Chapter 42: Asymmetrical Contest

The two squadrons of U.S. fighter jets first locked on the four HA-3 steel fighters who were performing low-altitude strike missions.

With a whistling sound, a squadron took the lead in attacking the four Iron Warriors with air-to-air missiles. More than a dozen Sidewinder missiles dragged smoke tracks and fired at the four HA-3 Steel Warriors.

Seeing that more than a dozen missiles were about to hit the four HA-3s, suddenly the armor of the HA-3 suddenly bounced open the built-in capsule and launched a group of infrared jamming bombs.

More than half of the more than a dozen missiles lost their targets one after another, but seven missiles still hit two HA-3s. The two HA-3s exploded violently for a while, slamming into the ground in flames.

Although the HA-3 is a land combat type, it can also be used to strike targets in the air like an armed helicopter during combat, and in order to counter some anti-aircraft missiles, it is also equipped with defensive weapons such as infrared jamming bombs.

However, this wave also destroyed two HA-3s, and above the sky, the team of air combat HA-5s that were still chasing Iron Man suddenly stopped pursuing Iron Man. Their target turned to the more than 30 US fighters that came to support.

The remaining six Air Combat Iron Warriors rushed towards the two fighter squadrons. These air combat steel fighters have begun to see the supporting U.S. forces as their preferred targets.

Six Iron Warriors flew head-on with the U.S. troops who came to support, and the U.S. fighters locked onto these six Iron Warriors.

"We've locked on to the target, and we're going to attack right away."

With the locking of the six Iron Warriors, the F-16 fired one after another Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

The built-in armor of the six Iron Warriors ejected a large number of infrared jamming projectiles, and at the same time quickly dodged the rattlesnakes that shot at them.

The Sidewinder missiles were dodged by the Iron Warriors, and missile launchers suddenly popped out from the sides of the arms of the six HA-5s. Only 20 centimeters of pocket air-to-air missiles locked onto the F-16 fighters.

Each Iron Warrior aimed at a fighter and fired a missile. Missiles were fired at the F-16 fighter jets at a rapid pace.

Sidewinder missiles passed past the Iron Warriors, and their pocket-sized air-to-air missiles hit six F-16 fighters with unmistakable accuracy.

In the blink of an eye, with a violent explosion in the sky, six F-16 fighters turned into six fireballs and fell downward. The six air combat steel warriors all dodged the attack.

Nearly 3 meters long, the Sidewinder air-to-air missiles are mainly used against other fighters, and they are very maneuverable in the face of these nimble HA-5 air combat steel fighters.

But the missiles of the Iron Warriors are small, flexible and powerful, and in this battle with the air combat type, six F-16s were directly shot down.

"What a death fellow!" Looking at this result, Stark also frowned. But he couldn't care about the lives of these people, Stark hurriedly manipulated Mark6 to attack the air combat steel warriors.

The energy cannons in both palms were fired to their maximum value, aiming at the back of one HA-5. Two beams of bright light shot out, and the HA-5 exploded and fell downwards with a huge explosion.

But at the same time, the remaining steel warriors disrupted the formation of the American fighters. The two sides began to engage in a fierce scuffle in the skies over the airbase.

Missiles and cannons roamed the sky, and from time to time F-16s were shot down and fell on the base and surrounding areas.

Looking at the melee in the sky and the F-16 fighters that kept being shot down, Fang Leng also felt a little helpless between his eyebrows.

The combat effectiveness of these steel warriors can almost be said to completely destroy those US fighters. Except for being able to contain the Iron Warriors a little, almost all of them increased casualties.

Daisy's electronic voice in the helmet rang again: "Sir, I have found a large number of air targets flying towards here." ”

Looking into the sky in the northern part of the base, I saw more than a dozen helicopter gunships flying towards here. This is exactly the Army Air Corps that Dallas rushed to support.

More than a dozen Apache helicopter gunships loaded with Hellfire missiles arrived at the Lachlan base and were about to launch an attack on the Iron Warriors on the ground.

Now that there is support, this is a good opportunity to strike at the enemy.

More than a dozen Apache helicopter gunships first aimed at the two HA-3s that were still in the air, and one after another Hellfire anti-tank missiles were fired at the Iron Warriors. The two HA-3s hurriedly released infrared jamming bombs, but there were too many Hellfire missiles. With a loud "boom" sound, an HA-3 was finally shot down by a Hellfire missile, and with a burst of explosion, it turned into a ball of fire and fell to the ground.

Fang Leng looked at the other HA-3 Iron Warrior in the sky who was urgently dodging, and aimed the weapon platform on his right arm at the bottom of the Iron Warrior. The display in the helmet locked onto the target, and a small but powerful anti-tank missile was fired.

Although the anti-tank missiles on Fang Leng's wrist weapon platform are small, their speed is even higher than those Apache Hellfire missiles, and the opponent is more difficult to dodge.

A violent explosion rang out, and the Iron Warrior was caught off guard by the blow. The two Hellfire missiles fired by the Apache hit the Iron Warrior again. With a violent explosion, the Iron Warrior also turned into a ball of fireball and fell to the ground.

The Apache flew over again, attacking the remaining Iron Warriors on the ground. The cannon beneath the fuselage fires a series of powerful armor-piercing bullets at the Iron Warriors.

However, the armor of these Iron Warriors is still quite hard, and these bullets are more than enough to hit light armor such as Humvees and M113s, but it is very limited to damage these Iron Warriors.

Naturally, the Iron Warriors will not be beaten obediently, especially the HA-3 Iron Warriors who use the Gatling sticking out of their arms and the battle defense cannon on their backs to attack these Apaches. Missiles are not ground support yet.

There were several loud bangs, and three Apache were hit. The fuselage lost control and staggered and fell into the already smoked base below.

However, Apache followed the Iron Warriors to fight harder, and Fang Leng also temporarily quickly followed the area where the Iron Warriors were located. Using his super speed and the wreckage of destroyed buildings as cover, he waited for the opportunity to attack.

After all, he doesn't have a friend or foe identification system, so he is likely to be accidentally injured by those Apache cannons and missiles.

In the sky, one F-16 after another was knocked down, and the huge fuselage of the F-16 looked very awkward in the air battle. But the air-combat type of Hammer Steel Warrior HA-5 "Skyhawk" is not only small. And far superior in maneuverability and speed to the F-16, the Apache was still able to engage the Iron Warriors on the ground and at low altitudes. However, the air combat type of steel warrior let the F-16 be completely suppressed in the sky.

The essence of air combat lies in speed and maneuverability and weapons, but the maneuverability and speed HA-5 are superior to the F-16, and the air-to-air missiles of this air combat type of Iron Warrior are very small, while the F-16 Sidewinder missile, which is nearly three meters long, is easy to be dodged by the opponent with speed and jamming bombs.

This air battle turned almost into a one-sided battle, in which the fighter squadron of the US army was completely suppressed by the HA-5 steel fighters. And the U.S. pilots were extremely shocked, after all, the air combat confrontations they usually trained were all modern fighters, and this much smaller steel warrior made them completely in a state of annihilation.

However, in the end, these American fighters still contained these air combat HA-5s, creating conditions for Stark to destroy them.