Chapter 597 597 A plan to lure the enemy
As the confrontation between China and the United States continues without naming each other, the time for NATO's ultimatum to send troops to Yugoslavia has finally run out. However, two days after the expiration of the ultimatum, NATO did not launch a large-scale air attack on Yugoslavia, but there was no sign of withdrawing troops.
Qi Yiming judged: "The ultimatum is actually a tight string, and the expiration of the ultimatum will inevitably make the strings tense to the extreme. Therefore, our troops stationed in Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav side must not relax in the slightest and must exercise the highest vigilance against NATO's allied forces. ”
Sure enough, on the third day after the ultimatum expired, when some Western media were even questioning whether NATO would strike at Yugoslavia, NATO allied air forces led by the United States launched large-scale air strikes on major military facilities in Yugoslavia.
The main targets of the air raids were the radar and communications command facilities of the Yugoslav People's Army and some NATO air defense positions that had already been discovered. NATO's allies dispatched more than 100 planes and launched more than 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles at their fleet in the Adriatic Sea, intending to inflict heavy damage on the Yugoslav People's Army's response capability in the first wave.
However, in this wave of air raids, NATO is still slightly restrained, and the two Chinese overseas bases in Yugoslavia will also pose a great threat and damage to NATO, but NATO does not dare to directly attack China's military units, and this will inevitably give China full confidence. After all, NATO's reason for sending troops is to save Kosovo in Yugoslavia, and China obviously has no direct connection with Kosovo, and at most it can be regarded as an "accomplice". And NATO can't be sure if China is really determined to go to war with NATO for Yugoslavia, so they can't risk attacking the Chinese military.
A US military flying squadron of four cutting-edge F-22 Raptor fighters carried out the escort mission of the air attack force taking off from a German airfield. Their main task is to deal with any interceptor that could threaten NATO allied fighters, and they also have to fight back if Chinese fighters attack them as well.
The four pilots of the flying squad are all the most outstanding pilots of the US military, so they are qualified to fly the most outstanding fighter planes of the US military, and at the same time, they also have a particularly high vision when they fly the Raptor, believing that their cooperation with the Raptor is the strongest air supremacy in the world.
"Red Skull Squad, immediately maneuver to the following coordinates, Equation 2-1 is tracked by an unidentified aerial vehicle, immediately go to support!"
"Red Skull understands!"
Equation 2-1 is one of the stealth bombers B-2 Phantom sent by the U.S. military, which has been an important part of strategic bombing since the U.S. military acquired the B-2, and this time against Yugoslavia and China, it is also a bomber that is charging in the first line.
At the same time, the sky-high price of more than 1.1 billion B-2 bombers has also made the US Air Force pay close attention to it, for fear that something will go wrong and cause heavy losses. With the arrogance of the Americans, it cannot be said that they can equip as many B-2s as they want, and a B-2 is even more expensive than a 10,000-ton destroyer, so it is natural to protect it well.
"Donnie, what the hell is going on, I don't see anything on my radar, how did those guys get close to the equation? Could it be that they are relatively small drones? One of the pilots in the Red Skull squad wondered.
The pilot named Donnie was very nervous and serious, and said: "Unlikely, it is very difficult for the drone to track and cruise the bomber, on the one hand, the speed is difficult to keep up, on the other hand, the ceiling is not necessarily enough, and the most important thing is that it is difficult to control." Even the MQ-1 Predator does not necessarily have the ability to track and cruise a B-2. I think...... It is more likely that it is the Black Hawk of the Chinese. ”
This instead caused several pilots to get excited: "Is it really a Black Hawk?" Great, take this opportunity to compete with them! ”
"That's right, let them see how good our Wings of America are!"
Downey warned: "Don't underestimate the Chinese, their training intensity and level are not worse than ours, and the Black Hawk is also a model that has been in service for many years, and its maturity is stronger than that of the Raptor, and our radar cannot detect them here, indicating that their stealth performance is better than we thought." Pay attention to vigilance and do not give the Chinese an opportunity to sneak attack. ”
Four F-22 Raptors entered supersonic speeds, and sonic boom clouds were pulled up on the wings of the fuselage, which was very beautiful and even more cool. They soon approached their friendly team, the B-2 bomber, codenamed Equation 2-1, and about fifty meters to the left and right of the B-2, they saw two fighters with black stealth livery and forward-swept wings and canards accompanying them.
