the Soviets cold again.

"How so? They have already entered the dog fight, why are Chinese fighters still so strong? The commander of the Territorial Defense Force shouted in his heart, willing to rely on long-range advanced air-to-air missiles for the Chinese to fight against their powerful Soviet Territorial Defense Force, but when he entered the air fight, he could feel that no matter in terms of fighter fighting performance and the level of pilots, it would never be inferior to them.

There was not much discipline in the process of this melee, and the Soviet troops were completely multi-pointed, and there was no cooperation between them, but several MiG-23s worked hard to attack the ground fighters, taking advantage of the chaotic air situation to dodge left and right, and actually got rid of the chase of a J-10.

However, the J-10, which soon attacked on the ground, suddenly jumped out and gave these MiGs a slap in the face. Although there are tons of bombs hanging on the body, the Super Raptor, a multi-purpose fighter, still has good air combat capabilities, when it finds itself being targeted, this J-10 immediately reacts to make an instantaneous disk, the nose of the nose is pointed in the direction of the flank of the MiG-23 that cannot keep up with his turn, and two PL-8 for self-defense are launched, directly shooting down this MiG-23 in the air. The next few air superiority planes, which were also rushed by the horses, were directly shot down with cannons and combat shells.

"The Soviet army who doesn't want to run for their lives is still quite a headache." Qi Yiming couldn't help but secretly say, this is the first time he has seen the PLA Air Force with a number of advantages and the enemy working hard, in the past, when they found outnumbered, the enemy planes would retreat, but they would still be shot down, and now the Soviets are firmly determined to fight, even if they are still constantly shot down, but it has caused considerable trouble to the PLA Air Force.

Finally, a long-tailed MiG-23 was lucky enough to get close to the rear of a ground fighter that did not escape far enough after leaving the center of the battlefield for a long time, and the fully loaded J-10 could not fly to its top speed, but the MiG-23 was able to keep up. Pilot Mao Zi did not hesitate to shoot all his air-to-air missiles, and at a short distance, although these air-to-air missiles only hit the J-10 once, but the back of the plane ignited a fire, which could detonate the mounted bomb at any time.

The pilot did not hesitate, directly pressed the ejection button and flew out of the cockpit.

"Nima, this is not scientific!" Just when Qi Yiming was about to think that there was nothing wrong, he was actually seized by a shit MiG-23, and the plane should be able to be rescued under normal circumstances, but the bomb in that body was a big trouble. The pilot could choose to abandon these bombs and save the plane, but in terms of the choice of the plane, Qi Yiming could not be overly harsh on others.

Fortunately, such an oolong incident did not happen again, and in the next twenty minutes, all the MiG-23s were shot down one after another, and the result of the 33:1 air battle, although not so perfect, was somewhat acceptable.

With a hint of revenge, Qi Yiming ordered: "Take care of those hairs on the ground that can't fly!" Ruined Lao Tzu's tens of millions of planes, how can you have to pay a price! He also doesn't remember that these planes were never purchased for money.