Chapter 250: Throwing off the missile
The Tomcat fighter continued to leap upwards in a graceful arc, which was entirely in exchange for speed for height.
As the altitude continued to increase, the fuselage of the Tomcat began to shake inexplicably, as if it was reluctant to go up so high, and Nathan knew that this was because the thrust of the engine was not enough to maintain the plane's ascent, which caused a kind of airframe reaction.
So, Nathan turned off the afterburner.
At this time, there is no point in continuing to let the engine work at full capacity, when the afterburner is turned on, more air is needed, and once the air is insufficient, the plane's engine will have a terrible surge.
Fortunately, the Tomcat he drove had been replaced with a TF41 engine, if it was the original TF30 engine, then Nathan would not dare to do such an action at all, as long as he did it, it would almost certainly be the end of the surge.
With the lifting of the afterburner, the flutter of the body was reduced, Nathan piloted the Tomcat, slightly flattened it out, the tremor disappeared perfectly, and the Tomcat fighter continued to climb upwards and climb again!
Twenty-thousand-one, twenty-two...
At this time, the MiG-25 was less than three kilometers away from Nathan, and Nathan could almost see the blazing flames spewing out of the other party's tail, and the sound of locking came from the earphones.
Launch!
On the pylons on the left and right, two Sidewinder missiles quickly ignited, flew off the pylons, and swooped down fiercely towards the target!
At this time, the speed of the Tomcat fighter was almost lost, and after the missile was launched, the Tomcat fighter was a fierce man, piercing down, as if flying to the highest stone in the sky, its fall was inevitable.
The Tomcat fighter fell, and the two Sidewinder missiles were closely pursuing the target and flying forward, they must cherish this hard-won opportunity and kill the target!
The Sidewinder missile continued to fly forward, and at the same time, in its field of vision, the target was becoming clearer and clearer.
Suddenly, the signal was stronger.
Andrey turned on the afterburner again, and with a blazing flame coming out of the tail, the Super MiG-25, began to accelerate again.
The turn just now reduced its speed to subsonic speed, and now, with missiles flying in the tail, of course he has to accelerate.
The MiG-25 is super powerful, and its strongest point is that it flies faster than the missile, and when the missile is fired at the MiG-25, the missile is not chasing closer and closer, but chasing farther and farther.
After all, the Sidewinder missile has a little more than Mach 2 speed, and the MiG-25 can soar to Mach 3. Don't be afraid, just speed up.
But now, it is not enough to rely on acceleration alone, after all, acceleration takes time, and the missile has already come at a speed of more than Mach 2, in this case, the distance is getting closer and closer!
Andrei extravagantly turned on the afterburner again, ready to throw off the missiles, and now, when he realized that he couldn't get rid of the two Sidewinder missiles by accelerating alone, he certainly had to take a different countermeasure.
Andrey pushed the lever, and the huge fighter began to dive.
Yes, it's a dive!
The nose of the Super MiG-25 went down, dived towards the ground, and soon, its speed exceeded the speed of sound, and continued to increase, relying on the advantage of the thrust and dive of the engine, the speed of the Super MiG-25 soon rose.
The Sidewinder missile in the back, which is also diving, is also accelerating, however, compared to the aircraft, its acceleration is not easy.
The shape of the aircraft is smooth, the nose is pointed, and the air resistance is small, while the warhead of the infrared missile is hemispherical, so that it gives the seeker a good view, and at the same time, it also brings an increase in drag.
Although the dive is also accelerating, it can't add to the MiG-25.
The distance is still approaching, but it is not as fast as it was just now.
The Sidewinder missile did not give up, as long as it was faster than the target in front of it, then it could catch up!
Twenty-two thousand, twenty-one thousand, twenty thousand, and soon, the MiG-25 dived to 19,000 meters, and at this altitude, the speed of the MiG-25 has reached Mach 2.
Then, Andrei pulled up the nose of the machine.
Yes, he's about to start climbing!
What is the use of diving first and then climbing? To consume the energy of the two Sidewinder missiles behind, of course!
As he pulled up, the Super MiG-25 immediately rose high, at this time, the fighter had already slowed down, although it was climbing, relying on the strong thrust of the two engines, the speed of the fighter was still unabated.
The missiles in the back will not work.
The engine of the Sidewinder missile has burned out, and it is slowly increasing its speed when it dives downward, and now, as the target begins to pull up, it is also pulling up, and it can even cut the radius and take a shortcut.
However, its speed is falling with a screech.
Flying upwards, if there is no power, it will definitely slow down quickly, and the current Sidewinder missile, this is the case.
The speed is constantly decreasing, although the Sidewinder missile is still chasing the MiG-25, but it is beginning to chase farther and farther, although it does not want to give up, but there is no way, its speed is already lower than the MiG-25 that climbed ahead, and it is still continuing to lose speed.
In this way, the target gradually moved away, and the two Sidewinder missiles, after continuing the pursuit hopelessly, reluctantly chose to self-detonate in accordance with the predetermined procedure.
In the tail, after the two missiles were played by Andrei, Andrei did not continue to fight, he pushed the operating stick, leveled the plane, and embarked on the road back to the north at an altitude of 24,000 meters.
At this time, the Tomcat fighter was in Nathan's hands, and it was quickly changed from the dive, and at 10,000 meters, Nathan leveled the plane and listened to the helpless report of Lieutenant Gus in the back.
"We didn't hit the target, the target has flown away."
Immortal Bird, if you still have an immortal bird in your hand, it would be good! Nathan clenched his fists, but there was nothing to be done, in the battle, the heavy immortal bird must be hit first, otherwise it will affect his mobility.
And just like that, another battle between him and the MiG-25 ended.
"It's not an ordinary MiG-25." "Just when I was climbing, I saw a crew compartment behind it, which is supposed to be a new aircraft based on the MiG-25, and according to its fuel volume, it should be a turbofan engine," Nathan said. ”
Although Nathan knows that this is the MiG-31, he can't say it directly, after so many leaks, Nathan is now very honest.
Let's go back, looking at the airspace where the other party flew away, Nathan gave up the pursuit, he couldn't catch up, and it was useless to catch up, so he could only choose to return, and today's battle has slowly come to an end.