Downey was vigilant in his heart: "The existence of these two fighters can only be detected at a position of 30-40 kilometers, doesn't it mean that because of the aerodynamic shape, the stealth ability of the J-11 Black Hawk is not comparable to that of the Raptor?" Lockheed Martin, those damn salesmen, such a crucial data is going to fool people! ”
The originally steep angle of the forward-swept wings, coupled with a pair of canard wings, is not conducive to stealth, even if the Black Hawk fighter has a design to reduce RCS in many places, but these two points are enough to greatly affect its stealth ability. The F-22 developed by the Americans adopts a better stealth aerodynamic layout, and the fuselage with parallel slope design, diamond-shaped wings, and tail thermal signature modification all make the F-22's stealth performance theoretically exceed that of the J-11.
It's one thing in theory, but Chinese aviation designers have more stealth technology at their disposal than the Americans don't. China's stealth coating has developed to the third generation, and the absorption efficiency has been greatly improved, especially in some processing of the details of the fuselage, even if the radar wave is swept over, the absorbing material absorbs these radar waves, and does not cause its reflection as much as possible.
After the Red Alert level 3 base, there is a primary version of plasma stealth technology, which makes these aerodynamic fighters that cannot achieve good stealth in actual combat, and the stealth efficiency is better than that of fighters with more stealth appearance.
The two Black Hawks flew closely with the B-2 bomber, so that the bomber had no choice but to be held hostage by the Chinese fighters. The Black Hawk kept shaking its wings, signaling the bomber to follow them out of the airspace and return immediately.
"The Chinese don't seem to have the idea of taking the initiative to open fire." Downey breathed a sigh of relief, but if they wanted to get rid of the two Black Hawks, they would have to do everything they could.
The two Raptors quickly chased after the Black Hawk fighters, intending to bite their tails, and the tough Chinese pilots obviously would not allow such a thing to happen, they quickly pulled the engine body, made a roll, like an acrobatic maneuver from above and below the B-2 rolled out, this action not only surprised the Raptor pilots, and did not know what to do, but also made the crew of the B-2 scared into a cold sweat, if the action was not done well and directly scraped the bomber, then the plane was destroyed and killed.
This roll also directly made the two Black Hawks after exchanging opponents find a favorable position, directly facing the two Raptors, if this is a real battle, then the two Black Hawks can hit these two Raptors as long as they fire their cannons.
"Damn, are these guys from the aerobatic team?" A U.S. military pilot said angrily.
However, after all, the Raptor has a numerical advantage, and even if the Maneuvering Black Hawk finds a good position, the other two Raptors join the warband, leaving the Black Eagle at a disadvantage.
"The Chinese's fighters seem to be exceptionally flexible!" Another pilot lamented.
"This is not surprising, with such an aggressive aerodynamic layout as forward-swept wings and canards, in the subsonic and transonic stages, this fighter has amazing maneuverability, coupled with the Chinese three-element axisymmetric vector engine, this fighter should be stronger than the F-22 in dog fighting." Downey evaluated fairly and fairly, but he didn't care to say more, holding the lever tightly and chasing the Chinese fighters.
"The American Air Force has informed you that please leave the air space of our aircraft immediately to avoid causing conflicts!" Donnie shouted at the same time, trying to scare the Chinese away. He is not interested in separating himself from the Chinese, and completing the task is the most important thing.
"This is the PLA Air Force of the People's Republic of China, your plane has violated the airspace of Yugoslavia and entered the defense alert area of our base, our plane was ordered to expel you, please leave this airspace immediately, otherwise our plane landing will not rule out the use of drastic means to protect our military assets!" The Chinese pilot shouted back in fluent but distinctly Chinese-accented English.
Neither side was willing to take the initiative to fire, so it was deadlocked, and the B-2 was the most awkward in the middle, wanting to leave but being entangled by two Black Hawks, and the Raptor wanted to shoot down the Black Hawk, but could not fire without receiving authorization from above, so they were all aggrieved.
It was at this moment that Downey and his partner suddenly saw two Chinese fighters swooping down at a rapid pace, actually getting rid of the US Air Force fighter group, and the two Raptors immediately followed to prevent the Chinese fighters from attacking. However, it seems that the two Chinese fighters are going to leave their flight queue without saying goodbye.
"Are the Chinese going to withdraw?" Donnie was a little puzzled.
Soon, Donnie and his friends noticed that a group of light spots appeared on the radar screen, and the aircraft that did not belong to their own side were approaching them at high speed!
"This electromagnetic signal ...... It's the Yugoslav Air Force! Damn, it's a trick, the Chinese are just bait, the real danger is that flock of pine sparrowhawks! Donnie only reacted at this time, but it was too late. The Chinese Air Force will not take the initiative to attack them, but the Yugoslav Air Force is not necessarily, after all, they fly in other people's airspace. When several American fighters were fooled by Chinese fighters, Yugoslav Air Force fighters immediately dispatched a large number of fighters, and at this time, four birds of prey and one ghost became the prey of the Yugoslav air force's encirclement network.
"Command, we need reinforcements, we need reinforcements, a large number of enemies are approaching!"