The Phoenix-8 missile can lock onto the target and launch an attack from a distance of 140 kilometers, but in fact, the "Raptor", which can carry four Phoenix-8s, cannot really launch an attack on enemy aircraft at such a distance.

Because the "Raptor" simply "sees" the enemy at a distance of 140 km, this time it is the Raptor's airborne radar that is short-legged.

The maximum search range of the Dolphin-6 is about 100 kilometers, and the maximum range of locking on to the target is 80 kilometers. That is, the J-42 Raptors can strike at hostile targets at a distance of up to eighty kilometers.

…… Well, in 1942, in this era when the "twenty-kilometer strike" was still a watershed for short- and medium-range air-to-air missiles, the "Raptor" and the Fire Phoenix were undoubtedly weapons that did not belong to the earth, they came from "Demacia......

Just when the Brute Dragon attack aircraft group of the Gongjin aircraft carrier formation was approaching the British fleet and was preparing to launch an attack under the command of the AWACS aircraft, while the few "Sea Harriers" in the sky that had escaped the Sparrow-7 attack were still fighting with the "Eagles," in Kairouan, Tunisia, in Ben-Saidan, a large number of Hawk-Hunters, F-107A Ultimate Sabres, and the world's first F-105D Thunder Gong fighter with a built-in magazine had already taken off on many second-tier airfields of the multinational force.

Of course, in such a huge air force strike aircraft group, there will be no shortage of Britain's proud three-V bombers, and the more than 120 victors deployed in Tunisia and the A-6 "Intruder" Instruder attack planes of the United States have formed a high and low mix -- high-altitude bombing and low-altitude assault attacks at the same time.

However, because the A-6 has just been put into production, the number deployed in the African theater is even more pitiful, so in the low-altitude assault aircraft group of the multinational force, there are more A-37 "Dragonflies". The Dragonfly is a two-seater light ground attack aircraft that does not have a missile launch system, and its armament is 1 7. 62mm GAC-2B/A six-barreled machine gun, 8 pylons under the wing can hang various bombs and rocket nests, with a maximum bomb load of 2100 kg.

The 20-millimeter uncontrolled rocket is the strongest attack weapon of the "Dragonfly", but in order to strike at the Allied fleet, nearly 80 Dragonflies were hung with more than 300 kilograms of armor-piercing aerial bombs. To make it clear, this is to use the "Dragonfly" as an old-fashioned dive bomber.

However, when the multinational force's land-based attack aircraft group had just arrived over Jalit Island and had not even found the position of the Allied fleet, it was attacked head-on by the "Raptor" group from within visual range.

With the weight of the Fire Phoenix-8, even if the warhead is not loaded with explosives, it is not something that ordinary fighters can bear.

The Dolphin-6 interceptor radar can only launch attacks on four locked targets at the same time, and multiplied by the number of Raptors fighter, which is almost the number of planes shot down by the multinational force!

The artifact-level "lock and shoot down" is by no means in vain, not to mention that there is still mental calculation and unintentionality. The Allied air forces, which still adhered to the traditional mode of air combat and gradually updated their concepts, once again awakened their consciousness of building a modern air force at a heavy price. Among them, the most influential is the US military, and the British ...... Does the British Empire still have a chance to carry out its own long-term armament program?

The six squadrons of G-41B Brute Dragons and two squadrons of G-4 Attack Eagles that took off from the Gongjin aircraft carrier squadron, under the command of four Fengshen Pterodactyl early warning planes, launched attacks in batches against the C Fleet that had sailed past Cape Gillan.

The short take-off and landing Sea Harrier fighters, which the British had high hopes for, did not pose much of a threat to the Brute Dragon, as most of the Sea Harriers were shot down by the Sparrow-7 beyond visual range.

After all, there are only a few pilots who can shake off the Sparrow-7's pursuit with a large maneuver, and in the close combat with the "Eagle", the Sea Harrier cannot seize some advantages in terms of fighter performance, or in the combat missile "Firelight" and Sparrow-3.

This makes it easy for the pilots of the "Brute Dragon" to complete the attack on the designated target of the early warning aircraft.

The Radiance and Victory were hit several times, and the damaged deck and the fire that ignited had seriously affected the take-off and landing of the warplanes. The Avenger, the Deceptioner, and the Shocker, three US-aided Shooter-class escort carriers, had begun to roll over because their weak side-chord armor had been hit by multiple Hongs-3s, and were ordered to give up. The water queens gathered on the deck and waited for the rescue of other ships.

Fortunately, all three Shooter-class planes have taken off, so where did they land when they returned? Nobody thinks about it.

The only two remaining Dreadnoughts of the aircraft carrier that were not hit were at the rear of the fleet, and under the cover of a number of battleships and cruisers, they had not yet entered the strike sequence of AWACS aircraft for the time being.

But their luck was built on the suffering of other warships.

The two famous ships of the British Navy, HMS Elizabeth and HMS Duke of York, once again verified the wise saying that "when the sky falls, there is a tall man on top". Compared to the carrier's empty, more vulnerable deck, the battleship's design dictates that most of its neutral parts are sidechords.

Counting on the "Hong's-3" to penetrate the sidestring armor of the battleship that was heavily protected, even the pilots of the Brute Dragon did not report their hopes.

But when the superstructure of the battleship was hit, the effect was different, especially in the turret part that was piled with shells.

At the beginning of the design of the George V-class battleships, because of the restrictions of the "treaty", they could not be high. But now, the sailors on the Duke of York must be glad that their battleship did not choose a thicker 16-inch main gun.

The triple front main gun of the battleship Duke of York was hit by three Hong-3 in succession, and the spare ammunition compartment under the turret was penetrated and caused a violent explosion, yes, that's right, it was a martyrdom, and the warhead of Hong-3 was one hundred and sixty pounds could not have caused such a violent explosion at all.

When dozens of tons of barrels were blown up, when the front half of the battleship was blown out of a large hole and burst into the sky with fire and black smoke, the surviving sailors almost simultaneously slashed crosses on their chests, "God, we are still alive." ”

None of these explosions disintegrated the Duke of York, perfectly demonstrating Britain's deep heritage of leading the world in the design and construction of battleships.

However, in the naval battles of this era, battleships ...... Is there any use for anything other than wasting huge military spending and a lot of steel?

Perhaps, the fate of the empire on which the sun never sets is really like this gradually declining battleship.

Blocked by a group of Raptors taking off from Sardinia, and attacked like an alien fighter like a dragon and phoenix, Tunisia's multinational force air force suffered heavy casualties over Jalit Island.

Surprise air superiority fighters such as the F-107A Ultimate Sabre and Hawker-Hunter were also the first to be hit. Dozens of fighter planes aimed at seizing air supremacy became the first victims of the Fire Phoenix's prestige in the world, and the huge Vulcan and B-47 stratojets could not escape the Fire Phoenix's active guidance attack with a flight speed of more than Mach 4. However, more than 30 A-6 intruders and some A-37 dragonflies that rushed at low altitude took advantage of the weakness of the limited viewing angle under the Dolphin-6 interception radar and broke through the Raptor's blocking line.

Even if it is a Raptor, it can only carry four Fire Phoenix-8, in such a dense battle, the Raptors of heavy fighters are not suitable for fighting with the remaining light fighters of the multinational force, and the kind of work that is more flexible than speed is still done by Swift Dragons.

After receiving an order from Lieutenant Colonel Han Xiao, commander of the "Raptor" brigade, to return to the ship, Long Xiaotian, who was in Sassari to direct the battle, immediately agreed. You can't let the Raptors use their cannons to fight the enemy dogs, right? If the raptor is really used like that, it is estimated that His Majesty can be so angry that he will lead the royal special service squadron to fly over and beat the dragon to the sky, "There are indeed many losers in the imperial army, but there are not as many losers as you, right?" ”

Listening to Han Xiao report on the radio: "Record? I can't count it, more than 100 or 200 enemy planes were shot down! Our side? It's hard to count ...... here."

Han Xiao usually likes to make trouble, of course he doesn't talk about his flying skills, but this nonsensical personality often gives Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian a headache. Hearing Han Xiao say, "It's not easy to count ...... here", Commander Long's heart chuckled, there were only four squadrons of Raptors in the entire Mediterranean theater. For this battle, General Jiang Yunzhi sent three squadrons to Sardinia at once, if the losses in the first battle were too large, I am afraid that it would be difficult to explain, "At least a scolding can't be avoided!" ”

"Commander, it's really hard to count, I counted for a long time, how much when I went out, and how much I came back! More than seventy, I counted for a long time! ”

Han Xiaodese's voice came from the earphones, and the root of Long Xiaotian's teeth really hurt, "His milk/milk/, waiting for you to fall, if Lao Tzu doesn't lock up your kid for a few days, you won't know the three eyes of Ma Wangye!" ”

"Don't! I was wrong, Commander, I was all wrong, I didn't play like this, I landed and hung a bomb, I still have to take off! ”

"Don't howl to Lao Tzu, when you molested Lao Tzu just now, wasn't it quite good? Milk/milk, even Lao Tzu dares to tease. ”

There was a burst of laughter over the channel, and the other pilots finally couldn't hold back. Everyone knows that Han Xiao is the treasure of the Air Force, he once served as the chief pilot and captain of His Majesty's special plane Golden Dragon No. 1, and later entered Jiaozhou Feitian Air Base to become a super test pilot.

Three squadrons of 72 Raptors flew out, and after firing the missiles they carried, they shot down more than 200 enemy planes without a single casualty of their own. Since the outbreak of the war, it is not uncommon for air battles to shoot down 200 aircraft, and large-scale air battles have occurred from time to time in the English Channel and even in the Soviet Union. Even on the battlefield of the Chinese War of Resistance two years ago, before the Japanese air force suffered a devastating blow, there was no shortage of air battles in which hundreds of fighters from both sides fought. Even during the Chinese Civil War, there were many air battles on the Yangtze River in which more than 100 aircraft were dispatched, but it was just ...... The models of the aircraft are relatively backward.

But since the invention of flying, since the aircraft was applied to the military, has there been more than zero to two hundred air battles?

Long live Demacia...... Uh, wrong, it's the Red Alert Base Ox Fork!

But such a big victory against the sky does not mean that everything is solved, this is the Mediterranean, and here is the strongest Three Kingdoms in history.

The attack of the multinational forces has just begun, and the bloody Mediterranean has just begun!